Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY JULY 15, 2026.

SUBJECT: BREAKING GENERATIONAL CURSE! PART 2.

Memory verse: "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4 vs 7.)

READ: Second Chronicles 7 vs 14; James 4 vs 8 - 10:

Second Chronicles 7:14: If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.

James 4:8: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts; you double-minded. 

4:9: Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

4:20: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

INTIMATION:

Breaking generational curses, as stated yesterday, starts with embracing Christ; accepting Him as your personal Lord and Savior. Subsequently, you take some steps that will break the consequences of the curse, and you will be free. Now that you have embraced Christ, you will take the following steps enumerated below:

(1) Surrender completely to Christ. You must be willing to come into a complete surrender of you and your entire life to the Lord; turning yourself over to Christ’s full control of your entire life. The very first rule in spiritual warfare, before you can even begin to do battle with demonic spirits, is that you have to be walking and operating in a complete surrender of your life with the Lord—He takes over and leads your life into the direction that He will now want it to go in. 

The Scripture, in James 4 vs 7 - 8, says, “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts you double-minded.” Notice the first four words – “Therefore submit to God.” Notice this verse starts out with this command. What this means is that you first have to be willing to fully submit to God; yield to His authority and Will, commit your life to Him and His control—spirit, soul, and body, and be willing to follow Him completely. This is very necessary before you can even begin to resist and fight against the devil and his demons to make them flee from you. There are no half measures. 

(2) Recognize the curse or problem. In order to get set free and stay free, you have to admit you have a problem. If you really want to be free, you will accept that responsibility. You know what you have been passing through in the hands of the devil. 

(3) Confess your sins and/or the sins of your parent(s), even your grand parent(s) and great grand parent(s), to the extent you know or can remember. The Scriptures say, “But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me … then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember …” (Leviticus 26 vs 40 - 42.) The apostle James says, “Lament, mourn, and weep” (James 4 vs 9) about these sins, and your situation.

Don’t be afraid to express deep heartfelt sorrow for what you and/or parent(s) have done and what you are passing through. God demands that His children should humble themselves before Him; recognize that only God can give you your self-worth. To be humble involves communing with Him in prayers; leaning on His power and His guidance to navigate through life’s circumstances. And with the Holy Spirit’s power, as a child of God, you can resist the devil. The Holy Spirit helps you to cleanse your hands and purify your heart—leading a pure life void of sin; replacing your desire to sin with your desire to experience God’s purity.

Many people seem to confuse remission of sins in spiritual rebirth (being born again) with consequences of sin (effect of curses resulting from sin). Though your sins are forgiven, but the consequences are still effective. This is because having a spiritual rebirth doesn’t take you out of this world. You will still be living in the world and under the external conditions within you. 

Though your sins are remitted, but the externalities have not changed; your parents are still your parents, covenants entered into are still binding, as God is a God of covenants, therefore, respects covenants. All legal rights you and/or your parents have given to the devil through your “soul ties,” with your parents or others, are still there for his exploits, and so on. You need to resist the devil for him to flee from you.

The spiritual rebirth rebrands you from the inside. The Holy Spirit gives you the new life through the recreation, and you live in vital union with Christ as your new Master. Note that there is no superficial change that will be quickly superseded by another novelty. But you are no more under the control of Satan; your sin nature has been conquered through the help of the Holy Spirit. You can still sin, but the desire to continue in sin will disappear. 

To be continued.

Prayer: Abba Father, whoever you have set free is free indeed. Set me free from any entanglements with any curses; generational or otherwise, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

We Work by Grace

 We Work by Grace

By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. (1 Corinthians 15:10)

Paul realized that the first part of this verse might be misunderstood: “I worked harder than any of them.” So he goes on to say, “Though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.” 

Paul does not trace his obedience back to his thankfulness for past grace. He traces it up to moment-by-moment, ever-arriving grace. He is banking on the promise of God’s future grace to arrive at every moment of need. In every instant of Paul’s intention and effort to obey Christ, grace was at work to produce that intention and that effort. Paul did not bring about his work merely out of gratitude for past grace, but in moment-by-moment reliance on the arrival of promised grace. Paul wants to emphasize that the ever-arriving grace of God is the decisive cause of his work.

Does it really say that? Doesn’t it just say that the grace of God worked with Paul? No, it says more. We have to come to terms with the words, “Though it was not I.” Paul wants to exalt the moment-by-moment grace of God in such a way that it is clear that he himself is not the decisive doer of this work.

Nevertheless, he is a doer of this work: “I worked harder than any of them.” He worked. But he said it was the grace of God “toward me.” 

