Topic:Family Curses
Text: Genesis 31:30-35

Nothing happens by chance. Certain laws or principles control what goes on in both the physical and the spiritual realm. Therefore, if you violate particular law, you will reap the consequences. Since these laws govern the universe, any mistake on your part will bring stiff penalties into your life. The issue of curses is so greatly important that you would remain under its influence unless you address the root of the curse. I have discovered that the curses in the lives of people can be tagged family curses. These types of courses are stubborn to deal with until the victim comes under the influence of an anointed man of God. Parents can curse their children. A husband can also curse his wife, and it would work if she does something deserving of a curse. I Cor.11:3 states clearly that, “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” A husband has authority over his wife. There is n example in Genesis 31:30-35. Jacob was running away with his two wives, Rachael and Leah, from Laban. Unknown to him, Rachael had stolen the idols of Laban. Laban caught up with them and accused them of stealing his idols. Jacob denied the accusation. He said that Laban should search them and that anyone found to have stolen the idol would die. Meanwhile, Rachael sat on the idols. While Laban searched, Rachael said she could not stand up to be searched because she was having her monthly period. Laban left without finding his idols. The consequence of Jacob’s curse is recorded in Genesis 35:16-19, “And they journeyed from Bethel, and there was but a little way to come to come to Ephrath: and Rachael travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not, thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.” Rachael did not survive her pregnancy, after the curse. If you fail to deal with curses placed on your life, mysterious things may continue to happen to you. The Bible says: “And, behold, I will lay hands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege” Ezekiel 4:8). Do not joke with curses. Deal with them.

Memory Verse: Genesis 35:18 - “And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin,”