Break Unseen Curses: 3 Sources that Satan Uses to Attack You & How to Stop Him!

I am reminded of a dream that I had in the midst of a struggle we were in.

In the natural, we had moved back to Waco, Texas, to replant a church that had been there. The reason for this move was because the word of the Lord had come to me. The Lord had said, “Don’t give away your and your children’s rights to that city.” In the natural, I had no desire to go back to Waco. There had been quite a bit of pain we had experienced there through betrayal, loss, and lies. I really did not want anything to do with it. Yet the Lord had clearly spoken.

We did move back. We began a work to replace the one that had been lost. The work began in a modest way. The previous work had actually grown into an apostolic expression. We had quite a few churches planted that had formed a network of churches and ministries. There was a Bible school to train pastors and other ministers to plant other churches. We were on television six days a week in several stations and networks in the world. We had a Christian school that operated at one time. There was a ministry to the poor that touched the city. We owned a 72,000-square- foot building with a 1,500-seat auditorium to facilitate all that we were doing.

Again, at the word of the Lord, we had transitioned out of “pastoring” this work to overseeing it from an “apostolic” standpoint. This meant that I was no longer hands-on on a daily basis, but I was still esteemed and understood to be the apostolic father of the work. The problem was that the person who was set in place to pastor the work under the apostolic structure became unfaithful. He became so filled with selfish ambition that it resulted in the work being destroyed from its original place of power and influence. It was a very sad affair. This unfaithful man’s desire to have something for himself caused him to allow my character to be destroyed in the eyes of people who at one time had esteemed me. He was at least a party to people believing lies about me so it would work to his ambitious desires.

I thought that I was done in Waco. The Lord had opened the world for me, and I was being privileged to speak God’s word to nations. Then the word concerning not giving away my and my children’s rights to the city had come. As we in obedience began to replant a work, it became apparent that something was resisting these efforts. We could only get it so far. It was like a wall was there that we couldn’t get through. I then began to get revelation through different means. I realized that four of my former staff members in the work had spoken words against me. These words were being taken by the devil and were being used against me in the Courts of Heaven. I have learned this principle throughout the process of functioning in the Courts of Heaven. If there are words spoken against you, these words become ammunition for the devil’s efforts to thwart your kingdom purpose. This is especially true if these words come from certain sources. There are at least three sources that can release words that the devil will take into the Courts of Heaven against us.

The first one is words from people whose authority you are under. This can be parents, husbands, employers, church leaders, and even civil authorities. Anyone whose authority you are connected to can and will be used in a destructive way against you in the Courts of Heaven. Romans 13:1-5 shows the significant place God has given to authority we are to honor.

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.

If authority gives an evil report about you, it can result in a judgment against you from the Courts of Heaven. Hebrews13:17 implies that if authority gives a less than good report it will work against us.

Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

This scripture says that if authority is grieved by you and their report of you is evil, it can be unprofitable for you. This means, among other things, that the devil uses the report of authority over you to build cases against you in the Courts of Heaven. We must live under authority in a righteous way, but also know how to undo any words from authority against us.

The second dimension of words against us that the devil uses is words of those who carry spiritual authority. You may not be under the authority of these, but because they have gained a place in God, their words can be damaging to us. There is a difference in positional authority and those who have spiritual authority. People can have spiritual authority but not be recognized in the natural with positional authority. It also works the other way. It is possible to have a position of authority but carry no real spiritual authority. Spiritual authority can be seen in what Jesus said about speaking to the mountain in Matthew 17:19-20. Jesus said that if we believe and carry spiritual authority, we can speak and declare, and things that seem immovable will move.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”

In their attempt to remove a demon, they found themselves completely inept. They asked Jesus why this demon couldn’t be removed. Jesus’ response was that it was an issue of faith. We can see from this that spiritual authority is connected to the faith realm. If we are able to believe, then we will carry authority to remove seemingly immovable things. This is spiritual authority revealed. Whoever carries this spiritual authority allowed by God will be able to undo demonic resistance. This has an effect in the dimensions of the Courts of Heaven. Whoever has been allowed by God to significantly carry authority, if they choose to use that authority destructively, it can have a negative effect. Paul was aware of this. He addressed it in 2 Corinthians 10:8.

For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed.

If someone who carries this authority speaks evil against us, the devil can grab their words. He will take their words against us and declare them before the Courts of Heaven. He can petition the Courts of Heaven and declare, “These whom You have granted authority say this (something evil) about them.” People who are apostles, prophets, or one of the other five-fold ministry gifts can fall into this category. I actually had a very high-profile prophet who began to speak against me. When I heard about this, I laughed, knowing I was not guilty of what they were accusing me of. How- ever, then my life began to fall apart. I had to deal with this person’s accusations and attacks against me in the Courts of Heaven. The devil was taking their words and building a case against me. The result was serious devastation that began to come into my life, family, and ministry. The devil was claiming a right against me because of the words of this person/prophet. I was not and am not under their authority, but they carry spiritual authority in God. We must know how to undo the words of those in positions of authority and those who carry spiritual authority. Otherwise, a curse can come on our life. The words being spoken grant the curse a legal right to land. This is revealed in Proverbs 26:2.

