'The Power of Legacy' | Ps Gideon Hoekendijk | 26 April 2026

``Legacy is not just what we leave behind when we die. Legacy is what we're building for the future right now. It's the accumulated impact accumulated impact of our thoughts, our lives, our actions, the things that we do, our relationships, everything works together towards this legacy. Everybody or each one of us is shaping legacy in some form or another. See, legacy is actually directional, and god talked about this in, in Deuteronomy. Look what he says in Deuteronomy. He says this. He says Deuteronomy 30. He says, I have set before you life and death. Now now now choose life. [01:33:10] (37 seconds)  #LegacyStartsNow

Keep good company in your life. Become an influencer. Don't be influenced by your friends who go whatever they do. Become an influencer. Become a thermostat. You set the temperature. Don't be don't be temperature by other people. Come on. We have we have something to say. I tell you, legacy comes through relationships. It's not even biological. It's not Paul but Timothy, he meant to Timothy. He didn't have any children as far as we know had no children. Right? The thing is though, but he mentored Timothy. There was a legacy through his life. You don't have to have biological kids to be able to leave a legacy in your life. Legacy flows through mentoring and friendships and fellowship and and influence and leadership. because you will reproduce yourself in others. [01:43:27] (54 seconds)  #BeTheInfluencer

You will reproduce yourself in others. What you celebrate what is that? What you celebrate, others will pursue. What you tolerate, others will permit. What you model, other people will follow. That's why we need to follow Jesus. Legacy is this ripple effect going through your life. That's why I love in the in the in the in the flyer. The flyer, you know, this whole thing is that there's this ripple effect in it. See, one one one decision can echo throughout throughout the generations. I'll tell you something on a good way. Look at this. One step of obedience can unlock a destiny of your life and others around you, your family. One moment of courage can change other people's lives and they find courage. One act of forgiveness can heal a whole family line or even the world. [01:44:21] (53 seconds)  #RippleEffectLegacy

she came later face to face with a former guard. In that moment, she chose obedience to Christ over the pain of her past, extending forgiveness instead of hatred. That single act became a global testimony. I'm telling you today. Global testimony showing that the power of the gospel is not just in surviving evil people, but in overcoming it with love. Her legacy continues to shape generations providing that forgiveness is not weakness. It is one of the strongest forces on the earth carrying healing far beyond the moment. That's what Jesus did for us. His legacy on the cross two thousand years ago gave us an amazing legacy. That's what the soldiers did for us when they fought at Gallipoli, wherever they fought. They gave their lives to give us legacy. There's a sacrifice that is involved with legacy. You gotta choose the right thing. Gotta choose life. The soldiers start to fight death and destruction. And they gave their lives fighting for you and for me to be to be free. Jesus gave his life for you and for me that we can be free. [01:45:49] (74 seconds)  #ForgivenessIsStrength

Now choose life. Jesus says in John in John ten ten, he says, the the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but I have come that you might have life and have life to the full. He is into life. When Jesus spoke, there was spirit, and there was life that comes out of his mouth. Yeah. Spirit and life is very, very powerful. Right? So so the thing is, though, the the the the whole thing of of of choosing life is so important, and and it is it is it is not this one big decision that will shape your life. It can be. Some things can be, but it's really those little things. It's really those daily and and this is daily things that we do, the daily things we think about. [01:33:47] (39 seconds)  #ChooseLifeDaily

There's a triple thing going on. A triple legacy. Very quickly. A legacy. Look at me. All the worship people are here, but just look at me, please. Triple legacy going on. One, it's your legacy. It's your legacy. It's your life. It's your inheritance. All the stuff that God is doing with you and your family. This is you. Right? It's wonderful. Watch out and keep going faithfully. Two, it is our church legacy. We are a church body. Harmony Church is making an effect in the world, in Christchurch and all over the globe. We have a legacy. We have a momentum. It's who we are. And the third third thing is that through our lives, all the stuff we're doing through our legacy, we're now changing the lives of thousands of people all around the globe. We're actually much bigger than we are just sitting here. [01:50:11] (48 seconds)  #TripleLegacyNow

But I'll tell you the opposite is true too. So dangerous. One compromise one compromise in your life can create cycles in your life. One unchecked attitude can spread. One wrong pattern can repeat. One bad decision can damage things in the rest of your life. We gotta watch it, people. We gotta watch it. Globally, look what happened. Some of those beautiful people, I know almost all of them who've fallen lately. I know almost all of them, and they're amazing people. But something went unchecked. Something was not healed. Something happened. You gotta protect your legacy, my family. I have an amazing family, a fourth generation missionary kid. And some of these guys did the most dumb things ever, and some of them lost everything in my in my legacy. What about you? What about me? Let's put the fear of God in my life. [01:47:03] (71 seconds)  #ProtectYourLegacy

