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Good News! That’s what Believer’s Voice of Victory has been bringing to you each month since 1973. For 41 years, it has been our joy to bring you good news through the teachings of ministers who write out of living contact with God, and through the 4 ‘I’ve Raised an testimonies of believers It’s a Wonderful Life! 12 Olympian’ who took God at His by by Ronald C. Jordan WORD and experienced When we live the way God intended, the In spite of financial and His victory in their lives. Christian life is simple. It is, as Jesus said, marital struggles, Natalie We are committed to easy and light. Hawkins encouraged her teaching you how to live a children to pursue their life of faith and experience dreams. That commitment God’s victory—every day! took an unprecedented level of determination and Kenneth’s Partner Letter sacrifice when her youngest Every month since February 1986, Kenneth daughter aspired to compete 18 Copeland has faithfully fulfilled his commitment in the 2012 Olympics. But to write a letter and send it to all his Partners, it was worth it all, when year in and year out, without fail. Gabby Douglas made history as the first African American to win multiple gold medals in gymnastics. 20 An Invitation to Partnership How to Reap This ministry is not about 23 Your Harvest by George Pearsons us; it’s about how we The kingdom of God is always on the increase in article can come alongside spite of contrary conditions, because God created you—encouraging you, strengthening you and us to sow and reap. That is what THE BLESSING sharing in His glory has empowered us to do. with you.

16 Good News Gazette Real-life faith triumphs 30 Read Through the Bible Nothing to Fear by Gloria Copeland God gave us a Bible full of promises so features powerful they can protect us from every danger that will ever exist. He provided a refuge for us that is greater than any 27 weapon the devil can devise. Pass this magazine on to a friend. It’s a great way to recycle! BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY VOLUME 42 NUMBER 7 July 2014 BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY is published monthly by Eagle Mountain International Church Inc./Kenneth Copeland Ministries, a nonprofit corporation, Fort Worth, . © 2014 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 distribution costs are paid for by donations from KCM Partners and Friends. Printed in Australia by Torque Digital. For a free subscription write to Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Locked Bag 2600, Mansfield Delivery Centre, Queensland 4122, Australia; or sign up online at kcm.org.au. Because all BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY issues are preplanned, we are unable to accept subscriptionSpanish available unsolicited manuscripts. Communications Manager/Cindy Hames Managing Editor/Ronald C. Jordan Assistant Editor/Deborah Ide Writers/Darlene Breed Gina Lynnes Christopher P.N. Maselli es.kcm.org/media Proofreaders/Jean DeLong Michelle Harris Eileen Hooley Senior Designer/Michael Augustat Designer/Rachel Symonds Project Manager/Deborah Brister Type Coordinator/Joyce Glasgow It’s a

by Kenneth Copeland It’s a Wonderful The Christian life is not hard. I realize that Life! might come as a shock to some people, but it’s true nevertheless. When we live it the ll we have to do is follow way God intended, our Good Shepherd. All we have to Ado is go where He leads, say what the Christian life is wonderfully simple. He tells us to say, and do what He shows us to do, and He takes care It is, as Jesus said of the rest. He makes us lie down in Matthew 11:30, in green pastures so we don’t want for anything. He leads us beside still easy and light. waters so we’re constantly rested and refreshed. He keeps us on We don’t have to the right road so we’re never lost, exhaust ourselves confused or afraid. Does that sound to you like a figuring out hard life? solutions to the It certainly doesn’t to me. What problems we’re it sounds like is the kind of life described by the 23rd Psalm. A life facing. We don’t so wonderful that every day our cup have to struggle to runneth over with the goodness and mercy of The LORD! make ends meet. “Well, Brother Copeland,” We don’t have to someone might say, “we have to wonder and worry have some wisdom about these things. We have to remember that about the future. Psalm 23 is talking about the life

4 : july '14 we’ll have after we leave this earth. It’s talking about what we’ll have someday in heaven.” No, it’s not. If it were it wouldn’t say things like, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,” and “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies” (verses 4-5). Heaven doesn’t have any shadowy valleys. Our enemies aren’t up there hanging around God’s tables. The shadows and enemies are here on earth. That’s the reason we need Jesus here with us. This world is a perilous place! We don’t have what it takes to navigate it alone. We need Him to lead us through all the dangers, crises and shortages the devil creates so that we can come through them all abundantly BLESSED. “Will Jesus really do that for us?” you ask. Absolutely! He assured us of it time and again. As He said in John 10: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep...and they shall hear my voice” (verses 10, 14-16). Notice in those verses Jesus didn’t say He’d be our Shepherd someday in the sweet by and by. He said, “I am” your Shepherd. Present tense. Right here and right now. He also said He’s a good Shepherd—a Shepherd who is so personally interested and involved with His flock that He “calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out” (verse 3). A Shepherd who “goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice”

july ' 14 : 5 God is raising up more and more very anointed, very powerful young men and women with whom He is calling us to become Partners. There are not a few RESOURCES. Not a trickle. Not a stream. Not a river. But a Flood! —Kenneth d o w n loa d

Factor+ ” MP3 (verse 4). nneth Sheep won’t follow a mean shepherd. The Anointing ey can’t be driven like a bunch of by Ke they’re willing to follow—and, praise God!—that’s the kind of Shepherd we have. He’ll never try to drive us. He’ll never force us to do anything. He’s very kind and gentle. He’s full of love, mercy and grace. He’s constantly calling out to us and saying, “Come on, Kenneth, come within you a desire to go. “For it is on, Susie, come on, precious ones, the God which worketh in you both to that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; green pastures are over here. Follow will and to do of his good pleasure” and all the people that we saw in it Me and I’ll lead you into them.” (Philippians 2:13). He’ll also supply are men of a great stature. And there Sadly, however, much of the time you with all the power, wisdom and we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, Jesus’ sheep are too busy bleating resources you need to make the trip. which come of the giants: and we were about their troubles to hear Him. (See Matthew 6:33.) in our own sight as grasshoppers, and Every once in a while they might pay You don’t have to gure out how so we were in their sight” (Numbers enough attention to think, Is someone everything is going to come together. 13:32-33). calling me? But then they go right back Figuring things out is not your job. When the Israelites heard those to saying, “Baa! Baa! I’m so thirsty! Your job is just to listen to Him and words, they panicked. ey couldn’t I’m so hungry!” obey, trusting Him to go ahead of you figure how grasshoppers could defeat I know because I did it myself. and prepare the way. giants. So instead of going into the I wasted years of my life either at’s what the Israelites should land and enjoying the green pastures ignoring, or at out running away have done when God rst tried to and still waters God had prepared for from, my Good Shepherd. As a lead them into the Promised Land. them there, they trudged around in result, I made life much harder than it ey should have just listened to the wilderness crying and weeping for needed to be. Him and trusted Him to take care 40 years. But Jesus, in His great love and of them. But, as you probably know Now that’s what I call a hard life! mercy, never gave up on me. He from reading the story, they didn’t. And here’s the kicker: It was totally kept on speaking day after day. He based on a lie. As it turned out, the kept on leading and encouraging me to follow until I finally committed my life to Him and said the words that changed everything: “Yes, LORD. I hear You and from this time forward I will obey Your voice. 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On the contrary, they saw you, when ye came out of Egypt; It always pays to follow the Good them as mighty conquerors with and what ye did unto the two kings Shepherd. It doesn’t matter what the an invincible God, and they were of the Amorites...whom ye utterly situation looks like. The best place to desperately afraid of them. destroyed. And as soon as we had be is where He’s leading you to go, The next generation of Israelites heard these things, our hearts did because He’s already gone before you found this out. When they went melt, neither did there remain any and prepared things. into the Promised Land, one of the more courage in any man, because of So don’t pay any attention to the residents confided that the entire you” (Joshua 2:9-11). doubts and the lies of the devil. When population of the place had been Can’t you just imagine the Israelites he tells you about all the giants in quaking with fear for the past four slapping their foreheads and saying, your promised land, just shut him decades. “I know that the Lord “What a waste of 40 years! We could down. Say, “God has spoken to me hath given you the land, and that have come into this land as children if and I’m on my way. The victory is your terror is fallen upon us,” she our parents had only known this. The already mine. God is already working said, “and that all the inhabitants of giants would have surrendered to us for me over there. He’s sent angels the land faint because of you. For immediately!” ahead of me. He’s prepared the place. He’s prepared abundant provision for me, and He’s authorized and Kenneth Copeland’s Personal Notes empowered me. I’m not expecting a hard time. I’m expecting the time of Edition New Testament sAlE my life!” $ Don’t get me wrong here. 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8 : july '14 * Plus shipping. Offer and price valid until July 31, 2014 takes some guts. Granted, I didn’t is in here with us?” develop that attitude overnight, “There’s no one here but you and neither will you. But if you and me,” she assured him. stick with Jesus and keep feeding “Yes, there is, because I just A Champion on His WORD, there will come heard someone call me by name. a time when you know that the I heard a man say, ‘This is your has gone home. tougher the place is where He last chance. I love you. You can sends you, the bigger the miracles receive Me today and be saved.’” was founder and director of will be when you get there. On the side of a country road, Mac Gober Canaan Land Ministries in Autaugaville, Ala., and originator he accepted Jesus’ invitation and founder of the Elite CX Team at Kenneth Copeland Two Thumbs Up that day. He prayed the prayer Ministries. He fought a good fight, ran a good race, Many years ago, one of our of salvation with his heaven-sent finished his course and went home to be with his Savior ministry Partners experienced hostage and was born again. Then on May 5, 2014. this truth in a most remarkable he turned himself in to the police way when she followed the Good and she went home unharmed. I can tell you, there’s no question about the crown of glory Shepherd right into the toughest A week later, I got a call and reward coming to this man of faith. I’ve known and place you can imagine: in a face- from the Bexar County Jail in ministered with Mac for many years. He and I prayed to-face confrontation with a serial San Antonio, Texas, asking if I together, rode motorcycles together and won souls together. killer. would come and baptize him in The day she crossed paths with water. I agreed with joy. When At one time, while ministering with Mac, we saw over a him, he was running from the I arrived, I was escorted into thousand people come to the Lord in one service. As Mac police and he needed a car. So a room full of policemen who gave his testimony, we saw thousands more come to the he stole hers—with her in it. At watched the baptism with their Lord in other services. Mac, Ben Priest, Jerry Savelle, Dennis the time, he’d already murdered hands on their guns. Burke and I baptized over a thousand people in one day in 21 women and he didn’t think In the months that followed, Eagle Mountain Lake. It was magnificent! It was the most killing her would be a problem for he was tried for his crimes, found wonderful “tired” I have ever experienced. him. He figured if he wanted to guilty and sentenced to death. he’d just do it. He refused any kind of appeal. There’s just story after story after story about Mac’s faith. He soon realized, however, Although some tried to talk him this woman was unusual. She into it, he wasn’t open to the idea. Mac and Sandra stood together in every kind of spiritual was no easy mark. She didn’t “No, I want to go home to be storm the devil was able to throw at them. We give the cry and quiver with fear at his with Jesus,” he said, “and I want Lord praise and thanksgiving for his life, his testimony, threats. Instead she looked him to go the first chance I get.” his family and for the many, many, many people who straight in the eye and said the I was there with him the day Mac helped. People who everybody else had given up words The LORD dropped in her they carried out his sentence. He on. People who, in some cases, were literally found heart: “You’re not going to kill me preached the gospel to everyone helpless, homeless and at death’s door—literally in the because I love you.” in the execution chamber. Just street gutter. Mac and Sandra took them in. He could hardly believe his before they took him in, I asked ears. “Lady, shut up!” he said. him to give me a signal. “Right In the early days, they took them into their home—and “You don’t know who I am.” before they pull the switch, let they only lived in a little place. In the nighttime, if you “I don’t care who you are,” she me know if God’s grace really is had to go to the bathroom, you had to get the guy out replied. “I love you and I’m going sufficient, OK?” A few minutes who was sleeping in the tub. But anybody who knows to tell you about Jesus.” later, just before they pulled the Mac knows heaven is his kind of place. Praise God! All “I don’t want to hear about switch, with a smile on his face of the people who have come into the kingdom of God Jesus. I just want you to be quiet!” that stretched from ear to ear, he through his and Sandra’s ministry, what a time they are he told her. put both thumbs up. More than having there. What a rejoicing! She agreed on one condition: enough! She wanted to continue listening Although he has been in I want to remind you this is what we all live for, why we to the tape she’d been playing heaven for many years now, if he do what we do. This is our hope beyond the grave—our in the car that morning, which were here he’d be the first to tell VICTORY OVER DEATH! What a rejoicing time it is. happened to be a recording of you, the Christian life isn’t hard. me preaching a message about What’s hard is running away Jesus has manifested Himself in Mac’s life, and also in his the love of God. After the tape from the Shepherd who loves departure. We give God the praise and glory for everything had played a while, he suddenly you. When you’re following Jesus, He’s given to us through Mac and Sandra Gober. stopped the car and looked at her. wherever He leads you, His yoke “Who said that?” he asked. “Who is easy and His burden is light. JESUS IS LORD!

