The Good News

At the Cross Jesus Christ set us free from all the curses.

"Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (Galatians 3:13-14)

However, we cannot claim to be set free from these curses at the Cross if we continue to dishonour our mother and father. I always encourage people to write to their mother and father (if they are alive) and ask their forgiveness for any wrong attitudes they have held towards their parents.

They should then say that they forgive their parents.

This leads to many breakthroughs in healing as the generational sins are cut off. Medical doctors are fully aware of the way in which disease can be transmitted from one generation to another.

This is what the Bible is telling us but the good news is that the Bible gives us the remedy, i.e. to honour and forgive our parents, alive or dead. With the help of the Holy Spirit we can honour and forgive our parents no matter what they may have done to us.

Some of their actions and ill-treatment of their children may have been because they themselves were carrying the curses of previous generations and had not dealt with them at the Cross of Jesus Christ.

Suggested prayer:

"Dear Heavenly Father, I come to You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

I absolutely honour and forgive my mother and father in every way and I renounce their sins and the sins of my ancestors especially any past involvement in the occult or any other cursed thing.

I now renounce this in Jesus' name and I believe that at the Cross You have set me free from all the curses of the Law. Thank You Father in Jesus' name. Amen."