Generational Healing

Posted on: Thursday 7th October 2010

Generational Healing – Francis MacNutt.

Though generational healing is, for us a new concept, it has strong scriptural foundations.  A common theme throughout the Bible is that the sins, as well as the blessings, of our ancestors pass down to us through the generations. (Ex. 34:6-7 and Deut: 5:9-10.)

Predispositions to sickness and sin descend upon us in two ways: physically and spiritually.  Physical weaknesses can manifest as a tendency to fall victim to certain bodily sicknesses.  Doctors recognize that some families and ethnic groups are prone to certain sicknesses.  A predisposition, such as sickle-cell anemia, provides an obvious example of the need for generational healing.

The  recognition that certain family groups have tendencies to develop certain spiritual and emotional problems such as alcoholism is a reflection of spiritual weaknesses.   An example this is true of Native Americans in my wife, Judith’s family.  It is important for people to be aware of generational curses and other inheritances in order to break the negative wounding that descend upon them through their ancestry.

Identifying family curses and blessings, and their inherited patterns, can be done by filling out a genogram or ancestral ‘Family Tree’.  Just filling out the genogram often helps us find out how we can best pray, in two ways:

Finding out how God has given our families certain gifts of character for which we can thank and praise him.

Finding out patterns of weakness which we need to break through with prayer.

For example, when studying my own family tree, I realized in a profound way that the men in my ancestry were affected by abandonment and loneliness.  This may have increased my inclination to go it alone, leading to an exaggerated independence and an excessive desire for solitude.

Demonic influence can also be passed on from generation to generation one way or another.  Whatever your religious background you can do something to free yourself from anything evil that has come down in time- from recent times or from a thousand years past.

We have seen great positive results by healing people of generational weaknesses through the power of the Holy Spirit.