WHAT GOD HAS PUTS TOGETHER
WE ARE
FAMILY!
From the June 2021 Issue
Article by Dr. Tunishai Ford
Some years ago, I listened to a radio program hosted by a top-rated radio personality, well-known for his controversial subjects. One of the topics was about the importance of meeting each other's families before entering holy matrimony. Several people called in to offer their opinion. The majority agreed that it is essential to meet the family of the one you are about to marry, especially the man's family since you will be taking on his last name. The consensus was that when you marry the man, you marry the entire family. This is stated figuratively, but it is true spiritually. When you marry, not only do you become one with him, you also become one with his family. This is why God admonishes man to cleave to his wife and leave his family (Genesis 2:24). It is up to that couple to declare and decree that all generational curses end with this new union.
Some couples have so many issues to deal with within their families that if they do not denounce these issues and discover the root causes, they would be destined to
to repeat the behavioral, psychological, and emotional trauma that has plagued their families for many generations. Some families have a history of rape and incest, and others deal with a history of divorce and separation. Some are even as extreme as violence and murder. It is also important to look into a person's medical history. A good example is when both the male and female have sickle cell anemia on both sides of the family, their child's chances of having it are very likely.
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children