BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

“I suffered side effects from 18 different drugs my doctors prescribed, and for several years I suffered from cyclic vomiting. I became emaciated and weak, but during that time I was also learning how to trust God. When we joined the church that Jen’s parents pastored, things changed. My father-in-law prayed for me in 2016, and for the first time since the accident, I woke without pain. Three weeks after the pain left, I ran a 5K race with Jesse. Since then we’ve run another 5K and a 10K race. I coach his soccer team, and I’m back at work doing construction. I still love to fish, but my desire now is to be a fisher of men. “In 2017, we attended the Southwest Believers’ Convention in Fort Worth, where we were infused with a new level of faith. I’d hurt my finger and Kenneth Copeland gave a word of knowledge that someone’s finger was being healed. That was my finger! Jesse loved being a Superkid, and it was wonderful for us all.” A few years ago, the Lord directed Jennifer to search for her birth father. She found him, and realized afresh that the devil is a liar. Her birth father loves her, and they have a wonderful relationship. Today, Jennifer enjoys her relationship with her dad, her birth father and her heavenly Father. “We’ve only been Partners with KCM for a few years,” Jennifer explains, “but I’ve lived in the overflow of God’s blessings most of my life because of my parents’ partnership. It was through KCM that faith was planted in my heart at a young age. Without their teaching, I would be a widow today. “Whenever I look at my husband, I’m overwhelmed with God’s goodness. We’ve been best friends for 28 years, and I’m so very thankful to grow old with him. He is a wonderful husband and father. He is a spiritual leader in our home, and I admire him so much. “The one thing we hope people take away from our story is that you can never be too far down for God to reach. Never give up.” V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Originally Published: May 1994 Ready to rid yourself of the hurts and resentments that have been dragging you into defeat? You can do it by the power of God. Just learn to forgive and... Let the Victories Begin! by Kenneth Copeland Forgiveness. Lots of people talk about it. But very few actually do it. Oh, they try...and try and try. But trying just doesn’t get the job done. You can come around and talk to those “try-ers” years later and they’re still carrying around hurts and resentments. They’re still saying, “Well, I’m trying to forgive that person, but what they did to me was just so bad that I just haven’t been able to do it yet.” That’s why The WORD of God doesn’t say anything about “trying” to forgive. It simply commands us to forgive “one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). Since God has never commanded us to do anything without providing us with the ability to do it, we can be sure He has given every believer the power to forgive in any and every situation. You may think it is hard to forgive. It’s not. Nothing you do by the power of God is hard. You can make it hard by messing around trying to do it in your own strength. But if you’ll learn to rest in God through faith in His WORD, the struggle will disappear. You see, if you’ll trust God’s WORD, that WORD will fight the fight for you in any area of life. You won’t have to wrestle your problems to the ground and solve them with your own great willpower. All you’ll have to do is open your Bible and start speaking out God’s WORD about the situation. Release your faith in that WORD and it will conquer any problem—including unforgiveness. That’s right! God’s WORD will fight the fight of forgiveness for you. If you’ll find out what God has to say on the subject—and believe it—it will drive unforgiveness completely out of your life. No Shades of Gray Now when I say it will drive unforgiveness from your life, you need to understand, I’m not just talking about a major resentment you’ve been carrying against someone. I’m also talking about those “little” hurts and offenses that cause you to avoid someone. I’m talking about those memories that cause you to treat someone with less warmth and love because they have injured you in some way. * * * * article continues on p. 18 * * * * BVOV : 17

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