july '14 : 9 SOUTHWEST 2014

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The Word of God preached in power with Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Jerry Savelle, Jesse Duplantis, , Keith Moore and Bill Winston. Pre-Service Prayer with Terri Copeland Pearsons. Superkid Academy for ages 6-12 with Commander Kellie and Commanders Dana and Linda Johnson. Youth Services for ages 13-18. Friday morning Partner Meeting with Kenneth Copeland and Saturday morning Healing School with Gloria Copeland. Evangelism training with Riley Stephenson. And much more! Join us for Healing Sat. School July 5 9:30 a.m.

group. You shall not be hungry. Copeland Kenneth You shall not be in want, for I am the God-Provider. I am The Lord God that heals you.... I will have My people well, saith God. So My instruction to this ministry is: Continue this Healing School... until I return.

By that, it was clear to Gloria Gloria Copeland that the Lord not only wanted her to preach healing, but that He wanted her to preach it until 35 Years of Jesus returns. This year marks the 35th anniversary of Healing School. Since it began in September Healing School 1979, every Believers’ Convention Early one summer morning praying for them. So she did.

and Victory Campaign held by Jerry Savelle in 1979, Gloria Copeland woke By the beginning of the next Kenneth Copeland Ministries has up and slipped out onto the year, with a few meetings given our Partners and Friends an back porch of the family’s cabin behind her, Gloria thought she opportunity to receive God’s Word in southwest Arkansas. While was finished. She had obeyed on divine healing and to apply it everyone else slept, she took the God, and thought she could stop to their lives. opportunity to pray. now. But then another prophecy Gloria Copeland has taught It was in those quiet moments came—this time through her Healing School around the world alone with God that Gloria husband—that made it clear to to countless numbers of people— remembered a prophecy she had Gloria just when God intended boldly declaring that “Jesus recently received. She was told for Healing School to end. The always comes to Healing School!” Jesse Duplantis that she was about to hear from Lord said: And thousands of people have the Lord concerning something received God’s Word on divine He wanted her to do. Thinking I want My people well. I have healing, applied it to their lives about that prophecy, she spoke desired for My people to walk and seen the results. from her heart and said, “Lord, in health. I have desired for My To God be the glory! You know I’ll do anything You people to know how to walk in want me to do. Just tell me what health regardless of what ministry it is.” is in town. I want My people to

When she finished praying, know how to take My Word, Dollar Creflo Gloria went inside to get ready and stand on My Word, and for the day. A few moments later, receive My healing power God spoke to her and said, I want and know that I am for More inforMation you to start teaching on healing The Lord. I want My in all the meetings. people to walk with In September 1979, three Me in health and Admission AND TO months after that encounter life and know the is Always with God, Kenneth and Gloria good things that FREE! REGISTER:

Copeland obeyed God by adding I have prepared Moore Keith a Healing School to each of the for them. I have kcm.org/southwest meetings they had scheduled for set a table U.S. only +1-817-852-6000 the rest of that year—and Gloria before you in 1-800-600-7395 began teaching on healing. It was the presence of Preregister and receive a coupon at check-in for $10 off during those meetings that the your enemies. any purchase of $30 or more at the KCM book tables. Lord also instructed her to begin You shall not Spanish translation and sign-language laying hands on the sick and be an orphan interpretation available Schedule is subject to change without notice. Bill Winston Bill ‘I’ve Raised an Olympian’

The atmosphere inside London’s North Greenwich Arena was anything but hushed, as 16-year-old Gabby Douglas stepped up to perform the last of four routines as a member breathed of the deeply—anticipating U.S. gymnastics team competing in the 2012Natalie Olympics. Hawkins Seated in the stands among a sea of cheering spectators, we had lost, and in one single moment,

by Ronald C. Jordan rewarded us for our faithfulness to keep her daughter’s next move. trusting in Him through all the struggles and hardships.” It’s been two years now since Gabby Douglas garnered triple honors in For nearly 20 years, even before August 2012, making Olympic history Gabrielle Douglas was born in Newport by becoming the first African-American News, Va., life had been pretty much a gymnast to become the individual all- day-to-day struggle for Natalie as she faced around champion; the first American financial pressures and endured a strained gymnast to win gold in both the individual marriage relationship, while raising four all-around and team competitions at the small children. same Olympics; and the only American FHer latest attempt at survival, filing for all-around champion to win multiple bankruptcy to save her home and keep a gold medals. Natalie still gets emotional roof over her family’s head, had threatened whenever she talks about her daughter’s her last ounce of strength. Not to mention accomplishments and reflects on the that just seven months before making the struggles the family endured along the way. Olympic team, Gabby had announced to Only the brightness of her beautiful her family that she wanted to quit and smile overshadows the sadness her eyes come home. The stress of being away from sometimes reflect when she remembers her family had taken its toll on her. those times—times where Natalie found Sitting there with her three children at herself on a perpetual roller coaster that, her side, none of that seemed to matter for years, brought more downs than ups. to Natalie at the moment. What did matter was that her daughter was living No Reason to Be Ashamed out her lifelong dream of competing in “Life was just incredibly difficult for us the Olympics. And in the next few back then,” Natalie says, responding in a moments, Gabrielle Douglas could literally tone that sometimes reflects both regret somersault her way into an Olympic title— and sadness. But she won’t dwell on either. and a gold medal! “I can’t stay sad about anything that “When the scores came up, and happened back then because, I know we realized she had won the gold, we through every moment of it, God was were speechless,” Natalie recalls of the right there,” she says. “There were times I excitement she, daughters Arielle and wanted to give up, and times that I actually Joyelle, and son, Johnathan, felt. “It was did. But even when I gave up on Him, He as though God had restored everything never gave up on me!

