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GOD'S BENEFIT:

HEALING

God does want you well!

HARRISON HOUSETulsa, Oklahoma

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations aretaken from the King James Version of the Bible.

8th Printing

Over 100,000 in Print

God's Benefit: Healing SB "#$%&'(#&&$#)*opyri+ht -%$- by arilyn /ickey0. O. Bo1 -"2"23en4er, *olorado $"&-"

0ublished by /arrison /ouse, nc.0. O. Bo1 )5")5Tulsa, Oklahoma '(-5)

0rinted in the United States of 6merica.6ll ri+hts reser4ed under nternational *opyri+ht 7aw.

*ontents and8or co4er may not be reproduced in wholeor in part in any form without the e1press writtenconsent of the 0ublisher.

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wonderful benefits> don<t know of any employerwho offers benefits like those!

=ould you e4er work for someone and notaccept their benefits> That wouldn<t be 4ery smart,would it! =e<d ne4er consider doin+ somethin+like that in the naturalA but want you to know,there are many people who refuse God<s benefits!

0eople say to me, ; don<t belie4e it is God<swill to heal e4eryone,; or, ; don<t belie4e this isthe dispensation for healin+.; But if you<re a childof God, one of the benefits of that relationship ishealin+ for your physical body. "%%% forget not allhis enefits %%% &ho healeth all th# diseases%"

/uman nature is funny to me. n the day thatesus walked upon the earth, the 0harisees didn<t

become upset o4er /is healin+ of the sickA they became upset about /is for+i4eness of sins. n ourday it<s 9ust the opposite! 0eople don<t becomeupset when you say that esus for+i4es sins, butmention that esus heals sickness and they really+et ;up#ti+ht.; 6ctually, it<s the same old enemy,fi+htin+ a+ainst the full messa+e, the entire Good

ews, of what esus wants to do for mankind. God

wants to for+i4e us of our sins, thus allowin+ /imto +i4e us a new life and natureA and /e also wants

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to heal our physical body. 3on<t for+et all /is benefits!

0salm -")?) is 4ery re4ealin+. t shows howfor+i4eness and healin+ +o hand in hand? "%%% &ho forgiveth all thine ini $ities( ho healeth all th#diseases%; They shouldn<t be separated!

n the ew Testament, the Greek word )O*O

is translated ;sa4e; and ;heal.; n ark 5?&) airusasked esus to lay hands on his sick dau+hter,; +hat she ma# e healed% ;6nd in 6cts &?(' it isrecorded that ;... the !ord added to the h$r h dail#

s$ h as sho$ld e saved% ; )O*O is the Greek wordused in both 4erses. t is used interchan+eably tomean ;sa4e; or ;heal.; Since we know it is God<swill to for+i4e sins and sa4e, we must also acceptthe fact that it is /is will to physically heal andmake whole.

/ealin+ is not somethin+ new. God<s healin+ be+ins in the Old Testament and flows throu+houtthe ew Testament. t continues to flow today! always take the o4erall 4iew of the Bible on anytopic. Some people say that they 9ust like to studythe ew Testament, and some people like to study

the Old Testament. like to study both becausethen think +et the full messa+e of what the 7ord

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and health.

7ook to esus as your healer, but also look to

/im as your stren+th@physical stren+th. oel )?-"says, "%%% let the ea- sa#, . am strong%" 6nd 3a4id,in 0salm &%?- says, ; +he !ord ill give strength$nto his /eo/le%%%%" =e ha4e be+un to see theunfoldin+ of it. God sa4ed /is people from thedestroyer Cthe de4ilD and +a4e them physical healthand stren+th.

He!e"iah's Healing #$a%e$

*hronicles )" relates how /eEekiahrenewed the 0asso4er. The sraelites had not beeneatin+ the 0asso4er, and when it was renewed, thekin+ prayed for the sick ; nd the !ord har-ened to

He e-iah, and healed the /eo/le" 2.. 3hroni les40:506% t was in the eatin+ of the 0asso4er and inthe kin+<s prayin+ that the nation was healed. Once

a+ain the lamb was connected with healin+. The7amb of God brin+s for+i4eness and healin+.

