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BoldnessThe Name of Jesus is the Even though God “hath delivered us from the power of mightiest weapon God darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his has put in our hands, as dear Son,” we still live in a world that’s dominated by the believers, and He’s given devil. We still have to deal with an adversary who roams it to us because we have to this earth, “as a roaring lion…seeking whom he may have it. Without the power devour” (Colossians 1:13; 1 Peter 5:8). of that Name, we can’t do what we’re called to do even He’s a defeated adversary, of course. Jesus thoroughly though we’ve been born whipped him 2,000 years ago and won the victory for us again and baptized with for all time. But for us to walk in that victory, we have to the Holy Spirit. enforce it. We have to keep the devil under our feet by using the powerful Name of Jesus—the Name above all names—against him and his works.

In Mark 16, Jesus told us what that Name can do. In what we call the Great Commission, He said: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.… And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover” (verses 15, 17-18). e authority of the Name of Jesus is of vital importance when it comes to advancing the kingdom of God. Faith in that Name is what empowers us to overturn the works of the kingdom of darkness. Brother Kenneth E. Hagin used to say, and I’ve proven it out over the years in my own life: “No faith in Jesus’ Name equals no results. A little faith in

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4 : BVOV POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 1 The Name of Jesus is the mightiest weapon God has put in your hand as a believer. Phil. 2:10 2 Faith in that Name empowers you to overturn the devil’s works and advance the kingdom of God. Mark 16:15, 17-18 3 Peter healed the crippled man at the Temple by faith in Jesus’ Name. Acts 3:16 4 Jesus’ Name on the lips of a believer can do anything Jesus Himself can do. John 14:12-13 5 As a born-again child of God, you can use Jesus’ Name as if it belongs to you, because it does. Eph. 3:14-15

BVOV : 5 His Name equals little results. A lot of 10:17). If you keep using it and you don’t What exactly does that look like? You faith in His Name equals amazing results.” replenish it by going back and hearing can see in Acts 3. It tells about a time “But Brother Copeland, don’t all more WORD, your faith will get to after Jesus’ resurrection when Peter and Christians have faith in Jesus’ Name? where it has no strength at all. John were going into the Temple to pray Didn’t we have to have faith in it just to Unlike physical weakness however, and a lame man asked them for alms. get saved?” when your faith gets weak you won’t Yes, but getting saved isn’t the end necessarily notice right away. Because And Peter, fastening his eyes upon of the story. e Bible says, “ e just you can’t feel faith, you may only realize him with John, said, Look on us. And shall live by faith” (Hebrews 10:38). To it’s getting weak when it stops producing he gave heed unto them, expecting to maintain a living faith in the Name of results: when you pray for something in receive something of them. en Peter Jesus, you have to keep feeding it on e Jesus’ Name, for example, and nothing said, Silver and gold have I none; but WORD of God. You have to keep going happens. Or you command healing such as I have give I thee: In the name of back to what He said about that Name, or to come in that Name and yet days… Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. your faith will become weak and depleted. weeks…and months go by…and the And he took him by the right hand, You’ll continue to say “in the Name of sickness still remains. and lifted him up: and immediately his Jesus” when you pray, but you’ll just say it feet and ankle bones received strength. by rote. You’ll say it out of mental assent Yes, No or Wait Awhile? And he leaping up stood, and walked, and familiarity, without any actual faith. is happens in the Body of and entered with them into the temple, To understand why this is, think about Christ far too much these days. walking, and leaping, and praising God how your physical body operates. It has We’ve gotten way to accustomed to (verses 4-8). to be fed to produce energy. If you keep waiting long periods of time for our using that energy, even if all you’re doing prayers to produce results. In some You talk about immediate results! is lifting your arm up and down, you’ll circles, Christians have even come up Peter and John didn’t just pray for that eventually have to eat to replenish your with doctrines to explain the delay. man and walk away hoping someday strength. Otherwise you won’t be able to “God always answers prayer,” they God would answer. ey just gave the lift your arm anymore. say. “Sometimes the answer is yes, faith command in Jesus’ Name, grabbed e same is true with faith because, sometimes it’s no, and sometimes it’s the man’s hand, and jerked him to his like your body, faith is a living thing. It’s wait awhile.” feet. ey believed that Jesus’ Name spiritual strength that comes by “hearing, at just isn’t true. ere’s not one would do the job and the man would and hearing…the word of God” (Romans instance in the Gospels where Jesus immediately be made whole. ever told anyone who came to Him “Yes, but Peter and John could do that for healing to wait awhile to receive kind of thing,” someone might say. “ ey it. No, He always responded like He were apostles!” did to the man who came to Him in True, but that wasn’t the reason the Matthew 8 to be healed of leprosy. man was healed. Peter himself said Jesus—The Jesus didn’t say to that man, “Yes, I’ll so. He told the astonished crowd that Name Above heal you, but you’ll have to wait about gathered around to marvel over the Every Name four years.” He said, “I will; be thou miracle, “Why look ye so earnestly on us, Jesus’ Name is far clean,” and healed the man immediately as though by our own power or holiness above every name and He’s given it to (verse 3). we had made this man to walk? e God us to use! Jesus is still saying that same “I will” of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, today! the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Study Kenneth Copeland Guide He’s “the same yesterday, and to day, Son Jesus…. And his name through faith Included shows you step by step how to and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). “All the in his name hath made this man strong, use the Name of promises of God in Him are Yes, and in whom ye see and know: yea, the faith Jesus and expect 10 CDs and Release the Study Guide signs to follow. 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and they shall recover” (verses 17-18). By what power, or by what name, have dead, even by him doth this man stand Jesus’ Name didn’t work for Peter ye done this? en Peter, filled with the here before you whole (verses 7-10). because he was an apostle. It worked for Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of him because he was a believer. It worked the people, and elders of Israel, if we this because he had faith in the power of day be examined of the good deed done The Name Is What Jesus’ Name. to the impotent man, by what means he Does the Miracles He said so again in Acts 4 when the is made whole; be it known unto you all, How did the religious leaders react to religious leaders arrested him and John and to all the people of Israel, that by the that explanation? and interrogated them about the lame name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom Not well at all. ey weren’t excited man’s healing. When they asked, ye crucified, whom God raised from the about the fact that the Name of Jesus

