Healing Promises (15 page)

I, (state your name), AM the righteousness of God in Christ!

Come on, say it out loud at least three times and believe it in your heart every day. If the enemy tells you, “You’re a bad Christian and that’s why you’re sick,” just declare, “I AM RIGHTEOUS IN CHRIST!” When you honor the work of the Son, you’ll see Him arising “with healing in His wings” for every weakness, distress and pain!

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness…

—P
SALM 119:142

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made
sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many
will be made righteous.

—R
OMANS 5:19

David says the same thing when he speaks of
the blessedness of the man to whom God credits
righteousness apart from works.

—R
OMANS 4:6, NIV

The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those
who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

—P
SALM 146:8, NIV

Righteous Forever Through Christ’s Obedience

Because your righteousness from the Lord is not based on what
you’ve
done, but what
He
has done at Calvary, you cannot lose this righteousness through the wrong that you do. And if you are righteous, healing, a blessing that belongs to the righteous, belongs to you!

When you realize that you cannot earn your righteousness, you’ll realize that your failures cannot cause you to
lose
this righteousness, and therefore your right to God’s healing.

Beloved, you are
forever righteous
because of JESUS’ obedience (not your obedience) and finished work! Through His perfect sacrifice, He has qualified you for healing, wholeness and long life!

For if by the one man’s offense death reigned
through the one, much more those who
receive abundance of grace and of the
gift of righteousness will reign in life
through the One, Jesus Christ.

—R
OMANS 5:17

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.

—P
SALM 92:12, NIV

He does not take His eyes off the righteous;
He enthrones them with kings and
exalts them forever.

—J
OB 36:7, NIV

Those Who Know They Are Righteous Reign

Why is it so important to know and believe that you are the righteousness of God in Christ? Because it is those who know and believe that they are righteous in Christ who will
reign in life.

When you reign in life you
reign over
sin, poverty, depression, addictions and all types of sicknesses. Having a strong and robust body is part of reigning in life. Instead of death and all its related forms reigning, life and life more abundantly will reign in you!

So every day, receive God’s gift of righteousness by simply thanking Him for it, believing it in your heart and speaking it to yourself. Beloved, you can start to reign in life today!

Today I have given you the choice between life and
death…Oh, that you would choose life, so that you
and your descendants might live!

—D
EUTERONOMY 30:19, NLT

Death and life are in the power of the tongue…

—P
ROVERBS 18:21

In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway
there is no death.

—P
ROVERBS 12:28

And since we have the same spirit of faith, according
to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,”
we also believe and therefore speak.

—
2
C
ORINTHIANS 4:13

Choose Life Today!

You can
choose life
today. How? By realizing that life and death are in the power of your tongue. So you can walk and reign in life every day: Instead of complaining about your symptoms, simply thank God for His gift of righteousness and declare your righteousness in Christ.

Say this prayer with me:

Jesus, thank You for not just loving me and removing my sins, but for also giving me Your everlasting righteousness.

You ARE my righteousness—today, tomorrow and forevermore. And because I am righteous, I will REIGN IN LIFE through You. I will reign over sin and sickness, and live a life that glorifies You!

But if Christ is in you, your body is dead
because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because
of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who
raised Jesus from the dead is living in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead will also
give life to your mortal bodies through
His Spirit, who lives in you.

—R
OMANS 8:10–11, NIV