How Your Family of Origin Impacts Your Relationships | Family Matters - Episode 1 | Epic Church

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Sometimes we don’t realize it, but the family we grew up in has a huge impact on who we are as adults, for better or worse.

Understanding that about yourself is an important part of navigating relationships well.

📝 EPISODE NOTES:
• “FOO” stands for Family Of Origin.
• A key to navigating relationships well is understanding how your family dynamics have shaped you, for better and worse.
• What happens in one generation often repeats itself in the next.
• The book of Genesis tells the story of family from Abraham through Joseph, which includes lying and deceit, marital issues, favoritism, sibling rivalries, cutting each other off.
• There’s no such thing as a perfect family.
• Read Genesis 50, vv.15-21.
• “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done.” | Genesis 50, v.20
• No matter what’s in the rearview mirror, your past doesn’t have to dictate your future.
• When you become a follower of Jesus, you don’t just get forgiven—you can also get freedom.
• Trauma—an earthquake event in your life that has a lasting impact on your mental or emotional health. It shakes and shatters your sense of safety and confidence in the world.
• Joseph’s first trauma—when he’s betrayed and abandoned by his brothers.
• Joseph’s second trauma—when he’s sold into slavery.
• Joseph’s third trauma—when he spends a decade in prison.
• Trust that God is guiding your entire life, both the good and the bad.
• Grieve your losses. Grief is a gift from God.
• Ask God to help you transform family pain with radical forgiveness.
• Joseph breaks generational dysfunction by forgiving his brothers and showing them grace.
• Mercy lets people off the hook. Grace goes further and blesses them.
• Grace breaks the chain of generational dysfunction.
• “If you don’t transform your pain, you’ll transmit it.”

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 | Host Intro
00:36 | Host Welcome
04:20 | Epic MSC: Worthy
10:20 | Host Middle
11:37 | Message: How Your Family of Origin Impacts Your Relationships
44:12 | Host Reaction
45:25 | Welcome from Pastor Kent

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