Promised Land

         This is an explanation of what the Promised Land is that’s referenced in my book, Cancer-Free! How to Challenge the Odds by Fighting Spiritually - Caleb's Story. This book is based on the Old Testament story of Joshua's faithful companion, Caleb. It's his example of how to fight the Giant and receive the "Promised Land," promises. You can currently find it available on Amazon.

        In a nutshell, the definition of a Promised Land (for this book) is how to attain your promise for defeating the Giant (Cancer) and living a healed, abundant life. It’s a land that's overflowing with continual blessings.

        Speaking of blessings, let me bless you with an encouraging word about the Promised Land of Health. This land is already yours - right now. Yes, that’s right, you can be made whole - now! God desires for you to be healed. Plus, He says, “I will bring it to pass.”

        But, first, it’s crucial to know what the promises are in your Promised Land of perfect health. Knowing what’s promised will help you stand firm against the ugly symptoms that try to raise their prideful heads. These promises are a foundation to stand on by faith. 

        If a foundation isn't laid down first, then all we get done is wishing for a miracle. This is quite a bit different than wishing on a star. Believe me, foremost, we always stay in hope and faith. Hope is imperative to have faith. It's faith that grabs what you believe for well in advance and continues proactively until it's received. Wishing only grabs ahold of nothing and is passive when it comes to receiving. It’s almost like Que será, será, whatever will be, will be; the future’s not ours to see - which is a LIE.

         You'll also need to know how to receive the fullness of this promised healed land. Attaining your healing will be especially hard if you don’t know what your promises are or how to access them.  Understanding all of these foundations will set your focus onto your promises much better, which in turn will allow you to be able to anticipate that you're going to be healed - if you’re not already healed.

        Here’s an example of not knowing what’s promised to you. Once, I called my cell phone provider. They told me that a particular benefit was available to me and had been for quite a while. BUT, because I didn’t know about it, I didn’t or couldn’t take advantage of it. Take, for instance, this cell-phone benefit example; now apply it in knowing what God has for you in the Bible regarding your healing. It's the same principle.

        Let’s delve into a few of these promises that God says are already yours. This will also help you learn how to appropriate these benefits for your complete healing.

        One day the Lord spoke to me and said, “Kathy, I’m looking for someone to agree with me.” Immediately within me, I was ready to agree with God. I’ll ask you the same question, “Are you ready to agree with God?” He’s wanting...desiring and looking for you to agree with Him! Because God only has good things for you. Jeremiah 29:11, it says, “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans for good and not evil to give you a wonderful future and a hope.” How can you have any hope if you don’t know that God has a wonderful future in store for you? This is one of the promises in your healed Promised Land.

        You might be thinking – If God only has good for me, then why do I have Cancer? This is one thing that needs to be addressed before anything else. God is not the author nor the One who initiates any disease. John 10:10 states that we have an enemy, the devil. The devil is the one who comes at our life (or tries) to kill, steal, and destroy us. 

        This fact is essential to understand. No one is excluded because every human being has an enemy (the devil) who hates them. Let’s look at the rest of this scripture in John 10. “But, Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly.”  We are to agree with God regarding this promise - it is He who wants us to agree with Him. When we are in Christ, it should be an abundant life in Him! And, this abundant life includes living in perfect health HERE on Earth.

         God’s Words (scriptures) are truth. Rest assured, God doesn’t lie because He can’t. It’s not in His nature to lie. In Matthew 24:35, it says, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Words will never pass away.” His Word will never die; they are eternal. You could consider them to be “forever” Words. All of your promises are what God says. The Bible is the only reference you should use to begin agreeing with Him.

        Isaiah 55:11 says, “So is My Word that goes out from My mouth. It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” God’s Words are active, and they will accomplish the promised health. Then, God said in Psalm 107:20, “He (God) sent His Word and healed you,” from Cancer. Now, can you agree with God that His Words are sent to you at this very moment? AND He HAS already healed you? I know I can agree with God for that!