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Kenneth was now doing the same miracles Jesus hands on the man again, then said to Himself did before He was crucified. him, “Now, see if you can bend over.” ey were extremely disturbed by it. e man tried but he couldn’t. He was & Jerry So, they threatened Peter and John and still completely stiff. Preaching Together All Year Long “commanded them not to speak at all nor Brother Hagin went through the teach in the name of Jesus” (verse 18). same process three different times, and e threats didn’t work though. On still got no results. en suddenly he saw the contrary, when Peter and John Jesus standing there. went back and told the other believers “Lord, I did what You told me,” he what had happened, they became more said. “I cast that spirit out in Your Name determined than ever. ey prayed in but he didn’t leave. What should I do?” one accord for God to “grant unto thy “In My Name cast him out, and he’ll To commemorate 50 years since the launch of servants, that with all boldness they may go,” Jesus answered. his own ministry, Jerry Savelle is ministering speak thy word, by stretching forth thine “Yes Sir, that’s what I did. But he alongside Kenneth Copeland at each hand to heal; and that signs Victory Campaign during 2019, in addition to the Southwest Believers’ Convention. and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy AUG. 29-31 child Jesus” (verses 29-30). JESUS’ NAME MIDWEST Notice, they prayed that VICTORY CAMPAIGN DIDN’T WORK FOR FREE Southfield, Mich. signs and wonders would EVENTS be done not just in the PETER BECAUSE HE SEPT. 12-14 Name of Jesus but by that GOLD COAST Name. In other words, WAS AN APOSTLE. VICTORY CAMPAIGN the Name is what does Queensland, Australia the miracles—and it does IT WORKED FOR HIM them when it’s used “with NOV. 7-9 all boldness.” BECAUSE HE WAS WASHINGTON, D.C. In our day, such VICTORY CAMPAIGN boldness has often been A BELIEVER. B Woodbridge, Va. lacking. at’s one of the reasons we’ve been laying KCM.ORG/EVENTS hands on a lot of people and some of didn’t go. What should I do?” them have received something and some “In My Name cast him out, and he’ll haven’t. We’ve been making the same go,” Jesus repeated. Join us for these events. mistake that Brother Hagin used to “Lord, I did. But he didn’t go.” warn us about—one he freely admitted “I said he would!” Jesus said, AUG. 16 OCT. 13 to making at times himself. fire flashing in His eyes. en He HIDDEN SPRINGS, ARIZ. TUBA CITY, ARIZ. I remember one story he used to tell on disappeared. Healing of the Nations Navajo Nation’s Motorcycle Rally : cofaz.org Western Fair : 480-539-5285 himself quite often. It was about a time Instantly, Brother Hagin realized his he was ministering to a man who came mistake. He went back to the man, put OCT. 29 in the prayer line to receive healing. e his hands on him, and said to the demon, AUG. 22-23 AUTAUGAVILLE, ALA. BROOKLYN PARK, MINN. Greater Glory Canaan Land man’s body was stiff as a board from the “In the Name of Jesus, you leave this 2019 Upper Midwest canaanland.com neck down, and when Brother Hagin man’s body.” en he said to the man, Faith Explosion : lwcc.org laid hands on him nothing happened. “Now, bend over!” Sure enough, the man DEC. 31 e anointing just jumped back and bent right down and touched his toes. SEPT. 6 NEWARK, TEXAS forth between Brother Hagin’s hands What was the difference? Boldness! AMARILLO, TEXAS NEW YEAR’S EVE Pathpoint Fellowship SERVICE instead of going into the man. Instead of saying, “See if you can…,” he 20th Anniversary emic.org Jesus had previously taught Brother gave the faith command in Jesus’ Name: pathpointfellowship.com Join Pastor George Hagin that when the anointing jumped “Bend!” Pearsons: like that it meant that an evil spirit was I remember a similar story about SEPT. 26-28 OCT. 5 involved, and he should cast it out in Aimee Semple McPherson. She was in COLUMBIA, S.C. NEWARK, TEXAS Jesus’ Name and then minister healing. a meeting one time ministering to the 2019 Word Explosion Built to Last Men’s Event aldowningministries.org emic.org So that’s what Brother Hagin did. He sick with a number of other preachers commanded the evil spirit to leave, laid and they were praying for a little boy Schedule is subject to change without notice. Contact the host church for details! 8 : BVOV by Mac Hammond who was so crippled his legs just hung limp, like noodles. e preachers laid hands on him and prayed, then they In Proverbs, Solomon, tentatively set him down to see if he the wisest man who ever was any better. He wasn’t, so they lived, wrote, “Wisdom is prayed for him again. the principal thing” (4:7). Finally Sister McPherson, who’d Not faith. been standing nearby watching, walked Not grace. over. She grabbed the boy and said, “In Not love. the Name of Jesus, be healed!” en she threw him on the floor and he hit the ground running. “But Brother Copeland, that’s really going out on a limb.” No, it’s not. It’s stepping out by faith with all boldness in the Name of Jesus. It’s believing and acting as if what He said in John 14 is true: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (verses 12-13). Do the e Greek word translated ask also means “to demand or require.” It can refer to a request made in prayer or to the kind of thing that both Sister McPherson and the Apostle Peter did to heal the cripples they encountered. ey both made a demand in the Name WISE of Jesus. ey didn’t demand of Jesus, they demanded in His Name that the work of the devil be overturned and the will of God be done. at’s the kind of thing Jesus told all of us, as believers, to do. He told us THING Those things In 2 Chronicles 1:7-12, he asked God for to go everywhere, share the gospel and are all vital in the wisdom and look what happened: use His Name as if it belongs to us— life of the believer because it does. and should have a In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what Jesus’ Name is our Name! It’s ours prominent place in your daily I shall give thee. And Solomon said by covenant. It’s also ours by birth. We walk. But wisdom, unto God,… Give me now wisdom and inherited it when we were born again of Solomon wrote, knowledge, that I may go out and come “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of is the principal in before this people.… And God said to whom the whole family in heaven and thing. How did he Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth earth is named” (Ephesians 3:14-15). know? He found out or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, So, let’s put that Name to work and firsthand. neither yet hast asked long life; but hast advance the kingdom of God. Let’s asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, enforce the devil’s defeat and show that thou mayest judge my people, over people all around us that they can be whom I have made thee king: Wisdom and healed, delivered and set free by the mighty Name of Jesus. It truly is the i Name above all names! Mac Hammond is senior pastor of Living Word Christian Center, in Brooklyn Park, Minn. For more information go to lwcc.org. BVOV : 9 and prosperity under his rule such as and workmanship. When you’re filled they had never experienced before. with the Holy Spirit, you have within you a level of supernatural gifting that Filled With Wisdom will stun the world around you. You don’t need to look any further than the Holy Spirit inside you to find Wisdom Inside You wisdom. One of the first examples of We have wisdom coming out our ears this is in Exodus 31: “And the Lord spake and don’t even know it…but it’s in there! unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by That’s no surprise though. After all, name Bezaleel…And I have filled him isn’t that true of everything we have in with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and Christ? in understanding, and in knowledge…” The Word says that in Christ we (verses 1-3). can do all things. We’re more than Watch This is the first occasion in the conquerors. We are healed, delivered, Bible that we see someone filled set free and prosperous. We’re successes Mac on with the Spirit, and it’s important to just looking for the right place to happen. note that wisdom goes hand in hand So why don’t our lives always reflect with knowledge and understanding those truths? Because all the wonderful TM (Proverbs 2:2-5). All three function and truths of who we are in Christ are only Formerly BVOVN : see back cover flow together. accessible by faith. GoVictory.com How do the three di
er? Knowledge You have to believe what the Bible is “the acquisition of facts, data and says about you—more than you believe information.” Understanding is “when what you see in the mirror. You have to the light comes on about how that go through a process. ® You Tube ® knowledge works.” And wisdom is “the First, start by asking God directly for 4th Generation application of knowledge that produces wisdom like Solomon did. James 1:5-6 a desired result.” says, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him If you’ve studied the Word for many ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, knowledge is granted unto thee; and years, you’ve probably experienced the and upbraideth not; and it shall be given I will give thee riches, and wealth, flow of knowledge, understanding and him. But let him ask in faith, nothing and honour, such as none of the kings wisdom in your own life. Maybe you’ve wavering.” have had that have been before thee, read and reread a passage of Scripture Next, gain knowledge. If you need neither shall there any after thee have only to gain knowledge of it. Then one healing, for example, listen to what the the like. day—bam!—something jumps o
the Word says about healing and meditate page, the light comes on and you have on the truth that you were healed by the When Solomon asked God for wis- understanding of that Word. Then you stripes of Jesus (1 Peter 2:24). Speak in dom, all the other things he could have apply it to your life and reap the fruit of line with who God says you are: the healed. asked for were added to him. It was part it. You’ve experienced the progression: As you do, eventually the light will of the deal. from knowledge, to understanding, to turn on and understanding will come. When you ask for wisdom and God wisdom. Then you can put that knowledge to responds, it a
ects every arena of your When you’re filled with the fullness work, which is wisdom, and have it life. It will bring a level of blessing to of the Spirit—and you are as a New produce the physical manifestation for your home, your church, your city and Testament believer—then knowledge, which you are believing. your country that nothing else can understanding and wisdom are at your bring. After Solomon asked for wisdom, disposal. The Pressure of Adversity Israel enjoyed a 40-year period of peace But there’s more. Of course, when you receive a word Exodus 31 continues: “And I have filled from the Lord, the enemy will come at him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, once to try and contest it. James speaks and in understanding, and in knowledge, to this when he says, “My brethren, and in all manner of workmanship, to count it all joy when ye fall into divers devise cunning works…” (verses 3-4). temptations” (James 1:2). The Greek Did you catch that? You’re filled with word for temptation means “putting knowledge, understanding, wisdom… something to proof by experience—

is ‘the application “ of knowledge that produces a desired result.’”

