BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

‘Rejoicing in God’s Goodness!’ We’re rejoicing in God’s goodness! A few years ago the Lord said our house would be paid off in record time with money left over. I hung on to His word, not seeing how this could be possible, and He would remind me from time to time. In 2017, God got us in position for an amazing business opportunity. Last week, we sent the check to pay off a 29-year mortgage and we are in the process of purchasing a beautiful company truck. “How great is [His] goodness which [He has] laid up for those who fear [Him]” Psalm 31:19, "New King James Version." We love you, KCM! Cathy C. | Bismarck, N.D. Healed and Delivered! I have been listening to and watching KCM since 1980. In 2007, I had an accident while driving a city bus. My neck and lower back were injured and I ended up having to quit my job and go on disability as the pain would not allow me to work. I attended the KCM crusade in Calgary in 2015 and went to every meeting. After the last service, Kenneth Copeland began calling out areas which needed healing. He called out facet joints, which were a major problem for me and kept me from doing any physical work. I was getting the nerves burned every six months, and every three months cortisone shots. I was on pain meds daily and was still in pain. Kenneth said if you feel heat on your back, you are being healed. I did not feel any heat until I put my hand on my lower back and it was hot! Since then I have had no burns, no cortisone shots and I’ve reduced my meds by two-thirds. I took a job as church custodian—something I could not do before. In the three years since then, I’ve had many opportunities to be sick from leg cramps, chest problems, pain, etc. But I have not taken them. I have rebuked every disease, germ, virus and any illness in the Name of Jesus and declared by His stripes I am healed! Jesus has never failed me. I have had some symptoms disappear immediately and some very soon after. I was also set free from cigarette smoking, after a 40-year habit. I’ve just had a physical and passed with flying colors. My health is 100 percent. For this, I praise God! David W. | Calgary, Alberta * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * VICTORIOUS LIVING “For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?” 1 Corinthians 3:3 Keep Strife Out by Gloria Copeland It’s bad enough that strife opens the door of our lives to confusion and every evil work (James 3:14-16). That alone should make us resist it with all our might. But that’s not all the Bible has to say about it. In his letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul gave us even more information about the damaging effects of strife. He wrote: “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?” (1 Corinthians 3:1-3). Carnal Christians are miserable people. They’re born again and they know enough about God not to enjoy sin, but they aren’t committed enough to stay out of sin. If you don’t want to find yourself trapped in that condition (and I know you don’t) then stay out of strife, because strife will keep you carnal! It will inhibit your ability to digest the meat of the Word, and without that meat you won’t be able to grow into a strong, victorious Christian. If you fuss and bicker with others, your spiritual growth will be stunted. You’ll remain in a perpetual state of spiritual infancy and the devil will run over you regularly! So grow up. Don’t stay a baby. Get out of strife and into the Word. Soon you’ll be the overcomer the Word says you are! V BVOV : 25

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