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“Reverse the Curse” Discussion Guide

Main Thought

Our lives, or parts of our lives like our health or our finances, can feel “cursed.” We can be cursed through hurt: a condition in which elements of our lives are actively decaying or moving backward. We can also be cursed through hindrances: instead of moving backward, parts of our lives may be stagnant and lack any signs of growth. Yet the Bible points to God’s power to reverse every curse! God moves for the betterment of His people, even when we can’t see it. We prepare to experience God’s divine reversals by living out a process of worship and warfare. Worship is more than just music; it’s living for God’s glory at all times, with nothing hidden from Him. We also prepare to experience God’s curse-reversing power through spiritual warfare. Spiritual warfare includes fellowship with others, fasting and prayer, and finishing our fights. Doing these three things will position us for victory: in our circumstances, and in our souls.

Main Passage

14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life… 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
- Genesis 3:14, 17-18

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
- Romans 8:28

15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” 17 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
- Esther 4:15-17

for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
- Proverbs 24:6

29 And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”
- Mark 9:29

Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”
- Esther 4:16

Discussion Questions

  1. Elements of our lives can feel curse when they’re hurt or hindered. Do you feel that way? Why?

  2. God asks us to worship Him by glorifying Him in all things, with nothing in our lives hidden from Him. What’s one thing you can do to glorify God in your daily life?

  3. In Esther, we see three elements in spiritual warfare: living in fellowship, fasting and prayer, and finishing the fight. Which one of those three things stick out to you? How can you apply it in your life to start 2019?