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the law,"—which according to Deuteronomy 28:61 includes sickness and disease—"being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree" (Galatians 3:13). "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (1 Peter 2:24). Take a moment right now and turn those scriptures into confessions of faith. Say, "The LORD heals all my diseases. He heals me every day. I am redeemed from the curse of sickness and disease. By Jesus' stripes I was healed, therefore I am healed. I believe I receive my healing and I call my body well and pain-free." "But Brother Copeland, what if I still feel bad after saying those things?" Don't focus on how your body feels. Focus on The WORD. Keep saying it by faith and it will work. Years ago, I was in Oklahoma City preaching a series of meetings and I woke up one morning with a bad case of the fl u. I was so sick I couldn't shave or get dressed by myself. Gloria had to help me. Determined to preach the morning meeting as scheduled, I went after the devil with The WORD. Gloria and Lavinia (the friend we were staying with) got me to the car, and we drove to the church. When I stepped behind the pulpit, the room started spinning. I told the congregation, "I'll be back in just a moment." I went into the back room, and lit into the devil with The WORD again, denying the fl u any right to stay in my body. Then, I went back into the sanctuary. When I caught hold of the pulpit, it still felt to me like it was waving around a little, but I went ahead and preached anyway. For nearly two hours, I preached about healing! By the time I fi nished, faith—the great connector—had done its job and every symptom of the fl u was gone. The power of the Holy Spirit who dwells within me had quickened my body (Romans 8:11), and I was healed. The same will happen for you. So commit yourself afresh to keep making the faith connection. Speak the healing WORD of God over your body today and every day because, just like Willie Phelps, you're supposed to be healed! Did you know that the devil is the same old, sorry devil he's always been since iniquity was found in him? The only way he can beat you at the game of life is if you let him and, even then, he has to use your power and authority to do it! He has to get you to use your own "believing force" in a manner and way that is to your detriment. If we bombard our senses with the truth and steadfastness of the Word byDr. David Weeter It's Your Choice of God, however, and our thought life is occupied with thoughts of the Word (we know this as "meditation"), then our "believing force" is directed toward these things and we know it as—faith! Here's the key though... It is our choice! We choose whether we live by faith or whether we live by fear! We know from Habakkuk 2:4, Galatians 3:11 and Romans 1:17 that the just must conduct themselves "We choose whether we live by faith or whether we live by fear!" B V O V : 9

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