It’s probably good to talk a little bit more about what Generational Healing is not. It is a powerful tool, but it does have its limitations. It does not control the behavior of others. It does not force people to make good choices.

No person has the right to control another. God places a huge value on free will, so much so that He has allowed people to do great evil. When he first placed Adam and Eve in the garden, he gave them free access to anything and everything but one tree. Why? Because love requires a choice. Even before the creation of the earth, God placed the ability to rebel in his first creation, his angels. And 1/3 of them made that choice.

When we are praying over generational pieces, this is imperative that we fully understand so that we are not partnering with the wrong spirit. We cannot control the behavior and choices that other people make. This is especially true of those whom we don’t know, or who are distant from us. The closer you are to people, the more influence you have over them, but they are still responsible for their own choices.

If you are using generational healing techniques or prayers with the intention to change someone’s behavior, that’s not appropriate. You have neither the rights nor the authority to dictate the behavior of another. If you attempt to do so, you are operating in manipulation and control. Neither of which come from God. They come from the enemy, and by coming into agreement with the enemy, you are giving him access to you, and to your loved ones. I’m going to take a wild guess, and assume that this is NOT what you want!

Does this mean that there is no hope to see a change in behavior or choice in those that we love? Absolutely not! That is always my hope and prayer. Confused?

Let me describe the picture I have and hopefully that will help.

I see generational issues like being a dark cloud over the bloodline. It is heavy and restrictive. Part of what it does is to hide other choices for behavior. For example, alcoholism is well known to have a strong generational or hereditary component. The children are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves than the children of parents who don’t drink. I’m sure you’ve heard that statement before. It’s very well known. So, as a child growing up in a home where stress and conflict are dealt with by drinking, you learn that this is how you cope by watching your parents. The generational issue of alcoholism has obscured the realization that there are other ways of dealing with stress and conflict. This is just how your family does life. You don’t know any different, so you carry on that tradition.

When you pray and remove the generational piece, you lift off the weight of that issue. The cloud breaks, and there’s an opening that gives those in your bloodline the ability to see other choices, and the freedom to choose to make them. The choice is still theirs to make.

Another thing that Generational Healing doesn’t do, is that it doesn’t give you healthy coping strategies. It frees you so that you can be successful in learning them, but again, you have to choose the healthy path. You can choose to believe the truth. You can choose to move forward into more and more healing and freedom. Often that requires us to break old habits and relearn new ones.

It is also not a magic pill that one can take and instantly all is better. The healing itself is often a process, and the changes that need to come after the wounds are healed often take time to “walk out”. I find that the people who get the most frustrated and have the least amount of progress are often those who want it all done completely and now with little to no effort on their part. The more you fight the process, the longer it seems to stretch out.

Freedom means being able to make the right choice, although it may take practice. By being out from under all of the weight of the generational issues, you can consider other options of thought and behavior than what you’ve formerly known existed. You are able to make new habits and learn new coping skills that yield greater freedom and peace in your life.

What Generational Healing Is Not

Introduction

Healing Tools

Types of Generational Issues

Additional Tools