BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** JUNE Broadcast Calendar Featuring: Kenneth Copeland and Gloria Copeland Sun., June 2: Yes, It Is God’s Will to Heal You! Kenneth Copeland June 3-7 THE BLESSING Is the Full Package Kenneth Copeland Sun., June 9: It’s Easy to Receive From the Healer Kenneth Copeland June 10-14 Healing School Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Sun., June 16: Abundance for Your Household Kenneth Copeland June 17-21 Jesus, Our Care Taker—Part 1 Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Sun., June 23: What Is Your Faith Saying? Kenneth Copeland June 24-28 Jesus, Our Care Taker—Part 2 Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Sun., June 30: The Abraham Kind of Faith 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. 30 continues * * * * When you give yourself to Him wholly, He’ll do things that will astound you. He’ll take your most dire circumstances and completely transform them. You never have to worry that you’re bringing Him a problem that’s too big for Him to solve. He’s a smooth operator. He can do anything He sets out to do! He even got one man I know set free from death row. It was amazing. The man started seeking the Lord while he was in prison, got hold of some KCM materials, and learned how to stand on the Word of God. He set his faith to be released from prison and it happened. After he got out, he was so hungry to hear more of God’s Word he traveled around the country attending all our meetings. He’d get our schedule, go to the city where we were preaching next, and get a job there. He’d work the job until the meetings started, then he’d quit so he could attend all the services. Eventually he became a minister of the gospel himself. Some people might not understand the intensity of that man’s hunger for the Word, but Ken and I did. We weren’t physically in prison like he was when we first got hold of the Word of Faith, but we were in prison financially. We had more debts than we could see any way to pay, no assets to speak of, and very little income. Desperate for answers, when we realized they were in God’s Word we went after that Word as hard and fast as we could. We didn’t just go to a meeting on Sunday and say, “That was nice. Next week we’ll go back and hear some more.” We read, listened to and talked about the Word day and night. We got reel-to-reel tapes of Brother Kenneth E. Hagin’s sermons and listened to them between meetings. We lived on those tapes until we could go back to another service to hear some more. We quit watching TV and reading the newspaper, not so much because we decided to but because we were like, who cares what’s on TV? What we were learning from God’s Word was better than anything the world had to offer. This is going to get us out of trouble, we thought. If we’ll give ourselves to God, learn this, and apply it, it will revolutionize our life. Ken was going out ministering in those days, and we didn’t have the money for me to go with him, so I was staying home with the children. I’d take care of them, do what little housework there was to be done (the house was tiny, so it didn’t take long to clean), then I’d dive into the Word. In the beginning, I just stayed in the New Testament. Then I found out that, because all God’s promises are yes and amen in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20), I could claim even Old Testament scriptures for myself. So, I got busy doing that. I decided if every BLESSING in the Bible belongs to me, I’d better find out what they are and find out quick. What happened as a result? God showed Himself strong on our behalf! Our financial situation started improving, and within 11 months we were out of debt and on our way to a more heavenly life. Today, more than 50 years later, we’re still pressing in to God and His Word, and it’s still proving to be the answer to every situation. We’re still putting God first place in our lives, seeking Him and His way of doing and being right, and experiencing heavenly results. I’m not saying we never have any trouble. Jesus said in John 16:33 that in this world trouble will come—and it’s come to us just like it comes to everyone. But we don’t just lie down and accept it. We overcome it by fighting the good fight of faith. We seek God’s wisdom and stand on His Word. Instead of being like the skeptics who say His promises sound too good to be true, we believe them like little children. We remember that, as John Osteen used to say, “God is smarter than we are.” So, we just keep seeking His ways of doing and being right and stay in 100% agreement with Him. That’s a great way to live! God’s ways produce His will in our lives. So, every day, press in to Him. Hearken to His Word and obey it. Determine to love Him with all your heart. Put Him first place and open the door to what He planned for you to enjoy from the beginning: Days of abundance. Days of health. Days of love. Days of heaven upon the earth! V 30 : BVOV

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