Are the Blessed Cursed? Understanding Your Inheritance as a Child of God

The blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow — yet many who are in Christ still struggle to walk in what is already theirs.

The blessing of God upon the righteous produces wealth without sorrow, yet many believers in Christ live beneath their inheritance. The core problem is not a lack of blessing — it is a failure to recognize who you are. Until a believer moves from relating to God as Savior to knowing Him as Father, they will remain an outsider to what already belongs to them as a co-heir with Christ.

Teaching Overview

Believers in Christ are co-heirs with Him, sharing His spiritual DNA and authority as sons and daughters of God the Father.
Relating to God only as Savior keeps you as an outsider; relating to Him as Father positions you to receive your full inheritance.
Eternal life and everlasting life are distinct realities — and the possession of eternal life makes the believer indestructible.
The blessing of the Lord produces wealth without sorrow, and anyone in Christ has already passed from curses into blessing.
There are mysteries ordained before time for the glory of God's children — but spiritual immaturity prevents believers from walking in them.

Key Distinctions

	Eternal Life	Everlasting Life
What it is	The life of God Himself — self-existent, uncreated, without beginning or end	A life that has a beginning but continuously renews and never ceases
Who possesses it	Exclusively God and His children through Christ	Angels, the devil, and all created spiritual beings
Origin	God does not possess it — God is eternity itself; believers share in it through Christ	Created and given — it had a starting point
Implication for death	The believer is indestructible; the inner man cannot die	Can exist in paradise but not in the high heavens apart from Christ's sacrifice
What Jesus meant	"I lay it down and I pick it up" — no one can take His life	"Life more abundantly" — an ever-renewing, ever-refreshing quality of life

	Servant / Outsider	Son / Friend / Co-heir
Relationship to God	Relates to God as Master or Savior — a rescuer called upon in danger	Relates to God as Father — the source from Whom everything proceeds
Awareness of inheritance	Does not know what belongs to them; asks for what is already theirs	Understands the inheritance; knows the house and everything in it is theirs
Spiritual position	An outsider, even if faithful in service	A child of the house, sharing in the DNA and authority of the Father
Basis of closeness to God	Closeness sought through prayer and religious activity	Closeness established through mindset — knowing you are a co-heir
Example in Scripture	The elder son working in the house, asking for a lamb	The prodigal son who understood his inheritance upon returning
How they pray	Prays to God as Savior — formal, fearful, distant	Prays to God as Father — familial, authoritative, from the inside

	Praying to God as Savior	Praying to God as Father
Identity assumed	Outsider — one who needs rescuing	Child of the house — one who belongs
Spiritual posture	Dependent on an external hero	Drawing from a shared inheritance
Result	Powerlessness despite religiosity	Access to the fullness of the Father's house
DNA consciousness	No awareness of shared spiritual DNA	Consciousness that what is in the Father is in you

Relating to God as Father, Not Just Savior

God does not want believers to relate to Him merely as a superhero who rescues them from danger — He desires to be known as Father, the source from Whom everything proceeds.
Relating to God only as Savior positions the believer as an outsider; relating to Him as Father establishes shared DNA and full access to inheritance.
The prodigal son understood his inheritance and the fullness of his father's house; the elder son — though faithful — was functionally a servant, not a son, because his father was his master rather than his father.

"If you pray to the Lord God as just your Savior, you will always be an outsider. But when you start looking at God as your father, now you are saying you share in the same DNA."

"The word Father means source, where everything proceeds from, everything comes from."

Co-Heirs with Christ: Shared DNA and Shared Authority

Believers do not merely confess Jesus as Savior — through Him they have become co-heirs, the seed of God, proceeding from His loins spiritually.
The equality described in Philippians 2 is not a claim to be the Creator, but the recognition that what is in the Father is also in the son — as a source is to the one who proceeds from it.
All authority and power in heaven and on earth was given to Jesus by the Father, and Jesus gives it to believers — the transfer is complete.

"A coheir does not pray to God as a savior. Prays to God like a father. Because now you're dealing with family, you're no longer dealing like a stranger."

"Let this mind be in you. That was in Christ Jesus. Even though he was in the image of man, he saw it no robbery to be equal with God."

Closeness to God Is a Matter of Mindset, Not Merely Prayer

Prayer alone does not build a relationship with God — relationship requires knowing the ways of God, not merely speaking to Him.
Many prayerful people are powerless because closeness to God is not found in religious activity but in the mindset of sonship.
Drawing close to God means recognizing that through the death of Christ you are a co-heir — that recognition is itself the act of drawing near.

"The closeness is not in the prayer, is in the mindset."

"A lot of prayerful people are powerless. They know nothing about spiritual things."

"To know God is to experience God and to observe his ways."

Eternal Life vs. Everlasting Life: The Blessing Already in You

Eternal life is not something the believer will receive — it is something the believer already has; the life in a child of God never began and will never end, making the believer indestructible.
Everlasting life is the life of God shared with creation — it has a beginning but perpetually renews; this is the life angels and all spiritual created beings operate in.
God does not possess eternal life — God is eternity itself; believers uniquely share in this through Christ, making them the exclusive possessors of eternal life among all created beings.

"You are indestructible. The life in you is eternal. It never began, it will never end. That's why you will never die."

"The only one that is possessor of eternal life is us. God does not possess eternal life. God is eternity itself."