12 : july '14 “And I can’t be embarrassed or ashamed about any of it, either. There always seemed to be a roadblock. But despite those very difficult times, God protected us. It may not have seemed like He was there at times, but He was. He never left us!” “My children know Difficult times! the Word of God, It’s a polite way of describing what life was like for Natalie Hawkins after and I’m constantly she married in 1991. A single mom blessed as I watch with a 2-year-old daughter, Natalie had them put it into looked forward to a life of excitement, including the possibility of ministering practice daily.” alongside her new husband, Timothy Douglas, who was a Bible school graduate. Instead, Natalie found herself in a whirlwind relationship that lasted for years, bringing with it more hardship than what she had hoped her future would hold. Many of those difficult times, Natalie says, are attributed to her having to take on the responsibility of supporting the family. After years of struggling, she and Tim divorced in 2002, remarried in 2005 and split for good six months later. Careful not to speak disparagingly of her ex-husband, Natalie doesn’t shy away from the fact that “the periods of his unemployment had a negative impact on the relationship.” She also says Tim has not had a regular presence in the family’s life over the years, which has been somewhat difficult for their children. Early Church Experience Serving God was nothing new to Natalie when she and Tim first met. At age 5, she and her mom, who was on active duty in the Navy and stationed in Norfolk, Va., began attending a church in Virginia Beach, and Natalie was enrolled in the church’s private academy a couple of years later. Natalie strayed from church for a while during her high- school years, she said, but rededicated her life to the Lord in 1990. “Tim and I met in church shortly after I had returned to the Lord in 1990,” she explains. “He introduced me to the teaching ministry of Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, and

july '14 : 13 Natalie called the audience and said, “If you are believing ministry’s prayer line God for something, if you’re believing and requested prayer Him to move in your life, get down for her daughter. It was here right now.” “I was out of my seat lickety-split!” no surprise that after Natalie recalled. all of the hard work... Standing in line for prayer, Natalie and Tim were surprised when Gabby emerged as the Kenneth and Gloria Copeland walked overall winner. up to them. Not giving them a chance to ask for their prayer request, Natalie blurted out, “We need God’s help! Arielle, Joyelle, We have been through so much! We Natalie & Gabby need a miracle! We need something! Anything God can give us at this other powerful preachers.” the family was forced to live in their point I’m going to be happy for.” Later in 1991, the two were married. vehicle until they found a place to stay. “Then, I heard myself say, ‘We need It wasn’t long before problems began Adding to their problems, 2-month- jobs. You got any openings at KCM? to surface, Natalie says. With Tim old Gabrielle had suffered with a blood We’re willing to come. We’ll clean your unemployed, Natalie worked to try to condition since birth and was also toilets. We’ll clean your floors. We just help make ends meet. But no matter having respiratory issues, and there need to take care of our family.’” how hard she tried there was never was no money to provide the medical “I remember Brother Copeland enough money to support the family. care she needed. looking at Tim, and then me. He Not knowing what to do, she looked to “That was a really low point, pointed his finger at us and said, God for comfort—and help. because my baby needed help and ‘Come.’ Then, he said, ‘Give me your we couldn’t afford to take her to the name badges. We go a lot of places; I The Need to Make a Move doctor,” said Natalie. meet a lot of people.’” “There was a book by Gloria Desperate for help, Natalie cried Copeland titled God’s Will for Your out to God, “Lord, if through my A Fresh Start? Prosperity that became my lifeline,” ignorance I have done something When Tim, Natalie and their Natalie recalls. “In it, she talked wrong then I receive my forgiveness. four children arrived in Fort Worth, about her and Brother Copeland’s We’re already in debt, and we have no Texas, in the summer of 1996, they experiences of living in poverty and money. Show me what to do for my went straight to Kenneth Copeland how, at one point, they even had to child, and my family!” Ministries where they were given an cook in a coffeepot. That story, and “I consistently spoke God’s Word opportunity to apply for work at the other things she described, sounded so over her then, the same way I did ministry. Within a couple of weeks, much like what we were going through over her dream [to compete in the Natalie had found work at a local that it gave me the courage to step out Olympics],” said Natalie. “Over the financial institution. and try to make something happen.” years, I told anyone who would listen The couple joined Eagle Mountain In February 1996, Natalie and that Gabrielle was going to be an International Church, and got their Tim moved the family to Tulsa, Olympian in 2012. Many people told children involved in Superkid Academy, Okla., hoping things would change me later that they thought I was kind KCM’s children’s ministry. Though for the better. Sadly, it turned out of crazy. However, now they want to Tim was not hired immediately, just the opposite. In preparation for know how we did it!” he eventually went to work in the their move, Natalie found a place to Over time Gabrielle began to get ministry’s security department. live, phoned the owner, explained better, and by the time she was a year Suddenly, things were looking up. their financial situation and offered old, every symptom was gone, says Over the next four years, Natalie fed to send money for a deposit. To her Natalie. She was still very small, but for on the teachings of KCM and EMIC. surprise, the owner agreed to work out the first time in her life she was healthy. She also enrolled for a short time at something with them. Jerry Savelle Ministries International “He told me not to worry and that ‘We Need Jobs!’ Bible School, and obtained an associate he would hold the house until we That same year, Natalie and Tim degree from a local community college, got there,” Natalie said. “But when attended a conference at all while working full time. But despite we arrived weeks later, he had already University, where Kenneth Copeland her efforts, the roller coaster continued rented it to someone else.” was one of the speakers. After one in a downward spiral. With Tim Now homeless and with no money of the sessions, Natalie recalled, one again out of work, the lack of finances to continue to live out of motels, of the speakers looked out into the continued to be a problem.

14 : july '14 “By then our marriage was so gymnastics coach Liang Chow, of adversity, and how she made the splintered…” Natalie said. “Also, due the man who coached 2007 World hard decisions as Gabby was pursuing to downsizing, the call center site Champion and 2008 Summer her dream, Natalie said: “I told myself, where I worked was closed. Everyone Olympics Balance Beam gold medalist my daughter had an opportunity to was laid off. Now, I had no job. I Shawn Johnson, Gabby pleaded make her dream come true. And in the started getting angry. I literally set with her mom to let her go to Des midst of that she may very well make my faith aside. I was mad at God, Moines, Iowa, to train. It took some history and inspire a nation, so it’s a wondering where He was in all of this. persuading, but in time Natalie finally dream worth fighting for. It’s a dream In 2000, I had no choice but to move agreed. So, in 2010, Gabby moved to worth putting everything that I have back in with my mom in Virginia and Iowa where, for the next two years, she into. That was my encouragement.” gratefully she took me and the kids in.” lived with a host family and trained As a mom who encouraged her Two months after returning to with Chow. children to pursue their dreams, Virginia, Natalie was working full In June 2012, Gabby competed in Natalie is quick to point out how time and able to provide for her four the U.S. National Championships much her children continue to keep children. Two years later, she bought in St. Louis, Mo., where she won her encouraged. her first home. That same year, she and the gold medal in uneven bars, silver “My children know the Word of Tim divorced. in the all-around and bronze in God,” she says, “and I’m constantly Examining her life, Natalie knew floor. In July, she competed at the blessed as I watch them put it into something was missing. 2012 Olympic Trials in San Jose, practice daily. We’ve embraced God’s “I had gotten away from God, and Calif., placing first in the all-around commandment of walking in love, I missed my relationship with Him,” rankings, and securing the only and the unity that we experience as a Natalie admits. “There was a tug on guaranteed spot on the women’s family is beautiful.” my heart, but I was still angry and Olympic gymnastics team. Today, the roller-coaster ride for bitter. One day my mom said to me, Just seven months before the Natalie Hawkins has leveled out some, ‘You really need to let that go. I know Olympic games, Gabby informed and the ups far outweigh the downs. how incredibly hard it is to forgive, but her mom that she was homesick and Instead of fretting over bills, Natalie’s you have to.’ wanted to quit. Natalie was devastated, focus is on the future of her children. “I was just disgruntled, and I knew especially considering all the work that Earlier this year, the family moved it, but I also knew it’s a lot easier to had gone in to her daughter’s training to California—a move that made love than it is to hate,” says Natalie. and getting this far. managing Gabby’s new career easier. Acting on her mother’s advice, “I understood how she was feeling, It has also enabled daughters Arielle Natalie chose to let love prevail. In and I wanted to bring her home so and Joyelle to pursue their dreams to 2005, she started going back to badly,” said Natalie. “But I knew if become actors. The two are now taking church. She also reconciled with Tim, we did, we would never be able to live acting classes. and the two remarried. Sadly, the with ourselves. I also knew this was her And as he winds down his first marriage lasted only about six months. dream. I told her that if she quit now, year in college, son Johnathan, an Over the next several years, Natalie she would never get this moment back accomplished sprinter, has his eye on struggled to keep the family together. again, that it would be gone forever. joining his sister as a competitor in the Even when she suffered a negative “We prayed, and Gabrielle took 2016 Olympics in Brazil. reaction to prescription medication some time to think about her situation. “It’s easy to get caught up in all the and was forced to leave her job in She called me later and said, ‘I’m going excitement of what’s happened over 2009, she managed to find a way to to give it everything I’ve got, Mom.’” the last couple of years,” Natalie said support her children. Thankful that her daughter was during a recent visit to KCM. “But the living out her dream, Natalie wanted truth is, none of this would have ever The Road to Victory as much support for Gabby as happened without God’s help. Even In 2010, Natalie found herself faced possible as she prepared to compete. when I turned my back on Him, He with a challenge of a different kind Remembering her relationship with never turned His back on me. We owe when 14-year-old Gabrielle, who had KCM, Natalie called the ministry’s Him everything.” been involved in gymnastics since age 6, prayer line and requested prayer for Natalie is grateful for the teaching decided she wanted to take her training her daughter. It was no surprise that she received from Kenneth and Gloria to a higher level. By now, Gabby had after all of the hard work, time and Copeland, and at EMIC. As a Partner become an accomplished gymnast, sacrifices, in addition to the prayers with the ministry, she continues to entering and winning a number of from believers across the country, follow their teachings. competitions. But with her sights set on when the final scores were tallied, “I consider the Copelands my competing in the Olympics, she needed Gabby emerged as the overall winner. spiritual father and mother,” she says. advanced training. Asked during an interview how she “They have nourished me beyond what When she learned of veteran stayed encouraged through the years I can even put into words.”

