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Contents

>oreword!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! '

9efinition of a "urse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6

*dentifying "urses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2

2 4d?ersity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2

athers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! '

3 ;he Solution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2

4ppendi&!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 26

4out the 4uthor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Foreword

o failure and frustration seem to e your lot in life@ *s your life

characteriAed y continual setacks and misfortune@ 9oes itappear as though no matter what you do in life, you cannot seem tootain the lessings of the +ord@

%ften the most frustrating thing aout this whole scenario is the

fact that you are a elie?er and lo?e the +ord! *s it possile for a orn1again, Spirit1filled elie?er to still e li?ing under a curse@

*f so, how can a elie?er e deli?ered from a curse and e set free

to otain and walk in the full lessing of the +ord@

Redeemed

from

the

Curse

4ccording to alatians 202, we are redeemed from the "urse! *n

other words, Jesus ecame a curse in our stead! *f this is true, then howcan a elie?er still e under a curse@

;o understand this, we need to know the difference etween whatis legally ours and what is e&perientially ours! Just ecause something islegally ours does not mean we will automatically otain it and walk init!

8hat makes this e?en truer in spiritual matters is the fact that weha?e an ad?ersary, the 9e?il, who is determined to keep away from us

what is legally ours! *f he can keep you ignorant of what is legallyyours, he can still enforce a curse against you, e?en though you! arelegally redeemed from it!

;he same is true in the case of sickness and disease! 4lthough the8ord of od teaches that we are already healed y the stripes of Jesus(*saiah 3203), there are many elie?ers who ha?e not appropriated this

promise and continue to attle with sickness! ;his is ecause healing isa part of our redemption, ut it is not automatic!

4gain, according to the 8ord of od, we are healed y the stripesof Jesus! Howe?er, though e?ery elie?er has een legally redeemedfrom sickness, there are still many sick elie?ers! Just ecause one is a

elie?er does not make one e&empt from sickness! *t is possile for aelie?er to e sick e?en with healing eing a part of our redemption!

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Unfortunately, there are still many elie?ers li?ing under curses

e?en though they ha?e een legally redeemed from curses! Just as a

elie?er may ha?e to fight a good fight of faith for healing, he or she

may also ha?e to fight a good fight of faith against curses!

So the answer to the question, C"an a elie?er e under a curse@C

is, C+egally, noD ut e&perientially, yes!C

;his is to say, Satan may not ha?e a legal right to enforce a curse

against you, ut he is an outlaw and will attempt to do so anyway!

;herefore, curses oftentimes ha?e to e roken o?er the li?es of

elie?ers, and the elie?ers must learn how to stand in faith against

those curses, keeping them from operating in their li?es!

;he promises in the 8ord are not automatic! ;hey must e

elie?ed and often fought for! Eou donFt ha?e to fight od for His

promisesD He is not keeping them ack from you! But you must contend

with the 4d?ersary who is trying to pre?ent you from recei?ing and

walking in odFs promises!

So if you are a elie?er and you are e&periencing the symptoms of

a curse, you will ha?e to e loosed from it efore you will e ale to

walk in the full lessings of the +ord!


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Chapter

One

Definition

of

a

Curse

et us first gi?e a ilical definition of a curse! 8hat does the

8ord

of od ha?e to say aout the suGect of curses@ 4 curse is odFs

"recompense" (+amentations 203) in the life of a person and his or her

descendants as a result of iniquity! ;he curse causes sorrow of heart and

gi?es demonic spirits legal entry into a family wherey they can carry

out and perpetuate their wicked de?ices!

;here are se?eral words we will define in order to gi?e a clearer

picture and a etter understanding of how curses operate! ;hey are as

follows0 recompense; iniquity and perversion; persecution; and

destruction.

Render

unto

them

a

recompense,

O

LORD,

according

to

the

ork

of

their

hands.

!ive

them

sorro

of

heart,

thy

curse

unto

them.

ersecute

and

destroy

them

in

anger

from

under

the

heavens

of

the

LORD. #Lamentations

$%&'(&&)

Recompense: (n!) an equi?alent or a return for something done,

suffered, or gi?enD (?!) to return in kind, requite, repay!

*hou

shoest

+ovingkindness

unto

thousands,

and

recompensest

the

iniquity

of

the

fathers

into

the

osom

of

their

chi+dren

after

them%

the

!reat,

the

-ighty

!od,

the

LORD

of

hosts,

is

his

name. #eremiah

$/%01)2engeance

is

mine;

I

i++

repay,

saith

the

Lord.

#Romans

0/%03)

;he +ord recompenses iniquity into the osom of the children in

the form of curses! 4 recompense is a reward or a payment! Just as the

+ord rewards righteousness, He also rewards sin! He rewards sin in the

form of curses! 4ester5s definition of reard is Csomething that is


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gi?en in return for good or e?il done or recei?ed!C

Iniquity: the Herew word translated "iniquity" in Jeremiah

20. is avon, meaning per?ersity, moral e?il, fault, iniquity,

mischief, sin!

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erversion% a turning away from what is good or morally right,

di?erting to a wrong end or purpose, misdirectingD stuornness

or ostinacy to what is right!$er?ersion of any kind rings curses upon the children! od curses

iniquity (per?ersion)! ;here are different forms of per?ersion0

6e7ua+ perversion includes adultery, fornication, incest,

estiality, homose&uality, lesianism, oral se&, anal se&, orgies,molestation, and rape! 4 history of these se&ual sins in theloodline opens the door for "urses of +ust!

8inancia+ perversion includes the misuse of money, unGust gain,

cheating, gamling, co?etousness, not honoring od (y tithing),ries, crooked means of otaining money, illegal trafficking ofdrugs and alcohol, roery, and emeAAlement! 4 history ofthese sins in the loodline can open the door for "urses of$o?erty!

Re+igious perversion includes idolatry, worshipping idols,

ancestral worship, and oaths and pledges to idol gods! 4 historyof these sins in the loodline can open the door for the "urse of

*dolatry and #ultiple "urses! 6piritua+ perversion includes witchcraft, ?oodoo, sorcery,

di?ination, occult in?ol?ement, and spiritism! 4 history of thesesins in the loodline can open the door for #ultiple "urses!

Behaviora+ perversion includes a per?erse way, pride, reellion,drunkenness, murder, returning e?il for good, sinful attitudes andways, ungodly conduct, mistreating others, ause, andunrighteous eha?ior!

8ami+ia+ perversion includes per?ersion of the family order,

4ha and JeAeel spirits (see Kings 1), men not takingleadership, dominating females, reellious children, or any timeodFs order in the family is ?iolated and neglected! ;hisper?ersion opens the door for "urses upon #arriages and>amilies!

erverse speech includes spoken curses, ?e&es, he&es, spells,lying, lasphemy, slander, crooked speech, ?ows, oaths andpledges to idols, cults, false gods, enchantments, andewitchments!

