Cleansing the Heart (Excerpt from Healing Starts Now)

“Even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees …” (Luke 3:9).

The Parable of the Patio

When we originally moved into our home, we had a screened patio area in the back. Unfortunately, we could not fully enjoy it without special preparation. The screens did not keep out the dirt, rain, heat, humidity, or cold. I would love to sit out there in the winter, but I found it was too cold. My grandson liked to play out there in the summer, but it was too hot. The patio was big enough to handle 30 people, but the outdoor table had to be thoroughly scrubbed before our guests could enjoy a meal. We had a lovely room we couldn’t use. We could not enjoy our beautiful backyard anytime we felt like.

We made a quality decision to change the environment of our patio. We invited workers into our home to tear down the screens, power wash the floor, and install airtight windows. After renovation, we now have a four-season room with air-conditioning and heat. The windows keep out the dirt, dust, humidity, rain, and snow. Now we can easily walk into the area anytime we choose and enjoy a clean, beautiful environment to entertain, talk, read, pray, or study. The old patio can represent your life. The screens are tiny doors into your life that allow dirt and debris to enter. It is time to remove those screens, clean out the junk, and put up barriers to secure the doors and walls. Inviting God to supernaturally houseclean your heart is what my healing school is all about.

Jesus said that the heart is the source of uncleanness:

What comes out of a man is what makes him “unclean.” For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man “unclean” (Mark 7:20-23 NIV).

When you come for ministry, you are inviting a change or a renovation in your life. When we minister healing to you, we are the workers who remove the screens, clean out the dirt, and secure the windows of your heart, mind, and body. Installing the protection of solid walls and healthy air keeps out the sin, trauma, word curses, generational curses, or other strongholds. We “power spray” your heart with the wind of the Holy Spirit, of whom Jesus said, ” … when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). We wash you down with ” .. . the washing of water by the word” (Eph. 5:26) so that you become ” … a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that [you] should be holy and without blemish” (Eph. 5:27).

Once the Word of God is spoken over you, it continues to release His precious promises into your life:

My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; for length of days and long Life and peace they will add to you (Proverbs 3:1-2).

 

Sin Can Be an Open Door for Sickness

Before praying for or receiving healing, look for areas where sickness may have entered your life. Sin-disobedience, rebellion, bitterness, anger, unforgiveness, sexual sin, addiction, alcoholism, etc. – opens the door for the enemy to enter your life and ravage your body or mind with disease. Once a sin is identified, confessed, brought to the cross, and repented of the sickness often leaves without prayer for healing. When the root cause is destroyed, the tree can’t survive.

Jesus demonstrated this principle in Luke 5:17-26. While He was teaching, “… the power of the Lord was present to heal them” (Luke 5:17). When friends set a paralyzed man at Jesus’ feet, He did not immediately pray for the man’s healing. First He said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you” (Luke 5:20b). Then He addressed the man’s physical infirmity. He said, ‘Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house” (Luke 5:24b).

Keep your heart pure before God, and you will be healed and retain your healing. Proverbs 4:23 states, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” Bringing every sin to Him closes those doors through which the enemy could previously attack you. That sin no longer has power over you. This initial step is not a matter of condemnation, but of self-examination.

 

The Importance of Repentance

 God has commanded you to “choose life,” not death (Deut. 30:19). A very important key to choosing life is your repentance from sin. ” .. . God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to,, Life” (Acts 11:18). God does not want you, His precious child, trapped in the clutches of sin. He wants you healed and set free to enjoy the wonderful life He has created for you. Many are trapped by the subtle tentacles of sin. Despite a desire to be free from sin and disease, some don’t want to be confronted or deal with their sin. Sin must be evicted from your life. Recognize it, repent of it, and kick it out.

Once you learn these principles, you will also reveal His truth to others who want to be free. You may be the person God wants to use to reach your neighbor down the street or your co-worker. Expect God to use you. Your words may be the only ones someone will listen to. Who will explain the freedom that comes with repentance of sins if you don’t? Who will explain how to get free and healed if you don’t? The apostle Paul asks the same question:

“How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent?” As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

(Romans 10:14-15)

Prayers for purity are very important. David asked God to cleanse him not only from known sins, but also from hidden faults:

Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression (Psalm 19:12-13).

David’s attitude pleased God. He called David “a man after My own heart” (Acts 13:22). Jesus is coming back for a Church without spot or wrinkle. It is time to cleanse the house of God. Since He lives within you, you are His house. Your responsibility is to keep yourself clean and pure. Even if you have a good relationship with God, pray.

 

Pray this prayer:

 Father, I have sinned. I don’t want to sin anymore and I repent. Take this sin of ___ from me and put it on the cross, never to be held against me. Father, I ask Jesus to come into my life, not just as my Savior, but also as my Lord. Through Your Holy Spirit, guide me into all that You have for me, in Jesus’ name.