10 : BVOV WISDOM usually adversity.” Of course, that’s God’s best for us if your As you go through the progression faith is there, but I’ve also seen ministers of wisdom, the enemy tries to stop you die because they stood and confessed BVOV before you produce the desired fruit. He without seeking God’s wisdom for them in BROADCAST does that by putting pressure on what the matter, based on where their faith was. SEPT CALENDAR you believe. So, I sought God’s wisdom for me. I Maybe you’ve read that God has met sought His way of escape based on where Sun., Sept. 1 all your needs according to His riches I was in my faith and what I was facing. Kingdom-of- in glory (Philippians 4:19) and that He After much prayer, I had peace about God Minded wishes above all things that you prosper focusing on my nutrition and the way Kenneth Copeland and be in health (3 John 2). So you begin I was eating. I stopped drinking sodas Kenneth obeying the Word, starting with the filled with fake sweeteners and started Copeland Sept. 2-6 tithe, as you walk the biblical path to eating organic foods. I was vigilant about Faith Is of the Heart, prosperity. it. When I returned to the hospital for a Not the Mind Great, right? But what happens next 16-section biopsy, they couldn’t find the Kenneth Copeland is the enemy comes—and your car cancer! quits. Your refrigerator stops cooling. I’m so glad I sought God for His Sun., Sept. 8 The Spirit of God, Your employer tells you that there’s wisdom for me in that moment. For Marilyn Hickey Your Source of Power going to be a general wage reduction you, the answer may be di–erent. We Kenneth Copeland across the board. Suddenly, you’re each need to seek God individually and feeling pressured. It’s the enemy of receive His wisdom. Sept. 9-13 your soul generating circumstances to Faith Activates put pressure on your belief system. He Wisdom Makes the the Anointing knows he can’t do anything to alter your World Take Notice Dr. Avery Kenneth Copeland destiny in God unless he can change The larger context of God’s purpose Jackson what you believe. This is the essence of in giving His people wisdom is to Sun., Sept. 15 spiritual warfare. bring people into the Kingdom. When Take Hold of THE So, what’s the answer? James 1:4 people in the world see you walking WORD of God says to “let patience have her perfect in an unsurpassed level of health or Kenneth Copeland work.” Or, as Kenneth Copeland said it experiencing God’s provision in every years ago, “You’ve got to be consistently area of your life, it will a–ect them. Sept. 16-20 constant.” When your faith is tried, Solomon experienced that himself in Healing School don’t change what you believe, even for 2 Chronicles 9:3-4. “When the queen of Kenneth Copeland a moment. Cast down vain imaginations Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon… and keep your thoughts in line with the there was no more spirit in her.” Sun., Sept. 22 Word. Continue to hear the Word and In other words, Solomon’s wisdom Becoming God- speak it out of your mouth. Keep doing left her breathless. Inside Minded Kenneth Copeland whatever you need to do to strengthen God wants you to dream so big you your faith. can’t figure out how you’re going to get Sept. 23-27 there. First Corinthians 2:9 says, “But It’s Not Over Finding the Way as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor Until You Win First Corinthians 10:13 says, “There ear heard, neither have entered into the Kenneth Copeland hath no temptation taken you but such heart of man, the things which God hath and Marilyn Hickey as is common to man....” Sometimes prepared for them that love him.” God we feel like we’re all alone, like no one wants you to be an innovator. Creating Sun., Sept. 29 has ever experienced what we’re going and innovating should define your The Grace to Multiply through. But, this verse continues, dreams. He’s got innovations for you Kenneth Copeland promising, “God is faithful, who will that this world has never seen. not su–er you to be tempted above that This world is lost, screaming for help Sept. 30-Oct. 4 ye are able; but will with the temptation every day. But you have the source of The God Prescription also make a way to escape, that ye may wisdom inside you, ready to make a Kenneth Copeland be able to bear it.” di–erence. and Dr. Avery Jackson Whenever your faith is challenged, First Corinthians 1:30 says that ask God for wisdom to find that way of “Jesus...is made unto us wisdom....” His escape. spirit is inside you. He’s got knowledge WATCH ON About a decade ago, I was diagnosed for you, understanding for you, wisdom PODCAST KCM APP with prostate cancer. Advice came from for you, and great workmanship for you. ® 4th Generation Trinity KCM.ORG.AU the left and right. The surgeon wanted to It’s time to ask Him for it and step into Broadcasting You Tube® Network Daystar cut my prostate out. Others said to me, who you are in Christ. (Weekdays only) Network “Just stand, brother! Confess the Word!” Do the wise thing: Ask for wisdom! GOVICTORY .COM Broadcasts subject to change without notice Broadcasts Roy and Sally King at their North Carolina home.

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WEALTH WITHOUT TOIL The scent of hot fries and burgers made Roy King’s stomach rumble as he slid into a booth at Burger King®. Sipping his coee, he was glad that he’d spent his money on the book The Laws of Prosperity by Kenneth Copeland. Not that he knew who Kenneth Copeland was, but a businessman had recommended it to Roy.

The man had no way of knowing Roy was unemployed and broke.

His kids thought he was at work. He’d been one of five children born into Only Roy’s wife, Sally, knew he was a warm, loving Catholic family. ey’d without a job. been so poor that instead of practicing Roy saw no reason to advertise his basketball on a court, Roy had dribbled financial situation. on hard-packed dirt riddled with tree With a degree in accounting, he roots. When he won outstanding had held great jobs. One company basketball star in high school, and was he’d worked for was bought out by awarded a scholarship to college, he’d the British, who brought in their own accepted his award wearing pants too people and fired everyone else. He’d short and shoes with holes in them. also been the office manager for a law He didn’t believe that God wanted firm. When they merged with another anyone to be that poor. In response, he company, Roy’s position had been made developed a deep reliance on himself. redundant. In college, he’d been a great athlete, Nothing stressed Roy more than the playing under Al McGuire, the former thought of not being able to provide for Hall of Fame basketball coach at his family. To pay the bills and put food Marquette University. He’d learned that on the table, he took any menial job he practice and hard work would get him could find. He never wanted his children wherever he wanted to go. On the job, to go through what he had as a child. he’d done the same thing, putting in

BVOV : 13 80-hour work weeks. Yet, somehow, two economic systems, Roy recalls. Most Taking the First Step life kept happening. people operated in the world’s economic “It was 1986,” Roy says, “and you Here he was again, out of work. system. e god of this world ruled that didn’t get free refills on coffee back then. Curious, Roy opened e Laws system, and his job was to steal, kill and I’m the first to admit that my motives of Prosperity and began reading. destroy. People in that system toiled the were wrong. I wasn’t seeking God first When he came across Mark 10:30, way he had, working 80 hours a week or because I wanted a relationship with which said, “But he shall receive an more. Roy thought of many people who Him. I wanted the things. But God met hundredfold now in this time, ” Roy had succeeded. But he couldn’t think of me right where I was. One of the first stopped reading. one person who had not lost something things I did was find out who Kenneth “ at’s the key,” he said aloud. along the way: their marriage, their Copeland was and become his Partner. Roy hadn’t known that God children or their health. “Jeremiah 17:5 (NKJV) says, ‘Cursed promised that. Although most He wanted to succeed, but he didn’t is the man who trusts in man and makes Catholics didn’t read the Bible when want to lose any of those things in the flesh his strength.’ I was that man. Roy was growing up, his family was process. I had trusted in me, my job and my different. Each night after dinner, e other economic system, Roy supervisors. I’d never really trusted God his mother read a chapter of the reasoned, was God’s kingdom. It wasn’t with my finances.” Bible. at had established a deep based on toil. It was based on seeking As Roy studied God’s Word, his mind honor and respect for God’s Word. God first and His kingdom, which was was transformed as to how to get out of Although these scriptures were new highlighted in this book. He opened the world’s economic system, while Sally to him, he took each one to heart, his Bible and a notebook, writing down worked to make sure their children never believing it. each scripture. knew they were broke. In the summer, to After reading e Laws of Prosperity He read 3 John 2, “Beloved, I wish give them a vacation, the family drove through the first time, Roy turned above all things that thou mayest five hours to Myrtle Beach in South back to Chapter 1 and began reading prosper and be in health, even as thy Carolina. ey played at the beach as it again. soul prospereth.” From that version, Roy long as possible. en they changed It sounded to him like there were realized God wanted him to prosper. clothes in the public restroom at the But to do that, his soul had to prosper. Holiday Inn. Afterward, they drove How does the soul prosper? another five hours home with a carful of Reading further, Roy found his exhausted, happy children. answer in Romans 12:2. “And do not “On one occasion, we booked the be conformed to this world, but be cheapest motel we could find,” Sally Read transformed by the renewing of your recalls. “When we opened the door, the the book mind, that you may prove what is that whole room was filled with cobwebs. Roy discovered. good and acceptable and perfect will of With a smile on my face, I stepped God” (New King James Version). inside knocking down cobwebs with en he read Matthew 6:33, “But my sweater. I made sure they thought seek ye first the kingdom of God, and it was fun—part of the adventure. his righteousness; and all these things When one of the kids yelled that the The Laws of shall be added unto you.” bathroom was full of ants, I acted Prosperity In other words, to get the things, he excited and told them to wear their True prosperity had to do it God’s way. flip-flops in the shower. ose children is the ability to Roy paused. He didn’t know who had a wonderful life. ey never knew apply the power of Kenneth Copeland was, but one thing he that Roy was out of work or that we God to meet any need—spiritual, was convinced of: Everything he needed were broke.” mental or physical. to know to become wealthy without toil Studying e Laws of Prosperity, was in this book. He decided then that Roy realized that Jesus had come to There are he would obey and follow God’s way earth, in part, to demonstrate how instructions of success. 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BVOV : 15 Most of this exposure wasn’t sinful, it he knew they were words Jesus would Not only did Roy begin asking God’s was just carnal. never speak. He had to decide if he wanted wisdom about everything, he waited to When watching sports, Roy would Jesus’ results or his own. To get the results hear from God before he acted. mute the commercials to avoid hearing he desired, he opted to put a cap on the “I heard Kenneth Copeland teach on natural, worldly thought processes. world’s contamination that bombarded his this so many times,” Roy admits, “and Sometimes, during the sporting events, thoughts. every time, I thought he was preaching he would hear the broadcasters say e third step, which was praying in the to me. Recently, I was going to clean our things like, “Wow! He just killed it!” spirit, was the most challenging for Roy. boat. I asked God how He wanted me to ose words weren’t evil, Roy says, but “It felt uncomfortable, and I felt do it. He told me the exact opposite of the inadequate and clumsy,” says Roy. “ en way I’d done it in the past. When I obeyed, I realized that demonic spirits were it saved me 2½ hours. It’s like when Jesus bombarding me with their accusations. told the men who’d been fishing all night READ THROUGH e devil was desperate for me to not to cast their nets on the other side of the SEPT THE BIBLE pray in the spirit. But praying in tongues boat. What a difference!” is the only perfect prayer. It was very Old New Switching Kingdoms Testament Testament dangerous to the world’s system. “Just like with sports, I decided to “I started the process of switching Sun 1 Ps. 104; Prov. 21:16-31 practice, practice and then practice some economic systems in 1986,” Roy Mon 2 Isa. 1-3 Phil. 1 more. When I started, I couldn’t have remembers. “ e hardest part for me was prayed in tongues for 15 minutes, but how long it took for things to change. I Tues 3 Isa. 4-6 Phil. 2 as I pressed on, it got easier. One day, knew I was on the right track and doing Wed 4 Isa. 7-9 Phil. 3 I realized there were times when I let the right things. Yet, month after month Thu 5 Isa. 10-12 Phil. 4 my thoughts wonder if I did something passed. Year after year passed with no Fri 6 Isa. 13-15 Col. 1 mindless, like sit in a sauna. I started outward manifestation of prosperity. Sat 7 Isa. 16-19 taking those thoughts captive, and using “ e thing that kept me going was that time to pray in the spirit. I found my background in athletics. You practice, that the more I practiced Steps 1 and practice, practice without even the thought Sun 8 Ps. 105; Prov. 22:1-16 2, the less encumbered the highway of of quitting. at’s what I did. When the my mind became. Without all the junk Lord nudged me to get involved with a Mon 9 Isa. 20-24 Col. 2 bombarding my thoughts, I could hear new business, I obeyed. at’s when we Tue 10 Isa. 25-27 Col. 3 the Holy Spirit clearer when He spoke.” started making money. ings got easier.” Wed 11 Isa. 28-29; Col. 4 Finally, Roy realized that he had not One of the best examples of putting Thu 12 Isa. 30-32 1 Thess. 1 been including God in the decisions the fourth step into practice, Roy says, Fri 13 Isa. 33-35 1 Thess. 2 he made in life. It had always been his came through his daughter Lisa, who habit to do what he thought best, and was a pharmaceutical sales representa- Sat 14 Isa. 36-37 never ask God for guidance or direction. tive who called on asthma and pulmo- Unlike Jesus, he wasn’t used to waiting to nary specialists. Sun 15 Ps. 106; see what his Father did or said. He was “Some doctors just won’t see reps and Prov. 22:17-29 operating from his own mind, which can be hard to deal with,” Roy explained. Mon 16 Isa. 38-41 1 Thess. 3 meant that he was operating from a place “ e Lord told Lisa that for the next two Tue 17 Isa. 42-43 1 Thess. 4 of carnality rather than the spirit realm. years, He wanted her to listen to Him and Wed 18 Isa. 44-45 1 Thess. 5 Thu 19 Isa. 46-48 2 Thess. 1 Fri 20 Isa. 49-51 2 Thess. 2 Sat 21 Isa. 52-55

