BY SOS MIDDLE AND HIGH
WE HOPE YOU DIDN’T FORGET ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED DURING SOS NIGHT! IF YOU DID, OR MISSED OUT
HERE’S A QUICK RECAP!
Bethany Robertson and Charity Wright spoke to us about honoring your parents, generational blessings & curses, and the importance of praying for family.
Honoring your parents.
Colossians 3:20 KJV
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Exodus 20:12 KJV
Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long...
To Honor is to have a respect & reverential fear
Your parents aren't perfect which can make honoring seem difficult at times. However, the Holy Spirit will lead you & show you how to properly honor & respect your parents.
Be thankful for your parents & understand that GOD has purposed and placed them in your life.
Honoring and agreeing are two different things. You do not have to always agree with your parents to honor & respect them.
If your parents ask you to do something that is not of GOD, honor them with your answer of respect, while honoring GOD and keeping His Word.
When your parents anger you, self-control will be important. The Holy Spirit will show you ways to practice self-control.
Generational Blessings & Curses
Exodus 20:5-6 NLT
“…I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.”
A generational curse is something that goes down the generations. We learned that while there are generational curses there are also generational blessings as shown by Noah, because Noah was a righteous man he listened to GOD and built an Ark. Because of Noah’s righteousness his whole family was saved from the flood and benefited from this Generational Blessing.
Genesis 6:13 – Genesis 9:29
Generational curses are passed down in different ways:
Genetics - passed through genes.
Environmental - learned behaviors and traits.
Spiritual & Mental- by way of addictions & mental conditions such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, etc.
God will open your eyes to recognize and understand the patterns or traits that are not Godly. You must first build yourself up spiritually & then God will show you how to deal with generational curses practically & spiritually.
Prayer for your Family
James 5:16 NLT Says “…The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”
It is important to pray for your family on a continual basis. Ask the Lord to show you what to pray for & how to pray over your family. We are to pray Generational Blessings & Rebuke Generational Curses.
We ended off our night in prayer while making Family Trees with paper leaves with attached scriptures that our girls can take home & continue to pray over their family.
