Ancestral curses are evil covenants, patterns, or judgments passed down through vfamily linage due to idolatry, witchcraft, covenants, or iniquity. These curses can manifest in the form of barrenness, poverty, shame, untimely death, stagnation, and family cycles of defeat. But in Christ Jesus, every curse can be broken through the blood and power of God’s Word.
Many believers are unknowingly fighting battles that started generations before they were born. These battles often continue until someone rises in prayer to break the cycle. The prayers below are crafted to empower you spiritually and dismantle long-standing curses from your foundation. As you pray with faith and intensity, freedom shall manifest in Jesus’ name.
What Are Ancestral Curses?
Ancestral curses are demonic liabilities inherited through family lineage due to the sins, covenants, or agreements of forefathers. These curses empower demonic patterns like generational poverty, untimely death, infertility, and stagnation. They can come through idol worship, occult practices, evil sacrifices, and bloodshed. The Bible says in Exodus 20:5 that the iniquity of the fathers can be visited upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate God. However, through Jesus Christ, we are no longer bound by these generational chains—if we actively break them through prayer.
Ancestral curses are negative spiritual influences that pass through family lines, creating patterns of destruction, failure, and suffering across generations.
This shows that spiritual consequences can affect more than just the person who sins, creating patterns that continue in families. However, Ezekiel 18:20 also says, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son.”
We see examples in the Bible:
- Abraham’s pattern of lying (Genesis 12 and 20) later showed up in Isaac (Genesis 26) and Jacob (Genesis 27)
- David’s family suffered similar sexual sins and violence across generations after his sin with Bathsheba
- Solomon’s idol worship led to problems for his descendants and eventually split the kingdom
These weren’t just coincidences but spiritual influences that gained access through sin. The good news is that Christ became a curse for us (Galatians 3:13-14), making complete freedom possible through faith and spiritual authority.
70 Powerful Warfare Prayers to Break Evil Covenant
However, Christians may still experience ancestral curse effects for several reasons:
- Lack of knowledge about their authority in Christ
- Continuing in the same sins that established the curse
- Unresolved soul ties to family patterns
- Not actively using their spiritual authority
Every Christian has complete authority through Christ to break ancestral curses permanently through targeted prayer, repentance, forgiveness, renouncing unholy agreements, and standing on God’s Word.
50 Powerful Prayers to Break Generational Curses
To break ancestral curses, you must:
- Repent of known and unknown ancestral sins. Confess and renounce any connection to idolatry, witchcraft, or blood covenants.
- Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. This is the foundation for any lasting deliverance.
- Pray with fire and faith. Use midnight hours when possible (12am–3am) and fast if led by the Holy Spirit.
- Declare your victory. Keep declaring that you are redeemed by the blood and free from the curse.
These prayers are not ordinary; they are weapons of spiritual warfare. Pray them daily, until you see results.
In Christ, “old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). This includes freedom from generational patterns that once trapped families.
70 Powerful Warfare Prayers to Break Evil Covenant
Preparation Steps for Breaking Ancestral Curses
Breaking an ancestral curse needs proper preparation:
- Begin with personal repentance. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you where you’ve participated in generational sin patterns. Being honest about your own sins opens the door to freedom.
- Look at your family history. Notice problems that keep appearing generation after generation, addiction, broken marriages, money troubles, anger issues. These repeated patterns might point to a curse.
- Fill your mind with God’s promises about your position in Christ. Faith comes by hearing God’s Word (Romans 10:17).
- Forgive family members who contributed to generational patterns. Unforgiveness creates spiritual blockages.
- Fast as led by the Spirit. Some spiritual battles require prayer and fasting (Mark 9:29).
- Gather prayer support from mature believers who understand deliverance.
50 Powerful Prayers to Break Ancestral Curses
1. Father in the name of Jesus, I break and release myself from every ancestral curse of poverty, failure, and backwardness operating in my lineage.