Sun 22 Ps. 107; Prov. 23:1-28 Mon 23 Isa. 56-59 2 Thess. 3 Tue 24 Isa. 60-63 1 Tim. 1 Wed 25 Isa. 64-66 1 Tim. 2 Thu 26 Jer.1-2 1 Tim. 3 Fri 27 Jer. 3 1 Tim. 4 Sat 28 Jer. 4

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Mon 30 Jer. 5-6 1 Tim. 5 Sally and Roy with daughter Lisa 16 : BVOV bonus video CLICK HERE TO WATCH ROY KING only go where He told her to go. She did just what He told her to do. Sometimes, after an appointment, she would sit in her car and pray about where He wanted her to go to visit a doctor who didn’t see drug reps. Every time, she was ushered back to see him. People in the company were astonished, as her salary soared as she made money in sales and bonuses.” Today, through their weekly broadcast called LisaKING, which is streamed on Periscope, and available on YouTube® (KING WORLDWIDE), Roy and Lisa teach people how to leave the world’s economic system and connect with God’s economic system. throughout the families of Looking back, Lisa King can tell you exactly when Roy and Sally’s other two children— the eating disorder first reared its ugly head: She was Tony and his wife and two sons, and 13 years old. Barely a teenager, yet from all appearances Cindy and her husband and their son she was just a kid enjoying life. and daughter. “Five years after I started practicing those four steps, in 1991, I left the corporate world behind. Two years LIVING FROM THE later, in 1993, I sat down and wrote a check to Kenneth Read Copeland Ministries more for $1 million. I can’t about tell you what joy it gave Lisa’s me to write that check. story. INSIDE However, it dimmed by in comparison to the joy I’d received Melanie along the way because of how I’d Hemr y changed as a person. “I believe that Kenneth Copeland A star athlete, sOhe was playingU all SheT tried to think of ways to prevent it is the greatest prophet on earth today. Partnership with him is a covenant her favorite sports—excelling on the and found no comfort in the pediatrician’s between an individual and KCM. basketball court as well as on the swim assurance that her weight was perfect We not only get to participate in his team. Voted most valuable dancer in her for her height. After the checkup, when ballet troupe, it had seemed there was her mother stopped to pay the bill, Lisa ministry, but by partnering with him, nothing she couldn’t do. we receive the prophet’s reward. Except overcome the thoughts of Engrossed in what he was doing, he unworthiness that started to bombard her. glanced up when Lisa spoke. “I know it’s stop toiling in the world’s economic She didn’t know these thoughts were not good to be fat. To make sure I don’t system—to be out of debt and able to coming from the enemy. She assumed that gain weight, should I eat less and run give a gift the size of the one I gave to everyone her age had the same kinds of more?” KCM. It wouldn’t have happened if I thoughts. And little by little she believed “Yeah, sure,” he said, turning back to hadn’t read and the lies. Especially the ones about her the medical record in his hand. put those principles into practice.” weight. “I didn’t see other kids my age with Although she knew he wasn’t paying Although Roy didn’t know it at the weight problems. The mental harassment attention, Lisa took that as permission to was tormenting and led me to believe I was start controlling every calorie that went time, he was the first person to give going to gain weight.” into her mouth. Instead of eating three $1 million to KCM. His oering is a living memorial to the Lord.

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Follow LisaKING on Periscope healthy meals a For more than 16 years, she worked as a Obedience Leads to His Call day, she would skip sales representative for a pharmaceutical Sometimes when she arrived at an meals to save those company. Her daytime hours were filled calories. Then she could allow herself to my daughter is 12 and struggling with her have a candy bar without gaining weight. to another, meeting with doctors and weight. Would you be willing to mentor Her plan backfired. discussing drugs and their uses. The job her?” By the end of Lisa’s first semester in was time-consuming, demanding and often “Of course, I will.” college, she had gained 50 pounds. Thus Lisa realized that not only was she began her roller-coaster ride of weight let sales reps past their receptionists. But making sales, the Lord was opening doors gain followed by extreme dieting. Lisa excelled at it. She earned a good salary for her that would be connected to her In college, when Lisa and her boyfriend and bonuses. broke up, she comforted herself with Determined to give the Lord a tithe “Only He knew where I needed to be and food. She gained 20 pounds in three of her time, she adjusted her schedule. when I needed to be there to help someone,” She started her mornings at 5 with a she said. At one point, He told her to attend lose them. 40-minute jog on her treadmill while the uptown campus of a large church and In October 1992, 22-year-old Lisa was reading The BLESSING of The LORD by meditating on Deuteronomy 30:19: “I Kenneth Copeland, and before leaving Before long, she was leading a Bible study call heaven and earth to witness this day for work she spent another hour in the for 35 young women in their 20s. against you that I have set before you life Word. After work, she spent an hour In June 2014, two years after the Lord and death, the blessings and the curses; reading her parallel Bible that included had told her to inquire of Him about therefore choose life...” (Amplified Bible, the King James Version and the Amplified everything, the pharmaceutical company Classic Edition). Knowing that her food Bible, Classic Edition. Later, she added addiction was trying to kill her, Lisa the Mirror translation, which is a Greek Her job was secure, so she normally praised her way into God’s presence. paraphrase. She also added daily times of wouldn’t have given it a thought. But the “Lord,” she said, “I choose life. I choose praying in the spirit. Lord surprised her with some unexpected You.” From the beginning, the Holy Spirit directions. He told her to quit and take the guided Lisa to read the New Testament severance package. A Fight for Life one verse at a time from each translation Although she owned her home and car With that choice, Lisa King entered before reading the next verse. She was without debt, Lisa was accustomed to a the battle for her life. She started every immediately transformed by the Word. hefty salary. However, she obeyed God. day saying what God’s Word said about Each night, Lisa would listen to Gloria She took the leap and asked Him every her. She never spoke another negative Copeland teach on Walk With God—A day what He wanted her to do next. word about her weight or health. She Heart of Obedience. When KCM no longer “When I resigned, the Lord told me to confessed that she was free from food continue what I was doing,” Lisa said. “I addictions because he whom the Son to an MP3 file. She also bought Gloria’s still ran for 40 minutes on the treadmill. has set free is free indeed. She confessed book, Walk With God, which included the I still read THE BLESSING and the Word that she was lean and healthy—that she same information. every morning. I still read the Bible every only desired the food her body needed She didn’t diet. afternoon. I still prayed in the spirit every for nutrition. She immersed herself in God’s Word. day. I still listened to Gloria preach every Within two years, those confessions The weight melted away. night. had become a manifested reality. In June 2012, the Lord gave Lisa new “To date, I’ve read THE BLESSING 23 In 1994, when we first featured Lisa’s instructions. He didn’t want her to make times. I’ve listened to the Holy Spirit story, her father, Roy King, had just helped her own decisions anymore about which through Gloria Copeland’s voice teaching her celebrate her victory by taking her doctor she would see when. He didn’t me every night for 20 years. I’ve listened shopping on Rodeo Drive in Hollywood, want her trying to figure out the best time to her teach obedience thousands of times. Calif., to buy a new wardrobe. It’s been 25 to catch them or the easiest route. He told During the day, I do what the Lord tells me to years since that celebration, so recently we her to inquire of Him and get His direction do. He is the One who created this ministry: decided to check in with Lisa for an update for each step of her day. KINGWORLDWIDE.COM. Jesus is KING on her spiritual journey. In obedience, Lisa began asking God worldwide!” “Since my breakthrough in 1992, I’ve had each day who to visit first. She’d follow His Lisa and her dad now broadcast live two setbacks where I reverted to emotional leading, make the call, and then sit in her car via Periscope several times per week. They eating and gained weight,” Lisa said. “The and pray about who to call on next. Many upload all broadcasts to their YouTube® second time it happened, I gave up and times, the Lord told her to visit a doctor channel: KINGWORLDWIDE. Their assign- totally surrendered to God. I asked, not renowned for refusing to see sales reps. ment is to teach people how to live victor- about my weight, but about what He wanted At first, she’d protested. iously in every area of life—which is God’s me to do with the rest of my life. I told Him I “But Lord, he always refuses to see us!” way. would do whatever He told me to do, and He she would say. What about the eating disorder she reminded me what I had heard every night Are you going to obey Me? struggled with for so long? It’s no longer on those CDs, ‘Just give a tithe of your time “Yes, Sir. I am Yours to command.” a problem. to the Lord, and all will be well with you.’ I Following the Lord’s direction, she “Weight is a nonissue,” Lisa said. “As knew that was my next step.” found herself being ushered back to see a matter of fact, this lifestyle of walking Surrendering every personal desire the doctor. Although she’d always done with God and living in the spirit, is exactly to the Lord—including being married— well, her sales soared and far exceeded all what our Father designed for every one of Lisa’s heart was flooded with peace. her corporate goals. His children!”

