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Generational Curse from Paternal Grandmother Jessica Sunday, September 2, 2012

Question:

Dear Brother,

My father died when I was a baby and I didn't know him or his family, but met them when I was in my early twenties.

My Paternal Grandmother had 7 children (one being my father) from 4 different men. Her first husband she legally married, but separated from and even though they weren't together, he provided for the children that were not his.

My mother didn't tell me much about my father when I was a kid, but as I got older and when I met his family; my mother told me that my father did not like my Paternal Grandmother for various reasons.

As I got to know his family, I saw characteristics within them that I didn't like too, such as drinking, cursing, and being very deceitful to one another. My father's family is very multi-racial and one of my cousins asked me did I ever wonder why us being multi-racial all had the same last name and not the surnames of our fathers. I did wonder about this, but never asked, only for my cousin to reveal to me that my Paternal Grandmother had the majority of her children from affairs with married men.

I noticed that the majority of the female members I met on my father's family were unmarried with children with different fathers and for those who were married had children with other men besides their husbands. Also the same replies to my father,as when he met my mother, she was still married to my sister's father but awaiting a divorce and a male cousin on my father's side of the family, had an affair with a married woman who he loved and was with for several years.

I have asked for God's forgiveness and repented, as I also have had 2 affairs with married. I never had any children and do not plan on having now because of my age, but would like to have a relationship someday, however I seem to always attract married men or single men who have girlfriends and I do not want this.

Because of the way my Paternal Grandmother's lifestyle was, do you think this is a generational curse and if so what can I do to free myself from it.

I really would like your help because I do want a good Christian relationship someday with the right man.

God Bless,
Jessica
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)

Dear Jessica:

I praise God that you have recognized in yourself those elements that lead to your own sins and thereby repented and confessed. The angels rejoice when a sinner repents.

Much of the family behavior you describe can be past down from generation to generation in a natural way — kids learn how to behave from watching their parents and family.

It is also possible that a family curse is at work here also.

What you need to do is to follow the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance, linked below, and also pray some of the prayers in our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog, linked below. Certainly, you will want to pray the Renouncing Ancestral Sins, and the Breaking Curses and Spells. Then also pray regularly the Hedge Prayer of Protection.

If you feel like there may be any spirit present tempting you, such as a spirit of lust, a spirit of fear, a spirit of anger, etc. then the Catalog has a Rebuking Particular Spirits prayer.

The most important thing you must do is to live the best Christian life you know how to live. That means going to Church every Sunday, daily prayers and devotions, studying the Bible. In other words, get as close to God as you can in all areas of your life. Put Him first, seek to love Him which means that you will obey Him (Jesus said, "If you love me you will follow my teachings"), forgive everyone of everything (Jesus said that is we do not forgive, He will not forgive us), etc. The closer you are to God the harder it will be for the devil to trip you up.

And remember God's promises:

1 Cor 10:13  No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 

1 John 4:4  You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Rom 8:35, 37-39  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us. 

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

God is not a liar. He keeps His promises. Trust in Him and He will bring you to Himself in His friendship forever.

Remember, God is more powerful than any curse. But, if we go through the valley He is still with us and promises that:

Rom 8:28 All things work together for good to those who love God and are called to His purpose.

This means that God will take the lemons in our life and make from it sweet lemonade, if we let Him.

We will be praying for you that any curse be broken, that any psychological wounds be healed, that you can live the spirit-filed Christ-Life. We will also pray that a good Christian man will come into your life.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary
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