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Instead of a typical medical practice, Don soon opened the Divine Health Wellness Clinic in Longwood, Fla., a suburb of Orlando. Don knew that without the assistance of insurance companies, his patients would now have to pay for services. Would they pay the steep out-of-pocket expenses? Would people even come to a wellness clinic? Don and Mary put their entire financial future on the line to find out if people were tired enough of chasing the medical myth of medicine to come to his clinic. And they did. People came from central Florida. They came from north Florida and south Florida. As word got out, they came not only from all over the U.S., people were coming from all over the world, using their faith to come and experience a medical clinic that treated the whole person—spirit, soul and body. A clinic where faith, prayer and nutrition superseded drugs. As Don and Mary used their faith to get to the root of their patients’ problems, God showed up in a powerful way. Downloads From Heaven Among the things God revealed to Don was what Asian cultures had known for years: Fermented vegetables are one of the keys to good health and longevity. As a result, Don said, the Lord showed him how to develop food supplements to replace synthetic vitamins. “Christians want to use their faith to conquer disease,” Don said, “but we should be using it to conquer our flesh. The Church has a saying, ‘We don’t smoke or drink, but by golly we eat!’ But God said, ‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.’ My mandate is to give people the knowledge to make food choices that will lead to life and not premature death. To do so, there are some things we need to put on the altar: sugar, wheat, dairy and fried foods. “I’m honored to be Kenneth and Gloria Copeland’s personal physician,” said Don. “We recommend their literature and teachings on faith, salvation and the Holy Spirit to our patients. In addition, I have such respect for the way Kenneth uses his faith and food choices to live a long, healthy life. More than 35 years ago, he put bread, sugar and coffee on the altar. While some people may be able to take an occasional break in their diet, not eating things you know you have a problem with is wisdom. “A lot of people want God to do their part. It’s absolutely necessary to use your faith, pray and make correct confessions about having healthy teeth, but if you don’t bother brushing them you’re going to have a problem. The same is true with food choices. Don’t just pray and confess that you walk in divine health; choose to eat foods that will help your body heal.” One example Don cited was a mother who called to schedule an appointment for her young daughter, who was so crippled with rheumatoid arthritis that she couldn’t walk. After seeing the young girl, Don told her parents to make only one change: Have her drink only alkaline water, except at meals. The next time she came to the wellness center, the girl walked into the clinic on her own. An Infusion of Faith “We need to use our faith and use food for medicine,” Don insists. “Even cancer responds to the right diet. Cancer lives off of sugars and carbohydrates that break down into glucose. That’s how cancer is fueled. If you rob cancer cells of fuel by using a strict ketogenic diet, they will die. I believe that chemotherapy will become archaic in the near future. “We’ve had success treating patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADD and ADHD with diet and they are off their medications. Many times those illnesses are food related.” In keeping with his mandate to give God’s people the knowledge they need to live long and strong lives, Don Colbert has written books on numerous subjects, and appeared on numerous TV shows, including The Dr. Oz Show. The wisdom and favor of God rest on him to such a degree that he has become one of the leading voices in the nation when it comes to health. The Colberts are now in the process of launching a new television ministry called "Dr. Colbert’s Health Report." Married for 34 years, and the parents of two sons and seven grandchildren, Don and Mary Colbert are as passionate about seeing God’s people healed today as when they began their journey. And they attribute much of their passion to those early years, when the word of faith was instilled in them to the point that they knew exactly how to combat the enemy when he attacked Don’s body. “There’s no question about it,” says Don, “we must infuse faith to overcome disease. And that’s one of the reasons we’re still Partners with Kenneth Copeland Ministries after all these years. When it comes to faith, no one does it better.” Don’s message today is simple: Life and death are in the power of the tongue—not only in what you believe and say, but also in what you do. Every time you put something in your mouth—choose life! V 16 : BVOV

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