GOD’S MEDICINE AND YOUR

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My son attend to my words;

incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Let them not depart from thine

eyes; keep them in the midst of

thine heart. For they are life unto

those that find them, and health to

all their flesh. (Proverbs 4:20-22)

Do you want your flesh to reflect

the life of God’s Word? If so, then

speak the Word until it becomes infused

into your spirit and becomes a part of

you. Not only will His Word become

your thought and affirmation... but it

will be you. When God’s Word

concerning healing takes root in your

flesh, it becomes greater than pain,

greater than disease, and that Word

eventually becomes a reality in your

flesh.

There is probably no other subject

as important to your healing and health

than the principle of Calling Things

That Are Not. We see in Romans 4:17-

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22 that Abraham became fully

persuaded that God would do what He

had promised. The way he became fully

persuaded was by calling those things

that not manifest as though they were.

Paul also gives us insight into this

principle in I Corinthians 1:27-28:

But God hath chosen the

foolish things of the world to

confound the wise; and God hath

chosen the weak things of the

world to confound the things which

are mighty; And base things of the

world, and things which are

despised, hath God chosen, yea,

and things which are not, to bring

to nought things that are.

In other words, God uses spiritual

forces, which are not seen, to nullify

natural things that are seen. This is the

Bible principle of Calling Things That

Are Not As Though They Were.

When it conies to divine healing

this is a vital principle. We should

declare to ourselves what God’s Word

reveals about us, regardless of the

circumstances or how we feel about it.

In Romans 10:6-8, Paul gives you

insight into establishing God’s Promises

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in your heart:

But the righteousness which is

of faith speaketh on this wise, Say

not in thine heart, Who shall

ascend into heaven? (that is, to

bring Christ down from above:)

Or, Who shall descend into the

deep? (that is, to bring up Christ

again from the dead.) But what

saith it? The word is nigh thee,

even in thy mouth, and in thy

heart: that is, the word of faith,

which we preach.

Notice, the Word is first in your mouth

and then in your heart. God’s Word

becomes engrafted into your heart as

you speak it. There is nothing more

important to your faith than declaring

what God has said about you with your

own voice.

God has already given you all things

that pertain to life and godliness. These

things belong to you.

Grace and peace be multiplied

unto you through the knowledge of

God, and of Jesus our Lord,

According as his divine power hath

given unto us all things that

pertain unto life and godliness,

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through the knowledge of him that

hath called us to glory and virtue:

Whereby are given unto us

exceeding great and precious

promises: that by these ye might be

partakers of the divine nature,

having escaped the corruption that

is in the world through lust. (II

Peter 1:2-4)

When you are sick and confess that you are

healed by the stripes of Jesus, you are calling

for what God has already given you, even

though it is not yet manifest.

SEEING YOURSELF WHOLE

When the Word of God is engrafted

into you, it creates an image of what is

already a reality in the spirit realm (by

Jesus’ stripes you were healed). When

you speak that Word from your heart,

faith gives substance to the promises of

God. Those images become stronger

every time you speak your faith.

In II Corinthians chapter 4 Paul

gives us insight into why confessing

what we believe is so important to our

health:

It is written: ‘I believed;

therefore I have spoken.’ With that

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same spirit of faith we also believe

and therefore speak ... Therefore

we do not lose heart. Though

outwardly we are wasting away,

yet inwardly we are being renewed

day by day ... So we fix our eyes

not on what is seen, but on what is

unseen. For what is seen is

temporary, but what is unseen is

eternal. (II Corinthians 4:13, 16,

18)

There are three important issues in

these verses:

1. What you believe, you speak.

2. When you first speak the

promise it is unseen, but the

healing image is created in you

by God’s Word and your

continual affirmation of

agreement with what God has

said concerning healing. When

that image is perfected in you,

then you begin to see yourself

well.

3. When the Word is engrafted

into your spirit, it infuses God’s

life into you (John 6:63;

Romans 8:11).

That Word engrafted into you

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creates in you an image of what is

already a reality in the spirit realm: you

are healed by the stripes of Jesus. Then

as you speak that Word from your heart,

faith gives substance to the promises of

God.

This was demonstrated by the

woman with the issue of blood, who

followed Jesus saying, “If I may touch

his clothes, I shall be whole” (Mark

5:28). The verb tense is made more

clear in The Amplified Bible, which

says, “For she kept saying, if I only

touch His garments, I shall be restored

to health.”

This woman hoped to be healed as

she pressed through the crowd. She

continued to speak until she saw herself

well. Her hope was that she would be

healed, although she didn’t feel or look

healed. She continued to strengthen her

hope with faith-filled words: “I shall be

restored to health... I shall be restored to

health... I shall be... I shall be....”