july '14 : 15 your voice. your victory. your ministry. God Told Us What to Pray In June 2013, GoodNewsGazette floodwaters came into Calgary and High River “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and with such force they took out roads and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.” Jeremiah 17:14 bridges and caused massive flooding such as had never been The Truth Is Making Me Free! A Lifestyle of Love experienced before. We I first heard of you when I was in Augusta, Ga. You were on TV Has Its Rewards sought God as to how so I watched, and started tithing 50 cents a month. I signed up I have God’s divine love within to pray for Medicine as a Covenant Partner in 1976. Through you, I learned much- my heart and I am learning to Hat. We knew that all needed truth! live the lifestyle of love, as you that water was headed have preached. I’m learning to that way, and a large God showed me all the religious things I had been taught, and have the joy of the Lord and part of the city was it took about six months for Him to get me started in the truth. share it with others. I do not about to be flooded. He Thank you and praise God for you and Gloria, for standing, totally understand why now, instructed us to pray N.H. | Madison, Ind. listening and being obedient. but I do understand the grace that the two rivers of our Father. that make up the South Saskatchewan Surgery NOT Required I was told to search online River would not reach for a pastoral nursing school Medicine Hat at the I had a very bad infection KCM USA for my B.S.N. I found a school, same time. That is received that required surgery. I requested information online exactly what happened and hit the submit button. As my and thus a great 1.8 M phoned the prayer line and finger left the computer keyboard, amount of water came prayer the phone rang—it was the in much more slowly the next day it was gone. requests school! I was amazed because no and the damage to in 2013 Thank you for your prayers. more than a second had passed area homes was much between hitting the submit less, with far fewer H.G. | Canada button and the phone ringing. My homes affected. To lifelong dream became a reality God be the glory! You Inspired Me to Succeed! in a matter of days: I am going to B.B. | Alberta, Canada I would like to express my scriptures that went against Bible school to receive my B.S.N. Leg Pain Gone gratitude toward you for everything it said. I declared My credits from my nursing degree transfer. My surprise was I want to thank you all your email devotions. My it null and void, and then not only the phone call after I for praying for my leg. dad had subscribed on my appealed to the admissions hit the submit button, but what After I asked for prayer behalf but I never really committee. My appeal was should have taken three to four the pain left almost read them. I felt I was too declined. I was devastated weeks to be enrolled—financially immediately. Only a far from God and didn’t and I cried out to God. I and all—took six working days to bit of numbness is left, think I would ever get back decided to appeal to the dean

Prayer is our priority. is our priority. Prayer complete. I am still in awe. One of praise God! on track with Him. I had of students, and by the power the students in admissions stated, D.M. | Canada been struggling to complete of our heavenly Father, I was my degree and was doing granted a second chance. I “This is Jesus working in your life.” At the age of 56, I can say our terribly at varsity. In January decided to sow a seed into this Father in heaven truly does love 2013, I received a letter from ministry, asking God to grant me. This is a lifelong dream come

1300 730 433 or +617 3343 7777 / NZ 0800 / NZ 903 100 3343 7777 433 or +617 730 1300 the university telling me that me wisdom because I did not true and the doors blew open by I had been kicked out due know how I was going to pass. the grace of our Father. Tears of to slow academic progress joy are rolling down my cheeks (I commenced my degree On 5 Sept. 2013, I graduated! as I type these words. I am so in 2008). Upon receiving It would not have happened Samuel M., thankful that God loved us so that letter I decided to give if it weren’t for the teachings I prayer much, He sent Jesus. Praise be minister myself to God and accept received from you. You taught and glory to God—Jesus is Lord! Him as my Lord and Savior. me how to build a relationship I love you all so much. with God. Jacquelyn M. | Green Bay, Wis. I took the letter and wrote N.M. | South Africa salvation Hong prayer Kong The Seed of the Righteous Is Blessed If you do not To GOD be all the glory! Thank you to KCM. Last know Jesus as your Savior and Lord, May I asked you to pray for my son, who was simply pray the taking his IB exam [pre-college]. The results just following prayer in faith, and Jesus will came and PRAISE GOD, he passed the exam. be your Lord! Thank you, KCM intercessors. Being a Partner Heavenly Father, I come with KCM is such a big blessing for us. Again, to You in the Name of thank you and God bless you! N.T. | Hong Kong 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 8:9-11) and that if I would ask, You would ll me with Your Spirit and give me the ability to speak with other tongues (Luke 11:13; Acts 2:4).

I take You at Your Word. I confess that Jesus is Lord. And I believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead. Thank You for coming into my heart, for giving me Your Holy Spirit as You have promised, and for being Lord over my life. Amen. connect with us If you have just prayed this prayer, please let us know of your decision. We have a Free Gift to help you begin your new life in Jesus! web kcm.org.au Type Salvation Package in the search box click & 1300 730 433 or phone +617 3343 7777 watch more NZ 0800 903 100 testimonies mail Check the box on the response form in this magazine Kenneth’s Partner Letter The LORD has blessed me with many good friends over the years, but the best A Lifelong Commitment “What is this?” Brother Kenneth Copeland learned Roberts asked a third time. friends I have are the people the importance of letter writing “It’s the Bible.” who have partnered with from his spiritual father, Oral Wham! Without warning, Roberts, years ago when the two Brother Roberts “shovel-passed” me in this ministry. Those are met early one morning at Brother the Bible across the desk and hit Roberts’ request to have Kenneth Kenneth right in the chest with the people I write letters “help him” write his own partner it—nearly knocking him over in to every month. letter. Sitting across the desk, his chair. Brother Roberts held up his Bible “Those are letters!” he said, And every month since and asked Kenneth a pointed the anointing all over him. penning his first Partner Letter question: “And they’re just as anointed in February 1986, Kenneth “What is this?” today as they were the day they Copeland has faithfully fulfilled “That’s The WORD of God.” were written!” his commitment to write a letter “What is this?” Brother Letters! and send it to all his Partners, Roberts asked again. The word reverberated to year in and year out, without Kenneth knew he hadn’t Kenneth’s core. He thought, fail. It’s timely, it’s real and it’s given the right answer, and he The New Testament is mostly personal…because as far as tried again. letters from the Apostle Paul to his Brother Copeland is concerned, “Well, it’s the Old Covenant partners in the churches at Ephesus, he’s writing to his closest friends. and the New Covenant.” Philippi, Galatia, Corinth, Rome, Colossae and Thessalonica—letters written to encourage them and to help them overcome every obstacle! Then, Brother Roberts spoke again: “I’m going to ask you to make one of the most serious commitments you’ve ever made in your life,” he told Kenneth. “I want you to commit to God that every 30 days, for the rest of your life, you will pray in the Holy Ghost until you have something anointed to write to your Partners, just the way Paul wrote to his.” That day, Kenneth made a lifelong commitment. The LORD then led him to study Philippians—a letter from Paul to his ministry partners— as an example of how the Holy Spirit could use him to write his own letters.

