Our Day of Atonement

And each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family.             -Leviticus 25:10

Just as the Year of Jubilee enabled the Israelites to return to their original possessions, salvation through Jesus enables us to return to the original position Adam enjoyed with God.

In that original state, Adam was healthy. No sickness or disease existed in his body, because no sickness or disease existed on earth.

If God had wanted man sick, He would have created sickness. But God never did say, “Let there be cancer.” He never said, “Let there be colds and flu.” Instead the Bible tells us God sent His Word to heal us. (Ps. 107:20.) Matthew 8:17 says, “Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.” Referring to Jesus, 1 Peter 2:24 says, “By whose stripes ye were healed.”

Adam enjoyed divine health, a sound mind and every need met before he sinned in the Garden. All he had to do was obey God’s command and stay away from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden. But when the serpent said, “Go ahead and eat from it.” Adam disobeyed God and chose a new master. (Gen. 3:4-6.) At that moment, he lost all the blessings that had been his to enjoy.

Fear entered in. Adam had never experienced fear before. But after Satan became his legal guardian, Adam told God, “I was afraid” (Gen. 3:10). From that point on, Adam and all his descendants were plagued with hate, murder, poverty and sickness.

But, thank God, then came our day of atonement! Jesus became the sacrificial Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. (John 1:29.) He was the last Adam, who redeemed—or purchased back—for us everything the first Adam lost. Through Jesus, we can come into the family of God and have all our original possessions restored!

CONFESSION:

Jesus is my Jubilee. He has restored me to all the benefits God originally planned for mankind. Because of Jesus, I walk in divine health. All my needs are met—spirit, soul and body!

 

 

Adam’s Blessings Restored to Us

And you shall return every man unto his possession. -Leviticus 25:10

What did Adam have before the Fall? He not only had relationship with God, but he also enjoyed fellowship with God. Adam had walked and talked with God in the cool of the day. But after he fell, God came looking for him, calling, “Adam, where are you?” (Gen. 3:9.) Adam answered, “I hid myself.” (v.10.) Their fellowship had been broken.

What about our fellowship with God? Once we are born again, the Bible tells us to “come boldly before the throne of grace” (Heb. 4:16). We can talk to God, not just as servants or as friends but as sons and daughters. We are brought back into the fellowship with the Father that Adam lost.

Adam also possessed supernatural intelligence and memory before the Fall. God brought every living creature to him, and Adam named every one of them. (Gen. 2:19,20) Not only did Adam name the creatures, but he also remembered what he named them!

When you are born again, that capacity for supernatural intelligence is given back to you. First Corinthians 2:16 says, “We have the mind of Christ.” God has given you the Holy Ghost, who Jesus promised would “bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26).

Adam’s needs were abundantly met. God saw that it wasn’t good for him to be alone, so He formed Eve. He also showed Adam where all the gold was buried. (Gen. 2:11.) God wanted to make sure Adam was abundantly taken care of.

God wants to meet our needs as well. The Bible says, “Though [Jesus] was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you, through his poverty, might be rich [or abundantly supplied]” (2 Cor. 2:8:9). So through Jesus, we are restored back to our original position in God. There we can enjoy fellowship with the Father, the benefits of a sound mind and every need abundantly met.

CONFESSION:

God wants to restore to me all that Adam possessed before he sinned in the Garden. In Jesus I have fellowship with God, a sound mind and everything I need.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Returned to Our Original Possession

And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants.  It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. -Leviticus 25:10

In the Year of Jubilee, every man was to return to his original possessions. Likewise, we’re supposed to return to man’s original state—to all Adam possessed in the Garden of Eden before he lost everything.

So what was our original possession? When we know that, we’ll know what God wants us to return to.

In 1 Corinthians 15:45, God makes a comparison between the first Adam and the last Adam: “The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.” We know who the first Adam was. He was the one who disobeyed God and got mankind in trouble. But who was the last Adam?

Jesus Christ is the last Adam. He made atonement for us when He died on the Cross and God raised Him from the dead. By laying down His life for us, Jesus enabled us to go back to our original possession. That original possession—what  Adam had before the Fall—was a family relationship with Almighty God. Adam was in God’s family; he was even called the son of God. (Luke 3:38.) But when he sinned in the Garden, he broke that relationship.

Many think that all people are children of God. But Jesus refuted that belief in John 8:44. He told some of the highest religious leaders of the day that they were of their father, the devil. You see, when Adam fell in the Garden of Eden, mankind traded fathers.

So what do we return to? We return to our relationship with the Father God. That’s why 1 John 3:1 says, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.” When we receive Jesus, our Jubilee, He sets us free to become the sons of God!

CONFESSION:

When I was born again, Jesus, my Jubilee, gave me back a relationship with my Father. I am privileged to be called a son of God through Jesus’  precious blood.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Sounding the Jubilee Trumpet

Then you shall cause the trumpets of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of the Atonement you shall  make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants.  It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. -Leviticus 25:9-10

In the fiftieth year, the Israelites celebrated the Day of Atonement. On this day, animal sacrifices were made to atone for the people’s sins.

Every one of those animal sacrifices was simply a picture of Jesus dying on the Cross for us. Jesus atoned (at one with God) us once and for all when He went to the Cross. He paid for our sins when He laid down His life, shed His blood and rose from the dead on the third day.