The Blessing of the Lord and the Question of Sorrow

Anyone who is in Christ has already passed from curses into blessing — Jesus took upon Himself all curses so that His co-heirs inherit only blessing.
The blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow — material prosperity is not a prosperity gospel invention but an evidence of the blessing of God, as demonstrated in the life of Job.
The struggle many blessed believers experience — one day prospering, the next declining — is not evidence that the blessing is absent, but that they have not yet fully walked in the identity of who they are.

"The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow with it."

Mysteries Ordained Before Time for the Glory of Believers

There are mysteries ordained from before the foundation of the world not for God's glory alone, but specifically for the glory of His children.
Those who walk in these mysteries operate with revelation that precedes the beginning of time — they know the purpose behind creation itself.
When believers grow in God and their lives demonstrate extraordinary impact, they are sharing in a mystery ordained before the world of men began.

"There are mysteries that were ordained from the beginning for our glory."

Key Definitions

Father — The title God desires believers to use when addressing Him; it means source — the one from Whom everything proceeds and everything comes.

Eternal Life — The self-existent life of God Himself, without beginning or end, which believers uniquely possess through Christ; not merely a future promise but a present reality that makes the believer indestructible.

Everlasting Life — A life that has a beginning but perpetually renews and never ceases; the life shared with angels and all created spiritual beings — distinct from eternal life.

Co-heir — One who shares in the same inheritance as Christ because they share in the same spiritual DNA of the Father; a co-heir does not pray as an outsider but as a child of the house.

Spiritual DNA — The nature of the Father reproduced in the believer through Christ; the basis upon which believers are equal with Christ not in position as Creator but in family identity and shared inheritance.

Knowing God — Not the accumulation of scriptural knowledge about God, but the experiential knowledge of His ways — the kind that produces strength and great exploits, as declared in Scripture.

Key Takeaways

Believers are co-heirs with Christ, not servants or outsiders — Understanding this identity is the foundation of walking in the full inheritance of God; without it, even a faithful believer remains functionally a stranger to what is already theirs.
Relating to God as Father rather than only as Savior unlocks the fullness of the Father's house — Sonship consciousness, not religious activity, is what positions the believer to receive without sorrow.
The life in every believer is eternal and indestructible — The believer does not merely hope for eternal life — they already possess it, and this distinguishes them from every angel and created being in existence.
The blessing of the Lord produces wealth and adds no sorrow — Struggle in the life of a blessed believer is not evidence that blessing is absent, but evidence of an identity not yet fully understood and walked in.
Mysteries were ordained before the foundation of the world for the glory of God's children — Spiritual maturity and a mind aligned with the Father give believers access to dimensions of glory that most never discover.

Reflection Questions

Are you approaching God primarily as Savior — calling on Him when danger arises — or have you genuinely begun to relate to Him as Father? What would need to shift in your daily prayer life for that to change?
Like the elder son who asked for a lamb while the entire house was already his, are there blessings, authorities, or inheritances you have been asking God to give you that He has already assigned to you? What is keeping you from receiving them?
The teaching draws a clear line between knowing about God through Scripture and actually knowing God through experience and observing His ways. Which side of that line honestly describes where you are right now?
If the blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow, and you are in Christ, what do your current struggles reveal about how you see yourself — as a child of the house or as an outsider?
What specific mindset about your identity in Christ do you need to confront and replace this week, and what practical step will you take to align your thinking with your inheritance as a co-heir?

Prayers and Declarations

Prophetic declaration spoken over a woman identified by the initial "J":

"God said that He's fighting for you. That this is not the end for you. That it's a new beginning for you. There is a special blessing that will be produced as a result of this battle that you're going through."

"You cry about what seems to be lost. I saw you in my vision and it was some form of miscarriage was happening. The Lord Jesus said, look to Him, look to Him, look to Him. Let your tears be of joy because the Lord is establishing you. I know it is difficult. You have waited a long time for this but the Lord said, be patient. The best is yet to come. It is not a loss. It is a blessing in disguise. As you are laying in the hospital bed, don't be discouraged. Don't be discouraged. In this time is the time to look to Jesus and say, Father, thank you. As you tell the Father, thank you. What He would deliver to you, you will have fruit after fruit after fruit. You will decide when you want to stop. Says the spirit of the Lord. Smile. All is not lost, but it's a new beginning. Says the spirit of the Lord."

Congregational instruction before declaration: Lift up your voice and begin to counsel this thing:

"I receive in the mighty name of Jesus."

Closing prophetic declaration:

"And that snake that has been following you by the power of the Holy Spirit, it shall be cut off today."

Scripture References

Proverbs 10:22 — "The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it." (KJV)
Psalm 37:25 — "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." (KJV)
Philippians 2:5-6 — "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God." (KJV)
John 10:17-18 — "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father." (KJV)
John 3:13 — "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." (KJV)
John 17:5 — "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was." (KJV)
1 Corinthians 2:6
Revelation 5:2-5
Revelation 13:8
Revelation 4:4
Genesis 5:24
2 Kings 2:11
Deuteronomy 34
Matthew 6

Golden Nuggets

"The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow with it."

"If you pray to the Lord God as just your Savior, you will always be an outsider. But when you start looking at God as your Father, now you are saying you share in the same DNA."