DAY 4 - Breaking Generational Curses

There are times when the physical, emotional, or spiritual challenges that a family experiences in the present are connected to the sinful choices and habits of their ancestors in the past. This is what we refer to as a generational curse. While we are not held responsible for all the sins of our ancestors, we must recognize that we can be influenced by their sins or even inherit a disposition to certain sins because of their past actions.

Thankfully, Jesus Christ is the one who redeems us from the curse (Galatians 3:13-14) and can break the effect of any sins of our ancestors that may be influencing us today. As you pray the following prayer, make sure to include or give special attention to anything that is specific to your family line.

Heavenly Father, 

I come to you on behalf of my family and my ancestors and repent for any and all sins we have committed against you. I recognize patterns in me and my family that destroy your purposes. Today, I am choosing to declare the power of your shed blood, demonstrated at the cross, over all of them. I renounce and repent of any sexual sins: sins of fornication, adultery, abortion, rape, and lust. I renounce and repent of sinful tendencies of laziness, lying, jealousy, weaknesses, anger, rage, bitterness, hatred, and racism. I pray against addictions of any kind.

In Jesus’ name, I renounce and repent of any activities that violate your standard of holiness. I renounce and repent of all judgmentalism, pride, criticism, depression, worry, stubbornness, poverty, rejection, and perfectionism. I claim authority over all physical diseases and sicknesses that plague me including cancer, heart disease, arthritis, mental illness, and diabetes. I also renounce and repent of any evil covenants my ancestors ever made.

I now ask that the blood of Jesus cleanse all the generations of my family, past, present, and future generations. In the name of Jesus, I declare that any and every claim of the evil one against my family has to be broken now. I thank you Jesus that you appeared to destroy the devil’s work (1 John 3:8), and I declare that truth over my life, my family, and my ancestors all the way back to Adam.

Father, I ask you in the name of Jesus to remove all iniquities in my family and replace them with blessings. I ask for your protection around my life, my family and all future generations of my family. Thank You that our salvation in You, O Lord, breaks generational curses. In Christ, the power of sin and death no longer holds us. Thank you for setting me free Jesus! Amen!

Generational curses are no match for the power of the One True God. You are mighty to save, faithful, and abounding in love for Your family.  Thank You for embracing us when we thought curses and sins would surely kill us. Protect us from the tendencies and strongholds of sin we struggle with. Help us to name them, look at them head-on, and do the work to turn from them to You. We lift the burden and weight of them up to You. The temporary pain of this world will one day pass, but Jesus, our Savior, You reign forever. 

In Jesus’ name,

Amen

REFERENCE:

For the Family by Sylvia Gunter