*niquity is the cause of a curse! /ow, letFs look at the results of a

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Definition of a Curse

!ive them sorro of heart. #Lamentations $%&9)

;he result of a curse is sorrow of heart, including failure, tragedy,

frustration, death, destruction, family prolems, marital prolems,sickness, disease, mental illness, suicide, miscarriages, accidents,depression, sadness, sorrow, grief, ?e&ation, torment, hopelessness,despair, po?erty, lack, usiness failure, confusion, pain, esetting sins,stumling locks, guilt, shame, condemnation, lamentation, suffering,misery, itter e&periences, ill fortune, setacks, tra?ail, groaning, hardtimes, re?erses, distress, calamity, mishaps, slumps, recession, and woe!

ersecute

and

destroy

them

in

anger

from

under

the

heavens

of

the

LORD. #Lamentations

$%&&)

Persecution: to harass in a manner designed to inGure, grie?e, or

afflictD to pesterD to run after with hostile intentD chaseD put toflightD follow afterD huntD pursue!

;his is the feeling of people who are laoring under a curse!

Sorrow follows them where?er they go, and there is a feeling of eingconstantly harassed, chased, and persecuted in some area of their li?es!

*hey

hunt

our

steps....Our

persecutors

are

sifter

than

the eag+es of the heaven% they pursued us upon the mountains,they +aid ait for us in the i+derness.

#Lamentations '%01(03)

Our

necks

are

under

persecution%

e

+aour,

and

have

no

rest. #Lamentations

9%9)

Destruction: the action or process of destroying something!

"urses open the door for the spirit of destruction (%smodeus) towork with other spirits to destroy certain areas of an indi?idualFslife!

Destruction of the -ind includes spirits of mental illness,

schiAophrenia, insanity, madness, and confusion!

Destruction of the 8inances includes spirits of po?erty, lack,det, and financial failure!

Destruction

of

the

Body includes spirits of sickness, infirmity,disease, and plagues!

Destruction of the 8ami+y includes spirits of death, accidents,reellion, alcohol, strife, and 4ha and JeAeel!


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"urses come as a result of odFs di?ine Gustice recompensing the

iniquity (per?ersion) of the fathers into the osom of the children,

causing sorrow of heart and opening the door for e?il spirits, gi?ingthem the legal right to persecute and destroy y carrying out andperpetuating their e?il de?ices in the li?es of people under curses!*niquity (per?ersion) rings curses! *n whate?er area the per?ersionoccurs, a curse can come upon the descendants in that particular area!Some sins carry multiple curses!

Multiple Curses

:nd

first

I

i++

recompense

their

iniquity

and

their

sindou+e; ecause they have defi+ed my +and, they have fi++edmine inheritance ith the carcases of their detesta+e andaomina+e things. #eremiah 0&%01)

Some sins are recompensed y od with multiple curses! Some

sins are aominale and worthy of death! odFs recompense upon thesesins is greater! ;his we refer to as the +aw of ecompense!

4lthough od punishes all sin, some sins recei?e a hea?ier

punishment (multiple curses)! 4n e&ample would e witchcraft, whichin the %ld ;estament carried with it the penalty of death0

"*hou sha+tnot suffer a itch to +ive" (7&odus 0.)! Because this sin is sodetestale, od will recompense it with greater (multiple) curses!

;he result can e curses of witchcraft, death and destruction,

insanity, po?erty, sickness, and others! #ultiple curses can also come asa result of idolatry (+e?iticus -013)D consulting familiar spirits,wiAards, and witches (+e?iticus -0)D adultery (+e?iticus -0-)D incest(+e?iticus -01)D homose&uality (+e?iticus -02)D and estiality(+e?iticus -03)! 4ll of these sins carried the death penalty in the %ld;estament!

;he result of all sin is death and destruction! "urses will e?entuallyresult in death and destruction! 4 curse is like a shadow that follows apersonD it is a dark cloud that co?ers an indi?idual, family, or nation ofpeople! *f this cloud is not lifted, it will destroy those under its power!Jesus came, died, and rose again to pro?ide redemption from all curses!He does not desire for us to e ignorant of spiritual things! 4knowledge of curses, how to identify them and reak them, is anindispensale tool in the elie?erFs arsenal to destroy the works of the9e?il!


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Chapter

Two

Identifying

Curses

s has already een stated, the cause of curses is iniquity

(per?ersion)! 9iscernment and detection are the two primary ways

to determine the type of curse a person may e under! Supernatural

discernment through the Holy Spirit, including discerning of spirits and

word of knowledge, has pro?en in?aluale in difficult cases! (See

"orinthians 0., -!)

;he gift of discerning of spirits will help deli?erance workers

discern what spirit is operating in a personFs life, and the gift of the

word of knowledge can re?eal the name of the curse and how far ack it

needs to e roken! 9etection is simply seeing the prolems and

knowing something of the family history of the person or whom you are

praying!

Some people ha?e a limited knowledge of what sins may ha?e een

practiced y their ancestors! %f course, no one knows e?erything that

has taken place in his or her family history, for our knowledge is limitedat est, and od Gudges secret sins! ;he manifestation of the Spirit is

needed in many of these cases!

Ha?ing a knowledge of curses and reaking them with a general

prayer is good for e?eryone seeking deli?erance! Since our knowledge

of curses is limited, we must trust the Holy Spirit to gi?e us the name of

a specific curse, if necessary! Sometimes the Holy Spirit will pressuredemons to tell a deli?erance worker the name of the curse they are

operating through!

Some curses need to e identified and roken y name ecause

some demons will attempt to use those unidentified curses as a legal

right to stay! Some demons are ?ery stuorn and will not gi?e up their

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curses!C

7?en though these demonic spirits ha?e no legal right to stay ased

on alatians 202, they will still attempt to stay if the curse has not een

specifically identified and roken! 8e need to e as thorough as

possile and lea?e no stone unturned in the ministry of deli?erance!

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Curses of the Womb

*hou...recompensest

the

iniquity

of

the

fathers

into

theosom of their chi+dren after them. #eremiah $/%01)

Beho+d, I as shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my

mother

conceive

me. #sa+m

90%9)

*he icked are estranged from the om% they go astray

as soon as they e orn, speaking +ies. #sa+m 91%$)

8or

I

kne

that

thou

ou+dest

dea+

very

treacherous+y,and ast ca++ed a transgressor from the om.#Isaiah '1%1)

"hildren can e orn with curses ecause of the iniquity of the

fathers! 9a?id stated that he was concei?ed in iniquity! ememer thatiniquity is the cause ehind curses! "hildren concei?ed in adultery,fornication, drunkenness, reGection, and rape are especially ?ulneraleto demonic attack and open to ?arious curses! Because of curses,demons can enter a child while in the wom!

Curses

Affet

the

!ousehold

*he

curse

of

the

LORD

is

in

the

house

of

the

icked.

