Prayers That Heal the Heart - Session 7 - Revised & Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition

Key Idea: Replace “Word Curses” with “Word Blessings”

• Working definition (from Proverbs): A word curse is a rash, perverse, death-producing word spoken over yourself (by you or others)—like a “thrust of a sword” that destroys.
• Core principle: Words come from the heart, so changing speech means addressing what the heart believes.
• Goal: Speak life and blessing instead of death—personally and relationally.

Words come from the heart; changing speech means addressing what the heart believes.

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Wellness / Self-Care / Inner Change Strategies (Speech + Heart)

Watch your mouth for “death” language

• Avoid self-talk and labels like:
  • “You dummy”
  • “You’re a loser”
  • “You’ll never amount to anything”
• Stop phrasing that leads you to expect harm in areas like:
  • health
  • money
  • relationships
• Examples to avoid:
  • “I can’t catch a break”
  • “I’m a failure”
  • “I’ll never have enough money”

Do “right confession” (scripture-based speech)

• Using Derek Prince’s definition:
  • Say concerning each problem exactly and only what the Bible says
  • Keep saying it until it becomes established in your mind/heart

Renounce negative beliefs and reframe with God’s truth

• Repent for accepting ungodly beliefs about yourself
• Replace each curse with a specific counter-statement of truth from God/Bible

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Prayer Workflow to Break Word Curses (Step-by-Step)

Step 1: Repentance + forgiveness

• Forgive and release whoever spoke the curse:
  • Forgive the other person and/or yourself
• Honor and bless them as an act of release

Step 2: Repent for believing the lie

• Change your mind by choosing to believe the countering truth God speaks

Step 3: Break off negative forces

• “Break off” spiritual forces/demonic influence attached to the lie:
  • Bind them and command them to leave
• Embrace God’s blessing and ask for His Spirit to fill and anoint you

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Journaling / Planning Tools (Practical Exercises)

Use a two-column journal

• Left column: “word curses” you (or others) have spoken over you
• Right column: God’s counter-truth for each curse
  • Write a sentence that directly opposes the curse

Ask in prayer during devotional time

• “What blessings have you prepared for me?”
• “What have you equipped me to do?”
• Journal out details and assignments you receive

Ask who you should bless

• “What blessings do you want me to pronounce over my friends/spouse/family/children?”
• Then speak those blessings intentionally

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Gratitude + Optimism as a Leadership / Self-Care Practice

• Give thanks in everything (not just when convenient)
• Practice praise/gratitude as protection for your mindset

“Leadership is automatically transferred to those who remain optimistic.”

• Warning: avoid continual “death” messaging (especially from media newsfeeds) that undermines emotional/spiritual stability.

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Media Caution (Mental Hygiene)

• The argument: it’s “impossible” to listen to 24-hour news without absorbing death-oriented messaging.
• Suggestion:
  • Use news only briefly if needed for intercession
  • Then return to faith-based speech/prayer

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Object-Focused Spiritual Hygiene (Cleaning the Environment)

Identify and remove “cursed” objects

• Journal: ask which items in your home may carry curse associations
• Destroy rather than keep/resell/give them away (by fire, per the described practice)
• Pray repentance if needed (idolatry/demonic infestation in possessions)

Bless the home/environment

• Anoint door/window areas with oil after praying a blessing over it
• Play worship music in the background (including “24-hour worship” concept)
• Use daily communion as a reminder of cleansing/healing by Christ
• Cites examples of objects carrying spiritual influence (biblically via Paul’s garments/handkerchiefs)

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Personal Testimony Used as an Example

• After heart surgery with AFib, Mark Virkler journaled and repeatedly confessed what he believed God said:
  • “My heart beats in perfect sinus rhythm and the symptoms are disappearing.”
• He used a personal device to measure symptoms, but chose to speak the God-truth rather than only what the device reported.
• Result claimed: symptoms decreased over time, reinforced by ongoing confession.

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Presenters / Sources

• Mark Virkler (presenter)
• Derek Prince (definition of “right confession”)
• Bible references used throughout, including (as mentioned):
  • Proverbs
  • Matthew 15
  • Proverbs 18
  • Numbers 14
  • Ephesians 4:29
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:18
  • Deuteronomy 7
  • Acts 19
  • Mark 16