Identifying and Breaking Curses

Identifying Curses

In order to effect a true remedy, you must be able to make a proper diagnosis. Without a correct diagnosis, you will not be able to get to the root problem. If the diagnosis is a curse, then the remedy is breaking the curse according to Galatians 3:13. The word diagnose is defined: "to recognize by signs and symptoms; to analyze the cause or nature of." A diagnosis is the investigation or analysis of the cause or nature of a condition, situation, or problem. When a person goes to the doctor for a physical problem, the first thing that doctor will do is run tests to diagnose the problem. The doctor will then prescribe medication based on the diagnosis. The correct diagnosis is necessary to effect a cure. There are many believers who are dealing with curses but have not made the correct diagnosis of their problems. The Enemy is able to hide and operate in their lives because he has not been diagnosed. Demons operate through curses and will continue to do so in the lives of believers even though they have been redeemed from the curse, if these curses remain undetected and are not dealt with. One of the best books available today on the subject of curses is Blessing or Curse, by Derek Prince. He lists seven common indications of a curse: 5. Marital problems 6. Premature deaths 7. Mental illness I have included two more indications that we have seen in ministering deliverance: 8. Mistreatment and abuse by other people (including mental, physical, and sexual abuse, and rejection); receiving no favor and no mercy; and being a victim of cruelty and violence. 9. Wandering, vagabondism, no place to rest or live, constantly moving from house to house, city to city, job to job, relationship to relationship. 1. Chronic financial problems 2. Chronic sickness and disease 3. Female problems 4. Being accident-prone

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