18 : july '14 “From that time until now,” Partner Letter, Dad wouldn’t Partner Letters have become says Kenneth, “I’ve written a do anything until it was written. the heartbeat of the ministry The Partner letter every month to my friends He wouldn’t ski. He wouldn’t itself. “I would estimate that who are in partnership with go to the lake. He wouldn’t 85-90 percent of what I preach Letter is me. They aren’t money-raising budge from his chair until it was in meetings…I receive the mailed to letters. I don’t write them for finished. It was like the Partners revelation of it while I’m writing nearly that reason. God is my Source, were on vacation with us. that letter,” Kenneth said. “I’ve and He meets all my needs. I “And when he had finished been doing it for a number of 300,000 write the letters because I want writing, if he couldn’t hold that years and it’s a constant flow and people to bless my Partners. Since letter up and say from his heart a constant fountain of revelation worldwide they are partakers of my grace to the Lord, ‘This is what You’re for me.” each month. (Philippians 1:7), I want to saying to the people, and this Today the Partner Letter, share with them the revelations is to get their needs met—not which is mailed to nearly God has given me.” mine,’ I don’t care how great a 300,000 people worldwide And they aren’t off-the-cuff letter it was, he would wad it up, each month, is one of the revelations. throw it on the floor and start most important ministry tools Each letter represents hours over again.” extending from Kenneth upon hours of prayer on Brother Copeland Ministries. It travels Copeland’s part. Through them, The Heartbeat the world, from the top to the he shares personally the things of Ministry bottom and all the way around, The LORD is teaching him Since its inception, Kenneth providing strength and resulting with a desire that they will Copeland’s Partner Letter has in thousands of testimonies of strengthen and encourage all been not only an encouragement salvation, healing, deliverance, who receive them. to Partners, but also a source restoration and increase. “I agonize over those letters,” of truth and victory. For Though most material by says Kenneth. “I pray...and pray... instance, when a recession hit KCM takes several months to and pray...and pray. Then I go Canada several years ago, one produce, the Partner Letter back to prayer until I hear what’s Partner there remembered the is considered top priority and on God’s heart. Sometimes it instruction The LORD had takes only a matter of days from comes to me in the middle of the given her through Brother conception to completion. night. But one thing’s for sure—I Copeland’s Partner Letter in “These letters have changed wait until I hear from heaven. February 1992: Don’t join the lives—my Partners’ and mine,” I don’t just sit down and put recession! So she didn’t. After says Kenneth. “Thanks to God, something on paper.” heeding that word, the Holy and to the Holy Spirit working Perhaps no one knows better Spirit instructed her to take through the Apostle Paul and the time and commitment it a step further and pray the Brother Roberts, we have all Kenneth spends each month recession would work for her and been blessed!” writing his Partner Letter than not against her. Throughout the years, we have members of his own family. Brother Copeland recounts, seen that partnership is indeed “Mother and Daddy have “The first thing that happened dynamic. But partnership is always been committed to was, instead of being a victim not a one-sided relationship. By our Partners,” says daughter of downsizing in her company definition, partnership means “to Kellie Copeland Swisher, as a result of the recession, she take a part in.” As the Apostle who remembers growing up was promoted to a position in Paul said, “I thank my God watching her dad handwrite the human resources.” Soon after, upon every remembrance of Partner Letter each month. she was given the opportunity you, for your fellowship in the Kellie remembers how her dad to finish her education. “As gospel from the first day until routinely spends hours, with pen the world around her was now...because I have you in my and legal pad at hand, “praying going through a recession, she heart; inasmuch as both in my over the Partner Letter until he chose to participate in THE bonds, and in the defence and hears from the Lord.” BLESSING of provision and confirmation of the gospel, ye “We would go on vacation, promotion in God!” all are partakers of my grace” and if it was time for the Moreover, Kenneth Copeland’s (Philippians 1:3, 5, 7).

“One thing’s for sure—I wait until I hear from heaven. I don’t just sit down and put something on paper.”

july '14' 14 : 19 hank you for the enter into a spiritual covenant opportunity you have given us of partnership with you. We Tto be part of your life! That’s would be honored to have you what it’s all about for Gloria and come alongside us—believing me. We are here for you…to together for God’s best, praying minister the uncompromised together and experiencing WORD of faith and victory in together His favor and blessing An Invitation Jesus into your life. on all our lives as we discover We’ve dedicated our own lives the wealth and the wisdom of to showing believers how to let His WORD. to Partnership their voices be heard, how to That’s how we minister every live in victory and how to see day with our Partners. from Kenneth Copeland the value of their own ministry Partnership with Kenneth to the people in their everyday Copeland Ministries does lives. I’ve said this before, and not mean you sign up for I’ll repeat it: This ministry some program. It’s a spiritual is not about us; it’s about how connection that touches every we can come alongside you— part of your life. It’s a union encouraging you, strengthening of hearts—ours and yours— you and sharing in His glory believing together to see God’s with you. WORD lived out, not only in Our lives changed dramatically our lives, but also in the lives of years ago because we made people all over the world, as we one important decision: We declare in a strong, clear voice, determined to walk in faith “Jesus Is LORD!” from the top every day, believing EVERY of the world to the bottom and WORD of God and receiving all the way around! THE BLESSING He has so More than ever, God is graciously given! looking for those who will Partnership with Since that day, we’ve never choose to believe Him, as did turned back. It’s been thrilling to Abraham, the father of faith. He Kenneth Copeland walk with God and watch Him needs those who will not only Ministries does not work in the lives of believers who believe Him wholeheartedly, made the same decision. but will earnestly expect THE mean you sign up for Today, I want to urge you, if BLESSING of Abraham to be you are new to KCM, to get in manifest in their own lives, and some program. It’s a on what God is accomplishing to be poured out into their world in people’s lives around the and into the lives of the people spiritual connection world through this ministry. with whom He connects them! that touches every If your heart’s desire is for That’s the desire we’ve seen a deeper walk with God, grow in our Partners down part of your life. if you’re looking for fresh through the years. Their passion revelation from His WORD, for His WORD increases. They and if you’re ready to step up trust God for answers in life and fulfill God’s plan for your and know He has given them life, Gloria and I would like to the victory because of all Jesus

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When the Spirit of God leads you to Partner Letter teaching each connect with our ministry, then our month. Gloria and I would be ministry’s anointing comes on you, honored to have you as a and your anointing is joined with ours. Partner with Kenneth Copeland Ministries and to be part of your walk of faith in these exciting has done for this world. They connect with our ministry, then days in which we live—the As our share with us that no matter our ministry’s anointing comes greatest days in God’s plan for Partner, where they are in their walk of on you, and your anointing is our world! know that Gloria faith, The WORD comes alive joined with ours. When we Please continue to watch our and I pray these daily broadcast, Believer’s Voice of in them like never before! And are connected in the Spirit, we scriptures over they are empowered to be the can accomplish greater things Victory, as we provide you with strong voice of victory others for the glory of God. The the meat of God’s WORD. You you every day: need to hear! Bible tells us that one can put will be empowered to let your Psalm 23 Our Partners go with us a thousand to flight, and two voice be heard as you discover Psalm 91 “into the world” to preach can put 10,000 to flight. (See and declare the great things Psalm 103 and teach God’s WORD. Deuteronomy 32:30.) God has in store for you—a Psalm 112 And when we go, there’s an Today, we would like to master plan that leads to your anointing for ministry that invite you to join us in covenant life of faith…to your victory. isaiah 54 flows from our partnership. partnership. We are here for You were redeemed for His ephesians 1:16-23 We experience God’s hand of you and would be thrilled to purposes, and He has anointed ephesians 3:14-20 protection and provision, and have you as our Partner in you for ministry. As Covenant colossians 1:9-11 we see the enemy defeated time ministry…believers joined Partners, I believe we will see 1 thessalonians 5:23 after time as The WORD of in purpose and vision… that anointing grow and His God is proclaimed. ministering the gospel of Jesus purposes fulfilled in your life as romans 15:29 Because of the covenant and God’s love to our world. we continue proclaiming together romans 15:13 we share, this ministry is not Please prayerfully consider our that…“Jesus Is LORD!” Zechariah 9:11-12 just ours—our Partners share invitation, and write or call in every aspect of it. Consider to let us know that you have what the Apostle Paul wrote decided now is the time for you Partner with kcm today! in Philippians when thanking to join us! When we hear from his partners for their support of you, we will immediately send his work. He prayed for them you the New Partner Package. always, holding them dear in As our Partner, know his heart and declaring God’s that Gloria and I pray these completed work in their lives. scriptures over you every day: And he encouraged them in Psalm 23, Psalm 91, Psalm the truth, that as they prayed 103, Psalm 112; Isaiah 54; for him and supported him Ephesians 1:16-23, Ephesians in his calling, they became 3:14-20; Colossians 1:9-11; partakers of the grace on his life 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Romans and ministry (Philippians 1:7; 15:29, Romans 15:13; and 1 Corinthians 15:10). Zechariah 9:11-12. I encourage He was referring to the you to look up these scriptures Anointing of God that was so you can see firsthand what we obvious in his life. He reminded join our faith about and believe them that they shared in his God for every day of your life. anointing that was often seen In addition to praying for in his ministry with “signs you, I’ve committed my life following.” to seeking God and receiving It’s no different today. When revelation from Him that I the Spirit of God leads you to will share with you in a special kcm.org/partner 1300 730 433 or +617 3343 7777 | NZ 0800 903 100

