47 BREAK PAST CURSES

We were driving with a team to lead a marriage seminar in another state. As the team prayed about the seminar, God spoke to our hearts. God revealed, “Couples cannot receive all I have for them in their marriages as long as the past keeps them in bondage.”

As we continued in prayer, the enemy’s attack on marriage became very clear. The enemy was attacking through past open doors and curses involving:

Divorce—Spouses who personally had been through divorce, or had family or close friends who divorced, have an open door from the past in being tempted to consider divorce when problems arise.

Abuse—Spouses that had been sexually, emotionally, spiritually or physically abused in the past have open doors for attack in that area of their marriages.

Addiction—Spouses or family members who were chemically, emotionally or physically addicted are open to attacks from this curse.

Abandonment—Spouses who have experienced abandonment, detachment, rejection or apathy from a parent or guardian, particularly a father, have that curse to contend with in marriage.

Religion—Spouses who have been in a false religion, paganism, the occult, new age, secret societies and legalism find that they are attacked in those areas in their present marriage.

Try this: If you or your mate have open doors from the past to the above curses, pray this prayer together: Almighty God, we agree together in the name of Jesus the Christ to renounce the works of the devil and to break the curse of_______from our past, through the blood of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Remember that Satan’s first and ongoing attack is against marriage (read Gen. 2:23–3:8). Shut every past door and break every curse or bondage the enemy may try to bring against your marriage.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by
becoming a curse for us,
for it is written:
“Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
He redeemed us
in order that the blessing given to Abraham
might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,
so that by faith we might receive
the promise of the Spirit.

Gal. 3:13–14 NIV