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“As a child of Almighty God, you have the right and the spiritual ability to hear the voice of God for yourself!”

TUNING IN TO THE straight with you. You’d better go to God and find out what to do. You’d better be quiet long enough to hear what He has to say and pay attention to it. You’d better get rid of that fear and start believ- ing God. Otherwise, the devil is going to end up “You’d better get getting the best of you. Voice If you read the Bible, rid of that fear you’ll see God has been trying to get His people and start believing to understand that for God. Otherwise, thousands of years. In fact, He gave those the devil is going of God exact instructions to to end up getting What is the Spirit If you’re facing trouble, what word of an Old Testament king the best of you.” of God saying to you victory has He spoken to you? named Ahaz back in today? What is He As a born-again child of the living the days of the prophet Isaiah. Ahaz was in serious trouble at the telling you about your God, you ought to know the answers to those questions. time. He had two enemy armies coming spiritual development, I’ve learned by experience, however, against him and he had no idea what your family and your that the majority of believers don’t. I can to do about it. So, God spoke to Ahaz finances? tell by just listening to them talk. “Oh, my through the prophet Isaiah and gave him goodness,” they’ll say, “I’m in a crisis and a whole new perspective. I don’t know what to do!” Instead of agreeing with Ahaz about If that’s your situation, I’m going to be how powerful his enemies were, God

BVOV : 19 “Don’t you think we ought to have at least as much faith in God as we have in the television networks?” let him know they didn’t impress Him when He said that His “sheep hear his set and you weren’t there!”? much. He referred to them as two voice; and he calls his own sheep by name Certainly not! That didn’t even occur “smoking stumps” (see Isaiah 7:4, and leads them out. And when he brings to you. You were smart enough to figure Amplified Bible, Classic Edition). Then out his own sheep, he goes before them; out the problem most likely wasn’t with He assured Ahaz their plans against him and the sheep follow him, for they know the transmitter. The problem was with would not stand if he would simply obey his voice” (John 10:3-4, New King James the receiver. The problem was with your the following instructions: “Take heed… Version). own television set. be quiet; fear not” (verse 4)…and believe As a child of Almighty God, you have So instead of blaming the broadcaster, (verse 9). the right and the spiritual ability to hear you started trying to find the problem the voice of God for yourself! on your end. You might have checked Check Your Receiver “But, Brother Copeland,” you might the electrical connections. You might Before you head down the road say, “God never speaks to me.” have looked to make sure the cable was looking for a prophet like Isaiah to tell Sure, He does. You’re just not listening. hooked up. You might have checked the you what God is saying to you, let me Have you ever turned on your settings on the television to make sure save you a trip. You don’t need a prophet television and found something was they were all adjusted correctly. to tell you what to do. You have a better wrong with the picture? Maybe it was What’s more, you stayed with it until covenant than Ahaz had. You’re not just fuzzy or the sound was crackling with you got it fixed. Why? Because you never a servant of God like people were in the static. Or maybe you couldn’t get a doubted the fact that the networks were Old Covenant. Through the blood of picture at all. Did you grab the telephone, still broadcasting. You understood if Jesus, you’ve become a full-fledged son call NBC and tell them that something you could just successfully tune in, they and the Bible says, “For as many as are was wrong with their transmitter? Did would be there for you. led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons you get some television executive on the of God” (Romans 8:14). line and say, “Hey, you guys must not be Find His Frequency Jesus confirmed that fact in John 10 broadcasting anymore. I turned on my Don’t you think we ought to have at

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Your Word says, things, we need to stop blaming Him and discerner of the thoughts and intents of “Whosoever shall call determine where we’re missing it. the heart.” It contains the voice of God in on the name of the Lord shall be saved” and “If Actually, that’s not hard to do. When its most tangible form. thou shalt confess with we have trouble hearing God’s voice, it’s God always agrees with His written thy mouth the Lord Jesus, almost always for one of the following WORD and His WORD always agrees and shalt believe in thine four reasons: with Him. In fact, Psalm 138:2 says, He heart that God hath raised has magnified His WORD even above him from the dead, thou We don’t believe He is speaking. His Name. That means God has put His shalt be saved” (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:9). You said We’re not paying attention. Name on His written WORD the way we my salvation would be the We’re allowing some kind of would put our name at the bottom of a result of Your Holy Spirit interference to drown out His voice. contract. He has given us His WORD as giving me new birth by We just plain don’t know what a covenant and signed it in the Name of coming to live in me (John frequency He is on. Jesus by the blood of Jesus. 3:5-6, 15-16; Romans Since God cannot lie, there is no way 8:9-11) and that if I would Let’s focus right now on that last point. He will ever do or say anything contrary ask, You would ll me with Your Spirit and give me the Exactly how do you locate the frequency to that WORD. He has absolutely joined ability to speak with other God uses to speak to you? Himself to it forever. So, the first place tongues (Luke 11:13; Acts I’ll tell you right o‡ the bat, you don’t God takes us to train us to recognize His 2:4). do it by using those fleshly paddles on voice is to His written WORD. 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Learn to Discern of your head and the voice of your heart. 1300 730 433 or How do you know the di‡erence When you’re trained to hear God’s +617 3343 7777 between your head and your heart? voice in His WORD, the devil won’t Scripturally speaking, your head is be able to sneak deceptions in on you, your soul, which is comprised of your either. When he tries to razzle-dazzle mind, will and emotions. Your heart is you with some religious-sounding voice your spirit, which is the core of your that says, I love you, my son. But it’s being that has been born again and just not my will to heal you at this time, joined to the Spirit of God. Granted, you won’t buy it. You’ll rise up and say, discerning the di‡erence between the “That’s not the voice of God. That’s a lie voice of your soul and the voice of your from hell because it doesn’t agree with spirit can be challenging and it takes The WORD that says, ‘By His stripes ye spiritual wisdom to do it. But the Bible were healed.’” Nohemi R., tells us clearly how to develop that Let me warn you though: You won’t prayer minister

BVOV : 21 get that kind of training just casually Do you of the way you’ve always looked at it. reading the Bible now and then. You To do that, you’ll have to do the won’t get it by knowing generally what realize it’s second thing God told Ahaz to do. You’ll it says, or by mixing what it says with possible to have to be quiet. You’ll have to shut up your own opinions. If you desire to read great all the mental jabbering you’ve been truly learn to hear the voice of God in doing, stop thinking about your own The WORD, you’ll have to do with it quantities opinions and listen—really listen—to what God told Ahaz to do. of Scripture what The WORD says. You’ll have to take heed to it. You’ll and never Do you realize it’s possible to read have to pay attention! great quantities of Scripture and never really hear really hear what God is saying in it? It’s Take Aim, Zero In what God is not only possible, people do it all the Paying attention is more than just time. Here’s how it happens: We’ll read mentally assenting to a scripture and saying a verse or two and something in them saying, “Oh yes, hallelujah. Amen.” in it? will trigger another train of thought. To pay attention means to lock in on We may start thinking about what what’s being said and make a firm Aunt Sally said about that scripture. decision that from now on, you will see Or what Grandma used to say. Or we this matter the way God sees it instead may even let our mind wander o on something else altogether—all while we’re still reading our Bible! We end up with only a vague idea of what we read because we weren’t really paying attention to The WORD, we were paying attention to our own thoughts. W When you think like God, you get His God’s ways are higher than man’s. Reading The WORD of God that way WORDS victorious results. Renew your mind Isaiah 55:8-9 ON FAITH with the Word and learn to think like God. is like shooting scattershot at a flock There’s no agreement between what God of birds—you don’t ever hit anything. thinks and the way natural man thinks. To hear the voice of God through His The more we walk in Romans 8:5-6 WORD, you have to take aim and zero the ways of the Spirit in on every word as you read it. Instead We learn God’s ways by renewing our mind with of just breezing through the Bible the freer we will be. His Word. Romans 12:2 reading it like you’d read a novel or a Romans 8:1-2 history book, read it deliberately. Neglecting to learn God’s Meditate on it by asking yourself, ways can be very costly. What does that mean to me? How does Hosea 4:6 it change my life? Ask The LORD to reveal specifically what He is saying to you through that WORD. Read every verse with the attitude that: This is God speaking to me and I am going to do what He tells me to do. Make a quality decision you’re going to act on that WORD as quickly as you would the word of your doctor, lawyer or a very close, trusted friend. Determine in advance that you’re not going to bend The WORD to fit your lifestyle. On the contrary, you’re going to bend your lifestyle to fit The WORD. With that attitude, your spiritual ears will be open to hear whatever God has to say.

