Generational Sin

Today on the train ride back, I thought about my future family, my future wife, and my future kids. Then I thought about sin, specifically generational sin. I thought about how everytime I sin, I choose myself. I don't choose my family, I don't choose my future wife, I don't choose my future kids. In the moment of sin, It is about me. It is about what I want. But what about what others want. I realized how if I chose not to sin, that time that I could be looking at things I shouldn't be looking at on the internet, could be a time used to pray for my future family, etc. We sin on a daily basis. But think about what we can do for God's glory when we choose not to sin.

Deuteronomy 5:9b-10 states, “I do not leave unpunished the sins of those who hate me, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations. But I lavish love on those who love me and obey my commands, even for a thousand generations.”

Lord on behalf of myself and my ancestors, I repent for the sins that have been going through our family generation after generation after generation. Holy spirit, give me the strength to be obedient to the calling that has been given unto me. May the generation that comes after me be obedient to your calling God. Amen.