Blessing or
Curse: You Can Choose (2006) by Derek
Prince
Last week I didn't post
anything on my social media, so I have lots of time (and works too, but I'm
able to manage my work very well) to read books. I finished two books. One by
N. A. Wilson on the life of Adolf Hitler and this book. Now can you see how
much time we wasted on social media weekly? Monthly? Yearly? Except for
WhatsApps, I don't even have active personal social media accounts! You can be
a reader - all of us can - if only you reduce your idle time on social media.
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Okay, about this book. If
I want to understand the Bible better, I refer to David Pawson; but if I want
to learn more about spiritual warfare, I go to Derek Prince (don't be confused
with Joseph Prince ya). There are invincible forces influencing our lives
today. Some recognize it, some just simply ignorance. "The Bible speaks plainly about these forces," writes
Prince, "In fact, it has a great
deal to say about them. It calls them respectively blessings and curses."
The word “bless” or “blessing” occurs more than 410 times in the Bible; the
word "curse" occurs nearly 160 times. Both are absolutely real —so
real that our Lord Jesus had to be made a curse so that we might be redeemed
from the curse and receive the blessing (read Galatians 3:13).
Prince explains, "Some people are inclined to think that
blessings are real but curses are imaginary, or hypothetical. That is an illogical
idea. If we consider any pair of opposites, it stands to reason that if one is
real, the other must be real. Take day and night, for example. If the day is
real, then the night is also real. Heat and cold — if heat is real, then cold
is real. Good and evil — if good is real, then evil is real. We cannot accept
one and ignore the other. So it is with blessings and curses. Blessings are
real, and so are cursed." I think the questions from the back cover
are very telling: Are you or your family
experiencing repeated sickness or accidents? Do you feel under mental,
emotional, or financial pressure much of the time? Are your closest
relationships in turmoil? Do you wonder why success comes easily to others but
seems to elude you? If you say YES to most of the questions (there are very
good questions outline in the book to identify it), probably, you're
intentionally or unintentionally, is under a curse.
Don't be discouraged if
you think you do. The good news is that God has provided the means to overcome
it. From the beginning,
God desires for you to receive His blessings and not curses through Jesus
Christ, His Son. In my life, relationships and ministry, I sense
that something is not right and believe that spiritual warfare and curses were
in operations. Only when I acknowledged what's going on, I then bring it in
prayer to my Father in heaven. Now I know that I'm free and experience God's
blessing in my life. The best is yet to come! I really recommend this book. Or,
you can start by watching YouTube video How
to Pass from Curse to Blessing by Derek Prince. Would you pray this prayer:
"Lord
Jesus Christ, I believe that You are the Son of God and the only way to God;
and that You died on the cross for my sins and rose again from the dead. I give
up all my rebellion and all my sin, and I submit myself to You as my Lord. I
confess all my sins before You and ask for Your forgiveness — especially for
any sins that exposed me to a curse. Release me also from the consequences of
my ancestors’ sins. By a decision of my will, I forgive all who have harmed me
or wronged me — just as I want God to forgive me. In particular, I forgive [say
the name of the person]. I renounce all contact with anything occult or satanic
— if I have any 'contact objects,' I commit myself to destroy them. I cancel
all of Satan’s claims against me. Lord Jesus, I believe that on the cross You
took on Yourself every curse that could ever come upon me. So I ask You now to
release me from every curse over my life — in Your name, Lord Jesus Christ! By
faith, I now receive my release and I thank You for it."
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THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