After atonement was made for the people’s sins, the trumpet of Jubilee was sounded. As part of the body of Christ, we are sounding the trumpets today by preaching and teaching the Word of God and telling others the good news of Jesus’ Atonement for them.

After the Jubilee trumpet had sounded, every man went back to his own possessions. If he had debts, his debts were forgiven. If in the past he’d been forced to sell property to pay debts, the property was returned to him. If he had been sold as a servant or a slave, he was set free. The Year of Jubilee, then, was the year of forgiveness, freedom and restoration to one’s original possession—a beautiful portrait of our new covenant redemption in Christ!

CONFESSION:

I am a trumpet in the hands of my Father. I proclaim liberty to the captives, speaking of God’s goodness, mercy and power to heal and deliver them from every bondage of the enemy.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

The Year of Jubilee

And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants.  It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. -Leviticus 25:10

Another portrait of our redemption is found in this Scripture in Leviticus. While talking to Moses on Mount Sinai, God established the Year of Jubilee. According to the instructions He gave to Moses, every fiftieth year would be a special time of setting people free from debt and servitude. (vv. 8:10.)

This wasn’t meant to be just an old covenant blessing. When Jesus was just beginning His earthly ministry, He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor…to set at liberty those that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18,19). Jesus said that part of His commission was to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, or the Year of Jubilee.

Jesus came to establish the new covenant through His death, burial and resurrection. So, apparently, the Year of Jubilee was not only meant to be an Old Testament blessing, but also a New Testament blessing. The Old Testament Year of Jubilee was simply a picture of what Jesus Christ would one day do for us when He came to this earth—wipe out our debt of sin and set us free!

CONFESSION:

Jesus is my Jubilee. He bought me back from the power of darkness and translated me into the kingdom of God. Praise God. He has made available everything I could ever need for an abundant life on this earth!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Jesus, Our Scapegoat

Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities (sins) of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions (rebellion), concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness -Leviticus 16:21-22

The Isaac Leeser translation of Isaiah 53:4 tells us that Jesus took on our sicknesses and pains as our substitute so you and I wouldn’t have to carry them: “But only our diseases did he bear himself, and our pains he carried.”

But notice that in the King James Version Isaiah used the words borne and carried. Those same words are used in the book of Leviticus when referring to the role of the scapegoat. This scapegoat gives us another portrait of redemption in the Old Testament.

When the nation of Israel sinned, that sin had to be judged. (Remember, Israel was a type of the Church.) But God didn’t want the people to suffer judgment; He wanted them to receive mercy. So, He told them to find a spotless, perfect goat. The people were to bring this goat to Aaron the priest. Aaron then laid his hands on the goat and confessed the sins of the nation over it. Afterwards, someone of Israel then fell on the scapegoat. In other words, God allowed the sins of the people to be transferred through the hands of Aaron to that goat, and the goat bore the sins of the people and carried them away.

When Jesus went to the Cross, God lay upon Him all the sin, iniquity, sickness, suffering and pain of mankind. Jesus was the ultimate scapegoat—taking our place in judgment, taking the punishment we deserved.

CONFESSION:

Jesus is my substitute. When I was separated from God and deserved to die, He died for me. He bore my sickness and pain so I wouldn’t have to bear them. Because of Jesus, I am healed and whole!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

The Divine Exchange

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. -2 Corinthians 5:21

When the Israelites were being bitten by snakes, they needed three answers: forgiveness for complaining, deliverance from the snakes and healing of their wounds. However, God gave them only one answer: the serpent on a pole.

How were the people going to be forgiven, healed and delivered by looking at a picture of sin and sickness? Jesus Himself gives the answer in John 3:14: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.” Jesus was saying, “That serpent on the pole is a picture of Me when I go to the Cross.”

When Jesus went to the Cross, a divine exchange took place. He became what we were and gave us what He is. Jesus became our substitute. He had never sinned, but He became our sin! He was never sick Himself, but He took on our sickness. In exchange, Jesus gave us His right standing with God and His divine health.

So when the people in the wilderness looked at a symbolic image of Jesus Christ going to the Cross, they were forgiven, healed and delivered. When Jesus went to the cross, He forgave our sins, purchased healing for our bodies and delivered us from all the power of darkness. Then He was raised from the dead so we could become born-again, new creatures in Him.

When we look to Jesus and receive Him as Savior and Lord of our lives, all He did for us on the Cross is ours. Thank God for redemption! Thank God for Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection!

CONFESSION:

Jesus took my sin, sickness, failure and spiritual death and gave me back His righteousness, health, success and eternal life. He paid the price for all these benefits, and He freely gives them to me when I ask in faith.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

In Exchange for a Look Receive Life

And Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on a pole, and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of bronze [attentively, expectantly, with a steady and absorbing gaze], he lived.  -Numbers 219 AMP

When the Israelites were bitten by snakes in the wilderness, they had to do something in order to be healed. Just because the bronze serpent was placed on the pole didn’t mean the people would automatically be healed. God told Moses to put the bronze serpent on the pole. Then He said, “Every one that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live” (Num. 21:8). The people had to do the looking. The answer was held up before them, but they had to look at it.

