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Cora D. :: Norfolk, Va.

My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.

She went through chemotherapy and radiation with flying colors and the cancer was destroyed.

A year later they found more cancer and began treatment. It, too, was destroyed.

When she had her last C-scan, her lung collapsed and she had to be rushed to the hospital. The doctors didn’t have much hope, so they called the family.

Once again, I called my family. I turned to KCM, my local church and the KCM online Partner Community for prayer.

Each and every time, God has healed my mom and brought her out of the devil’s trap.

Thank You, Lord, for giving me more time to praise You and love her. Let’s keep praying for one another, because God is still on the throne and He is still in control!

GET TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY. kcm.org/community In print since ’73 : VOL. 44 : No 6 Gloria and I consider PARTNERSHIP a very sacred thing and are convinced June that the principles World of partnership are 4 Champions KEY TO VICTORY of Faith in these last days. YOUR by Kenneth Copeland As a believer, know who you BALLOT IS are in Christ Jesus and be the YOUR SEED champion of faith God made by Kenneth Copeland you to be. Connect by faith with God’s grace and let Him turn your life into a little Eden right here on earth. Worth It All Partnership 14 for the Call by Melanie Hemry can change Shaun Gustafson was on the road to success in business your life! when the Lord called him into ministry. After being introduced Visit or call to to Kenneth Copeland’s teachings, find out how! he left the seminary and enrolled at Oral Roberts University. Upon kcm.org.za graduation, Shaun and his wife, +27 11 699 7700 Amy, were called to KCM for a season of preparation before 0860 10 33 56 becoming pastors. (in RSA only) These 19 Amazing Days by Dennis Burke God has placed an awesome calling on the Church and her leaders. He is entrusting us to minister to the needs of the lost—then ready them to receive the Lord. Living the High 26 Life of Peace by Gloria Copeland Get By putting God’s Word first place in your life and spending time in your “You have it every day, it will free you from to understand, the cares of this world. free the ballot is your subscription seed.... When you don’t sow it, you have sown to Features kcm.org.za your enemy.” 9 Commander Kellie’s +27 11 699 7700 Corner by Kellie Copeland 0860 10 33 56 P. 24 (in RSA only) 16 Read Through the Bible

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BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY VOLUME 44 NUMBER 6 June 2016 BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY is published monthly by Eagle Mountain International Church Inc./Kenneth Copeland Ministries, a nonprofit corporation, Fort Worth, Texas. © 2016 Eagle Mountain International Church Inc. aka Kenneth Copeland Ministries. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY and the JESUS IS LORD globe logo are registered trademarks of Eagle Mountain International Church Inc./Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Printing and PINTEREST INSTAGRAM distribution costs are paid for by donations from KCM Partners and Friends. Printed in the United States of America. Because all BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY issues are preplanned, we are unable to accept unsolicited manuscripts. Director of Marketing/Leah Herrington Communications Manager/Cindy Hames Managing Editor/Ronald C. Jordan Assistant Editor/Debby Ide Writers/Darlene Breed Gina Lynnes Christopher P.N. Maselli Proofreaders/Jean DeLong Michelle Harris Eileen Hooley Senior Designer/Michael Augustat Project Manager/Deborah Brister Type Coordinator/Joyce Glasgow YOUTUBE GOOGLE+ WHAT IF GOD INVITED YOU TO LIVE IN A GARDEN

...notOF just somedayEDEN in heaven in the sweet by-and-by, but right here on earth in the rotten here and now? What if He promised you a life so full of supernatural abundance that people wandering around in the wilderness of this world could see His amazing power and lovingkindness just by looking at you?

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL LIFE, DOESN’T IT?

4 : BVOV Zion, the city of the living God (Hebrews 12:22). Don’t miss out If you’re a believer, then on the BLESSINGS God has for you. Rise up God is talking to you in and become a world those verses! He’s telling champion of faith. Here you that you have an Eden are some points to get covenant. He’s promising you there: that if you’ll look to by Abraham and follow his As a believer, example, you can walk in the you have an Eden Kenneth covenant. fullness of His BLESSING 1 Copeland Isaiah 51:3 WORLD and it will turn your life into a veritable Garden of The It’s a covenant of LORD. faith and grace. CHAMPIONS Gloria and I know what 2 Romans 4:16 that’s like. It’s been happening The devil doesn’t to us for quite a while. Not have the power because we’re some kind 3 to rob you of your OF FAITH of spiritual hotshots, but Eden BLESSINGS Some people would even father, and unto Sarah that because almost 50 years ago because Jesus has defeated him. say it sounds too good to bare you: for I called him we started learning how to Colossians 2:15 be true. Yet, according to alone, and blessed him, cooperate with God’s system. the Bible, it’s the plan of and increased him. For the We started learning what He When the devil God for every one of His Lord shall comfort Zion: he meant when He said, “It is hits you with children. It was His plan will comfort all her waste of faith, that it might be by 4 doubt, hit him back with faith in the beginning when places; and he will make her grace; to the end the promise like Abraham did. He BLESSED Adam and wilderness like Eden, and might be sure to all the seed” Romans 4:20 put him in the Garden of her desert like the garden of (Romans 4:16). Eden. It was His plan when the Lord…” (Isaiah 51:1-3). Faith and grace are big with There’s nothing He made covenant with “But Brother Copeland,” God. Faith is big because in this world order that can Abraham and promised to you might say, “those verses are it’s the spiritual force that 5 overcome your BLESS him and his seed; in the Old Testament. They’re connects us to grace. Grace is faith in God. and it was His plan when talking about God’s plan for big because it’s what made the 1 John 5:4 He said to us in the book the Jews and for Israel.” way for God to bring things of Isaiah: “Hearken to They’re also talking to back to the Garden of Eden me, ye that follow after us as believers. According level without having to wait righteousness, ye that seek to the New Testament, until this whole age is over. the Lord: look unto the Abraham is our father too When you connect by faith to rock whence ye are hewn, (Romans 4:16). We’re his God’s grace, He can treat you and to the hole of the pit seed and heirs of what God like sin never even happened. whence ye are digged. promised him (Galatians Talk about big! That’s as big Look unto Abraham your 3:29). We’re citizens of as it gets!

