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In the minds of the people.
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Happy Father's Day, everyone, and welcome back to broadcasting seeds.
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Today we're stepping away from giants, fallen angels, ancient mysteries,
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lost civilizations, and prophetic timelines to talk about something far
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more personal, something every one of us has been affected by,
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and that is father's Whether your relationship with your father
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was good, bad, complicated, or nonexistent, the reality is that
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fathers leave marks on history. Some weave scars, some leave blessings,
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mostly the mixture of both. Today, we're going to look
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beyond the surface of Father's Day and ask a deeper question.
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Why does the Bible play such an enormous emphasis on fathers, patriarchs,
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and generational inheritance. Why our entire sections of Scripture dedicated
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to just genealogies. Why are blessings passed from father to son,
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Why do ancient Jewish writings spend so much time recording
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final words spoken by fathers before their death, And why,
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in a world that increasingly focuses on the individual, did
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Biblical cultures focus so heavily on the family line. The
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answer is simple, because every generation inherits something from a
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generation before it. Sometimes it's land, sometimes it's wealth, sometimes
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it's trauma of sometimes it's wisdom. But no generation starts
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from scratch. Tonight, today we're going to explore what the
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Bible and several ancient writings outside the Bible have to
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say about fathers and legacy and the battle for generations. First,
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we're going to talk about Adam, the First Father. When
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most people think about Adam, they think about the Fall.
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I guess, not the first father. The first father would
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be God, but the first human father. But when they
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think about the fall, they think about for hidden fruit,
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forbidden fruit, the garden of d the serpent. But Adam
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was something else. Adam was the first human father. Every
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human being has ever who has ever lived, can trace
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their lineage back to him. Think about the burden that carries.
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Adam wasn't simply responsible for himself. His decisions shaped every
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generation that followed. In many ways. Scripture presents fatherhood as
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a multiplier. The actions of one man ripple outward into
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countless lives. Adam's failure affected humanity, but so did his perseverance.
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Despite the fall, Adam continued. He worked, He raised children,
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he built a family. He endured loss after the murder
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of his son Abel, he witnessed rebellion in his own household.
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The first father experienced many of the same struggles father's
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face today, loss and I mean, can you imagine disappointment
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and fear and failure, and yet humanity continued through him.
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One lesson emerges immediately. Being a father does not require perfection.
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It really requires perseverance. Second father we're going to talk
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about is Noah and preserving the future. Noah is often
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remembered by building an arc. But Noah's greatest accomplishment wasn't
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building a boat. It was preserving a future. Imagine trying
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to explain to your children why you're building a massive
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vessel in the middle of nowhere. Imagine and during ridicule,
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I mean I ridicule for decades. Imagine teaching your family
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to trust God while the entire world laughs at you.
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Because that's what's happened. Noah wasn't simply building an arc.
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He was building conviction. His sons inherited more than survival,
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They inherited belief. And after the floodwaters were seated, humanity
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began again through a single family. And that tells us
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something profound. Civilizations do not begin with governments, do they
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They begin with families. The future of humanity wasn't preserved
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by some government or institution. It was preserved by a
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father willing to lead his household through uncertain times with
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his family. The third father we're going to talk about
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his Abraham, the father literal father of nations. And if
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Noah preserved humanity, Abraham helped shape its future. God promised
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Abraham that nations would come from him, kings would descend
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from his line and generations, yet unborn would be influenced
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by his faith. That's fascinating. What's fascinating is that Abraham
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was not chosen because he was perfect. He made mistakes
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like we all do. He doubted, he failed, He sometimes
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acted out of fear, yet he remained faithful. The Biblical
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model of fatherhood is not flawless leadership. It is faithful leadership.
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Many fathers today believe they must have every answer, but
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scripture suggests that the truth is otherwise. The greatest patriarchs
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often had more questions than answers. What mattered was their
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willingness to continue moving forward. Fourth is the Forgotten Wisdom
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of the Patriarchs, and this is an extra canonical book,
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but one of the most fascinating ancient texts. Frankly, is
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this Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs. Now, I did a
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whole episode about this a few weeks ago, I think
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maybe a month ago. So check it out. Whether one
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views it as historical devotional okay, or a historical devotional
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or simply an interesting ancient document, it preserves a recurring theme.
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As the patriarchs approach death, they gather their children and
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shared final lessons, not money, not possessions, not status. Wisdom,
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guess that's the best way to put it. Wisdom and
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warnings and faith also character. Ancient cultures understood something many
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modern societies have forgotten. A father's most valuable inheritance is
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often invisible. Its skills and beliefs and values, principles, stories, courage, integrity.
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Those things can survive long after material wealth disappears. And finally,
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Joseph the over a column, the overlooked father on Father's Day,
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Joseph deserves special attention. As far as I'm concerned, Joseph,
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the earthly father of Jesus, is often entirely overlooked. He
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performs no recorded miracles, and he didn't write. At least
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you know, he doesn't write. Any books, He delivers, no
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famous sermons, yet he wasn't trusted with protecting the most
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important child in human history. When danger came, Joseph acted.
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When guidance came, Joseph listened. One responsibility appeared, Joseph accepted it.
