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INSIGHTS:
Breaking the Power of Negative Words
As I was listening to
“Revive Our Hearts” on the radio, Nancy Leigh DeMoss read, "Bless
those who persecute you" (Romans 12:14). She said, “Don't speak
evil of them. Don't curse them. Don't speak evil to your children
about their dad, your ex-husband. Don't speak evil to a co-worker about
your boss. He may be a lousy boss, but don't return cursing for cursing.
Bless them instead.” The Bible
calls these negative words word curses.
Probably the greatest task of
prayer counseling ministry is to break the spiritual power of negative words
that have been spoken. We can all
remember words that we have spoken, that we immediately wished we could have
taken back. We surely remember
negative words spoken over us, that actually damaged our self-esteem and
hindered our progress.
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I bet the discouraging words of a
teacher, sibling, minister or parent come to mind immediately, even
though they were spoken many years ago.
Words have more than psychological power; they have spiritual
power too. When
we agreed with those lies, our enemy, the devil, worked hard to
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God created the whole universe
using words and we are created in His image.
He has delegated to us the power “to build or tear down our own house
with our words.” How?
We tend to blame others whom we believe have blocked our success, but
the Bible says that we reap what we sow, not what they sow.
You may believe that they caused the repetitive negative cycles in your
life, but God says that a curse without a cause cannot light.
(Proverbs 26:2)
That’s good news!
It means that no matter how much someone cursed you, their words
don’t necessarily have lasting effect.
You may believe the lie and empower it -- or react sinfully and empower
it. (Silent unspoken reactions
count.) If you judge them with
condemnation, hold resentment and unforgiveness or curse them back, you will
begin to reap the curse in your life. If
you bless them back, their words cannot harm you.
The law of sowing and reaping says YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW, MORE
THAN YOU SOW AND LATER THAT YOU SOW.
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Don't repay evil for
evil. "Don't be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with
good." (Romans 12:21) Spiritual laws are just as sure as
physical laws, whether you believe them or not.
Gravity works whether you are a believer or not and you reap what
you sow regardless. If you sow blessing, you will reap blessing.
If you sow cursing—even to those who cursed you—that is what you are
going to reap. Sowing negative words is like a sowing a time bomb
that will surely go off sooner or later.
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How can you break the power
of word curses spoken over you? FORGIVENESS
5 WAYS. First, you know you
have to (1.) forgive them for saying the curse like, “You will never be able
to … .” (But that is
only 20% of the solution. To
cover the other 80% you have to forgive 4 more ways.)
(2.) If you judged them with condemnation, you must ask God to forgive
you too. (3.) If you blamed God
for their behavior, you must ask God’s forgiveness.
(4.) If you returned evil for evil, you must ask for forgiveness for
your own sin. (5.) If you
believed the lie, you must forgive yourself for believing the lie as well.
It’s not too late; you can
call me or someone in spiritual authority over you and ask us to pray with
you. First, make a list of all
the word curses that have been spoken over you.
We can pray FORGIVENESS 5 WAYS and Jesus will release you from having
to reap what you have sown, in reaction to their sin. Jesus is not a time creature; He will go back in time and
break the power of the words spoken. He
has died on the cross to provide for your healing, body, soul and spirit.
When you invited Christ to live inside you, you received the power to
bless others.
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Jesus is ready to
forgive you, to bring the crop that you have sown to death and to
resurrect a whole new crop of blessing in it’s place.
He will take the pain out to the lies spoken over you as He heals each
wound. His desire is to
leave the wisdom you gained from the memory. 2 Timothy 2:25 says
that with humility we can gently
instruct others who are opposing themselves and the Lord, hoping
that they will repent and know the truth, escaping a snare. |
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I am preaching to myself here.
Please pray that we can all understand the power of sowing blessing
into the lives of others. We have a choice.
When we criticize and condemn, we put more prison bars around them and
their weakness. We actually assist the devil to imprison them with the fault.
OR - We can choose to assist the angels to empower them to overcome
their weaknesses, by speaking God’s truth into their lives.
We help them to believe God’s truth about themselves, as we speak new
strength, hope and supernatural ability into their hearts.
Praise God for His inexhaustible
grace! Carlotta Waldmann
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