HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND GET
RID OF GENERATIONAL CURSES
What would make three
brothers kidnap three girls, lock them up in ropes and chains, and torture them
for ten years? The devil and bad blood, that’s what. When Adam sinned and
turned his back on God, the bloodline of all humanity was affected. The tendency
toward sin literally got into his blood and was passed from generation to
generation.
Adam sinned, and his son
became the first murderer. Many of evils in the world come about because of
generational curses. “The guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth
generation” (Exod. 34:7).
There are lots of
different kinds of generational curses, some more nefarious than others. There
is a way we can recognize them, and identifying a generational curse is the
first step to deliverance from it. Deuteronomy 28:15-68 lists many of the
generational curses that are still in existence to this day. Take time to read
it this week.
When we read the Bible, we
can see the wrong thinking and bad habits passed from father to son, mother to
daughter, mother to son, etc. Sometimes you’ll see that a curse skips a
generation and comes roaring back to a grandchild. The Old Testament is full of
examples of generational curses:
“And he walked in all the sins of his
father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with
the Lord his God” (1 Kings 15:3).
“And Nadab the son of
Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah and
reigned over Israel two years. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord and
walked in the way of his father” (1 Kings 15:25-26). King David lusted
after Bathsheba and even had her husband killed so he could have her. Then
Solomon, his son, “loved many strange women: of the nations concerning which
the Lord said, ‘Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto
you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.’ Solomon clave
unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives. And Solomon did evil in the
sight of the Lord and went not fully after the Lord” (1 Kings 11:1-3, 6).
Jezebel in the Bible was
an evil woman who cared for no one but herself. She bullied her husband, Ahab,
and coerced him into doing evil things. Her daughter Athaliah became a murderer,
and Athaliah’s son Ahaziah was an evil ruler. The evil ways were passed down in
generations through DNA.
In our times, we see
molested children sometimes becoming molesters when they get older. We see
children of alcoholic parents becoming alcoholics themselves. Other examples of
generational curses are stealing, lying, drug abuse, eating disorders, other
addictions, erroneous thinking about finances, irrational fears, physical
sicknesses and diseases, inexplicable early deaths, and mental problems, just
to name a few.
But every evil can be
overcome. God made a way to cleanse the sin that causes bad blood
supernaturally.
The answer is Jesus.
Because He shed His perfect blood, we receive redemption when we accept Him
into our hearts. Our new spiritual blood flow is without the curses that came
before. It is up to us to allow it. We have to get strong against the devil’s
forces that want us to consent to a life peppered with all the bad we seem to
be stuck with.
But we’re not stuck with
it; God sent Jesus as a Savior for us. He can supernaturally wipe away all
generational curses, but we have to want it.
God’s Word tells us people
can change. Jesus gives us the strength and supernatural power straight into the
innermost part of our hearts so that we can become the people God made us to be—healthy,
faithful, strong-minded, able to make good decisions for ourselves, and kind
and loving to others. We can tell the
devil what God says: “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse” (Gal. 3:13). That
includes any and every generational curse that ever worked on any human being,
including us. James 4:7 tells us to: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
We can read the scriptures
that pertain to us and let the truth enter our hearts, and change our lives
from the inside out. Only the Spirit of God can get in between the cracks of
our brains, our other organs, our souls to repair, heal, restore and create the
new being God intended for us to be.
And just because we
believe for the miraculous doesn’t eliminate the physical things God’s already
put in order, like food, sleep, medicines, environment. All these things are
part of how the Lord may lead you to deliverance. Be open to His Spirit for
direction.
Every change is a miracle
at the cellular level, no matter how long it takes. And God is a
miracle-working God.
Love, Carolyn
QUESTIONS AND EASY
CHALLENGES
1. Can you name one or two
examples of a generational curse you’ve read about in the news or seen in your
own experiences?
2. How do generational
curses get passed down? Give a couple of examples from the Bible of
generational curses.
3. Where does it say Jesus
redeems us?
4. Is there hope of being
different and released from evil curses? Where in the Bible does it say we can
be new creations?
This article is an updated
version of a chapter I put in my second WINGS book.
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