#rovers $%$$)

7?en though the +ord deals with indi?iduals, He also looks upon

and deals with the unit (household)!

Be+ieve

on

the

Lord

esus

Christ,

and

thou

sha+t

e

saved,and thy house. #:cts 0&%$0)

*he

house

of

the

icked

sha++

e

overthron.

#rovers

0'%00)

*he LORD i++ destroy the house of the proud.

#rovers

09%/9)

8ickedness (iniquity) can affect the entire household, including the

children orn into that household! "ertain spirits operate in certainhouseholds ecause of curses!

!ow to Diagnose a Curse


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*n order to effect a true remedy, you must e ale to make a proper

diagnosis! 8ithout a correct diagnosis, you will not e ale to get to the

root prolem! *f the diagnosis is a curse, then the remedy is reaking thecurse according to alatians 202!

;he word

diagnose is defined0 Cto recogniAe y signs and

symptomsD to analyAe the cause or nature of!C 4 diagnosis is thein?estigation or analysis of the cause or nature of a condition, situation,or prolem!

8hen a person goes to the doctor for a physical prolem, the firstthing that doctor will do is run tests to diagnose the prolem! ;he

doctor will then prescrie medication ased on the diagnosis! ;hecorrect diagnosis is necessary to effect a cure!

;here are many elie?ers who are dealing with curses ut ha?e not

made the correct diagnosis of their prolems! ;he 7nemy is ale to hideand operate in their li?es ecause he has not een diagnosed!

9emons operate through curses and will continue to do so in theli?es of elie?ers e?en though they ha?e een redeemed from the curse,if these curses remain undetected and are not dealt with!

%ne of the est ooks a?ailale today on the suGect of curses isB+essing or Curse, y 9erek $rince! He lists se?en common indicationsof a curse0

! "hronic financial prolems

! "hronic sickness and disease

2! >emale prolems

3! #arital prolems

! $remature deaths

'! #ental illness

* ha?e included two more indications that we ha?e seen in

ministering deli?erance0

.! #istreatment and ause y other people (including mental,

physical, and se&ual ause, and reGection)D recei?ing no fa?orand no mercyD and eing a ?ictim of cruelty and ?iolence!

6! 8andering, ?agaondism, no place to rest or li?e, constantlymo?ing from house to house, city to city, Go to Go,relationship to relationship!

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Statements such as these can e a sign of a curse at work0

C* seem to take one step forward and two steps ackward!C

C/othing e?er seems to work out for me!C

C* ne?er can seem to get ahead!C

C* knew something ad would happen!C

C*f it were not for ad luck, * wouldnFt ha?e any luck at all!C

C;his always happens to me!C

C*t happened to my parents, and now it is happening to me!C

+etFs look at the indications or symptoms of curses in depth0

Chroni Finanial "roblems

;he first symptom is chronic financial prolems, especially if there

is a history of det, ankruptcy, po?erty, and lack in the family! /omatter what a person does, he or she cannot seem to get aheadfinancially! ;his person is unale to keep Gos, e&periences layoffs, orhas an inaility to find work, especially when there is no logicale&planation for it!

;here are many people who struggle financially ecause of curses!

;hey ne?er can seem to escape une&pected ills, accidents causingadditional ills, loss of money, car reakdowns, mechanicalmalfunctions, losing money (purses, wallets), loss to theft, and highinterest rates!

Just when they seem to get ahead financially something happens to

set them ack! ;his can e true e?en if a person earns a lot of money!4gain, for some people there is no logical e&planation as to why theyshould not e further ahead financially! *llogical circumstances ore?ents occur, such as mishandling money, a history of welfare in thefamily, or usiness failures! "*he destruction of the poor is their

poverty" ($ro?ers -03)!

;he spirit of destruction works through this curse to destroy a

person financially! Spirits of po?erty, lack, and det operate throughthis curse!

Testimony of a "astor

* recently heard the testimony of a pastor who told of ha?ing

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always going wrong with it! 7?ery time he would take his car in for

repairs, the estimates were more than he could afford! ;his was

occurring e?en though he was a faithful gi?er! He prayed and asked the+ord why he, a faithful gi?er, was ha?ing so many prolems with hiscar!

;he +ord re?ealed to him that it was a curse, and showed him thathis father and grandfather had always struggled financially and had car

prolems! He then prayed and roke the curse! 8hen he took his carack for repairs, the mechanics disco?ered a small part that was causingall the other prolems that had een estimated to cost thousands ofdollars to repair! ;he amaAing thing was that the cost to replace thesmall part that had roken was less than a dollarI 4ll of this wasdisco?ered after he roke the curse!

Finanial #etba$s

4 setack means that progress is slowed, hindered, or delayed!

e

have

son

much,

and

ring

in

+itt+e;

ye

eat,

ut

ye

have not enough; ye drink, ut ye are not fi++ed ith drink; ye

c+othe

you,

ut

there

is

none

arm;

and

he

that

earneth

agesearneth ages to put it into a ag ith ho+es. #cc+esiastes /%/$)

!ousing

$rolems with housing include foreclosuresD cruel and unfair

landlordsD firesD floodsD continuous e?ictionsD wanderingD ?agaondismDlights, gas, telephone shut offD house ?andaliAed or urglariAedD heatingprolemsD pluming prolemsD roofing prolemsD and other housingrepair prolems that drain your finances!

Wor$

Symptoms of curses related to work include Go layoffs, pink slips,

company closed down, fired for wrong reasons, missing days ecauseof sickness, accidents on the Go, ause from osses and fellowemployees, se&ual harassment, going from Go to Go, canFt keep a Go,

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canFt hold down a Go, canFt find a Go, Gust missed a Go, Cday late and a

dollar short,C Cwrong place at the wrong time!C

;he result of all this is frustration and discouragement, followed ysadness, sorrow, depression, despair, despondency, anger, anditterness!

Chroni

#i$ness

and

Disease

;he second sign of a curse is chronic sickness and disease!

4ester5s Dictionary says that chronic means Cmarked y long durationor frequent occurrenceD constantly ?e&ing, weakening, or trouling!CSigns of a curse include sicknesses from childhood that persistthroughout lifeD sicknesses and infirmities that will not respond tomedication or treatmentD sicknesses that wonFt respond to prayerD and ahistory of certain illnesses in the family, including high lood sugar,diaetes, cancer, sickle1cell anemia, one disease, and lood andrespiratory diseases!

