Christian author and speaker Lisa Bevere says what many believers dismiss as personality flaws or family dysfunction can in fact be generational strongholds that require deliberate spiritual warfare to break.
In a recent interview on The Lila Rose Show titled “How to Break Generational Wounds and Overcome Anger,” Bevere shared deeply personal stories about her family history, Freemasonry and what she described as demonic oppression that followed her lineage. She framed her testimony not as sensationalism but as a call to repentance, forgiveness and obedience to the Holy Spirit.
“I do believe that there are demonic things that happen in families and patterns that the enemy tries to propagate,” Bevere said.
A Family Pattern of Brokenness
Bevere traced dysfunction in her family through multiple generations. Her grandmother married and divorced the same man, then remarried and divorced again. Her parents followed a similar pattern.
“My parents were married, divorced, remarried each other and divorced,” she said. “I was like, you know, we’re stopping this pattern.”
She described her mother as abandoned as a child and later struggling with emotional instability. Her father battled alcoholism. Abuse and abandonment marked her upbringing. Though her father never physically abused her, she said her mother was physically abusive and hid it from him.
Bevere believes such patterns are not only psychological but can also have spiritual roots that must be confronted directly.
“Every generation has this ability to be the beginning of a thousand generations who love God and keep His commandments,” she said.
Freemasonry and Vows That Followed Generations
One of the most striking portions of the interview centered on her grandfather who was a 32nd degree Mason. Bevere said he was involved in the Manhattan Project and had taken vows associated with Freemasonry that she later came to view as spiritually dangerous.
“He was a 32nd degree Mason which is the architects of time,” she said.
According to Bevere, Masonic vows included consequences tied to descendants if secrecy was broken. She said she later found prayers that outlined those vows and renounced them on behalf of her family.
As she prayed through the various levels of Freemasonry, she encountered one vow in particular that stunned her.
“One of the things was if I break this vow of secrecy, one of my descendants will lose their eye,” she said, referring to the language she found in the renunciation materials. “I mean, it’s crazy. It’s like very demonic deities in there.”
Bevere lost her eye to cancer when she was five years old.
“Isn’t that crazy?” she said when recounting the connection she later discovered between the vow language and her childhood surgery.
While some would dismiss such connections as coincidence, Bevere sees them as evidence of spiritual legal grounds that must be confronted through prayer and repentance.
“God is not a legalist but Satan is,” she said.
A Hooded Figure and a Call to Renounce
Bevere also described what she called a demonic manifestation she witnessed in her grandmother’s home when she was 14 shortly after her grandfather’s death.
“It was a hooded figure,” she said. “It appeared.”
Years later, one of her sons reported seeing what she described as the same hooded figure. That experience prompted her to investigate Freemasonry more deeply and begin praying through renunciation prayers.
“I’m going to stand in the gap for my generation,” she said.
She called her son while away writing a book and instructed him to put her on speakerphone as they prayed together to break the vows and attachments tied to Freemasonry.
“We are breaking this right now,” she said she told him.
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Open Doors and Spiritual Oppression
After becoming a Christian, Bevere said she experienced sleep paralysis and felt something choking her at night. When she tried to say the name of Jesus, she said she felt resistance.
“What door have I left open?” she asked in prayer.
She later remembered that before her conversion she had hidden marijuana in her attic. Though she had not used it, she had stored it with the idea that she might use it later. She flushed it and prayed that the enemy no longer had legal ground.
“There is a bloodline. You cannot come in. You cannot torment me,” she said she prayed.
She also grew up in a home that included a Ouija board and astrology. Her parents were cultural Catholics but not consistent churchgoers.
“They bought me a Ouija board,” she said. “We had holy water and Ouija boards.”
Bevere believes such objects and practices can open doors to spiritual oppression. She later went through her parents’ home praying over each room. At one point, she said a door began opening and slamming shut on its own.
“You will not make me afraid in my own house,” she said she declared before confronting what she described as a demonic presence.
Excavating the Family Tree
Bevere used the word excavate to describe what she asked God to do in her life. She believes Christians must be willing to examine both psychological and spiritual roots of dysfunction.
“I want you to excavate my life,” she prayed.
She warned against two extremes in spiritual warfare. Some obsess over demons while others deny their existence entirely. She called for a balanced biblical approach grounded in prayer, obedience and the authority of Christ.
“There are two unhealthy balances,” she said, citing C.S. Lewis. “We either obsess or we say there’s nothing.”
For Bevere, obedience became central. She said forgiving her mother was an act of warfare that broke a cycle of abuse.
“When God told me to forgive my mom that was like taking back a territory that had been lost,” she said.
A New Legacy
Today, Bevere says she sees the fruit of breaking generational bonds in her children and grandchildren. Her sons are raising families of their own and she believes the legacy has shifted.
“We’re stopping this pattern,” she said.
Her testimony serves as a warning and an invitation. Generational curses, secret vows and occult involvement are not merely relics of the past in her view. They are spiritual realities that require confession, renunciation and faith in the finished work of Christ.
“Obedience is the highest form of spiritual warfare,” she said.
Her testimony presents generational bondage as something that must be confronted directly. Family patterns do not dissolve through awareness alone. They are broken through repentance, forgiveness and the deliberate renouncing of spiritual agreements that were never aligned with God.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
