BREAKING EVIL PATTERNS

BREAKING EVIL PATTERNS

By Rev. Samuel Arimoro

Text: Galatians 3:13-14

Other Scriptures: Ezekiel 18:2-4, 2 Kings 2:19, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, Romans 8:1-2, Isaiah 10:27

INTRODUCTION:
An evil pattern is a negative cycle that repeats itself across generations or throughout a person’s life. It is often spiritual, sometimes ancestral, and always destructive. Many families suffer from similar afflictions—poverty, late marriage, barrenness, untimely death, failure at the edge of breakthrough, and so on—not knowing that they are dealing with inherited yokes or spiritual patterns.

But the good news is: Jesus came to break every curse and to give us abundant life. Every evil pattern can be broken by the power in the blood of Jesus.

I.   WHAT IS AN EVIL PATTERN?

A.   A recurrent negative experience that defies logic and effort.
No matter how hard you work, the result is always disappointment.

B.   A generational struggle passed down through bloodline.
What happened to your parents begins to manifest in your life too.

C.   A spiritual barrier that limits progress and destiny.
People get close to success but never enter it.

D.  A demonic arrangement to keep a person in bondage.
Spiritual embargoes sponsored by ancestral covenants.

II.  BIBLICAL SIGNS OF EVIL PATTERNS

A.  Ezekiel 18:2 – “The fathers have eaten sour grapes...”
This reveals how patterns flow from parents to children.

B.   2 Kings 2:19 – “The city is pleasant… but the water is bitter.”
A beautiful life outwardly, but inward struggles and pain.

C.   Genesis 20:2 & Genesis 26:7 – Abraham and Isaac both lied about their wives.
Same sin, same fear, repeated in another generation.

D.  Judges 6:1-6 – Israel suffered a cycle of oppression every harvest season.
Working hard and having nothing to show.

III.   CAUSES OF EVIL PATTERNS

A.  Ancestral Covenants and Curses (Exodus 20:5)
Unbroken altars and vows made by forefathers.

B.  Personal Sin and Disobedience (Lamentations 5:7)
Living in sin can reactivate dormant curses.

C.   Evil Foundations (Psalm 11:3)
Marriages, births, or businesses founded on ungodly practices.

D.  Witchcraft and Enchantment (Numbers 23:23)
Dark powers enforcing cycles of failure and sorrow.

IV.   HOW TO BREAK EVIL PATTERNS

A.   Give Your Life to Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17)
A new life in Christ disconnects you from evil heritage.

B.  Renounce and Break Every Covenant (Galatians 3:13)
Declare your freedom through the blood of Jesus.

C.  Engage in Aggressive Prayers (Matthew 11:12)
Violent prayers break stubborn yokes.

D.   Uproot Evil Foundations (Jeremiah 1:10)
Use the Word of God and fasting to pull them down.

E.   Live in Holiness and Stay Consistent in God’s Presence (Romans 6:14)
Holiness shuts the door against spiritual attacks.

ALTAR CALL:
Are you tired of seeing the same afflictions year after year? Do you want a new beginning? Come to Jesus today and He will break that yoke forever. If you are not born again, you are not free from satanic oppression. Say this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I surrender to You today. Forgive me my sins. Break every curse in my life and give me a new beginning. I confess You as my Lord and Saviour. In Jesus' name, Amen.”

PRAYER POINTS:

1.   Father, thank You because You are my Deliverer.

2.   Every evil pattern in my family line, break by fire in Jesus’ name.

3.   Blood of Jesus, speak better things over my life.

4.   I release myself from every ancestral covenant by the power in the blood.

5.    Every evil altar crying against my destiny, catch fire now!

6.   Powers that vowed I will not rise, be wasted in Jesus’ name.

7.   Patterns of marital delay, financial lack, and failure—expire now!

8.   I receive divine reversal of every generational affliction.

9.   I cover myself with the blood of Jesus—no more satanic cycles.

10.   I step into my divine inheritance in Christ—patterns are broken forever!

PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS:

1.  Every evil pattern in your bloodline is broken from today!

2.  The God of new beginnings gives you a new story now!

3.  You will not repeat the errors of your parents!

4.  No more rising and falling in your life!

5.  Your testimony shall break long-standing family curses!

6.   Every secret covenant working against you is nullified by fire!

7.  Your children will not suffer what you suffered!

8.   What limited your father will not limit you!

9.   From today, the cycle of sorrow ends in your life!

10. You are free indeed—in Jesus' mighty name!