UNBROKEN CURSES, hidden source of truoble in the Christian's life

[Yitzchak]

UNBROKEN CURSES, Hidden Source of Trouble in the Christian's Life
This is the title of a book which I bought at the christian book store today.

Here is the write-up on the back cover of the book.

THE PROBLEM
Are you one of the many victims of an unbroken curse? Today countless Christians throughout the world are plagued by unexplained poverty, calamities, and a variety of adverse circumstances. Their lives are filled with heartache and desperation as they continously struggle against overpowering temptation, physical and mental illness, and a myriad of catastrophic events. Usually they are unaware that their plight is the result of an unbroken curse which has been placed upon them and perhaps upon their families.
SOME OF THE CAUSES

• Hatred and jealosy
• Trespassing on the Devil's territory
• Handling unholy things
• Inherited curses
• Breaking vows to God

THE SOLUTION
The Bible specifically instructs every believer to avoid curses and to recognise and break them. Yet, an astonishing number of Bible-believing Christians have either not read or do not remember these essential principles. Thus, many believers live under the affliction of unbroken curses. This book will show you the necessary biblical steps to recognise,prevent,and break every type of curse.



The author's names are Rebecca Brown, M.D. and Daniel Yoder. The inside cover lists additional titles by the same author all on the subject of spiritual warfare. Also inside the cover it says Rebecca ( Brown) Yoder from which I deduce that the authors must be a married couple with her retaining her maiden name for purposes of her writing.
I bought this book to investigate this interesting subject. I started this post to invite people to post regarding this subject.maybe some of you have personal experience or convictions concerning this subject?
I am witholding my final position on this subject. I would like to read the book first and pray and perhaps meditate upon any posts on here which seem relevant.
Also, does anyone know anything further about the authors?

 

[BrokenSoul]

Rebecca Brown also wrote a book called 'He Came to Set the Captives Free' and 'Prepare for War'. I believe that people can have hidden curses or curses pass down to them by relatives. I read a book by Marilyn Hickey called 'Breaking the Generational Curse' that's similar to the one you posted.

 

[layne]

I totally agree that people can be cursed by actions on their own part, or by their anceastors. I am sure that I've been sick for over half of my life because of things done in the past. My relatives and anceasors weren't christians, and had problems with alcohol abuse and other nasty things. Thankfully my parents turned against that when they were teenagers and I had a decent childhood, as compared to my cousins who were witnesses to abuse. I have made it a point to be everything my parents and their siblings aren't, and break that cycle. I wouldn't want to see my future children going through anything like that because I was too selfish to turn away from it.

 

[Yitzchak]

I totally agree that people can be cursed by actions on their own part, or by their anceastors. I am sure that I've been sick for over half of my life because of things done in the past. My relatives and anceasors weren't christians, and had problems with alcohol abuse and other nasty things. Thankfully my parents turned against that when they were teenagers and I had a decent childhood, as compared to my cousins who were witnesses to abuse. I have made it a point to be everything my parents and their siblings aren't, and break that cycle. I wouldn't want to see my future children going through anything like that because I was too selfish to turn away from it.

Amen. I came from a totally secular backround myself so am very familiar with breaking bad family "traditions"/patterns.

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

Last year while recovering from a hysterectomy I read a book called "Blessing or Curse" by Derek Prince.

While reading, the Lord brought to my remembrance the words spoken by my father, not necessarily at me but regarding me and my "monthly". I was in my early teens and I don't remember the words said but I do remember the shame I felt at being a girl.

God showed me that while the curse had come on me as a child that as an adult I had not given that feeling of shame to Him. . .and let Him heal that. So as an adult I kept it and let it stay where it had no authority. But I did not fully understand my authority over it. I understood some things but it had progressed so far at that point that I just gave up even trying to fight it.

Life since the surgery has been very different though. At the time of the surgery I was also having a lot of problems with my feet. While reading that book the Lord again brought to remembrance all the negative words my dad had said regarding my feet and how I had taken that on as well.