;he ook of 9euteronomy mentions a pestilence that clea?es

(9euteronomy .0)! 4 pestilence is a contagious or infectious

disease, or something that is destructi?e or pernicious! ;he

?e>ng+ish Bi+e translates, "*he Lord cause pesti+ence to haunt you." *ohaunt means Cto ?isit often or frequentlyD to recur constantlyD to stayaround or persist, to linger!C 4 sickness that is the result of a curselingers! Eou canFt seem to get rid of it! *t clea?es and persists! *o c+eavemeans Cto stick to, to adhere firmly and closely to!C

Female

"roblems

;he third sign of a curse is female prolems! ;his curse affects thearea of reproducti?ity! Barrenness and lack of producti?ity are oftensymptoms of a curse! 8hen the +ord lessed the man and the woman inthe arden of 7den, He said, "Be fruitfu+, and mu+tip+y" (enesis 0)!>ruitfulness and multiplication are always the signs of lessing! * ha?eministered in areas of the world where arrenness was a maGor prolem!#any of the women who came forth for prayer were elie?ing toconcei?e and ear children!

4nother symptom of a curse in this area is miscarriages! 8omenwho ha?e had repeated miscarriages need ministry to e deli?ered fromgrief, sadness, depression, and other spirits that cause them to lamethemsel?es! #iscarriages can e the result of idolatry in the loodline!(See Hosea 6021

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>emale prolems can also include se?ere cramps, tormenting pain

during the monthly cycle, and tumors and growths in the adomen,

wom, fallopian tues, and o?aries! Spirits of infirmity can operate inthese areas ecause of curses!

Aident%"rone

;he fourth sign of a curse is eing accident1prone! ;he word prone

means Cha?ing a tendency or inclination!C Just ecause a person has anaccident, or any of the things that follow in this section, does not meanhe or she is under a curse! Howe?er, if the accidents are frequent and

continuous, the person may want to in?estigate the possiility that acurse is in operation!

Some e&amples of eing accident prone include car accidents

(someone always running into you although you are a good dri?er),falling down stairs, reaking a leg (especially in the same place morethan once), getting poked in the eye, accidentally choking on food,

eing itten y a dog, eing hurt on the Go, eing accidentally shot,accidentally cutting oneself, accidentally drinking poison, accidentally

urning oneself, walking into a door, stepping off a cur and reakingyour ankle, and so on!

8hen a person has a history of accidents that seem une&plainale,we suspect a curse at work! * ha?e ministered to people who ha?e hadmishap after mishap for no e&plainale reason! ;hey needed to ha?ecurses roken from their li?es and deli?erance ministered in order to eset free from this continuing cycle!

Marital "roblems

;he fifth sign of a curse is marital prolems!

*he curse of the LORD is in the house of the icked% ut he

+esseth

the

haitation

of

the

@ust. #rovers

$%$$)

%ne of the areas hit the hardest y curses is the household! ;he

foundation of the household is the strength of the marriage union! *f themarriage is not strong, the whole family unit is affected! >amily

reakdown and alienation can result from a curse!#arital prolems include constant arguing, fighting, and

quarreling, as well as a history of di?orces or separations in the family!%ne of the first questions * ask people who are ha?ing marital prolemsis whether their parents had marital prolems! *t is not unusual to find

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that a high numer of people who ha?e serious marital prolems alsohad parents or grandparents who were di?orced or in?ol?ed in multiple

marriages!4 history of di?orce or separation in a family, or chronic arguing

and fighting etween mates, may e indicati?e of a curse and a need ofdeli?erance from marriage1reaking spirits!

"remature Death

;he si&th sign of a curse is premature death!

Be

not

over

much

icked,

neither

e

thou

foo+ish%

hyshou+dest

thou

die

efore

thy

timeA #>cc+esiastes

%0)

"ontrary to what many people think, a person can die efore his or

her time! Some people elie?e that whene?er a person dies, it is the willof the +ord! *n other words, C8hen your time comes, there is nothingyou can do aout it!C ;he Scripture tells us we can die efore our timey wickedness or foolishness! 8ickedness in a family can open thedoor for curses of death and destruction!

But

the

icked

sha++

e

cut

off

from

the

earth,

and

the

transgressors sha++ e rooted out of it. #rovers /%//)

*he seed of the icked sha++ e cut off. #sa+m $%/1)

$remature death in the family can include a history of suicides,

deaths y drowning, car accidents, fires, floods, heart attacks, strokes,homicides, and cancer! "urses cut the life span short! ememer,

"the

ages

of

sin

is

death" (omans 02)!Mental

"roblems

;he se?enth sign of a curse is mental prolems=madness, insanity,

confusion=especially if there is a history of this in the family! ;his alsoincludes schiAophrenia, and mental and ner?ous reakdowns!

*he LORD sha++ smite thee ith madness, and +indness,

and astonishment of heart. #Deuteronomy /1%/1)

*he Lord i++ drive thee distracted, a++ enighted and

craed

in

thy

its. #Deuteronomy

/1%/1,

no7

2ersion)

;he prolem of mental illness remains affling to the psychiatric

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profession! ;hey are trying to treat a spiritual prolem with humanistic

theories and drugs!

SchiAophrenia is a maGor prolem in our society! SchiAophrenia is ademonic prolem rooted in reGection and reellion! ;he roots ofschiAophrenia are found in a curse! "hildren orn into families wherethis curse operates are susceptile to a pattern of doule1mindednessand mental instaility!

Abuse

;he eighth sign of a curse is mistreatment and ause! ;his can

include physical auseD eatingsD roeriesD ausi?e marriagesD alwayseing in?ol?ed in ausi?e relationshipsD se&ual ause, including rapeand incestD and ?eral ause (always coming under ?eral attack for noapparent reason)! #istreatment and ause come upon not onlyindi?iduals, ut also entire families and e?en nations of people!

&agabondism

;he ninth sign of a curse is wandering (?agaondism)! $salm

-60- states,

"Let

his

chi+dren

e

continua++y

vagaonds,

and

eg%

+etthem

seek

their

read

a+so

out

of

their

deso+ate

p+aces."

Vagaonds are people who mo?e from place to place without afi&ed home! ;hese are people who wander from place to place, city tocity, Go to Go, without e?er getting on track or ha?ing a sense ofdirection! ;hey ne?er seem to find a resting place or a place to settledown! 4 life of po?erty and egging can also result from this curse!

'rea$

the

Cyle

4nother way to descrie a curse, whether it is working in the area

of finances, sickness, accidents, ad marriages, or another area, is theword cyc+e. ;here is always a cycle of ad things occurring inincrements of time, whether yearly or generationally! 4ccording to4ester5s

Dictionary, a cycle is Can inter?al of time during which asequence of a recurring succession of e?ents or phenomena iscompleted0 a course or series of e?ents or operations that recurregularly and usually lead ack to a starting point!C

4 person under a curse always seems to end up ack at point Aero!

*t is like a recurring nightmare that repeats itself o?er and o?er again! *refer to the result of curses as a Cdemonic cycleC in the life of an


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indi?idual, family, or nation! Until the curse is roken, the cycle will

repeat itself o?er and o?er again!

%ther terms for cycle include

recurrence,

frequent,

regu+ar

return,

periodic, haunting, and incessant. ;he +ord desires to deli?er us from

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4(

Chapter

Three

Ad)ersity

nother way to descrie a life under a curse is the word adve

rsity.

