Vineyard. of GRACE Ministries

23/11/2025

TOPIC: Can a Person’s Choice of Life Change Generations?

Texts: Deuteronomy 30:19; Proverbs 13:22; Psalm 112:1–2

INTRODUCTION
Every person walking on earth today is a product of the decisions made by others—parents, grandparents, ancestors. Some of the battles people fight did not start with them. And many of the blessings we enjoy today did not begin with us either.

The Bible reveals a powerful truth:
👉 A single decision can open or close doors for generations.
👉 One person can alter the spiritual climate of a lineage.
👉 One choice can rewrite a family’s destiny.
God told Israel in Deuteronomy 30:19:
“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live.”
Your choices are not private; they are generational.

1. A PERSON’S CHOICE CAN SET A GENERATIONAL DIRECTION

A. Your decisions are seeds
Everything you do—your prayers, habits, lifestyle, words—is a seed that grows into a harvest your children may eat.
Galatians 6:7 says:
“Whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.”
But the harvest is not only yours—
it spills into your household.

2. BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF HOW ONE PERSON’S CHOICE CHANGED GENERATIONS

A. ABRAHAM – The Choice of Obedience (Genesis 12:1–3)
Abraham left his father’s house without knowing where he was going because God said so.
His obedience produced:
🤙 A nation
🤙 Prophets
🤙 Kings
👍 A covenant
🤙 Ultimately Jesus Christ
Obedience made Abraham a generational landmark.
One obedience from you can give your children a better future than your upbringing gave you.

B. JOSEPH – The Choice of Integrity (Genesis 39:9)
Joseph’s private purity brought public elevation.
By refusing Potiphar’s wife, he preserved a whole generation from famine.
His decision:
🙏 Saved Israel
🙏Positioned his family in Goshen
🙏Gave birth to tribes that carried prophetic destiny (Ephraim & Manasseh)
Your purity today can preserve your lineage from destruction.

C. RAHAB – The Choice of Faith (Joshua 2; Matthew 1:5)
Rahab was once a pr******te, but one decision—to stand with God—
brought salvation to her entire household.
Her lineage became:
🌿The family of Boaz
🌿The lineage of David
🌿And eventually Jesus Christ
Your past doesn’t decide your lineage—your choice does.

D. TIMOTHY’S FAMILY – The Choice to Pass Down Faith (2 Timothy 1:5)
A grandmother’s faith flowed into a mother and then into Timothy.
Three generations preserved by one woman’s choice to know God.

3. NEGATIVE CHOICES THAT DESTROYED GENERATIONS

A. ADAM – The Choice of Disobedience (Romans 5:12)
One decision opened the door for sin and death.
Generations suffered because one man refused God’s instruction.

B. ELI – The Choice of Neglect (1 Samuel 2:29–33)
Eli did not discipline his sons.
His house lost the priesthood; his lineage died young.
Parental choices can build or destroy the future of children.

C. GEHAZI – The Choice of Greed (2 Kings 5:27)
His greed brought a generational curse of leprosy.
Your financial integrity affects your children.

D. JEROBOAM – The Choice of Idolatry (1 Kings 14:16)
He introduced strange worship into Israel, and God judged his entire lineage.

4. GRACE CAN BREAK AND REWRITE GENERATIONAL STORIES
God gives people the power to start a new generational story.

A. GIDEON – From Weakness to Deliverance (Judges 6)
He came from a poor and broken family,
but God used him to restore a nation.
Your background cannot stop God from using you.

B. JABEZ – From Pain to Honour (1 Chronicles 4:9–10)
His name meant pain, but his prayer changed his destiny.
“Oh, that You would bless me indeed…”
One prayer reversed what generations had suffered.

C. RUTH – A Choice of Covenant (Ruth 1:16)
A widow from Moab, a cursed nation, became part of the lineage of Jesus.
Her choice broke the curse of Moab for her descendants.

5. PRACTICAL WAYS YOUR CHOICES CAN CHANGE GENERATIONS

1. Choose Christ Daily
Salvation is the greatest inheritance you can give your children.
Joshua 24:15 — “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

2. Build and Maintain Family Altars
Pray with your family.
Bless your children daily.
Let the Word be in your home.

Where altars are built, destinies are shaped.
3. Live a Life of Integrity & Holiness
Holiness is not old-fashioned;
It is generational preservation.
Psalm 112:1–2 —
“Blessed is the man that fears the Lord… His seed shall be mighty.”

4. Your Words Must Become Prophetic Seeds
Speak life, not death.
Speak progress, not fear.
Speak favour, not limitations.
Genesis 49 — Jacob’s words shaped the future of Israel.

5. Be Intentional With Money & Work
Your discipline with finances determines the financial freedom of your lineage.
A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children (Prov. 13:22).