If we let all the parts of this verse stand, the end result is this: grace is the decisive doer in Paul’s work. Since Paul is also a doer of his work, the way grace becomes the decisive doer is by becoming the enabling power of Paul’s work. 

I take this to mean that, as Paul faced each day’s ministry burden, he bowed his head and confessed that, unless future grace was given for that day’s work, he would not be able to do it. 

Perhaps he recalled the words of Jesus, “Apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). So he prayed for future grace for the day, and he trusted in the promise that it would come with power. “My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).

Then he acted with all his might.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY JULY 14, 2026.

SUBJECT: BREAKING GENERATIONAL CURSE! PART 1.

Memory verse: "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (Second Corinthians 5 vs 17.)

READ: Romans 8 vs 1 - 2; Galatians 3 vs 13 -14:

Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 

8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death."

Galatians 3:13: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree), 

3:14: that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

INTIMATION:

While the Old Testament is filled with many verses about generational curses or sins, the New Testament is not. The only time the New Testament talks curses and deliverance is in Galatians 3; where it is made very clear that there is redemption not by works, but by grace, which narrates the platform on which Christ redeemed us from sin. God offers redemptonl, the blood of Jesus conquers all sin and judgment for those who believe.

The fact is that prior to the coming of Christ, the whole human race was on death row, justly condemned for repeatedly breaking God’s Holy law. God, in His infinite mercy, sent His Son—Jesus Christ—as a propitiation to pay the wages of sin which the whole human race owed. His sacrificial death on the cross for atonement for our sins satisfied the claim of justice before God. Consequently, we are set free from the curse of the law. The believers in Christ’s substitutionary role should, therefore, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of of bondage." (Galatians 5 vs 1 .)

Certain things like bad habits or diseases can be passed down from one generation to another but we have no reason to be afraid because we are free, saved and therefore no longer under bondage. The apostle Paul in his letter to the believers in Corinth clearly states thus, “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.” (First Corinthians 15 vs 1 – 3). All you have to do is believe it.

Nonetheless, because of God’s grace, which is finally secured by Christ, the children can confess their own sins and the sins of their fathers and be forgiven and accepted by God: “But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers...if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they accept their guilt—then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham I will remember; I will remember the land” (Leviticus 26 vs 40 - 42). 

The precious words of Exodus 34 vs 6 - 7 are not nullified by the generational migration of sin: “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin...” For those who love God and keep His commandments, they continue the heritage of blessing as covenant keepers. For example, in Exodus 20 vs 5 - 6, the Lord says, "For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands to those who love Me and keep My commandments."

It’s noteworthy that some believers day-to-day experience of hardships are sometimes overwhelming. It’s possible that such believers may despair, unless they can see that God’s purpose is to bring about continual growth in them, using the experience to teach and guide them. The hope we need is well expressed in Jeremiah 29 vs 11 - 12: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” To retain hope while we suffer shows we understand God’s merciful ways of relating to His people.

The Scriptures in Psalm 103 vs 17 - 18 says, "But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts to do them."

The breaking of generational curse starts with embracing Christ; accepting Him as your personal Lord and Savior. Subsequently, you take some steps that will break the consequences of the curse, and you will be free. We shall look at the steps tomorrow. 

Prayer: Abba Father, You are my loving Father, my sacrificial Savior, and My faithful Companion. Thank You for all You have done for me in redemption in Christ Jesus. Endue me with the spirit of total obedience to you, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Ministry — More Important Than Life

 Ministry — More Important Than Life

“But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus.” (Acts 20:24)

According to the New Testament, “ministry” is what all Christians do. According to Ephesians 4:11–12, pastors have the job of equipping the saints for the work of ministry. But ordinary Christians are the ones who do the ministry. 

What ministry looks like is as varied as Christians are varied. It’s not an office like elder or deacon; it’s a lifestyle devoted to making much of Christ and meeting the needs of others. 

It means that we “do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith” (Galatians 6:10). Whether we are bankers or bricklayers, it means that we aim at advancing other people’s faith and holiness to the glory of God. 

Fulfilling your ministry is more important than staying alive. This conviction is what makes the lives of radically devoted people so inspiring to watch. Most of them speak the way Paul did about his ministry here in Acts 20:24: “I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus.” Doing the ministry that God gives us to do is more important than life.

You may think you need to save your life in order to do your ministry. On the contrary, how you lose your life may be the capstone of your ministry. It certainly was for Jesus — only in his thirties. 