Healing fo$ the Le&e$

*leansin+ was pro4ided for the leper, and the

preparation for cleansin+ included the slayin+ of alamb. 7e4iticus -(?&5 says, " nd he Fthe priest

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shall -ill the lam of the tres/ass offering, and the /riest shall ta-e some of the lood of the tres/assoffering, and /$t it $/on the ti/ of the right ear ofhim that is to e leansed, and $/on the th$m ofhis right hand, and $/on the great toe of his right

foot%"

The lamb brou+ht sal4ation to the sraelitesfrom their :+yptian oppressors, and the lamb also

brou+ht cleansin+ to them when they neededhealin+. The lamb that brou+ht deli4erance was thesame lamb that brou+ht wholeness. =hen we

partake of the 7amb of God, we en9oy sal4ationand healin+. The same 7amb pro4ides both

benefits!

Healing in the ilde$ness

God wants /is people well, but it is up to us tomake the decision to walk in health. One thin+ that

works against +ood health is murmurin+. umbers-2 records how the sraelites murmured a+ainst

oses and a+ainst 6aron. Herse (% says that-(,'"" people died in the pla+ue that followed themurmurin+. The Bible says that a lot more were+oin+ to die, but 6aron made intercession as a

priest, and stopped the pla+ue. esus is our +reat

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/i+h 0riest, and /e has come down to the peopleto stop the pla+ue of sin and sickness. /e does notwant us to be sick. /e wants us to be healed. /ewants to impro4e our condition.

There was another time that the sraelitesmurmured. umbers &- tells of how ;... the /eo/le

s/a-e against God, and against 7oses%%%%" Iieryserpents came a+ainst the people and be+an to bitethem. The people became sick and were dyin+.The 7ord +a4e oses a remedy? "7a-e a rass

ser/ent, 7oses% P$t it high on a /ole, and ever#oneho loo-s at it ill e healed% "

esus referred to that incident when /e said," nd as 7oses lifted $/ the ser/ent in the ilderness,even so m$st the )on of man e lifted $/%%%" C ohn)?-(D. :4eryone who looks to esus will be sa4edeternally. =hen we lift up esus as Sa4ior, /eheals people of sinA and when we lift /im up as

/ealer, people are healed physically, 9ust as thesraelites were healed physically.

f people are not bein+ healed in your church,maybe it is because esus is not lifted up as /ealer.

f those people in the wilderness hadn<t looked up

to the serpent, they would not ha4e been healed. fyou don<t look up to esus to be your /ealer, you

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will remain sick and in pain. t is 4ery, 4eryimportant that /e be lifted up as /ealer, as well asSa4ior.

Healing in the #salms and #$o(e$ s

"Bless the !ord, O m# so$l, and forgetnot all his enefits: &ho forgiveth all thineini $ities( ho healeth all th# diseases( &horedeemeth th# life from destr$ tion( ho

ro neth thee ith loving-indness and tendermer ies( &ho satisfieth th# mo$th ith goodthings( so that th# #o$th is rene ed li-e theeagles " 2Psalm 104:5 96%

Jou don<t ha4e renewed youth unless you ha4e+ood thin+s in your mouth. f you murmur, you are+oin+ to be sick and cut short your life span, and youwill be weak while you are ali4e. But if you speak+ood thin+s Cwho *hrist isA what /e<s doneD the

benefits are that /e for+i4es your iniquities, /e healsyou of disease, /e redeems your life, /e crowns youwith lo4in+kindness and tender mercies, /e satisfiesyou with +ood thin+s, and /e renews your youth.Those are the benefits of esus! 3on<t ne+lect any ofthem. 3on<t say, ;=ell, /e for+a4e me of my sins@ that<s enou+h.; Take them all. They<re all your

benefits. Step up for e4ery one of them!

