3 Steps to the Good Life

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goodlife

to the

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healthy,

whole &healed

every day

GLORIA COPELAND

K e n n e t h

C o p e l a n d

P u b l i c a t i o n s


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Unless otherwise noted, all scripture is from the King James

Version of the Bible.

Scripture quotations marked The Amplified Bible are from The

Amplified Bible, Old Testament 1965, 1987 by the ZondervanCorporation. The Amplified New Testament 1958, 1987 by

The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Three Steps to the Good Life

Healthy, Whole and Healed Every Day

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Three Steps to the Good Life

When Ken and I were first bornagain, we lived on the edge of disaster

all the time. Im not saying we werentseeing God work in our lives. If Hehad not helped us, we would havenever made it! In fact, we needed His

help just to make it through the week.But as we matured in faith and

began walking in the Word of Goddaily, an important change took place.

We found that we needed fewerand fewer crisis miracles. Our needsstarted being met. Our familys healthbegan improving. Within 11 months,we were out of debt.

o tell you the truth, as preciousand important as those miracles werein our times of need, it was nice for


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a change not to have to believe Godfor a miracle just to pay the powerbill. It was nice not to need to pray intongues believing we had enough topay the bill in the grocery line.

What made the difference? Whatwas the secret?

Tere was no secret. We simplydiscovered how to live in the bless-

ings of God. And weve been living inthem ever since. We began to applythe principles of the kingdom ofheaven and they worked!

Living a Heavenly Lifestyle

When I look back on how Ken and

I lived more than 40 years ago, its easyto see that it was a low level of living.

Even though we were believers, we


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Just imagine what it would be liketo never have to be healed again. Ofcourse, its nice to get healed whenyouve been sick or physically injured.But imagine what it would be like tolive healthy and whole all the time.

No colds, no flu, no allergies. No heartdisease, no mental illness...no cancer.

Well, according to the Word of God,thats exactly the way our lives should

be. In fact, heaven is a pattern of thatkind of good life God has for us.

Whats more, Im certain that peo-ple in heaven never have to run to the

throne of God and say, Lord, I havethis terrible sinus infection that justwill not go away.... Please heal me!

No, people in heaven live in thecontinual, supernatural power of abenevolent Father. Tey are constantlyin the fullness of Gods presence. Tey


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are constantly in the fullness of Hisblessings. So they have no need formiraclesand neither should we!

Now, I realize you might be think-ing, Tats a nice thought, Gloria, but

thats heavenIm down here. I stillneed miracles!

I understand, but 1 Tessalonians5:23 says, And the very God of peace

sanctify you wholly; and I pray Godyour whole spirit and soul and body bepreserved blameless unto the comingof our Lord Jesus Christ.

In this verse, the word whollymeanswhole, complete, undamaged and in-tact. In other words, God wants usto live our lives separated unto Him,and He wants us well in every way. Hewants us whole, complete, undamagedand intact in our spirits, our minds,our bodies, our finances and so on.


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We find this same principle in3 John 2, which says, Beloved, I wishabove all things that thou mayestprosper and be in health, even as thysoul prospereth.

Te point is, while we as believersmay need a miracle of God in our livesfrom time to time, we should endeavorto reach the point where we becomeso developed in our faith walk that

we live each day in all the blessings ofheavenin all the blessings that havebeen provided for us in our covenantwith God through Jesus Christ.

Gods Way Is the High Way

If we truly want to reach thatplace of living in constant health andconstant prosperity, then we will haveto do what we just read in 3 John 2


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...prosper and be in health, even asthy soul prospereth.

We will have to prosper in oursouls, first. How do we prosper in oursouls? Lets look at Isaiah 55:2-3, 7-9.

...Hearken diligently unto me,and eat ye that which is good,and let your soul delight itself

in fatness. Incline your ear,and come unto me: hear, andyour soul shall live.... Let thewicked forsake his way, and the

unrighteous man his thoughts:and let him return unto theLord, and he will have mercyupon him; and to our God, forhe will abundantly pardon.For my thoughts are not yourthoughts, neither are yourways my ways, saith the Lord.