        Here’s a scripture that explains how God’s Word works. Jeremiah 23:29, NLT, “God says, Does not my Word burn like fire? Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?” You could say it like this. “God’s Word is a mighty hammer that smashes cancer to pieces, and He eliminates it from my body. Once and for all.”

        God is relentless about wanting to heal you entirely - spirit, soul, and body. That means you are “every whit whole," John 7:23. "Every whit whole" means you are healed clear down to the cellular level. Isn't that what cancer's all about? 

       Walking in perfect health is part of your salvation. It's what God’s only Son, Jesus, bore on his back when the Roman soldiers laid down the stripes. Every drop of His blood was shed for the sins of all humankind. The cross, where he died, was what we needed, but His resurrection - now that's the power - the total completion of our victory! Yes, He died for our sins, but also for our healing and so we can prosper too. Because of Jesus' victory over death, we too can walk in that same victory. According to God, you are already healed.

        Hebrews 13:8 says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. This means what Jesus did over 2000 years ago for your health is still for you today and forever! Remember, God’s Words are “forever” Words. Please let this sink deep within; God says you are already healed today!

        Here’s another way to agree with God for receiving your Promised Land (healing). Agreeing with God happens when you speak out loud what God says about your situation. His Words in scripture are what God says about you. Please keep in mind that God's not a liar. By decreeing out loud, that's the way you renew your mind to receive it deep within your spirit. Continue speaking what God says about your health, and soon you'll find what God says in His Word, or the scriptures will come to pass in your life.

        Proverbs 18:21 says, “The tongue has the power of life and death and those who love it will eat its fruit.” If we speak positive, we have that fruit; if we talk negatively, we can have that outcome. This pretty much sounds like the balls in your court - it’s your choice. Positive Words or God’s Words become active as they are put into motion - a miracle. Negative words, even our inner thoughts, and feelings set in motion the enemy, which takes you further from a miracle.

        Proverbs 18:21 says the outcome or fruit you will achieve is from your own words, alone. In Job 22:28, this gives further instruction, “You shall also decree a thing, and it will be established unto you, and the light shall shine upon your ways.” Begin decreeing or speaking out loud into the atmosphere scriptures (God’s Words) of your healing!

        I also love the scripture in Ezekiel 37:4; it's about speaking or prophesying the Word too. “Speak a prophetic message to these bones, and say dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord.” (This is being in total agreement with God!). “This is what the Sovereign Lord says; Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!” Now that’s the abundant life - of living a full life again!!!

         On another occasion, during prayer, the Lord spoke to me and said: “Speak into each problem what you want to happen.” What an opportunity to agree with God and watch Him move. And, there were no limits attached to this word. So, that meant in every circumstance of my life! Of course, the Lord knew that I would only speak according to what His Word says. I’m not saying I’ve been perfect at this. It is challenging at first, especially in the heat of a trial, but it's achievable.

        God kept encouraging me to work on this (only speaking what I want to happen), and I knew if I did it out of obedience, I would receive. You can do this too and obtain whatever you desire. God says that He gives us the desires of our hearts. God is not a respecter of person, meaning He won’t do it for one person and not the other. So, what He does for me, He'll do for you!

        When we agree with God, we activate our faith. Don’t be concerned that you don’t have enough faith; that’s just a trick of the enemy. If you are born again, the Spirit of the Living God dwells within you. Your faith activates Holy Spirit, and also how we agree with God!  It is the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) working through our faith that heals us. Romans 8:11, “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 because of His Spirit who lives in you.” Faith walks hand-in-hand with expectancy - you are expecting to be healed. On a side note, when you move in faith, you please God.

        Mark 11:23 is the next step to actively agreement with God. It says, “If anyone says to this mountain (cancer), go throw yourself into the sea, and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.” 

