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Spare the Rod, Reclaim the Child

DAY 5 OF 7

Breaking Cycles & Rebuilding Order

You weren’t just called to raise children.
You were called to break cycles.

Disrespect, yelling, fear-based parenting, emotional shutdowns, generational trauma these are not “normal.” They are cycles. And cycles don’t break by willpower. They break by Spirit-filled obedience.

Sometimes what you think is “just how you were raised” is actually a demonic pattern trying to survive another generation through your parenting. But you get to say no. You get to be the interruption. You get to rebuild.

Nehemiah rebuilt the walls with a sword in one hand and a tool in the other. That’s what parenting in deliverance looks like. You parent with Scripture, with prayer, and with strategy. But you also parent with spiritual war in your hands, tearing down strongholds as you train hearts.

2 Corinthians 10:4 says, “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.”

You can’t just fix your tone. You have to break the root.
You can’t just try harder. You have to repent and rebuild.
This is about transformation, not behavior management.

You are not doomed to repeat what you came from.
You are anointed to rebuild what the enemy tried to destroy.

Reflection:
What unhealthy cycles have I carried into my parenting? What do I need to renounce and replace with truth?

Prayer Activation:
God, I break every generational cycle that has tried to live through my parenting. I renounce fear, shame, control, manipulation, yelling, avoidance, and anything not rooted in You. I receive Your healing. I receive Your truth. Let me parent from wholeness. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Spare the Rod, Reclaim the Child

Parenting without spiritual authority leads to chaos. In this 7-day devotional, Ashley Lunnon author of Spare the Rod, Reclaim the Child, calls Kingdom parents back to biblical discipline, honor, and truth. If rebellion is rising in your home, it’s time to reset. God’s way still works.

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