4d?ersity includes such terms as ad?erse circumstances,

misfortune, continual struggle, difficulty, hard life, hardship, groaning,

tra?ail, ad times, ups and downs, itter cup, itter pill, setack,

re?erse, slump, recession, depression, want, need, distress, e&tremity,

ad luck, ill luck, no luck, raw deal, rotten hand, mishap, misad?enture,

calamity, catastrophe, constant loser, and scapegoat!

%ther descriptors include ill1fated, unlucky, unlessed, luckless,

hapless, poor, wretched, miserale, undone, unhappy, doomed, under a

cloud, accident prone, oneFs worst enemy, Cfrom ad to worse,C and

Cfrom the frying pan into the fire!C (See Roget5s *heasurus.)

;hroughout the ages, people ha?e come up with these sayings and

lines that descrie a curse! ;he est description of a curse, howe?er, is

odFs own description found in His 8ord!*he

LORD

sha++

send

upon

thee

cursing,

ve7ation,

and

reuke, in a++ that thou settest thine hand unto for to do.

#Deuteronomy

/1%/E)

;he ;orah states translates the ao?e as Ccalamity, panic, and

frustration!C ;he

Berke+ey

2ersion says,

"In

each

enterprise

to

hich

you

put

your

hand."* want to emphasiAe the word

frustration. ;his is a good, ilical

description of what it feels like to e under a curse! ;he dictionary

definition of frustrate is Cto induce feelings of discouragement, to make

ineffectualD make ?ain or ineffectual all efforts, howe?er ?igorous or

persistent!C /o matter how hard one tries, his effort ne?er pays off! ;he

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4 synonym o f frustration is aff+e, which means Cto frustrate y

confusing or puAAling!C *n other words, a person Gust canFt figure out

why nothing seems to work for him, especially if there is no logical

reason why it shouldnFt! *t is like a puAAle one canFt figure out! Ha?e you

e?er ecome frustrated trying to figure out a puAAle@ *tFs like working

on a uikFs "ue! Just when you think you ha?e it figured out, one

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side comes up wrong, and you ha?e to start the whole thing all o?er

again!

:nd

thou

sha+t

grope

at

noonday,

as

the

+ind

gropeth

indarkness, and thou sha+t not prosper in thy ays% and thou

sha+t e on+y oppressed and spoi+ed evermore, and no mansha++ save thee. #Deuteronomy /1%/3)

*o grope means Cto look for something lindly or uncertainly!C 4

person under a curse is always looking for success ut ne?er can find it!;he erusa+em Bi+e translates ":nd thou sha+t not propser in thyays" as ":nd your steps i++ +ead you nohere."

*he Comp+ete Bi+e% :n :merican *rans+ation puts it, ":nd sha+tnot

make

a

success

of

your

+ife." ;he ?e >ng+ish Bi+e says, "ou i++e

oppressed

and

roed,

day

in,

day

out." *n other words, the 9e?il isale to steal all of your lessings ecause of a curse!

-oreover a++ these curses sha++ come upon thee, and sha++

pursue thee, and overtake thee, ti++ thou e destroyed.#Deuteronomy /1%'9)

/otice how curses operate0

! ;hey come upon you!

! ;hey pursue you!

2! ;hey o?ertake you!

*o come upon means Cto show up!C 8hen a curse shows up,

peopleFs first reaction is to try to get away from it! ;hey try to escapeand flee from it! ;hey do e?erything in their power to dodge it andshake it!

*o

f+ee means Cto run away, often from danger or e?ilD to hurrytoward a place of security!C

Howe?er, the second characteristic of a curse is that it pursues you!

/o matter where a person turns, a curse will chase after him! *o pursuemeans Cto follow in order to o?ertake, capture, kill, or defeat!C *t meansCto seek or haunt!C ;here is no escape or hiding from a curse! ;he onlyremedy is to reak it and e deli?ered from it!

;he third thing a curse does is o?ertake! *n other words, it wille?entually catch up with a person and o?ercome him! 8hen a person iso?ertaken y a curse, the curse egins to work out its intention, which isto destroy!


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:dversity

*nder #iege

:nd

he

sha++

eseige

thee

in

a++

thy

gates,

unti+

thy

highand fenced a++s come don, herein thou trustedst,throughout a++ thy +and. #Deuteronomy /1%9/)

4 person under a curse is a person under siege! /o matter where a

person turns and hides, the 7nemy comes and lays siege! ;he walls of acity were uilt for protection to keep the enemy out! ;he enemy wouldcome upon a city, surround it, and lay siege to it, until the inhaitantssurrendered! *o eseige means Cto surround with armed forces!C

7?erything a person trusts in for protection will fall under the siegeof a curse! Some people trust in money, some in education, some infriends, and so on! *t makes no differenceD e?ery wall will come downunder a siege!

A City without Walls

rustration can lead to depression, anger, rage,and discouragement!

;he erusa+em Bi+e translation of $ro?ers 30. says, ":n open

ton,

and

ithout

defenses%

such

is

a

man

+acking

se+f(contro+." ;he

person is left defenseless! ;his is what a siege will do to an indi?idual!4 curse is like an enemy surrounding you with no route of escape! /omatter where you turn, failure and frustration are there! 4 siege isdesigned to reak a city down o?er a period of time! *t is a slow death!

4 person under a curse may e under attack o?er a period of time!

He may e&perience years of harassment from the 7nemy! Eet no matterhow long it takes, the end result is destruction!

:nd

among

these

nations

sha+t

thou

find

no

ease,

neithersha++ the so+e of thy foot have rest% ut the LORD sha++ give theethere a trem+ing heart, and fai+ing of eyes, and sorro ofmind. #Deuteronomy /1%&9)

/o peace and no rest are the results of a curse! ;he ?e :merican

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Bi+e translates the ao?e as, ":n anguished heart and asted eyes and

a

dismayed

spirit." 4ccording to 4ester5s Dictionary, anguish means

Cto suffer intense pain or sorrow!C 4nguish is torment and agony! *t

means to e in dire straits! Someone in such a position will despair of

courage, resolution, and initiati?e through the pressure of sudden fear or

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+

Chapter

Four

#ins

of

the

Fathers

*hou

shoest

+ovingkindness

unto

thousands,

and

recompensest

the

iniquity

of

the

fathers

into

the

osom

of

their

chi+dren

after

them%

the

!reat,

the

-ighty

!od,

the

Lord

of

hosts,

is

his

name. Feremiah

$/%01

;he ao?e ?erse states that "the iniquity of the fathers" is

recompensed "into the osom of their chi+dren." *o recompense means

Cto pay!C *n other words, what the parents do will affect their children!

*he

Living

Bi+e puts it,

"ou

are

+oving

and

kind

to

thousands,

yet

chi+dren

suffer

for

their

fathers5

sins."

