November 7 – 14, 2025

HAS SATAN CONVINCED US?

Galatians 5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

I was thinking about how many people say to us, “Well, I was just born this way.” And every time I hear the Lord say, “Yes, but when you’ve accepted Jesus into your heart, you’ve been born again. You have a new Father, a new Brother, and a new family. Old things have passed away. The new has come.” So why do we continue in our detrimental ways of life? Because Satan has convinced us that we cannot change; we are doomed to live this life in the same way our parents did, the same as their parents, walking down those old familiar paths.

When we walk in negative generational patterns, we are continuing the sin of our parents usually without even recognizing that it is sin. Ask God to show you these patterns. If your family line is filled with chronic worriers and you are too, your family has agreed with Satan that God is way too small to take care of you and your problems and your needs. If you come from a long line of angry people and you are too, an offense needs to be faced and released to God. If your grandma was fearful, your mom was fearful, and you too live in fear, there’s a generational trust issue with God that got passed down to you, whether you wanted it or not!

We walk in these generational patterns until we find out we don’t have to! We can stop the pattern right here, right now! Take responsibility for it and say, NO MORE! Repent, come out of agreement with it. Then renounce it by saying, “I reject this thought. I reject this behavior. I reject this attitude. I reject this habit. I dis-own it!” Then tell it to GO! When it tries to come back, and it will, JUST SAY NO!  Remember, attack/counterattack. 

Take a stand against the enemy’s plan for your life. Take a stand FOR God’s plan! Jesus died so you can walk out of bondage and walk free in a brand new path that He has for you!

This is an excerpt from a 90-day devotional written by Emil and Karen. To order the full devotional, click on the TO ORDER DEVOTIONAL page.