BVOV : 5 Even the Gates of God Himself was given to you as a gift Jesus. Jesus went before us with the same Hell Can’t Stop You the split second you were born again measure of faith we have. He developed “Well, faith and grace are great, all (Ephesians 2:8). It’s so powerful that His faith by feeding on The WORD right,” someone might say, “but what the first time you used it, it changed you of God the same as you and I do, and about the devil? How do I live like forever. It connected you with so much all the forces of hell combined couldn’t I’m in Eden when I’m still in this sin- of God’s grace that your old sinful man stand against Him. After He went to infested world dealing with him?” died; you became the righteousness of the Cross, He whipped and disarmed You do it the same way Jesus did. God in Him; and you were raised up to them so completely that if they’d known When He was on earth, He defeated sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. what was going to happen, “they would the devil every day of His life. He not Just think; you were still a spiritual not have crucified the Lord of glory” only overcame every temptation to baby when that happened. You probably (1 Corinthians 2:8). sin and walked continually in God’s didn’t know nearly as much about The If you’ve read the Bible, you know BLESSING on a personal level; He WORD of God as you do now. Yet just the thrilling story of how Jesus’ victory brought that BLESSING into the lives by believing, confessing and acting on unfolded. It began with satan and his of others. He “went about doing good, what little bit you knew, you blasted bunch thinking they’d finally gotten the upper hand against Jesus. As He suffered on the cross where His form When you use your faith was so marred He no longer resembled a human being, they didn’t know He in God’s WORD like a was paying the price for the sin of all mankind. They didn’t realize He was weapon against the devil, acting by faith as our substitute, so when He died and they dragged Him into he’s helpless against it. hell, they released their full fury upon Him. There’s nothing in this world order Then, on the third day they found out they had made a terrible mistake! your faith in God won’t overcome. Just as it looked like they were about to annihilate Jesus, suddenly the spiritual realm rocked with the voice of God Almighty. “That’s enough!” He said. “Again I will be a Father to Him and again He will be a Son and healing all that were oppressed of out of the kingdom of darkness into the to me.” With those words, Jesus was the devil; for God was with him” (Acts kingdom of the light of God’s dear Son, instantly raised from the dead. The first 10:38). and the gates of hell themselves couldn’t Man ever to be born again from sin to “But that was Jesus, Brother stop you. righteousness, He started preaching the Copeland. He’s the Son of God.” “Yeah, but that was a spiritual gospel right there in hell. With demons Yes, He is—and you’re a son of God, victory,” you might say. “In the natural bouncing off every wall, He took too. You’re not just an old forgiven I’m still subject to all the mess the devil satan’s keys away from him and said, sinner saved by grace. You’re a new is stirring up in the world.” “All power is given unto me in heaven creation. “Old things are passed away; No, you’re not. There’s nothing in and in earth” (Matthew 28:18). Then— behold, all things are become new. And this world order your faith in God won’t whoosh—He left the bowels of the earth, all things are of God...” (2 Corinthians overcome. “For whatsoever is born of went up and got His body, and went to 5:17-18). You’ve been “born again, not God overcometh the world: and this is heaven where He poured out His blood of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, the victory that overcometh the world, on the heavenly mercy seat. by the word of God, which liveth and even our faith” (1 John 5:4). All You Have to abideth for ever” (1 Peter 1:23). When you use your faith in God’s Do Is Pull the Trigger Your spiritual DNA and Jesus’ DNA WORD like a weapon against the are exactly the same. Spiritually, you’re devil, he’s helpless against it. If you Jesus is the original and ultimate Faith identical twins. You also have the want to see how helpless, look at what Champion! The moment you believed same faith He has. The very faith of happened in his final showdown with on Him you became His joint heir. So

6 : BVOV whether you know it or not, you’re the biggest thing on the block! Your blood Covenant Brother, The LORD Jesus Christ, utterly defeated the devil in the showdown of the ages. Now He’s given you the gun with a cocked hammer. All you have to do is pull the trigger! What exactly do I mean by pull the trigger? I mean get out your Bible, find scripture that covers your situation, and fight the good fight of faith with The WORD of God. If you’re believing for healing, find healing scriptures and stand on them. Learn them. Talk them. Think them. Write them down and put them up everywhere. Fill your house so full of them that when someone comes in, they see healing scriptures on every door. Anaheim Orlando Then, do what Isaiah 51 said. Look unto Abraham the father of your faith Aug. 19-20 Sept. 16-17 and follow his example. #ALV16 #OLV16

...He believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many FREE nations, according to that which was Admission Space is limited! spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about Your hostess Kellie Copeland an hundred years old, neither yet the REGISTER deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving TODAY glory to God; and being fully persuaded REGISTER HERE that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform (Romans 4:17-21). Pre-Service Prayer What was Abraham doing in those with Lyndsey Rae verses? He was using the faith God had put in him, like a tool, on purpose. Every time the devil called Abraham’s Services attention to his old, dead, wrinkled-up with body, he hit back with faith. Every time Kenneth the devil pointed out how old and barren Copeland Sarah was, Abraham pulled the trigger and fired off another round of God’s WORD. “Shut up, devil!” he’d say. “I don’t consider your lies. I don’t consider natural circumstances! I believe what Schedule is subject to change without notice. is subject to change Schedule Bonus Content Click here to watch! Faith can work in EVERY area of your life! by Gloria Copeland

God said and nothing else!” WORD she got bolder and bolder. She I’m not suggesting you’ll come by got so strong in faith the devil didn’t this easily. This isn’t for the wimpy. It’s want anything to do with her. (He still for champions, and you become a faith doesn’t.) Every time he tried something, champion by staying in The WORD so she whipped up on him. that when the devil challenges you, you I remember one time she got on him can stand strong against him. You do it for attacking me. I’d just gotten home by developing your faith and swinging from days of preaching on the road and I your WORD sword in the devil’s was having flu symptoms. I was so tired direction until he flees. that instead of standing on The WORD “I don’t know, Brother Copeland. I’m like I should have, I just collapsed onto not very scary. Are you sure the devil the bed and felt sorry for myself. As I GOD NEVER will flee from me?” was lying there in the dark, seemingly Certainly he will! You don’t look from out of nowhere Gloria jumped on MEANT FOR the same to him as you do to yourself. me, praying in tongues and shouting at YOU TO BE When you put on your war suit, you the top of her voice, “You flu demon, SUBJECT TO absolutely terrify the devil. When you in the Name of Jesus, you get off my THE WORLD’S strap on the breastplate of righteousness husband!” She knocked me completely DISEASES, and the shoes of the gospel of peace, out of the bed and onto the floor. RECESSIONS when you take up your shield of faith “OK! OK!” I said. “I’m healed!” I was and put on the helmet of salvation with totally healed when I hit the floor. OR SPIRITUAL the faceplate down, the only thing I remember another time a few years DEATH. the devil sees coming at him is God’s later when she jumped on our young When Christ redeemed us, He armor. He doesn’t know who’s in there. son, John, in much the same way. He’d brought us to a new position He doesn’t know you’re still growing said something sassy to her, thinking he and power—where we have the up and you don’t quite fill up the armor could get away with it because she’s so authority to change the world yet. To him you look like more than a sweet and even-tempered all the time. as we know it! conqueror. So all you have to do is act I don’t recall exactly what he said, but like one. As long you just keep speaking whatever it was, Gloria could tell the In this series by Kenneth The WORD and don’t say something devil was working on him. Instantly, Copeland, you’ll find out about stupid like, “I sure hope this works she turned into “Faith Woman!” She your higher place of authority— because if it doesn’t I’m dead,” the devil flat-footed it over the living room sofa how to act on it, stand on it will run from you as surely as he’ll run to where John was and dealt with that and make a difference with it. from Jesus Himself. devil right then and there. His eyes got “But what if he doesn’t?” someone big and he said, “Wow, Mama!” A Higher PlaceORDER of Authority might say. “What if I try to fight and I’m sure the devil was saying much end up losing the battle?” the same thing as he was running * R That won’t happen! Just go lock out the door. He was saying, “Wow!” yourself up somewhere with your Bible because Gloria knows who she is in 139 and stay there until the champion Christ Jesus. 5 CDs #B160601 shows up. Get out your faith-preaching As a believer, you ought to know who CDs and DVDs and whatever else you you are in Christ Jesus, too. You ought to Order Online have, and totally immerse yourself in be acting like a world champion of faith The WORD until you’re so strong in and keeping the devil on the run. So get faith you come out chewing nails and in The WORD and get after it! Connect CLICK & ORDER drinking gunpowder soup! by faith with God’s grace and let Him That’s what Gloria and I did when we turn your life into a little Eden right here first found out about the word of faith. on earth. Let Him fill your life so full SOUTH AFRICA +27 860 10 33 56 ONLY It changed both of us in major ways, but of supernatural abundance that people * Excludes Shipping. Prices valid for a limited time only. what happened to Gloria was especially wandering around in the wilderness amazing. She’d always been very quiet of this world can see His power and and shy, but as she spent time in The lovingkindness through you!