;his truth is also stated in 7&odus -030

8or

I

the

LORD

thy

!od

am

a

@ea+ous

!od,

visiting

the

iniquity

of

the

fathers

upon

the

chi+dren

unto

the

third

and

fourth

generation

of

them

that

hate

me.

;he ;orah says, "Gpon the third and fourth generation of those

ho

re@ect

me." ;he prophet Hosea prophesied,Because

thou

hast

re@ected

kno+edge,

I

i++

a+so

re@ect

thee,

that

thou

sha+t

e

no

priest

to

me%

seeing

thou

hast

forgotten the +a of thy !od, I i++ a+so forget thy chi+dren.

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means Cto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or

morally right!C

6o

the

curse

cause+ess

sha++

not

come. #rovers

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;here is always a cause for a curse! "urses cannot affect our li?es

for no reason! ;he cause of a curse is iniquity! *niquity is per?ersion,

de?iating from what is right! odFs standard of right is His 8ord! 8henwe disoey His 8ord and de?iate from it, we open the door for thecurse to enter!

;he curse affects not only us, ut our descendants as well! ;hecurse will continue down the loodline until it is stopped y repentanceand y appropriating y faith the redemption pro?ided y "hristthrough the "ross!

;he reason curses can perpetuate themsel?es is that descendants

are usually guilty of the same sins as the fathers! 8hen certain sinsenter into a family, they open the door for certain spirits to tra?el fromgeneration to generation! 8e tend to learn the ways of our ancestors tosome degree! *t can ecome a cycle of destruction from generation togeneration!

Jesus came to stop the cycle of death and destructionI 4 elie?ercan stop this cycle through repentance and reaking the curse! 8e can

put a stop to the workings of the 7nemy in our li?es, no matter how

many generations he has een in operation!

Curses, A Doorway for Demons

"urses open the door for e?il spirits to enter and operate! 4gain,

these e?il spirits can operate in families from generation to generation,carrying out their diaolical plan to destroy! %ne of the keys todeli?erance is understanding and reaking curses!

"ertain spirits will not come out of people until curses are roken!

"urses gi?e these demons legal entry, and the demons will use curses asa legal e&cuse to remain!

* first came into the re?elation of reaking curses as * egan tominister deli?erance to people in my local church! %ne particular casein?ol?ed a young lady who came for prayer ecause of suicidaltendencies!

4s * and other workers egan to cast out numerous spirits, weencountered a strong demon that refused to lea?e! ;he more we wouldcommand it to go, the more it would keep saying, C/o!C 4fter aouttwenty minutes of this, * commanded the spirit to tell me what legalright it had to stay! ;he spirit responded, C4 curse!C

;his spirit stated that the young ladyFs parents had een in?ol?ed in

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6ins

of

the

8athers

witchcraft! * then roke all curses of witchcraft from the young ladyFs

life and commanded the e?il spirit to lea?e! ;he spirit then came out

screaming! >rom this, * egan to understand how curses not only open

the door for demons, ut also gi?e demons a legal right to remain and

operate!

;herefore, understanding the nature of curses is a key to

deli?erance! 8hen curses are roken and e?il spirits are cast out, the

personFs life egins to dramatically change! ;his is odFs answer to a

curse=deli?eranceI ;here is only one solution=%9FSI ;he prolem

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-

Chapter

Fi)e

The

#olution

e have son much, and ring in +itt+e; ye eat, ut ye

have not enough; ye drink, ut ye are not fi++ed ith drink; ye

c+othe

you,

ut

there

is

none

arm;

and

he

that

earneth

ages

earneth

ages

to

put

it

into

a

ag

ith

ho+es.

*hus

saith

the

LORD

of

hosts;

Consider

your

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generations, there is forgi?eness and deli?erance in "hrist!

8hen you repent, you turn around and turn away from sin!

epentance is the result of godly sorrow! "!od+y sorro orketh

repentance

to

sa+vation" ( "orinthians '0-)! $ut another way, the

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result of godly sorrow is repentance, which leads to sal?ation, whichmeans deli?erance!

4fter repentance comes the actual reaking of the curse! ;his isdone in the name of Jesus! 8e ha?e authority to reak curses ased onalatians 202!

%nce curses are roken, the legal grounds used y demon spirits toremain in a personFs life are taken away! ;he ne&t step is commandingthe spirits that ha?e operated in that personFs life to come out, in JesusFname!

'rea$ing

Curses

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the +a, eing

made a curse for us% for it is ritten, Cursed is every one that

hangeth on a tree. #!a+atians $%0$)

4gain, curses are roken ased on this ?erse of Scripture! ;his

?erse speaks of our redemption as legal, ut not automatic! 8hat Jesuspurchased for us through His lood on the cross has to e appropriated

y faith! *f we ha?e trusted in the atoning work of "hrist, then as far aseternal sal?ation is concerned, we are secure!

Howe?er, as far as curses are concerned, elie?ers can still eaffected! "urses need to e identified and roken in the li?es ofelie?ers! Breaking the curse takes away the legal right demons ha?e tooperate! 4fter the legal grounds are destroyed, demons can e forced tomanifest themsel?es and e cast out in the name of the +ord Jesus"hristI

ememer, curses are often generational! ;hey can affect manygenerations after the iniquity has een committed! Some curses need to

e roken fi?e, ten, twenty, and e?en twenty1fi?e generations ack onoth sides of the family!

"rayer of Deli)erane

Hea?enly >ather, * repent of any sins in my life or my ancestorsF

li?es that ha?e resulted in a curse! * repent of all disoedience,reellion, per?ersion, witchcraft, idolatry, lust, adultery, fornication,mistreatment of others, murder, cheating, lying, sorcery, di?ination, andoccult in?ol?ement! * ask for Eour forgi?eness and cleansing throughthe lood of the +ord Jesus "hrist!

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*he

6o+ution

* take authority o?er and reak any and e?ery curse upon my life in

the name of Jesus! * reak all curses of po?erty, lack, det, destruction,

sickness, death, and ?agaondism! * reak all curses on my marriage,family, children, and relationships! * reak curses of reGection, pride,reellion, lust, hurt, incest, rape, 4ha, JeAeel, fear, insanity, madness,and confusion!

* reak all curses affecting my finances, mind, se&ual character,emotions, will, and relationships!

* reak e?ery he&, Gin&, spell, and spoken curse o?er my life!

* reak e?ery fetter, shackle, chain, cord, hait, and cycle that is the

result of a curse!

4ccording to alatians 202, * ha?e een redeemed from "thecurse

of

the

+a" y the sacrifice of Jesus! * e&ercise my faith in thelood of Jesus and loose myself and my descendants from any ande?ery curse! * claim forgi?eness through the lood of Jesus for the sinsof the fathers!

4ll of my sins ha?e een remitted, and * loose myself from thecurses that came as a result of all disoedience and reellion to the8ord of od!