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.” – Galatians 3:13
2. My Father, by the blood of Jesus, disconnect me from every evil pattern and curse inherited from my father’s and mother’s house.
“The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.” – Ezekiel 18:20
3. Lord, let every blood covenant speaking against my destiny from my ancestors be broken by fire and the blood of Jesus.
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.” – Revelation 12:11
4. My Father, I command every serpent of ancestral bondage swallowing my breakthroughs to vomit them now and die in the name of Jesus.
“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions.” – Luke 10:19
5. Father in the name of Jesus, I renounce and reject every family altar and priesthood representing me in the spirit realm.
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.” – 1 Peter 2:9
6. O Lord, let the power of inherited affliction break off my life, and let its root be destroyed by Holy Ghost fire.
“Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.” – Matthew 15:13
7. Father in the name of Jesus, I cancel every curse of marital failure and delay transferred into my life through ancestral covenants.
“He setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains.” – Psalm 68:6
8. Lord, let every generational curse of near-success syndrome operating in my family line be broken now by the blood of Jesus.
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” – John 8:32
9. My Father, arise in Your anger and silence every voice of the ancestors crying against my rising and progress.
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us… nailing it to his cross.” – Colossians 2:14
10. Lord, by Your power, disconnect me from ancestral spirits that appear in dreams or delay my progress through soul ties.
“And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring.” – Leviticus 17:7
11. Lord, I withdraw my name from every ancestral altar where my destiny, marriage, or blessings were exchanged or manipulated in the name of Jesus.
“And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.” – Jeremiah 15:21
12. My Father, by the fire of the Holy Ghost, let every inherited curse manifesting as constant disappointments be shattered permanently in my life.
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.” – 2 Corinthians 10:4
13. Lord Jesus, I plead Your blood over my spirit, soul, and body. Let every legal ground of ancestral curses be nullified now.
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.” – Colossians 1:14
14. O God arise, and let every curse of premature death running in my family line be destroyed by the power of resurrection.
“I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.” – Psalm 118:17
15. Father in the name of Jesus, I break every curse of backwardness and delay inherited from my father’s house. Let progress locate me now.
“The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” – Proverbs 4:18
16. My Father, let the evil dedication done on my behalf to ancestral spirits be reversed and consumed by Holy Ghost fire.
“Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel.” – Numbers 23:23
17. O Lord, arise and judge every strongman assigned to enforce ancestral bondage in my life and destiny.
“The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.” – Psalm 9:16
18. I disconnect my bloodline and that of my children from every curse, covenant, or altar linking us to ancestral evil patterns.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
19. My Father, release your warring angels to pursue and destroy every ancestral serpent assigned to monitor or afflict me.
“The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” – Psalm 34:7
20. Lord, let every name, item, or sacrifice that was used to tie me to ancestral altars be consumed by fire now.
“For our God is a consuming fire.” – Hebrews 12:29
21. I reject every ancestral name, identity, and evil label placed upon my life. I receive a new name of glory in Christ Jesus.
“And thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.” – Isaiah 62:2
22. Lord, I release myself from every inherited shame and reproach. Let the curse of disgrace be reversed by the blood of Jesus.
“Instead of thy shame thou shalt have double.” – Isaiah 61:7
23. Father in the name of Jesus, I break every cycle of rising and falling rooted in generational strongholds and limitations.
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit… and set my feet upon a rock.” – Psalm 40:2
24. My Father, let every power behind generational poverty be arrested and judged now by fire in Jesus’ name.
“The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure… and thou shalt lend unto many nations.” – Deuteronomy 28:12
25. O Lord, arise and cut me off from every blood covenant that originated from ancestral worship and demonic priesthood.
“Having abolished in his flesh the enmity… to make in himself of twain one new man.” – Ephesians 2:15
26. I break free from every evil dream pattern transferred from ancestors—dreams of snakes, burial, breastfeeding, or backward movement—by the blood of Jesus.
“They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain.” – Isaiah 11:9
27. Father, let the foundation of ancestral bondage in my life be shaken, destroyed, and replaced with the foundation of Christ.