8 : BVOV ellie r K ’s C Pde o n r a n ® e m r m Jesus was hungry. He noticed a pass! He made it very simple: 1. Have faith o

C fig tree in full leaf a little way in God. Just decide if you haven’t already; off, so he went over to see if he 2. Believe His Word that promises you the could find any figs. But there things you desire in your heart; 3. Say it! were only leaves because it was Confess with your mouth! too early in the season for fruit. Living Then Jesus said to the tree, ‘May no You may not see it immediately but one ever eat your fruit again!’ And the continue to believe His Word. Don’t pay disciples heard him say it” (New Living attention to the things around you, the Translation). things you see that tell you it will never by Faith come. Remember and believe what He A life of faith doesn’t just What was Jesus doing? He was speaking says, not what circumstances say. to the fig tree. Why do we speak to happen on Sunday, or things when we want them to change? Second Corinthians 4:13 and 18 (NLT), when you are believing Because that is the way God designed give us an important clue about walking for something special. things. How did He create the world we in faith, particularly about standing for Superkid, we are faith people 24/7. That’s live in? Words. He spoke the earth, the what we are praying for. It says: “But we every hour of the day, every day of the animals, and even you and me into continue to preach because we have the week! You HAVE the faith of God inside existence because it was same kind of faith the psalmist had you! Walking and living by faith is a what He wanted. I am not when he said, ‘I believed in God, decision that only you can make. sure why Jesus wanted so I spoke.’ So we don’t look at that fig tree to dry up, the troubles we can see now; When the disciples made the decision to but it did! Look at rather, we fix our gaze on put their faith in Jesus and follow Him, what the next few things that cannot be seen. they had no idea how their lives would verses say: For the things we see now change! They were living very ordinary will soon be gone, but the lives when Jesus offered them a life of The next morning as things we cannot see will adventure through trusting, following they passed by the last forever.” and believing Him for everyday things as fig tree he had cursed, well as the miraculous. the disciples noticed it What are the things we cannot had withered from the roots see? Faith, angels, God moving and Think about the things they received by up. Peter remembered what Jesus had making things happen. faith: healing, protection, miracles, food. said to the tree on the previous day and Even fish to eat! And they didn’t just catch exclaimed, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree you Is this all there is to learn about faith? No a fish, they caught TONS of fish. One cursed has withered and died!” Then way! It’s just the beginning, but just like time, Peter even caught a fish with money Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in He did with the first disciples, Jesus will in its mouth! God. I tell you the truth, you can say to continue to teach you and help you. Just ask this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and Him to train you in the walk of faith. And Jesus provided everything the disciples thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. remember these two things. FAITH TAKES needed, but here’s the thing: They had to But you must really believe it will happen ACTION. Faith acts like what you have asked walk by faith. When they had failures, and have no doubt in your heart. I tell for has already happened, so start making Jesus told them their faith was small. But you, you can pray for anything, and if you plans to receive what you’ve requested! He didn’t leave them with small faith. He believe that you’ve received it, it will be NEVER QUIT! Hebrews 10:35-36 (NLT) says: continued to work with them and teach yours” (verses 20-24, NLT). “So do not throw away this confident trust them. He not only taught His disciples in the Lord. Remember the great reward it how to walk by faith, He showed them. Peter and his friends were brings you! Patient endurance is what you surprised. need now, so that you will continue to do Today, we can learn as much from God’s will. Then you will receive all that what He did as we can from what If your response is, “Well, of he has promised.” He said. Many of you are familiar course. Jesus is the Son of God! with Mark 11:22-24, and know it Things have to obey Him!” then Jesus will never fail you, Superkid. There tells how to change things with what Jesus said to them might is no better life than a life of faith. Hang our faith. You may not realize that surprise you. YOU have on for a great adventure! I’m believing this faith lesson had begun the the same ability, authority with you! day before. Verses 12-14 tell us: and power to speak the “The next morning as they things you want to come to were leaving Bethany, An outreach minister at Kenneth Copeland Ministries, she is the developer of the Kellie Superkid Academy curriculum. Through her ministry and as “Commander Kellie,” Copeland VISIT WEBSITE i she fulfills the mission of drawing people of all ages into a personal, growing and powerful relationship with Jesus Christ. 35 Southwest Believers’ YEARS Convention Fort Worth, Texas July 4-9

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the heart of historic Fort Worth, Texas, on July 4-9, more than 10,000 believers will IN gather with one common goal in mind: to immerse themselves in the Word and We’re expecting financial blessings, freedom hear from God. All week long, ministers breakthroughs on every from fear or healing…we’ll such as Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, front as believers take hold all be standing together. Jerry Savelle, Jesse Duplantis, Creflo of who they are in Christ While there will be and receive all God has powerful, life-changing Dollar, Keith Moore, Bill Winston and for them—whether they messages all week, many others will bring fresh revelation. need relationships restored, attendees’ favorite time is

12 : BVOV Lord not only wanted them to make Healing School a regular part of KCM’s meetings, but that He also wanted them to do so until Jesus returns. It has now been 37 years since Healing School began. Since 1979, every Believers’ Convention and JESUS ALWAYS Victory Campaign held by Kenneth Copeland COMES TO Ministries has given our Partners and Friends an HEALING SCHOOL! opportunity to hear God’s —Gloria Word on divine healing and to apply it to their Saturday morning—when few moments later, God the Lord might have some lives. Kenneth and Gloria teach spoke to her and said, I want other direction in store. Kenneth and Gloria Healing School. you to start teaching on healing But then another prophecy have taught Healing in all the meetings. came—this time through School around the world A Word From the Lord In September 1979, three Kenneth himself—that to countless numbers of It began early one months after that encounter made it clear to them just people—boldly declaring summer morning in 1979, with God, Kenneth and when God intended for that “Jesus always comes when Gloria woke up and Gloria Copeland obeyed Healing School to end. The to Healing School!” And slipped out onto the back God by adding Healing Lord said: thousands of people have porch of the family’s cabin School to each of the I want My people well. I received God’s Word on in southwest Arkansas. meetings they had scheduled have desired for My people to divine healing, applied it While everyone else slept, for the rest of that year— walk in health. I have desired to their lives, and seen the she took the opportunity and Gloria began teaching for My people to know how results. to pray. on healing. It was during to walk in health…. I want Stand for YOUR It was in those quiet those meetings that the Lord My people to know how to Breakthrough moments alone with God also instructed her to begin take My WORD, and stand that Gloria remembered a laying hands on the sick and on My WORD, and receive No matter what you’re prophecy she had recently praying for them. So she did. My healing power and know facing today, the answer received. She was told that I am The LORD. I want is in God’s Word. And that she was about to hear A Clear Directive My people to walk with Me that Word concerning from the Lord concerning By the beginning of in health and life and know healing will be alive and something He wanted her the next year, with a few the good things that I have heard uncompromised at the to do. Thinking about that meetings behind them, prepared for them. I am The 2016 Southwest Believers’ prophecy, she spoke from her Kenneth and Gloria thought LORD that heals you…I Convention in Fort Worth, heart and said, “Lord, You that facet of the meetings will have My people well! Texas. know I’ll do anything You was finished. They had By that, it was clear to Come stand for your want me to do. Just tell me obeyed God, and thought Kenneth and Gloria that the breakthrough with us! what it is.” When she finished praying, Gloria went inside to get ready for the day. A To learn more, visit kcm.org/swbc