Fear Not! “But, Brother Copeland, I’m afraid I’ll do those things and I still won’t be able to hear the voice of God.”

22 : BVOV Well, stop being afraid of that! Fear CHURCH not! PARTNERSHIP Instead, take a step of faith and Kenneth Copeland Ministries partners with churches and ministries believe what Jesus said. He said you’re in communities around the world that, like KCM, teach the whole, His sheep and you hear His voice. So, uncompromised Word of Faith, boldly proclaiming that Jesus is Lord. stop doubting Him and calling Him a Here’s one of our Partner churches: liar. Don’t ever, ever, EVER again say, “I can’t hear God’s voice.” The Glorious Church of Chelsea Start agreeing with Jesus. Start Chelsea, Alabama believing and agreeing with The WORD. Say, “The WORD says I can hear God’s voice and I believe it! I do hear the voice When Lisa Shirley suffered a Spirit church” in their hometown of miscarriage in 1978, she found no Chelsea. It would be 10 years before of God!” comfort in knowing the church she those prayers would come to fruition Then put your faith into action. Open attended saw and believed her with the launching of The the ears of your heart and start listening tragedy was part of God’s will. Glorious Church of Chelsea. for the voice of the Spirit, especially When the church held its when you’re reading The WORD. Pay “The church I was in didn’t rst service in Lisa’s home attention not just to the activity in your talk much about miracles on March 24, 2013, Palm brain, but to the quickenings in your or speaking in the spirit,” Sunday, Lisa stood before inner man (primarily the area just below says Lisa. “They believed the small congregation as your chin, or chest area). and taught that if God “Kenneth its pastor. If you’re not sure where to locate wants to do miracles He Copeland can, but that He doesn’t is my father “We are a Word and those stirrings, just think back to a do miracles anymore. Spirit Christian church that time when you had what we sometimes in the faith. They said things like, ‘If The Lord used desires to see all believers call a “hunch.” Suddenly something you’re sick and you don’t know the love of our Father just dawned on you and you knew or him to bring get well then it’s because me out of that God and the Lord Jesus understood something you hadn’t God doesn’t want you darkness.” Christ, walk in the power of known before. Those kinds of dawnings to be well.’ Their belief the Name of Jesus, live a come from your born-again spirit. was basically, ‘Whatever happens, life standing strong in faith on the Purpose to become more aware of the happens. Sometimes God puts Word of God, and be led by the promptings that arise from your spirit sickness and disease on you to Spirit of God,” says Lisa. “The blood because they are the leading of God. teach you something.’” of Jesus purchased our redemption and our healing, gave us authority Learn to trust them. The Holy Spirit will When she became pregnant a second in the Name of Jesus, and freed help you to step out on them a little at a time, the thought that she could lose us from the powers of darkness in time. another child did occur to Lisa. But every area of our lives. We desire to Initially, He won’t be giving you by then, because of what she had see the Church rise in that authority risky, world-shaking kinds of leadings. learned by listening to the teachings and become the glorious Church He When you’re first learning to identify of Kenneth Copeland, she knew called us to be. God’s voice, it will be mostly yes and better than to ever blame God. no answers—not to go sell everything “When you’re reading with you own and invest it in some oŒ-the- “Listening to what my church was preconceived ideas of tradition, wall business venture. He’ll begin by teaching always caused such a you’re not reading what the Word heaviness for me,” says Lisa. “I really says. I wasn’t reading it like I showing you simple truths from The would feel like God was mad at me, do today. Today, I know the Word of WORD that you can act on. He’ll reveal or that I could never be good enough God is for me. It’s life to me. Hearing from The WORD, for example, how to please Him. But when I started Brother Copeland teach the Word of you can obey more fully the law of love. watching Brother Copeland on TV Faith has been life-giving and life- He’ll show you ways to bless the people in 1979, it was like a light came on. changing. I can’t imagine what my around you. Before then, I didn’t know it was life would have been like had he not The more you trust His voice and the devil that caused me to lose my gone on TV. Kenneth Copeland is my follow His leadings, the more clearly child. But Brother Copeland taught father in the faith. The Lord used him you’ll find you can hear from Him. me that God is the giver of life and to bring me out of that darkness.” Before long, hearing from God won’t that it is the devil who comes to steal, to kill and to destroy.” While they prepare to move into their be an occasional event but an everyday newly constructed church facility part of life. And when someone asks Over time, that revelation led Lisa soon, the congregation currently you, “What is the Spirit of God telling and a small group of believers to meets at 9:30 a.m. every Sunday in you today?” you won’t hesitate a come together and pray, asking Lisa’s home at 1362 County Road moment. God to establish a “Word and 69, in Chelsea. You’ll know exactly what to say.

BVOV : 23 GoodNEWSGazette Grateful, Faithful Stage 4 Cancer—Gone! Free of Leukemia Partner Jan. 13, 2019, I was My daughter was diagnosed daughter received the report I’ve been a Partner with diagnosed with stage 4 colon with a leukemia that was that she is leukemia free! KCM for many years. I and liver cancer. I went untreatable. I called KCM Thank you, KCM, for being haven’t always walked to the Lord, stood on and the minister prayed with there for us. with God like I should the scriptures He me for her to be healed. I have. At one time I was gave me, and had just found out today, that my S.B. | Beaverton, Ore. in service to the church, the colon surgery, teaching and studying but no further to be in full-time treatments. I went She Put Her Words to Work ministry. I had issues home in four days and hit within my marriage the ground running. I have During a BVOV broadcast Gloria Copeland that led to divorce, so I spoke about receiving a bountiful harvest had no chemo or radiation, God is was removed from my no downtime, and God because the ministry had sown bountifully. position. totally healed me by standing After that, I got her book Put Your Words pleased by in faith on His Word. I am to Work. I began to speak what the Word of faith. The Pastor Greg Stephens, 78 years old and still travel God says about my life. Since agreeing with more you while lead pastor at the world ministering. e the Word and praying with ministers, my grow in Father’s House, was a VA hospital is still calling daughter, who was suffering with depression, faith, the friend of our church me, trying to register me for has had that spirit lifted off her. And in two happier and spoke there from hospice because of the type days, I will close on a brand-new home for He is. time to time. While of advanced cancer it was. my oldest daughter who is in college. e I was feeling down, I have not taken any pain Word works! And I thank God and the rejected and struggling meds or other medications. Copelands for their faithfulness in sharing to have a relationship ey find it hard to believe the Word of God! A.G. | New York —Kenneth Copeland with God, he reached I have been healed without out to me. He showed treatments even though all leadership like Jesus, the tests show that I am ‘Pain Completely Left’ and was a shepherd cancer free. In addition to I was watching the New Year’s Eve service who came for a lost that, a large tumor in my sheep. After he left San liver totally disappeared with online, when Brother Copeland had a word Diego, I struggled to no treatment or surgery! of knowledge about someone with pain in find a home, and was very relieved when he Pastor Jerry B. | Amarillo, Texas their nose. I received that word and the pain landed at EMIC. I have completely left. C.J. | Saint Johns, Fla. been watching every week. I have reaffirmed Left at the Foot my faith in Jesus and of the Cross have been praying Dear KCM, thank you about going back to so much for your recent Bible college. reposting of your blog from July 22, 2014, How I am very grateful for to Turn Your Hurts Into ® BVOVN and excited Harvests. Wow, what a that it may be coming life-changing word for me! ® I had a very abusive and to DIRECTV , but horri c childhood, and never until then, I’ll be realized how much offense watching on my phone. I carried with me, on me, in Brother Copeland’s me. Now I have placed all teachings have that trauma and pain and impacted my entire life, offense at the foot of the and while I don’t get Cross, and I am believing Cured of Cancer to see him in Anaheim and expecting my harvest! In You have been praying for me to be healed of neuroendocrine anymore, I still watch Jesus’ Name! Thank you. cancer of my lung. I have been in remission 21 months and online and have been last week my oncologist declared me cured. This disease is praying to be able to Teri M. | Normal, Ill. classified as “incurable,” but not with God! attend Southwest.