Now you can be healed of it, but you can't take it back. You have to protect your legacy. You have to protect the things of the spirit in you. Hidden attitudes become visible actions. Private compromises become public patterns. Secret devotions become visible fruit. Don't just hear you know, people don't just hear what you say. They receive who you are. So they don't don't you say people get you. Don't get you. You don't have to say things. You can say something and believe something else. Right? Or be something else. People are not fooled. Yeah. Are not fooled. You gotta be careful. Right? What you focus on will become your legacy. So make sure that we focus on Jesus. [01:42:40] (42 seconds)  #AlignActionsAndHeart

See, legacy is created through faithful and consistent stewardship. Yeah. I say it again. Legacy is created by consistent, faithful stewardship in your life because you reap what you sow. If you start feeding the flesh, guess what? That's what you reap. On the Internet, in your life, whatever, can even be the food. Whatever you sow, you will also reap. The Bible says you'll reap destruction, sinful stuff. You missed the mark of what God has for you in every part, body, soul, and spirit. And then they become patterns of life. They become addictions in life. They become addictions, and they become habits in our lives. [01:36:02] (48 seconds)  #StewardYourLife

And then this this will become the fragrance of your life, that beautiful life of the holy spirit. You know, your inner life will become your outer legacy. I'll say it again. Your inner life will become your outer legacy. Before legacy is external, it is internal. It's who you are becoming. It's funny, isn't it? Because what's growing in me will affect you. What's growing in you will affect everybody around you. Who you are in private will be revealed in public. I'll put the fear of God in you. Not for you? You've been out lately? This is it is so profound, this stuff, because I know people, and I know myself who made decisions that they so regret right now, and they can't take it back. [01:41:26] (74 seconds)  #InnerLifeOuterImpact

You're not just a product of your past, but you are a steward of your future. You can change your choices. You can change your focus. You can create a new legacy. Why? Because legacy is created by consistent, persistent, loyal stewardship of your life. Even when you put it to your body. Why am I sick? Well, there's things happening here, but maybe sometimes you put crap into your into your body. Don't do it. Look live healthily. Make sure put into mind. What are you putting into your mind, for goodness sake? And we all have it. We're all tempted by this stuff, guys. Watch out. Pass up. We gotta be careful in our lives. I'm almost done. Sorry. It's a little bit laying longer, but I really felt I need to say it's almost done. [01:49:27] (45 seconds)  #StewardYourFuture

Doorway to your kingdom assignment. When you walk out the door, your kingdom assignment waits you with something that's absolutely powerful, the great commission you walk straight into. But there's something going on about this shift that's happening. It's almost like we're coming into the slipstream of the holy spirit, and Jesus says, man, I love the broken. I love the hurting. I love the lost. And what you're doing right now is your energy, your activity is like focusing on the people who are broken. That's my heart also. Here we go. It's a bit like that. Come on. And he feels that. And I feel such a unity happening. I feel that in his house, instead of all individuals coming together to church, we got church and we go back to our little things again. No. No. I feel like we are becoming together like an army. There's something going on about a togetherness, and we have a an ownership together. We the legacy is about we, us, doing this thing together. [01:29:59] (52 seconds)  #TogetherOnMission

And it can become a legacy of destruction in your life, but also through your life and through your family. And we all know families like that. And maybe you've been part of one of those, and you are now the ones gonna change this legacy because you had a family destruction because of some decisions that were made somewhere. And you said, no. No. No. You become a Christian. And, hey, you know, baptism, you know, it's a new life, new trajectory, a new legacy I'm building right now. My old life is gone, and a new life has appeared. Yeah. Yeah. We are called to feed the holy spirit, feed on the spirit. It says here, with love, humility, obedience. Right? [01:36:50] (40 seconds)  #NewLifeNewLegacy

It is called the daily posture of surrender to God, the daily kind of surrender that we do. Because every thought that we have, every action, every reaction, every investment of your heart, your time, your money will start to go somewhere. It either goes towards life, the whole spirit life, or it goes towards death, and the bible talks about this, the whole thing of the flesh life in this way. Proudly said it in this way. Thank you, Jesus. Both paths both paths of legacy will will will take you somewhere and also beyond you. It's very, very powerful. It's not really built in big moments, but it's all these little repeated ones, the choices that we make every single day. Galatians six, Paul says, do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man and woman reaps what he sows, she sows. Why can't they just do this one thing? What else is this they don't know about inclusive language, do they? So irritating. Whoever sorry, ladies. Man is woman. You're a man right now. Sorry. It's terrible. [01:34:26] (60 seconds)  #YouReapWhatYouSow