6. Serve God Wholeheartedly
A life of service attracts divine remembrance that reaches your children.
David served God with all his heart—
and God kept remembering his children for his sake
(1 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 8:19).

6. THE CHOICE YOU MAKE TODAY CAN BECOME A COVENANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN

God is looking for men and women who will say:
“Lord, use my life as a turning point.”
“Let what stops others not stop my children.”
“Let my obedience open doors.”
“Let my altar speak for generations.”

Your life can be the answer to the cry of those coming after you.

CONCLUSION
Yes—a person’s choice of life can change generations.
You can build or destroy.
You can start or end a pattern.
You can ignite revival or open the door for disaster.
But by the grace of God, your life will become a GENERATIONAL BLESSING.

You can be the Abraham of your family…
The Joseph of your generation…
The Esther of your lineage…
The David of your children…
Your yes to God today will echo in eternity.

Calling you
If you want to choose life and release generational blessing, lift your hands and say:
“Lord Jesus, take my life and use it to shape my generation. I choose life, I choose righteousness, I choose destiny. From today, let my life bring glory to Your name.”

CLOSING PRAYER FOR THE CONGREGATION
Father, I pray for Your children.
Let Your grace empower them to make choices that honour You.
Break every negative cycle in their lineage.
Release generational blessing, favour, and open heavens.
Let their children rise higher, go farther, and walk in greater grace.
Establish Your covenant in their families and make their names great.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Pastor Florence
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11/04/2024

1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. — 1 Peter 4:11
Thought
God gave us gifts to use in his Kingdom at least for two primary reasons:
1. To bring glory to God.
2. To bless others.
Whether we serve or speak, we are to do so with these two goals in mind, knowing that God will supply the strength to do what he has gifted us to do.
VOGM

13/06/2023

WORD FOR TODAY

Only God can make your plans work out!
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1 (KJV)

It is useless to build something that doesn’t have the blessing of the Lord. It is also meaningless to think of ways and solutions and put your best efforts into something when God isn’t involved in it. After all, only God can make all things prosper and work out. You can try to build a home and create a perfect family, but only the love of God can sustain a lasting relationship with unbreakable bonds of love, unity, mercy, and grace.

Beloved, the Lord wants to be involved in all areas of your life. Whether you are building your career, starting a small business, planning to make a family, and so on, only the presence of God can make these things possible. There are many plans in a man's heart, but the Lord's purpose will prevail (Proverbs 19:21). Let Him direct you in each step. Commit all your ways to Him, and He will establish you (Proverbs 16:3).
Prayer point:
Heavenly Father, thank You for wanting to be involved in all areas of my life. You care so much about me that You want to establish all of my plans in life. I surrender everything and every matter of my heart. I lay them bare and open before You. Show me the way and teach me the right paths. I acknowledge that Your ways and thoughts are always greater and better than mine, and I submit to Your will in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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31/01/2023

After the war, the Israelites came to Moses and said, *"we counted and NO ONE IS MISSING"* (Num 31 vs 49), from now to December 31st, *I Pray None Will Be Missing In Your Family, Among Your Friends And Love Ones In Jesus' Mighty Name, Amen.*
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16/08/2020

10 Reasons David is Called “A Man After God’s Own Heart”

Acts 13:22 says, “After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.‘”
The following words describe the heart of David as seen in his own writings:
(All verses New International Version)

Humble – Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Psalm 62:9

Reverent – I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:3

Respectful – Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. Psalm 31:9

Trusting – The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

Loving – I love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1

Devoted – You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. Psalm 4:7

Recognition – I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. Psalm 9:1

Faithful – Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6

Obedient – Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Psalm 119:34

Repentant – For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. Psalm 25:11
David’s example is a great road map for how we are to live our life.
Which of these areas need your greatest attention for improvement?

27/05/2020

Matthew 6:33
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

God has promised to bless us abundantly if we put him first in all our activities. This word abundant”means “exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, a quantity so abundant as to be considerably more than what one would expect or anticipate.”

In other words, God is saying… Put Me First and I will make you Rich! Rich in your Spiritual Life, Rich in your Health and Rich in Relationships! I will make you Rich in knowledge, so you will have the ability to have all that your heart desires!
If you want to be rich, stop putting the limits on God… “He is Limitless!”

“Isaiah 55: 6-13. 6)Seek the Lord while He may be found . Call upon Him while He is near.
7). Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8)For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
9) For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.
“10). For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
11) So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 12) For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13) Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the Lord for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

Father, we thank You for people that understand the importance of seeking You first! we pray the more they seek You, the more doors will begin to open for them in every area of their lives!
In Jesus name, Amen!

19/05/2019

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, for your righteousness is of The Lord. But whatever You do will prosper for You are like a tree that is planted by the rivers of water IJN. " ( Isaiah 54:17, Psalms 1:3 ).

