Belief No.7 -
Based on the following scriptures, I believe God wants me to enjoy
good physical health.
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John 2 - Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health
and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting
along well.
Exodus
15:26 - And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of
the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and
wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes,
I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have
brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the
Lord that heal thee.
Psalm 107:20 - He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them
from their destructions.
Proverbs
4:20-22 - My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my
sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst
of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them and
health to all their flesh.
Prov. 10:27 - The reverent and
worshipful fear of the Lord prolongs one's days, but the years of
the wicked shall be made short.
Psalm
103:3 - Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy
diseases.
Isaiah
53:4-5 NKJV - Surely He has borne our grief's
and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by
God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He
was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was
upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
Matt.
4:23-24 NKJ - 23 Now Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all
kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then
His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick
people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and
those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He
healed them.
Matt. 8:7-8,13 NKJ - 7 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal
him." 8 The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that
You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant
will be healed." 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way;
and as you have believed, so let it be done for you." And his
servant was healed that same hour.
Matt.
8:15-17 NKJ 15 And He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then
she arose and served them. 16 When evening had come, they brought to
Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with
a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our
infirmities and bore our sicknesses."
Matt. 9:35 NKJ 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Matt. 12:10,13 NKJ 10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered
hand. And they asked Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the
Sabbath?" -- that they might accuse Him. 13 Then He said to the man,
"Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and it was
restored as whole as the other.
Matt.
12:15 NKJ 15 But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there; and
great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
Matt. 12:22 NKJ 22 Then one was brought to Him who was
demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the
blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
Matt. 13:15 NKJ 15 for the heart of this people has grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest
they should understand with their heart and turn,
so that I should heal them.
Matt. 14:14 NKJ 14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude;
and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
Matt.
15:28 NKJ 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is
your faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter was
healed from that very hour.
Matt. 15:30 NKJ 30 Then great multitudes came to Him, having with
them those who were lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and
they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them.
Matt. 19:2 NKJ - And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed
them there.
Matthew 21:22 - Whatever you ask for in Prayer with faith you will
receive.
Mark 1:34
NKJ - Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and
cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak,
because they knew Him.
Mark 3:10 NKJ 10 For He healed many, so that as many as had
afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.
Mark 6:5-6 NKJ 5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that
He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He
marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages
in a circuit, teaching.
Luke 4:18
NKJ - "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me
to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,"
Luke 4:40 NKJ - Now when the sun was setting, all those who had
anyone sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid
His hands on every one of them and healed them.
Luke 5:15 NKJ - Then the report went around concerning Him all the
more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed
by Him of their infirmities.
Luke 6:17-19 NKJ - And He came down with them and stood on a level
place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people
from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and
Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, 18 as
well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were
healed.19 And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power
went out from Him and healed them all.
Luke 8:43,44,47,48 NKJ - Now a woman, having a flow of blood for
twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and
could not be healed by any, 44 came from behind and touched the
border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped. 47
Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling;
and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of
all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed
immediately. 48 And He said to her, "Daughter, be of good cheer;
your faith has made you well. Go in peace."
Luke 9:11 NKJ - But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him;
and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of
God, and healed those who had need of healing.
Luke 9:42 NKJ - And as he was still coming, the demon threw him down
and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the
child, and gave him back to his father.
Luke 13:11-16 NKJ - And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit
of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way
raise herself up.12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and
said to her, "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity." 13 And He
laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and
glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with
indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to
the crowd, "There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore
come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day." 15 The Lord
then answered.... 16 "So ought not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan has bound --think of it -- for eighteen years,
be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"
Luke 14:3-4 NKJ - And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and
Pharisees,
saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" 4 But they kept
silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go.
Luke 17:12-15 NKJ - Then as He entered a certain village, there met
Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted
up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" 14 So
when He saw them, He said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the
priests." And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.15 Now
one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a
loud voice glorified God.
Luke 22:50-51 NKJ - And one of them struck the servant of the high
priest and cut off his right ear. 51 But Jesus answered and said,
"Permit even this." And He touched his ear and healed him.
John 14:12-14 - I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me
will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than
these because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you
ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You
may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Acts 10:38
- How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and hearing
all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
James 1:17
- Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the
Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting
shadows.
Hebrews
4:12:13 - For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any
double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,
joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the
heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom
we must give account.
Hebrews
13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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Peter 2:24 - Who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness, by whose
stripes we were healed.