"Addiction runs in my family. If I try anything, I'll become an addict too."
How it sounds in your head: My dad's an alcoholic. My uncle uses drugs. I hear them say addiction is genetic. If I make one mistake, I'll be just like them and lose control.
"Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed."
-- John 8:36Enemy using family bondage to prophesy captivity and steal freedom through fear before she's even tempted.
She's witnessed the destruction addiction causes in her family and statistics confirm genetic links to addictive behavior. The fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of avoidance and anxiety.
Lived in tombs, naked, cutting himself, so bound that chains couldn't hold him, completely controlled by destructive forces. One encounter with Jesus and INSTANTLY the demons fled - he was clothed, in his right mind, free, sitting at Jesus' feet, fully restored in one moment.
I REFUSE the lie that my family's addictions are waiting for me. IT IS WRITTEN that whom the Son sets free is free indeed. I am NOT bound by genetics. IT IS WRITTEN that sin has no dominion over me because I'm under grace, not law. I am a NEW creation - old things passed away, ALL things became new. The BARAK blessing includes freedom, self-control, and victory. I walk in liberty because Christ already broke every chain that ever tried to claim my family.
Your Father sees you afraid of your own potential to fall, and He's running toward you with the truth that you're ALREADY free - not after you prove yourself, but right now. His grace is greater than genetics, and His strength is already yours because you belong to Him.