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Help needed to restore family harmony	Ailis	Sunday, March 10, 2013
Question: Dear Brothers, I have just discovered this wonderful site. Thank you for all that you do. Please may I seek some advice. I have reasons to believe that my family may be suffering under a generational curse, if it is possible that the curse may manifest in marital breakdown or unhappiness, and general conflict or discord within the extended family also. Although i am certain we love each other and even with the best of intentions, every interaction that we have is fraught with difficulty, tension and usually end in a verbal disagreement that leaves me very distraught. It has been this way for years, although growing up,we were very happy and close to each other, now we can not get along, and it has become easier that we keep distance altogether. Now our children don't know one another and the next generation will suffer. Looking at my father's family and my mother's, the same is true of all their siblings, some are so estranged that they have not been heard of in over 20 years. I have prayed for my own release from the sins of my ancestors and I think I can convince my mother to do the same. I would really appreciate knowing if there is some way I can try to save my brother (and his children). I think this may be a special purpose God has for my life. However it will be very difficult as my brother has not yet been able to find faith and seems very confused in that respect. He will however not hear me talk of any of this. How shall I pray for them? Is there anything else I can do? Many sincere thanks that i have the opportunity to ask.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r) Dear Ailis: I apologize for the delay in answering. Since you did not leave your email address to be notified when the question is answered I hope that you see this answer. Situations like this is one of the reasons we ask for email addresses, which are not kept by us after answering the question and never used for any other purpose. It is just to notify the person that their question has been answered. Anyway, I praise God that our website has been useful to you. Generational curses do exist. This is when, for whatever reasons, the family appears on Satan's radar. The devil decide to plague generation after generation, or he may skip generations, or bother only certain people within a generation. It all falls into the realm of a generational curse. To deal with this, and to break the cycle, each person in the family needs to pray the Renunciation of Generational Sins, and the Breaking of Curses and Spells prayer. Each family member must do this. Then each family member needs to live the best Christian life possible. If they fail do to this, then all the prayer in the world will not have effect as the devil will use the opportunity of the person's sinful life, and life away from God, to maintain his grip on them. We cannot do this for other people, we must do this for ourselves. We can save no one else. Each person must make the correct decisions for themselves. Even God will not force them to make correct decision. Each person has free will to make decisions for themselves and God will never intrude upon that free will. What we can do for other family members is to pray for them to make the right decisions to love God and to get close to him, and to rid themselves of destructive and sinful behaviors. Those prayers may soften the person's resistance to the promptings of the Holy Spirit so that the Holy Spirit may more effectively convince them to make the right choices. But, the Holy Spirit will never force anyone. In our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog, linked below, there are prayers you can pray for others, including Proxy Prayers of Deliverance with the person himself will not pray such prayers for themselves. But, again, we must realize that these prayers, even Proxy Prayers, will not guarantee that our loved ones will make the right choices. The best that we can hope for is that our prayers will soften the resistance of our loved ones to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. It would be advisable for each member of the family to go through the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance, also linked below. We need to persevere in our prayers to the day we die. Sometimes our prayers will have an eventual effect on our loved ones, even after our death. We will pray for your family. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Help needed to restore family harmony

Ailis

Sunday, March 10, 2013

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Dear Brothers,

I have just discovered this wonderful site. Thank you for all that you do.

Please may I seek some advice. I have reasons to believe that my family may be suffering under a generational curse, if it is possible that the curse may manifest in marital breakdown or unhappiness, and general conflict or discord within the extended family also.

Although i am certain we love each other and even with the best of intentions, every interaction that we have is fraught with difficulty, tension and usually end in a verbal disagreement that leaves me very distraught. It has been this way for years, although growing up,we were very happy and close to each other, now we can not get along, and it has become easier that we keep distance altogether. Now our children don't know one another and the next generation will suffer. Looking at my father's family and my mother's, the same is true of all their siblings, some are so estranged that they have not been heard of in over 20 years.

I have prayed for my own release from the sins of my ancestors and I think I can convince my mother to do the same. I would really appreciate knowing if there is some way I can try to save my brother (and his children). I think this may be a special purpose God has for my life. However it will be very difficult as my brother has not yet been able to find faith and seems very confused in that respect. He will however not hear me talk of any of this. How shall I pray for them? Is there anything else I can do?

Many sincere thanks that i have the opportunity to ask.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)

Dear Ailis:

I apologize for the delay in answering. Since you did not leave your email address to be notified when the question is answered I hope that you see this answer. Situations like this is one of the reasons we ask for email addresses, which are not kept by us after answering the question and never used for any other purpose. It is just to notify the person that their question has been answered.

Anyway, I praise God that our website has been useful to you.

Generational curses do exist. This is when, for whatever reasons, the family appears on Satan's radar. The devil decide to plague generation after generation, or he may skip generations, or bother only certain people within a generation. It all falls into the realm of a generational curse.

To deal with this, and to break the cycle, each person in the family needs to pray the Renunciation of Generational Sins, and the Breaking of Curses and Spells prayer. Each family member must do this.

Then each family member needs to live the best Christian life possible. If they fail do to this, then all the prayer in the world will not have effect as the devil will use the opportunity of the person's sinful life, and life away from God, to maintain his grip on them.

We cannot do this for other people, we must do this for ourselves. We can save no one else. Each person must make the correct decisions for themselves. Even God will not force them to make correct decision. Each person has free will to make decisions for themselves and God will never intrude upon that free will.

What we can do for other family members is to pray for them to make the right decisions to love God and to get close to him, and to rid themselves of destructive and sinful behaviors. Those prayers may soften the person's resistance to the promptings of the Holy Spirit so that the Holy Spirit may more effectively convince them to make the right choices. But, the Holy Spirit will never force anyone.

In our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog, linked below, there are prayers you can pray for others, including Proxy Prayers of Deliverance with the person himself will not pray such prayers for themselves. But, again, we must realize that these prayers, even Proxy Prayers, will not guarantee that our loved ones will make the right choices. The best that we can hope for is that our prayers will soften the resistance of our loved ones to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

It would be advisable for each member of the family to go through the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance, also linked below.

We need to persevere in our prayers to the day we die. Sometimes our prayers will have an eventual effect on our loved ones, even after our death.

We will pray for your family.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.