DEALING WITH CURSES:

Curse – qalal kaw-lal’ Curse, despise, to be lightly esteemed, to make despicable, to treat with contempt or dishonor.

We begin our lives under the curse of God because of the sin of Adam and Eve.  Until we come under the blessing of the second Adam, Jesus Christ, we live under this curse, separated from God.

Deuteronomy 11: 26-28 "Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.

2 Samuel 16:5-14  Shimei cursed David

Job 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

Psalm 62:4  They only consult to cast him down from his excellency; they delight in lies:  they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.

Proverbs 26:2  As a bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

However, we think that the curse cannot come unless we deserve it, but the cause can be the open door of someone’s offense and anger against us.  These curses send a demonic attack against us. 

Ecclesiastes 10:20  Curse not the king, no not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.

Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.

Things you need to know about curses:

      1.  There is a cause for every curse (Proverbs 26:2 and Deuteronomy 28:1, 2, 15)

      2.  Sin is the gateway for a curse

      3.  Curses require spiritual action

4.   Where sin remains, the curse remains

4.   Power of the curse is demonic (Galatians 3:10)

5.   The Law provided no remedy for curses, but Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law.

6.   Redemption is appropriated by faith

In identifying curses consider evil words spoken against you, evil words you have spoken against others, and evil words spoken against yourself.

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 6:2  You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.

Matthew 12:36  "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me," Says the LORD.
 

Breaking curses:

1.      Identify the curse (who initiated it and where, if you know).  Start with childhood until now and list more particularly those who have held grudges or affected you most intensely.  The curse could be fear, insanity, rejection, poverty and greed, jealousy, division and divorce, lust and perversion, infirmity, bondage (drugs, alcohol, etc.), deception, fantasy, dishonesty, religion.

2.      Affirm your relationship with Jesus Christ.

3.      Repent of all sins (known and unknown)

4.      Accept God’s forgiveness and forgive yourself.

5.      Forgive others, bless them and release them to God for His forgiveness and blessing.

6.      Renounce all contact with whatever opened the door, i.e. associations with cults, occult or false religion.

7.      Break the curse:  Father, I forgive those who have cursed me; I bless and release them to You for Your forgiveness and mercy.  Satan, I break and negate this curse and assignment; I tear down strongholds and command every force of darkness to flee now in the name of Jesus.  Then, Lord, I ask that healing and restoration would flow where there has been damage done by this attack, and I give You all glory and honor and praise.  AMEN

8.      Shut the door that was opened through this attack:  Satan, this curse has been broken; you have no legal right to sustain this attack; I command you to leave, and I shut the door against you in the name of Jesus.  Cast the demon out!

9.      Proclaim breakthrough!  Prophesy and speak victory where there has been defeat.  Claim God’s blessing, mercy, favor and grace.

DEALING WITH GENERATIONAL CURSES:

Deuteronomy 30:19 "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.”

Exodus 34:7  "keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation."

Four generations consist of 30 ancestors and their sins that opened the door to generational curses!

Common effects of generational curses from Deuteronomy chapter 28:

     1.      Poverty

2.      Barrenness

3.      Failure

4.      Untimely death

5.      Sickness and disease

6.      Life trauma – one crisis after another

7.      Mental and emotional breakdown

8.      Division and divorce

9.      Spiritual hindrance

Deuteronomy 27:

14  "And the Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel:

15  ‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’

16  ‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

17  ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

18  ‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

19  ‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

20  ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

21  ‘Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

22  ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

23  ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

24  ‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

25  ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

26  ‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Sins Which Result in Curses:

Deuteronomy 28: 15 ¶ "But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

16  "Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.

17  "Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

18  "Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

19  "Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

20  "The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.

Deuteronomy 18:

9 "When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations.

10  "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

11  "or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

12  "For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.

11    "You shall be blameless before the LORD your God.

Malachi 2:

1 "And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.

2  If you will not hear, And if you will not take it to heart, To give glory to My name," Says the LORD of hosts, "I will send a curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, Because you do not take it to heart.

3  "Behold, I will rebuke your descendants And spread refuse on your faces, The refuse of your solemn feasts; And one will take you away with it.”

Malachi 3:

7 Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," Says the LORD of hosts. "But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’

8  "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

9  You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.

10  Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

11  "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field," Says the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 18:

34  "And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.

35  "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."

2 Timothy 3:

1  But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:

2  For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3  unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,

4  traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5  having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

Revelation 21:8  "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

When God’s conditions are met, demons have no right to stay.

Breaking Generational Curses:

     1.  You have to look at and identify the curse to get free. 

     2.  Confess your own past and present sins and the sins of your forefathers.

3.   Forgive your ancestors and ask God to forgive them and you.

4.   Command the demons (familiar spirits) to go in the name of Jesus.

5.   Declare the curse broken, and proclaim the blessing.

6.   Ask the Lord to command a blessing.

Deuteronomy 28:8  "The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

Some Generational Results To Consider:

Mental illness, paranoia, asthma, allergies, arthritis, blood disease, bone disease, back pain, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, eye disease, ear disease, feet trouble, hand trouble, headaches, ulcers, M.S., muscular dystrophy, infertility, fatigue, alcoholism, drug addiction, smoking,  negativity, bitterness, strife, division, divorce, gossip, depression, oppression, fear, insomnia, condemnation, dishonesty, sexual sin, pornography, incest, involvement in false religions, the occult, New Age.

Faith Tabernacle
Bill and Marsha Burns
P. O. Box 1148
Kremmling, CO 80459