BVOV : 13 14 : BVOV WORTH IT ALL FOR THE CALL

by Melanie Hemry

SHAUN GUSTAFSON That’s not to say he didn’t him, making it difficult to stand. TOOK THE STEPS TO have a serious side. Even as a Shaun looked at his cousin child he’d known he wanted to and told him he was leaving to HIS MEETING TWO AT A go into business. He’d made a go back to college for ministry. TIME. THAT’S THE WAY plan and stuck with it through “Are you kidding? Look! attending business college. This is my paycheck for two HE LIVED HIS LIFE—WITH Now working for a mortgage weeks! You’re next in line for SUCH ZEST THAT HE company, he was a rising star— promotion.” EMBRACED EACH NEW already one of the company’s top The check was for $11,000. employees. Shaun glanced at the check DAY LIKE A LONG-LOST Shaun walked into his and then to his cousin’s face. FRIEND. HIS FACE ALIGHT cousin’s office and looked “I want to minister the out over the St. Paul, Minn., gospel.” WITH GOOD HUMOR, HE skyline. The snow-wrapped city WAS THE KIND OF GUY shimmered in the morning sun CHANGING COURSE like diamonds. As much as he “In 1998, I enrolled at a WHO LIKED TO HAVE FUN. loved his life and enjoyed his Bible college in Minneapolis,” HE LOVED SPORTS, HAD job, something on the inside Shaun recalls. “That same year BEEN THE HIGH-SCHOOL of him had changed. It felt like I married Amy. The Lord told one minute his life had been a Amy to take a part-time job and HOMECOMING KING, AND speeding train on a fast track. invest most of her time praying WAS KNOWN AS THE LIFE Then it had come to a screeching for our future ministry. This halt, backed up and was was a hard step of obedience OF EVERY PARTY. lumbering to change course. because she had just received He could trace the changes her bachelor’s degree and had back to the day he’d had a a full-time position waiting for radical experience with God. her. Instead, Amy worked doing The Lord’s presence had been so makeup for a modeling agency. powerful that he felt as though Our total income that year was electricity had coursed through $8600.

BVOV : 15 16 : “Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan” written by Marilyn Hickey, and used by permission. BVOV They were the same

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One money every of the rest for the God to believe had we paid, of Shaun’s tuition half Even with tithe. our above to them offerings gave and you. called I’ve Too don’t people You many know yet!” are right in history you now where is This said, and line red the above who success.” has someone under Especially first. ministry man’s to another submits minister the if longevity increases it “But greatly said. away,” right person head professor the the be to want They out ofright college. ministry own their launch it—is they seasoned professor advice. give PATHTHE TO SUCCESS Shortly after that, the Lord appeared appeared Lord the that, after Shortly to For moving about Amy, nothing “Another time a check came in for in came acheck “Another time KCM with Partners become “We’d Yes, why that’s back, answered Jesus it’s soon! too “Lord, responded, Shaun “Where most young ministers miss miss ministers young most “Where to a listened and class in sat Shaun Then He pointed just barely barely pointed just Then He . That wasn’t what Shaun wanted to remember anything!” The hardest thing in Shaun’s life was hear. He’d walked away from a career Instead of launching their ministry, the waiting. With each passing year, the in business in 1998 because of his the Lord told them to apply for jobs concept of faith and patience grew thin heart’s desire to minister the gospel. at KCM. because his heart ached to minister to Almost five years later, that still hadn’t In 2003, Shaun and Amy moved the lost. He felt as though his call was happened. to Texas and went to work for KCM. just beyond his grasp. Then he heard another minister Shaun worked in purchasing. Amy did Then one day Keith Moore spoke in talk about ministers he’d known makeup in the television department. chapel. “It’s your job to be faithful where over the years. “We loved working at KCM,” Amy you’re at,” he said. “You be diligent and “Most of the ones who went straight says. “Our positions allowed us to see God will promote you when He sees into their own ministry are no longer in Kenneth and Gloria behind the scenes. you’re ready.” When Shaun walked it,” the man said. “The ones who worked They were the same people we knew out of chapel that day, every shadow of for another man’s ministry until God from the pulpit. Shaun later applied sadness was gone. released them were able to stick it out.” for two pastoral positions at KCM, “That message set me free,” Shaun Upon Shaun’s graduation from ORU but didn’t get them. He was happy and remembers. “My responsibility was in 2002, his father told him a story he’d upbeat, but underneath his congenial simple: Be faithful right where I am. never heard. “When I was 10 years old, exterior there was a deep sadness in him. It allowed me to cherish what God I accepted the Lord while watching Every year seemed to take him further called me to do each day and live in Oral Roberts on television. God spoke from his call.” the present.” to me and said, Like Oral Roberts, if you will follow the call on your life, I’ll make you respected worldwide.” He went on to explain that he’d grown up, gone into business, married Partnership with KCM and had three daughters. At that time opened a whole new world the denominational mindset was that God would keep a minister humble to us, teaching us how to and the church would keep him poor. Shaun’s father didn’t see how he could obtain victory in situations minister and support his family. —Shaun His father had prayed, “Lord, if that look impossible. You’ll give me a son, I’ll dedicate him to You to fulfill my call.” Shaun had been the answer to that prayer and his father had dedicated him to the Lord at birth. Shaun was stunned by the story and amazed that his family had come full circle, right back to ORU. Not fulfilling his call was his father’s deepest regret. Shaun didn’t want to make the same mistake. He and Amy felt certain they knew what God had in store for them. They believed God had prepared them to minister to marriages on a global scale. However, Shaun prayed, “Lord, what do You want me to do for the rest of my life?” Pastor. “I cried,” Shaun admits. “I’d never wanted to be a pastor. I couldn’t imagine coming up with a new message every week for the rest of my life! 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THE NEXT STEP this area. We were told none had ever On vacation at Ironwood Springs made it much past 100 in attendance Christian Ranch, Shaun and Amy and that most had closed their Kenneth relaxed around a campfire. The fire doors, but we and our congregation & Gloria snapped and crackled against the night persevered. There were nights of Copeland sky. prayers and tears when we had to “Amy, is the Lord speaking to you?” remind ourselves that God had told us Shaun asked. to do this and we couldn’t give up. We “Yes.” have really been able to see the fruit May 30-June 3 “Is He talking to you about moving of patience now, with many coming Growing Up in to Rochester, Minn., to pastor a to Christ and faithful, talented people Unity With Him church?” joining us in this vision from the Lord. Gloria Copeland & Kellie Copeland “Yes.” “This area is an international hub Kellie Copeland “Me, too.” because of the Mayo Clinic. Kings Sun., June 5 “We knew we were called to pastor and world leaders come here, along God’s Provision for a church in Rochester,” Shaun recalls. with as many as 1.3 million people You to Be Whole “But we also realized that we could each year. Many seek spiritual as Kenneth Copeland get out of God’s timing and still miss well as medical help. So we make His plan. Instead of jumping out the central focus of every event about June 6-10 Dr. Don Colbert and moving to Rochester, we started reaching people for Christ.” Food, Medicine praying over God’s timing. We both Today, seven years after starting the and God’s Word sensed that we were to move in the fall church, it is going stronger than ever. Kenneth Copeland and of 2008, which gave us two more years More than 500 people now call High Dr. Don Colbert at KCM. We prayed that God would Point Church home. They recently confirm this church plant was really opened a new building and have two Sun., June 12 coming from Him.” services on Sunday. Shaun and Amy The Wonderful Benefits Dr. Caroline Leaf One night while they were waiting believe this is all just the groundwork of God’s Health Plan on God’s timing, Shaun had a vivid for what God is yet to do. “College Kenneth Copeland dream. In it he walked into the main taught me about homiletics and building at KCM and saw a piece of hermeneutics, but partnership with June 13-17 paper on the floor. He picked it up and KCM opened a whole new world to Be the Perfect You threw it in the trash. Then the Lord us, teaching us how to obtain victory Kenneth & Gloria Copeland spoke: Because you have treated this like in real-life situations that look and Dr. Caroline Leaf Billye Brim it was your own father’s ministry, I’m impossible. promoting you into your own. “God once spoke to me,” shares Sun., June 19 In the second part of the dream, Shaun, Too many churches are looking for God Is Not an Absentee Father a Bible opened and Shaun read ways to get money in, rather than looking Kenneth Copeland 1 Timothy 1:12 (New King James for ways to get the gospel out. At High Point Church, people are June 20-24 Version). Two words in the passage were receiving eternal life. Through the How to Be Led by the Spirit in bold print. “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because church and outreach ministries, they of God in the End of Days He counted me faithful, putting me have seen over 3,000 come to Christ Gloria Copeland and Billye Brim into the ministry.” so far. The hearts of the fathers and On Oct. 30, 2008, a full 10 years children are being turned to God and Sun., June 26 after Shaun had accepted his call into each other as Malachi 4:6 illuminates. The DNA of an Overcomer the ministry, God sent him and Amy Marriages and families are being healed. Kenneth Copeland from Texas to Rochester, where they If that weren’t blessing enough, their own family has grown to include three June 27-July 1 started with a five-week marriage Prophecies in the Psalms conference. Then, in March 2009, they children: Courtney, 12; Whitney, 8; launched High Point Church with only and Caleb, 5. Gloria Copeland and Billye Brim 17 people in attendance. By the end of When Pastors Shaun and Amy the first year, they had 30 members. Gustafson look back over the “We didn’t despise those small challenges of the past 18 years, one Station Listing kcm.org.za thing is clear—it was worth it all for the Watch Online kcm.org/watch/live beginnings,” Shaun explains. “Word call. Download kcm.org.za of faith churches have struggled in These Amazing Days THE DAYS WE LIVE IN ARE AMAZING! THESE DAYS ARE NOT UNLIKE THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. HIS WERE DAYS OF ANXIETY BECAUSE OF POLITICAL UNREST, BUT THEY WERE ALSO DAYS OF EXPECTATION BECAUSE OF ISRAEL’S HOPE OF DELIVERANCE. by Dennis Burke

