Generational Curses

In this episode of Dear God, I open my heart and talk honestly about generational curses in my family—patterns of pain, silence, trauma, and brokenness that were passed down unknowingly. Through prayer, scripture, and personal reflection, I share how God revealed what needed to be confronted, healed, and surrendered. This episode is for anyone who loves their family but knows something must change. Healing doesn’t begin with blame—it starts with awareness, truth, and God’s power to restore what generations could not.

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Welcome to Dear God, a podcast about life's journey that exemplifies the blessings, trials, tribulations, laughs, and sorrows centered around journaling life events and the impact of prayer during the most difficult and happiest times. This is your host, Tanisha Wright.

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Welcome to Dear God Podcast. My name is Tanisha Wright. I am your host. Today's topic of episode two is concerning generational curses. So in my adulthood, I noticed that I was entering into a phase of my life where it seemed as though it was total darkness. And I didn't quite understand what was going on in my life. It seemed as though it was trouble and issue on every side. And so one of my friends was talking to a client of his, and he stated that we need to attend World Overcomers Church with Apostle Williams. Apostle Williams, a World Overcomers Church in Memphis, Tennessee, was doing a series on generational curses. Now, I knew the term of generational curses, but I didn't understand what it consisted of. And so as Apostle Williams was teaching that Sunday, I felt like he was talking directly to me because everything that I pondered in my mind, Apostle Williams was teaching on the plights that surrounded my life. So I remember this particular passage of scripture in Exodus 34 and 7 says that God visits the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children to the third and fourth generation. And I did a reflection and I stated to myself, I am going through everything my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and my mom, on my mother's side of the family, and also on my father's side of the family. And at that point, I was truly confused because I didn't understand why this was happening to me. Not saying that I was perfect, not saying that I did everything right, but I believe I did not deserve the pain that was coexisting in my life because I didn't understand the direction where it was coming from. So as I began to attend church more with Apostle Williams at Roar Overcomers Church, he began to enlighten, enlighten us on why generational curses take place. So I called my grandmother in California and I was just in tears. And I told her, I hate I was born into this family. I didn't ask for my parents. I didn't ask for my grandparents or my great-grandparents. And what I am witnessing in this family cannot be God. And it's as though no one is saying anything about the trauma, the abuse, the neglect, the brokenness that we are walking in daily. And it's as though we're conducting business as usual, and I don't understand it. So my grandmother allowed me to vent. I was crying. And when I was finished, she began to speak. And she said, You want to know what's wrong with this family? I'm going to tell you. She went from the history of her family to the present day. And my mouth dropped because I could not believe the circumstances at hand of how the women were treated in our family. For over a hundred years of abuse, the cycle just kept going. And I said to myself, that day is going to end here. So one thing that I did do, I began to collect as much information as I possibly could regarding my ancestors and to go back as far as I could so I can gain understanding of what was taking place in our family. So I will speak with my grandmother on a weekly basis, sometimes two and three times a week, to get understanding, to get her side of the story. I would talk to my aunties, I would talk to my mom. And it was really difficult at some point for them to reminisce on the pain they endured because they were still healing themselves from childhood trauma, stories that they heard from about my great-grandfather, my great-grandmother, the things that they just endured. It seemed unreal. And so we begin to dive into every area of the lives that played a significant part in generational curse. Now, I want to say this, and we will get into that in another episode. You don't, we don't have our families don't have to stay here. We don't have to stay in the cycle of abuse if we're willing to do the work and also to have God as our Lord and Savior so he can show us the root and the cause of the pain. He also served as a redemption sacrificial lamb on the cross of Calvary, his only begotten son, to release us from all of this pain. So I did want to mention this, but I just wanted to give you the background of why generational curses are initiated. So it went back to generations. We had witchcraft in our family, we had perverseness, perverted men, abusive men in our family, substance abuse, homosexuality, which led to open doors and pathways of being tormented by the enemy. And so my great-grandfather, oh Lord, was an undercover homosexuality. And you know, back then you could not expose your sexuality. And I'm not saying that I am trying to come against those that are engaging in homosexuality or lesbianism. That's between you and your God. I pray that you come into truth and understanding. But what I'm telling you, what took place in our life. So my grandmother, my great-grandmother married my grandfather and he was a homosexual. My great-grandmother found out and it destroyed her. It destroyed my grandfather. That was his dad and my uncle. In that, my grandfather became a whoremonger, a womanizer. It was as