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Prayer & Curses.

Genesis 3:14,17

Prayer and curses both have something in common.
They are both released by words.
They both come from the heart.
A person who is cursing another wants evil to befall that person he/she is cursing.
The curse is coming from the heart. Luke 6:45
A person cursing another, doesn't have a right heart towards the person he's cursing.

Prayer and curses proceed from the heart and are released by words.
Effective prayer must have a heart connection.

If a curse comes from the heart and is released by words, and prayer works that way to, then prayer can neutralize curses, particularly because prayer involves God.

God can also curse.
The first curse was uttered by God. (Read the whole of Genesis 3)
God is merciful.
We can commune with God, negotiate with God and appease God through prayer which can make Him remove curses from our lives.
In the place of prayer, we encounter God's presence which destroys curses.

A curse from God is one of the ways God punishes.
However, God doesn't seek to curse His own but to bless.
God's mercy can wipe out curses.
God's curses come under judgement, but mercy  triumphs over judgement.
James 2:3

Curses don't come without a reason.
If a curse makes it's way into a believers life and takes effect, it is because there was a reason, an open door that gave the curse an entrance. Proverbs 26:2
Curses can come when we break spiritual laws, when we cross spiritual lines that shouldn't be crossed.
Using the name of the Lord in vain can bring God's punishment. Ephesians 4:29
Sin is a door opener to curses.

We are not saved in Christ Jesus to be cursed.
Jesus saved us to redeem us from the curse. Galatians 3:13,14
There are promises we can stand on and operate with to keep us away from curses. Numbers 23:23
Curses are one of the ways the enemy steals, kills and destroys. John 10:10)

Olutosin Ogunkolade (Teacher-Pastor) shared this message.

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