The Amplified Bible expands that thought. God didn’t say, “Once you put the serpent on a pole, you can take a quick glance and head for home.” He said, “If you want to live, you’ll have to attentively, expectantly and with a steady and absorbing gaze look to that answer.”

In essence, God was telling the Israelites, “You can’t look at the biting snakes and the serpent on the pole at the same time. It’s your choice whether you gaze at the problem or the answer. But if you want to live, you have to look to My answer.”

The people receive life for a look. Forgiveness, healing and deliverance were theirs for the taking as they looked at the serpent on the pole.

Today, we receive life, forgiveness, healing and deliverance as we set our eyes on Jesus. The Bible says that Jesus took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses. (Matt. 8:17.) It also says we can do all things through Christ, who strengthens us. (Phil. 4:13.) As we fix our eyes attentively, expectantly and with a steady, absorbing gaze on Jesus, we’ll receive our healing and begin to live in divine health!

CONFESSION:

When symptoms of pain and sickness attack me, I overlook the circumstances and look to Jesus. Jesus is greater than any sickness or problem I face. He causes me to triumph in every situation as I expectantly look to Him!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

Behold Jesus and Live

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole: and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. -Numbers 21:8,9

God told Moses to put a brass serpent on a pole, and He said, “Whoever will look at the serpent will live.” Why did God tell Moses to do that? Well, the serpent is a type of Jesus Christ, and brass is a type of judgment. Once again, the Israelites were looking at a portrait of their redemption—a vivid picture of the Atonement.

Some would ask, “How can a serpent be a type of Jesus? Ever since the Garden, a serpent as been a sign of sin.”

Jesus never sinned in His Life. But when He hung on the Cross, He became sin for us and cried, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34.) God had to turn His back on His Son because, at that moment, all the sins and sicknesses of the world were nailed to the Cross in the form of Jesus’ body. Judgment fell on Him instead of on us.

When Moses held up that serpent, he wasn’t showing the people a picture of Jesus as He walked the earth or was raised from the dead. He was showing a picture of Jesus when He hung on the Cross and became the Atonement for all mankind.

So when the children of Israel looked ahead to what Jesus Christ would do for them, they were not only forgiven but healed as well. And God didn’t turn anyone down. He said, “Every one that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live” (v.8).

In the same way, everyone of us, without exception, can look back in faith to what Jesus did for us in the Atonement and receive both forgiveness and healing. God didn’t turn anyone down under the old covenant and He certainly won’t turn anyone down under the new!

CONFESSION:

Jesus gave me eternal life and paid the price with His own life. To free me from bondage of sickness and disease, He took all the sickness of the world upon Himself. I live free and healed because of Jesus!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

Don’t Step Out of God’s Protection

So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. -Numbers 21:6

After the Israelites complained against both Moses and God, an army of fiery serpents crawled into the camp and began biting them. The Isaac Leeser translation says, “The Lord let loose fiery serpents.”

There’s a big difference between sending and letting loose. Remember, the Israelites were in the wilderness—a place that’s full of snakes. So the miracle was not the fact that the snakes started biting them, the miracle was that three million people had been out in the wilderness all this time, and they hadn’t been bitten until then!

God had supernaturally surrounded His people with protection and kept the snakes out. But when they broke their covenant through rebellion and complaining, God withdrew His merciful protection. Only then were they bitten. The people got into trouble spiritually when they sinned. As a result, the serpents were able to come in the camp, and the people got into trouble physically as well.

“Therefore, the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against you: Pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” (vs.7). Isn’t it amazing how quickly the people got the revelation that they had sinned! One minute they were complaining about Moses, and the next minute they wanted him to pray for them.

Moses could have said, “I’m not going to pray for you, you got what you had coming!” But he walked in the God-kind of love and prayed for the repentant Israelites. And God not only forgave His wayward people of their sin, but He provided the way for them to be healed of their deadly wounds.

CONFESSION:

There are forces in this world that want to kill me, but I walk in the protection of my Father God. When I miss it, I run to Him for forgiveness and restoration. I keep my eyes on Him, for He is my Savior; my healer, my provider, my protector.

 

Keep Your Mouth Out of Trouble

Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” -Numbers 21:4-5

“And the people spoke.. ” When the Israelites got discouraged, the first thing they did was speak. And if you’ll continue reading this chapter in Numbers you’ll notice what happened when they opened their mouths: They got into trouble with their muttering and complaining!

When some people are discouraged, the first One they want to accuse is God. “Oh, God, why did You get me in all this trouble? Why did this disease come on me? God, this is all your fault. I know I could never get into a mess like this all by myself.”

Others get mad at God and preachers when things don’t seem to work out right. That’s what happened in the wilderness: “The people spoke against God, and against Moses.” (v.5). The people came against the two men who had delivered them, saying, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?”

The Israelites had been led by a pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day. God had protected them every step of the way. Yet still they were discouraged! They complained, “We’re going to die out here because we don’t have any bread or water.” They seemed to forget that God had already given them fresh food from heaven and water out of a rock! Then they admitted the real problem: “Our soul loathes this worthless bread.” They just didn’t like the kind of bread God gave them!

If you need healing in your body, then no matter how long it takes for your healing to manifest, don’t let discouragement get you into trouble. Keep your mouth from complaining or blaming God. Remember, He’s already provided healing for you. Now there’s nothing left for your mouth to do but praise Him!