 

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Comprehensive Prayer to Break Generations Curse (Exodus 20:5)

Pray Aloud:

“Lord Jesus Christ, I come before You and repent of all sins of all ancestors and predecessors on all sides of my mothers’ two families, my fathers’ two families, and those of my spouse and those of all others from my past life with whom I had an intimate or significant relationship, on all sides of all of those families, back to their families’ origins. I repent for what they did, and in particular for each and every sin, (including cultural sins, and national sins),   which brought into the families’ lines the generations curses of_____________________       (name them). I ask Your forgiveness for all that they did, and for all of their sins which I repeated or did on my own for the first time., and I acknowledge that in so doing, they and I acted in hostility to you, Father, WALKED CONTRARY TO YOU, and grieved your Holy Spirit (LEVITICUS 26:40-44). I ask for forgiveness for them and for me, and I forgive and release them and myself. I ask for forgiveness for all whom they might have hurt, and in restitution to those who still live and their their loved ones and descendants to 1000 generations to come, I speak upon their lives the bom-again experience, water and Holy Spirit baptism, and the covenant promises, and ask You, Father, to call them to the Lord Jesus Christ and empower those things into their lives, all in Christ Jesus’ Name. I take authority over and bind, cut and sever all ties, bonds, cords,  soul-ties and attachments to each of these generational sins, with the curses, and with the spirits who carry them out; I break each and every one of these curses mentioned, and particularly the curse(s) of (name it), all in the Name of Christ Jesus and by the Blood of Christ Jesus,, off of my life, the life of my spouse, and off of each of my children (by name) and each of my grandchildren and descendants to come to one thousand generations and beyond. I speak the blessing over my life  and theirs  (lay hands on your chest) which is the exact opposite of each and every curse broken, and in particular the blessings of (name them), in Christ Jesus’ Name. (You may want to lay hands on the person repeating the prayer, or on yourself as part of the ministry of impartation by faith.) I bind you, Satan, all territorial spirits, the strongman, and each and every familiar spirit that carried out each and every generations curse, all in the Name of Christ Jesus. I and all loved ones are immediately and permanently loosed from you and these curses, all in Christ Jesus’ Name. I bind every principality, power spirits, ruler spirit, evil spirit in high places, all territorials spirits, elemental spirits, and the strongman spirit on assignment, and all under the strongman including each and every familiar spirit that carried out each of the generations’ curses now broken; We are permanently loosed, and I bind all under the strongman to the strongman for the purpose of casting out, all in Christ Jesus’ Name. I bind and break your communication lines, supply lines, three-fold cords and enabling, reinforcements, decree all under the strongman bound to the strongman now for the purpose of casting out. You cannot reinforce or enable each other, I decree it forbidden in Christ Jesus’ Name. Now strongman, I dispatch you to my lungs, quietly without harming, to be cast out on exhalation and to go directly to the Abyss with all the others bound to you and be chained there until the Great White Throne Judgment, and YOU OBEY in Christ Jesus’ Name, never to return to me or any other living being; I bind you all up from any form of retaliation or counterattack against any of my loved ones or me, or against anything that we are, have or possess, and decree all forbidden…all permanently, immediately, completely, and perpetually , all in Christ Jesus’ Name and for the Glory of The God The Father, amen.

“Holy Spirit, I now reverently ask you to infill me as I inspire my breath to fill my lungs and contact and take authority over and engage the strongman spirit and all bound to the strongman spirit on inhalation; please drive it out to the Abyss on exhalation, to be chained there until the Great White Throne Judgment in Christ Jesus’ Name. I ask it  in faith on Christ Jesus with a holy expectation that You have already heard and granted it, all in Christ Jesus’ Name, Amen.” Now:  Take a very deep breath in—-à Hold it for 6-8 seconds—-à Breathe out blowing forcefully.  Give the Holy Spirit thanks and praise. Pray: “Holy Spirit, infill me as I breathe normally again. I give you thanks, praise and glory, and bless Your Name, One with Father God and the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. I bind up and off all revenge, retaliations, counterattacks, judgments or wraths of Satan against any of my loved ones or me, my spouse, children, ministry people or their loved ones here or overseas. Or against anything that I am, have or possess, and decree such immediately, permanently and perpetually forbidden in the Name and by the Blood of Christ Jesus to the Glory of The Father, all in Christ Jesus’ Name.”

 (Continue giving thanks, praise and glory for a few minutes.)  Believe that you receive, all by faith on Christ Jesus’ Name.  You are now finished with the breaking of generations’ curses. Please remember: for generations’ curses to be properly broken, repentance for the sins of the ancestors and all like sins of your own, is the key, not prayer. There must be a right motive. The wrong motive is to want to break the curses because you want to get a problem out of your life or the life of loved ones, that is “to get a “monkey” off of your back” or theirs. In my experience, I have never seen generations’ curses broken off of believers who have that expectation because the breaking of the curses is not “about them” but about reconciliation with The Father. The right motive to break the curse, according to Leviticus 26:40-44 is because we need to repent for the sins of the ancestors because in what they did, they walked contrary and in hostility to Father God and grieved His Holy Spirit.

