Family is the bedrock of our lives. Many people's families are struggling in life seeking for solutions in vain because they have failed to trace the roots of their challenges. Struggle is not necessarily because of something you did.
Reading: Jeremiah 16: 1 – 11 NLT, Matthew 1:1-4,16 NLT
How is impactful is the family bloodline?
- Your family bloodline maybe invisible but the manifestations are visible.
- It can only be by the mercies of God for anyone to rise beyond his or her family bloodline
- Negative family bloodline introduces cracks on the walls of people's destinies.
- The family bloodline determines the futures of the family members.
- The integrity and the solidity of your family bloodline determines how far you go in life.
- Every one of us carries a bloodline; Like father like son, like mother, like daughter.
What does it take to be cleansed from negativities of my family bloodline?
- The mercies of God according to Hebrews 4:16 NKJV, 2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV, Matthew 19:5 NKJV. Most people are suffering or going through turbulences because of acts of their ancestors – that’s their bloodline. Therefore, mercy becomes necessary because there's a need to ask for forgiveness for the merc
- The blood of Jesus ~Galatians 3:13-14 NKJV. The blood of Jesus is a major detergent for cleansing of family bloodline.
How does the blood of Jesus cleanse our family bloodline?
- The blood of Jesus translates us from old creation into new creation ~2 Corinthians 5:17
- The blood of Jesus regenerates, re-wires and re-configures us ~Titus 3:5-6 NLT
- The blood of Jesus rescues, redeems and ransoms us from useless lifestyle we inherited from our ancestors such as polygamy, immorality etc ~1 Peter 1:18 CEV
- The blood of Jesus engrafts us into the life of Christ ~Romans 11:17,24 GNT
- The blood of Jesus gives us a new foundation of Jesus Christ.
- The blood gives you a new root ~1 Corinthians 3:11 NKJV
- The blood erases the foundation of your ancestors.
Why are Christians still experiencing negativities from their bloodlines despite the redemption by the blood of Jesus?
- Ignorance ~Hosea 4:6, Isaiah 5:13 NKJV. Most Christians are ignorantly living in ignorance of their negativities.
- Failure or refusal to apply what you have. Until you apply what you have, what you have will not work for you. The availability of detergent at your home will not guarantee that your clothes will be clean unless you intentionally wash them.
- Until the devil is resisted, He will continue to persist ~1 Peter 5:8 NLT. Availability is not the same as applicability.