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"7# son, attend to m# ords( in linethine ear $nto m# sa#ings% !et them notde/art from thine e#es( -ee/ them in themidst of thine heart% or the# are life $ntothose that find them, and health to all their

flesh" 2Prover s ;:50 556%

God has +i4en us the =ord to brin+ life and to brin+ health. =e ha4e the hea4enly prescriptionfor +ood health? attend to the =ord by listenin+ toit Cwhich implies obeyin+ itD, readin+ it, andmeditatin+ on it. God is always wantin+ to impro4eyour condition by +i4in+ you health for all yourflesh.

f you are not in the =ord e4ery day, if youare not confessin+ the =ord, don<t belie4e thatyou ha4e that health flowin+ throu+h you all thetime. esus said, ; 7# ords are s/irit and the# arelife%; f you are not usin+ the =ord, then do not

belie4e that you ha4e that life flowin+ in you allthe time. think that is one reason why *hristiansdecay and fall apart, because they ha4en<t kept thelife principle of the =ord in them all the time%

/a4e you noticed that sometimes when you

+et up in the mornin+ the de4il really hits you>aybe you had a bad dream, or thin+s were not

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+oin+ 4ery well, and the enemy talks to you andsays, ;This day is +oin+ to be a dra+. t<s +oin+ to

be terrible. Jou<4e +ot all these thin+s to do, ande4erythin+ is fallin+ apart around you.;

=hen that happens, pray and +o throu+h theScriptures that <m confessin+ that day. 6fter <mthrou+h confessin+ the =ord, there is somethin+ oflife that be+ins to +o around inside of me. Then think, ;This isn<t a bad day. This is the best day ofmy life!; The =ord has brou+ht life into thesituation. That<s a wonderful principle, and weneed to e1ercise it e4ery day.

Healing in the Ne) TestamentHery early in /is ministry, esus stood up in the

syna+o+ue to read. /e was handed the book of saiahand read?

"+he )/irit of the !ord is $/on me,e a$se he hath anointed me to /rea h the

gos/el to the /oor( he hath sent me to heal thero-enhearted, to /rea h deliveran e to thea/tives, and re overing of sight to the lind,

to set at li ert# them that are r$ised, +o /rea h the a e/ta le #ear of the !ord" 2!$-e;:18 1<6%

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/e said that /e was ;... +o /rea h thea e/ta le #ear of the !ord% ; =hat is "thea e/ta le #ear of the !ord"= belie4e it refers tothe year of ubilee, mentioned in 7e4iticus &5.:4ery fiftieth year the trumpet was sounded andliberty was proclaimed throu+hout all the land.:4eryone who owed debts and e4eryone who wasin trouble was set free to +o back and claim their

own land. t was a beautiful time when e4eryonecelebrated.

=hen esus stood up and said, ;This is theacceptable year of the 7ord,; /e was sayin+, ;Thisis ubilee! Jou can claim back all your possessions

that 6dam lost to Satan.; The brokenhearted could be healed, the capti4es could be set free, the blindcould recei4e their si+ht, people who were bruisedemotionally could be set free. esus was standin+up, and, in a sense, blowin+ a trumpet and sayin+,;This is ubilee! There<s Good ews! Get back allyour possessions that you lost in 6dam. <4e +otthem all back for you.<< One of those possessions isdi4ine health. esus +ot it back for you. *laimhealin+ as your ri+htful possession.

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Healing's #$i*e

Jou ha4e e4ery le+al ri+ht to claim yourhealin+, and want to consider this carefully. n

atthew $?-' there is a reference all the way backinto saiah 5). esus had 9ust physically "%%% healedall that ere si - . . . ; in that area, and the Biblesays /e healed them

" +hat it might e f$lfilled hi h as s/o-en # .saiah the /ro/het, sa#ing, Himself too- o$r infirmities, and are o$r si -ness%"

saiah, speakin+ of the sufferin+ Sa4ior, said,

"B$t he as o$nded for o$rtransgressions, he as r$ised for o$rini $ities: the hastisement of o$r /ea e as$/on him( and ith his stri/es e are healed"2.saiah 94:96%

On the cross, esus paid the price for ourtrans+ressions. t was on the same cross and by thesame sufferin+ that esus paid the price for ourhealin+. =e ha4e e4ery le+al ri+ht to for+i4eness ofsins because esus bore our sins for us. =e ha4e the

same le+al ri+ht to healin+ because esus bore oursickness and carried our diseases.

