Today's "Faith Food" by Kenneth E. Hagin is a great lesson in standing in faith!
By His Stripes
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes
ye were healed. — 1 PETER 2:24
Some years ago, I was awakened at 1:30 a.m. with severe
symptoms in my heart and chest. I knew something about such symptoms because I
had been bedfast and given up to die with a heart condition as a teenager.
The devil said to my mind, “You’re going to die. This is one
time you’re not going to get your healing.”
I pulled the covers over my head and began to laugh. I
didn’t feel like laughing, but I just laughed anyway for about ten minutes.
Finally, the devil asked me what I was laughing about.
“I’m laughing at you!” I said. “You said I wasn’t going to
get my healing. Ha, ha, Mr. Devil. I don’t expect to get my healing! Jesus
already got it for me! Now, in case you can’t read, I’ll quote First
Peter 2:24 for you.” And I did.
After quoting the last phrase, “. . . by whose stripes
ye were healed,” I said, “Now if we were — I was! So I don’t have to get
it — Jesus already got it! And because Jesus got it for me, I accept it, and
claim it, and I have it. Now you just gather up your little symptoms and get
out of here, Mr. Devil!”
And he did!
Confession: Jesus has already obtained healing for me.
I accept it. I claim it. I have it. By Jesus’ stripes, I was healed!
We must all, each and every one of us, learn how to speak to the enemy in the authority of the Word of God! He MUST obey! Remember, he is under the feet of JESUS, which means that he is also under OURS! AMEN! Her is Hillsong with "No One But You":Shalom in Him!
