Break Witchcraft Curses: Experiencing Permanent Deliverance from Any Curse

We know that God won’t curse the born-again believer and that demons can’t curse the born-again believer.

But what about word curses from another source? If a believer compromises, can he or she become vulnerable to a hex or spell cast by a witch or a warlock? Can people with ill intention speak calamity over your life? Can a pastor or apostle or prophet declare chaos over you if you leave their church or ministry or disagree with them? What if you unintentionally speak something negative over yourself? Should you speak a cancellation to be safe?

When someone speaks a curse, they are speaking ill of someone, wishing harm against them, pronouncing disorder or destruction over them. One could even argue that slander and gossip are a form of cursing, as such speech pronounces destruction over a reputation. When you wish or speak evil, harm, or manipulation upon someone, that’s cursing. Remember this key thought: a curse is only as powerful as the one who speaks it.

God’s Creative Words

Whenever God speaks a curse, it is backed by the full force of His creative power. The curses spoken against Adam, Eve, and the serpent all came to pass, because God spoke the curses Himself. Shortly thereafter, we see another curse being pronounced, this time spoken over Cain as judgment for murdering his brother Abel.

The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden (Genesis 4:10-16, NIV).

Cain’s curse included banishment from God’s presence—he was rejected by the Lord. Considered with the fact that Adam and Eve were banished from the garden, this aspect of Cain’s curse clues us in to the idea that “to be cursed” can, in some sense, be seen as almost syn- onymous with “to be rejected by God.” Cain became a pariah, a marked man. God’s judgment made it so that Cain could not yield crops from the earth. Notably, God’s curse materialized immediately and obviously. Still, even in this, God was merciful in offering Cain at least some measure of relief by way of divinely ordered protection.

God also pronounced a curse against anyone who would harm Abraham or his descendants. Both the blessing and the curse in this case were also effective immediately and brought about measurable, material results.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you (Genesis 12:3, NLT).

In the New Testament, we see another example of God’s curse. His curse is upon those who preach a false gospel.

Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you. I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed (Galatians 1:8-9 NLT).

When God pronounces a curse, the effects are immediate and tangible. They’re only delayed if God allows them to be so. For example, there was also somewhat of a delay when Jesus cursed the fig tree. Though one could argue that the roots were destroyed the moment Jesus spoke, the effects of this curse weren’t apparent until the next morning.

The next morning as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. He noticed a fig tree in full leaf a little way off, so he went over to see if he could find any figs.

But there were only leaves because it was too early in the season for fruit. Then Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat your fruit again!” And the disciples heard him say it.

…The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots up. Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree on the previous day and exclaimed, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree you cursed has withered and died!” (Mark 11:12-14, 20-21 NLT)

Anyone whom God curses is utterly hopeless. If God makes a decree, who can undo it? If God’s power holds a curse against someone, who is strong enough to remove it? Who can break a chain that God Himself has fashioned? Thankfully, believers live in God’s blessing.

The Believer’s Words

So can other people curse us? What if a curse is spoken by a believer? After Jesus had cursed the fig tree, He said this:

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours” (Mark 11:22-24 NLT).

The gospel of Matthew gives us additional insight into this saying of Jesus.

Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it” (Matthew 21:21-22 NLT).

Some believers take this to mean that we have the power to order such things by our own will and words. But here’s the key that Jesus gives: “Have faith in God.” The secret to such power isn’t found in human utterances or man’s ability. It is our faith in God which connects us to such creative power that we otherwise lack without Him. We can safely conclude that such creative power in our words can only exist by God’s divine backing.

Only God can speak curses with creative power. The belief that we possess such power outside of God’s backing causes us to live in a strange sort of legalism disguised as spirituality. For example, when someone says they aren’t feeling well, a well-intentioned believer might protest, “Don’t say that! Don’t speak that over yourself!” If someone voices a concern they have about a potential problem, some zealous Christian might scold them, “Your words have power. Don’t speak that into existence. Don’t come into agreement with that.” I recall an instance when a woman approached me to receive prayer for healing in her eye, only to refuse to tell me what was wrong with her eye, because she didn’t want to “give it power.” However, the very fact that she was asking for a healing was an acknowledgement that she was sick. Faith doesn’t need to deny reality in order to change it. Of course, if we continue to speak negatively, we can affect our thought patterns in a negative way, which ultimately affects our emotions and actions. Still, we must remember that it’s God’s divine backing that gives us the ability to speak with potency of power. His agreement is needed in order to bring forth results.

God can cause things to immediately materialize with a single word. If we could do that on our own apart from Him, this world would become incredibly chaotic, as everyone would be able to immediately materialize anything they desired. What if two believers spoke conflicting desires into existence? What if one believer called rain into existence and another decreed sunshine? Whose words would win? If we had creative power in our words, the world couldn’t function. We could speak extra highway lanes into existence during traffic or harm someone in a moment of anger or cause the economy to crash due to the inflation that would result from just speaking money into existence.

Thankfully, we can speak with creative authority but only when we speak according to God’s will and Word. Man only speaks with creative power when he repeats what God has already said or what the Holy Spirit has told him to say—and the Holy Spirit wouldn’t curse a child of God. It’s our agreement with God that aligns us with His creative power. We can only creatively pro- claim whatever God promised; otherwise, we are just proclaiming it.

You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it! (John 14:13-14 NLT)

To ask in Christ’s name is to ask according to His will and by His authority. We should thank God that we don’t have creative power in our own words, especially since we don’t always know what’s best for us. This, of course, does not mean that our words don’t have power at all. Let me state this clearly: your words have power. The Bible says so.

The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences (Proverbs 18:21 NLT).

This, however, isn’t the same kind of power with which God speaks. Some have speculated that because we were created in God’s image our words also cause things to materialize. However, Adam didn’t create his own world; he cared for and cultivated God’s.