| Barbara woke up nervous and jittery. In fact, she | | | | Barbara never had to complete her treatments |
| had a hard timesleeping last night. She simply could | | | | because she was completelyhealed of cancer. The |
| not clear her mind. She wasworried. Today is the day | | | | doctors called it a miracle. She called it FAITH. |
| she gets the test results back from her doctorand | | | | What has the devil tricked you into believing? |
| she feared the worse. | | | | Is he telling you that you are sick? Well check the |
| Her appointment was at 10 this morning and she was | | | | bible and see what |
| up and dressed by 7a.m. anxious to find out if she | | | | Jesus says about your health. |
| had cancer or not. | | | | Is he telling you that you are broke, busted and |
| The doctor's office is only a 15 minute drive from her | | | | disgusted? Well checkthe bible and see what it says |
| home so she hadseveral hours before she had to | | | | about your prosperity. |
| leave. Barbara decided to open her bibleand to gather | | | | Is he telling you that you will never find happiness in |
| all the information she could regarding her health. | | | | yourrelationships? Well check the bible and see what |
| She found a passage in 1 Peter 2:24 which states: | | | | it says. |
| "Who his own self bareour sins in his own body on | | | | All you have to do is STAND on the word of God. |
| the tree, that we, being dead to sins,should live unto | | | | God can't lie. If youget that through to your soul, you |
| righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed." | | | | will easily learn how to walk byfaith and not by sight. |
| Barbara decided that she would confess this | | | | See, the soul is the part that needs to be convinced. |
| statement over and overagain until it was time for | | | | Your spiritalready knows what the bible says. But we |
| her appointment. | | | | have lived by the soul for solong (the world |
| As she drove to the hospital, she visualized herself | | | | circumstances) that it's truly hard to convince the |
| being healed of allsickness. She said out loud, "by | | | | soulthat what the bible says is true. But the good |
| Jesus' stripes I am healed. The biblesays "ye were | | | | thing is, the soul cannotdistinguish between what is |
| healed" and since that is a past tense statement, it | | | | real and what is imagined. That is why it isimportant |
| meansthat I am healed right now." | | | | to spend time each day convincing the soul--by |
| When she arrived at the doctors, the doctor gave | | | | confessing theword so that your soul can HEAR it |
| her the evil report. | | | | and by VISUALIZING what you want asif it is already |
| The report stated that she was in the early stages | | | | happening or has already happened--so the soul can |
| of cancer. | | | | SEEit. Your job is to convince the soul. |
| Now, it is at this very moment where all heaven and | | | | This is not as easy as it seems. Cause the soul will |
| hell is waiting for | | | | constantly pointout the circumstances. It will hit |
| Barbara's reaction. | | | | Barbara with the pain and say,"Ah Ha. |
| Will Barbara continue to confess what Jesus says | | | | If you are healed, why do we feel this pain?" |
| about her health. Orwill she fold and give up faith, | | | | Barbara's job is to notignore the pain, but when it hits |
| start crying and writing out her lastwill and | | | | confess the word--I AM HEALED. Andthen hit the |
| testament? | | | | soul with a vision of her being healed. |
| See, life is all about choices. You can live by the word | | | | If you do this and NOT GIVE UP, eventually your |
| of God, or youcan allow the devil to rule your life and | | | | soul will give up andsay, "I guess you are healed". |
| live by the circumstances. | | | | And at that moment, you will be healed. |
| The circumstances says that Barbara has cancer. She | | | | I don't know about you, but I use to wonder why |
| could go through thenecessary treatments and | | | | God made it so hard forus to receive the blessings |
| possibly live or possibly die. Or she couldhold on to | | | | that Jesus died on the cross for us toreceive by |
| faith and know, without a shadow of a doubt, that | | | | grace. Why do I have to work so hard to receive |
| althoughthe circumstances says she has cancer,she is | | | | what waspromised to me? |
| already healed. | | | | But I've come to realize that the blessings come |
| Barbara decided to live by faith. She heard what the | | | | easily but ONLY BY |
| doctor said in hisevil report. But she KNEW what God | | | | FAITH. So, the key to overcoming obstacles in your |
| said about her health. She is alreadyhealed. | | | | life is to developyour faith. Once you do, you will be |
| She went through the necessary treatment, but | | | | able to by pass the soul altogetherand receive the |
| each day she spent twohours confessing the word | | | | full blessings of God that were given to you, by |
| out loud that by his stripes she is alreadyhealed. | | | | grace,when Jesus died for us. |
| Every time the pain hit her, she shouted out,"Devil | | | | So stop the madness. Develop your faith and start |
| you're aliar. I am already healed." | | | | receiving YOURblessings. |