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3o you belie4e it> 6re you sure it<s true>/ealin+ must be belie4ed and recei4ed, 9ust asfor+i4eness of sins must be belie4ed and recei4ed.The reason know that is true is found in the first4erse of saiah 5)? ; &ho hath elieved o$r re/ort>and to hom is the arm of the !ord revealed>" 6reyou +oin+ to recei4e this report, or are you +oin+to turn it down> Kecei4e it today!

A +a,se of Si*"ness

n the ew Testament, many people were sick because they did not discern the Body of *hrist C*orinthians --?)"D. 0aul, under di4ine inspiration,

said that they were sick and weak because theywere not properly discernin+ the Body of the 7ord

esus, and, as a result, many of them died early.

t is in the Body of esus *hrist that we findstren+th and healin+. t is God<s will that we, as

part of the Body of *hrist, en9oy the life and healththat is in that Body. Jou e1pect for+i4eness in thatBody, and if you<ll discern that there is also healin+in that Body, you can ha4e it. 0roperly discern the7ord<s Body when you take communion, and you<llen9oy life and health.

0aul +i4es the best description of the 7ast

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Supper of any of the writers in the Bible. The+ospel writers +i4e us some description, but 0aul+i4es the best@e4en thou+h he wasn<t there! /owdid he know so much> The Bible says he recei4edit by re4elation. That<s re4elation knowled+e. Godwants us to recei4e by re4elation the knowled+ethat /is Body has for+i4eness and healin+.

Healing in a Namef we understand who esus is, then we will

better understand /is Body. ames are 4eryimportant in the Bible. The compound names of

eho4ah in the Old Testament correspond to esus

in the ew Testament and help us discern theBody of *hrist. There are se4en names?

:/OH6/#S/6 6/? t means ;the 7ordis there.; esus said, "!o, . am ith #o$ al a#s, and

. ill never leave #o$"( therefore, esus is eho4ah#

Shammah.:/OH6/#S/67O ? esus is our peace.

Shalom means ;peace.; esus said, "7# /ea e . give $nto #o$%. . . ; 0art of redemption is ha4in+ the presence of the 7ord.

:/OH6/#K66/? ;The 7ord my Shepherd.;

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-ethods of Healing

The Bible records a number of differentmethods used to brin+ about healin+. =e use thesame methods today. Sometimes we lay hands onthe sick and there is an instant miracle. Other timeswe lay hands on the sick and they don<t appearhealed@it doesn<t seem that they ha4e recei4ed an

immediate miracle. Sometimes we ha4e people layhands on us and we +et better a little at a time.

Kemember the little boy in the +ospels who" egan to get ell" C ohn (?5&D when esus spokethe =ord> The mendin+ seemed to take a period of

time. 3on<t be discoura+ed if you don<t see or feelsomethin+ instantly. The Bible says that belie4ers;... shall la# hands on the si -, and the# shallre over%; Sometimes it seems that you must standon the Scriptures until you almost think it is takin+an eternity to reco4er!

remember when the 7ord promised us achild.

had +one to many doctors, fertility e1perts,and they all said that could ne4er ha4e a baby.

But my husband and ne4er a+reed with thosewords. =e belie4ed that God wanted us to ha4e a

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child.

=hen we first started in the ministry, we were

in 3allas, Te1as, where a man named =illiamBranham was ministerin+. One ni+ht stood on the platform before him, and he looked at me and said,;Jou<re not from here. Jou are from a woodedarea. Jou are from 3en4er, *olorado, and youha4e a female condition.; 6ll the time he wasspeakin+ had the most unusual sensation. sawsomethin+ in my spirit Cnot with my physicaleyesD, and felt somethin+ that went round andround. t was whirlin+. t was almost like couldhear the sound of it. 6s it became stron+er and

stron+er, thou+ht, ; f step into that, will die.;t was a fearful thin+ to me.

