Cursing can be hazardous to your health....

Cursing can be hazardous to your health. The bible is very clear on the
topic of cursing. The scriptures that relate to curses, and cursing and
being cursed are just too numerous to go into here. But I will try and wrap
the entire subject up for you in just a few scriptures.

The first mention of the word curse appears in the Book of Genesis in the
Old Testament. In Genesis 12:3 NKJV, God states that " I will curse those
who curse you and bless those who bless you". God loves His children. And
as any good father, he will stand behind them and defend them when they are
attacked. This applies to you whether you are a Christian or a
non-Christian. God is no respecter of persons and even if you are saved and
without any cause, other than some personal agenda, curse a fellow Christian
or non-Christian, God will send that curse back upon you. In Proverbs 26:2
NKJV the Bible says that "the curse without cause will not alight". God can
also turn the curse you sent into a blessing for the one you cursed.
Nehemiah 13:2 NKJV. And in Matthew 5: 44-46 we are actually told to pray
for those who curse us.

In other words, from the above scriptures we can gather the following.
First, both cursing and blessing is God's business. He has called curses
down upon those that have attacked His children in the past. Look at the
curses that God sent upon Pharaoh through Moses. Those curses not only
attacked the land of Egypt, but the very people of Egypt in the form of
sickness and even unto death. Secondly, cursing is basically a total waste
of time because God does not now, nor has He ever taken direction from us,
because God alone knows the hearts of all men and judgment is in his hands.
And lastly, God Himself instructs us to pray for those who curse us. That
is difficult I know, but God also points out in Matthew 5, that just praying
for the people that like us and are our friends doesn't take any effort at
all. What makes this pill a little easier to swallow is that you are
actually blessed when you pray for your enemies. But as in all things
difficult, there is a catch here also. In order to be blessed you must
sincerely pray for your enemies. You must sincerely pray that they come to
the knowledge or remember that God is the focus in their life and hatred and
jealousy and envy and anger are deadly poisons and can become cancers to the
soul.

Don't let any curse past your lips for any reason. This will take practice.
For if we all were as quick to prayer as we were to anger and hatred and
cursing, the world would be a much nicer place to live in. So the next time
you go to curse or call God to curse someone, remember it can be hazardous
to your physical and spiritual health! ......Patti