Well, right there and then, I began to talk to my feet and thank them(I felt silly but I did it) for being so faithful to me. I just went on and on telling my feet how much I appreciated them.

Anyway, I don't know when all the trouble stopped but one day I realized I had no more pain in my feet. The heel spur that hurt every morning did not hurt any more. All the other problems have gone too.

So I definately understand blessings and curses.

 

[HomeBound]

My entire family seems to be cursed. Everyone of them (in my imediate family) are saved, and speak in tongues. They all give financially (from their hearts) But they have always struggled financially. I often yell at God for how he appears to turn his back on those who seem to care the most. They've been saved for about 20 years now, and the promises in the bible just don't seem to be coming. Me and my sister talk about a possible curse but that just doesn't seem fair at all. No christian in the world is ever going to convince me that that is fair.

Very sad to see hope after hope being shattered. But I'll continue to Love God with all my heart and realize, his ways aren't our ways. I just wish all those promises of blessings weren't in the Bible. I'd get a heck of a lot less frustrated.

 

[Yitzchak]

Last year while recovering from a hysterectomy I read a book called "Blessing or Curse" by Derek Prince.

While reading, the Lord brought to my remembrance the words spoken by my father, not necessarily at me but regarding me and my "monthly". I was in my early teens and I don't remember the words said but I do remember the shame I felt at being a girl.

God showed me that while the curse had come on me as a child that as an adult I had not given that feeling of shame to Him. . .and let Him heal that. So as an adult I kept it and let it stay where it had no authority. But I did not fully understand my authority over it. I understood some things but it had progressed so far at that point that I just gave up even trying to fight it.

Life since the surgery has been very different though. At the time of the surgery I was also having a lot of problems with my feet. While reading that book the Lord again brought to remembrance all the negative words my dad had said regarding my feet and how I had taken that on as well.

Well, right there and then, I began to talk to my feet and thank them(I felt silly but I did it) for being so faithful to me. I just went on and on telling my feet how much I appreciated them.

Anyway, I don't know when all the trouble stopped but one day I realized I had no more pain in my feet. The heel spur that hurt every morning did not hurt any more. All the other problems have gone too.

So I definately understand blessings and curses.

One thing I struggle with is what is our part and what is God's part? meaning why are some things automatic it seems and other things are not?? maybe it is difficult to answer but why do we have to pray for example?

 

[Andrew]

Life since the surgery has been very different though. At the time of the surgery I was also having a lot of problems with my feet. While reading that book the Lord again brought to remembrance all the negative words my dad had said regarding my feet and how I had taken that on as well.

hey quaffie,

Reminds me of a testimony of a woman who was hospitalised and had to had here leg operated for vericose veins. (Perhaps its in the book you read?) A pastor's wife came to minister to her and found out that this lady hated her legs and had said all sorts of bad things about it. The pastor's wife asked her if she had ever appreciated and thanked her legs for carrying her all these years. She was quite surprised at the suggestion. THe pastor's wife left. The lady then began to thank her legs and appreciate them. Suddenly the presence of the Lord was in the room. Her legs felt strangely warm and she was healed immediately. no need for the op.

curses? well if there's one in your life, just claim by faith the Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. He took on the curses so that we need not take them on today. Focus on that wonderful truth and speak it into your situation rather than focus on the curses.

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

One thing I struggle with is what is our part and what is God's part? meaning why are some things automatic it seems and other things are not?? maybe it is difficult to answer but why do we have to pray for example?

Yitzchak,

I don't know that it has much to do with praying, but in learning to walk in the light that we have been given.

 

[Yitzchak]

I have read the first three chapters of this book now . It is very interesting.
It talked about the story of Achan and how israel could not stand in battle because of the disobedience of Achan. All suffered because of it until the objects were removed from israel.
The book points out thqt ignorance is not a protection from the outworking of curses in a person's life.
It also talks about inherited curses and how there sometimes needs to be specific repentance and specific words spoken by the christian suffering from them.
very interesting.

