When I was in fifth or sixth grade, there was an incident that happened that I believe hindered my growth and my life for many years.
I was like most kids my age 10 or 11 years old I can't remember exactly which, I didn't get into too much trouble, but I was rebellious and had a few visits to the principal's office. I can't recall what I did to get sent to the office when this particular incident happened, but I can vividly remember what was spoken to me.
During the course of this visit the principal of the school berated me, belittled me, and at one point said to me that, "I was nothing, and that I would never be anything, or do anything in life". That principle used his mouth and spoke those evil words and he effectively cursed me!
I didn't know at the time I was cursed by this man, but as I got older, I often wondered why I could never finish anything that I started. I barely graduated high school, and then I went into the National Guard when I was 18, I went through basic training and the schooling part, and even did the one week out the month for a while but when I had to do the two weeks in the field in the summer, I quit! And that got me AWOL'ED (Absent Without Official Leave) out of the military!
Then I enrolled in a Junior College near my home, but I only went one day and quit that. I enrolled in another Community College and did half a semester and I quit that too! See the pattern! I had many jobs over a span of ten years or so and most of them I quit, I remember just walking out of a restaurant I was cooking at and leaving meat and chicken on the grill cooking! I just walked out the door and never went back! The power of a cursing word over your life is soul destroying!
It really wasn't until God blessed me with an anointed prophet for a wife that my life started to change, and it was only recently that the Holy Spirit reminded me of what happened to me as a young boy, and then I was able to renounce that curse of the principal and break any chains that bound me in Jesus name!
This is also what satan does to many African American people in this country and so-called minorities, evil words that are spoken over generations can curse and oppress an entire group of people because of their skin color, their ancestry, etc.... and only by the power of Jesus Christ and the Spirit of God can these curses be broken!
On the contrary, when God speaks a word, it's healing, its life, it's blessed, it's powerful, it's liberating to the souls that receive it!
Matthew 8:5-13
"Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
Watch what you say to your spouse, your kids, your co-workers, your family members, and watch what you speak about other ethnicities and people groups who are different than you. Bless people don't curse them!
In Jesus,
Tyrone
