"My grandparents' poverty cursed our family to always struggle financially."
How it sounds in your head: We've always been poor. Grandpa was poor. Dad struggles with money. Maybe our family is just cursed to never have enough. Some families get blessed, others get cursed.
"Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."
-- Galatians 3:13-14Source: mixture of poverty theology and generational curse teaching that makes God's provision about lineage instead of covenant.
He sees real financial patterns and feels the stress in his home. The lack feels generational and unchangeable, like some families are just destined to struggle.
She was wealthy, lost everything in famine, then the king INSTANTLY restored all her land plus all the proceeds from the years she was gone - complete financial restoration in one conversation.
I REFUSE the lie that my family's poverty cursed me financially. IT IS WRITTEN that Christ redeemed me from the curse so the BLESSING OF ABRAHAM would come upon me. I am Abraham's seed and heir according to the PROMISE. IT IS WRITTEN that the Lord will command the blessing on my storehouses and I will lend to many nations and borrow from none. The BARAK that made Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob wealthy - even when they lied and deceived - rests on me by covenant. My family's financial history does NOT define my financial future. I am blessed in the city and in the field, coming in and going out.
Father is running toward you with the fattened calf, the ring, and the robe - not because you earned it but because you're HIS SON. He's been preparing abundance for you while you thought you were cursed.