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Health Food – November 1 By Rhema Team, Nov 1, 2020 Teaching, Preaching, And Healing And  [they in the synagogue]  rose up, and thrust him  [Jesus]  out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.  — LUKE 4:29 Jesus once said something to me that astounded me. He said, “If I ministered like people thought I did, then when I came to Nazareth, instead of just getting a few healed and getting run out of town [That’s exactly what happened. In fact, they would have killed Him if they could have, and thrown Him off a cliff.], I would have gotten all the people together—including the leaders of the city of Nazareth—and said to them, ‘Get six totally blind people and line them up here. We’ll have the doctors examine them to certify the fact that they’re totally blind.’” Jesus continued, “Then I would have gotten six deaf and mute people and had the doctors examine them to certify the fact that ...

Health Food – October 31 By Rhema Team, Oct 31, 2020 Teaching Should Come First And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.  — MATTHEW 9:35 When Jesus encountered unbelief, He went about teaching (see Mark 6:5 and 6). Notice that the ministry of Jesus consisted of three aspects in this order:  teaching, preaching,  and  healing . Many people want to reverse that order. They want healing first, then preaching, and no teaching. But if you want to get the results Jesus had, follow His example. Let’s continue reading. MATTHEW 9:36–38 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion [or mercy] on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, t...

Health Food – October 30 By Rhema Team, Oct 30, 2020 Have Faith In Jesus’ Words Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.  — JOHN 4:50 In John chapter 4, we find the account of the nobleman’s son. JOHN 4:46–50 46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. Notice that it was by simple faith in Jesus’ words that this nobleman’s son was healed. Jesus...

Health Food – October 29 By Rhema Team, Oct 29, 2020 Don’t Wait For Healing—Receive It By Faith Now! And he  [Jesus]  went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.  — LUKE 13:22 If you need healing and there isn’t a manifestation of the Spirit, such as gifts of healings (1 Cor. 12:9), what are you going to do? Get the Word of God in you! Feed on the Word. Feed your faith, because you can receive healing by faith anytime. Continuing in Luke 4, we read,  “And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian”  (v. 27). Now all of the lepers in Israel could have been cleansed if they had believed in their covenant of healing (Exod. 34:10). Yet under the ministry of Elisha, not one single leper was healed in Israel except Naaman. Naaman wasn’t even an Israelite, and he didn’t have a covenant of healing with Jehovah Rapha. But because Elisha was well known for gett...

Health Food – October 28 By Rhema Team, Oct 28, 2020 The Working Of Miracles To another the working of miracles . . .  — 1 CORINTHIANS 12:10 After John baptized Jesus in the Jordan River, the Holy Ghost descended upon Him in bodily form (Luke 3:22). Full of the Holy Ghost, He was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness. After the temptation in the wilderness, Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee. He came to Nazareth, His hometown, went to the synagogue on the sabbath, and stood up to read. Let’s pick up the scriptural account there. LUKE 4:17–18, 20–26 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me. . . . 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is th...

Health Food – October 25 By Rhema Team, Oct 25, 2020 Honor Your Father And Mother Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.  — EPHESIANS 6:2–3 After I was healed as a teenage boy, the thought never entered my mind that I might die prematurely. Now since then, I almost died a time or two because I got into disobedience. But I got back into that secret place of the Most High just as fast as I could. I taught my children that if they honored their father and mother, they would experience well days on earth and live a long time. When they were little, I read the Bible to them. And if I had to (I didn’t have to do it very much), I would give them a spanking, because, like any other child, they disobeyed me at times. I would say to them, “I’m not doing this because I want to. I’m doing it for your benefit. I want it to be well with you. I want you to live a long time on the earth. I ...

Health Food – October 24 By Rhema Team, Oct 24, 2020 ‘Well Days’ On The Earth Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.  — 3 JOHN 2 I was reading after an internationally known Full Gospel Bible teacher. He was someone whom I esteemed highly. Now I didn’t agree with everything he said. But, you know, you can disagree on some things without being disagreeable. In many different areas, he blessed me. For example, he was an excellent Bible teacher in the area of the Holy Spirit. In a particular article he wrote, he said, “‘With long life’ is not a New Testament blessing. God only promised long life to those in the Old Testament.” I thought to myself,  I’d rather follow Paul than follow him . I mean, if long life isn’t a blessing that you get under the New Testament, why did Paul say,  “Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live ...