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For as the heavens are higherthan the earth, so are my wayshigher than your ways, and mythoughts than your thoughts.

In order for our souls to prosper,we have to begin thinking the wayGod thinks. After all, Gods way ofthinking and doing things is always

the right way. Its always the higherway, always the best way.

Once you and I come into Godskingdom, its our responsibility to

learn His ways and to walk in them.We have to dump our old, lowthoughts and our old, low waysof living, and receive His higherthoughts and higher ways.

How do we do that?

Trough the Word.


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God gave us His Word so wecould see just exactly how He thinksand how He does things. Tats whyfor generations He has endeavoredto get His people to agree with Him,to agree with His Wordto read it,

speak it and put it to work.

All you and I have to do is find outwhat the Word says and then do it. Aswe do, it will keep us out of trouble

and in the fullness of His blessings.We see this so clearly in the earthlylife and ministry of Jesus.

In Matthew 4, we read that, after

Jesus had been baptized by John inthe Jordan River and filled with theHoly Spirit, He was tempted bySatan while fasting in the desert. It

was during this confrontation withthe devil that Jesus gave us the key toliving well.


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He said, Man shall not live bybread alone, but by every word thatproceedeth out of the mouth of God(verse 4).

You see, breador natural sub-

stanceis not enough for us to liveabundant lives. We need the Word ofGod. Te Word is just as vital to ourlives as the food we eat.

But notice that Jesus said we liveby every word that comes out of themouth of God, not some words.

Every word God gives us is to our

advantage and our good. Living byevery word from God is the only waywe can live in every blessing of God.When Ken and I learned this prin-ciple, it changed our lives.

Once we began living daily onthe Word of God, circumstances andsituations in our lives began lining up


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with that Wordand theyve neverstopped changing for our good.

Three Steps to

The Good LifeGods Word is full of promises

and principles concerning our physi-cal health. Tats why, if we want to

be healthy every day of our lives, wecannot be ignorant of the Word and allthat it has to saynor disobedient to it.

David asks the question in Psalm

34:12What man is he that desir-eth life, and loveth many days, that hemay see good?

Te answer he gives is in verses 11,

13-14:

Come, ye children, hearken untome: I will teach you the fear of the


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Lord.... Keep thy tongue from evil,and thy lips from speaking guile.Depart from evil, and do good; seekpeace, and pursue it.

1. Hear and Do

First, to have long lives filled withgood health, we must fear the Lord.

And simply put, to fear God, or toreverence Him, is to listen to HisWord and then do it. Tats what theword hearken in verse 11 means. Itmeans to hear and do.

We find in Proverbs 9:10 that thefear of the Lord is the beginning ofwisdom.... Added to that, Proverbs14:27 tells us that the fear of theLord is a fountain of life, that onemay avoid the snares of death (TeAmplified Bible).


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So every time we read about fear-ing the Lord in the Bible, its referringto honoring God by listening to whatHe says, and then doing it. By honor-ing God, by hearkening to His Word,we allow His life to flow through us.

We become fountains of life, avoidingthe snares of death.

2. Watch Your MouthA second step to living a long and

healthy life that David gives us inPsalm 34 is to keep thy tongue from

evil, and thy lips from speaking guile(verse 13).

Te book of Proverbs has a lot tosay about our mouths. Tey are, afterall, the key to life. But what comes outof our mouths is the result of what wehave put in our hearts. And Proverbs


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14:30 says that a sound heart is thelife of the flesh.

If we want to live free of sicknessand disease, our hearts must be soundwith the Word of God. Te Word

must be abiding within us (John15:7). Te more Word we put insideus, the more Word will come out ofour mouths...and the more life willflow through our bodies.

So to live well, we must do some-thing about our words. We cannot gethealed and stay healed by going throughlife talking sickness and disease.

Yeah, but, Gloria, it is allergyseason, you know, and I just alwayshave a rough time of it with all thepollen.... Why, both my father and mymother had the same trouble.

