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2019
Kenneth & Jerry
Preaching Together All Year Long
To commemorate 50 years since the launch of his own ministry, Jerry Savelle will minister alongside Kenneth Copeland at each Victory Campaign during 2019, in addition to the Southwest Believers’ Convention.
FREE EVENTS*
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June 6-8 | New date
Sacramento Victory Campaign
Sacramento, Calif.
July 22-27
Southwest Believers’ Convention
Fort Worth, Texas
Aug. 29-31
Midwest Victory Campaign
Southfield, Mich.
Sept. 12-14
Gold Coast Victory Campaign
Queensland, Australia
Nov. 7-9
Washington, D.C. Victory Campaign
Woodbridge, Va.
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Join us for these events.
June 21
Southfield, Mich.
Word of Faith Convention : woficc.com
June 22
Concord, N.H.
Word of Life Christian Fellowship 30th Anniversary : wolcf.com
Aug. 16
Hidden Springs, Ariz.
Healing of the Nations Motorcycle Rally cofaz.org
Aug. 22-23
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
2019 Upper Midwest Faith Explosion
lwcc.org
Sept. 26-28
Columbia, S.C.
2019 Word Explosion : aldowningministries.org
Dec. 31
Newark, Texas :
New Year’s Eve Service : emic.org
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Terri Copeland Pearsons
May 18
The Encounter: Radiant Women’s Event
Newark, Texas
Registration fee required
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So, let’s turn this verse around from the negative to the positive: If it is impossible to please God without faith, then we know it is possible to please Him with faith. In fact, if you’ll think about it, trusting what someone says is the only way to create a pleasant atmosphere and establish a meaningful relationship with them.
Key to Pleasing
I had many opportunities to learn this as a teenager and young adult. On more than one occasion before I left home, I went to my earthly father, A.W. Copeland, with things in my life that seemed messed up beyond hope. What a relief it was to always hear him say, “Well, now, this thing is not as bad as it looks.”
“Boy, that’s good,” I would often say, “because I thought I’d messed up for life.”
Then he’d usually say, “No, now let’s think about this a little bit.”
As we talked about the situation, my father would bring up things that I hadn’t considered, or didn’t know. Soon, relief and peace would begin to settle into my spirit, and I would think, Whew, I’m going to get out of this. Thank God...and thank Daddy!
Why did that happen? It happened because I put faith in my father’s words and rested in the integrity of what he said. I put my confidence in his desire for my success. Because I was willing to make decisions that honored his word and his commitments to me, he had opportunity to do what was in his heart for me.
If I had continued to walk in that as I grew older, instead of thinking I was smarter than he was, I could have enjoyed many more benefits in our father-son relationship.
But I didn’t. I rebelled. When I got old enough to think I knew more than Daddy did, I got deeper into trouble. That was stupid! Daddy knew how to get me out, but I wouldn’t listen. Without faith in someone who knew better, I continually made decisions that worsened my situations.
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