* e&ercise my faith, and * know that confession is made untosal?ation (omans -0-)! ;herefore, * confess that 4rahamFs

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curse is often the first step to deli?erance! ;he ne&t step is the actual

casting out of demons!

#ripture

Referenes

regarding

Curses

Cursed e the man that maketh any graven or mo+ten

image, an aomination unto the LORD, the ork of the handsof the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret p+ace. :nd a++ thepeop+e sha++ anser and say, :men. Cursed e he that setteth+ight y his father or his mother. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++ say,

:men.

Cursed

e

he

that

removeth

his

neighour5s

+andmark.

:nd

a++

the

peop+e

sha++

say,

:men.

Cursed

e

he

that

makeththe +ind to ander out of the ay. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++

say, :men. Cursed e he that perverteth the @udgment of thestranger, father+ess, and ido. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++ say,:men. Cursed e he that +ieth ith his father5s ife; ecausehe uncovereth his father5s skirt. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++ say,:men. Cursed e he that +ieth ith any manner of east. :nda++

the

peop+e

sha++

say,

:men.

Cursed

e

he

that

+ieth

ith

his

sister,

the

daughter

of

his

father,

or

the

daughter

of

hismother. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++ say, :men. Cursed e he that+ieth ith his mother in +a. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++ say,

:men. Cursed e he that smiteth his neighour secret+y. :nda++

the

peop+e

sha++

say,

:men.

Cursed

e

he

that

taketh

reard to s+ay an innocent person. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++say, :men. Cursed e he that confirmeth not a++ the ords ofthis +a to do them. :nd a++ the peop+e sha++ say, :men.

#Deuteronomy /%09(/&)

But

it

sha++

come

to

pass,

if

thou

i+t

not

hearken

unto

the

voice of the LORD thy !od, to oserve to do a++ hiscommandments and his statutes hich I command thee thisday; that a++ these curses sha++ come upon thee, and overtakethee%

Cursed

sha+t

thou

e

in

the

city,

and

cursed

sha+t

thoue in the fie+d. Cursed sha++ e thy asket and thy store.Cursed sha++ e the fruit of thy ody, and the fruit of thy +and,the

increase

of

thy

kine,

and

the

f+ocks

of

thy

sheep.

Cursedsha+t

thou

e

hen

thou

comest

in,

and

cursed

sha+t

thou

ehen thou goest out. *he LORD sha++ send upon thee cursing,ve7ation,

and

reuke,

in

a++

that

thou

settest

thine

hand

untofor to do, unti+ thou e destroyed, and unti+ thou perishquick+y; ecause of the ickedness of thy doings, herey

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*he

6o+ution

thou hast forsaken me. *he LORD sha++ make the pesti+ence

c+eave unto thee, unti+ he have consumed thee from off the

+and,

hither

thou

goest

to

possess

it.

*he

LORD

sha++

smitethee ith a consumption, and ith a fever, and ith aninf+ammation,

and

ith

an

e7treme

urning,

and

ith

the

sord, and ith +asting, and ith mi+de; and they sha++pursue thee unti+ thou perish. :nd thy heaven that is over thyhead sha++ e rass, and the earth that is under thee sha++ eiron.

*he

LORD

sha++

make

the

rain

of

thy

+and

poder

anddust% from heaven sha++ it come don upon thee, unti+ thou edestroyed. *he LORD sha++ cause thee to e smitten efore

thine

enemies%

thou

sha+t

go

out

one

ay

against

them,

andf+ee

seven

ays

efore

them%

and

sha+t

e

removed

into

a++

the

kingdoms of the earth. :nd thy carcase sha++ e meat unto a++fo+s of the air, and unto the easts of the earth, and no man

sha++ fray them aay. *he LORD i++ smite thee ith the otchof

>gypt,

and

ith

the

emerods,

and

ith

the

sca,

and

iththe

itch,

hereof

thou

canst

not

e

hea+ed.

*he

LORD

sha++smite

thee

ith

madness,

and

+indness,

and

astonishment

of

heart%

and

thou

sha+t

grope

at

noonday,

as

the

+ind

gropethin

darkness,

and

thou

sha+t

not

prosper

in

thy

ays%

and

thousha+t e on+y oppressed and spoi+ed evermore, and no mansha++

save

thee.

*hou

sha+t

etroth

a

ife,

and

another

mansha++ +ie ith her% thou sha+t ui+d an house, and thou sha+tnot de++ therein% thou sha+t p+ant a vineyard, and sha+t notgather the grapes thereof. *hine o7 sha++ e s+ain efore thineeyes, and thou sha+t not eat thereof% thine ass sha++ evio+ent+y

taken

aay

from

efore

thy

face,

and

sha++

not

e

restored

to

thee%

thy

sheep

sha++

e

given

unto

thine

enemies,and thou sha+t have none to rescue them. *hy sons and thydaughters

sha++

e

given

unto

another

peop+e,

and

thine

eyessha++ +ook, and fai+ ith +onging for them a++ the day +ong% andthere

sha++

e

no

might

in

thine

hand.

*he

fruit

of

thy

+and,and

a++

thy

+aours,

sha++

a

nation

hich

thou

knoest

not

eatup;

and

thou

sha+t

e

on+y

oppressed

and

crushed

a+ay%

sothat thou sha+t e mad for the sight of thine eyes hich thou

sha+t

see.

*he

LORD

sha++

smite

thee

in

the

knees,

and

in

the+egs,

ith

a

sore

otch

that

cannot

e

hea+ed,

from

the

so+e

of

thy foot unto the top of thy head. *he LORD sha++ ring thee,and thy king hich thou sha+t set over thee, unto a nationhich neither thou nor thy fathers have knon; and there

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and

Breaking

Curses

sha+t thou serve other gods, ood and stone. :nd thou sha+t

ecome an astonishment, a prover, and a yord, among a++

nations

hither

the

LORD

sha++

+ead

thee.

*hou

sha+t

carrymuch seed out into the fie+d, and sha+t gather ut +itt+e in; forthe

+ocust

sha++

consume

it.

*hou

sha+t

p+ant

vineyards,

anddress them, ut sha+t neither drink of the ine, nor gather the

grapes;

for

the

orms

sha++

eat

them.

*hou

sha+t

have

o+ivetrees

throughout

a++

thy

coasts,

ut

thou

sha+t

not

anoint

thyse+f ith the oi+; for thine o+ive sha++ cast his fruit. *housha+t eget sons and daughters, ut thou sha+t not en@oy them;for

they

sha++

go

into

captivity.

:++

thy

trees

and

fruit

of

thy

+and

sha++

the

+ocust

consume.

*he

stranger

that

is

ithin

theesha++ get up aove thee very high; and thou sha+t come donvery +o.


