“BREAKING THE BLOODLINE”

© Opeyemi Akintunde
As Inspired by The LIVING WORD

“Wow, he’s just like his father; same voice, same laugh.”
“She’s the splitting image of her mother; same walk, same attitude.”
“Look at that; same temper, just like Grandpa.”

It’s fascinating how traits flow through a family; eye color, height, even quirks of behavior. But have you ever considered how patterns, especially the negative ones, quietly travel through generations? Not just through genes, but through choices and character?

Let’s take a closer look at one of the most prominent family lines in Scripture, the lineage of Abraham:

Abraham deceived Pharaoh by calling Sarah his sister.

Isaac repeated the same trick with Rebekah.

Jacob deceived his brother Esau and his own father.

Jacob’s sons deceived the men of Shechem and then deceived their father with Joseph’s fake death.

Rebekah plotted with Jacob to deceive Isaac.

Rachel stole her father’s household gods and lied about it.

Tamar disguised herself to deceive Judah.

What’s going on here? This wasn’t just coincidence, it was a generational pattern. Deception ran deep in the family tree. It was a spiritual inheritance, passed down almost like eye color or curly hair.

But here’s the truth: while we may inherit certain tendencies, we are not slaves to them. In Christ, we are offered a new bloodline. A fresh beginning. Scripture tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17 that “if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away.”

However, this new life doesn’t erase old patterns overnight. It must be enforced. Just as you can’t grow muscles without exercise, you can’t overcome inherited spiritual flaws without spiritual discipline; prayer, fasting, study, confession, and deliverance.

Don’t normalize what God wants to neutralize.
Don’t accept high blood pressure, chronic failure, addiction, anger, barrenness, or deceit as “normal” because it runs in the family. You can break free.

When you come into Christ, you are grafted into His perfect lineage. But to see that perfection reflected in your life, you must actively purge the old nature.

Prayer Points:

Lord Jesus, I thank You for the new life You’ve given me through Your blood.

Father, by Your mercy, disconnect me from every negative pattern in my family line.

Every inherited weakness and limitation in my bloodline, I renounce and reject you in Jesus’ name!

Lord, let the blood of Jesus rewrite my spiritual DNA, I receive strength to walk in truth and righteousness.

Every spiritual inheritance that contradicts Your plan for my life be uprooted by fire in the name of Jesus.

Don’t just live according to the past, live according to God’s promise for your future.
Choose a new bloodline. Choose Christ.

📖 Genesis 34

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