Title Special Morning Rally (3)-Psalm 109:17~16 (2010.11.18)
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Title: Break the Curse with Blessings!
Main text: (Psalm 109:17-18)
Date: November 18, 2010 (Thursday) 5 am
Venue: Jeonju Yebut Church Grand Worship Room (3rd day of special early morning assembly)
What is a curse?
It is fun to see children running around innocently in the school yard or in the park. But if you look closely, you can see that the language they speak is easily swearing. They even say that if you don't swear, you can't have a conversation. And later, one child gets hurt and goes home crying. But the fact is that most of the words they use are actually imitating the words used by their parents in their home.
In the dictionary meaning, a curse is “a request from God or a god in order to cause evil or harm to a person or thing, that is, to condemn.” It is the opposite of a blessing that prays for God's grace to fall on people or things. We can't help but marvel at the power of everyday language to our children to bless as encouragement or curse as blame. This means that even as Christians, we can cleverly curse our children or friends in a number of clever ways, whether by mistake or intentional.
What does the Bible say about curses?
The word “curse” appears more than a hundred times in the Bible. There are curses of the mouth, curses of the body, curses that simply insult, curses unintentionally, and curses that are deliberately crafty. All these curses have one thing in common. It destroys both the cursed person and the recipient.
The Bible uses the Greek word “kakologeo,” which means curse, which is the opposite of “eurogeo,” which means “to praise, to praise,” which means “to slander, to slander.”
To praise is a blessing, to slander is a curse. 'Cachologeo' corresponds to 'death' in the saying, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (Proverbs 18:21). Just as positive words have the power to convey God's grace, so negative words have the power to destroy (Proverbs 12:18).
Just as blessings produce positive, constructive, and liberating results, so curses are negative, destructive, and even more destructive. A person who recognizes the harm that a curse inflicts sees the need to turn it into a word of blessing.
Curses not only harm those who receive them, but also those who curse them. According to the biblical principle, “whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Galatians 6:7), a curse will harm our souls.
Today's text is a poem by King David. David applies this principle when he sees a man persecuting him.
“He loved to curse, so let that curse be upon him. He hated to bless, so let the blessings turn away from him. Cursing as a garment; let the curse penetrate into his stomach like water, and into his belly like oil” (Psalm 109:17-18).
I hope we can take this time to check that the words we use are not negative, considering the devastating consequences of the curse.
negative words
Jesus knew that even negative words, which sounded relatively soft, had the power of a curse.
“Whoever calls his brother raga will be thrown into a mess in the council, and anyone who calls him a fool will be thrown into the fire of hell” (Matthew 5:22ff).
'Raga' means 'mong-guri, stone head'. If you keep these words in your heart, how many
You might ask yourself whether people are pouring negative words comparable to raga to their children. The ‘raga’ that comes out of the lips of the parents devastates the soul of the child.
I've seen families use the words 'idiot', 'two heads', 'idiot' and 'idiot' indiscriminately. Why is there such a thing going on in that family? The mother of that family grew up hearing those words from her father all the time, and eventually those words began to apply to her own life as well. The wounds that had been etched in her heart were expressed in a negative way because of the devastation her parents brought to her life.
What code are we using for our children? What message are you sending not only about your child's intelligence, but about their personality, abilities, and appearance? When you describe your children, do you use cursing them? Do you use cursing words?
How to change from curse to blessing?
1. Acknowledge your needs!
2. If possible, reveal the nature of your curse!
3. Recognize that Christ, through His death and resurrection, has set us free from the curse and bondage of our enemies!
4. Pray aloud, calling each name one by one so that all curses may be broken!
If you have often heard the curse word 'Pharaoh', pray like this. “Heavenly Father, I pray, in the name of Jesus Christ, that you will now break this curse that you have placed on me. I will no longer succumb to this condemnation towards me. I'm not stupid. I have the good heart that my father gave me when he created me. Therefore, in exchange for this curse, I accept the blessing that the Father has given me.” In this way, deal with every item that has cursed us one by one. After you have prayed to break the curse, put a large cross mark (×) above it!
5. Focus your attention on the blessings given to you in Jesus Christ!
6. Forgive those who cursed you!
7. Blessings, praises, replace curses with the Word of God!