CONFESSION:

I want to please my Father; so I carefully watch the words I speak. Even when I face a trying situation, I’ll never blame Him, for He’s the One who heals and delivers me!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

We Choose What We Look At

Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. -Numbers 21:4

Israel is a type of the Church. First Corinthians 10:11 tells us that what happened to Israel was for our admonition. Therefore, we can learn by looking at Israel. When they came out of bondage in Egypt, they headed toward the Promised Land. Now, the Promised Land is not a picture of heaven. (It had giants to overcome and heaven doesn’t.) The Promised Land is actually a picture of the abundant life God has for us while we’re here on earth.

Numbers 21:4 says that as the Israelites marched through the wilderness, “The soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.” The Israelites were just like the rest of us; they had a tendency to become discouraged when things got tough. But they got discouraged because they began looking at the way.

It’s easy to find natural circumstances that will discourage us if we look at them. For example, focusing on symptoms of pain or sickness in our bodies can be very disheartening.

But we choose what we’re going to look at. Will we set our eyes on the circumstances we face or on our great God and His ability to take us to our promised land of abundant life?

The Bible says, “According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:3). Everything God has, everything He is and everything He can do has been made available to us as we look to Him!

CONFESSION:

I keep my eyes on Jesus and His Word. He is greater than any problems or sickness that could ever come against me!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Remember All God Has Done for You

Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the Land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. -Numbers 21:4

As the children of Israel made their way toward the Promised Land, they became discouraged because they were looking at the way—the natural hardships of their journey.

But just think what they could have focused on instead. God has brought them out of Egypt with signs, wonders and miracles. When they could go no farther because of the Red Sea, God had worked a miracle, parting the waters so they could cross on dry ground. When the Egyptian army had tried to pursue them, the two walls of water had closed up again and destroyed the Israelites’ enemies.

When the Israelites had come to the waters of Marah, where the water was bitter, God had miraculously purified the waters so the people could have water to drink. God led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. He gave them fresh manna from heaven every night; all they had to do was pick it up. He even gave them water out of a rock. And for the entire forty years that the Israelites wandered through the desert their shoes and clothes didn’t wear out.

But, despite all of these things, the Israelites became discouraged because they looked at the way. We’ve done the same things at times. “Oh, Lord, things are so hard. The way is so tough. I feel so bad.”

We need to look back in our lives and recognize how God has helped us—how He’s brought us out of trials and delivered us from bondage. Realizing how much God has already done—and how much more He wants to do—for us, is an instant cure for discouragement!

CONFESSION:

Through the blood of Jesus, my Father has delivered me, protected me, provided for me and healed me. Therefore, no matter what I face, I focus my spiritual eyes on my faithful God.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Healing in the Atonement

On the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying “You have killed the people of the Lord.”  And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.

So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the Lord., The plague has begun.” Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So, he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living so the plague was stopped. Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred besides those who died in the Korah incident. -Exodus 16:41, 44-49

Numbers 16 gives us another portrait of our redemption. Soon after the Israelites were delivered out of Egypt’s bondage, they began to worship idols and criticize the men of God in charge. Their muttering and complaining put them in dangerous territory.

It is clear that God was more than a little upset with these rebellious people. A plague hit the multitude, and more than 14,000 died before anything could be done. Aaron quickly prepared incense to make atonement before all the people died. He ran into the midst of the congregation and stood between the people and the plague. Atonement was made for the people and the plague was stopped.

This is a portrait of the Atonement Jesus made for us. You see, when Aaron made atonement for the sin of the Israelites, they were not only forgiven, but the sick were healed. Well, if healing was included in atonement under the old covenant, how much more is it included in the Atonement Jesus purchased for us by His blood?

CONFESSION:

Jesus is my Atonement. His sacrifice gives me access to all of God’s benefits and blessings. I receive them now by faith in Jesus’ name.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

A New and Better Covenant

He also brought them out with silver and gold and there was non feeble among His tribes.                                                                                                                                                      -Psalm 105:37

God gave us a portrait of the new birth when He delivered Israel from Egypt’s bondage. This biblical event is a picture of our coming out of Satan’s bondage into new freedom in Jesus Christ.

The way Israel looked when they came out of Egypt is a picture of the way you and I should look the minute we’re born again. How did Israel look? They came out of the darkness of bondage into the light of freedom. Not only that, but Psalm 105:37 says, “He brought them forth also with silver and gold.”

The Israelites didn’t take silver and gold out of Egypt because they were wealthy. No, they’d been nothing but Egyptian slaves for centuries. God was the source of Israel’s sudden wealth. The first thing He did when He brought them out of bondage was to abundantly meet their needs. He turned them from slaves into free people of substance, abundantly taken care of.

Besides material substance, God provided physical health for the Israelites as well. “There was not one feeble person among their tribes.” He brought His people out of Egypt free, healthy and abundantly taken care of.

Remember, this is a picture of our redemption. When we were first born again, most of us would have been satisfied just to have our sins forgiven. But that didn’t satisfy God. His Son paid the price for a redemption that was meant to affect every part of our lives.

The Passover opened the way to freedom, healing and abundance for the Israelites. Now we live under a new and better covenant established on better promises. (Heb. 8:6.) So if God willed healing and health for His people under the old covenant, we can know without a doubt that He wills healing and health for us under our covenant through Jesus Christ!

