BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Where this nation is concerned, you praise and thank God for promising in Acts 2 that He will pour out His Spirit on all flesh in these last days. You fellowship with Him over His promise to heal our land. You lift before Him words of prophecy that have been spoken over the country and stay with it until you’re so on fire with desire for His will to be done here, that the only way you can express it is by praying in other tongues! You don’t have to be a seasoned, silver-haired prayer warrior to do that, either. You can do it even if you’re a very young believer. My daughter Terri proved that when she was in the sixth grade! She decided she wanted God to move in her school, so she started interceding for it. She started fasting her lunch every day and spending that time in prayer. Before long, strange and amazing things began to happen. Other children began to join her at the fasting table. Then they started sharing the gospel with the other students and praying for them to get baptized in the Holy Ghost. Eventually it got to the point that one day the principal publicly announced over the loudspeaker, “There will be no more praying in tongues in the girls’ restroom!” If a little sixth grader can start that kind of spiritual fire in a school, think what Christians all over the world can do if they get serious about praying for their nations. Think what can happen in America as more and more believers, instead of complaining about how things are going in this country, start travailing in prayer and declaring The WORD of God over the United States by faith. Faith is the key to unlocking the storehouses of the Spirit! It’s the answer to everything. It doesn’t matter what problems the devil throws at this nation, the way we solve them is by doing what Jesus said in Mark 11:22: “Have faith in God.” “But, Brother Copeland, I just don’t have what it takes to do that.” Yes, you do. Romans 12:3 says God has dealt to every believer “the measure of faith.” That means if you’re born again, you have on the inside of you the same faith God used to frame worlds (Hebrews 11:3). You have the same faith that, when God said, “Light be,” created 16 billion miles of universe within 24 hours. So, go ahead and use that faith on behalf of this nation. Believe what God said in 2 Chronicles 7:14 and declare it before Him in prayer. Act on your faith by voting for righteous principles, keep speaking The WORD, believing what you say comes to pass, and God will do His part. He will heal our land! V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * victorious living by Kenneth Copeland We Need Each Other “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” John 17:21 It’s time we, as believers, began to enter into the oneness Jesus prayed for in John 17:21. It’s time we held on to one another in good times as well as bad. It’s time we realized that we need one another. We do, you know. I need your faith as much as you need mine. Together, we can face anything and win in Jesus. Let me show you why. In John 3:34, God says Jesus was given the Holy Spirit without measure. He was more powerful than all the demons of hell and all wicked spirits of all classes, including satan himself. He was able to defeat their power combined. Now consider this. We are His Body. Each of us has been given the measure of faith according to Romans 12:1-3. That measure is enough to take care of our own personal needs. However, there is more involved here than just our own personal lives. We have a world to win! We are the end-time generation. We need all the help we can get. But, thank God, we can get all the help we need! How? By joining together. Ephesians 4:13 says that when we all come together in the unity of the faith, we’ll have “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” In other words, when the Body of Christ comes together and begins to function as one, we’ll have the Holy Spirit without measure—just like Jesus did! We’ll begin to see ministries functioning in the fullness of their callings. We’ll begin to see manifestations of the Holy Spirit in full measure. We’ll see Jesus in fullness as we’ve never seen Him before. Then the world will know the Father sent Him. Step into that oneness today. Start today making a daily effort to make yourself available to God to pray for others. Start your day by saying, “Holy Spirit, use me to pray for someone today. I offer You my measure of faith.” Once we truly join together in faith, all the demons of hell won’t be able to overcome us. We’ll march right over them in the fullness of the power of Jesus and bring the age to a glorious close! V BVOV : 9

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