We need not fret about keeping ourselves alive in order to finish our ministry. God alone knows the appointed time of our service. He will decide when our death is not an interruption of our ministry, but the last act of our ministry.

Henry Martyn was right when he said, “If [God] has work for me to do, I cannot die.” In other words, I am immortal until my work is done. Therefore, ministry is more important than life.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY JULY 13, 2026.

SUBJECT: INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS 

Memory verse: "You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me." (Deuteronomy 5 vs 9.)

READ: Exodus 20 vs 3 - 7:

20:3: You shall have no other gods before Me.

20:4: You shall not make for yourself a graven image—any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

20:5: You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me;

20:6: But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me, and keep My commandments.

20:7: You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

INTIMATION:

Iniquity denotes sin; implying perversion of heart and wickedness of purpose. The iniquity of the fathers implies the sin of the fathers God holds against them that didn’t repent of such sin. Consequently, God places a curse on them which affects their children, and children’s children, up to the third and fourth generations. And that is called “generational curse.” 

These curses include and are not limited to various sexual sins, early deaths, alcoholism, drug abuse, broken homes, madness, poverty, failure, sluggishness, to mention but a few. Curses are pronounced of condemnation or judgement by God against sins or iniquities. Such curses on the fathers, when visited on their children, and children’s children becomes a generational curse, affecting up to the third and fourth generation. 

Cases and mentions of generational curses exist in the Bible. But the most significant sin that attracted generational curse, according to the Scriptures, is the sin of having other gods before our Almighty God. It’s very important to note it is not only idols that constitute other gods, but any other thing that takes first place in your life outside God is an idol in your life, and another god to you. Instead of serving the only True God, you eventually serve other gods preferred by you. In my considered opinion, that is the greatest sin deserving of God’s condemnation or judgement, and attracts His curse upon your life. Follow after righteousness, obey God’s commands and be favored by Him.

Now, does God visit the sins of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation? Some passages in the Scriptures say he does (see Exodus 20 vs 5; 34 vs 6 - 7; Deuteronomy 5 vs 9; Leviticus 26 vs 39). Some others say he doesn’t (see Deuteronomy 24 vs 16; Second Kings 14 vs 6; Ezekiel 18 vs 20, Jeremiah 31 vs 30). 

However, the sins of the fathers are visited on the children through becoming the sins of the children. The Scripture says, “I the Lord...visit the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (Exodus 20 vs 5; Numbers 14 vs 18) The generations to come who experience the penalty of the fathers’ sins are those who hate God. 

We are not told how the fathers’ sins become the children’s sins. But what we are told is that when the father’s sins are visited on the children it is because the children are really sinful; they hate God. That is the form in which the fathers’ sins are visited on them. Therefore, all judgment is really deserved by the person who is punished.

Therefore, the conclusion is that the visitation of the fathers' sins on the children is not a simple punishment of innocent children for what the fathers did. The children themselves are always thought of as sinful and rebellious as the fathers' sin is worked out in their lives.

However, there are two kinds of effects of fathers' sins in the lives of children: one is rebellion against God, and the other is the calamities of judgment that God brings on the children. We are not told how this rebellious condition is passed to or "visited on" the children. God has the right to punish fathers in the calamities that come upon their children, as the Scriptures note in Jeremiah 16 vs 10 - 11; "...Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we committed against the Lord our God?"... "Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ says the Lord; they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My Law.”  

But He chooses to do this in a way that justly correlates with the children's own guilt; “And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me” (Jeremiah 16 vs 12.)

However, none of this should make anyone feel trapped and without hope because of his parents' sins. For the Scriptures in Ezekiel 33 vs 14 - 15 say, "When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die." The blood of Jesus conquers all sin and judgment for those who believe.

The Scriptures, In Ezekiel 18 vs 19 - 20, the Lord says, “Yes you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the guilt of the Father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” No one who has a child who goes bad and forsakes the way of righteousness, should feel that it is all his fault.

Prayer: Abba Father, let the sins of my fathers not be visited upon me because I have followed after righteousness, and I am obeying Your commandments, and confessed Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior in believe of all Jesus wrought for us on the cross, that the blessings of Abraham are mine, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

What Moves You to Minister?

 What Moves You to Minister?

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (Galatians 6:8)

Faith has an insatiable appetite for experiencing as much of God’s grace as possible. Therefore, faith presses toward the river where God’s grace flows most freely, namely, the river of love.

What other force will move us out of our contented living rooms to take upon ourselves the inconveniences and suffering that love requires? 