Tat may be so. But the truth is, yourgoing through life and speaking that


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kind of unbelief will always shut thedoor of blessing in your face. Youllnever walk free of those allergies, ortheir symptoms. You will be just likeyour father and mother and you willprobably pass that unpleasant her-

itage to your children.

No, to get well and stay well ourtongues must constantly speak whatthe Word says: I thank You, Father,

that Jesus has redeemed me from thecurse of the law of sin and death. ByHis blood I have covenant rights toall the blessings of Abraham, and

that includes my health... (Galatians3:13-14).

All God asks is that we believeand say what He has already said so

we can prosper and be in health. Nowthat will take some time and effort onour part, but we can do it!


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3. Turn From Evil

Finally, in Psalm 34:14, we find athird step toward a healthy life, whichis to depart from evil, and do good....

Troughout the Bible we find that

a wise man lives separated unto God.In other words, a wise man departsfrom evil. Proverbs 3:7 exhorts us tofear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Second Corinthians 6:14 asks, Whatfellowship hath righteousness withunrighteousness?

Why is departing from evil so

important?Proverbs 3:8 goes on to say that

departing from evil shall be health tothy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Te word navel refers not to justa part of the body, but to the wholebody. So, departing from evil is


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health to our whole bodies.

But now, notice that the oppositeof verse 8 is also true. Participatingin evil brings sickness and diseaseto our whole flesh. Examples of evil

would include envy, strife, immoral-ity and so on. Tese all bring sicknessto the body.

In Proverbs 1:19 we read, So are

the ways of every one that is greedy ofgain; which taketh away the life of theowners thereof. Here, its quite clearthat greed can take away our life. Its awicked force that can cut our lives short.

We find this same warning inProverbs 14:30. We read earlier itsdeclaration that a sound heart is lifeto our flesh. Te rest of that scripturesays, ...but envy, jealousy, and wrathare like rottenness of the bones (TeAmplified Bible).


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Someone who is full of envy, strife,jealousy and wrath is a candidate forsickness and disease. Its that simple,and that serious.

Evil does not make for a sound

heart or a healthy body. Participatingin any amount of sin will only openthe door for the devil to bring sick-ness into our lives. Do you see the realreason why God wants us to depart

from evil? He wants us well!

Only One Road to Victory

Only one thing can separate usfrom all the results of having lived anevil lifeGods Word.

Hebrews 4:12 tells us that theWord of God is quick, and powerful,and sharper than any twoedged sword,piercing even to the dividing asunder


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of soul and spirit, and of the jointsand marrow, and is a discerner of thethoughts and intents of the heart.

Te Word is able to separate usfrom bad things. It will separate us

from living a life of evil, and it willlead us into a godly life. Te Wordwill separate us from sickness, diseaseand lack.

o get separated from our evil past,however, we have to give Gods Wordfirst place in our lives. Its not just goingto jump into our hearts overnight.

James 1:21 talks about getting ridof all uncleanness and the rampantoutgrowth of wickedness and receiv-ing the Word which implanted androoted [in your hearts] contains thepower to save your souls (Te Ampli-fied Bible).

Its this implanted or engrafted


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Word that works in our lives, abidingin us, talking to us and delivering us.

When we come across a situa-tion concerning our health, it isthe Word of God thats alive inside

us that rises up and brings light towhatever were facing. But the Wordcannot rise within us if it hasntbeen deposited there to begin with.Tats why Psalm 103:2-3 tells us to

forget not all [Gods] benefits: whoforgiveth all thine iniquities; whohealeth all thy diseases.

You and I have to be dedicated to

Gods Word. Have you noticed thatevil people are dedicated and evan-gelistic? Tey live evil with all theirhearts and they want you to join them,

too. It makes them feel better aboutthemselves if youre in it with them.

In the same way, we have to be


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strong in the Word, not giving into anything else. Te slightest bit ofcarelessness toward itnot walkingin fear and honor of itwill expose usto sickness and disease and the rest ofthe curse. But it shall come to pass, if

thou wilt not hearken unto the voiceof the Lord thy God, to observe to doall his commandments and his stat-utes which I command thee this day;

that all these curses shall come uponthee, and overtake thee (Deuter-onomy 28:15).