 

[layne]

Quaffer, thanks for your story. I've been questioning the whole situation about my health, and I haven't really found any solutions. I think you've pointed that out for me! Loving ourselves is the key?

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

Quaffer, thanks for your story. I've been questioning the whole situation about my health, and I haven't really found any solutions. I think you've pointed that out for me! Loving ourselves is the key?

You're welcome.

I think though, that it's more of learning to love Jesus more, so that our minds may be renewed and our thinking is what He thinks.

He is Holy and He loves us with an unquenchable love. He see's our imperfections, but upon our repentance He no longer holds them against us. He even goes so far as to claim things about us that "are not", but once He claims it, "it is".

When we become so full of Him, there is nothing that is not of Him, that can stay. That's the key. . .to be FULL of Him.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

UNBROKEN CURSES, Hidden Source of Trouble in the Christian's Life....

I have a person very close to me who was born and raised in the deep south. Her family was somewhat involved in superstitions. But not deeply involved. Not scary involved. Just silly things like black cats, spilling salt, etc.... They also did have what I consider an unscriptural fear of God. I mean that their perception of God as a loving God was weak to the point where it hindered their faith in His mercy.

Anyways, I met this person and we went to a chruch together in the midwest back in the mid 70s. One day we were talking and she expressed the fear that she was being oppressed by demons. I suggested that we could pray and cast out this demon at which time she became very agitated and said she wanted to go to the church and talk to a minister. The church had a very strong deliverance minister who operated with the word of knowledge. We met with him privately, and he ministered to her. Her told her that she was being oppressed by a demon of fear due to superstitions that were held by her family. He cast the demon out and she was free from fear altogether.

 

[Andrew]

I have been literally paralysed by fear b4. It happened soon after I turned back to God a few years back.

I rem one night, I was watching X-files. It was quite a scary episode and I got spooked. Something happened spiritually that night becos from that night onwards, I couldnt sleep and started to develop a fear for the dark.

It got extremely bad. I couldnt sleep at all and at one point, I even felt I was being possessed and that there were demons in my room.

I stuck up crosses on my door mirror, windows etc, listened to Christian music etc but those things did not help at all.

I slept in a paralysed position in bed. I did not dare to move, like turn my back towards the windows. I just lay in bed stiff, staring at the ceiling. I wrapped myself up in my blanket as some form of "protection". Becos of that, I perspired at lot and had a small fan blowing directly at me, although the air-conditioning was on.

Even when I did fall asleep, I would wake up 5-6 times a night, sometimes, motor-jerking out of my sleep as if someone jerked me awake.

The funny thing is that I could only sleep when the [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] crowed in the morning and when the birds started singing. By then I had to get up and go to work. Boy was I tired.

I would dread sundown a lot and get depressed when the sun started going down, becos I knew it was yet another long, long night.

Many a times, when I came home, I just stayed downstairs and just dreaded going up to my room.

In short, it was really the worst time of my life and the whole episode lasted about 9 months.

I did not see any demons or witness any manifestations. But one thing I learned from all this is that the battle is very much in the mind. My mind was going bonkers.

I was not grounded in the Word at all at that time. I didnt know how to use the Word nor understood my standing or authority in Christ. So the spirit of fear just walked all over me. It didnt help that the thing happened during the Ghost Festival and that they held auctions and prayers in the field/car park behind my room.

I told my Methodist pastor about it and got him to lay hands on me.

Things did eventually get better although it took a long time. I still did not dare to watch scary movies anymore, even the dumb, funny ones like Buffy. I would also have a fear when I walked past a Chinese altar (many around where I come from).

The devil did not let me go. Even as the fear subsided, I got attacked by another thing -- insomnia -- something I never experienced before. It was like the devil was telling me, "Ok, since you are not so fearful anymore I'll keep you up all night in the dark alone, so that fear can creep in while you are alone in the night."

