Malachi 4:6

Today the Lord brought the verse in Malachi 4:6 to mind. It reads “He (the spirit of Elijah) will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” The following is a word of prophecy that proceeded;

Christians cannot walk in the governmental authority appointed to them until they mend their families, and then their churches. Unless they tend their affairs at home, love and nurture their children and all their family, they will not be granted the wisdom and knowledge needed to break off the curses that plague them. These curses make the family a miserable place to be, and many fathers and mothers run from them. They run to meetings, to outreaches, to missions. They lose themselves in endeavors and projects that consume their time. And so the curses remain. If this generation of parents will not turn their hearts to their children, then their children’s hearts will not learn from them. If the parents do not lay a foundation of broken curses, victory and overcoming then their sons and daughters will not go on to do the works I have for them to do.

I look at My earth and see bondages . . . bondages that men would have authority over had they laid down their lives to those I entrusted unto them. But one-by-one my men and women are bowing their knees to the god of non-involvement with their families. They are following the excitement of an over-busy life, and offer this up to Me as their sacrifice. When men and women learn to guide their homes I can entrust them with cities, and then nations (Lk 19:17). Shall I give My iron scepter to those who flee their family battles, or to those that overcome (Rev 2:26-27)?

The parents need to earnestly desire that their children succeed in all I have called them to do. This desire will cause the parents to secure their own victories. I look for the hearts of the fathers and the hearts of the children to turn towards each other lest I smite the earth with a curse. The territory appointed to My families will become filled with compounded curses, just as neglected ground becomes choked with weeds. Let your hearts burn passionately for your families. Once you have restored them, then you will be ready to restore My Church, for it is time for My bride to make herself ready. Amen.