CONFESSION:

The lamb of God opened the way to abundantly supply all my needs—spirit, soul and body. He provided healing for my physical body and peace for my soul. I walk in the fullness of the redemption Jesus purchased for me!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Redeemed—Spirit, Soul and Body

They shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. -Exodus 12:8,11

The Lord said to His people, “On the same night you apply the blood of the Passover lamb to your doorpost, eat its flesh.” Notice that God gave specific instructions about how the lamb was to be eaten. He said, “When you eat that lamb, put your belts on, put shoes on your feet and be ready to go.” (v.11.) It’s significant that God didn’t say, “And thus you shall eat it with a belt on your waist and your wheelchairs, stretchers, crutches and pills all ready to go. And with all your aches and pains you shall go forth.”

Among the two to three million Israelites God was talking to, there had to be plenty of people who were too sick or too old to travel. But the Lord told them all to eat and be ready to go.

You see, God wasn’t satisfied with a partial redemption. Not only would His people go out, but they would go out well. Not only would they be set free from Egyptian bondage, but they would also be set free from the bondage of sickness and disease.

What did the Passover do for the Israelites when they applied the blood of the lamb? It spared them from judgment and set them free from bondage. What happened when the Israelites ate the lamb’s flesh? They went out healthy.

That’s why the Passover lamb is a portrait of our full redemption in Christ. When man fell in the Garden of Eden, he fell in spirit, soul and body. When God redeems man, He redeems his spirit, soul and body, Jesus died to make us completely whole, not only in spirit and soul, but in our physical bodies as well.

CONFESSION:

As the Israelites ate of the lamb, they were to be ready to go forth out of Egypt in health. Now I partake of the Lamb of God and go forth in newness of life, receiving healing as part of my redemption package!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

Covered by the Blood

And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.” -Exodus 12:7

God instructed His people to apply the blood of the lamb to the two side posts and on the upper doorposts of their houses. Thus, they would make a type of a Cross and be covered by the blood of the Passover lamb that had been slain for their deliverance.

God was giving His people a portrait of their redemption, pointing ahead to the time when Jesus would come and shed His blood on the Cross of Calvary. God told them, “The blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt” (Ex. 12:13).

That night, death struck the firstborn of every household in Egypt where the blood was not applied. Wherever the blood was applied to the doorpost, death passed over, Judgment didn’t fall on those residing within; instead they went free. In the same way, when Jesus’ blood is applied to us as we make Him our Lord and Savior, final judgment passes over us, and we step into eternal glory.

We know from Hebrews 9:22 that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins. The blood of the lamb was the sacrifice that allowed the children of Israel to walk out of Egypt’s bondage. And it is the blood of the Lamb, including the bondage of sickness and disease,

CONFESSION:

I have applied the blood of the precious Lamb of God to my life. Therefore, I am set free from every yoke of bondage, including sickness and disease. I now step into the provisions of healing and health that God has prepared for me through the blood of His Son.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Behold the Lamb of God

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world1 -John 1:29

When God gave the instructions for the Passover, He gave very specific instructions about the lamb:

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.        Exodus 12:5,6

Jesus fit every one of these qualifications. He was a Lamb without blemish, for He had never sinned. He was the firstborn in his family, “a male of the first year.” There was even a particular time this Lamb had to die: “in the evening.” The very hour Jesus died on the Cross was the time when the Passover lambs were being sacrificed.

Who killed the Passover lamb? “The whole assembly of the congregation of Israel.” In Acts 2:23, Peter preached to the Jewish multitude about who was responsible for Jesus’ death: “Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you  have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.”

Jesus Christ was condemned by the Romans and crucified by Israel, but He laid down His life for you and me. He took our sin and our sickness on Himself. Just as the whole congregation of Israel had a part in the slaying of the lamb, we all had a part in the slaying of the Lamb of God. Yet Jesus laid His life down willingly. He knew it was the only way we could be delivered out of “Egypt”—the bondage of sin, sickness and disease.

CONFESSION:

I believe Jesus was the Lamb slain to take away the sin of the whole world. Jesus died for me. Through Him I receive all the benefits salvation includes. I am saved, healed and delivered!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Christ, Our Passover

“Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of the month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of the father, a lamb for a household. Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.” -Exodus 12:3,6,7

In I Corinthians 5:7, Jesus Christ is called our Passover, “For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.” Passover was instituted back in the Old Testament. And if we can find out what Passover did for people back then, we can find out what Jesus, our Passover, did for us in the New Testament.

The children of Israel had been slaves in Egypt for hundreds of years. God told them, “Take a lamb-one per family. Kill the lamb and put the blood on the doorpost. Roast the lamb, eat the flesh and then get out of Egypt.”

So the people obeyed the Lord’s instructions. The lamb was slain and the blood applied. And once the atonement was made, the people were free, not only spiritually but physically.

The Passover lamb is a picture of the new birth. You see, when Jesus, the Lamb of God, was slain on the Cross, the way was opened for us to live free from Satan’s dominion. Now the moment we receive Jesus as our Savior and Lord, we are redeemed, saved and set free from bondage!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Jesus, Our Passover Lamb

“Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons, according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb”. -Exodus 12:3,4

Exodus 12 gives us one of God’s portraits of redemption, a picture of what Jesus did for us in His death, burial and resurrection. At this time, the children of Israel were in bondage in Egypt.

