A Day of "Intergenerational Healing"     Saturday, March 6, 2009

Intergenerational healing is an aspect of Jesus' ministry of healing that He gave to the church. While some of the problems with which we suffer started with us, others come to us from previous generations. While we are often blessed to inherit good things from our forebearers, sometimes we are the unfortunate inheritors of a negative legacy.

It is obvious that this is true with things physical. We can inherit physical virtures (Pearson men have great stamina, for example), but we can also inherit physical problems (cancer runs in some families, for example). The recent discovery of DNA is simply science catching up with observations people have made for centuries.

What about inheriting propensities to certain good attitudes and actions? Or bad ones? Is it ALWAYS because of how one was raised or could there be an inheritance factor? I would argue that sometimes our bad attitudes, our vulnerability to certain temptations, and our improper, even evil actions can be inherited. Why do I believe that?

* Some children raised in good and godly homes turn out bad and some children in bad homes turn out good and godly.... So it can't be just how they were nurtured. Something has been passed along from previous generations.

* What about children adopted at birth that much more resemble their birth parents than their adoptive parents? So it can't be just nurture. Something has been passed along from previous generations. So what do we do about this?

1. take authority in the name of Jesus to cut bondages and ties;
2. forgive those in our past (whether we know them or not) from whom we have inherited the negatives;
3. fill with Jesus "the house now swept clean." Remember, we have been delivered FROM that which is bad for us and others so we can be delivered UNTO God and the good things He has in store for us to enjoy and pass on to others.

To register for the Mark Pearson day on intergenerational healing, please e-mail our church office secretary, Ann, at admin@churchoftheword.net so that we can get a head count. Cost is $36 including lunch. You can drop off or mail your check made out to 'Church of the Word' and designated for 'IGH Conference'. Please include your name, postal address, e-mail address, and phone number. Or simply download the conference registration form and mail it in with your check. Our address is:

      Church of the Word
      14215 Lee Highway
      Gainesville, VA 20155

Weekend Activities Schedule

Thursday, March 4th, 7:30pm	St. Paul's Church Rectory, 6750 Fayette Street, Haymarket     Seminar on Ministering in Prayer through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Friday, March 5th, 7:30pm	General Healing Service; open to the public     We will have healing prayer teams available
Saturday, March 6th, 9am to 5pm	Intergenerational Healing Seminar; must register to attend
Sunday, March 7th, 10am	Mark Pearson preaches at Church of the Word, Gainesville     We will have healing prayer teams available
Sunday, March 7th, 4pm	Anglican Fellowship in Manassas - Healing service with Mark Pearson

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