Doris Wagner spent decades unknowingly living under a generational curse rooted in her family's involvement with Freemasonry. Depression, spiritual oppression, and recurring health crises had plagued multiple generations of her family — and no one connected the dots until Doris was well into middle age.
Patterns That Nobody Questioned
The women in her family carried a weight they could not name. Anxiety that never lifted. A sense of spiritual heaviness that medication could not touch. Physical ailments that doctors could not explain. Doris herself suffered from debilitating depression and unexplained health breakdowns despite being a committed Christian. She served in ministry alongside her husband, C. Peter Wagner, yet privately wrestled with darkness that seemed immune to ordinary prayer.
The Root Exposed
It was through intensive prayer ministry and deliverance counselling that the root was finally exposed: her ancestors had made covenants through Freemasonry that had opened doors to spiritual oppression spanning generations. Once the specific generational ties were identified, Doris and her prayer team systematically renounced every covenant, broke every tie, and declared the blood of Jesus over her family line. The change was dramatic and immediate.
Freedom That Lasted
The depression that had shadowed Doris for years lifted. The physical ailments that had defied medical explanation resolved. She went on to lead a deliverance ministry and wrote extensively about her experience, helping thousands of others identify and break similar generational patterns in their own families.
What This Means for You
If your family carries patterns of depression, unexplained illness, or spiritual heaviness that seem to pass from one generation to the next, Doris's story is a roadmap. Generational covenants made by ancestors — even unknowingly — can create open doors. But Jesus has the authority to shut every one of them permanently.