Did you know that repeated sin often activates a curse in your life? Wonder why you can't stop doing it even though you try hard? Before I get into curses and how they work, I want to dispell a few myths:
Myth #1: I will not be completely happy until I get to heaven.
First, happiness is a fickle condition based on circumstances. As a Christian, we have joy (Galatians 5:22) the minute we receive the gospel (John 15:11). Our joy should not be manipulated by circumstance (James 1:2).
Myth #2: I should just endure the trial because they are inevitable.
Because of Jesus' death on the cross, we do not have to just take what comes our way! We have full dominion over everything that God has created. This means we can speak to every trial. We can speak to every situation and it must bow in the name of Jesus.
If your trial is the result of a curse, this section is for you. Please know that the devil's victory depends on your ignorance. Curses either come from God or from people. This would be a good time to read Deuteronomy 27 and 28 before going any further.
So how do I know whether it is a curse? Good question. Curses normally show up in the natural realm as lingering situations that frustrate you. This means no matter how hard you try or how careful you are, you are unsuccessful in this situation every time you face it. If you keep facing the same trial, if you repeatedly experience failure at the edge of success or failure at the edge of a miracle, dealing with any type of infirmity, multiple marriages or marital destruction (this is most likely generational), been involved with a *false religion, *deliberate sinning, accepted someone saying to you "she/he's just like his daddy/mom, living from check to check, accepted strange money or cursed gifts, *conscious or unconscious honoring of demonic idols (idolatry), conscious or unconscious performance of demonic rituals, *ancestral sins (such as family idols), witchcraft curses placed on your family, spiritual ignorance, *dishonoring your parents, *stealing/cursing, *sexual perversion (includes fornication). The ones that I starred cause a curse from God. The only way to remove a curse from God is to repent. There are also curses from man (could be witchcraft or just simple word curses). Word curses could be as simple as "I will never, I can never or I wish I were dead, etc." Please know that these words are completely binding in the spiritual realm. Consulting diviners or herbalist who claim they can see things, even horoscopes! Curses! If you don't reject the projection immediately, please know that it is binding. The American culture has overexposed us to some of these things so we don't think they can do any harm. Please don't be fooled. As Christians we don't read horoscopes because God has already ordered our paths (your destiny) and He will grant visions and future knowledge through the direction of the Holy spirit, discernment, His word or your dreams. To consult palm readers, psychics, or read horoscopes says you don't trust God. Whether it's just for fun or not, the spiritual law is binding.
Once you serve the enemy notice, begin to repent for anything you have done to cause your destiny to be cursed. Through true repentance, prayer and the reading of the Word you are choosing liberty and not bondage. If you are serious about your walk with Christ and getting closer to Him, pray this aloud: Yehovah, I no longer desire for satan to have open access to my life. I want to repent of all the ways I have invited evil into my life, be it consciously or out of ignorance. Please give me the strength to live a life in Your truth Yehovah. I pray that all deception, curses and demonic distractions will depart from my life in Jesus' name!
Now, please know we are more than conquerors, but for these types of prayers to be effective in the life of a Christian, you must begin to close open doors in your life. Open doors may be deliberate sinful behaviors you indulge in or anything that invites the enemy into your life. For instance, using curse words. They are called that for a reason. So ask God to expose those things in your life that are sinful and as He exposes them, repent.
It is important that you begin to align your life with God so that your assigned angels can fight for you and so that the words you speak when you pray gain power. You gain power by aligning yourself with Christ (reading and applying the word). Please know when you begin to serve notice to the enemy, there will indeed be a war! This is why you must close open doors.
Prayer: Father God, I have fallen short of your glory, I confess true repentance of ______ in the name of Jesus. For every utterance of repentance, I ask that you have mercy on my soul and forgive me. Allow me to receive the spirit of repentance for everything I have confessed so that you may be glorified in my life and the enemy disgraced in Jesus' name. I pray this day that I am not their candidate, and that I am loosed from the power and authority of any evil spirit associated with any curse in the name of Jesus. I pray Yehovah that you will dismantle every evil covenant operating over and in my life today in the name of Jesus. I ask you to strengthen me daily by opening my eyes to see things as You would Father. Anything in my life pushing me farther away from you, expose it by fire Father God so that I may see it and turn away from it in the name of Jesus. Father, renew me as your word says in II Cor 5:17 that old things are passed away and all things are made new. I confess that I choose Christ today and leave bondage behind me in the name of Jesus. Strengthen me as I take this journey to stand boldly for Christ. I love you Father, be glorified in every area of my life. I submit myself fully to you in Jesus name I pray. Amen.