Health Food Devotions October 23 God Satisfies Us With Long Life He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. . . . With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.—PSALM 91:1, 16 In Psalm 91, God said that the man who dwells in the secret place of the Most High would be satisfied with long life. God did not say that he would be full of sickness, disease, pain, and misery all the days of his life. Is the privilege of dwelling in the secret place only for a few, or is it for all? God’s promise is for all—to satisfy all with long life! You need to get this settled in your heart. You need to find out what the Bible says and then refuse to be moved from it. I settled this issue of healing years ago, and it has worked for me ever since. Sometimes good people who know some spiritual things in some areas don’t know some things in other areas. They just sit around like a young bird with its eyes shut and its mouth wide open, s...

Faith Food Devotions October 23 SPIRIT BEING And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Thessalonians 5:23 You are a spirit. You have a soul. And you live in a body. With your spirit you contact the spiritual world. With your body you contact the physical world. And with your soul you contact the intellectual world. These are the only three realms you contact. There are no more. Man is a spirit being who was created in the image of God, who is a Spirit. (See Genesis 1:26, John 4:24.) You, too, are a spirit being. And it will hellp your faith to think like that, because faith is of the heart, or the spirit, or the inward man. (The terms “spirit” of man and “heart” of man are used interchangeably throughout the Bible.) Faith is not of the head. Faith is not of the body. Faith is of the heart! Confession I am a spirit. I have a soul. And I live in a body. I am a spir...

Health Food – October 22 By Rhema Team, Oct 22, 2020 The Mercy Of Healing The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.  — PSALM 103:8 In Psalm 103, we see again that David believed that the mercy of healing was as universal a privilege as the mercy of forgiveness. He calls upon his soul to bless God. He said,  “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 FORGIVETH all thine iniquities; who HEALETH all thy diseases”  (Ps. 103:1–3). The phrase “who healeth all” is just as permanent as the phrase “who forgiveth all.” When we talk about healing, some people will say, “But healing was just for those people back then.” But those same people believe that God still forgives all that come to Him today! Most people understand that truth. Well, if people believe that God still forgives all iniquities, they ought to believe that He still heals all diseases. And ...

October 21, 2020   Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.                         Philippians  4:8 What mental movies are you playing in your head today? Are they thoughts of defeat and despair or thoughts of victory and favor? Faith is simply saying what God says about you and seeing what God sees in you and your situation. It takes a thought to heal a thought. Unlike the world, which teaches you to empty your mind to achieve peace, God's way is to fill your mind with fresh, powerful, and redeeming thoughts. The apostle Paul tells us, "Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of...

Health Food – October 19 By Rhema Team, Oct 19, 2020 Is Healing For All? He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.  — PSALM 105:37 To answer the question, “Is healing for all?” let’s look in Exodus 15. Just after the Israelites passed through the Red Sea (which typifies our redemption), God gave His first promise to heal. And this promise was for all. It was here that God gave the covenant of healing. God named the conditions, and the conditions were met. Revealed by and sealed by God in His first covenant redemptive Name, Jehovah Rapha, He said,  “. . . I am the Lord that healeth thee”  (Exod. 15:26). I’m glad that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8). If He wasn’t, then we would have to say, “He  was  the Lord that healeth thee.” But He  is  the Lord that healeth thee. This is a never-changing fact, because God’s Word is forever settled in Heaven (Ps. 119:89). To say ...

Health Food – October 18 By Rhema Team, Oct 18, 2020 Set Your Goals High With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.  — PSALM 91:16 In going from church to church preaching, I would try to get it over to people that it is the perfect plan of God that they live out their full length of time down here below without sickness or disease, and then fall asleep in Jesus. I’ve preached it for more than sixty-five years and I’m still preaching it. I haven’t changed my message. The pastor would usually say to me, “Brother Hagin, I know all this is in the Bible, but you have just set it too high. Nobody can attain to it. A person can’t live without sickness.” I would respond, “Well, I am. I’d rather set my goals high and reach half of them, than to set them at nothing and get all of it.” He agreed to that. That’s our problem many times in life—both naturally and spiritually. We set our goals too low. I don’t know about you, but I want everything God has for me. I want the be...

