Bible study: effects of unbroken curses

RESTITUTION: A MEANS OF FREEDOM
Memorise: “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men” (Acts 24:16)
Read: Job 20:15-21

Pastor E Adeboye, RCCG

There are several ways one’s legs could be tied. It could be through an incurable disease, curse, invisible forces or through a pending restitution. When I was a lecturer, one of my students had a peculiar problem. Whenever he ate rice, he got into trouble. During his Youths Service, he was posted to the North. The staple food there was rice. When he could not withstand the hunger, he ate it. Trouble followed. As he was being conveyed to the hospital, he requested that he should be brought to me for prayers.

As I was about to pray, the Lord revealed that a pending restitution was responsible. After interviewing him, I discovered that when he was in secondary school, he went home for school fees. His father had none so he stole the bicycle of a neighbour, sold it and gave him the money.

When the owner woke up the following morning, he pronounced a curse saying ‘The thief and his children will be in trouble except they don’t eat rice’. The boy’s father defied the curse and kept eating rice and died prematurely. He realized that whenever he ate rice, his health was threatened. He told me the owner of the bicycle was dead but his son was still alive. So I asked him to buy a bicycle and restitute to the man’s son.

He did it: and when I was about to pray for him, the Lord interrupted, saying prayer was needless because the boy’s problem was over. Whatever is responsible for tying your legs, the Lord will expose it and give you grace to make the necessary restitution in Jesus’ Name.

There are some occasions you do not need to pray. Heaven expects you to make right your crooked past and help will come your way. If you engage in praying and fasting at such times, it will avail nothing.

Pending restitution is responsible for the stagnancy of some believers. As long as you refuse to restore what you have stollen, Heaven may withhold help from you. Some leaders have stollen the benefits of their subordinates. Even senior pastors sit on the salaries and stipends of pastors under them. You are tying your legs! If you are trying to steal somebody else’s husband, you are tying your legs.

Restore him and severe such extra-marital relationship so that your legs can be free. God wants you to be free. He has paid the price for your freedom. But you have to show you truly want to be free. Are you holding grudge against anyone? Release the fellow today!

Until you release others, the devil and his agents are lawfully empowered to keep you and your blessings in their prison. Release everyone who has offended you today. Use that as basis for securing your freedom.