Again, I tried all sorts of things to sleep. Like Camimile (spell?) tea, working out to exhaust my body, etc. but just couldnt sleep. This lasted for many months too.

Today, I'm totally delivered Praise God! My problem now is not being able to get up for work! I also know my standing in Christ and how to use the Word.

And becos of what I went through, I can totally sympathise with people who have fear of the dark and people who have sleep problems.

 

[Lottedah]

I have been afflicted the last three yrs with a disgusting amount of weight gain and a giant stomach when I have never eaten wrongly, not exercised or done any unhealthy things. After three yrs I came back to God from backsliding and I have been seeking a healing. I was praying one day and was saying "Lord why cant I lose this weight, I do everything right, Im in your will and yet this is driving me nuts" And he told me the names of some girlfriends from HS just three yrs ago. So I told my husband who is an evangelist in training and we operate in deliverance and the prophetic. He had a vision of two of my girlfriends from my drama company, who were secretly jealous of me. Doing horrific things, calling up demons with blood and so forth. The strangest thing that clinched it for me as being from the Lord is that he described the friends house perfectly down to the fireplace in her living room and my khaki hiphuggers I had loaned one, down to the wine stain on the hip and the holes in the knees. He knew none of this as I had never mentioned the pants to him. I have been breaking curses and commanding demons to go for two weeks. Today the Lord is setting me free. My friend who did it, has been out of the state for three yrs and I havent spoken to her since. Well I called her and she told me she hated me and would not say why. I hung up and felt a quickening in my spirit and warmth everywhere. The Lord said "the yoke is finally broken you have closure so rejoice" I am looking forward to fitting in my lovely clothes after three yrs of dealing with a mysterious ungodly one hundred lb weight gain in five months.. PRAISE GOD

 

[Yitzchak]

I have been afflicted the last three yrs with a disgusting amount of weight gain and a giant stomach when I have never eaten wrongly, not exercised or done any unhealthy things. After three yrs I came back to God from backsliding and I have been seeking a healing. I was praying one day and was saying "Lord why cant I lose this weight, I do everything right, Im in your will and yet this is driving me nuts" And he told me the names of some girlfriends from HS just three yrs ago. So I told my husband who is an evangelist in training and we operate in deliverance and the prophetic. He had a vision of two of my girlfriends from my drama company, who were secretly jealous of me. Doing horrific things, calling up demons with blood and so forth. The strangest thing that clinched it for me as being from the Lord is that he described the friends house perfectly down to the fireplace in her living room and my khaki hiphuggers I had loaned one, down to the wine stain on the hip and the holes in the knees. He knew none of this as I had never mentioned the pants to him. I have been breaking curses and commanding demons to go for two weeks. Today the Lord is setting me free. My friend who did it, has been out of the state for three yrs and I havent spoken to her since. Well I called her and she told me she hated me and would not say why. I hung up and felt a quickening in my spirit and warmth everywhere. The Lord said "the yoke is finally broken you have closure so rejoice" I am looking forward to fitting in my lovely clothes after three yrs of dealing with a mysterious ungodly one hundred lb weight gain in five months.. PRAISE GOD

Wow. That is an amazing testimony. It makes me think of the verse "we have not because we ask not" , I guess when we humble ourselves and ask the Lord what the cause of our problems are then sometimes the answer might surprise us.

 

[Cher]

Yitzchak, We pray and ask for help because we need Gods help. We are not perfect like God is and we need Him to help us where we are weak. God gave us a choice to love Him. If we don't talk to Him and have a relationship with Him how will we being loving to Him? We can worship Him but He's our Daddy and we need to spend time talking to Him and letting our needs be know to Him so he can bless us. He wants to bless us but we need to do something to be blessed. Your parents are not just going to give you a new car for no reason. You will have to ask first. God wants to be wanted. He wants us to ask Him for the things our heart desires. We can say we love Him, but true love is in a form of a relationship. We pray because we need Him. If we had everything we needed and were perfect we would not understand our need for God.
Quaffer, Thanks for reminding us to say nice things to ourselves. We need to build ourselves up and not break ourselves down. If we are not satisfied with what we have why would God give us more. Love conquers all evil. Be thankfull in everything!

