195. Healing From the Imprints of Childhood

Welcome to episode #195! This week, Matt and Braden answer a question about healing from the imprints of your childhood. 

You Are Not Alone

Everyone has the influence of their childhood. It can be difficult to break away from certain imprints that happened to you. You need to have compassion for yourself as there are good things that came from your childhood. For the things that we want to change or imprints we want to grow out of, we need to realize that we are made to mimic our parents and need to have grace with ourselves when there are things we want to change. 

God works in our layers of brokenness

There are good things that our parents or family of origin passed on to us. However, there is still brokenness and things that we may need to come to terms with. We have to take ownership of our actions now. We can carry on those good, healthy cycles that we grew up with, but we have the power to break those negative cycles and replace them with good in our own families. 

There are different experiences that can counter the imprints of our childhood. 

Joseph in the bible could’ve just believed his father and brothers when they didn’t think his dream would come true. He could’ve continued on with a sense of entitlement. But he spent years in jail and where his father doubted him, someone else said “I believe in you. You can lead a whole country.” Throughout his story, God was with him. Because of how close he was with God, the imprinting of his childhood didn’t affect God's ability to change and shape him.

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Braden is the Regional Director in Alberta for FamilyLife Canada. He has been married for 14 years to his wife Kristen, and they live in Edmonton, Alberta. He is passionate about seeing marriages grow and thrive, and helping couples move to a deeper oneness with one another and with God. FamilyLife Canada has a variety of resources and events to help you and your spouse take your marriage to the next level. See what would benefit you at www.familylifecanada.com

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Matt and his wife Louise raise their little guys, David and Oliver, in Edmonton, Alberta. He is honoured to do what he can to tackle the epidemic of pornography and sexual perversion in every way possible. Seeing lives and marriages get free and experience the love of God in profound ways is what drives him every day. He leads Restored Ministries, is a certified speaker and coach for the John Maxwell Team, and formerly played hockey in the WHL and for Hockey Canada. You can visit www.restoredministries.ca.