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Breaking the Curse of Poverty  David K. Owusu

“Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and
chocked them out”
Mathew 13:7 [AMPC]

Throughout the scripture, wherever there is a curse it is always
signified with “thorns and thistles” which is the mark of barrenness;
futility of labour or extraneous survival that nothing works. After the
ground was cursed it resulted in the futility of man’s labour making
it difficult for man to provide for his needs. This was contrary to the
initial intended and plan of God for man. Man’s existence was not
to exist and toil on his own; rather his needs were to be divinely
provided for; the ground to yield for him and the beasts of the field
as well as the fish and the fowl of the air.

The curse that subsequently reversed the order of things made
provision for man difficult. It was one that was marked with
unfruitfulness that it would only take the reversal of the curse to
make things easier for man. This is what then lead to the redemption
plan in the ultimate sacrifice of His own son; the cross then became
man’s “crossover”; from curse to blessing. The redemptive power of
the cross and the blood of Jesus breaks the curse.

The message of prosperity, though shunned and ridiculed is the
hallmark of the gospel that Christ introduced.

“The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came
that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to
the full, till it overflows].” John 10:10[AMPC]

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