A JOURNEY OF FAITH & HEALING
Becoming Human
as God Intended
LIFE TRANSFORMED
HEALING THE BROKEN HEARTED
Jesus came to heal broken hearts, to set the captives free, and to destroy the works of the devil.
Psalm 147:3 (NKJV)
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Isaiah 61:1; LUKE 4 (NKJV)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent
Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
1 John 3:8b (NKJV)
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested to destroy the works of the devil.
WHY IS HEALING IMPORTANT?
To become human
as God intended,
our hearts must be
made whole.
TO BE HUMAN AS GOD INTENDED
We must be restored to the image of
God.
We must be healed in our self-image.
We must understand and appropriate the
finished work of Jesus Christ.
How does the enemy gain access
into our lives to oppress us?
Sin
Personal sin
1. Willful or ignorant wrong doing
2. Engagement in occultic practices
Sins committed against us
3. Generational curses that come from
familial sins
4. Wounds (negative impacts of being hurt)
4 MAIN OPEN DOORS OF SIN
Sin
Personal sin
1. Willful or ignorant disobedience to God
2. Engagement in occultic practices
Sins committed against us
3. Generational curses that come from
familial sins
4. Wounds (negative impacts of being hurt
GENERATIONAL INFLUENCES
The cumulative effect on a person of the
things that their ancestors did, believed,
or practiced in the past; also the residual
consequence of an ancestor’s actions,
beliefs, and sins being passed down.
Things Passed Down or Inherited
Physical Characteristics
Hereditary Predisposition
Spiritual Inheritance
SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE - Truths
Generational sins (or righteousness)
provoke God’s spiritual laws:
Law of Blessings and Curses
Kingdom Law of Sowing and Reaping
Kingdom Law of Multiplication
Kingdom Law of Binding and Loosing
SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE – Ex 1
Adam and Eve DISOBEDIENCE
Disobedience = original sin, fallen nature of all humanity
Generational transfer of good and evil:
Good = Blessing of mercy/acceptance in Abel
Evil = Curse of rebellion, idolatry, anger/rage, murder, and rejection in Cain
Good = Covenantal blessing of righteous and grace in Seth and his descendants (such as Enoch, Noah, Abraham, etc.)
Evil = Generational transfer of wickedness to Cain’s
descendants (lewdness, depravity, polygamy, etc.)
SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE – Ex 2
David DISOBEDIENCE, committed adultery, coveted his friend’s wife, took her (rape), murdered her husband/his friend, covered it up (lied)
Generational transfer of good and evil:
Evil = David & Bathesheba’s innocent child dies as a consequence
Good = David and Bathesheba’s son Solomon is loved by God
Evil = David’s Son Amon rapes his half-sister Tamar; his other son
Absalom openly takes his father’s wives, eventually he is killed
Good = Solomon becomes king & carries on the Davidic covenant
Evil = Solomon has 1000 wives and concubines; commits idolatry
Question: From whom was David descended? R ___ ___ ___ ___ (Ps 51:5)
SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE – Ex 3
Abraham DISOBEDIENCE, lied / intentionally fabricated deception on two occasions claiming that Sarah was his sister.
Generational transfer of good and evil:
Good = Sarah’s barrenness is healed and Isaac is born as the son of promise and inherits the covenantal blessings.
Evil = Isaac also lies to a king that his wife Rebekah is his sister
Good = Rebekah is healed of barrenness too and twins are born
Evil = Rebekah and Jacob deceive Isaac to obtain a blessing;
Jacob’s 10 sons also lie to him for over 20 years about Joseph’s death.
HEALING FROM GENERATIONAL
INFLUENCES
Gal 3:13-14 (NKJV)
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law,
having become a curse for us (for it is written,
“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) that the
blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles
in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise
of the Spirit through faith.
3 INITIAL STEPS TO HEALING
FROM GENERATIONAL INFLUENCES
Identify generational sins and curses
Renounce the negative patterns and/or repent of sins
Ask God for forgiveness you and your ancestors for sinful
practices, then appropriate the finished work of the
Cross to break the power of the curse off of you and
your family—ask Him to release you from every curse.
Step 1:
IDENTIFICATION
Create a
GENOGRAM
or family tree
to map out
your ancestry
Step 1: IDENTIFICATION
Complete up to the 4th generation of your ancestors.
Ask family members for information as needed.
Using the checklists of patterns, write each behavior next
to the family member involved.
Some patterns will be obvious; others will require asking
the Holy Spirit; do not worry about what you do not know.