Robin and Bonnie: You ladies are both so awesome!!!
Thank you so much for sharing these things with us. I have very little understanding of Mormonism, Eastern Star/Mason and this emphasis on generational curses but that the later is a "big" thing in some church denominations. This all reminds me of King Saul:
1 Samuel 15:22-24 (KJV)
22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 24And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
So glad to hear that you ladies are listening to the Lord and trusting in His word. There is so much deception (even in the church), we must try the spirits to see if they are of God; that include "doctrine or church teachings".
1 John 4:1-4
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.