Are you suffering from a curse that could easily be broken? I’ll not take space here to debate the viability of curses from evil people or ungodly ancestors. My books and Bob Larson University cover that information adequately. For the purposes of this blog, we’ll assume that you’ve moved beyond a denial that curses can affect Christians. No matter what you’ve been taught to the contrary by well-meaning preachers, curses CAN and often DO hinder the faith and spiritual effectiveness of true Christians.
Consider these few thoughts. You have lived long enough to know the patterns of your impulses and sinful tendencies. By now, you may have identified some of the lies upon which you base your decisions and actions. You may have tried to overcome these vulnerabilities and liabilities through prayer, Bible-reading, and even counseling. And you may have discovered that nothing seems to work. You can stuff them and bluff your way past them for only so long. Sooner or later, you will realize that no amount of counseling or effort can banish certain evil thought patterns, physical ailments, or insecurities. Maybe it is time to consider how curses are holding you captive.
Curses can be predicated on known events, but often we do not know what has happened to our families, especially if something occurred a long time before we were born. To find out what we are dealing with, we must rely on a combination of spiritual discernment and acquired knowledge of common sources for curses. Besides surrendering our lives as much as possible to the ultimate curse-breaker, Jesus Christ, we must educate ourselves about how curses work, biblically and historically, before we can achieve total victory over them. Begin your journey to freedom from curses by doing these three simple things.
#1 IDENTIFY WHAT THE CURSE IS: Take an objective survey of your life experiences, your moral equivocations, and the sins which beset you. Consider the possibility that your struggles to overcome spiritual problems in your life might be the result of more than the ordinary challenges we all face in life. Ask the Lord to show you what issues might be the result of a curse
#2 DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE CURSE: Where did it come from? Is it the negative influence of your family of origin or do you have extended family members who are evil? Perhaps there may be an ancestor in living memory who practiced witchcraft or indulged in violence, perversion, or criminal activity. If it is an unknown ancestor, the Lord knows who it is. Simply pray, “Lord, if any of my forebears indulged in diabolical practices, I renounce their evil and cut it off from me and future generations.” (Our book “Curse Breaking” can help you with scores of specified prayers to say.”)
#3 DECLARE BY FAITH THAT THE CURSE IS BROKEN: In Bob Larson University, we teach a simple maxim. It goes like this: “A curse isn’t broken until it’s broken, but when it’s broken IT IS BROKEN! You don’t need to keep breaking the same curse. Declare it broken, being as specific as you can about the facts of the curse, and then move on to other spiritual struggles. The battle to overcome the curses that you renounce are won and done, by the power of Christ.
