If you’re a charismatic believer, you’ve probably heard of word curses. A word curse is a form of witchcraft that taps into the power of death that’s in your tongue—or someone else’s tongue. This spirit of Jezebel can work through people to release thought curses.
When we speak negatively over someone’s life—”They will never hold down a job acting like that,” “Their marriage is bound to fail the way he treats her,” “The doctors said he’s going to die in 30 days. Isn’t that sad?” “I catch that flu every year!” “I’ll never get a raise at this dead-end job”—we are agreeing with the enemy’s plan and giving power to it with our anointed mouths. When we speak word curses over someone’s life—or our own lives—we are opening the door to the devil.
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Remember, Proverbs 18:21 says the power of death and life are in the tongue. Unfortunately, I hear many people speaking continual death over their lives, their children, their finances—and other people. Since words come from thoughts, word curses actually begin as thought curses.
The Reality of Thought Curses
Recently, as I was praying to break word curses, the Holy Spirit reminded me of the reality of thought curses. One of my prophetic mentors instructed me about 15 years ago that someone was releasing thought curses against me and it was causing me emotional distress. I forgot all about that until the Holy Spirit brought it back up again—and then I found theology to back up the theory.
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The preacher said, “Even in your mind do not curse the king; and in your bedchamber do not curse the rich; for a bird in the sky may carry your voice, and a winged creature may declare the matter” (Eccl. 10:20).
The word “curse” in that Scripture means, “to make despicable, to curse, to make light, to treat with contempt, bring contempt, or dishonor,” according to the KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon. The Bible says even in your mind—another translation says in your thoughts—not to curse people. Even in your mind! A word curse gives voice to an evil thought, but how can a thought take voice in the spirit realm?
From Thought Curses to Word Curses
When we think wrong thoughts about people—or about ourselves—we’re violating Scripture. Paul tells us, “Whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things” (Phil. 4:8).
When we’re thinking wrong thoughts about people—or ourselves—we’re agreeing with the Accuser of the Brethren. We’re getting on the devil’s side and allowing him to feed our minds ammunition that will eventually come out of our mouths and become a word curse. Think about it for a minute. If you meditate on how angry and upset you are about someone because they wronged you, how long will it be before you speak out those thought curses and transform them into word curses?
Have you ever walked into a room and the atmosphere was tense or gloomy? And then when you speak to the person in the room, you discover they are tense or gloomy. Could it be possible that their thoughts have impacted the atmosphere in the room? I believe so. I believe if thoughts are powerful to change our own mind, they must be powerful enough to change the atmosphere around us and may be powerful enough to release witchcraft at people.
What I do know is this: Witches believe in negative thought forms. Negative thought forms are described as “structured interdimensional energy” that witches work up against victims for a specific purpose. These are intentional psychic attacks that come through negative thinking, jealousy, anger, fear, revenge and other negative thoughts. If there is power in positive thinking, there must be power in negative thinking.
Combating Thought Curses
As Christians, we need to obey Scripture. Second Corinthians 10:5-6 talks about casting down imaginations, but we often forget the part that says to bring “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being willing to punish all disobedience when your obedience is complete.”
Combating thought curses starts with our own thoughts. If we’re cursing ourselves in our thoughts, we need to intentionally think the opposite of what the enemy is telling us, what people say about us, or what we think about our own shortcomings. We need to declare the truth out of our mouths. By the same token, we need to guard our thoughts about others. We don’t want to be used of the enemy against anyone and violate the law of love.
Now, if you discern thought curses are coming against you, move in the Luke 6:28 principle—bless those who curse you even if you don’t know who they are. Next, bind thought curses and word curses in the name of Jesus with the Matthew 16:19 key. Finally, take authority over every demonic thought that has been formed against your life and gird up the loins of your mind, for that is where the root of the battle really lies.
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Joyce Meyer 
Stephen Strang 
Charisma Media Staff 