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 3:11
28. Lord, silence every voice of the dead, idols, and family spirits speaking misfortune and confusion into my life.
“And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly.” – Colossians 2:15
29. By the anointing, I cancel every evil repetition and generational curse of failure at the edge of breakthrough.
“It shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder.” – Isaiah 10:27
30. Father in the name of Jesus, I redeem my destiny and glory from every ancestral strongman holding it in captivity.
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered.” – Isaiah 49:25
31. My Father, let every demonic handwriting of ancestral accusations and judgments against my life be blotted out by the blood of Jesus.
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us… and took it out of the way.” – Colossians 2:14
32. I command every evil covenant made on my behalf while I was in the womb to break now by the power in the blood of Jesus.
“I entered into a covenant with thee… and thou becamest mine.” – Ezekiel 16:8
33. Lord, let every ancestral power that vowed that no one will rise in my family be paralyzed now in the name of Jesus.
“He disappointeth the devices of the crafty.” – Job 5:12
34. By the authority in Christ, I reverse every curse of marital failure, divorce, and delay rooted in my ancestry.
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” – Mark 10:9
35. I renounce and reject every evil inheritance passed down through dreams, names, or rituals in my family line in Jesus’ name.
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.” – Galatians 5:1
36. My Father, every ancestral evil throne erected to rule over my generation, let it collapse by thunder in Jesus’ name.
“I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms.” – Haggai 2:22
37. O God arise and let every inherited disease in my family linage dry up by fire and be replaced with divine health.
“I am the Lord that healeth thee.” – Exodus 15:26
38. Every evil cycle of near-success syndrome inherited from my parents, I break you by the power of the Holy Ghost!
“Thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” – Joshua 1:8
39. My Father, let every satanic embargo from ancestral altars that is hindering my progress be lifted and destroyed permanently.
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates.” – Psalm 24:7
40. I reject every demonic prophecy, vow, or curse issued by any ancestor over my bloodline. It shall not stand.
“Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought.” – Isaiah 8:10
41. Father in the name of Jesus, I command every ancestral chain binding my hands, feet, and voice to break by fire.
“Loose him, and let him go.” – John 11:44
42. Let every serpent and scorpion from my father’s or mother’s house assigned to afflict my destiny be consumed by Holy Ghost fire.
“Behold, I give unto you power… over all the power of the enemy.” – Luke 10:19
43. O Lord, let the mystery of generational curses be unraveled and broken forever in my life and lineage.
“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God.” – Deuteronomy 29:29
44. I decree and declare: every curse of ‘almost there but never there’ ends with me today, in Jesus’ mighty name!
“He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it.” – Philippians 1:6
45. By the authority in the name of Jesus, I reclaim every good thing lost in my family due to ancestral sins and curses.
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.” – Joel 2:25
46. My Father, deliver me from the battles I inherited but did not initiate. Let Your mercy speak for me.
“The Lord thy God is a merciful God; he will not forsake thee.” – Deuteronomy 4:31
47. O Lord, by Your consuming fire, destroy every ancestral padlock placed on my marriage, womb, finances, or opportunities.
“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord.” – Jeremiah 23:29
48. I receive the blessing of Abraham to override every generational curse and limitation from my lineage.
“That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles.” – Galatians 3:13–14
49. Father in the name of Jesus, every ancestral curse standing as a gatekeeper at the threshold of my breakthrough—scatter now!
“He hath broken the gates of brass.” – Psalm 107:16
50. Thank You, Lord, for delivering me from every ancestral curse and rewriting my story with grace, favor, and generational blessings.
“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” – John 8:36
Conclusion
To break ancestral curses requires courage, perseverance, and faith in God’s redemptive power, but the freedom Christ offers is complete. These prayers provide powerful spiritual tools to dismantle negative patterns that have affected your family for generations.
As you apply these prayers with faith, you’ll experience the liberating truth of John 8:36: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed