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24 : BVOV RECALL GOD’S VICTORIOUS LIVING MERCIES by Kenneth Copeland

“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:21-23

God is faithful. He’s full of ‘God Has Blessed Me’ compassion. His mercies are Last September, I went to the 2018 Charlotte Victory Campaign. new every morning. As a believer, I just want to say, my life has changed in a major way! you know all that. But simply knowing it is not enough.

Pastor George Pearsons digits in monthly bonuses, For it to do you any good, you laid hands on me concerning but from October until now have to recall it. You have to nancial blessing, and my bonuses have doubled. remember it again and again in I thank God because I order to rekindle your hope and got blessed spiritually as Praise God for what He’s stir up your faith. well. I’m called to be an done and continues to do! evangelist, but at the time I I’m sure I’ll be writing back So, make it a point to remind was just sputtering through. pretty soon with more great yourself of God’s faithfulness every morning. Remind yourself news. Until then, thank you of the benefits that are yours in Now, here we are in April for your prayers. Continue Jesus. and my pastors have seen to be blessed by the Word a change in my life for the of God. What are those benefits? good! God has blessed me. Psalm 103 spells them out: Before this meeting, I was William G. | Goldsboro, N.C. sometimes averaging single 1 He forgives all your sins. 2 He heals all your diseases. 3 He redeems your life from destruction. 4 He crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies. 5 He satisfies your mouth with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6 He executes righteousness and judgment for you against oppression. 7 He sets you free. He makes known His 8 ways to you. 9 He gives you His grace and mercy in times of need.

Make it a point every morning to say those things out loud to The LORD. Stand before Him in prayer and recall His mercies to you. Keep it up and you’ll be stronger in faith and more confident of God’s love than you’ve ever been before.

Don’t just settle for knowing God’s blessings. Remember them every day and watch them come alive in you. BVOV : 25 26 : BVOV by Gloria Copeland

EnrichedIn Every Way The financial system of You can get in on God’s financial system. You can this world is bring your tithes and offerings to Him, and He’ll extremely always respond the same way. As Malachi 3:10 unstable. says, He will “open you the windows of heaven, and Have you ever pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room noticed that? It’s up enough to receive it.” one day and down Talk about a stable and prosperous economy! the next. Inflation, Heaven’s is the ultimate. recession, depression It never has any recessions or depressions. Lack is or something else is unheard of up there. With streets made of pure gold, always threatening, walls made of jewels, and gates made of one big pearl, and when it hits, the heaven is the most lavish place you can imagine. It’s economy can change so fast that people can overflowing with abundance all the time. go from being rich to You don’t have to wait until you die to enjoy that being broke overnight. abundance either. You can tap into it right now! You can connect with God’s economy by believing His If you’re a believer Word and doing what He says, and He’ll “supply all though, you don’t your need according to his riches in glory by Christ have to depend on the Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). He’ll BLESS you richly world’s economy. and you can live in “days of heaven upon the earth” (Deuteronomy 11:21). “But Gloria,” you might say, “I don’t have any way to get hold of that kind of prosperity. My job just pays minimum wage.”

1 2 3 4 5 The world’s Don’t look to As a joint heir with You tap Whatever you economy goes the world as Christ, you’re an into your ask or dream, if POINTS up and down but your source; heir of everything you will believe TO GET inheritance YOU God’s financial look to God. God owns, just as by speaking God and do THERE: promises to Phil. 4:19 the elder brother words of faith. what He says, you are steady was in the story of Mark 11:23 He can get and unfailing. the prodigal son. it done. Mal. 3:10 Luke 15:31 Eph. 3:20-21

BVOV : 27 So? Your job is not your source. God thy name great; and thou shalt be a You remember that story. It’s about a is and He doesn’t pay minimum wage. blessing” (Genesis 12:2). en, through father with two sons. e younger ran He supplies you with seed to sow (that’s Jesus, He ultimately made us New off and wasted his part of the family what your job is, it’s your seed) and then Testament partakers of that same inheritance on riotous living. e elder multiplies it back to you in the form of BLESSING. He redeemed us from the stayed home and faithfully served his a thirty, sixty or hundredfold harvest curse and promised that if we seek first father, taking care of things on his estate. (Matthew 13:23). He increases you His kingdom and His ways of doing Eventually the younger son repented supernaturally until you’re “enriched in and being right, everything else will be and came home, and his father was so every way so that you can be generous on added to us as well (Matthew 6:33). glad to see him he said to the servants: every occasion” in ways that bring forth “Bring forth the best robe, and put it thanksgiving to Him (2 Corinthians Say Something on him; and put a ring on his hand, and 9:11, New International Version). Is God really able to keep that promise? shoes on his feet: And bring hither the What’s more, you don’t even have to Certainly He is! First Timothy 6:17 says, fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and talk Him into doing it. Prospering you “God…giveth us richly all things to be merry: for this my son was dead, and was His idea. He’s always wanted His enjoy,” and He can do that regardless of is alive again; he was lost, and is found” family to live in abundance. the size of our current paycheck and no (Luke 15:22-24). You can see that just by reading matter what the natural circumstances When the elder brother came in from about the Garden of Eden. God richly around us may be. working in the field and found out what supplied Adam and Eve with more than When it comes to increasing us had happened, he wasn’t happy about it. “You can tap into it right now! You can connect with God’s economy by believing His Word and doing what He says.”

they could ever need and all of it was financially, God can get the job done! He refused to join in the party and said very good! Not only was the food there If we’ll trust and obey Him, He’ll keep to his father: “Lo, these many years do I abundant and perfect, it grew on trees. prospering us even if the economy of the serve thee, neither transgressed I at any Adam and Eve didn’t have to toil over it world goes into a tailspin. He’ll do for time thy commandment: and yet thou or even plant it. It just came up by itself. us what He did for Abraham’s son Isaac never gavest me a kid, that I might make e Bible even tells us there were in Genesis 26 and give us a hundredfold merry with my friends: But as soon precious stones in the Garden. It says harvest on our seed right in the middle as this thy son was come, which hath there was gold in that land, and the gold of a famine. devoured thy living with harlots, thou there was good (Genesis 2:12). Why? Because we’re His children, and hast killed for him the fatted calf. And Sadly, of course, when Adam and Eve He loves us. Plus, we’re Jesus’ joint heirs. [the father] said unto him, Son, thou art sinned, the situation changed. Because In Him, we’ve inherited everything God ever with me, and all that I have is thine” they rebelled against God and bowed owns. (verses 29-31). their knee to the devil, they brought a Most believers just haven’t realized Look again at what the father said curse on the earth. After that, mankind that yet. Even though 1 Corinthians there. “All that I have is thine.” In other had to strive and sweat to make it produce. 3:21 says to us plainly that “all things words, “What do you mean I never Even then, though, God made are yours,” we haven’t learned to think threw you a party? Everything on this covenant with those who would live by in those terms. Instead, we’ve had the estate belongs to you. You just haven’t faith in Him. He spoke to Abraham mentality the elder brother had in the made a demand on it. If you wanted a and said, “I will bless thee, and make parable of the prodigal son. fatted calf, or a robe, or a ring, you could