In the Old Testament, Egypt is a type of sin, bondage or Satan’s kingdom—the kingdom we lived in before we were born again. As the ruler of Egypt, Pharaoh is a type of Satan.

Israel, on the other hand, is a type of the Church. Moses, God’s man, is a picture of Jesus Christ coming on the scene with signs, wonders and m miracles to deliver God’s people. Israel’s deliverance out of Egyptian bondage, into freedom is a type of the new birth. Just as the Israelites were allowed to leave Egypt, so is a new believer translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s dear Son.

Finally, the miracle that produced Israel’s freedom centered around a lamb—what the Bible called a Passover lamb. What the Passover lamb in the Old Testament accomplished for the children of Israel through His death, burial and resurrection.

That’s why John the Baptist called Jesus the Lamb of God  (John 1:29). And in Revelation 13:8, Jesus was called “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”. Jesus is our Passover Lamb, whose death provided a way for those who believe in Him to be saved, delivered, healed and made whole.

CONFESSION:

The Old Testament Passover lamb opened the way for the Israelites to be delivered from Egypt’s bondage. Jesus is my Passover Lamb. His blood opened the way for me to come into the family of God and enjoy my inheritance!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Portraits of Our Redemption

Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.. -2 Corinthians 5:18,19

God redeemed the world to Himself through Jesus’ work on the Cross. That’s why John the Baptist referred to Jesus as “the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).

Jesus’ work on the Cross is available to anyone and everyone who believes. Therefore, it behooves us to learn what Jesus accomplished on the Cross. When we find that out, we’ll know what belongs to us in Him. If physical healing was a part of what Jesus accomplished, then we’ll know that healing is God’s will and that we can expect divine healing to be a part of our spiritual inheritance.

When we look in the Gospels, we discover what literally happened to Jesus on His way to the Cross. He was beaten. He back was laid open with a whip. He was spat upon, and a crown of thorns was placed on His head. Finally, He was nailed to the Cross, where He hung until He died.

But the Gospels don’t really tell us what Jesus purchased for us on the Cross. We can go to the Old Testament to discover more about that. All through the Old Testament, God gives us portraits of our redemption—“word pictures” of what Jesus did for us when He went to the Cross. These portraits are so clear and vivid that everyone should have recognized Jesus when He came to the earth.

For the next several days, let’s study more closely these pictures of the Cross. Let’s get a greater revelation of our redemption in Christ!

CONFESSION:

To walk in the fullness of God’s blessings, I must know what Jesus did for me on the Cross. My faith grows stronger as I receive a greater revelation of the finished work of redemption.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

What Was Accomplished on the Cross?

[Jesus] was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. -Romans 4:25

Millions of people around the world believe that Jesus died on the Cross. But not everyone believes He was raised from the dead. And very few people, even Christians, know what He actually accomplished when He went to the Cross.

Why did Jesus shed His blood? Was it just for forgiveness of sin alone, or was it for more than that? First, Jesus was delivered unto death for the payment of our sins. Then He was raised again for our justification so we could be placed in right standing with God.

When Jesus shed His blood, it was for the forgiveness of our sins. His resurrection from the dead made the new birth available to us. We can now receive Jesus as our Savior and become brand-new creatures on the inside. (2 Cor. 5:17). And our newly re-created spirits are infused with the nature of God.

Our sins are not just forgiven but remitted—totally removed as thought they’d never happened. God takes out the old, hardened heart of stone and puts in a heart of flesh. (Ezek. 36:26). He not only delivers us from our sins but He delivers us from the power sin once had over us.

You see, it would have been enough just to have our sins forgiven, because our nature would still be the same, we’d still continue to sin. God wanted to deliver us from the power of sin and all its effects, including the curse of sickness. Jesus died to pay for our sins, and He was raised from the dead to deliver us from sin, sickness and disease.

CONFESSION:

I’m a new creature in Christ. The old sin nature has been removed and holds no more power over me. God has replaced His nature in me. Now I live a clean, holy life, free from sickness and disease.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

The Laying on of Hands

Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, [maturity] not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgment. – Hebrews 6:1,2

The Scripture gives us the basic fundamental principles of the doctrines of Christ. Have they passed away? Let’s look: “Let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance.” Has repentance passed away? No, repentance is still a foundational principle of the doctrine of Christ.

What about what that verse says next – faith toward God? Is that finished? It can’t be, because we are saved by grace through faith. (Eph. 2:8) If faith has passed away, we are all in trouble.

What about the doctrine of baptisms or the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead? Are baptisms going to continue? Are the dead going to be resurrected? Yes! What about eternal judgment? Has that passed away? No, it is still in the works.

Only one foundational principle remains, and if all the others haven’t passed away, then this one hasn’t either. Right in the middle of those verses, it says “..not laying again the foundation..of laying on of hands.” This is one of the fundamental principles of the doctrines of Christ, and it hasn’t passed away. It’s still in effect.

What happens when you lay hands on people, especially sick people? Mark 16:18 says, “They shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.” If laying on of hands is one of the fundamental principles of the doctrine of Christ, then apparently healing is too, because when believers lay hands on the sick, they are healed. If laying on of hands is for today, then healing is still for today as well. It’s just that simple!