I’m sure her head demanded,

“When? You don’t look any better.”

She answered human reasoning by

speaking the faith image that filled her

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heart: “When I touch His garment, I

shall be whole.”

Those words penetrated her spirit

and she began to see herself well.

Images of despair and defeat gave way

to faith-filled words of healing. When

she touched Jesus’ garment, her touch

of faith made a demand on the covenant

of God and the healing anointing which

was upon Jesus. Faith gave substance to

her hope and healing manifested in her

body.

Hope is a goal-setter, but it lacks

substance until it is filled with faith.

Faith gave substance to her hope and

laid claim to what was hers according to

the promises of the covenant. Someone

said Jesus healed her, but He didn’t

even know she was there until He felt

power flow out of Him. Then Jesus said,

“Daughter, thy faith hath made thee

whole...” (verse 34). It was her faith in

the covenant that made a demand on the

anointing, and healing was the result.

THE LANGUAGE OF HEALTH

The words you speak are vital to

your health and well being. I believe

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there are some diseases that will never

be cured unless people learn to speak

the language of health that the body

understands. The language of health is

the pure Word of God. It is engrafted

into your spirit by giving voice to His

promises.

Your words become either a

blessing or a curse to you. I am

convinced from my study of the Word

of God that your own words can change

your immune system either for better or

worse (See James 3:2-7).

Proverbs 18:21 tells us that “Death

and life are in the power of the tongue:

and they that love it shall eat the fruit

thereof” Several years ago a study of

men and women 65 and older were

asked to rate their health as excellent,

good, fair, and poor.

The study showed that those who

rated their health as poor were four to

five times more likely to die within four

years as those who rated their health as

excellent. This was true even when

examinations showed the respondents to

be in comparable health.

People who have an image of

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themselves being in poor health will talk

about poor health; they seem to live out

the reality of the image they have of

themselves even unto death.

Then on the other hand, I believe

that people who continually affirm the

Word in faith will build into their

immune systems a supernatural

anointing that is capable of eliminating

sickness and disease in a natural

manner. Please don’t get the idea that I

am against doctors. Thank God for

medical science and what they can do

today. But there are some things that

doctors can’t do; they are limited in

their ability.

When taught properly and by

practicing the principles of God’s Word,

you can grow in faith to the point where

it will be a common thing for you to

receive healing through the Word of

God. Yet, this doesn’t happen overnight.

So use common sense and don’t do

foolish things through spiritual pride

and call it faith.

It takes time to develop faith to

operate in these principles, so don’t let

anyone put you under condemnation for

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going to doctors or having an operation.

You must operate on your level of faith,

but don’t stay on that level forever.

Continue in God’s Word until you

develop faith in the healing power of

God’s Word.

Confess the promises of God’s

Word concerning your health and

healing daily. Confess the Word audibly

over your body every day. Voice it with

authority. Confessing God’s Word is a

way you can fellowship with the Lord

and increase your faith at the same time.

Your body is listening to you and it

will obey you if you believe and doubt

not in your heart. Your words have

more effect on your body than anyone

else’s words. Your body was created

with the ability to heal itself, and if

every part functions properly, it will.

Some sickness is caused by a chemical

imbalance in the body, and the part of

the brain that controls the speech also

controls the secretion of chemicals to

the body. This sheds some more light on

what Jesus said in Mark 11:23, “... he

shall have whatsoever he saith.”

CALL YOUR BODY HEALTHY

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The one mistake that so many

Christians make is that they call things

that are, the way they are. By doing this,

they are establishing the present

condition or circumstance in their heart

and mind, and also in their body.

Your body will respond to the

demands of the human spirit. If you feed

the spirit man God's Word, it will make

demands on the flesh to line up with the

Word of God.

When you exercise, you demand

more energy from your body. The heart

beats faster and more blood flow brings

more oxygen to body cells, and your

body responds to your demands in a

natural manner. But you must make the

demand on it before it will respond.

Even your dog or your cat will respond

to the command of your voice. How

much more shall your body respond to

the demands made upon it by the Word

of God spoken out of your mouth? The

truth is, your body always responds to

your words in some manner, either for

better or worse. So choose your words

carefully.

Take God’s Word on a regular

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basis, just as you would take any other

medicine. God’s medicine is life to you

and health to all your flesh and there are

no harmful side effects.

MARANATHA!

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Document Outline

- God's Medicine and Your Health - Part 2

- 1 God’s Medicine and Your Health—Part 2

- Seeing Yourself Whole

- The Language of Health

- Call Your Body Healthy

Table of Contents

God's Medicine and Your Health - Part 2

1 God’s Medicine and Your Health—Part 2

Seeing Yourself Whole

The Language of Health

Call Your Body Healthy