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  (SERMON CLIP) REASONS FOR SICKNESS
  by Zac Poonen
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the impact of unforgiveness on physical
health, attributing at least 20% of sickness among believers to
harboring unforgiveness. The speaker highlights the importance of
forgiveness for maintaining health and preventing sickness, advocating
for forgiveness as a means to achieve lasting health rather than just
seeking healing. Personal testimony is shared to support the claim that
forgiveness leads to better health and longevity.

Topics: "Forgiveness", "Health and Well-being"
Scripture References: Matthew 6:14, Proverbs 17:22, Colossians 3:13, James 5:16

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This sermon emphasizes the impact of unforgiveness on physical health,
attributing at least 20% of sickness among believers to harboring
unforgiveness. The speaker highlights the importance of forgiveness for
maintaining health and preventing sickness, advocating for forgiveness
as a means to achieve lasting health rather than just seeking healing.
Personal testimony is shared to support the claim that forgiveness leads
to better health and longevity.

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CONTENT
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Do you know why many believers are sick? Why so many people have
incurable headaches? Many sicknesses like arthritis and asthma and so
many sicknesses. Not all, but at least 20% of sicknesses among believers
are because they haven't forgiven somebody. 80% of sicknesses are
because we are living in a world which is under the curse.

But 20% of sicknesses are because you haven't forgiven somebody. So we
may not be able to eliminate the 80% because we are living in a world
under the curse. But we can eliminate the 20%.

You know there are many Christians who preach about healing. Jesus can
heal. I believe in something better than healing.

That is health. Prevention is better than cure. It's better to be
healthy than to get sick and be healed.

I don't want Jesus to be my healer, I want Jesus to be my health. And
one way I can be healthy is by forgiving other people. By never feeling
bitterness against anybody.

Never being jealous of anybody in the world. Never exalting myself over
anybody in the world. Never hitting back at somebody who hits at me.

Simple things like this. You can be healthy. That is better than
healing.

I have proved it. I am 70 years old, I have proved it for 50 years. If
you don't forgive others, you will become sick.

You can be cured if you forgive those people. But Jesus tells you to
forgive. But the giant says don't.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/wxH2WQocrYw.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/zac-poonen/sermon-clip-reasons-for-sickness/
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