The e4an+elist said, ;Go home and recei4eyour baby,; and that whirlin+ C belie4e it was the

presence of GodD went into my feet and came up

into my body. 6 4ery unusual e1perience!;=ell, did you +et your baby that year,

arilyn>;

; o, we didn<t +et the baby until ten yearslater!;

y husband ne4er quit belie4in+. /e always

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said, ; arilyn, God is +oin+ to +i4e us a child.;=hen be+an my thirties, thou+ht, ;Ior+et it,God. 3on<t listen to my husband. 7isten to me.;But =ally stood in faith, and when was thirty#si1, went to a doctor because was ha4in+ someunusual thin+s happenin+ in my body.

;Jou<re not pre+nant,; he told me. ;Jou<re 9ust+oin+ throu+h <the chan+e.< 3on<t e4en tell yourhusband that you think you<re pre+nant.;

waited a few more months C would ha4e been about four#and#a#half months alon+ by thenD,and was ha4in+ some more chan+es. thou+ht,;Somebody<s wron+!; 6fter a check with anotherdoctor, was told, ;7ady, what you are feelin+ islife. Jou are pre+nant.; 6t last Sarah, our miracle

baby, was born.

=hat am sayin+ to you in all of this> =henyou don<t see it, do you quit belie4in+> =hen youdon<t feel it, do you lea4e it alone> o! But yousay, ;Ten years!; =ell, 6braham waited twentyyears, and look what he +ot@an saac. There aretimes when it seems that you wait and wait andwait. C didn<t wait, but my husband did!D 3on<t

cash in on your faith!

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6nother time had a back ailment. :4ery time picked up somethin+ hea4y would be in terrible

a+ony. Iinally went to a doctor and he took M#rays of my back and told me, ;Jou ha4e thestran+est spinal formation ha4e e4er seen. 6s you+et older, it will +et worse. Jou can<t pick upanythin+ hea4y because you won<t be able to walkif you do.;

Once a+ain didn<t recei4e the report. 6fter went home and told my husband, he a+reed withme in prayer that was healed. stood on ark--?&(, and you know what> +ot worse! +otworse almost e4ery day. had to +et out of bed at

ni+ht and sleep on the floor because of the pain.Sarah was 9ust a baby then, and <d pick her

up, and she<d be hea4y which would make my backworse. :4ery day <d say, ;6ccordin+ to ark--?&( belie4e ha4e recei4ed,; didn<t say the

symptoms weren<t there, and didn<t say there wasno pain. 9ust said, ; belie4e ha4e recei4ed,; 6tthe end of si1 months, without anythin+ dramatichappenin+ Cno cloud or warm +low or anythin+D

9ust stood up one mornin+, and was all ri+ht. stood on that Scripture for a lon+ time, and God

brou+ht it to passA howe4er, there ha4e been other

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times when <4e had prayer and instantly beenhealed.

=hen my husband and started our church, had a tiny +rowth on my fin+er, and it was theu+liest thin+! went to church one day and showedit to one of the ladies in the church.

;Oh dear,; she said. ; had a friend who had

some of those come on her fin+ers, and it wascancer, and she died.;

Thanks a lot! That was a +reat help to myfaith! But in a ser4ice one ni+ht said, ;God, <mnot +oin+ to ha4e that any more.; t be+an to turn

dark on my fin+er durin+ the ser4ice, and when +ot home, it fell off. =hether it is an instantmiracle or a reco4ery, God still wants to heal!

Health and Old Age

Some people will look for any e1cuse to besick! They will say, ;=ell, you know, your body 9ust wears out when you +et older, and you<re bound to be sick.; Keally> 7et<s read what theBible says?

"+he da#s of o$r #ears are three s oreand ten" 2Psalm <0:10a6%

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Healing and Tho$ns

There<s another fa4orite e1cuse people like touse to 9ustify stayin+ sick@0aul<s thorn in theflesh. want to discuss 0aul<s thorn, but most of all

want to tell you, ;3on<t look for e1cuses!; =henyou are belie4in+ for healin+, and people come toyou with ne+ati4e reports, don<t recei4e them into

your spirit. don<t think you ha4e to slap the person down and say, ;Shut up! don<t want tohear you.; But think you can say in your ownspirit, ; 9ust don<t recei4e this. This isn<t mine. <mnot +oin+ to take this into my spirit. <m standin+on the =ord, and belie4e that ha4e recei4ed.;

=hen you be+in to walk in faith in the area ofhealin+, the de4il will test you and test you.Sometimes people will brin+ certain Scriptures toyou, and they<ll say, ;See, it isn<t always God<s willto heal!; One thin+ they will always brin+ up is0aul<s thorn in the flesh. <m +oin+ to e1pose thede4il ri+ht now so that he can<t use 0aul<s thorn tocreate doubt in your mind and cause you to not

belie4e God for your healin+.