CONFESSION:

God’s foundational principles haven’t changed. Believers still lay hands on the sick, and the sick still recover. God’s compassion and healing mercies haven’t changed either. He is still the God who heals me!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

How To Receive From God

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them and you will have them.-Mark 11:24

How do we receive all that Jesus bought and paid for through His death, burial and resurrection? Well, we know that faith operates on God’s known will. So first we must look into the Word, where we find it’s God’s perfect will for every person to be born again and healed. Next, we make a point of contact, which occurs when we believe we receive—not necessarily when we see our petition come to pass.

Imagine a reservoir of water held back by a dam and a dry valley below. The two represent a “greater” and a “lesser”—a reservoir full of water and a valley that’s dry. If you were to open the spillgate so that contact is made between the two, the greater would flood into the lesser.

In the same way, our point of contact can be likened to “opening the spillgate.” The moment we release our faith—the point of contact—the greater anointing and power that is in Jesus Christ begins to flow into the “lesser,” our bodies, whether we feel it or  not. God’s healing power begins to affect a healing in our physical bodies the moment we believe we receive.

In John 11:40, Jesus said to Martha, “I told you if you’d believe, you’d see the glory of God.” Notice He didn’t say, “I told you that when you see God’s glory, then you’ll believe.”

Anyone can believe when he sees or feels something. But as Christians, we’re supposed to believe we receive our answer before we see or feel it, because we believe the Word.

What else are we supposed to do? We are to say what we believe: “Thank God, I believe I’m healed by the stripes of Jesus.” Do we necessarily feel any different? Not always, but that’s all right. Our feelings won’t change God’s Word, but God’s Word will definitely change our feelings when we hook up with Him!

CONFESSION:

Today I make my point of contact with God. By faith I open the spillgate of His goodness, and His healing power flows into me as I believe I receive!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Making Your Point of Contact

When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. –Luke 4:40

Jesus was the will of God in action. He constantly showed people that God wanted them healed.

God wants you healed, and once that truth is lodged in your own heart, your next step is to make a point of contact. This “point of contact” refers to the moment you begin to release your faith for your healing. After finding out God’s perfect will in the matter, you make your petition: “Thank God, I believe I receive my healing. Thank God, I’m healed by the stripes of Jesus.”

A point of contact can be made in two basic ways. One way is through prayer according to Mark 11:24: “Whatsoever thing you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them and you will have them.” Another way is through the laying on of hands: “In my name…they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (Mark 16:17,18).

When a person makes his point of contact, at that moment he begins to believe he receives his healing. He may not feel it or see it, but he still believes he has received his answer. You may hear him say, “I believe I received three days ago when I prayed” or “I believe I received yesterday when hands were laid on me.”

“Do you feel any different?” Someone might ask.

“No, but that doesn’t make any difference. I believe I received!”

That’s the confession of faith!

CONFESSION:

I know God’s will, so I pray, believing I receive what I desire through my own prayer of faith. Another way I receive from my Father is through the laying on of hands. When hands are laid on me or I pray, my healing begins at that point of contact.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Our Divine Commission

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, he who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.” —Mark 16:15-18

It's significant that in this passage of Scripture Jesus didn’t say, “When you run across sick people, fast and pray to see if they are part of the chosen few God wants to heal.” Nor did He say, “Lay hands on the sick, and if it’s My will, they will recover.” Jesus said, “Go find the sick and preach the Gospel to them; then lay hands on them and they will recover.” This is one of the signs He said would follow all believers.

We should be interested in learning how to operate in faith so we can take hold of our own healing. However, if we’re going to be assets to the kingdom of God, we should be even more interested in learning how to minister healing to sick people ourselves. That’s what God has been trying to get across to us for years.

Another thing I want to point out about this Scripture is that it doesn’t say, “And these signs shall follow apostles and prophets.” No, it states, “These signs shall follow them that believe.” You see, we all have a divine commission to preach the Gospel, and the supernatural signs Jesus listed in these verses will follow us as we preach the Gospel to others.

So tell people the good news that it’s God’s will to heal them. Then lay hands on them, and watch God’s promise of healing come to pass in their lives!

CONFESSION:

I tell others the good news that Jesus died and was raised from the dead to deliver them from sin and sickness. I also help others receive healing; I lay hands on the sick and they recover!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

How Many Sick People Does God Want to Heal?

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.” —Mark 16:15, 17-18

How many sick people is Jesus talking about in verse 18? He’s talking about all sick people. God wants all healed, and we know this from what Jesus said: “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. And when you find any who are sick, lay your hands on them in Jesus’ name so they can recover.” If God didn’t want every sick person healed, Jesus wouldn’t have told us to lay hands on sick people so He could heal them!

And by virtue of the fact that this is the last thing Jesus shared with His disciples while on earth, we know how important it is. It’s like this. Suppose you were going to leave for a long period of time, and you wanted your close friends to remember something important. Wouldn’t you make sure the last thing you said to them before you left was the message you really wanted them to remember?

That’s just what Jesus did on this passage of Scripture. It is called the Great Commission, and it still hasn’t been totally fulfilled. Therefore, every part of it is still for today.

