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Recently, I’ve been preaching from those verses in Healing School. Because the devil has been working overtime pushing sickness on the world lately, The LORD has led me to major on the fact that one of the benefits we can experience from following the instructions in Proverbs 3 is a life of good physical health. God makes this clear in scripture after scripture. As far as He’s concerned, sickness has no place in a life worth living. Despite what some misguided people have claimed, sickness is never a “BLESSING in disguise.” Sickness is a thief! It robs people of days and weeks of their lives. It deprives them of enjoyment and disrupts their tranquility. It is not part of the abundant life, which means we, as believers, don’t have to put up with it. We can get the teachings and WORD of God down in our hearts, receive healing and learn to live in health. We can spend time praying and fellowshipping with The LORD over the pages of our Bible so that when sickness comes knocking, we can rise up by faith and put it to flight. “But Brother Copeland,” someone might say, “right now I’m too busy to spend much time in The WORD and I’m only 30 years old, so I’m still pretty healthy.” I know. I remember being 30. I also remember being 40…50…60 and 70, and these days I’m glad I started immersing myself in God’s WORD when I was 30. Because now, at 85, I’m having more fun than ever. I’m in the best physical shape I’ve ever been. I’m enjoying a life worth living and can personally assure you that whatever time you must spend in The WORD to live this way is worth it! I understand what it’s like to be busy. But let me ask you, how much time do you spend watching secular television, checking social media, and looking at other stuff that won’t contribute to you having a life that’s worthwhile? How about spending some of that time in The WORD? How about getting up an hour earlier in the morning and spending time reading your Bible and praying in the spirit? The truth is, you have time if you’ll take the time—and time is something you can never get back. So whatever age you happen to be, take time for God’s WORD now so that later you won’t look back and wish you had. Dr. Jesus’ Healing Prescription This isn’t just what I recommend, it’s what God tells us to do time and again. In Proverbs 4 for instance, He says, “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” (verses 20–22). The Hebrew word translated health in that passage literally means “medicine.” So this is Dr. Jesus’ healing prescription: Attend to God’s WORD. Put it first place in your life and make it your top priority. Incline your ear to it. Lean toward what God is saying and not away from it. When He tells you in the Scriptures to stay out of strife and quit worrying, don’t draw back and start making excuses. Don’t think, Well, a little bit of strife and worry won’t hurt me. It will hurt you! Medical science has determined that strife and worry can kill you. So listen to what God said about them and kick them out of your life. Keep God’s healing WORD before your eyes and in the midst of your heart. Don’t just read a few verses now and then. Go back to the healing scriptures and read them over and over. Throughout the years, The LORD has repeatedly reminded me of that third point. Because I know the healing scriptures so well, I can tend to just quote them from memory. But He has directed me not to just recite them, but to look them up in my Bible and reread them. To be clear, I’m not against memorizing scriptures. It’s great to have them so imbedded on the inside of you that they can come up out of your spirit whenever you need them. Still, that’s not the same thing as keeping them in front of your eyes. 6 : BVOV

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