attention back to the Lord and get them ready to realize their hope. To make ready. That’s an inner thing. John’s task was to make the people ready on the inside, to turn their hearts, so they would be prepared for what was about to take place on the outside. He prepared them to receive the Lord Jesus! Scripture says John’s anointing was the same anointing as Elijah, whose anointing caused people to sit up and take notice of the work of the Lord. Elijah’s anointing caused people to repent of their wicked ways and turn back to God. His anointing gave people hope for their future and caused them to see that their righteous God was working on their behalf. It made them ready on the inside to receive change on the outside. Just like in the days of Elijah and ittle did the people realize that the fathers to the children,’ and the John the Baptist, while we’re in the L their hope was on the brink disobedient to the wisdom of the just, greatest times history has ever known, of fulfillment when John the Baptist to make ready a people prepared for the we’re facing some of the darkest times showed up. Lord (New King James Version). we’ve ever seen, heard of or imagined. We are introduced to John the In every walk of life, the enemy is at Baptist, and God’s plan for him, in Ready On the Inside work trying to convince people that the Luke 1:14-17, when the angel of the When John’s ministry began, the way forward is the way of wickedness Lord appeared to Zacharias, John’s nation was in a dark place, living under and darkness. But, thank God, there are father, and made the following the consequences of weak leadership and people of God who walk righteously and announcement: the rule of another nation. Israel was are making the light and life of Christ in need of her Savior—the Savior they evident wherever they may be. And you will have joy and gladness, and had been anticipating for centuries. God In our day, these amazing days, many will rejoice at his birth. For he anointed John to “make ready a people people the world over need to take will be great in the sight of the Lord, prepared for the Lord.” John’s God- notice of God’s work. They need to and shall drink neither wine nor strong ordained job was to turn the nation’s repent and change their opinions of drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s Dennis and his wife, Vikki, are co-founders of Dennis Burke Ministries in Arlington, womb.... He will also go before Him Dennis Texas. For more information and ministry materials go to dennisburkeministries.org or Burke (referring to Jesus) in the spirit and i call 1-800-742-4050. power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of

BVOV : 19 Him. People need to have their hope despair ready on the inside to receive of darkness, not even seeking the light. renewed and realize that God is Him and the deliverance He has Those were desperate times! working for them, even now. They need prepared for them. to be made ready and prepared for the When I compare the times we’re Something New Lord! living in today with those of my early The good news, though, is that God Today, God’s people carry an years, I see many similarities. The was never oblivious to any of the things anointing similar to that of Elijah and ’60s and ’70s were crazy times! The that our country, nor I, personally, was John the Baptist. God has empowered war in Vietnam was dragging on, going through. He was not surprised His Body to be the force in the earth and lives were being destroyed—both by any of those things. He’s always on to make people ready and prepare them on the battlefield and at home. Lives the scene—ready to raise up His people for the Lord. What a glorious mission were lost during the early days of the in messed-up America, and around the this is! In every nation around the U.S. Apollo space program. And, as a whole messed-up world, to make them world, the Spirit of God is breathing nation, we were still recovering from ready to meet their Lord! For years, I something very fresh and powerful into the assassinations of President John F. was lost! I was a confused kid with no the Body of Christ, and into those He Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy direction. But God was out to save me and get me on His path of life! In 1967, something new was going on in America that I knew nothing These days we are living in about. It was called the Jesus Movement. Their way of living, and the message mirror the days when I was they carried of God’s love, prepared young and headed down a people for the Lord. Even I was being influenced by the Jesus people who were path of destruction. on a mission to give people hope for their lives and for the world. Like so many others, I was confused Our nation and our churches about my own life and the world around me. I had no clue that my are craving real leadership. answers could be found in the Lord. I certainly wasn’t looking for answers in the Church. I was living the life my father had warned me about when has set in positions of leadership in His and Martin Luther King Jr. In the I was 12: that if I started using pot Body. Once again, in the history of the wake of these tragic events, America at a young age, it would lead to other Church, God has placed His people on experienced dark days for many years. things, possibly even heroin. In 1971, the crest of the wave in making people And there were some personal I found myself exactly where my dad ready to receive the Lord! challenges for me as well. had “prophesied” I would be--waking Growing up in Southern California, up from a heroin-induced stupor. It’s Nothing New in my early teens I experienced firsthand When my first thought that morning I say once again because throughout the violence and horrific unrest that took was, I want to do that again, right now, history, as we have seen in the days place in the streets of Los Angeles and I remembered his words and at that of Elijah and in the time of John, in Watts in the midst of racial violence. moment I realized I needed help. I every nation, in both the Church I was introduced to marijuana at age realized I needed Jesus in my life! and in the world, humanity has gone 11, and when I was 13 my life was all I began my pursuit of the things of through periods of darkness. People but shattered when my father took his God, and He guided me every step of have experienced times of hopelessness own life. Then, my life was about as the way! And guess where He took me? and despair. But God knows people. crazy as it could get. It was a life of He took me to church! He connected He knows how they respond to hopelessness, darkness and despair. But me with a church deacon who took me circumstances. Ecclesiastes 1:9 tells us the truth is, I was not alone. I was just under his wing. This man and the people there is nothing new under the sun. God one of hundreds of thousands around of that church welcomed me and made has always been faithful to anoint people the world who was walking blindly into me ready to meet the Lord. They helped to make those existing in darkness and destruction—living under the influence me to know my heavenly Father and my

