Friday, April 1, 2011

Fri.'s Devo - The Blessing and the Curse

Read Pr. 26:1,2
There are some things that just aren't suppose to happen: it is not suppose to snow in the summer or rain in the harvest time and a fool is not suppose to be honored. Most importantly a curse is not suppose to come to a person without a cause. In other words, a door has to be opened for there to be a way a curse can be on a person. Believe it or not, the word "curse" is found 92 times in the Bible. The end of Duet. 11 is full of the curses that will fall on Israel if they turn away from the Lord. That is how a curse comes: you disobey God. The world is full of curses. Cancer, disease, premature death, sin, etc. It can be passed down from generation to generation unless someone applies the blood of Jesus to the curse to stop it. Gal. 3:13 says, "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree." Jesus died on the cross and became the curse for us so that we could enter into the blessings in the first part of Duet 11. After God gave the blessings and the curses he gave them the choice of which one they would take. "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God. which I command you this day; And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known."
Lord, we choose to walk in your blessings and obey you. Show us the curses in our lives and in our families that we need to apply the blood to.

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