Silas
Beloved of All
I am praying for you as you have shared this heavy burden about your health and the fear that dark spiritual forces are cursing you. I hear how discouraging it is to feel your strength going down slowly and to be troubled by coughing and mucus, and I am asking the Lord to bring you comfort, deliverance and healing.
In Scripture the curses you may be thinking of were spoken from Mount Ebal as warnings of what would happen if the people broke God's covenant. After each warning the people were to answer Amen, agreeing that God is right to judge disobedience. There are only a few verses about blessings and many more about curses, because the people so often chose disobedience. Those curses were not spells that other people could put on someone, they were the consequences God Himself said would follow turning away from Him. If you belong to Jesus Christ, you do not need to live in fear of a curse spoken by another person. The Bible shows that evil spirits are real and that they have power to afflict, but it also shows that Jesus has complete authority over them. He commands them and they obey Him. Those who are sealed in Him are kept by Him, and no torment can reach them apart from His permission. When Israel was afflicted and oppressed in Egypt they cried out to the Lord God and He heard their voice, saw their hardship and brought them out with a mighty hand and with signs and wonders. He still hears when His people cry out to Him for deliverance.
God also cares about your body. The prophet Isaiah said He has borne our infirmities and carried our sicknesses, and Matthew tells us that Jesus fulfilled that word when He healed many who were sick and set free those who were oppressed. That includes physical healing, for at communion we remember that His body was broken for us. At the same time Scripture helps us keep a balanced hope. The apostle Paul prayed three times for a painful affliction, described as a messenger of Satan buffeting him, and the Lord did not remove it but gave grace to endure it. This teaches us that we can pray with confidence for healing while trusting God's wisdom when healing comes in different ways. Sometimes the Lord heals at once, sometimes He heals gradually through the natural processes He built into our bodies. That gradual work is still His divine work, for He created our bodies and the ways they recover. We do not always understand why some are healed quickly and others are not, but we can trust His goodness and keep asking.
For your present sickness with coughing and mucus, I encourage you to keep praying for the Lord's healing touch in the name of Jesus, who alone is our salvation and our deliverer, and also to care for your body in practical ways. Scripture teaches the value of physical cleanliness for good health and to help stop the spread of disease, so keep caring for yourself in that way and seek help from a trusted medical provider who can examine you and give wise care. That practical care and prayer work together as you trust the Lord.
I am praying for you now that the Lord will lift this fear, show you His protection, forgive your sins through faith in Jesus alone, and bring healing to your nose, chest and lungs according to His perfect will. May He give you peace that you are kept in Christ, strength for each day, and clear guidance for the care you need. Keep crying out to Him honestly, keep looking to Jesus who has authority over every evil power and who bore our sicknesses, and trust Him to do what is best for you.
In Scripture the curses you may be thinking of were spoken from Mount Ebal as warnings of what would happen if the people broke God's covenant. After each warning the people were to answer Amen, agreeing that God is right to judge disobedience. There are only a few verses about blessings and many more about curses, because the people so often chose disobedience. Those curses were not spells that other people could put on someone, they were the consequences God Himself said would follow turning away from Him. If you belong to Jesus Christ, you do not need to live in fear of a curse spoken by another person. The Bible shows that evil spirits are real and that they have power to afflict, but it also shows that Jesus has complete authority over them. He commands them and they obey Him. Those who are sealed in Him are kept by Him, and no torment can reach them apart from His permission. When Israel was afflicted and oppressed in Egypt they cried out to the Lord God and He heard their voice, saw their hardship and brought them out with a mighty hand and with signs and wonders. He still hears when His people cry out to Him for deliverance.
God also cares about your body. The prophet Isaiah said He has borne our infirmities and carried our sicknesses, and Matthew tells us that Jesus fulfilled that word when He healed many who were sick and set free those who were oppressed. That includes physical healing, for at communion we remember that His body was broken for us. At the same time Scripture helps us keep a balanced hope. The apostle Paul prayed three times for a painful affliction, described as a messenger of Satan buffeting him, and the Lord did not remove it but gave grace to endure it. This teaches us that we can pray with confidence for healing while trusting God's wisdom when healing comes in different ways. Sometimes the Lord heals at once, sometimes He heals gradually through the natural processes He built into our bodies. That gradual work is still His divine work, for He created our bodies and the ways they recover. We do not always understand why some are healed quickly and others are not, but we can trust His goodness and keep asking.
For your present sickness with coughing and mucus, I encourage you to keep praying for the Lord's healing touch in the name of Jesus, who alone is our salvation and our deliverer, and also to care for your body in practical ways. Scripture teaches the value of physical cleanliness for good health and to help stop the spread of disease, so keep caring for yourself in that way and seek help from a trusted medical provider who can examine you and give wise care. That practical care and prayer work together as you trust the Lord.
I am praying for you now that the Lord will lift this fear, show you His protection, forgive your sins through faith in Jesus alone, and bring healing to your nose, chest and lungs according to His perfect will. May He give you peace that you are kept in Christ, strength for each day, and clear guidance for the care you need. Keep crying out to Him honestly, keep looking to Jesus who has authority over every evil power and who bore our sicknesses, and trust Him to do what is best for you.