Notes:

  1. Generations’ Curses are broken only by sincere repentance from the heart. Prayer does not break a generations’ curse. Repentance is the key. The prayer is secondary. The breaking of the Generations’ Curse is Leviticus 26:40-44 .
  2. This inventory is best used with the Word of Faith Ministries International Spiritual Inventory. To explore Generations’ Curses, fill out the following Sections of the Inventory:

Section 2 Part III, Sections 3-5. Treat all things checked off in these sections as Generations’ Curses and name them as such when you pray the Prayer aloud. You may add anything that you know or suspect as a curse present in your family lines by making a list and mentioning them also in the prayer.

 Remember that Generation’s Curses may be physical (disease, impairments, injuries, etc.), emotional, or  spiritual.

The clue to the presence of a Generations’ Curse in a family line is the observation of a spiritual, emotional, or physical problem in more than one person in a family line in two different generations, or a minimum of two people in the same generation. If you do not know with certainty whether or not a generation’s curse of a certain kind is really present in the family lines but you suspect so, then treat it as if it really is present and confess it anyway; even if you have not yet obtained a witness of the Holy Spirit. It is better to break it than to leave it unbroken because you are not certain of its presence. The Holy Spirit will eventually confirm it to you.

Bern Zumpano    Word of Faith Ministries International   www.walkinginpower.org

 

Generational Curses in our family

(Name these in the first two blank spaces where indicated on GC prayer)

Self alienation Alienation of others

Presumption  Verbal aggression

Breaking the spirit of a child (of people in general) Tantrums

Stubbornness Maturation arrest

Miscarriages Premature death

Alcoholism Drug abuse Control

Spirit of Lillith (vampirism – sucking the life out of you)

Child abuse

Condemnation Condemning spirit

Depression Heaviness

Domestic abuse Dysfunction

Contentions Jezebel

Fault finding Anger Hatred Denial

Self righteousness Warring spirit  

Resisting the Holy Spirit Self centeredness

Antagonizing and antagonizing others Verbal and emotional abuse

Pride Arrogance

Emotional dysfunction Oppression 

Rejection of children

 Familial turmoil Confabulation  

Family bondage Belligerent

Hostility

Rejection Fear

Fear of rejection Loss of acceptance

Perceived loss of acceptance Fear of abandonment   Anger

Hostility Resentment

The curses of cultural, emotional and spiritual deprivation Parental rejection

Self importance Spiritual dyslexia

(Name these blessings in the last line of the GC prayer)

 

I claim the blessings of:   

Kingdom living, to feel love and protected, to give birth to healthy babies, calmness, walking in pure health mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically, to have and  make friends easily, to submit and to submit to authority, sensibility, understanding, agreeable, amenable, compliant, obedient, cordial, pleasant, sociable, calm, quiet,  relaxed, serene, gentle, kindly, mild, supportive, tolerable, innocent, strong family morals and values, supportive of your children, orderliness, confident, positiveness, alert, optimistic, cheerfulness, down-to-earth, growth and progress spiritually, mentally and financially, restoration of family, freedom from all things not of the Holy Spirit, financial sufficiency, loving heart, joy, care and concern for all things righteous, considerate, complete restoration of mind and memory, humility, accepting of self, peace.

Prayer for Binding and Loosing:   

Father, in Christ Jesus’ Name, I bind and loose (mom) from the spirits of (name them)  and speak a curse of destruction and plead the blood of Jesus at the roots, upon all of their seedings, works, plans, activities, blueprints, plots, plans, designs, traps, wiles, snares,  and assignments against (mom) in any way, manner or form, to or through any   individual, organization, adversary or would-be adversary, from this day, any day past, or any day to come.

I permanently bind all of the named spirits and loose (mom) from, and uproot all of those seedings, works, plans and activities and I curse them at their roots, and by trusting faith, call them cancelled, nullified, never come to pass, and rendered of no effect, never seeded, judged and spoiled all in Christ Jesus’ Name. Therefore, Father, I decree this prayer accomplished and brought to pass by trusting faith and expectation, in Christ Jesus” Name.

 

Prayer of Forgiveness: 

Father, in Christ Jesus’ Name, I lay down at your feet all present and past unforgiveness, anger, bitterness, or resentment, directed at (name(s). I repent of it and renounce it all, and ask You to forgive me for it. I forgive and release them. I repent for anyone who was hurt by it, and ask for Your forgiveness for that also. I forgive and release myself of all unforgiveness, anger, resentment and bitterness also. I renounce this and all past sin, and ask You to forgive me, Lord Jesus Christ. I ask all these things in Your Holy Name, Amen.

 

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