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‘It Ends With Me’

‘Pull down your father’s altar.’ Judges 6:25 NLT

When the angel of the Lord called Gideon, he was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress, trying to hide the grain from the Midianites (see Judges 6:11). That’s interesting, because God was about to use him to destroy the forces of Midian and liberate Israel. But before he could do so, there were a few family dynamics to be dealt with—like the altar his father built to a false god called Baal. It had been in the family for years. So God said, ‘Pull down your father’s altar to Baal… Then build an altar to the Lord your God.’ (Judges 6:25–26 NLT) Understand this: things like anger, addiction, abuse, and affairs may be part of your family history, but they don’t have to be part of your future. Not only will God heal your heart and hurts, He will use you to heal the hearts and hurts of your children. The generational rubbish can stop here and now. You don’t have to give your kids what your ancestors gave you. Bring it out into the open and lay it before the Lord. Revealing leads to healing. And if having a mature Christian counsellor helps, get one!

‘Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.’(Romans 12:2 NLT) No, it won’t happen overnight. Damage done to you in the formative years of your life will take time to heal, and God will work with you day by day until He has made you whole. But let the healing begin. Rise up in faith, take control of your life, and declare: ‘It ends with me, and it ends here and now.’

written by Bob Gass

 

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@ladylovesJesus,

‘Pull down your father’s altar.’ Judges 6:25 But before he could do so, there were a few family dynamics to be dealt with—like the altar his father built to a false god called Baal. It had been in the family for years. So God said, ‘Pull down your father’s altar to Baal… Then build an altar to the Lord your God.’ (Judges 6:25–26 NLT) Understand this: things like anger, addiction, abuse, and affairs may be part of your family history, but they don’t have to be part of your future. Not only will God heal your heart and hurts, He will use you to heal the hearts and hurts of your children. The generational rubbish can stop here and now. You don’t have to give your kids what your ancestors gave you. Bring it out into the open and lay it before the Lord.

We build these inherited emotional alters and justify them. I believe any characteristic that is contrary to what is in the character of Christ needs to be removed. If we walk in God's Spirit we will not fulfill the character of the flesh. Gideon's family knew their idol were wrong, but they little by little justified them. This is what believers do when it comes to emotions. We don't see anger in the Fruit of the Spirit, but we justify it by saying, "Jesus was angry." This is done with grief, concerns and pretty much every emotion we feel. It's one thing to process the emotions, but it's another to justify them as being okay.

Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:23
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.