28 : BVOV have had it any time. All you had to do VICTORIOUS was call for it.” LIVING casting away his garment, rose, and e same principle applies to us as came to Jesus. And Jesus answered believers. All that the Father has is ours. and said unto him, What wilt thou by Kenneth Copeland that I should do unto thee? The We just need to make a demand on it blind man said unto him, Lord, and receive it by faith. If we don’t, we’ll get that I might receive my sight. And to heaven and say to Jesus like the elder Do You Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; brother did, “Lord, why didn’t You prosper thy faith hath made thee whole. And me while I was on the earth? I loved You. Know What immediately he received his sight, I served You. Why didn’t You provide me and followed Jesus in the way” with enough money to give and enjoy?” to Ask For? (verses 47, 50-52). How will Jesus respond? Probably a lot “And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I like the father in the parable did. He’ll Now I want you to think about should do unto thee? The blind something for a moment. In say, “Everything I own is yours. Why man said unto him, Lord, that I didn’t you say something? Why didn’t might receive my sight.” the light of what the Scriptures tell us, how many needs did you tap into your inheritance by believing Mark 10:51 Bartimaeus have? Did he have in your heart what I said in My Word just one? No! He wasn’t simply about it, saying it with your mouth, and a blind man, he was a beggar. He expecting it to come to pass?” probably had more problems at is, after all, what Jesus taught us All of us know what it’s like to go than you could shake a stick at, to do when He was on earth. He said: round in circles. To pray our way and all those problems would “Have faith in God. For verily I say through one financial disaster have seemed like legitimate unto you, at whosoever shall say unto only to be met by another. To needs to Bartimaeus. But it this mountain, Be thou removed, and receive healing for one illness just was sight he needed. If he could be thou cast into the sea; and shall not in time to be knocked o our feet obtain his sight, all the rest would fall into line. doubt in his heart, but shall believe that by the next. those things which he saith shall come Oh, we try. We pray. We exercise He knew that. So, when Jesus said, to pass; he shall have whatsoever he “Bartimaeus, what do you want saith. erefore I say unto you, What our faith. But we keep getting caught in the same old problems Me to do for you?” he knew exactly things soever ye desire, when ye pray, over and over again. Why? what to ask for and he got it. believe that ye receive them, and ye shall Because all too often, we don’t have them” (Mark 11:22-24). actually know what it is we need to Jesus is just as available to you If you need a new car, for example, be praying for. today as He was to Bartimaeus. instead of talking about how you don’t He’s just as willing to meet your have it or can’t afford it, according to I can almost hear your reaction. need. The question is, do you really Jesus, you call in that car by speaking “Believe me, Brother Copeland, know what to ask for? that’s not my problem. I know what I faith. You stop talking about the junky Think about that. Pray about it. Let old car you have now and instead you need. It’s getting that need met that’s got me running in circles.” The LORD Jesus open your eyes start saying things like, “I believe I and show you what you really need. receive my new car. In the Name of Jesus, That’s what most other folks If you do that, your prayers will I call in the money for it and command think too. So they spend all their take on a whole new power. Instead the ministering angels to bring it to me. time working on getting. They of hitting around at the edges of ank You, Heavenly Father, for my waste their energy praying for your problems, they’ll go straight new car!” things they don’t really need to the heart—and solve them. And and asking for things they don’t you won’t have to waste your life Take the Limits O really want. Then they wind up running in circles anymore. “But Gloria,” someone might say, going nowhere fast. “new cars are expensive, and my budget is limited. Wouldn’t it be OK if I just Look with me at Mark 10, and I They waste their energy prayed for the money to fix up my old think you’ll see what I mean. Blind Bartimaeus sat by the roadside praying for things they junker?” begging when Jesus passed by. don’t really need and Yes, that would be OK, if that’s all “And when he heard that it was you can believe for right now. But don’t Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry asking for things they stop there. Keep feeding your faith on out, and say, Jesus, thou son of what God says about prosperity. Keep David, have mercy on me.... And he, don’t really want. meditating on what belongs to you in

BVOVBVOV : :29 29 If you can dream reasoning away God’s Word and His on Saturday so they wouldn’t have to leadings and just believe Him and obey, gather it on Sunday.) When they got He can get you anything you need. tired of manna and cried for meat, He it, desire it and One time in the early years of our told Moses He would send that to ministry, for instance, we were believing them too. pray for it; He for the money to go on television for Moses couldn’t wrap his mind around the first time. e amount we needed to how God was going to manage that. can do it and pay for the equipment and airtime was “Shall the flocks and the herds be slain way beyond our means. Our ministry for them, to suffice them?” he asked. “Or infinitely beyond. income was just about enough for us to shall all the fish of the sea be gathered get by on and at the time we had very together for them, to suffice them? And few financial assets. the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s e only big thing we owned was hand waxed short?” (Numbers 11:22-23). the ministry airplane. It represented I like that question! It’s a good one to Christ, until you can believe and receive three-quarters of the assets of our remember. Especially at times when more of it. ministry. Ken needed it to maintain his our needs, desires and dreams seem When you start seeing in the Bible preaching schedule, yet while we were to dwarf our current bank balance, the truth of God’s financial will for believing for those TV funds the Lord we should all ask ourselves, “Is the you, it will take the limits off. Rather told Ken to give the plane away—to Lord’s hand shortened that He can’t than thinking just in terms of your sow it into another ministry as a seed. get me the car I need, or that better current bank balance, you’ll think in Initially, I wasn’t too thrilled about job I’ve been wanting? Is the Lord’s terms of God’s riches in glory. Rather that. Ken had believed God for the hand shortened so much that He can than basing your prayers on what might cash to buy that airplane and it was only provide for me according to the seem reasonable under the present vital to our ministry. So, from a natural limitations of earth and not according circumstances, you’ll base your prayers perspective, giving it away would put us to His riches in glory?” on what God promised you in the Bible in an even more impossible situation. e answer is obvious. No, the Lord’s and on His almighty power. Not only would we need $50,000 hand isn’t shortened! He can do the When you do that, God can work extra for TV, we’d need an additional impossible. He can do the unreasonable. financial miracles in your life. Ken and I $150,000 to buy another airplane. He’s the God who, as Ephesians 3:20 can testify to it. Under any circumstances We had no earthly way of getting that says, “is able to do exceeding abundantly and in any economy, if you’ll quit kind of money! above all that we ask or think, according I knew Ken had heard from the Lord to the power that worketh in us.” e though, so I got on board with His God who, as the Amplified Bible, Classic plan. We planted the plane as a seed Edition puts it, “is able to [carry out His and believed God for a harvest. Sure purpose and] do superabundantly, far enough, within two weeks, it came in. A over and above all that we [dare] ask ABUNDANCE woman who’d recently inherited some or think [infinitely beyond our highest IN EVERY AREA money walked into our office with a prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or check for exactly $200,000. dreams].” Our ministry had never received a gift Let this sink in: True Prosperity anywhere near that amount before! So If you can ask it; God can do to us it was an amazing miracle. To God exceedingly more than that. 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My life, my and bad. the devil is a liar! thoughts, 24/7, every Superkid, compared to the Father, That’s why it is so important that we beat of my heart, my Jesus and the Holy Spirit, we decide to let Jesus judge our good and are ALL babies! Even Jesus said bad. If we don’t, it is too easy to listen to skill, my talent, my He doesn’t decide things on His own. Satan, THE LIAR. good and my bad, He relies on the Father 100% of the my strengths and time, for ALL decisions! Look at John Jesus will always tell you the truth and He 5:30, Amplified Bible, Classic Edition: will always bring you good things. There my weaknesses, I ® “I am able to do nothing from Myself are so many things we could call good give to You now. My [independently, of My own accord—but and bad; friends, habits, times, memories, gift will be just as daily only as I am taught by God and as I get His subjects and these are just a few. Some orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I seem so obvious, we might think we don’t as Yours is, Jesus. If I begin to am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to need any help to say they’re good or bad, hold anything back from You, Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is but we do! We always need help from our please show me and right (just, righteous), because I do not seek Savior! He knows everything about us and or consult My own will [I have no desire to do those who are in our lives, and He knows I will give it back. what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My from the beginning, how our situations own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of end. JUDGE: “to look at things, such as people, the Father Who sent Me.” activities, actions, events, clothes, food (you get So what should we do? Give it all to Him! the idea) to decide if they are GOOD or BAD.” Jesus makes decisions only by what the Father Whether you think it’s good or bad, let tells Him is right. He doesn’t mind. The Father COMPARE: “to look at two or more of those Jesus judge it. Let Him have the good. He is always right, so Jesus is always right! This things and decide which is BEST.” will give it back to you even better than it makes Him right about what is good and what is was—a GOOD idea becomes a GOD idea, bad. Aren’t you glad that we are not responsible These words could mean other things too, but a GOOD friend becomes a COVENANT to KNOW good from bad without Jesus to tell let’s call these the Commander Kellie dictionary friend! us? Think about Adam and Eve. The serpent meanings. Judge. Compare. “Is it GOOD or talked Eve into trying to know good and bad BAD?” “Is it BETTER or BEST?” We do it every And when Jesus says, “It’s bad, stay without God’s help. That turned out to be a day. We start comparing good and bad when away,” do it! He will be there with you to huge problem! God already had we are babies and it doesn’t seem to stop. make it all work out. a plan to help them know, just You may think, “Babies don’t judge like He helped Jesus. Superkid, you can trust Him. If you want and compare.” In some ways you are right. to live your life like this, the one thing For instance, they may not be able to know Truly, Jesus wants to you need to have is trust. Trust in His goodness and His plan for you, trust if a food is good FOR them, but as soon as it do the same for you. that He knows your heart inside Jesus and the Holy goes into their mouths, they decide if it TASTES and out, and trust that He knows Spirit are in charge GOOD or BAD! How do you know? Their sweet the end from the beginning. baby faces will tell you! Watch out, when you of helping you and me see the face that says, “Yucky!” That food is know what is good and As we pray our prayer, about to fly! Snap! That little baby who can’t what is bad. He makes remember, Superkid, it isn’t even talk has compared peas to bananas and an important comparison only the good things and bad judged the peas to be BAD even though they in John 10:10-11, New things we give to Him, but are actually GOOD for him. We can learn a Living Translation: “The thief’s the authority to tell us which lesson from those picky eaters: Babies don’t purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My is which! always choose the things that are actually good. purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. I am the good shepherd. The So live your life to HIS fullest and HIS best You could think, I am not a baby, I’m a big kid good shepherd sacrifices his life for good! and I know what’s good and bad! the sheep.” Until Next Time, Stay Tuned!

Love, Plus shipping. Offer price valid until Sept. 30, 2019 Kellie Copeland is responsible for Covenant Partner Relations at Kenneth Copeland Ministries and is the Commander Kellie developer of the Superkid Academy curriculum. Through her ministry and as “Commander Kellie,” she fulfills i the mission of drawing people of all ages into a personal, growing and powerful relationship with Jesus Christ. 30 : BVOV GOLD COAST VICTORY CAMPAIGN