Health Food – October 17 By Rhema Team, Oct 17, 2020 Faith To Be Healed So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  — ROMANS 10:17 Healing is in God’s plan of redemption, so it belongs to all of us. And faith for obtaining healing comes the same way that faith for obtaining salvation comes—by hearing the Gospel (the Word of God) preached. Acts chapter 14 tells us about the first missionary journey of Barnabas and Paul. It tells us where they went and what they did. Verse 7 says,  “And there they preached the gospel.” Let’s continue reading. ACTS 14:8–10 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. This man was definitely healed on his own faith. He was not healed because Paul was an apostle, or...

No Weapon Shall Prosper against You “No weapon formed against you shall prosper,   and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you   shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,   and their righteousness is from Me,” says the Lord. Isaiah 54:17 A life that is founded upon the gospel of Jesus Christ is unshakable. When you build your life upon the gospel, you are building on a strong foundation that will give you stability and the power of God for lasting breakthroughs (see Rom. 1:16). You may be going through an extremely difficult season right now. Perhaps you are reading this and you have just received a negative medical report, or maybe you are surrounded by some challenging circumstances at your place of employment. I want to encourage you to say this by faith: “I am too blessed to be stressed.” Now invite our Lord Jesus into your situation. Involve Him in your area of need. Whether it is a healing, provision, or relationship breakthrough ...

Health Food – October 15 By Rhema Team, Oct 15, 2020 What Does God’s Word Say? . . . for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.  — PSALM 138:2 So much of the time, we accept the testimony of our physical senses instead of accepting the testimony of God’s Word. What does God’s Word say? Instead of stopping to ask ourselves that question, we let our physical senses dominate us. Now you can ask that question on any subject. For instance, what does God’s Word say about sickness? Does God’s Word have anything to say about sickness? Certainly it does! Don’t spend all your time talking about how sick you are and what your symptoms are and what the doctor said about it. If you keep talking like that, you’ll die. In the face of sickness, stop and ask yourself, “What does God’s Word say about this disease?” Matthew 8:17 says,  “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”  What are you g...

Health Food – October 12 By Rhema Team, Oct 12, 2020 Don’t Talk Fear Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God . . .  — ISAIAH 41:10 Don’t confess fear. Some people might say, “But what if I’m afraid?” Well, you’re not really afraid if you look at it the way God looks at it. Dare to think like God thinks. Second Timothy 1:7 says,  “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”  God has not given you a spirit of fear. So begin to confess only what God has given you. Confess, “I have a spirit of power that drives away fear. I have a spirit of love. I have a spirit of a sound mind.” Fear will tell you, “You’re losing your mind.” And if you listen to it, you will become fearful, nervous, and distracted. The devil will tell you that you’re losing your mind. But don’t confess that. Start confessing, “I don’t have a spirit of fear. God didn’t give it to me, and I won’t accept it. I have a spirit of power...

Health Food – October 11 By Rhema Team, Oct 11, 2020 Don’t Talk Sickness For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.  — MATTHEW 12:37 I remember one dear person who was certain that she had cancer. For ten years, every time I saw her, she was sure that she had cancer. I’d say to her, “Well, you don’t.” Every six months, she would go to the doctor for a check up. The doctor never found a trace of cancer. But she would say, “I’m just sure I’ve got it.” Now she was a born-again, Spirit-filled Christian. I said to her, “Don’t talk sickness. You’ll never hear me talking sickness, because I don’t want sickness to dominate me and have a place in me.” But she would go right back to talking sickness. Then I just said outright, “Quit talking sickness! If you keep talking sickness, sickness will develop in your system. I don’t ever talk sickness. I talk healing and health. I don’t believe in sickness. I believe in healing and health. And, you see, what ...

Health Food – October 10 By Rhema Team, Oct 10, 2020 Don’t Give The Devil Permission Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.  — PSALM 141:3 Here is an important scriptural principle that many dear Christians have never seen or realized yet: With your mouth, you’re either going to give God dominion over you or you’re going to give Satan dominion over you. To be saved, you must confess the Lordship of Jesus. Romans 10:9 says,  “That if thou shalt CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”  You give Jesus dominion over you by confessing Him as your Lord. Then He begins to rule in your life. However, when you confess Satan’s ability to hinder you, to keep you from success, to hold you in bondage, or to keep you sick, you are giving Satan dominion over you. He is the god of this world, and he’ll move right in, because you’ve permitted him to do so. Many dear saint...