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juLY '14 : 23 Learn How to Reap Your Harvest! us understand. Why, then, aren’t all of So many are frustrated with their us producing bumper crops every season? giving. “I have given and given, Because we are sitting around waiting for but am not seeing the results. I Don’t ever forget our God to do all the work.” guess it’s just not working for me.” purpose for reaping: I felt the same way until I We Were discovered the missing link. Our motivation Created to Reap We can’t just be good sowers. Earlier this year, Gloria Copeland We must be good harvesters as for accumulation well. According to Scripture, and I spent two weeks on the Believer’s harvesting is our responsibility— is distribution. Voice of Victory broadcast teaching on the not God’s. topic How to Reap Your Harvest. If you Join Gloria Copeland and me missed any of those teachings from last in this 10-part series. Our May, I encourage you to visit the KCM topics include: website, find those 10 days of broadcasts in the archives section and watch them. The Missing Link porch and watches it rot in the field. They will help renew your mind to the Rules of Reaping importance of reaping your harvest. Our response would be, “That’s crazy!” Harvest Essentials Unfortunately, that is the way some During the taping, Gloria and I were Christians think. Too many are sleeping discussing the fact that God created And more! through their harvest. Proverbs 10:5, Adam to harvest. Genesis 2:15 says, Determine today that you are not New Living Translation says, “A wise “And the Lord God took the man, and just a good giver. You are going youth harvests in the summer, but one put him into the garden of Eden to to become a good reaper, as well. who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace.” dress it and to keep it.” That definitely included sowing and reaping. We read Now—get up, get into the field Many sow their seed and then just wait and start reaping your harvest! for God to reap the harvest. That is Genesis 8:22, and determined that not the way it works. A natural harvest sowing and reaping have not passed —Pastor George doesn’t just jump from the field into the away. “While the earth remaineth,

barn. Someone must go out and reap it. seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, CDs or DVDs And that someone is us! and summer and winter, and day and * Mark 4:26-29 confirms that reaping night shall not cease.” $ is our responsibility. Jesus said, “So is Then, Gloria said something I had 38 the kingdom of God, as if a man should never heard before. study notes cast seed into the ground; and should She declared, “We still have a ‘harvest included sleep, and rise night and day, and the gene.’ It’s in our DNA.” seed should spring and grow up, he God created us to harvest. That is knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth what THE BLESSING has empowered forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then us to do. We still have what it takes to the ear, after that the full corn in the reap the harvest from every good seed ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, we sow. immediately he putteth in the sickle, Here is another example. Look at because the harvest is come.” Matthew 6:26. “Behold the fowls of the I know you weren’t expecting it, but air: for they sow not, neither do they How to Reap Your Harvest Package How to Reap Your Harvest here’s a pop quiz on what you just read. reap, nor gather into barns; yet your 4-CD series or 2-DVD set And so you’ll pass with flying colors, I’m heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye by Gloria Copeland and Pastor George Pearsons giving you the answers. not much better than they?” Blessed to Be a Blessing 1. Who did the sowing? (Man) While meditating on this scripture, paperback by Kenneth Copeland 2. Who did the growing? (God) I asked the Lord why we were better 3. Who reaped the harvest? (Man) than birds. Without hesitation, He CDs sale $38* #B140603 In the July 9 installment of Kenneth and answered. Because you were created to sow DVDs sale $38* #B140604 Gloria Copeland’s daily devotional, From and reap and they weren’t. Think of it! Faith to Faith, Brother Copland writes, You and I were created by God to sow “Jesus compared the kingdom of God our seed, reap our harvest and gather kcm.org.au with the planting of seed and reaping the it into barns. But, don’t ever forget our 1300 730 433 or +617 3343 7777 harvest. It’s a simple concept. One all of purpose for reaping: Our motivation for NZ 0800 903 100

*Plus shipping. Offers and prices valid until July 31, 2014 24 : juLY '14 d o w n loa d Build Your Financial PDF + Foundation by Gloria accumulation is distribution. mouths are designed by God to be mighty combines—huge threshing the Lord, ‘when the grain and grapes How to Reap Your Harvest machines that go into the field and will grow faster than they can be I once heard about a preacher bring in the harvest. harvested’” (Amos 9:13, New Living who was struggling nancially. Gloria said something else Translation). Physically, he was well and strong. He during the broadcast concerning the experienced powerful demonstrations dierence between a natural harvest Think Harvest! of the spirit in his meetings, and and a spiritual harvest. She said Consider what Brother Copeland his ministry was growing rapidly. that a natural harvest is seasonal. It said several years ago in an article e only area of trouble was in the all depends on the weather cycle. A he wrote, titled “Get Your Mind on nancial realm. Even though he spiritual harvest, on the other hand, the Harvest.” He said, “If you haven’t was a tither and a sower, he was not is continual. A spiritual harvest does thought of yourself as a harvester seeing the financial results he desired not depend on the weather or the before now, start thinking of yourself and needed. He decided to fast and economy. It’s year-round! that way. Renew your mind to the pray. He sought the Lord to find out e kingdom of God is always truth of God’s WORD. Dare to why he was having such nancial on the increase in spite of contrary believe e LORD of the Harvest diculty. As a result of his time of conditions. Read Jeremiah 17:7-8. is calling you—yes, you—to help separation, the Lord told him he had “Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him bring in His end time crops. to receive his finances the same way the Lord, and whose hope the Lord He’s speaking to you and saying, he received his healing—by faith. In is. For he shall be as a tree planted by other words, He told him to “call in the waters, and that spreadeth out her LORD over your seed. You’ve known the harvest.” roots by the river, and shall not see Me as your bread provider. But, I How do we do that? We call in the when heat cometh, but her leaf shall want you to know Me now as LORD harvest with our words of faith. be green; and shall not be careful in and Minister of the Harvest.’” Isaiah 41:15 says, “I will make thee the year of drought, neither shall cease Harvester, don’t wait one more a new sharp threshing instrument from yielding fruit.” minute. Open your mouth—your teeth in the We can actually come to a place spiritual combine—and call in your Hebrew is the word mouths. Our in our lives where we are reaping all harvest. As Joel 3:13 says, “Swing the sickle—the harvest is ready” Destrehan, La. “Father, I commit to be a good sower and a good reaper. I see in Your Word that harvesting is my responsibility. Glorious By my words of faith, I will reap my 2014 Women’s Conference full harvest from the seed I have sown. Harvest, I command you to come to me. I refuse to back o and get discouraged. I will stay strong in October 10-11 faith. I take my hundredfold return harvest. Satan, take your hands o Join guest speaker my harvest. Angels, go get it and Terri Copeland Pearsons & Free bring it to me in Jesus’ Name!” host Rev. Cathy Duplantis Admission Praise God! We are not just good as they share a now word givers. We are good reapers. And, from God for His precious Live together, we are getting real good at daughters. Webcast reaping! George Pearsons is senior pastor Come and experience [email protected] of Eagle Mountain International bout Church, located on the grounds of a God’s glorious presence! Kenneth Copeland Ministries. For more information or ministry materials write to Jesse Duplantis Ministries International Headquarters KCM, Fort Worth, TX 76192-0001. 1973 Ormond Blvd. | Destrehan, LA 70047 | 1-985-764-2000 JULY ' 1 4 : 2 5 No matter how impossible your situation may seem in your eyes, or your family’s eyes, The Lord has the plan to deliver you. Join us when we're in your area. Contact the host church for more details! Southwest Kenneth and/or Gloria Copeland Honolulu, Hawaii : June 25-29 - Devoted—International Women’s Conference Word of Life Christian Center Believers’ June 30 550 Queen St. | Honolulu, HI 96813 1-808-528-4044 wolhawaii.com July 5 (Registration fee required, see website or call for details.) Convention Las Vegas, Nev. : July 29 | Holy Spirit Conference Fort Worth Convention Center | 1201 Houston St. | Fort Worth, TX 76102 International Church of Las Vegas | 8100 Westcliff Drive Las Vegas, Spanish translation and sign-language interpretation available at this event NV 89145 | 1-702-242-2273 | iclv.com London, England : Aug. 5 Venezuela Sept. 5-6 Mission to London | Morris Cerullo World Evangelism Victory Campaign : No preregistration for this event Earls Court—Earls Court Arena 1 | Warwick Road, London SW5 9TA Sports Center ‘Pedro Elías Belisario Aponte,’ Ave. 25 con Prolongación 1-858-633-4885 | missiontolondon.com Circunvalación 2, con Ave. 5 de Julio, Maracaibo, Estado de Zulia, Venezuela Brooklyn Park, Minn. : Aug. 21-22 Upper Midwest Faith Explosion 2014 Living Word Christian Center | 9201 75th Ave. N. 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Not long after the terrorist attack on America, Sept. 11, 2001, Ken and I traveled to Europe to preach. While we were there I picked up an

English newspaper he article was all about plagues! good could such information do for and saw a most TIt talked about the bubonic plague, anyone? I wondered. and all kinds of other plagues that had A few days later, the answer peculiar article. stricken mankind over the centuries. dawned on me. The article was It explained how many people died, intended to prepare people for the At first glance I how long a person could live after possibility of biological warfare. It was couldn’t figure first being exposed, and what the a shocking realization. Who would symptoms were. The gruesome details have thought, even 30 or 40 years out why on earth filled an entire half page of the paper. ago, that we’d ever have to face such a By the time I finished the article I threat? Who could have anticipated— they’d printed it. was disgusted and perplexed. What much less prepared for—the day when

