10 Curses that Block the Blessing -- Chapter 1

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

What an awesome night of fellowship we enjoyed last night, Tuesday, June 15th, 2010.  We discussed the topic from chapter 1 of the book, "The Creative Power of the Tongue".  Pastor Larry Huch made clear one of the most powerful ways curses are released into our lives: through our mouths.  The enemy has deceived many believers into thinking that words are just words, but if God says we'll give account of every idle word spoken (Matthew 12:36), that must mean He doesn't see them as just words.  As a matter of fact, He created and placed within us this creative power -- the same power He used to speak the world into existence.

Here are more scriptures to solidify this concept.  Proverbs 18:21 tells us that "death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit".  Proverbs13:2-3 says, "A man shall eat WELL by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.  He who GUARDS his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction."  The enemy is counting on us not to take this principle seriously.  Whatever we spend the most time thinking about, those thoughts will spill over into what we say.  And whatever we're saying is being carried out either for us (blessings) or against us (curses).

Book travelers, I encourage you to get this book and allow it to line your words up with the Word of God.  I look forward to discussing it with you on this blog or in person.  Keep traveling!

The Journey to Removing Curses Begins!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Hi, Book Travelers!

Before we even get into the book, Ten Curses that Block the Blessing, we need to begin to understand what a curse is.  It can be defined as a negative spoken prediction of what someone desires to see come to pass in another's life.  An example of this can be seen in what Jesus did to the fig tree in one of the gospels.  Or it can be a situation that one walks into as a result of his or her actions.  The only example I can think of in the Bible is Judas Iscariot, when he betrayed Christ.  I don't believe that he could have done anything to erase that curse off of his life, so the only thing he could have done was take his own life in order to relieve the agony he was feeling.

Deuteronomy 28 tells of the choices of blessing and cursing that we inherit because of one word: OBEDIENCE.  Let's examine our lives and ask God to open our hearts, dealing with us in this area, so that the curses the enemy has planted to stop us from experiencing all of God can be removed.

We'll be discussing this topic for the next few weeks, so get ready...