        Believing allows you to appropriate the Word. Or apply it to your health and life. Luke 8:50 says, “Don’t be afraid, only believe, and you will be well.” Only believe - no disbelief allowed! This relieves you of a lot of worry and stress when you know that you believe what God has already said about your health. He HAS already said that YOU are HEALED.

        Here’s the simultaneous sequence, agree with God, speak what He says, activate your faith in expectancy of complete health, and believe that the miracle is done. 

        All you have to say and believe is, "God, You said it, and I agree with you. You are the One who performs miracles." It's that simple. It’s not like you are trying to get God to agree with what you want. You don’t have to talk Him into healing you because God already wants this for you. He wants you healed and all cancers eradicated.

        Check out these words – quick, alive, powerful, sharper than the best sword ever. These words describe how powerful the Word of God is. Hebrews 4:12, “For the Word of God is alive 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.” The Word of God is the best weapon to use against cancer, and it's the only weapon that will win every time!

        I love this! Here’s a bonus – God's Holy Angels! Yes, Angels are on assignment for you right now or at least desire to be! Psalms 103:20 says, “Praise the Lord, you, His angels, you mighty ones who do His bidding, who obey His Word.” God's Holy Angels obey His Word. That means when you speak the Word of God (scriptures), which is also agreeing with God, Angels are activated to obey His Word. And perform them! So, all you have to do is ask the angels to be activated or dispatched on your behalf as you speak or decree God’s Words!!! As you do, you automatically have a Holy Air Force of Angels warring for you to bring God’s Word to pass in your life. I don’t know about you, but that is a HUGE bonus!

        Regularly, take your authority in Jesus’ Name. You have been given executor permission to use the most powerful Name on the Earth, below the Earth, and in the Heavens - the Name of JESUS! Jesus gives you a power of attorney to use His Name when you pray to Father. All (every bit) of power Jesus has already provided to you in His Name. In other words, you have the same power and authority that Jesus does.

        While on the cross, Jesus said in Matthew 26:53, “Do you think I cannot call on my Father and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?” If Jesus can call on twelve armies of Angels - well, guess what? You can too! Yes, everything that’s available to Jesus, you also have access to.

        Here's a perfect scripture to decree out loud. Psalm 118:10-12 (NLT), “Though hostile cancer surrounds me, I destroyed it with the authority of the Lord, Yes, cancer surrounded and attacked me – But I destroyed it all with the authority of the Lord. It swarmed around me like bees, cancer blazed against me like a crackling fire, But I destroyed all cancer with the authority of the Lord.” (In this scripture, I exchanged the word enemy for cancer - which is the same thing.)

        God is looking for someone to agree with Him. Yes, of course, that someone is you! 

LET’S PRAY 

        Lord, this day, I determine to agree with You. I decree that I’m no longer hard on myself, but I give myself a break. I choose to work with You and allow You to work in my life. God, I give You permission and trust that You will move in my life. I agree with what You say in Your Word; I am healed of Cancer. Lord, place Your Word in my heart and let me meditate on it day and night. I speak Your Word and ask that Your Holy Angels are dispatched on my behalf as I do. I decree that I am rid of every cancerous cell - I am healed. I thank You, Lord, in advance, for answering my prayers. Amen.  

VICTORY SCRIPTURES

• For the Lord, your God, is the one who goes with you to fight against Cancer for you, and He gives you the victory. Deuteronomy 20:4
• Do not fear Cancer nor be dismayed because of this disease, for the battle is not yours but God’s. 2 Chronicles 20:15
• You have given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness makes me great. Psalm 18:35
• Thanks be to God, who always leads me in triumph over Cancer in Christ and manifests through you the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14
• Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but I will boast in the name of the Lord, my God! Cancer has bowed down and fallen, but I have risen and stood upright. Psalm 20:7-8
• O give me help against Cancer, for I cannot deliver myself. Through God, I shall do valiantly, and it is God who will tread down Cancer for me. Psalm 60:11-12
• I am prepared for this battle of Cancer; it is God alone who brings me the victory over Cancer. Proverbs 21:31