Jesus is Real Radio with Daniel Fusco

Today, you’ll be asked to take a hard look at yourself and your actions. Self-examination is never easy, but it takes you to an important place. When you see your lack, you can then get what you need. As Pastor Daniel says today, we are all followers, it’s just a matter of who you’re following. And anyone but God as the leader will just result in winding, circular confusion.

Imagine that you just blessed everyone you met. Family, friends, strangers, colleagues…just be a blessing to everyone. Today, Pastor Daniel speaks about Jacob’s last act before he dies…and it’s to pronounce God’s blessing on all of his sons. It was the most important thing for him to do…to communicate God’s love for his sons. We want others to know God’s blessing is available to them.

If you are a believer, then God has made you strong. But, that doesn’t always keep us from being lazy. He’ll give you every opportunity to do His work, but you have to take that step of faith. You’ll hear today as Pastor Daniel teaches, that one of Jacob’s sons was divided about this. We have to let God use our strengths, it’s the only way anything will ever get done.

The Bible is full of names, and in this teaching, Jacob is providing a prophetic word for each of his sons. When he comes to Judah, his prophecy sounds a lot like Joseph’s dream…with brothers bowing down. Pastor Daniel will unravel this line that points directly to the Messiah. Everything that Jacob said about the brothers came to pass…underscoring the divinity of Jesus.

Carrying around a secret sin is just like having a boulder strapped to your ankle….you’re not going to move forward until it’s dealt with. Today, Pastor Daniel addresses Jacob’s prophecy for his son Reuben, whose sexual immorality was found out. We’ll be challenged to consider whether we’re hauling around any sinful baggage, and encouraged to bring it out into the light.

As Pastor Daniel shares today, we’ll be reminded throughout the text that Jacob’s life is coming to an end. But, the tone of this teaching isn’t sorrowful. Jacob sees how God was a shepherd to him throughout his life. After wrestling with an angel of the Lord, he walked with a limp, but he also walked more closely with God. As you listen, consider what you’re asking God for as you walk this life.

If you want someone to accept you into any kind of relationship, you don’t dwell on your shortcomings, right? Or your sins of anger or jealously or deceitfulness...those things would be red flags to most people, yet we all have them in our pasts. As Pastor Daniel teaches today, Jacob’s adoption of Joseph’s sons, sight unseen, is like how our Father adopts us even knowing EVERYTHING about us..it’s pure love.

You’re about to hear in this message, about how Jacob blesses Pharaoh when they first meet. As Pastor Daniel says, the Spirit of God wants to make us increasingly thoughtful. When you really consider it, how much time do we really spend thinking of others? We’re innately selfish, but filling someone else’s need is an outgrowth of the blessings that God has given you…a servant’s heart.

What kind of relationship would you rather be in, one that’s situational, or a covenant? Only one way is sanctioned by God, and that’s because He created marriage to be a lasting, growing, loving bond. Today, Pastor Daniel explains why we have to maintain a separation from the world, just like Jacob and his family…even as the world changes, believers live by the Word.

Joseph endured a lot of hardship because of what his brothers did to him, but when he had become a powerful man in Egypt, he brought his brothers back to him, to enjoy all that he had earned. They didn’t deserve it. But like Joseph, Jesus wants to bring us back…to enjoy life, to partake of His gift of eternity. Listen today as Pastor Daniel tells us how God’s faithfulness is available for all of us.