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*he

6o+ution

thine enemies sha++ distress thee% so that the man that is

tender

among

you,

and

very

de+icate,

his

eye

sha++

e

evi+

toard

his

rother,

and

toard

the

ife

of

his

osom,

andtoard

the

remnant

of

his

chi+dren

hich

he

sha++

+eave%

sothat

he

i++

not

give

to

any

of

them

of

the

f+esh

of

his

chi+dren

hom he sha++ eat% ecause he hath nothing +eft him in thesiege, and in the straitness, hereith thine enemies sha++distress thee in a++ thy gates. *he tender and de+icate omanamong you, hich ou+d not adventure to set the so+e of herfoot upon the ground for de+icateness and tenderness, her eyesha++

e

evi+

toard

the

husand

of

her

osom,

and

toard

her

son,

and

toard

her

daughter,

and

toard

her

young

onethat cometh out from eteen her feet, and toard herchi+dren hich she sha++ ear% for she sha++ eat them for antof a++ things secret+y in the siege and straitness, hereiththine

enemy

sha++

distress

thee

in

thy

gates.

If

thou

i+t

notoserve

to

do

a++

the

ords

of

this

+a

that

are

ritten

in

this

ook, that thou mayest fear this g+orious and fearfu+ name,* LORD *gypt,

hich

thou

ast

afraid

of;

and

they

sha++c+eave unto thee. :+so every sickness, and every p+ague, hichis not ritten in the ook of this +a, them i++ the LORD ring

upon thee, unti+ thou e destroyed. :nd ye sha++ e +eft fe innumer, hereas ye ere as the stars of heaven for mu+titude;ecause thou ou+dest not oey the voice of the LORD thy !od.

:nd

it

sha++

come

to

pass,

that

as

the

LORD

re@oiced

over

youto do you good, and to mu+tip+y you; so the LORD i++ re@oiceover you to destroy you, and to ring you to nought; and ye

sha++ e p+ucked from off the +and hither thou goest topossess

it.

:nd

the

LORD

sha++

scatter

thee

among

a++

peop+e,from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and therethou sha+t serve other gods, hich neither thou nor thy fathershave knon, even ood and stone. :nd among these nationssha+t

thou

find

no

ease,

neither

sha++

the

so+e

of

thy

foot

haverest%

ut

the

LORD

sha++

give

thee

there

a

trem+ing

heart,

andfai+ing of eyes, and sorro of mind% and thy +ife sha++ hang indout efore thee; and thou sha+t fear day and night, and

sha+t have none assurance of thy +ife% in the morning thou

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sha+t say, 4ou+d !od it ere even= and at even thou sha+t say,

4ou+d !od it ere morning= for the fear of thine heart

hereith

thou

sha+t

fear,

and

for

the

sight

of

thine

eyes

hich

thou

sha+t

see.

:nd

the

LORD

sha++

ring

thee

into

>gypt

again

ith

ships,

y

the

ay

hereof

I

spake

unto

thee,

*hou

sha+t

see

it

no

more

again%

and

there

ye

sha++

e

so+d

unto

your

enemies

for

ondmen

and

ondomen,

and

no

man

sha++

uy

you. #Deuteronomy

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Appendi1

Tatis to Rout Demons

#from :nnihi+ating the 3eadership during Deli)erane Time

! ;oo many people commanding spirits (different ones) at the

same time causes confusion for e?eryone, especially for theperson eing ministered to!

! +eadership will often shift as the Holy Spirit directs!

2! Husands are often the most effecti?e in commanding spiritsto lea?e their wi?es, with the support of others!

Tatis

for

#pea$ing

to

Demons

! 4ddress the spirit y name, and if that is not known, address

y function!

a! 7ither the Holy Spirit will gi?e it, or the demon will re?ealhimself!

! 9o not rely on either method e7c+usive+y=e open to theHoly Spirit in this area!

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! epeatedly remind these spirits that your authority is gi?en to

you y Jesus "hrist, who is far ao?e all rule and authority

(7phesians 0-1)!2! emind them of their fate in e?elation -0- and other places

in Scripture (Jo 2-021.)! Use the statement, C;he +ord Jesus"hrist reukes you,C repeatedly, as a attering ram! (See Jude6!)


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:ppendi7

Demon Manifestations

8hen e?il spirits depart, you can normally e&pect some sort of

manifestation through the mouth or nose of a person!

+isted elow are some of the common manifestations0

! "oughing

! 9rooling

2! Vomiting

3! >oaming

! "rying

'! Screaming

.! Sighing

6! oaring

-! Belching

! Eawning! 7&haling

4gain, when demons are cast out, they normally lea?e through the

mouth or the nose! Spirits are associated with reathing! Both theHerews and the reeks had only one word for spirit and reath! *n thereek, that word is pneuma. ;he Holy Spirit is reathed in (John-0)! 7?il spirits are reathed out!

Sometimes people shake or tremle when they recei?e deli?erance!;heir odies, in whole or part, may actually shake or tremle!

!indranes to Reei)ing Deli)erane

! "urses

! Sin

2! $ride

! %ccultism

'! >ear


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and

Breaking

Curses

.! 7marrassment

6! Unelief

-! +ack of desire

! Unforgi?eness

! +ack of knowledge

4ll demons ha?e legal, ilical grounds when they oppress people!;hey may not torment at will! *f demons ha?e legal grounds, then theyha?e the right to remain! ;hese legal grounds must e destroyed inorder to recei?e and maintain deli?erance!

!ow to 5eep 6our Deli)erane

! ead odFs 8ord daily!

! >ind a group of Bile1elie?ing people, preferaly a church,and regularly meet with them for worship, study, and ministry!

2! $ray with the understanding and in tongues (l "orinthians

3! 9etermine as nearly as you can which spirits ha?e een castout of you! #ake a list, for these areas Satan will try torecapture!

! ;he way demons gain reentry is through a la&, undisciplinedthought life! ;he mind is the attlefield! Eou must cast downimaginations, and ring e?ery thought into the oedience of

"hrist ( "orinthians -03)!'! $ray to the >ather fer?ently, asking Him to make you alert,

soer, and ?igilant against wrong thoughts ( $eter 30.16)!

.! ;he demons signal their approach to you y the fact that theold thought patterns you once had are now trying to returnunto you! 4s soon as this happens, immediately reuke them!State vera++y that you refuse them, as quickly as possile!

6! Eou ha?e the authority to loose the ange+s of the Lord to attle

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About

the

Author

ohn 7ckhardt is called to impart and acti?ate the gifts of the Spirit in

order to raise up strong ministries in the ody of "hrist! 4 gifted

man with a true apostolic and prophetic call on his life, his desire is to

infiltrate the world with the 8ord of od! He is dedicated to perfecting

the saints and training ministers to fulfill the call of od on their li?es!

4long with his apostolic and pastoral responsiilities, John 7ckhardt

produces a daily radio roadcast and C$erfecting the Saints,C a daily

tele?ision program, and he ministers throughout the United States and

o?erseas!

John 7ckhardt resides in a suur of "hicago with his lo?ely wife,

8anda, and their fi?e children!

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