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“What?!” he’d exclaim. “That medicine won’t help you just because you have it in your possession! You have to take it as prescribed. You have to get it into your system so it can do its work.” The exact same thing is true when it comes to the medicine of God’s WORD. For it to do its work in you, you have to get it into your spirit-soul-body system. You have to incline your ear to it; let it not depart from your eyes; and keep it in the midst of your heart. You have to make it your final authority so when you read that by Jesus’ stripes you were healed, you don’t argue; you agree. You say, “If The WORD says I’m healed, then I’m healed!” “But Brother Copeland, what if I can still feel pain in my body even after I say I’m healed?” Let me tell you something: The pain is a temporary fact; the Scripture is eternal truth. If you stick with the truth, it will change the facts. As Jesus said, “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32, "New King James Version"). I’ve seen this demonstrated time and again. I know one man, for instance, who was set free by faith in the truth, literally from behind the bars of a prison! His name is Gene Neill.* Before he got saved he was a big-time criminal lawyer. He was also a crook. While he was defending criminals in the courtroom, on the side he was orchestrating bank robberies. Eventually he got caught and sentenced to 50 years in solitary confinement. They slammed the door on him and said, “See you in a half-century, Big Shot!” His wife was a believer, so while he was in prison, she was at home praying for him. As a result he wound up getting born again and getting into The WORD. After a while, faith came and things began to change for him. First, he got released from solitary confinement. Then, his sentence was amended to give him a slightly better deal. After a few more years (I don’t know exactly how many but it certainly wasn’t 50) a guard came and got him one day, took him to the front office and he was processed out of prison. His release was so sudden he didn’t even have time to call anyone to come pick him up. I heard him give his testimony years later on TV to Paul Crouch. “Gene, you’re a lawyer,” Paul said. “Did you ever look into it and see why they released you?” “No!” he answered, laughing. “I’m not sure they know I’m gone.” That’s the kind of thing that happens when you keep hearing the truth of God’s WORD. Suddenly one day faith comes! The revelation of the truth boils up inside you, the whistle on your spiritual teakettle goes off, and you know that you know you’ve been made free. Once you know you’re free on the inside, it’s not going to be long before you’re free on the outside because this is the victory that overcometh the world—even your faith! “But how will I know when faith comes?” someone might ask. The only way I know to say it is that it’s like falling in love. When it happens you just know! If you’ve been believing for healing, although you may still feel the pain and the other symptoms of sickness, suddenly things look different to you. All at once you just know that you know (that you know, that you know) you’re healed. You get a funny-looking smile on your face and say, “I’ll tell you what, bless God, I’m going down there to the healing meeting and the minute someone lays hands on me tonight, I’ll receive my healing!” I remember Brother Kenneth E. Hagin telling about a man who stuck with The WORD until he got to that point. For days, he attended one healing meeting after another. Each time he went forward for prayer without getting any results. Brother Hagin almost wondered why the man kept coming. “Laying hands on him was like laying hands on a doorknob,” he said. “There was no spiritual spark at all.” Even so, however, the man didn’t give up. He kept coming to the meetings and hearing The WORD anyway. Eventually, he showed up early one evening with a great sense of excitement. “I’m going to get it tonight!” he said to the pastor. “You just wait and see. When Brother Hagin puts his hands on me I’ll receive because I know now that healing is mine!” Sure enough, that’s exactly what happened. Why? Because faith came! It will come to you, too, just the same way. So never give up. Never quit. Don’t be moved by what you see or what you feel. Keep reading and attending to The WORD. Take it every day according to prescription and it will come to pass in your life! V *Note: For information about the late Gene Neill’s ongoing World-Wide Prison Ministries, or to order his eye-opening autobiography, "I’m Gonna Bury You!", please visit go-to-jail.org. *************************************** ********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** Kenneth Copeland Ministries + amazon smile You shop. Amazon gives. Support KCM every time you shop Amazon at no added cost to you! (U.S. only) Learn more at kcm.org/amazonsmile ************************************** BVOV : 7

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