july '14 : 27 Think of it!.... You have than any weapon of mass destruction refuge, even the Most High, your angels...escorting you the devil can devise. dwelling place, no evil shall befall When we’re in that refuge, we’re you, nor shall any plague come near everywhere you go. completely safe. Nothing harmful can your dwelling; for He shall give His If they need help touch us. Psalm 91 assures us of this. angels charge over you, to keep you It says: “He who dwells in the secret in all your ways. In their hands they to keep you safe, place of the Most High shall remain shall bear you up, lest you dash your God will send in stable and fixed under the shadow of foot against a stone. reinforcements the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. I will say of the Lord, He is Think of it! When you’re in the because He personally my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; refuge of God, you have security made this promise on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I guards with you all the time. You have [confidently] trust! For [then] He will angels, the Most High’s best troops, to every person deliver you from the snare of the fowler escorting you everywhere you go. If who loves Him. and from the deadly pestilence” (verses they need help to keep you safe, God 1-3, The Amplified Bible). will send in reinforcements because He In my Bible, next to the words personally made this promise to every “deadly pestilence” I wrote the words person who loves Him. “biological warfare” to remind myself “I will be with him in trouble; I will that God is well able to deliver us deliver him and honor him. With long from diseases of every kind—even life I will satisfy him, and show him My those that come out of a test tube. salvation” (Psalm 91:15-16, NKJV). In fact, God is so great that ungodly human beings cannot come up with Don’t Go to a danger He can’t handle. In the face Heaven Too Soon of the worst they can do, “His truth Praise God, this wonderful divine and His faithfulness are a shield and protection is ours simply because we’re a buckler” for those of us who trust in in Christ Jesus! It belongs to us because Him (verse 4, AMP). He paid for it with His precious blood. b y G l o r i a Talk about comprehensive But it’s important for us to remember: Copeland protection! God’s shield and buckler It doesn’t fall on us automatically just are better than any insurance policy because we’re born again. Like every on earth. According to Hebrew other benefit of salvation, if we’re going scholars, the shield offers three-sided to experience it we must reach out and protection, in front and on both sides, receive it by faith. while the buckler, which is described We must be like David who wrote by a Hebrew word that means “circle,” in Psalm 144:1-2 (AMP): “Blessed be wraps all the way around. That means the Lord, my Rock and my keen and when you’re wearing God’s armor, firm Strength...my Steadfast Love you’re completely surrounded by His and my Fortress, my High Tower and mighty power. You’re living inside a my Deliverer, my Shield and He in supernatural circle of protection. Whom I trust and take refuge.” No wonder Psalm 91:5-12, New Notice, David didn’t just quietly King James Version says: agree with God’s Psalm 91 promises. He didn’t just read them and hope diseases would be used as weapons of You shall not be afraid of the terror everything was going to be all right. mass destruction? by night, nor of the arrow that flies by He boldly said, “I take refuge in God.” I’ll tell you who: our wonderful, day, nor of the pestilence that walks That’s what we must do, too—and Almighty God! He not only knew in darkness, nor of the destruction we must do it by faith! If we don’t, we in advance that things like biological that lays waste at noonday. A will be like everyone else in this world. warfare would become a threat, He thousand may fall at your side, and We’ll be subject to the same dangers prepared the antidote for them. ten thousand at your right hand; as unbelievers. Although we’ll still go Nothing to God gave us a Bible full of promises but it shall not come near you. Only to heaven when we die, we’re likely to Fear Package so powerful they can protect us from with your eyes shall you look, and see go there sooner than we intended. #B140714 every danger that will ever exist. He the reward of the wicked. Because I don’t want that to happen to me, provided a refuge for us that is greater you have made the Lord, who is my do you?

28 : july '14 Of course, you don’t. You want to No, this is a person who has purposely about reading my Bible. It keeps me on enjoy a long, satisfying life. You want placed himself under God’s authority. It’s the right road. It tells me how to live. to live out the full number of your days someone who walks in all the light he has It helps me avoid unpleasant, and even in the circle of God’s protection. and continually seeks out more light. The dangerous, situations and it will do the “But Gloria,” you might say, “how secret-place dweller is the Christian who same for you. The Word of God in your can I make sure I’m living in that finds out what God’s Word says, believes heart and in your mouth brings you circle? How can I know that I’ve taken it and obeys it. security in every situation. refuge in God by faith?” If that’s not how you’ve been living, Look again at the verses we’ve read make a change. Repent and receive Your Deliverance and Your from Psalm 91 and you’ll see there are God’s forgiveness for the things you’ve Words Are Connected three primary elements involved. done wrong. Make a commitment to The second element involved in First, you must be like the person obey Him and read your Bible every day receiving God’s protection is found in in verse 1 “who dwells in the secret to find out what He wants you to do. verse 2: “I will say of the Lord, He is place of the Most High” (AMP). This As the light of the Word reveals things my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; is not a description of someone who in your life that aren’t pleasing to Him, on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I got born again five years ago and has make the necessary adjustments. [confidently] trust!” (AMP). never been to church or done anything Even though I’ve been walking with According to this verse, it’s not just else to seek God since. It’s not a picture God for a half century now, I still have what you believe that matters, it’s what of someone who’s out there disobeying to do this. I still have to let the Word you say. When you speak words of faith God and chasing after the world. correct me. That’s why I’m so diligent about God being your Refuge, “[then] He will deliver you” (verse 3, AMP). Why are your words and your deliverance from danger so closely connected? Because, as Proverbs 18:21 puts it, “Death and life are in the power In these of the tongue....” You get what you say! In Mark 11:23, Jesus put it this troubling way: “Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be times, you’ve thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that got Nothing those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” I’ll never forget the first time the to Fear! truth of that scripture really got through to me. It was years ago when Crime. War. Terrorism. How to keep your Ken had just begun to minister. I Is there any way to family in God’s safe 1 was listening to a tape by Kenneth E. have peace of mind? haven of protection Hagin titled, “You Can Have What For the believer there Seven practical You Say,” and suddenly, the Lord is! In this powerful steps to set you free spoke to my spirit. package, Kenneth and 2 from fear—today In consistency lies the power, He said. Gloria Copeland share That’s when the revelation hit me: If vital truths from the Everyday decisions I want to see God’s promises manifest Bible that will set you 3 that can keep you in my life, I can’t just speak His Word free! You’ll discover: in peace when I pray, I must talk faith all the time! I must say only what I want to come to pass! sale That realization changed my life. * Delivered From Fear 5-CD series by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland Nothing to $ Until then I’d always operated like most Fear Package Raising Children Without Fear minibook by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland other people. When I got in trouble, I #B140714 30 Seven Steps to Walking Fear Free single CD by Kenneth Copeland talked about the trouble. I talked about how bad things were. But faith cannot $30AUD + SHIPPING do that. It cannot talk the problem. KCM.ORG.au 1300 730 433 or +617 3343 7777 / NZ 0800 903 100

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’mat I would watch those movies over and over, day after day. Eventually, I knew every song and every scripture in each movie, by heart. The two things that gave me courage to face Bold, those girls, and not believe the horrible things being spoken over me, were the Unashamed & encouraging prayers of my parents, and the Word of God that was packaged in the message of Superkid Academy and Still different those movies. I remember singing “Know Who You Are in Jesus,” and getting a deep When Jade Haney fell victim to bullying as a third-grader, two revelation of who I really was in Him. When I began to really know Jesus, things gave her the courage to stand: The encouraging prayers and believe I was who He said I was, I of her parents, and the Word of God she learned by watching started seeing through the shallowness Superkid videos. Today, at 23, Jade is still standing as she ministers of my bullies’ insults. The presence of God was very tangible in those the love of God both at home and abroad. And she credits much moments, and He began to stir up a fiery of her work to what she learned through Superkid Academy. Jade faith inside me. Every time I watched shares part of her story in the following letter: Armor of Light or The Sword, the Holy Spirit was doing something great in me. The depth of God’s love overwhelmed remember at a very young age feeling In third grade, my life was made me, and I knew that I was His! that I was different. miserable by a group of four fourth- I grew up in a loving Christian home grade girls. I attended a private Today, I am 23 years old. I serve and gave my life to Jesus when I was Christian school, but there was nothing on several worship teams at my church 5 years old. In our home, talking about Christian about how I was treated by for our regular weekend services, as Jesus and singing praise-and-worship my peers. Since the school was small, well as for our Restore ministry, Elevate songs was considered normal. It was the third- and fourth-grade classes student ministry and our young-adult normal for my friends and me to take were combined. One girl in particular ministry, and I love writing songs. I am turns pretending we were preachers— encouraged the others to pick on me, passionate about following God with praying for each other, falling down because I was the only third-grader in my whole heart, and I want to take the and covering each other up with our class. gospel all over the world. I have gone Iblankets. These girls would look for the pettiest on mission trips to Mexico, Guatemala, I remember once, when I was about reasons to laugh at my expense. Singapore and Honduras, and next year 6, my family ordered pizza. After my One day, for instance, as we were I am going to India. mom had answered the door and gone all running out to the playground, I am telling you this, not to lift to get money to pay for the pizza, I the ringleader shoved me onto the myself up, but to give glory to God. saw the delivery man standing in our pavement and I skinned my knee If He can take a child who felt as doorway alone as a divine opportunity pretty badly. She looked back at me insecure and odd as I did, and for evangelism! You laugh, but I’m not with no remorse, completely apathetic. transform her into a bold and kidding. I looked up at the man in the Thinking back, I believe the poor girl unashamed evangelist, nothing is too doorway and point-blank asked him, must have gone through something difficult for Him. “Are you a Christian?” traumatic to make her as cold as she Every Believers’ Convention, every “Well, I try to be,” he nervously was at that young age. church service, every ounce of time, replied. A couple of years before this incident, money, effort and creativity that was “You can’t try to be a Christian,” I when I was 6, my grandma bought a poured into making those films was responded. “You either are or you movie for my cousins and me to watch well worth it! God used all of you to aren’t.” called The Intruder. From that point on, give me hope for my future. Upon my parents’ realization that I I started keeping up with the Superkid Thank you for reaching out and was interrogating the pizza man, they movies. For my eighth birthday, my teaching me about my identity in Jesus speedily paid him, letting him off the mom’s friend gave me a copy of the Christ! hook. Superkid Trilogy, which included The Looking back, I now know that God Intruder, Armor of Light and The Sword, Give Your Kids a had called me and that I was a good all on VHS! This gift couldn’t have come » kind of different. But, as an elementary at a better time...it was the summer Summer Adventure! school student, being different didn’t before I was to encounter the horrible SUPERKID ACADEMY always seem good. year of bullying. Southwest Believers’ Convention JUNE 30-JULY 5 There will never be a time in your life when Satan will have compassion on you. He’ll never think, Man, I’ve really put her through a lot. I’m going to back off a little. He has one motive—and that’s to kill, steal and destroy your life (John 10:10).