02/12/2018

Safety in God's Favor

With favor You will surround him as with a shield. —Psalm 5:12 NKJV

Sometimes God’s people worry about conditions in the world or fluctuations in their nation’s economy. However, when you are living fully in God’s favor, you can rest secure in HIS protection and provision.

When Pharaoh hardened his heart and refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt, God sent terrible judgments upon the nation. And when the rest of Egypt was afflicted with swarms of flies and hailstorms, God’s people were safe.

Psalm 91 promises that you can find protection “in the secret place of the Most High” and “under the shadow of the Almighty” (v. 1). Even though “a thousand may fall at your side… [terror] shall not come near you” (v. 7 NKJV).

So, go ahead and breathe a sigh of relief—God’s favor can keep you safely.

1. As you have seen the beginning of this month in joy so shall you see the end in joy. The Lord who kept you and your entire households safe from the beginning of this year till now shall not abandon you in Jesus name.
2. Whatever that has caused you sorrow in the last eleven months shall not step into this month with you in Jesus name.
3. The grace to navigate this last month of the year successfully shall be released unto you this day in Jesus name.
4. The Bible confirmed in the book of 2Kings chapter 25 verse 27, that "Evil- Merodach king of Babylon lifted the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison" in the twelfth month. I hereby decree and declare that every power holding you captive shall "lose you and let you go" in Jesus name.
5. In the book of Esther chapter 9, the death verdict hanging on the entire Jewish race which Haman caused the king to issue to all provinces in the twelfth month did not fulfill its purpose. I therefore prophesy that every plan of the enemy to steal, to kill and destroy in your family this month shall fail. The God who has the power to reverse every irreversible shall turn every dead situation in your family to life in Jesus name.
6. In the book of Esther chapter 8 verse13b, "the Jews avenged themselves on their enemies ". None of your enemies shall escape the sword of God this month in Jesus name.
7. In the book of Esther chapter 9 verse 2, the Bible says "no man could withstand the Jews because the fear of them fell upon all people". Throughout this month and beyond, the Almighty God shall put your fear in all your enemies and none shall be able to hurt you nor withstand you in Jesus name. Amen. Congratulations and welcome to the last month of the year. The Lord has declared this month as our month of LIBERTY. May you be free on all sides in Jesus name. Hallelujah!. Shalom!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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Prayer is not about sending requests into the sky. It’s about allowing God to make us more like Jesus Christ.

13/09/2018

I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR

I Am More Than a Conqueror
Peter not only likened Satan to a lion, but he said that he is a "roaring lion" (1 Peter 5:8). The devil's roars might sound something like this:

Threat: "If you step out to do that, I will expose all your dirty secrets and nobody will ever trust you."

Lie: "The road ahead is too difficult; you should give up now."

Accusation: "Look at all your failures; God is disgusted with you."
Roars such as these have tremendous power to evoke overwhelming fear and cause you to retreat, which is just what the devil wants.

Don't flinch or look away. Stand. Make declarations about who you are and what you have in Christ.
When the devil hears you assert your identity in Christ, he no longer sees only you; he sees Jesus. And if he is smart, he will shut his mouth and retreat.
When you stand your ground by meditating on God's love and declaring His Word, you will beat the devil down.
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ActivateTheWord - I am more than a conqueror. I don't fight for victory, but I stand in the victory of Jesus. His finished work on the cross assures me of forgiveness, healing, peace, provision, protection, and acceptance of God. No attack, threats, lies, or accusations can steal these away from me - not now or in the future. I declare that in Christ I am above the influences of Satan!

01/09/2018

The Title Deed to the Things You Hope For

Today, God drew me to Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].”
There is no battle that you and I can win in the physical realm until we have won it through faith in the spirit realm. To fight and win that battle, you and I have over 6,000 promises from God’s Word.
John 16:33 declares, “In the world, you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you]” (Amplified Bible).
When you activate your faith, you are placing yourself in position for the kind of blessing God described through the prophet Isaiah:
“This is the kind of fast day I’m after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I’m interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I am.’ If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people’s sins, If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight. I will always show you where to go. I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—firm muscles, strong bones. You’ll be like a well-watered garden, a gurgling spring that never runs dry” (Isaiah 58:6-10, The Message).

02/08/2018

"Limitless!"

My Power Scripture

Matthew 6:33
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.


My Power Thought

This word “abundant” in the Greek is perisson, meaning “exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, a quantity so abundant as to be considerably more than what one would expect or anticipate.”

In other words, God is saying… Put Me First and I will make you Rich! Rich in your Spiritual Life, Rich in your Health and Rich in Relationships! I will make you Rich in knowledge, so you will have the ability to have all that your heart desires!

If you want to be rich, stop putting the limits on God… “He is Limitless!”

My Power Prayer

Father, I thank You for people that understand the importance of seeking You first! I pray the more they seek You, the more doors will begin to open for them in every are of their lives!

In Jesus name, Amen!