In the Great Commission, Jesus tells us God wants every person to be saved, healed, set free and delivered. God doesn’t leave anyone out. But He doesn’t force His blessings on anyone either. God won’t force us to be saved, He won’t force us to be filled with the Holy Spirit and He won’t force us to be healed. God is a gentleman, and He only leads if we yield to Him.

God offers to mankind all that salvation encompasses and says, “Whosoever will, let him come.” He wants every creature to hear the Gospel, and He wants every creature healed!

CONFESSION:

My Father wants me healed. I believe God’s Word and receive healing for myself in Jesus’ name. And when I lay hands on the sick, they recover!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

Healing—Not Just a Divine Afterthought

For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. – 1 Corinthians 6:20

Did you notice God talks about healing before He talks about salvation? He says, “Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit.” Healing was not a divine afterthought. It was instituted before the new birth.

Look at what Isaiah 53:4-5 says:

Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknes-s) and carried our sorrows (pains): Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by  God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities (sins); the chastisement for our piece was upon Him, and by His stripes, we are healed.

Healing is revealed in verse 4 and salvation in verse 5. Does that mean healing is more important? No, but God knew the body of Christ would have more trouble believing for healing; perhaps that’s why He put it first.

Jesus bore stripes on His back before He hung on the Cross. He paid the price for our physical health before He paid the price for our new birth. Healing isn’t more important, but God wants us to know it is equally as important to Him as salvation. God wants us to have both salvation and healing, and we receive both the same way—by faith.

So study what the Bible says about the Atonement and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As you do, you’ll come to a firm persuasion, an unshakable confidence, that you are as healed as you are saved.

CONFESSION:

The work of the Savior is complete. Jesus paid the price so I could not only be saved, but healed as well. I live free of sickness and disease. I am healed. I am well. I am whole!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health  - Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Two Sides of the Atonement

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget not all his benefits; who forgives all my iniquities; who heals all my diseases. -Psalm 103:1-3

This scripture tells us, “Forget not all his benefits.” What are God’s benefits? He forgives all our iniquities and heals all our diseases. Now, verse three lists these two benefits in the same breath, so to speak, meaning that Jesus provided both when He died on the Cross and was raised from the dead.

Forgiveness of sins and healing go hand in hand: Jesus shed His blood for the remission of sins, and His body was broken for us so we could enjoy physical healing and health. He provided both benefits at once, and there’s no place in the Bible that tells us to separate these two sides of the Atonement. Healing belongs to us as much as salvation does.

CONFESSION:

When I received Jesus as Savior; healing came in my “benefits package” as well. I don’t have to be sick. My healer bore my sicknesses and pains so I wouldn’t have to bear them. By His stripes, I am healed.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

Jesus Took Our Place

But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all having obtained eternal redemption. -Hebrews 9:11,12

After Adam’s fall, man inherited a load he couldn’t carry—a load of death, sin, iniquity, sickness and disease. The old covenant provided for man’s sins to be covered for a year at a time through the shedding of the blood of bulls and goats. Man could also experience healing in his body through animal sacrifices. But those sacrifices had to be made every year because they were only temporary. They could only cover sins, not wash sins away.

Then Jesus Christ came and took the place for our punishment, dying on the Cross as our substitute. Most people have no problem believing that Jesus bore our iniquities on the Cross and set us free from sin—and He did. He paid the price for  our sins so we could stand before Him forgiven, Through Jesus, we don’t have to be bound to a sin nature anymore. We live in right standing with God, and sin cannot dominate us any longer.

But most Christians believe that Jesus left us with our sicknesses, intending to decide on an individual basis who should be healed. These people believe that salvation belongs to everyone but that you never know who’s going to get healing.

That’s what most Christians believe, but that is not what the Bible says. Isaiah 53:5 says that Jesus “was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” He took our sin, pain and sickness and nailed it all to the Cross, setting us free.

Jesus already took sickness. Anyone can be saved and anyone who is saved can be healed. Healing belongs to us!

CONFESSION:

When I called on Jesus to be my Savior and made Him my Lord, He also became my healer. By faith I receive the healing that is mine. I walk in the divine health that Jesus bought and paid for!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999

 

 

He Sent His Word to Heal You

He sent his word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions -Psalm 107:20

How did God send His Word to heal us? He gave us sixty-six books of His words—the Bible. As we hear the Word, it starts working inside us to make us completely healed and whole.

When you go all through the Gospels, in most cases you’ll find that hearing came before healing. And if it worked that way under Jesus’ ministry, it still works that way today.

When you need healing, the best thing you can do is to hear and hear and hear and hear. Keep that Word going into your ears every way possible. Keep hearing what God says about your healing.

Many people want to go to one particular meeting and miraculously receive their healing. They aren’t interested in hearing. Sometimes God, in His mercy, does manifest Himself and people receive their healing. But most of the time, they have to take time to hear before they are healed.

You see, walking by faith doesn’t come from leaving your Bible on the shelf until it’s time to dust it off and carry it to church. Your faith grows as you get into God’s Word. It builds in your spirit as you hear it from the preacher, CD’s and out of your own mouth.

He sent His Word and it heals you. When does it heal you? When you take the time to hear it.

CONFESSION:

God sent His Word to heal me. His Word is life to me and medicine to all my flesh. I hear His Word and obey it and I am delivered from sickness and disease.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999