though he was trying to ensure that he was a straight man. And my grandfather was gorgeous. I mean handsome. And so, in that brokenness of their family, my great-grandmother gravitated to my grandfather as though that was her husband. She loved my grandfather. She showed favoritism. She did. And it caused my grandfather to have this ego and somewhat to be narcissistic, where he began to mistreat women. He was very abusive, verbally, physically, substance abuse, alcoholism. He did not take care of home of provision the way he should have. It was just a mark. And so that led into when my mother was born, she experienced trauma. She saw her mother experience trauma. It led to my mom marrying someone similar to her dad, my father, and I had forgiven my father. He was on substance abuse. He was not active in our lives. He was abusive physically, verbally. My daddy was a drug dealer. And it's wanted to be an inspired pimp. I just said, Lord, have mercy. Babies at a wedlock, abortion. I mean, the list just goes on. And I said, Lord, have mercy. So we begin to repent on the behalf of our ancestors and our own sins so we can have a clean pathway to prayer and asking God to please, you know, forgive us of the iniquity that was not repented for. We begin to truly just dive in into that, you know, look at our own lives and do a self-analyzation or analyze, excuse me, on our lives because we could not bear to have the next generation go through this again. And I'm still finding out information about our family on my mom's side and my dad's side. And I had a conversation with my auntie recently. I could not believe the stories that she told me concerning our family. And it truly puts you in a place where you cannot stand the sight of brokenness, unhealthy individuals that walk around society that's unhealthy and not doing anything about it. So we cause a trail of chaos in other lives because we're not working on ourselves through God to be whole. There's no excuse. There's too many resources out there spiritually and individuals that are assigned to the workmanship of Christ to ensure that we understand how to be made in the image and likeness of Christ. And I believe that it is our Christian duty to ensure that we become a better version so that the chaos and the cycle of pain can stop. And I believe when you walk around here intentionally broken and knowing that you need help, you become a virus. You're a virus. And I remember God told me, Tanisha, don't be a virus. Be vital in the body of Christ. And that came from the book, 1 Samuel, with Eli. You know, Eli and his sons, he knew that his sons were not walking in the guidelines of Christ and the characteristics, line up on line, precept on precept. And 1 Samuel 2, 12 to 36, Eli's sons were wicked. And Eli just tapped their wrists and did not put their sons in order. And I believe that's our issue. We have not tried to clean ourselves up, which caused a problem for others, for ourselves. And the pain is so enduring, and the cycle keeps repeating itself until it's out of control. So my grandmother's wisdom and how she went through hardship and pain. And the communication with her was on a level that she couldn't really express herself because of the consequences that came after that. My grandfather, God rest his soul, and he got it right, you know, before he died, wasn't pleasant to live with at all. And that's I'm minimizing that statement. Truly I am. But generational curses, I know some have their own perspective, and God bless you, but I'm telling you what I went through and what I wanted more. I don't want my children to have multiple baby fathers, divorce, perversion, fornication, adultery, abortion. I don't want them to go through the things I went through. I don't want my children to stay on welfare, be welfare recipients. I don't want them to go through that. I don't want them to lack education. And although God can deliver us from all of that, but if we just choose to do it the right way through Christ, we can save ourselves and others from so much heartache. And as I looked myself in the mirror, the history of how I had a compilation of generational curses and the lack of understanding of why God says to not do certain things, the remnants of pain sometimes can last for decades. And so it was my spiritual duty to ensure that I cleaned up my spiritual life and began to seek God so that my children's children can benefit from our relationship with Christ and that they can see the fruit of our labor. And so I applaud my grandmother for her honesty and transparency in sharing stories with me pertaining to generational curses. And anyone that is seeing patterns that turn into problems, that turn into pain, I pray that you honestly go into prayer and ask God to assist you and enlighten you and show you what to do. And I would like to end this segment with prayer for those that are going through patterns, problems, and pain. Father God, we thank you for you being who you are, our Father. We thank you, dear God, for your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for our sins. And God, we ask that you bring us into the knowledge and the wisdom of generational curses and how you have redeemed us from the curse. God, we thank you for the individuals that are listening to this podcast. And I ask that you touch their lives in ways that they cannot even imagine. And that you heal them, God, internally from every wound that they have suffered from generations, God, and cycles, and that you break cycles, God, off their lives, Lord. And let them walk into the newness of life, a door of hope. And we love you, God, for who you are, what you're able to do for us as your children. And thank you once again for your love and your sacrifice and your commitment towards us. And we ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you.

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