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He reminds us that fatherhood is often super quiet. A
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world celebrates attention, God often celebrates faithfulness. Some of the
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most important fathers in history never became famous, yet their
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influence shapes generations. And that's the next area that covers
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the battle for generations. This brings us to today, and
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when we look around our culture, we see something frankly
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super troubling. We see confusion and isolation, broken families, father
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listeners as rampant children and fathers have lost identity. The
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battle for generations just has never ended. In ancient times,
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fathers fought with swords. Today the battle is often fought
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spiritually and culturally and psychologically. And every generation asks who
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am I, why am I here? And what should I believe?
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Someone will answer those questions, and the question is whether
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fathers will be part of that answer. Throughout scripture, fathers
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are repeatedly called to teach and guide, and protect and
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prepare the next general, not because they're perfect, but because
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their influence matters. And in closing, as we close this
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Father's Day edition of Beyond the Bible Sunday, remember this.
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Every father leaves an inheritance. Some leave money, some leave property,
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some leave businesses. Right, but the greatest inheritance are often
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the ones that cannot be measured. Faith and character and wisdom, integrity, courage, love.
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Generations may forget what a father owned, they rarely forget
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what a father taught them. Though, to the Father, to
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all the fathers listening to day, thank you for the
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sacrifices that no one sees. Thank you for the burdens
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that you carry, and thank you for the lessons that
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you teach. Thank you for fighting the battle for generations
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you had unborn, because long after we're gone, right, the
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seeds we plant today may still be growing. Happy Father's Day,
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and until next time, keep asking questions, keep seeking truth,
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keep looking beyond the bikele Happy Father's Day.
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Again the side once the ones still standing even when
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nobody claps for it.
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Beyond the Bible Sunday, Father's Day, Let's talk legacy. Yeah,
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first man in the garden, first breath in his chests.
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First father with a burden, first man put to the test.
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Adam had the world and watch Paradike's fall, but still
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had to raise kids with the weight of it all.
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This fatherhood, brother, it ain't clean, it ain't neat.
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It's working through the dust with throngs under your feet.
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It's learning from failure, still showing your face, trying to
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build up a home after losing your place. Camee went wandering,
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Abe hit the ground. First blood cried up and the
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silence got loud. Imagine that pain.
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First family torn Still another son came in, another seed bombs.
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See, fathers ain't perfect. That was never the clean.
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Some carry the blessings, some carry the blame for every
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choice echoes every word leaves a scar. Or what light
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for your children when the night gets hard?
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This is the bottle.
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Blood loud, good lines lessens.
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What would we leave when the dust settles down? They
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when wol Now we're not around. This is the fight
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that no fighters. Prayers in the.
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Dark heads all his father stand talk.
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Through the fire and rain. You're not just raising in kids.
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Your guarding no hand wood nails faith in the plan.
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While the world laughed loud at or righteous man he
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wasn't just building to survived the way he was teaching this, sons,
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what the'll beady hits gave when the.
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Scot broke open and the deep came alive.
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It was one household that was chosen to survive. Not
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a kingdom, not a crown, not a thrown out of sword,
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just the father and his family walking into the lord.
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Then Abraham left everything that he knew, chasten the promise.
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That he couldn't prove starts and the sky saying done
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to his feet. A Jason in his bones, but no
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son in the seat.
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That's faith when the math tad, when the dream looks
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dead and the boat looks.
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Bad, the father keeps walking when the.
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Promise feels false, trusting that guy still knows where you are.
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The battle, bloodline, blood lines, bless us. What will we
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leave when the dust settles down? They are who they
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are when when we're not around. This is the fighting,
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nobody's prayers in the dark, heads on our knees, father's
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dance all through the fire, and Raine, you're not just
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raising your god.
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Jacob wrestled in the night, came out with a limp,
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which sometimes the scars where the blessing gets stamped its
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real bomb from a struggle in the darker, new name given.
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With a fire in the heart.
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Joseph got so thrown down, locked the way, but Providence
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was moving through the pain every day, from the pit
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to the palace, from change to command. God can turn
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the broken son into a saving hand. In this Joseph
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and Nazareth quiet.
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And strong, no sermons recording, no holy theme song. But
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when the Angel said movie move right, then protected the
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child from the violence of man. That's the father right there,
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no spotlight, no fameous obedience, courage and protecting.
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The names, some sounds, legacy.
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And what the world gets to see is who sleeps
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safe because you chose to leave. Teach them the names,
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Teach them the flame.
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Tell them, Tell them of kings, the still speaks through
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all things. Tell them they nose. Tell them it's more
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than a host. Tell them doesn't get the last words.
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Tell them the truth, even when it.
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Ate us, blood, lies, lines, lessens sounding.
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What will we leave when nis settled down? Who they are?
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Where?
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No woo?
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Where woo?
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Where?
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This is the fight that nobody sees prayers in the dance,
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Father stands all through the fire of it Ran, and
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not just praise.
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In kids your God.
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Even every father leaves something behind a womb, a warning,
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a blessing, a name.
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So playing good sea speak like stand guard
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Because generations are listening even when they act like they're not,
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even