There is a simple one-step plan to break all generational curses off your life -- get saved! Once you are saved, any "curse" that could have resulted from the actions of your ancestors is broken, and all you need to do is believe that and walk in the light of it. You do NOT need any special kind of ministry. He whom the Son sets free is free indeed.


Your life affects your children

Scripture does teach that sin and righteousness both have an impact on your children. Sin causes a curse to fall on your children; righteousness causes a blessing to fall on your children.

The fact that sin can affect your posterity is clear from many Scriptures, including:


Exodus 20:5 AND Deuteronomy 5:9: *

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
*[These two verses are identical except that the second uses the word unto in place of to in the first phrase, and the translators put a comma instead of a semicolon at the end of the second one.]

The fact that righteousness can affect your posterity is also clear:


Psalm 112:2:

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

(See God's blessing on your kids for more verses about this.)

If you won't walk with the Lord for your sake, do it for the sake of your kids! It matters.


Your parents' sins cannot "curse" you once you are born again

If your parents and their ancestors were in all kinds of sin, you do not have to worry for a minute about having to live under a "generational curse" (or any other curse for that matter) because of it. You have been delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son (Colossians 1:12-14). The blood of Jesus has already broken from your life any curse that may be on your lineage. Because you are righteous, you are redeemed from curses. The "curse of the Law" in Deuteronomy 28:15-68 and elsewhere includes curses on children. Jesus redeemed you from this curse (Galatians 3:13). You do not need to "get delivered" from it. You are delivered from it because you are a Christian. Agree with God and say so.



Proverbs 26:2:

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

There is no cause for a curse in the life of any Christian who is walking in the light. (Failure to walk in the light does open the door for curses to come on you.)

You do not have to spend years searching your "roots" in endless genealogies. (1 Tim 1:4 declares this to be a waste of time anyway.) You have one spiritual ancestor -- God is your Father! God is not under any kind of curse. Therefore, you have not inherited a curse from your Father.

The "old man" (who could rightfully be under a curse) died when you received Christ. Now all things are new, and you are not under any kind of bondage to your former life or anything to do with your former life.


You do not need special ministry to get rid of a generational curse. You do not need to buy a special book or tape series to find out what to do. Jesus has already done everything that needed to be done. He has already delivered you.

I should point out that in some places, the term "generational curse" is used to describe an illness that runs in a family. Since sickness is indeed a curse according to the Law of Moses, that is a pretty good name for it. However, you are legally healed by the stripes of Jesus of everything that got handed down to you in your genes from your parents. You do not have to get in fear because of how your ancestors died, or because some modern genetic test indicates that you are at risk for a certain illness or even have it already. God heals all your diseases, so ones handed down in your family are nothing to get excited over. God's promise to you covers whatever it is. Again, you do not need any kind of special ministry to walk in what God says is already yours (healing from your generational problem). You can just take it by faith.


In closing, may I add that many things attributed to "generational curses" (divorce, alcoholism, etc.) are actually handed down from one generation to another through bad examples and training. While it is a curse (in a sense) to have a parent who leads you into wrong thinking, wrong thinking is cured not by special prayer but by renewing your mind with the Word of God.