I have to remind myself of that all the time. Sometimes I wish I could rely on my mom and dad’s faith to get me through trouble, but I’ve had to learn that others can’t fight my battles forKEEPING me. I’ve had to learn this battle exists because of three simple truths.

First, God has a custom- designed assignment YOUR for your life. He has a custom-designed assignment to fit your individual strengths, interests and personality.FOCUS

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hen my dad turned the God has delegated this assignment to operations of Jerry Savelle you and He’s expecting you to fulfill WMinistries International over to me, it during your time on earth (Psalm I thought he had missed God. I was 39:4). Satan knows your time is lim- two seconds away from telling him ited, and he is doing everything in his that I didn’t want the position because power to distract you and get you to I was filled with so much shame and lose focus. guilt from the way I had once lived my life. I thought, I don’t deserve this. F-O-C-U-S But that morning I went for a walk Mike Murdock says, “The only and saw a vision of myself standing reason men fail is broken focus.” at the foot of the Cross. The Lord That’s why Satan creates distractions showed me that Jesus’ blood had for us—to get us to lose our focus. To washed all my sins away. Then, in that help you keep yours, God has given vision, He handed me a clipboard and me an acronym based on the word said, This is an assignment for your life. focus: F-O-C-U-S. He also handed me some keys and said, And these are the keys to the king- Fix Your Fence dom of heaven to fulfill that assignment. The “F” in F-O-C-U-S stands for I believe you have a clipboard that “Fix your fence.” KEEPING is custom-designed for your life, too. I recently read a story about a fam- It’s an assignment God has hand- ily who raised miniature horses. Their picked for you and only you to fulfill house was right next to a small, wild- during your time on earth. life park. One day they were walk- Second, Satan has a custom-designed ing on their property and noticed assignment for your life, designed to there was a weak spot in their fence. appeal to your greatest weaknesses and Some of the slats were down and some vulnerabilities. It’s not haphazard. It’s of the nails were missing. But they YOUR well-thought-out. There’s a method thought, Oh, it’s no big deal. to his madness and he has a twisted They had planned to fix the fence assignment for your life that he wants when they had extra money, but the you to fulfill. This means war. money never came. Then one day Finally, you need a custom- the wife looked out her kitchen win- designed plan to keep you focused on dow and a lion from the wildlife park God’s assignment. If you fail to have was devouring her favorite miniature a plan for your life, then you’re just horse! He had come right through the planning to fail. God has given you weak spot in the fence. FOCUS an assignment—a charge to do some- Isn’t that just how the devil works? thing. Like the CEO of a company, He finds a weak spot in your life, an

BVOV : 33 area that you keep putting off, an area where you think, Nothing that bad has happened yet. I’ll deal with it later. I don’t really know how to fix that any- way. Then one day you look up and he’s devouring everything precious to you. He’s devouring your mar- riage, your family, your finances, your health, your career. He latches onto a weakness and uses it as an open door. “Fix your fence” means you must identify your weaknesses and deal with them. It means not playing with what tempts you—at the risk of opening a door the devil will barge through. Obituary We need to look away from what The Bible says that distracts us—but we also have to look to a vision. Proverbs 29:18 says, wherever He leads, “Where there is no vision, the people that’s where THE perish.” That’s serious. If you don’t have a vision, you will die. BLESSINGS are. “O” stands for “obituary.” One year in high school, as my —Gloria friends and I were celebrating home- coming week—decorating and cruis- ing the town—we suddenly received word that one of the guys we went to school with fell out of a truck and died. It was hor-rible—I had just seen him moments before, yelling, scream- ing and laughing with all of us. The next day, homecoming day, the school had no life whatsoever. Everyone had their heads down. We wore our uniforms and ribbons, but there was no school spirit. No one knew what to say. When English class began, our teacher asked us to pull out a piece of paper and put our full name at the top. So I wrote, “Terri Lynn Savelle.” She said, “Now I want you to write your birth date.” I did. “Now, I want you to write last night’s date right under that,” she instructed. Then, “Now, I want you to write your own obituary.” At first, we thought it was kind of creepy. But she said, “Think about it. If your life had ended last night, what would you want people to say about you? How would they describe your

34 : BVOV personality? Your character? What do have a plan, and part of that plan is hear- best. There’s an old saying: “Average you want to be known for? What do ing the Word every single day until it is as close to the bottom as it is the you want to accomplish in your life? becomes a part of your life—like brush- top.” Don’t settle for being an aver- What kind of contributions do you ing your teeth. You wouldn’t skip a day age Christian, pastor, businessperson, want to make?” She said, “Don’t write brushing your teeth. You shouldn’t skip spouse, parent or anything else. what people would say right now. I time with the Word either. want you to write what you want peo- There have been so many times Start at the Top Again ple to say when your life is over.” that I’ve put on the Word for even Lastly, “S” stands for “Start at the At the end of class, when we hand- just 10 minutes in the morning before top again.” In other words, all the ed our papers in, she said, “Class, I my jog or while driving to get my things you know to do, you have to want you to know that you have not daily burrito—and during that 10 keep on doing. Joyce Meyer once asked just written your obituary. You have minutes I received exactly what a man who had been in ministry more just written your dreams.” And she I needed for that day. It’s amazing than 40 years, “If you could tell me one added, “Now, go live them.” what 10 minutes of the Word can do thing that would help me stay focused You need to write your own obitu- for your focus. in my life and ministry, to not give in ary—your God-given dreams. It will We have to do things like this on to temptation, what would it be?” become your life’s mission statement, purpose to stay focused. Start a habit He thought for a minute, then said, the way you want to be remembered. of hearing the Word every day. Put a “Whatever you did to get to where It will be a guideline to live by. Then CD player on your bathroom vanity you’re at—don’t stop doing it.” Once when temptation comes, all you have along with a big note that says, “PUSH you get where you want to go, ask to do is get out your piece of paper PLAY.” It will keep you focused. Soon, yourself what got you there. Hearing and ask, “Does this line up with what you’ll begin to think differently, act the Word. Speaking the Word. I want to fulfill during my time peri- differently and see things differently. Having daily disciplines in your life od on earth?” Things that used to tempt you will that you never stop. That’s what will Sit down at your computer or with now be easily seen as traps—because make all the difference. That’s what your journal and write your obitu- God’s Word brings light and over- you must never stop doing. Start at ary—your God-given dreams, your comes darkness every time. the top and do it again. life’s mission statement—today. Do What God’s Keeping Your Focus Chop It Into Daily Visions Telling YoU to Do We all know people who never How do you eat an elephant? One “U” need to do what God’s telling seem to advance. Years go by and bite at a time. How do you go after a you to do. You might read an article nothing changes in their lives. They’re big dream? One day at a time. “C” is for like this and get excited and think, I’m doing the same thing, dealing with chopping it up into daily visions. going to do that! I’m going to write my the same situations, still in relation- Any way you look at it, your future is mission statement. I’m going to start lis- ships they shouldn’t be in, still bat- hidden in your daily routine. Success is tening to the Word every day. I’m going to tling the same addictions. That’s not not one big event that happens in your make an investment in my life. But once God’s best for our lives. life. It’s a result of daily disciplines that you start, it’s easy to compare your- God has an assignment that only lead you into God’s perfect will. You self to others—others who aren’t doing you can fulfill. He’s given you an see that with my dad, Brother Kenneth anything—and get lax like them. It’s allotted time on earth to do what Copeland and other strong men and easy to relax, to compromise. only you can do, but you have to stay women of faith. It wasn’t one big event Do what God is telling you to do, focused. God wants you to fight your that caused them to be where they are because at the end of day the only per- own battles and win. today. The Copelands still listen to the son you’re going to answer to the Lord Fix your fences. Write your Word, still speak the Word, still guard for is you. When you stand before “obituary” and keep that mission their mouths, still guard their hearts, God, you’re only going to give an statement in front of you. Listen still do all those things that got them account for your life. to the Word daily. Don’t compare where they are. Daily habits are what It’s time to rise above the status quo. yourself to others. Keep doing what lead us into God’s plan. Average people never make the his- makes you successful. Then you I am convinced you have to have daily tory books. We have to be willing to will accomplish your God-given doses of the Word of God in order to do more than others if we want God’s assignment. stay focused on your assignment. I’ve had enough experience to know that Terri Savelle Foy, daughter of Jerry and Carolyn Savelle, is founder of Terri Savelle Foy you can’t just fulfill God’s assign- about Ministries. Visit her Web site at terri.com. ment on your own. You have to

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