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Of course, I was agreeing to everything, but more than anything else, I was really listening to how he planned to do this. I was learning how to tap in to the wisdom of God, and I was learning how to appropriate that wisdom once I received it. He said, “Now, we’ve got to have the money for the television programs, and we’ve got to have the money for a new airplane. You know I don’t borrow money. We pay cash for everything we do. Obviously, there’s no way to do this except that we first plant seed. I’ve got to plant my best seed. The best seed I’ve got is my airplane. I’m going to give my airplane away.” How Are We Gonna Get Home? Usually when he said he was going to give something away, he did it right then. So, I was concerned about my ride home. I didn’t say, “Praise God!” I just kept quiet and acted like I was in total agreement. Sometimes people won’t know you’re ignorant if you’ll just be quiet. He said, “God told me the name of the preacher He wants me to give it to. I’m going to call him right now, and I’m going to tell him what God told me.” He called a preacher friend of ours who lived in Arlington. I heard him say, “Joe Nay, this is Kenneth.” I knew Joe was believing for an airplane. I couldn’t hear Joe’s response until Brother Copeland told him that. In fact, Brother Copeland held the phone away from his ear because you could hear Joe screaming. He was shouting. I could just picture him dancing and running around in circles. Then Brother Copeland said, “Now, Joe, we’re going to fly it back home, and then we’ll make all the necessary arrangements to get it to you. But before I give it to you, I’m going to redo the engines first.” I was sitting there speechless. My next thought was, If you’re going to give it away, why spend any more money on it? Let Joe repair the engines. Brother Copeland perceived my thoughts. He said, “I know what you’re thinking.” I said, “What?” He said, “You’re thinking, if I’m going to give it away, why spend any more money on it.” * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * “We should expect Him to increase us more and more, us and our children—and if it disturbs someone’s religious sensitivities, too bad!” —Kenneth Copeland * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I said, “Well, that’s exactly what I’m thinking. I have never heard of anything like this before.” He didn’t just preach prosperity; he didn’t just preach sowing and reaping; he lived it—every day of his life. Not just from the pulpit, but in every area of his life. You’ve got to understand, I wasn’t on Brother Copeland’s level financially. I was still believing for food on my table, and I was believing for a suit to wear. I was believing for money to give Carolyn and the babies while I was gone. I was believing for rent money, and he’s giving airplanes away. I said, “Well, why would you spend more money on the airplane if you’re going to give it away?” The Hundredfold Principle He said, “Because I believe in the hundredfold principle.” I knew what he was talking about because I had read Mark 10:29-30 about the hundredfold. I said, “What do you mean by that?” He said, “I don’t want to give an airplane away with bad engines because if I do, I’ll receive a hundredfold return on that seed, and I’ll wind up with a bigger, faster airplane that needs the engines rebuilt. I want to give one away that’s first class. I’m going to do everything I can to make that airplane first class when I give it away so that the one that I get in return will be first class.” Give God Your Best Approximately 11 days after he sowed the airplane into Joe Nay’s ministry, I received a phone call around 10:30 one night. It was Brother Copeland, and he said, “Do you and Carolyn and the girls want to see a miracle?” I said, “We’d love to see a miracle.” He said, “Then meet me at Oak Grove Airport. You’re going to see a miracle.” We drove out to the airport and saw Brother Copeland, Gloria, Kellie and John standing around the taxi area, just looking down the runway. We walked up behind them and said, “What are you doing?” He said, “I’m watching for my miracle. Just keep your eyes on the end of that runway down there. You’re going to see a miracle.” We just stood there and looked with the rest of them. In a little while, I saw some lights in the distance, and I could tell it was an airplane making its final approach. Eleven days after he sowed that seed, he received a bigger, faster airplane completely paid for! We all sat in it and praised God over it. It was quite a miracle. 12 : BVOV

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