Blessed and Cursed NOT!
"I never seem to have
enough!"
"It seems like I'm
just living from paycheck to paycheck!"
"I know God loves me,
but why do bad things keep happening to me?"
"I can't seem to make
ends meet."
"Why are my kids such
a challenge?"
"Why don't things seem
to be getting any better?"
"I can't seem to shake
off this sickness."
Dear Friend,
If you've ever thought any
of these things, you are not alone!
These are some of the many
questions I hear from Christian people whose daily struggles in life
seem to be a continual problem... without a solution in sight.
Have you ever known someone
who always seems to have something bad happening to them? If it's
not money problems, then it's family problems; if it's not family
problems, then it is an accident or tragedy or sickness.
Maybe you have felt like
that at times – that just when it seems like you're getting some
momentum, just when it seems like something good is about to happen,
you're hit with an unexpected bill or sickness or job loss or family
problem that seems to complicate everything.
Why is that? The answer is:
It's a curse! Genesis 3 says that ever since Adam's sin, the earth
and mankind have been under a curse.
The curse in its simplest
definition is summed up in Murphy's Law: Whatever can go wrong will
go wrong.
Can we ever be truly free
from it? The answer is YES! YES, you can absolutely be free! In
fact, you already are!
Listen to what God says in Galatians
3:13: "And Christ has redeemed us from THE CURSE of the law
having become a curse for us, for cursed is everyone that hangs on a
tree; SO THAT BLESSING CAN COME..."
I want to show you how to
reverse this curse so that this pattern of failure, or lack for what
you need, never happens again!
You can get to the point
where EVERYTHING THAT CAN GO RIGHT, DOES GO RIGHT!
As I have studied the Word
of God concerning the curse and why bad things happen to good
people, I found that there are 7 areas of our life that it affects.
I listed them here for you because I want to show you how to walk in
total freedom beginning TODAY!
According to Deuteronomy,
Chapter 28, the curse brings the following things to mankind
(pinch yourself and say, "That seems like me!"):
- Poverty
– v. 29, 38 (Poverty simply means not having enough)
- Emotional
problems – v.2 8, 65
- Family
problems, including marriage problems and problems with our
children – v. 30-34, 41
- Sickness,
disease, cancer – v. 22, 27, 35
- Terrorism
– v. 49-50 (yes, it's in this scripture!)
- Failure
and Defeat – v. 20, 25
- Fear –
v. 65-67
The good news is that if
any of these things are operating in your life, they don't have a
right to operate any more, and you can experience real freedom!
When Jesus went to the
cross, He nailed these curses to it! He redeemed you. He bought you
back from the bondage of the curse. He paid in full for every
punishment, problem, and curse that should have fallen on you and
me.
Most Christians tolerate
bad things happening in their life because they think that they are
unavoidable. They expect it. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND what they are
really free from.
Imagine being jailed for a
crime or accident you unintentionally committed. Regardless of your
innocence, the jury finds you guilty. You would be frustrated,
bitter, and confused.
That is what the curse is
like – you don't intend for bad things to happen, but they do.
This confuses and frustrates you, which so often leads to emotions
such as bitterness, fear, and anger, just to name a few.
Here is an answer to your
problems. Here's how you can reverse this and stop these things from
happening in your life:
- Be
convinced you are redeemed. Take a look in the mirror and tell
yourself what Job proclaimed: "I
know that my redeemer lives" (Job 19:35).
We are also reminded in Galatians
3:13
that Christ redeemed you. Ephesians
1:7
tells us that we have redemption through the shed blood of our
Savior.
- Declare
who you are in Christ. Psalm
107:2: "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!"
You have to use your words to declare who you are. You are
redeemed, so say it. Say it when you feel like it; and say it
when you don't feel like it. Use your words to direct the
outcome of your life. Proverbs
18:21
reminds us that life, blessing, and prosperity are in the power
of your tongue.
- Stop
expecting bad things to happen to you. Sometimes we "brace
ourselves" for bad news and bad things so they don't jolt
us too much. Stop conditioning yourself to expect negative
things to happen. Your spirit has enough energy and chemistry in
it to bring those things upon you. That's what Job meant when he
said, "What
I have feared has come upon me" (Job 3:25).
- Finally,
let me share with you how to deliver an absolute knockout blow
to these nagging curses and see them reversed in your life.
The first thing God asked
of Adam and Eve's sons after the curse came was a sacrificial gift (Genesis
4:3-12).
REMEMBER THIS SPIRITUAL KEY
TO VICTORY! A gift always acts as a point of contact.
But when you bring a
sacrificial gift to God, its not as if God needs it; but you do!
Your gift or your seed releases your faith to get God involved in
your situation.
Throughout scripture, it
was a way in which man approached God – and rightly so. We should
never approach royalty without a gift. It demonstrates respect,
honor, and CONFIDENCE in that person's power and ability.
So claim your freedom from
poverty, emotional problems, family problems, sickness, terrorism,
failure and fear today!
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