So it depends on what we want. If

we want to live long and well, we mustpursue Gods Word with our wholeheart. We must pursue the Word theway people in the world go after theirevil lifestyle.

Proverbs 4:18-22 says,


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Te path of the just is as theshining light, that shineth moreand more unto the perfectday. Te way of the wicked isas darkness: they know not atwhat they stumble. My son,

attend to my words; inclinethine ear unto my sayings. Letthem not depart from thineeyes; keep them in the midst

of thine heart. For they are lifeunto those that find them, andhealth to all their flesh.

Again, the key to living well ishearing and doing...giving attentionto Gods Word, spending time in it,meditating on it and then doing it.

If you really believe the Bibleholds the keys to health and prosper-ityand youre as tired of low living


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as Ken and I werethen give theWord your undivided attention. Readit when you get up in the morning.Read it when you go to bed at night.Read it at every opportunity.

Yes, its wonderful to get healedwhen youre sick. But its more wonder-ful to live in divine healthand GodsWord can take you to that place!

Te Word can get you well andkeep you well. So get on it. Stay on it.And honor God by doing what it tellsyou to do. Its your path to a good life!


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Prayer for Salvation and

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name ofJesus. Your Word says, Whosoever shall call on the nameof the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21). I am calling on

You. I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart and beLord over my life according to Romans 10:9-10: Ifthou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, andshalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised himfrom the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heartman believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth

confession is made unto salvation. I do that now. Iconfess that Jesus is Lord, and I believe in my heart thatGod raised Him from the dead.

I am now reborn! I am a Christiana childof Almighty God! I am saved! You also said in YourWord, If ye then, being evil, know how to give good

gifts unto your children: HOW MUCH MOREshall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit tothem that ask him? (Luke 11:13). Im also askingYou to fill me with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, riseup within me as I praise God. I fully expect to speakwith other tongues as You give me the utterance(Acts 2:4). In Jesus Name. Amen!

Begin to praise God for filling you with theHoly Spirit. Speak those words and syllablesyou receivenot in your own language, but the


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language given to you by the Holy Spirit. You have to useyour own voice. God will not force you to speak. Dont beconcerned with how it sounds. It is a heavenly language!

Continue with the blessing God has given you andpray in the spirit every day.

You are a born-again, Spirit-filled believer. Youllnever be the same!

Find a good church that boldly preaches Gods Word

and obeys it. Become part of a church family who willlove and care for you as you love and care for them.We need to be connected to each other. It increases

our strength in God. Its Gods plan for us.Make it a habit to watch the Believers Voice of Victory

television broadcast and become a doer of the Word, who

is blessed in his doing (James 1:22-25).


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About the Author

Kenneth Copeland is co-founder and president ofKenneth Copeland Ministries in Fort Worth, Texas, andbest-selling author of books that include How to DisciplineYour Flesh andHonorWalking in Honesty, ruth and Integrity.

Since 1967, Kenneth has been a minister of the gospelof Christ and teacher of Gods Word. He is also the artist

on award-winning albums such as his Grammy-nominatedOnly the Redeemed, In His Presence, He Is Jehovah, Just aCloser Walkand his most recently released Big Band Gospelalbum. He also co-stars as the character Wichita Slim in thechildrens adventure videos Te Gunslinger, Covenant Riderand the movie Te reasure of Eagle Mountain,and as Daniel

Lyon in the Commander Kellie and the SuperkidsTM videosArmor of LightandJudgment: Te rial of Commander Kellie.Kenneth also co-stars as a Hispanic godfather in the 2009movie Te Rally.

With the help of offi ces and staff in the United States,Canada, England, Australia, South Africa, Ukraine andSingapore, Kenneth is fulfilling his vision to boldly preachthe uncompromised Word of God from the top of this world,to the bottom, and all the way around. His ministry reachesmillions of people worldwide through daily and Sunday

TV broadcasts, magazines, teaching audios and videos,conventions and campaigns, and the World Wide Web.

Learn more about Kenneth Copeland Ministriesby visiting our website at kcm.org


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