It's either life you're bringing or there's death you're bringing. See, what you focus on, you will reap. Right? What you focus on will become your reality. Right? So be careful what you focus on. Man, I got I got such a fear of the Lord the other day about this thing. Just just listening to this stuff myself, you know, and preparing this stuff, I got a bit of the fear of the Lord in me. You know, the fear of the Lord is good. You know? Yeah. It's not being afraid of God. The fear of the Lord is you know what fear means? It's like in a marriage, when I fear Catherine. [01:37:38] (32 seconds)  #FearAndHonor

Why don't we why don't you surprise me? Why don't we go higher than 300 so we can do more stuff and bless even more people? It's gonna be amazing. Can you just pray this week what what God would have you give, and let's be sacrificial. Let's let's have let's go in faith too. You know? It's not like I've got this money lying around. No. No. And your rebate is amazing. Catherine and I, we look at the rebate yesterday. Said, wow. That's a healthy rebate, and we're gonna give almost everything to it, and then every month also a lot of money. But I happily give this for Jesus that the lamb of God may receive the reward of his suffering. That's what I live for. That's where God's heart is. Amen? [01:52:45] (37 seconds)  #GiveSacrificially

You will reproduce yourself in others. What you celebrate what is that? What you celebrate, others will pursue. What you tolerate, others will permit. What you model, other people will follow. That's why we need to follow Jesus. Legacy is this ripple effect going through your life. That's why I love in the in the in the in the flyer. The flyer, you know, this whole thing is that there's this ripple effect in it. See, one one one decision can echo throughout throughout the generations. I'll tell you something on a good way. Look at this. One step of obedience can unlock a destiny of your life and others around you, your family. One moment of courage can change other people's lives and they find courage. One act of forgiveness can heal a whole family line or even the world. Taunta Corey, auntie Corey was my auntie, not really. But Tonta Cory Ten Boom, she was a friend of mine, grandfather and of and her brother Andrew who's also they're all famous together and they they did things together. And Tonta Cory, she had this beautiful story, of course, that she she was in this Nazi Nazi camp and see then, [01:44:21] (75 seconds)  #ObedienceRipples

If there's unity. And that's why he stopped it because there was a wrong thing going on. But what about the good thing going on? What if we stand together arm in arm, and we do this together with faith, in prayer, in finance in every way, and we become this body of influence, this body of legacy that is just like And just kinda going throughout society, throughout things. It's unbelievable. Something is going on in this regard, and I'm really excited about this because I'm so humbled that that I can be part of this. I'm still alive. Yes. Very good. I survived two two politics, and I'm fine, by the way. My house is lovely. [01:32:00] (39 seconds)  #BodyOfInfluence

There's something of the holy spirit that starts to bubble up in me. And I've noticed, and I told the leaders on Tuesday night, something's going on in this church. I'll tell you what's happening. I think the whole thing that we got into the slipstream of what god wants to do, this whole thing of being a missionary person and a missionary alpha to go out, the whole change towards towards, yes, intimacy. Absolutely. But out of intimacy, we are going into the world. When you go out today above the door, courtesy of Doug and Vicky, you will see something above the door when you go out. You know what you will read? Some of you already read it. Anybody read something when you go out? No. You all came in, so he didn't look back at you. It's dangerous when you look back. You can become salt, so don't do that. You look forward. What was there? What was there? It says there literally your doorway to your kingdom assignment. [01:29:11] (48 seconds)  #SlipstreamOfHolySpirit

But I think something is happening. When it happens to me, when I start crying, when I lose it, it's something of the holy spirit. There's something of the holy spirit that starts to bubble up in me. And I've noticed, and I told the leaders on Tuesday night, something's going on in this church. I'll tell you what's happening. I think the whole thing that we got into the slipstream of what god wants to do, this whole thing of being a missionary person and a missionary alpha to go out, the whole change towards towards, yes, intimacy. Absolutely. But out of intimacy, we are going into the world. When you go out today above the door, courtesy of Doug and Vicky, you will see something above the door when you go out. You know what you will read? Some of you already read it. Anybody read something when you go out? No. You all came in, so he didn't look back at you. [01:29:05] (44 seconds)  #SpiritStirsUs