What will propel us . . . 

to greet strangers when we feel shy?

to go to an enemy and plead for reconciliation when we feel indignant?

to tithe when we’ve never tried it?

to speak to our colleagues about Christ when we are timid?

to invite new neighbors to a Bible study?

to cross cultures with the gospel?

to create a new ministry for alcoholics?

to spend an evening driving a van?

to invest a morning praying for renewal?

None of these costly acts of love just happens. They are impelled by a new appetite — the appetite of faith for the fullest experience of God’s grace. We want more of God. And we want this more than we want our private, disturbance-free security and comfort. 

Faith loves to rely on God and see him work miracles in us. Therefore, faith pushes us into the current where the power of God’s future grace flows most freely — the current of love. 

I think this is what Paul meant when he said that we should sow to the Spirit (Galatians 6:8). By faith, we should put the seeds of our energy in the furrows where we know the Spirit is at work to bear fruit — the furrows of love.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SUNDAY JULY 12, 2026.

SUBJECT: BUILD UP YOURSELF IN THE WORD! 

Memory verse: "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified." (Acts 20 vs 32.)

READ: Second Timothy 3 vs 16 - 17:

3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

3:17: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished to all good works.

INTIMATION:

The Word of God is not simply a collection of words from God, a vehicle for communicating ideas; it is living, life-changing, and dynamic as it works in us. It is the means by which God instructs those who seek to be His children. One cannot be a disciple of Jesus unless he is guided in life by the inspired Word of God. 

God’s Word is profitable for motivating repentance in one’s life and direction of his behavior. No realm of the human life escapes its penetrating power and judgements. It penetrates the core of our moral and spiritual life. Obedience to the Word of God will deter one from the wrong direction of life. Study of, and meditation on the Word of God will mold one’s mind for correct thinking and behavior. 

Our conquest is ensured in our building up ourselves in the Word of God by doing all that is required of us in the Word. Today’s memory verse was the apostle Paul’s recommendation to the believers when he was leaving the church at Ephesus. He may never see them again and he commended them to the Father. He turned them over into the hands of love, and he said, ‘I not only do this, but I commend you to the word of His grace.’ The apostle Paul's epistles are the words of His grace, and so the whole New Testament makes up the Book of the Word of the Father's grace.

If the apostle Paul is to be here with us now, he would say, "I want you to study it. I want you to prove yourself capable of doing the Word." There will be ability in the Word as you study it to put you over and make you a conqueror. To merely know the Word has no real value in it unless it becomes a part of your life in practicing it. As you begin to live the Word, then it becomes a part of your very being—enters into your blood, into your very system. Consequently, the strength and ability of God becomes a part of you, and you would be overwhelmed by “the exceeding greatness of His power toward you who believe, according to working of His mighty power.” 

The apostle Paul entrusted the Ephesians elders to the guidance of the revealed Word of God. It would spiritually build them up if they allowed God to work in their lives through the Word. If they remained faithful to the Word of God, they would receive the result of their faith which was the salvation of their souls in heaven. God’s people must be entirely dependent on the Word of God for direction. Neither subjective emotional experiences nor traditions should be allowed to be the foundation upon which disciples of Christ base their faith. 

Since the Word of God will be our only standard by which we will be judged, then it is imperative that we direct our lives according to what is written. One must come to the Scriptures with the attitude that within them lies wisdom and answers to all problems of life. With such an attitude toward the Scriptures, one will benefit from his study of God’s Word. The fact that the Scriptures are sufficient to guide one to eternal dwelling, implies that one must trust in God’s speaking to him through the revealed Word of God.

The Bible, in Hebrews 4 vs 12 says, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart.” In this context, the passage refers to the stability of God’s Word of promise. Christians must walk in faith in the Word of God’s promise. If one trusts in the promise of God, then God’s Word is able to transform his life. 

God’s word is living because God lives. It’s metaphorically illustrated as two-edged sword that is able to cut both ways in correcting one’s behavior. With the incisiveness of a surgeon’s knife, God’s Word reveals who we are and what we are not. It discerns what is within us, both good and evil. The demands of God’s Word require decisions. We must not only listen to the Word; we must also let it shape our lives. 

The effectiveness of its power is illustrated every day by the transformed lives of formerly hardened sinners who have yielded to God’s promise of an eternal rest to come. Transformed lives that are revealed in the gentle and humble servants of God are a continual testimony to the awesome power of God’s Word upon a meek and subjective heart.

Prayer: Abba Father, build me up in Your Word, and endue me with the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You in Your Word, and let my understanding be enlightened regarding the hope of Your calling and the riches of my inheritance in Christ, and the exceeding greatness of Your mighty working power toward me because I put my whole trust in You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!