Identifying and Breaking Curses

Identifying and Breaking Curses

that a high number of people who have serious marital problems also had parents or grandparents who were divorced or involved in multiple marriages. A history of divorce or separation in a family, or chronic arguing and fighting between mates, may be indicative of a curse and a need of deliverance from marriage-breaking spirits. Premature Death The sixth sign of a curse is premature death. Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? (Ecclesiastes 7:17) Contrary to what many people think, a person can die before his or her time. Some people believe that whenever a person dies, it is the will of the Lord. In other words, "When your time comes, there is nothing you can do about it." The Scripture tells us we can die before our time by wickedness or foolishness. Wickedness in a family can open the door for curses of death and destruction. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. (Proverbs 2:22) The seed of the wicked shall be cut off. (Psalm 37:28) Premature death in the family can include a history of suicides, deaths by drowning, car accidents, fires, floods, heart attacks, strokes, homicides, and cancer. Curses cut the life span short. Remember, "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). Mental Problems The seventh sign of a curse is mental problems—madness, insanity, confusion—especially if there is a history of this in the family. This also includes schizophrenia, and mental and nervous breakdowns. The L ORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart. (Deuteronomy 28:28) The Lord will drive thee distracted, all benighted and crazed in thy wits. (Deuteronomy 28:28, Knox Version) The problem of mental illness remains baffling to the psychiatric

20