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********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** APRIL Broadcast Calendar Featuring: Kenneth Copeland, Dr. Don Colbert, Mary Colbert Apr. 1-5 Keys to Living in Divine Health Kenneth Copeland, Dr. Don Colbert & Mary Colbert Apr. 7: Go for the Gold in Faith Kenneth Copeland Apr.8-12 Let THE BLESSING Do the Work Kenneth Copeland Apr. 14: The Cross Is the Place of Exchange Kenneth Copeland Apr. 15-19 THE BLESSING of The LORD: Redeemed from the Curse Kenneth Copeland Apr. 21: An Unbreakable Covenant Kenneth Copeland Apr. 22-26 Consistent Faith Brings Results Kenneth Copeland Apr. 28: See Yourself Free Kenneth Copeland Apr. 29-May 3 Unshakable Faith Brings Victory Kenneth Copeland Broadcasts subject to change without notice -------------------------------------------------- WATCH ON: dish® CHANNEL 265 Roku® apple tv® 4th Generation bvovn.com YouTube® KCM.ORG KCM APP PODCAST DAYSTAR Network Trinity Broadcasting Network SPANISH BROADCAST ENLACE or ES.KCM.ORG/MEDIOS kcm.org/watch/find-a-station **************************************** * * * * article from p. 29 concludes * * * * I’m sure you do too—and you can be! All you have to do is dedicate yourself 100 percent to the Lord. All you have to do is put Him first place in your life. In a nutshell, that’s what He told the Israelites to do at Mount Sinai. When He spoke to them about how to walk in His presence and His BLESSINGS, the first command He gave them was, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). The Israelites could never consistently keep that command back then, because they weren’t born again like we, as believers, are today. They were still under the dominion of sin, so they kept wandering away from God and worshiping other gods. Even so, God still made a way for them to come back to Him. Even under the Old Covenant, He set up a system of animal sacrifices to atone for their sins and make it possible for them to draw near to Him once again. God didn’t set up those sacrifices because He wanted to punish the Israelites. He didn’t do it because He wanted them to give up something for Him or because He thought they should suffer some kind of loss. That concept springs from the English definition of the word sacrifice. The Hebrew word korban, which is translated sacrifice in the Bible, means something very different. It quite simply means “to draw near.” God has always wanted His people to draw near to Him! It’s why He sent Jesus to offer Himself on the cross as “one sacrifice for sins for ever” (Hebrews 10:12). It’s why, when we made Jesus the Lord of our lives, He washed our sins away with His precious blood, and made us righteous with His own righteousness. He wanted us to be able to live in unbroken fellowship with Him and be His own special people. He wanted us to be able to love Him above all, walk with Him, and obey His voice. He wanted us to draw near to Him so He can draw near to us (James 4:8). There are no limits to what God can do through us if we’ll do that. The only thing that limits the flow of His power and glory in our lives is how much we give ourselves to Him. That’s why He’s saying to us what He said to the Israelites: “Don’t have any other gods before Me.” Having other gods isn’t just worshiping idols. It isn’t just committing big sins like adultery or murder. It’s anything that gets in the way of obeying God. It might just be giving in to your own fleshly preferences, for instance. It might simply be drawing back from something God puts on your heart because you don’t particularly want to do it. I remember some years ago, I got into that situation when the Lord spoke to me about making the closing remarks and praying for people at the end of our Russian television broadcasts. I’d previously delegated that responsibility to one of our prayer ministers, but the Holy Spirit let me know He was delegating it to me! I didn’t like the idea of spending more time in the television studio, so I kept procrastinating. I’d say, “Lord, I am going to do that,” but then I wouldn’t follow through. After about six months I really got under conviction about it. I realized I was putting my own desires before God’s, so I repented and recorded those closes. Afterward I felt so good! I can’t tell you how happy I was to be rid of that disobedience. It had hindered my fellowship with God. This is why God tells us to be holy in all our conduct and manner of living. For those of us who love Him, walking in holiness means walking in happiness. It isn’t a burden, it’s a blessing. Even when it looks in the natural like putting Him first place is going to cost us, in the end it always pays in blessing. So, let’s go for it 100 percent! Let’s remove from our lives everything that we know displeases the Lord. Let’s do those things He’s spoken to us about in our hearts and do them quickly because time is running out. Jesus is coming soon, and when He gets here, we don’t want Him to find us off wandering around out there in the world. We want Him to find us drawing near to Him and doing our part in this last, great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We want Him to find us shining with His power and occupying our place in His glorious Church! V 30 : BVOV

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