RESOLVE GENERATIONAL CURSES IN 5 MINUTES

On God's part, all generational curses has been rendered inoperative in Christ Jesus. When you repented of your sin and made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, you automatically became a chosen generation and no longer a cursed generation. "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." 1Peter 2:9 (NKJV). Your inheritance of blessings and curses ceased to be from your parents but from Christ Jesus. "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will." Ephesians 1:11 (NKJV).  Therefore, all your generational curses are broken in Christ. "13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." Galatians 3:13-14 (NKJV). This is the New Covenant law for Kingdom citizens.

You might ask, but why am I experiencing the same battles or challenges that my parents and grandparents experienced. If this is not generational curse, what is it? Remember that Satan is a thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy. The afflictions he placed upon your parents, he wants it to continue with you. Not because generational curses are still in force but because as a criminal, he does not respect heaven's edict that abolished generational curses until forced to do so. He is simply a rebel, practicing on you that which God has already ruled illegal. The good news is that God has given you authority and power to make him obey heaven's edict on the matter.

If you are born again, you have been made a king. The bible says concerning our Lord Jesus, “And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” Rev 1:6 (KJV). Therefore you have received the authority to exercise dominion. If you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, you have received power to enforce your authority. You are God's policeman to arrest and stop the illegal activities of that criminal called Satan. The bible says “…what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.” Mat 18:18 (GNB). The responsibility is not on God but on you to act. The Holy Spirit is in you to help you if you choose to act.  All that it takes is for you to believe and act in obedience.

You act in obedience by resisting the devil. The scripture says to resist the devil. “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Jas 4:7 (KJV). If you will not only be a hearer of the word deceiving yourself but a doer of the word then God will do the work. You become a doer of the word by obeying the command to resist the devil and God will do the work by bringing about result. Start obeying the word.

Some may ask, where and how do you see the devil to resist him? You catch the devil through his acts. Jesus was dealing with the devil when he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. When thoughts that are contrary to scripture drop into your mind, that's the devil. Resist that thought by refusing to dwell on it. Speak out to renounce and replace it with the word of God. When a sickness comes on you, that's the devil. Refuse to accommodate the sickness in your mind, rather think on the scriptures that promise you good health. When your children are leaving the faith, that’s the devil. When you seem weak and unable to overcome sinful habits and addictions that's the devil. You resist him by standing on the promises of God, renouncing Satan's desires over your life and refusing to believe you are helpless.

If you are born again, you have both the authority and warrant to arrest that criminal called Satan. If you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, you possess the power to enforce your authority. Therefore, claim and stand on what the word of God says concerning that thing and at the same time rebuke and destroy the works of the devil in that area of your life. You can't lose if you don't give up. If you are not born again or you are not sure whether you are born again, click here for help.

Notice also that God is not the one putting generational curses on people. God said in  Jeremiah 31:29-30 (NKJV)   “29 In those days they shall say no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.'  30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge." Those days have come in the New Covenant and God is not putting any curse on you. On the other hand, the devil derives pleasure from continuing bondage from generation to generation. So the devil is your enemy, he is the one you are dealing with. The bible makes it clear in 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) that we have a completely new deal in Christ.  “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."

Your future is not based on what you inherited from your parents but what you inherited from Jesus. “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Eph 1:11 (KJV). You are a new man in Christ but if you don't renew your mind in the word, you aren't putting on the new man. We are charged in Ephesians 4:22-24 (NKJV)  “22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,  23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,  24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness." You have to believe it and let it renew your mind by thinking in line with it, before the new man in you can manifest.

What about going to the village to pray at the family compound, look for strange object buried in the ground, etc., in order to destroy your link to the past? If that is always necessary for our freedom, Jesus would have recommended it to at least one of the people he ministered to.  But in all cases of healings and deliverances, the people’s problems terminated with their encounter with Jesus Christ. Your generational problems too will terminate the moment you believe what Jesus did for you and act on it without retreating. The Apostles also were used of God to usher many into the freedom that Christ bought for us. They ministered in many Gentile territories that were known for worshiping plethora of gods.  Yet there is no evidence of one of them advocating for going home to do family deliverance. If there was anything Paul said about the past it is this "No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead." (Philippians 3:13).   I suggest that we should do the same thing.

Some argue that some people had results going home to do those kinds of deliverance. They may have had some relief perhaps but not freedom. You must understand that walking in freedom is not possible without operating in the truth. Results of relief is not always a validation of method or theology but God actions of love for the hurting people. This is why some will say to God on the last day, we healed and prophesied in your name and God will say to them, depart from me ye workers of iniquity. They had what appeared to be results but they were wrong in interpreting it to mean that God had accepted their lawless lifestyles. God is love and is constantly looking for how to do loving things to his people.