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Prices : July valid for22-24 a limited time only. CLICK & ORDER Redeeming Love Christian Center redeeminglovecc.org YOUR VOICE. YOUR VICTORY. YOUR MINISTRY. ‘PEACE, BE STILL!’ GoodNEWSGazette I live in a lovely part of Melbourne surrounded by ‘A Brand-New Car’ enormous gum trees praying for a building God answered our Dear Kenneth and prayer ‘God Answered on a steep half-acre and growth in the prayers: building, team, I want to say a big Our Prayers’ block. Many years My husband and I number of members. land and more thank you and glorify His ago, not long after have been Partners Last weekend, another people! We are Name because God has I moved here, there with KCM for many pastor friend told us honored to add these answered your prayer of was a violent wind years. We pray and he was resigning as precious people into agreement with me for blowing at night. I consistently sow pastor of his small our hearts and into a brand-new car. I got it went out onto the financial seed into church in Grand the call of God with today. Our God is really a decking to check, the ministry and Prairie, Texas. His us. Praise the Lord! good God and a prayer- as it was extremely know that y’all pray congregation voted for He is faithful and answering God. He really is noisy, and the wind for us. We pastor a my husband, John, to nothing is impossible was roaring. a Father of His children of small church that be their next pastor. for Him! faith. Thank you so much has been meeting We will combine I was alarmed at the for your wonderful prayer for several years in the two churches Elizabeth B. way the tall trees support. God bless you and Cedar Hill, Texas a hotel conference and meet in their were being tossed your ministry much more. room. We were debt-free building! around and bending A.B.S. | Meghalaya, India to such an extent. I was momentarily afraid, but then thought, Jesus stilled ‘No Cancer’ a storm. So I raised my hands to the Lord I wrote in requesting prayer for a mass that was and shouted, “In found in my breast and another in my uterus, along Jesus' Name, peace, be still!” Then as the with a thickening of my uterine wall. I know that scripture records, Jesus died not only to save me but to heal me. Your “Immediately there prayers helped me stand strong on His Word and I was a great calm,” I wanted Mark 4:39. I was Thank to thank was blessed with wonderful test results. No cancer. awed and humbled! ‘ I did expect God to you for You for Thank you and God bless. God is good...all the time! quiet things down, the BVOV the BVOV C.B. | U.S. but this was so Network network. sudden, dramatic ’ I am now and complete. There watching the broadcasts daily was not a breath of and I am being blessed by the wind on my property teachings. I am learning so I want to share this testimony and the peace and much about the words I speak GOD IS with KCM: I had a miscarriage Seed calm extended over in August 2013. That was a and what scriptures to speak Begets the boundaries of my painful experience for me and my over myself and my family. a Car neighbors’ properties FAITHFUL husband, but God is so faithful. Since I have started speaking too. I could still hear I stood on this word from Kenneth Copeland: After listening the wind roaring and healing and taking my healing, 2014—The Year of Victory Over Death, and The to the series howling down the I feel better and know that Year of Manifested Love! I also stood on Exodus on developing valley, some distance my healing will soon manifest 23:26, (The Amplified Bible, Classic Edition): “None a strong spirit, from my house. in my body. Thank you for shall lose her young in 2015, I your programs about the by miscarriage or be sowed a seed I believe God wanted importance of words and for barren in your land; I to KCM as an to teach me that Healing School. They are such will fulfill the number offering and I He can still any a blessing. God bless. of your days.” named it a car storm immediately, seed. A month including the storms Mrs. Shawn G. | Luray, Va. On Dec. 29, 2014, I later I was in people’s lives, was blessed to give able to get my which I’ve seen Him birth to twins. first car. do again and again. Bonus Content He is a mighty God Click here to watch! A.D. Tasha B. | Charlotte, N.C. South Africa and we give Him Strengthen your faith with these glory! powerful testimonies from our Partners! A.W. | Victoria, Australia salvation prayer If you do not know Jesus as your Savior and Lord, simply pray the following prayer in faith, and Jesus will be your Lord!

Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. Your Word says, “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” and “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:9). You said my salvation would be the result of Your Holy Spirit giving me new birth by coming to live in me (John 3:5-6, 15-16; Romans Every step 8:9-11) and that if I would ask, You would fill me with Your out of love Spirit and give me the ability to speak with other tongues is a step (Luke 11:13; Acts 2:4). out of this I take You at Your Word. I confess that Jesus is Lord. vital, living And I believe in my heart contact that You raised Him from the dead. Thank You for coming with God. into my heart, for giving me Your Holy Spirit as You have —Gloria promised, and for being Lord Copeland over my life. Amen.

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NOW, not all of them lie, of course, but some distort the facts for a living. They the newspaper. don’t know much about the president, and it makes them mad that he Isaiah continues: “…they judge doesn’t tell them anything. I don’t blame him—I wouldn’t tell them anything, either! not the fatherless, neither doth the But I fell over into a gripe mode for a few days and The LORD got on to me about cause of the widow come unto them. it. He got really straight with me about allowing television, television news and Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of television people to influence my thinking. hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, We all need to be very, very cautious about that. I will ease me of mine adversaries, Isaiah 1:21-23 says, “How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of and avenge me of mine enemies: And judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Thy silver is become dross, I will turn my hand upon thee, and thy wine mixed with water: thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: purely purge away thy dross [or, your every one loveth gifts, and followeth after slag and your alloys—the stuff you’ve rewards….” mixed in with your purity], and take Those rewards Isaiah was talking about away all thy tin” (verses 23-25). Join the community group were bribes or under-the-table deals. God always puts first things first. CHRISTIANS INTERESTED Compare his words to our generation. Notice what He said He will do first IN POLITICS & PUBLIC POLICY Our nation now is a lot like the city of to change a city or nation: “And I kcm.org/community Jerusalem was then. Just reading that will restore thy judges as at the first, scripture, you’d think you were reading and thy counsellors [your lawyers

