Swatting the Fly of Curses


Ed Silvoso, founder of Harvest Evangelism, tells the story of a pastor, who one day, was walking along the seashore. As he was trying to enjoy the scenery, a swarm of flies began bothering him.

“There is a spiritual truth here,” the Lord said. “Understand the life cycle of the fly and you will begin to understand how to get rid of negative spiritual issues in your life.” Upon investigation, the pastor found that the life cycle of the adult fly is 21 days in the summer. The larva stage of the fly is a few days while the pupa stage is three to seven days. The truth then became clear. If you can get rid of a fly and its offspring, then the cycle of the fly’s generation is broken and you will be rid of all flies.

The lord then told the pastor to proclaim truth for forty days. He then specifically told the pastor to take an area of his life in which he wanted freedom. Find forty key biblical verses in that area and proclaim them as truth for forty days.

Here are verses to help that help proclaim truth over the fly of curses.

 

Genesis 9:9 “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you.”

Genesis 13:15-16 “for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.”

Genesis 17:7-8 “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

Deuteronomy 30:6 “And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.”

Deuteronomy 30:19 “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;”

Psalm 25:13 “He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth.”

Psalm 37:25-26 I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed.

Psalm 69:35-36 “For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.”

Psalm 89:29 “His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.”

Psalm 102:28 “The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You.”

Psalms 103:17-18 “But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children.”

Psalm 112:2 “His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.”

Psalms 128:3 “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table.”

Proverbs 11:21 “Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished; But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.”

Isaiah 43:5-6 “Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Isaiah 44:3 “For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;”

Isaiah 48:19 “Your descendants also would have been like the sand, And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand; His name would not have been cut off Nor destroyed from before Me.”

Isaiah 49:25 “But thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children.”

Isaiah 54:13 “All your children shall be taught by the Lord, And great shall be the peace of your children.”

Isaiah 60:18 “Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call your walls Salvation, And your gates Praise.”

Isaiah 61:4 “And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the former desolations, And they shall repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations.”

Isaiah 61:9 “Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, And their offspring among the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

Isaiah 65:23 “They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.”

Isaiah 66:22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me, ‘says the Lord, So shall your descendants and your name remain.”

Jeremiah 30:10 “Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob, says the Lord, Nor be dismayed, O Israel; For behold, I will save you from afar, And your seed from the land of their captivity, Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, And no one shall make him afraid.”

Jeremiah 31:17 “There is hope in your future, says the Lord, That your children shall come back to their own border.”

Jeremiah 32:38-39 “They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.”

Ezekiel 37:25 “Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever.”

Joel 2:28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions.”

Acts 2:38-39 “Then Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

Acts 16:31 “So they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.’”

I Corinthians 7:14 “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.”



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