If you want a kingdom legacy, then it can't just be about you.

Jonathan Evans says God's favor is meant to flow through us, not stop with us.

God is not interested in blessing a cul-de-sac.

He's looking to bless someone who is going to be a conduit.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, founding pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the urban alternative.

Most of us want God's blessing, but we don't always understand what it's really for.

Today, special guest Pastor Jonathan Evans explains

why God's promises are never just about personal gain, but about advancing a kingdom legacy

that ultimately points to God's son. Let's join him as he begins. In our history, we can look back

and say that we have been blessed. But we understand because of the

history, the real definition of a blessing. In American culture, we have a false definition of a blessing.

We think a blessing is the favor of God to me.

No, you missed half.

The blessing is not just the favor of God to you.

God is not interested in blessing a cul-de-sac.

He's looking to bless someone who is going to be a conduit.

It's about a kingdom legacy.

That's why the church is here and exists.

It's for his kingdom so that it can be on earth a little bit more like it is in heaven.

Let me tell you this story.

It was 2006.

I was playing with the San Diego Chargers. And in 2006, they didn't have the rules back then that they have now. Now they have rules to protect the person who's in the pads. Like you can't

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