Health Food – October 8 By Rhema Team, Oct 8, 2020 The Realm Of Faith . . . The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.  — ROMANS 10:8 The greatest thing that will ever happen to you is when you move into this realm of faith that I’m talking about. Your intellect, or your mind, will fight you. And your physical senses will fight you every step of the way. They will fight to keep you from moving into this realm. If the natural mind is not renewed with the Word, or if it is just partially renewed with the Word, it will try to hold you in the natural realm. But there is a spiritual realm to enter into, where you think differently than you used to think. You talk differently than you used to talk. When you get right down to it, wrong thinking, wrong believing, and wrong confessing are the things that defeat us. Right thinking, right believing, and right confessing are the things that put us over. Now if what you say is wrong,...

Health Food – October 7 By Rhema Team, Oct 7, 2020 Speak Out What The Word Declares Is Yours According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.  — 2 PETER 1:3 The following is another word of instruction and exhortation that I received from the Lord: Healing and health, life and peace, Joy and rest, all belong to the saints of God. Defeat and failure, shortcomings, sickness, disease, and all that’s worse Belong to Adam’s race, because of the Fall. But remember that He [Jesus] came to redeem us all. So rejoice and be glad and let your mouth do its duty. Speak forth that which the Word has said And be ready to believe all that you have read. Yea, speak out that which the Word declares is yours, And your faith will create the reality of the same in your heart, and life, and body too. So you’ll have cause to rejoice and be glad while others are so sad. Yea, you will be f...

06 October 2020 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.                     Bb Gal 2:21 What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today? Everything! Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel "righteous." Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel "unrighteous." But this is the wrong definition and understanding of righteousness. Let's go back to what the Bible has to say. Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21: "For He [God] made Him [Jesus Christ] who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him [Jesus Christ]." We are not righteous because we do right. We became righteous because of what Jesus did for us at the cross. "Righteousness," therefore, is not based on our right doing. It is ba...

Health Food – October 5 By Rhema Team, Oct 5, 2020 God’s Way Of Thinking For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.  — ISAIAH 55:8–9 You can read what the Bible says, and from the natural standpoint, it doesn’t sound reasonable sometimes. But these verses in Isaiah have helped me greatly. Isaiah is contrasting our thoughts (man’s thoughts) with God’s thoughts. He says that God’s thoughts, or God’s way of thinking, is higher than man’s way of thinking. The Bible contains God’s thoughts. If you want to know God’s thinking on any subject, see what the Bible says on that subject. Now if your mind has not been renewed with the Word of God, it’s difficult for you to think in line with God’s way of thinking. (You get your mind renewed with the Word of God by meditating on it.) And even if your mind has been renewed, you still ma...

Health Food – October 4 By Rhema Team, Oct 4, 2020 Confession Precedes Actual Possession Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you.  — NUMBERS 14:28 Notice that even after the man with arthritis was anointed with oil and prayed for by the elders, there was still no manifestation. But they continued to confess that he was healed. You see, confession  precedes  possession. Or we could say, “Possession  follows  confession.” Another way to put it is, “Faith’s confessions create realities.” The man’s pain was gone. He was out of bed trimming a tree in his backyard. Then he drove his car. The reality of his healing was there. Well, that’s what most people want; that’s what they’re seeking. They want the reality of their healing. How do they get it? By confessing that they have it before they ever see it. I encourage you to read through the New Testament, underlining the expressions “in Him,” “in Christ,” an...

Health Food – October 3 By Rhema Team, Oct 3, 2020 Receive What God Has For You And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.  — LUKE 15:31 I received a letter some time ago that I’d like to share with you because it will inspire you and be a blessing to you. Dear Brother Hagin, My husband received healing through your ministry. My husband and I had begged God for years to no avail. But when we realized that healing was something we already had, and we decided to stand on the Word, it was only a matter of a few months until the manifestation of my husband’s healing began to appear. We not only stood on the Word by saying it to ourselves, we also said it to others. My husband first became ill in 1970 at the age of forty. The diagnosis was a non-crippling, but extremely painful form of arthritis. During the last five years, my husband had to stay in bed. The only time he got up was to go to the bathroom, see the doctor, or go to the hospital when the...