The first thin+ we need to do is read the Bibleinstead of listenin+ to what other people say about

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0aul<s thorn. *arefully read *orinthians -&?'#-"?

" nd lest . sho$ld e e alted a ove

meas$re thro$gh the a $ndan e of therevelations, there as given to me a thorn inthe flesh, the messenger of )atan to $ffet me,lest . sho$ld e e alted a ove meas$re% orthis thing . eso$ght the !ord thri e, that itmight de/art from me% nd he said $nto me,

7# gra e is s$ffi ient for thee: for m# strengthis made /erfe t in ea-ness% 7ost gladl#therefore ill . rather glor# in m# infirmities,that the /o er of 3hrist ma# rest $/on me%+herefore . ta-e /leas$re in infirmities, inre/roa hes, in ne essities, in /erse $tions, in

distresses for 3hrist's sa-e: for hen . amea-, then am . strong%"

ow, people will say, ;See arilyn, he wassick! 6nd God didn<t remo4e his sickness because/is +race was sufficient. 6nd sometimes more

+lory is +i4en to God for people to be sick andendure it and be sweet before the 7ord than if they+ot healed.; /a4e you e4er heard that story>

aybe you told it in the past! know that ha4e4isited with some in the past, and they ha4e said,;=ell, <m a real blessin+ bein+ sick like this

because people come here and can comfort and

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e1pression to describe what it was that was +i4ento him. Kead umbers ))?55?

"B$t if #e ill not drive o$t theinha itants of the land from efore #o$(then it shall ome to /ass, that those hi h

#e let remain of them shall e /ri -s in #o$re#es, and thorns in #o$r sides, and shall ve

#o$ in the land herein #e d ell%"

6nd oshua &)A-)?

"Kno for a ertaint# that the !ord #o$rGod ill no more drive o$t an# of thesenations from efore #o$( $t the# shall e

snares and tra/s $nto #o$, and s o$rges in #o$r sides, and thorns in #o$r e#es, $ntil #e /erish from off this good land hi h the !ord #o$r God hath given #o$% "

6nd ud+es &?)?

"&herefore . also said, . ill not drivethem o$t from efore #o$( $t the# shall e asthorns in #o$r sides, and their gods shall e a

snare $nto #o$%"

=hat, accordin+ to the Bible, are thorns>

Sickness> o! Thorns are people. ow +o back to *orinthians. =hat are thorns> They are simply

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people. 3id you e4er ha4e some people who werethorns to you> aybe a nasty relati4e! Scripturallyspeakin+, thorns are people, not sickness.

0aul describes what the thorn was doin+. ; twas the messen+er of Satan to buffet me.; Buffetmeans ;to hit.; 6nd messen+er here means ;anan+el of Satan.; 6 fallen an+el was comin+ alon+and beatin+ on him.

6nanias prophesied when he met 0aul. /esaid, "Pa$l, #o$'re going to s$ffer man# things forthe name of Jes$s% Co$'re going to e /erse $ted%"6nd sure enou+h, e4ery place that 0aul went hewas persecuted. They physically hit him, theystoned him, they beat him. =ho was incitin+ allthose thin+s> Satan. 0aul saw behind the peopleand knew that Satan was behind the persecutions.

The Bible does say that 0aul was sick at the be+innin+ of his ministry CGalatians (?-)D, but theBible also says that at the end of his life he said," % % % . la ored more than all of them%%%%"That doesn<tsound like a 4ery sick man, does it> t sounds likehe was healed and went on to labor for the 7ord.

Some say that 0aul had an eye disease and thathe had runnin+ pus comin+ from his eyes. But the

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Bible doesn<t say that! The Bible says in 6cts that people took aprons from 0aul<s body and put themon the sick and they were healed. 0aul had di4inehealth flowin+ throu+h him!