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause shall not alight.

The words of these who are in authority in either realm will give curses a right to land and light against us. This can bring destructive results. However, we can go into the Courts of Heaven and revoke and annul the rights of these words.

The third realm of words that can have power against us in the Courts of Heaven are words from those we are or have been in covenant with. This applies to the words of my former staff members. In ministry, I never operated from an employer-employee standard. I believed, and still do, that the order for the kingdom of God is covenant. Therefore, when I hired and set in place people to be on my staff, I felt we had entered covenant together. Instead of them being my employees, they were my team. Together, we would advance the kingdom of God. We would function as David and his mighty men did. First Chronicles 12:20-22 shows that great warriors came to David until it was like the army of God.

When he went to Ziklag, those of Manasseh who defected to him were Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of the thousands who were from Manasseh. And they helped David against the bands of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and they were captains in the army. For at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great army, like the army of God.

David entered covenant with them and they with him. This is a picture of how the kingdom of God is to function. My heart was and is that there would be a team bound together by covenant. This team would have the power and spiritual authority to bring down satanic strongholds. However, because this was how I operated, when these former team members/staff began to speak against me, the devil could use their words. We actually see what happens in 1 Peter 3:7 when those in covenant come to disagreement.

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

Notice that if there is a problem in the covenant relationship, then prayer power is lost. Our prayers that should be dynamic and flow with authority are hindered. This word hindered in the Greek is ekkopto. It means “to cut down, cut off, chop.” When covenant relationships are weakened and even broken, it has a very negative effect on the spiritual authority we carry. This is true in marriage, but also other realms of covenant as well. This is what happened to me with the original team in Waco. When I returned to Waco, the powers of darkness within that region used the words of my former staff as legal right to resist me. I didn’t know what to do about this. I honestly did not feel I had anything to repent for concerning these who had broken covenant with me by their words. I didn’t feel I was wrong or to be blamed. I knew the devil was making a case against me connected to their words; however, I didn’t know how to answer that case or deal with it. Then I had this dream.

In the dream, I found myself in the courts of Waco, Texas. The truth is, I didn’t know a place like this existed. I had been asked many times about different courts in the spirit world. I actually had leaned toward the fact that there was just the court revealed and seen in Daniel 7:9-10.

I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire; a fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.

This is the purest picture we have of the Courts of Heaven in scripture. Now, however, I am having this dream about a court that is ruling a geographical area. I became aware that there seemed to be courts over regions. This is where principalities that are assigned to regions can make their case against the purposes of God. In other words, they petition the court where they are. They seek to create legal resistance against God’s intent and will. I knew that the constraint I was feeling and seeing in the early stages of the new work was because of legal issues against me. These issues were a result of the words spoken by my former team.

As I stood in the court in my dream, I saw two tables before me. They were sitting in this courtroom as you would see them in a natural court. The table on the left had papers lying on it. I knew these papers were cases against me. As I stood looking at these papers/cases, I was perplexed. I didn’t know how to answer them. Normally, the answer to a case against us is solved through our repentance. We repent, and then the blood of Jesus is free to speak for us. This is found in 1 John 1:7 and Hebrews 12:24.

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

To Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Walking in the light does not speak of perfect living. Walking in the light speaks of honest living. We are willing to repent and bring out of darkness any of our failures and sins. When we do this, the blood of Jesus is free to cleanse us from all sin. This is because the blood of sprinkling, or Jesus’ blood, is speaking and giving testimony from the mercy seat of Heaven. Through our repentance, we gain the advantage of what the blood is saying. The blood of Jesus in the Holiest of Holies in Heaven grants God the legal right to for- give us. Remember that God has always had a desire and longing to forgive us. He didn’t have the legal right to do this until Jesus died and gave His blood. Until that transaction, God could only roll sins away for a year, according to Hebrews 10:1-4.

For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

We are told that every year when the offerings were made for the sins of the people, they remembered their sins all over. The blood of bulls and goats that was offered could not legally expunge the sin. This is why the offerings were made every year. But when Jesus died and offered His body and blood, this was the perfect offering. He once and for all offered Himself. Hebrews 9:24-28 clearly shows us that the perfect sacrifice of Jesus was all that was needed. This sacrifice is the legal work required to deal with our every sin and bring us to justification.

For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, Hehas appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

This is why Jesus’ blood is the answer to any and all accusations against us. His blood is speaking on our behalf to dismiss every case satan would bring. When we repent and walk in the light as He is in the light, this blood speaks for us. Based on the testimony of His blood, every case against us is dismissed.