THE CAUSES OF CURSES

1. Idolatry (Ex 20:1-4; Deut 27:15)

2. Witches, native doctors, false prophets, secret societies and cults (Balak and Balaam Nu 22: 24)

3-Dihonoring your parents (natural and spiritual) (Gen 9:25; Deut 27:16; PV 30:17)

4-Betrayal (PV 17:13)

5-Opressing, exploiting the weak and the poor (shedding innocent blood, abortions) (PV 28:27)

6-Unnatural sex (any other form of sex that is different from the normal one practiced by a married man and his wife) (Lev 20)

7- Anti Semitism, hating the children of God (Gen 12:3; 27:29)

8-Trusting men and backsliding from God (Jer 17:5, 6)

9-Stealing, perjury (false swearing under oath), false prophets, taking God’s name in vain (Zech 5:1-4)

10- Stealing from God, not paying tithes or being stingy in the church (Mal 3:8-10)

WHO CAN BLESS OR CURSE?

God has total authority to bless or to curse! Secondly, your father or your pastor can do the same (Gen 9; 27; 49). A witch or an occult person can curse an unbeliever (Nu 22:6). There is also a self-inflicted curse (Gen 27:23). A child of God cannot be totally cursed. But the curse can affect some part of his life. Identify the curse! Pray and deliver yourself from its influence!

HOW DOES A CURSE MANIFEST?

A curse manifests as a feeling of dying! The man is unhappy with your life! Imagining suicide, thinking of death, fear of untimely death, chronic depression, anxiety and bitterness…these are signs of a possible curse in the family.

“Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.” (Gen 27:46, NIV)

The word ‘disgusted’ means to be anxious, angry, grieved or to lose interest in life. There is nothing good or interesting in this life. There is no joy, no satisfaction and nor hope. Chronic depression is a sign of a curse. Generally, curses manifest as prolonged troubles. A curse man is always in need, sick, poor or in trouble. He has the tendency to fall down easily, no matter how much he succeeds for a time. He is always unhappy with his life bitter and complaining. Even if he takes a loan, even if other people help, he is always in need. There are terrible things happening in his life and his family: they are not able to marry, unhappy marriages, bareness, divorce, untimely or mysterious deaths in the family. These people are always a liability to others. They depend on others for their daily bread. Their old age is filled with bitterness and regrets.

To be continued…