It is necessary to appropriate salvation through believing, confessing and repenting. In the same way, we need to appropriate the blessings in the same way that we do for salvation. Although Jesus died for the sins of the whole world, not everybody is saved and free from punishment for sin. In the same way, although Jesus has become a curse for the whole world through His death on the cross, not everybody is free rom the punishment that has ben released through the curse. We are to appropriate the blessings in the same way we do for salvation.  For salvation; I accept that I am a sinner in need of God I look to the cross and see tat Jesus Christ has carried my sin on His body through His death I repent by renouncing and turning away from my sin For the curse; I accept that I and my family line are under a curse and in need of God I look to the cross and see that Jesus Christ has carried my curse on His body through His death. In the same manner that Daniel prayed (Daniel 9), I repent by renouncing and turning away from my sins and the sins of my forefathers-the sin of worshiping other gods.  Curses, then are spoken words.  What gives a curse power is guilt.  A curse has the right “to land on a person who is guilty that caused the utterance to be made.” Proverbs 26:2, ” Like a flattering sparrow or a darting swallow an undeserved curse does not come to rest.”(NIV). There is a difference between a personal curse and a generational curse. A personal curse is directed to an individual while a generational curse is directed towards a lineage( descendants).  It is interesting to note that the only time we see curses following descendants is when other gods are worshipped.  Generation curses normally affect more than one generation. They come as a result of idolatry in the family bloodline.  Deuteronomy 5: 9, “You shall not bow down to them or worship them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth of those who hate me.”  You notice calamities that touch four generations or more.  It will be common to see a sickness or disease that has affected a woman, her mother and grandmother.  You might even see unemployment touching the children of all three brothers. Abject poverty may be prevalent in many of the families in four generations.  Children may drop out of school in all the families that have a common grand father or great grandfather.  You may notice a family where all the men die of Cancer before the age of 50, or where all family members are involved in one car accident or a another.  One generational curse that seems to be very stubborn is Alcoholism.