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and your pastors] as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, the THIS NATION IS THE ONLY ONE IN city of righteousness, the faithful HISTORY FOUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO city” (verse 26). He said we will be called “a righteousness LOVED JESUS, AND FOR THE PURPOSE nation” again! OF WORSHIPING HIM. GOD FOUNDED It doesn’t matter what administration ISRAEL BECAUSE HE LOVES THEM. is in power or who’s in what position of authority. When you get right down to THE LORD IS IN COVENANT WITH it, everyone is influenced in one way or THIS COUNTRY, AND HE CAN NEVER another by a judge. FORGET IT! IT’S UP TO US, THEREFORE, Judges affect everything, and over TO PRAY, SEEK HIS FACE FOR HIS the past 40 years Supreme Court judges have really messed up our CHOICES OF CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC country. But I’ll tell you something— OFFICE, AND THEN VOTE—IN FAITH— you can’t blame them for it. You have CALLING THINGS THAT BE NOT AS to blame us. Why? Because we quit praying, we quit believing God and we THOUGH THEY WERE! quit voting. You have to understand, the ballot is DECLARE BY FAITH, EVERY DAY: your seed, and God doesn’t do anything without a seed. When you don’t sow it, “I BELIEVE IT IN MY HEART, AND I you have sown to your enemy. It’s the same principle that applies to farming. SAY WITH MY MOUTH: THIS IS ONE You sow corn, you harvest a crop of corn. You sow nothing, you get nothing. NATION UNDER GOD, There’s no in between. INDIVISIBLE! Everything you do and everything WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!” you say is a seed. To think you can sow one thing and reap a different harvest is insanity. That kind of thinking is not even practical. A seed always produces after its own kind. So by getting hung up on the political parties and all of the show business—supposedly political that church than anyone else. In fact, that whole city around in a matter of campaigns—that have little or no one else showed up. They voted weeks, and eventually changed the nothing to do with what’s going to on everything and ended up taking city council. happen in office, and then not sowing over the city. They started turning the “Is that the right thing to do?” you ask. your ballot…it’s like not having been whole city around in one night. It is when you’re right. And being involved in the first place. The city council realized what was part of the political system—exercising What’s your responsibility? Get going on, but there wasn’t any way your voice and being heard—is right! involved! You pray and you follow they could turn them off. They were It’s time for you to be heard. But you God when it comes time to vote. And in every city council meeting—two can’t if you don’t stand up and speak then you do more than that: You stay or three hundred of them—filling out. It starts with sowing your seed. involved. the whole room up. They turned Your vote really does count. God really got after a preacher friend of mine about this very thing. He lives in a small town in central Texas and his church wasn’t liking the You have to blame us.... Because direction the city council was going at we quit praying, we quit believing all. So the whole church got together God and we quit voting. and went to a city council meeting. There were more people there from

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Out in the country, in the middle of the Arkansas by PEACEwoods, Ken and I have a place we like to go to get Gloria away. We call it our “prayer cabin.” We built it to be a Copeland place where we could get quiet, spend time with the Lord and just enjoy ourselves.

26 : BVOV But a number of years ago I any running water. They THIS IS SOMETHING realized it had also become didn’t have a heater, or an air something else. Over time, conditioner, or a lawnmower. THOSE OF US as we’d fixed it up with all So they didn’t have one thing WHO BELIEVE IN the comforts of home, it had to fix. become a place full of things As I thought about that, I DIVINE PROSPERITY that compete for our attention. determined I was going to MUST BE SURE TO It still amazes me sometimes change my attitude. Although how much stuff we’ve I enjoy nice things, and I REMEMBER. accumulated out there and certainly don’t want to live how much time it can take without electricity, I decided I decided I was not to maintain it all. When we I was not going to let things going to let things go there, we can easily spend frustrate me and take up the first two or three days just all my time! They’re not that frustrate me and getting everything up and important. They’re certainly running. not important enough for me take up all my time! One time Ken and I were to let them steal my attention driving from the cabin into away from God and His They’re not that town (probably to get a part for Word—and if I allowed it, important. something that needed to be that’s exactly what they’d do. repaired), and I was feeling a This is something those little frustrated about whatever of us who believe in divine “thing” we were dealing prosperity must be sure with that day. We passed our to remember. The more neighbors’ house a few miles prosperous we get in this life, down the road and they were the more things we will tend to just sitting outside on the have; and if we don’t keep our porch enjoying themselves. priorities straight, those things As I noticed how peaceful and will take over our lives. They’ll relaxed they looked, it suddenly weigh us down and keep us in hit me: They didn’t have the lowlands of this natural anything to maintain! world. They’ll keep us from They didn’t have any living the spiritual high life. electricity. They didn’t have If you don’t believe it,

Don’t let the things of this world keep you in the lowlands of the natural. Rise up and live the high life God has planned for you! Here are some points to get you there:

If we let them, Natural things You can do Keep looking at Wash away the natural things are temporary, things for God the big picture carnal thinking 1 will steal the 2 but the benefits 3 on this earth you 4 by setting your 5 that will keep you Word from us. we receive from won’t be able spiritual sights down and become Mark 4:19 attending to to do for Him on eternity. spiritually minded God’s Word are in heaven, so Colossians 3:1-2 by spending time eternal. dedicate your in God’s Word. Luke 10:42 life to Him now. Ephesians 5:25-26 Hebrews 12:1-2

BVOV : 27 read about Martha. She let natural we’re on the earth, but at most we’ll We must dedicate our lives to God and things rob her of one of the most only be here for 120 years or so. After “lay aside every weight, and the sin priceless spiritual moments any of us that we’ll keep on living throughout which doth so easily beset us, and…run can imagine. She let them stop her eternity—and compared to eternity 120 with patience the race that is set before from literally sitting at Jesus’ feet and years isn’t very long. us, looking unto Jesus the author and hearing Him teach the Word of God. finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:1-2). Think of it. Jesus Himself was right Seek Those Things “Gloria, are you saying it doesn’t there in her own living room speaking That Are Above matter whether or not we prosper words of life and she was too busy We need to start looking more at financially or receive healing for tending to things in the kitchen to the big picture! We need to enlarge the our bodies or see God’s goodness listen to Him. scope of our spiritual radar so we can manifested in the natural affairs of our As you may remember from reading see things from an overall perspective. lives?” the story, however, Martha’s sister Mary Instead of setting our attention on what’s Of course those things matter! God made a different choice. She chose to set happening right now, or even on what loves us and wants us to receive all the natural things aside, draw near to Jesus might happen for the next few decades, BLESSINGS He’s provided for us, both and focus on His Word. That upset we need to practice seeing things from temporal and eternal. He also wants Martha so much that she complained to God’s eternal point of view. When we others to see what He’s done for us so Jesus about it. look at things from His perspective, they’ll be interested in finding out more She went to Him and said, “Lord, we can see what really matters. We can about Him. People in this world aren’t looking for more trouble. They aren’t looking for sickness and lack. They’re looking for a way out of trouble; for healing and abundance LIVE YOUR LIFE ACCORDING and solutions to their problems. They’re looking for witnesses who will say to TO THE DICTATES OF them, “I’ve got the answer and His Name YOUR BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT, is Jesus!” God has always desired His people NOT ACCORDING TO THE to be elevated in the earth so that those who don’t know Him can see DICTATES OF YOUR FLESH. His lovingkindness. He’s always wanted the Church to have such a supernatural reputation that even the unsaved would be saying, “You want to be healed? Go down there to the dost thou not care that my sister hath more easily lay aside the unimportant Believers’ Convention. You want to left me to serve alone? bid her therefore things—things that won’t even matter a receive from God? Go to that church that she help me. And Jesus answered year from now—and invest more of our down the block. They’ll pray for you and said unto her, Martha, Martha, time seeking God. and something amazing will happen thou art careful and troubled about While we’re on this earth we can do for sure!” many things: But one thing is needful: things for Him we can’t do after we go That’s the kind of life that belongs to and Mary hath chosen that good part, to heaven. We can shine for Him as us as born-again children of Almighty which shall not be taken away from her” lights in the darkness. We can be His God. He intends for us to walk this (Luke 10:40-42). ambassadors, laying hands on the sick, earth in the same power and anointing Look again at what Jesus said there. sharing the gospel, and ministering His and results that Jesus Himself did. But He essentially said that time spent with love to the lost. we’re not going to do that by being Him in the Word shall never be taken We’re the Body of Christ on this carnally minded and preoccupied with away from us. It will provide us with planet. He’s the Head, but we’re His the things of this world. We have to be permanent benefits because the things of arms and His legs. We are His light spiritually minded. We have to keep our God are eternal. They last forever. in this world and He needs us to shine sights set on what we’re called by God Natural things don’t last forever! They now! He needs us to reach the people to do and on where we’re headed in the eventually pass away. They might benefit around us, and to do that we can’t eternal scheme of things. us to some degree for a brief time while always be caught up in temporal things. In Colossians 3:1-5, the Apostle

