39 STRIPES

                   When I sit back and remember all our Saviour went through to make us whole, it makes me sad! Why? Because we have refused to know that He died for a cause. He gave Himself up for our sake. Got down so we can rise up. Why do we still let the devil creep into our hearts, mind and body and get us beat down? Remember how He was beaten, spat on, He carried ALL those burdens just to make us WHOLE! Do you know we were created with divine health? Genesis 2:7 says, “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and BREATHED into his nostrils the breath of LIFE; and man became a living soul”. It was the breath of God that was responsible for the supernatural health man enjoyed in the garden. Divine health is supernatural health!

 WHAT IS DIVINE HEALTH?

      This is “God’s-like” body. (You must a have connection with God to enjoy divine health). Now, as children of God we are entitled to divine health. God put supernatural life in us; His own kind of life in us, that we may enjoy God’s kind of health. He created us in His image and likeness. Genesis 1:26.

      It may interest you to know that only ONE thing can cut us from divine health. And that is………………. SIN!!! (Genesis 2:16-17).

When I was sold out to the devil, dwelling in all that filth and disgust, I was saying yes to him destroying my body, soul, and spirit man. A healthy spirit is what guarantees a healthy mind and body. (3 John 1:2), so when man’s spirit dies, his mind and body becomes exposed and subject to the forces of death. When I was saying yes to the devil, I was exposing myself to those forces, which are:

·         Sicknesses

·         Affliction

·         Physical death

        When Adam and Eve gave in to the devil by eating the forbidden fruit, they realized they were naked and hid themselves, (Genesis 3:7-8), man suddenly became responsible for his well-being via natural provision. (Genesis 3:7-9, 15). You see, SIN put us under the dominion of satan. We lost divine health to sin, therefore making us vulnerable to sicknesses, diseases, even death because divine health was its defense against all that.

Now, that was why JESUS came!

1.       To save us from our sin (Colossian 2:13).

2.       By His blood redeemed us, brought us back from sin and satan (Hebrews 9:11-12, 1 Corinthians 6:20).

3.       He gave us back the God-kind of life.

4.       He remained committed to man’s health all through His ministry (Acts 10:38).

     When I gave my life to Christ and accepted Him as my Lord and Saviour, I never had anything to do with sickness anymore. The devil has no power to put sickness in me. I am now more powerful than sickness.

              In Isaiah 53:1-5 talks of how He was rejected by men, He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; and by His stripes we are HEALED! He was given 39 stripes. It has been recorded that all the diseases in this world has been categorized into 39. So it will interest you to know, each stripe He bore for us represent each disease. Why do we still ignore all this privileges? Sickness isn’t for us! God’s will for us is DIVINE HEALTH (3 John: 2, Jeremiah 29:11, Exodus 23:25, Isaiah 33:24, Joel 3:10).

     This sickness is not just limited to physical sickness of the body, but also sickness of the spirit (Proverbs 15:13), emotional sickness e.g., anxiety, bitterness, sorrow, unforgivness, frustration, etc.

HOW DO WE ACQUIRE THIS HEALING?

    Some of the ways are:

1.       Recovering by laying of hands. (Mark 16:17-18)

2.       Healing through the name of JESUS.

3.       Through the power Jesus has given us. (Luke 10:19; 9:1; 10:1).

4.       Healing through the word of God.

5.       Through communion.

6.       Through the anointing oil.

7.       Through the blood of Jesus.

8.       Through mantle and feet washing.

9.       Confession of faith.

10.   Curse the sickness.

11.   By faith, prayer and praise.

The devil will always try to hinder us through sin, doubt and unbelief, impatience, unforgivness and bitterness, absence of love, fear, religious misconception, anxiety and unthankfulness, etc. But it’s our place not to give in. Jesus has given us this beautiful benefit, let us stop living this world’s way. We are saved that we may be made whole.  When I caught this rhema in 2010 after I gave my life to Christ, it was goodbye to sickness for LIFE!!! Till date, I have not had any reason to lay on any sick bed, not even headache, I will work myself hard, but never break down. I don’t remember what it’s like to be sick with any sort of common illness. Who says the devil never still attempts to break me down? Of course he sends all sort of aches n pains my way, but I remind him, because he is too dumb to remember that my JESUS bore ALL my sicknesses and diseases, so I can NEVER fall into his trap.

       You too can live your remaining days in TOTAL HEALTH, therefore, the last health crisis you saw is the last you will ever see again In JESUS name. Amen. Whenever the devil comes by to make you feel down and ill, remind him Jesus died for your sake, and took away some alllllllllll sicknesses. Remember Jesus lives in us, His Spirit is alive in us, so sickness can never dwell in your body. Unless you don’t know why Jesus died or He didn’t die for you, then you are permitted to be sick. But if He did, I tell you, you are free!!! Have you ever heard our Lord God had fever, or malaria, or cancer or asthma? Remember, we are created in HIS IMAGE and LIKENESS! What is not found in Him is not permitted to be seen in us ever!

  

       But if you’re not SAVED, you’re not SAFE! If you have not accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, or peradventure you had, but fell back into sin, divine health can never be your! So take a moment and surrender to Him or rededicate your life to Him again. Repent of your sins and accept Him into your heart as Lord over your life and watch divine health locate you.

         LORD JESUS, I PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN TODAY, I ASK LORD YOU HEAL THEM OF EVERY FORM OF SICKNESS OR DISEASES THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO TRICK THEM WITH. YOU DIED FOR OUR SAKE AND BY YOUR STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. LORD, WE BELIEVE YOU’RE OUR HEALER, AND DELIVERER. FOR NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU. JUST LIKE YOU HAVE BLESSED ME WITH DIVINE HEALTH THAT I AM ABLE TO TESTIFY TODAY, I ASK YOU RELEASE HEALING TO THEIR BODIES, SOUL AND SPIRIT, THAT THEY MAY HAVE EVERY REASON TO GLORIFY YOU AND TESTIFY OF YOUR AWESOMENESS. THANK YOU FATHER, FOR WE BELIEVE WE ARE MADE WHOLE NOW. IN JESUS BLESSED NAME. AMEN!!!     Celebrate your health today.

         I love you but JESUS loves you more…….

                 

                            

                    This was in 2010 (with my many illnesses), before I got saved. 

                     Me now in EVERLASTING DIVINE HEALTH…….. GLORY!!!!
                           JOANN ENE-ITA