 

[look]

Quaffer, thanks for your story. I've been questioning the whole situation about my health, and I haven't really found any solutions. I think you've pointed that out for me! Loving ourselves is the key?

Wow, I'm sure glad I read this thread...No sooner than I had finished Layne's post, I started seeing how this explains a lot of things in my life...

In fact I did a look-up in the New Testament of the 2nd love commandment from Jesus, you know, about loving others as yourself...

There are ten verses with that in it, they are;

• Mt. 19:19
• Mt. 22:39
• Mk. 12:31
• Mk. 12:33
• Lk. 10:27
• Rm. 13:09
• Gal. 5:14
• Eph. 5:28
• Eph. 5:33
• Jam. 2:08

This is a very powerful thing, because if there is any, for instance; unforgiveness towards yourself, or you are disgusted with yourself, or even just hating yourself; going on in your life, then I can see how and why a variety of (if you will...) curses can come on you.

Thank you brethren, for this thread...God used it to open my eyes to something in my life that needed to be taken care of...Wow, I didn't know that roots of bitterness could take on so many different shapes...

I seem to be having a hard time telling you guys what an eye-opener this thread is to me...

Blessings to you all, from our God and Lord Jesus...

 

[DeJayne]

This has really encouraged me. I have been desperatley depressed about my weight since Jan (2003). I was terribly ill with my 3rd pregnancy and began gaining weight rapidly (despite eating very little due to constant sickness), I continued to gain weight after my son was born and also suffered Post natal depression. Regardless of eating a healthy diet, and excersing as much as possible I am still considerably overweight. I went to Weightwatchers but they accused me of cheating as did a dietician my doctor sent me to. I am convinced now that the depression and weight are linked to a history of Freemasonry in our family, and that it has been compounded by those who doubted my diet regime. Through various channels I believe the Lord has shown that this is the problem...but...I am uncertain about how (and if I'm honest, a bit scared) to deal with this. Your post has encouraged me to seek the Lord more earnestly on this matter and to trust Him completly to deal with it.
I came in to this forum looking for a competley different topic and ended up here by 'mistake'...Praise the Lord! Debbie

I have been afflicted the last three yrs with a disgusting amount of weight gain and a giant stomach when I have never eaten wrongly, not exercised or done any unhealthy things. After three yrs I came back to God from backsliding and I have been seeking a healing. I was praying one day and was saying "Lord why cant I lose this weight, I do everything right, Im in your will and yet this is driving me nuts" And he told me the names of some girlfriends from HS just three yrs ago. So I told my husband who is an evangelist in training and we operate in deliverance and the prophetic. He had a vision of two of my girlfriends from my drama company, who were secretly jealous of me. Doing horrific things, calling up demons with blood and so forth. The strangest thing that clinched it for me as being from the Lord is that he described the friends house perfectly down to the fireplace in her living room and my khaki hiphuggers I had loaned one, down to the wine stain on the hip and the holes in the knees. He knew none of this as I had never mentioned the pants to him. I have been breaking curses and commanding demons to go for two weeks. Today the Lord is setting me free. My friend who did it, has been out of the state for three yrs and I havent spoken to her since. Well I called her and she told me she hated me and would not say why. I hung up and felt a quickening in my spirit and warmth everywhere. The Lord said "the yoke is finally broken you have closure so rejoice" I am looking forward to fitting in my lovely clothes after three yrs of dealing with a mysterious ungodly one hundred lb weight gain in five months.. PRAISE GOD

 

[Lottedah]

Check out demonbuster.com Some of his ideas are alittle weird but the deliverance stuff is great. Plead the blood of Jesus on yourself and plead the blood of jesus on all generational curses on you and renounce them on behalf of your family and command the demons to go in the name of JEsus!