0aul said, "7ost gladl# therefore ill . rather glor# in m# infirmities% . . . ; =as 0aul speakin+ ofsickness there> 6ccordin+ to Hine<s :1pository3ictionary, infirmities means ;want of stren+th,weakness, indicatin+ inability to produce results.;0aul was re9oicin+ in his own inability to doanythin+ for the 7ord. ;... for hen . am ea-, thenam . strong" 2.. 3orinthians 15:106% 0aul listed hisinfirmities in *orinthians --?&)#)" and ne4er

once listed sickness! =e need to know these thin+sso that the de4il has no +round to put sickness onus!

o matter how much you talk to some people,they<ll still fi+ht to keep their sickness. :4en if you

con4ince them from the Scriptures that 0aul<s thornwas not sickness, they<ll still say, ;=ell arilyn,

9ust don<t think that it<s God<s will to heale4eryone.; want to let you read what the Biblesays about that. The =ord is 4ery clear re+ardin+God<s will to heal all. esus is God<s will in actionC ohn 5?-%D. =hat did esus do when confronted

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with sickness>

" nd Jes$s ent a o$t all the ities and

villages, tea hing in their s#nagog$es, and /rea hing the gos/el of the -ingdom, andhealing ever# si -ness and ever# diseaseamong the /eo/le" 27atthe <:496%

want you to ha4e so much Scripture, and so

much faith in the =ord, that you would be ashamedto be sick anymore. 3oes that Scripture say that /ehealed some sickness> o, /e healed e4ery sicknessand e4ery disease.

" nd hen he had alled $nto him his

t elve dis i/les, he gave them /o er against$n lean s/irits, to ast them o$t, and to healall manner of si -ness and all manner ofdisease" 27atthe 10:16%

"B$t hen Jes$s -ne it, he ithdrehimself from there( and great m$ltit$des

follo ed him, and he healed them all"27atthe 15:196%

s it /is will to heal part of the people> To heal;how many> 677!

" nd Jes$s ent forth, and sa a greatm$ltit$de, and as moved ith om/assion

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to ard them, and he healed their si -"27atthe 1;:1;6%

t doesn<t say /e 9ust healed part of them. t says,;... he healed their si -% " " nd hen the

men of that /la e had -no ledge of him, the# sent o$t into all that o$ntr# ro$nd a o$t, and

ro$ght $nto him all that ere diseased, ndeso$ght him that the# might onl# to$ h the

hem of his garment( and as man# as to$ hedere made /erfe tl# hole" 27atthe 1;:49

4D6%

t is /is will to heal all. :4eryone who touches/im is made perfectly whole.

" nd he ame do n ith them, and stoodin the /lain, and the om/an# of his dis i/les,and a great m$ltit$de of /eo/le, o$t of all

J$dea and Jer$salem, and from the sea oastof +#re and )idon, ho ame to hear him and

to e healed of their diseases, nd the# thatere ve ed ith $n lean s/irits( and the#ere healed% nd the hole m$ltit$de so$ght

to to$ h him( for there ent virt$e o$t of him,and H@ H@ !@E +H@7 !!" 2!$-e D:1A1<6%

Hirtue means ;miracle workin+ power.; The

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same word is used when you are filled with the/oly Spirit. Jou are filled with power. 3id youknow that you are filled with miracle workin+

power> That<s why /e said to lay hands on people @so that the miracle workin+ power could comeout of you. t wasn<t +i4en 9ust to be in you. t is toflow throu+h you. ; nd he healed them all% ; n /ishome town /e didn<t heal many people, but that

was because of their unbelief C ark 2?2D.God<s benefit packa+e includes healin+ for

your physical body. =ill you belie4e it and recei4eit> ; &ho hath elieved o$r re/ort>" 2.saiah 94:16%=ill you say, ; do!;> f you<ll belie4e, the arm of

the 7ord shall be re4ealed to you!

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Ior information re+ardin+ arilyn /ickey<smonthly Bible readin+ pro+ram, you may write?

;Time =ith /im;

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