“Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will (1) loose the armor of kings,(2) to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; (3) I will go before you, and (4) make the crooked places straight: (Isa 45:1-3)

So I ask you, what makes a crooked path? I believe there are two causes of the crooked path and they both serve a purpose. The first cause of the crooked path is God Himself. It is on the crooked path that we learn to rely on Him. It is on the crooked path that we come to the end of ourselves. It is on the crooked path that we behold the beauty of the Lord and His glory. It is on the crooked path, that we must bend our will to His way. It is on the crooked path that we become entwined with Him. We injure ourselves when we try to straighten what God has made crooked. We must learn to bend with the Father and conform to His “way”. He is taking us to school along the crooked path. Learn to enjoy the scenery.

Charles Kuralt of CBS fame once said, “Interstate highways allow you to drive coast to coast, without seeing anything”. It’s the curse of the straight path. While it’s true that the shortest path between any two points is a straight line, the straight line is not always best. The devil always tells us, we deserve it now. Get rich quick. Take the shortest path. Don’t wait. Time’s a wasting! If you get on the straight path, (the interstate highway), before you have the Father’s heart built in and the old nature brought under, you may find yourself broadsided by a fast moving 18 wheeler, you didn’t see coming!

Give a young man his inheritance before he has the wisdom to steward it and you will lose both the inheritance and quite possibly your son. Before you give your child any inheritance, make sure you have passed on the inheritance of your heart. A great way to do that is on the difficult path. The crooked path. The inheritance of your heart is more “caught than taught” and the trials of life provide the perfect context to pass on the wealth of understanding God has deposited in your heart as you learned to bend to His will and His ways along the winding path.

Quick note: For an excellent teaching on what it means to pass on your wealth to the next generation, I suggest you get your hands on this. You won’t be disappointed.

Creating Wealth: Training Families to Build Dynasties
Eight Part Series. This Strategic Christian Services seminar focuses on the ultimate challenge we all face, in terms of making our lives truly count for God’s purposes in history-how, in our personal lives, families, careers, and even our nation, we pass on the inheritance of our hearts so that our values, vision, and wealth are not wasted by the next generation. For the first time, the entire Peacocke family (Dennis, Jan, Adam, Rachel, and Katherine) shares together in a conference, both individually and in a panel discussion. God is beginning to restore an understanding of generational transfer to us as a people and as a nation. Our intention is to provide you with practical tools to break the curse of single-generational living.

Here are links to the downloadable version and to the Audio CD version.

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On this 4^th of July, I wanted to treat you to one of the most famous and fiery speeches given during our struggle for freedom in this great country. I have edited it down slightly to give you the highlights. Would that one among us today could speak with the passion, clarity and eloquence that animated Patrick Henry in 1775!

“Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

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“It was for freedom that Christ has made us free.” Freedom has always been purchased with blood. It is only maintained by vigilance. Christ purchased our freedom from sin and death with His blood, but we only walk in that freedom according to the vigilance with which we embrace the grace of God, shun the cries of the flesh and resist the works of the devil.

Similarly, in this great country we call America; freedom was purchased with the blood of great men who risked life and fortune for freedom. The freedoms they won were unprecedented in other nations and were guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States. Along with its amendments, certain rights were assured that no one could ever put a lien against. They were un-a-lien-able. That is, of course, unless no one complained when the enemies of freedom put a lien (claim) against them.

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Freedom must first of all be a state of mind before it can be anything else. If you don’t grasp the principles of freedom, you will never experience the reality of freedom. “Stand fast therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Friends, tyranny comes in all forms - perhaps the most dangerous being the tyranny we don’t see - until we resist it… and by then it is usually too late.

The Founding Fathers of this nation understood tyranny when they saw it and they went through a Biblical process of redress with the King of England (their king) to address and hopefully relieve that tyranny, but he would not listen. They felt it their duty, their obligation, to oppose tyranny, resist evil and reclaim what Christ had won for every soul - the gift of freedom from slavery in all its evil forms.

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