How to Break Generational Curses and Cycles of Dysfunction

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How do you break a generational curse? You can't do it with willpower. It starts with three steps: admit you can't change the pattern on your own, believe God can, and surrender your life fully to Jesus. The cycle that was handed to you doesn't have to be handed down by you. 📖 Read the full article: https://www.edyoung.com/article/how-to-break-generational-curses-and-cycles-of-dysfunction Every one of us carries baggage we picked up from our family of origin — patterns of anger, control, addiction, anxiety, and deception that get passed down from generation to generation. Most of us have carried it so long we've forgotten it's even there. In this message, Pastor Ed Young unpacks where those patterns come from, why we repeat the very things we swore we never would, and how the cycle actually gets broken. It's not genetics — it's sin-etics: the sin tendencies transferred to us through our family line. Whatever we grew up around, we either repeat it or repel it. And a lot of us repeat it. Criticism becomes approval addiction. Chaos becomes control. Pressure becomes anxiety. The baggage we refuse to deal with is the baggage we hand to our children. The Bible says: "Let us strip off every weight that slows us down... And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith." Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT) You cannot break the cycle on your own. Self-help can rearrange the baggage — it can't carry it off the roof. Real, supernatural change happens through three steps: 1. Admit: "I can't change." 2. Believe: "God can change me." 3. Get in the wheelbarrow: surrender everything to Jesus. The pattern that was handed TO you does not have to be handed DOWN by you. God's mercy flows to thousands of generations — and it can start with you. If you've never surrendered your life to Jesus, there's no better time than today. Ask God to forgive your sins and walk through this life with you. He's waiting with open arms. — RESOURCES — 📖 Full article — How to Break Generational Curses and Cycles of Dysfunction: https://www.edyoung.com/article/how-to-break-generational-curses-and-cycles-of-dysfunction ✝️ Daily devotionals from Ed Young: https://www.edyoung.com/devotionals ⛪ Join us at Fellowship Church in person or online: https://www.fellowshipchurch.com The Will-Barrow | Adult Children | Pastor Ed Young How to Break Generational Curses (What the Bible Says) #generationalcurses #breakingthecycle #fellowshipchurch