28 : BVOV and Scrub! Get in the Tub earth.” the upon are which members your therefore glory. Mortify in him with appear also ye shall then appear, shall life, our who is Christ, When God. in Christ with hid is life your and For dead, are ye earth. on the not on things above, things on affection your Set of God. hand right on the sitteth Christ where above, are which things those seek Christ, with risen be then ye “If way: putPaul it this and death, or life and peace are polar polar are peace and or life death, and Destruction options! different very two 8:6). Romans 4:6; Talk(Hosea about peace” and life is minded spiritually but to be death; is minded carnally “For to be said. God of knowledge,” lives. their even and families their destroy them, from steal to come and for Satan open door the leave They believers. as to them belong that BLESSINGS of out the on many miss they result, a As thinking. to spiritual thinking natural from minds their change never They do that. never believers thinks. God like how to think learning by minded spiritually become can we and to God alive is spirit our Lord, our have a choice. received Having Jesus as Now, choice. any do we have however, to do. We knew we didn’t really all that’s dead, was man spirit our Because flesh. of the things the minded of us all again, Word born were Before we of God. the and Holy of Spirit the leading the from apart to donaturally, want you’d to do. It’s want what doing mind carnal your and body to your what yielding 8:5). (Romans Spirit” of the things the Spirit the after are that they but flesh; the of things the mind do flesh the after are that “For they flesh. of your dictates to the not according spirit, born-again of your dictates to the according life your Live this: it means just earth,” the upon are which members your “mortify

“My people are destroyed for lack for lack destroyed are people “My of multitudes however, Sadly, essentially is flesh your Minding to you’re it what means If wondering

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Bonus Content Click here to watch! God only wants the best for you, and His path will lead you opposites. Personally, I made my Therefore we are buried with him exactly where you need to be. choice between them a long time by baptism into death: that like as by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland ago. I decided I don’t want to be Christ was raised up from the dead destroyed. I want to enjoy God’s by the glory of the Father, even so we high life of peace. So I’m going also should walk in newness of life.... to do whatever it takes to become Likewise reckon ye also yourselves spiritually minded. to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive “Exactly what does it take?” you unto God through Jesus Christ might ask. our Lord. Let not sin therefore First and foremost it takes doing reign in your mortal body, that ye what Mary did the day Jesus came should obey it in the lusts thereof. to her house. It takes spending time Neither yield ye your members as by with the Lord in His Word. The instruments of unrighteousness unto Questions Kenneth Word is what sanctifies us. It’s what sin: but yield yourselves unto God, Copeland separates us from our old worldly as those that are alive from the dead, & Answers ways of thinking. As Ephesians 5:26 and your members as instruments Q: I’ve always heard that it’s says, we are cleansed by “the washing of righteousness unto God. For sin God’s will for His Word to produce of water by the word.” shall not have dominion over you: for a hundredfold blessing. But when God’s Word has the power to ye are not under the law, but under wash away from you the things that grace (Romans 6:4, 11-14). I plant the Word of God in my life, are getting in your way spiritually. it seems like things get worse It can wash away old habits and This is the key! This is how you instead of better. straighten out your priorities. It can deal with sin and any other carnal wash away strife, unforgiveness and tendency in your life you want to get What am I doing wrong? the frustrations you’ve been feeling rid of: Stop seeing yourself as a sinner about the natural things of life. dominated by pressures of the flesh. Before the Word can wash you, Instead, consider yourself dead to sin A: The answer to Whenever you sow though, you have to get in the tub. and the flesh, and alive to God. See your problem can be The WORD, satan is You have to put the Word first place yourself as the righteousness of God found in Mark 4. There going to send some in your schedule and spend time in Christ Jesus and your body as an Jesus said that after of those things your in it every day. The more you scrub instrument of that righteousness. way in an attempt to God’s WORD is sown your thinking with the Word, the Then, by faith, take dominion in the heart, satan pry you loose from The WORD of God freer you’ll be from the weights of over your body. Tell your body immediately comes this world that have been holding what it can do and what it can’t to take it away. because he knows you down. The more you listen to do. Tell your mind what it can that WORD will give What tools does he you victory over him. what God says in the Scriptures and cannot think. Tell your flesh, use to dig up the So be prepared to and by His Spirit, the more you’ll “Flesh, just sit down and shut planted WORD? Jesus resist him. No matter be transformed by the renewing of up. We’re not going to spend this tells us: afflictions, what happens, stick your mind into a glorious believer entire day on natural things. We’re persecutions, cares of with The WORD. “not having spot, or wrinkle, or any not going to sit around eating this world, deceitful- Study it and apply such thing; but…holy and without cupcakes and watching TV. We’re ness of riches and the it every day. Learn blemish” (Ephesians 5:27). going to get in the Word today. to take that WORD lust of other things. We’re going to fast and pray!” and use it as the Show Your Flesh Do you know what you’ll discover sword of the Spirit to Who’s Boss stop satan’s attack when you do that? (Ephesians 6:10-18; “I don’t know,” someone might You’ll discover that sin, the flesh 2 Corinthians 10:4-5). say, “my carnal mind has some pretty and the things of this natural world, stubborn spots and wrinkles.” truly have no dominion over you. As you persist in I know what you mean. I’ve had a You have the power to set those speaking and acting few stubborn tendencies of my own things aside and choose to fellowship on The WORD, satan over the years. But I learned how with Jesus, like Mary did. You can will flee (James 4:7). to deal with them. The secret is in make His Word your No. 1 priority And that’s when you’ll Romans 6. There the Apostle Paul, and, just as John 8:32 says, “Ye shall begin to see the reminding us that we’re partakers know the truth, and the truth shall hundredfold return become a reality in of the power of Jesus’ death and make you free.” your life! resurrection, says: Free to live the high life in God! 30 : BVOV how to have a prosperous soul

SET ASIDE TIME DAILY TO SEEK GOD THROUGH COMMIT HIS WORD. Proverbs 2:1-2

YOURSELF LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKE THAT WORD ALIVE TO YOU AND TO THE TEACH YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. PROCESS OF John 16:13 SPEED UP YOUR RENEWING SPIRITUAL GROWTH BY LISTENING OFTEN YOUR MIND.Romans 12:2 TO WORD-BASED TEACHERS AND PREACHERS. Ephesians 4:11-12

EVEN IF IT TAKES TIME TO SEE RESULTS, PERSEVERE IN THE WORD. James 1:25

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