Let no one make merchandize of you in the name of breaking generational curses. Your curses were borne by Jesus on the cross on your behalf. Faith in Him makes what He did to be credited to your account. Submit to God by believing His word then resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Written by Ifiok Ukobo

If you need help in overcoming the devil, you can reach me through the email: tralright@yahoo.com

WE MISSED IT: IT WAS NOT A VICTORY

It was a Sunday morning. The sun shone brightly and it resonated with my heart. God is going to save some people today. Just the thought of it stirred some excitement in me. I had prayed for this day and my expectations were high. I finally arrived at the Church I was to preach. The atmosphere was warm and there was a significant youth population. We sang and danced and it was glorious. Just then, the pastor called for those that had testimonies. Quite a few came out to share their testimonies. As I listened to testimony after testimony, it struck me so clear, these people are treating purchase of a new car, acquisition of a new home, winning of contracts, acquisition of an academic degree, promotion at the place of work, etc as their victory. Are these things really our victory or are they our blessings? Is there any difference between the two? Do these things in themselves have value in eternity?

It was not the first time I  heard it. Everywhere, stuffs are being celebrated as victory. A new house, new car, new jobs are celebrated as victory.  But Jesus said in Revelation 3:5 (NKJV)  "He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.” If we take these words from Jesus seriously, we will need to ask, is acquisition of a new house or car the victory that will clothe one with white and prevent ones name from being deleted from the book of life? How many financial breakthroughs, escape from death, promotion in our career, etc. will qualify us as overcomers? Could our victory be about something else, something that we do not commonly celebrate as victory, yet in the eyes of Jesus that is true victory?

Since it is overcomers or the victorious that will be in heaven, it follows that it is those that have been overcome or defeated that will be found in Hell. Hell is for failures and the defeated while heaven is for the victorious and overcomers. Jesus made it clear to us that people can gain the whole world yet are losers in hell. In Mark 8:36 (NKJV) Jesus said "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" In other words, gaining the whole world is not victory in the eyes of Jesus. Buying a new house, gaining promotion in career or winning a mighty contract are not victories in Jesus eyes because they have no value in eternity. However, what you use your house to do, has value in eternity and can be a victory for you. If you use your house to serve the Lord, it will be a victory for you. If you use your cars to serve the Lord, it will be a victory for you. We are all stewards of what God has given us. When we use what we have been given to serve God who is the owner, we are victorious. However, Satan want us to serve self. The entire world system is designed for serving self. If we fall into the trap of serving self, we have been defeated by the world. 

So, what we overcome as children of God is not primarily poverty, sickness or death but the world. The bible says in 1 John 5:4 (NKJV)  "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith." Our victory is a strong faith in Jesus that overcomes the system of doing and valuing things called the WORLD.  Jesus also overcame this system of doing and valuing things called the world. He said in John 16:33 (NKJV)  "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

The world is a system of doing and valuing things that is organized in opposition to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Satan's strategy is to use everything at his disposal to pressure you into accepting the world's way of doing and valuing things. Your financial difficulties, delays in getting someone to marry, ungodly conditions for promotion, sickness and disease, lack of suitable accommodation, unfair treatment at work, difficulty in getting university admission or job, are all tools Satan wants to use to get you to bow to the world system of doing and valuing things. Your victory therefore is in staying true to Jesus and refusing to bow to the world. This is the true victory that heaven acknowledges. This is what Jesus want us to see and accept as victory. He or she that overcomes this world system, is an overcomer and is born of God.

Therefore, those that enjoy promotion after compromising their faith have been defeated. Those that got someone hooked for marriage after submitting to fornication have been defeated. Those that got contracts after bribing officials have been defeated. Those that got houses after an illegal deal have been defeated. Their defeat is not in their desire for these things but in submitting to the system of the world in order to have them, that system that invite us to prioritize for the pleasure of self over the pleasure of God. Fortunately all is not lost, they can come back into winning ways if they repent and start obeying Jesus as their Lord.

According to the scriptures, the entire world system is controlled by three things, Lust of the Flesh, Lust of the Eyes and Pride of Life. When one is overcome by these things, that person cannot have the love of the Father in him rather it is the love of self that will prevail. This is why we are commanded, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--comes not from the Father but from the world.” (1Jn 2:15-16 NIV).


As those that are truly born of God, let’s celebrate telling the truth more than buying a car. Let’s celebrate integrity more than wealth.  Let’s promote kindness more than purchases. Let’s celebrate humility above worldly status. Let’s promote sexual purity above wedding glamour. Let’s celebrate the day we were born again above the day we were born in the flesh, for what is born of flesh is flesh but what is born of Spirit is spirit. Let’s reprogram ourselves using heaven’s value system. It is then that the Church victory over the world will manifest with a brilliance that will make nations arise to the brightness of our arising. God bless you.

Written by Ifiok J. Ukobo