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********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** God Has Guaranteed Your BLESSED Life! God’s plan for you is that you enjoy a successful and effective life…always. And He has provided everything you need to see His plan accomplished…He has given you THE BLESSING. Order today—get out of the world’s system and move on over into God’s system. THE BLESSING of The LORD It Maketh Rich by Kenneth Copeland 3 DVDs #B190602 $9.99 reg $24.95 Single MP3 disc #B190601 $5.99 reg $15 FREE standard shipping included. Offer prices valid until June 30, 2019 kcm.org/mag 1-800-600-7395 U.S. only ********************************** * * * * article from p. 7 continues * * * * God has committed Himself to your success in every area of life. You need to keep this thought in mind all the time: My God receives pleasure from my excelling by faith in every area of my life. Atmosphere for Fellowship Second Peter 1:3 tells us God “hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” God is not holding back anything from us that will set us free and assure us total, overcoming victory in life. That’s what I finally realized in 1967 when, as a young believer, I saw His WORD as a love letter to me—a letter filled with promises He had made to me. I began to see that God was honorable, His WORD had integrity, and He was committed to doing those things He had promised to make me the successful person He had created me to be—spiritually, emotionally, physically, financially and in my relationships with others. Peace and hope began to flood my heart when I saw that the promises of God’s WORD belonged to me. They were expressions of His love for me in Christ, and provision for all my needs. I became hungry to be in God’s presence and began filling my heart with His WORD day and night. The circumstances surrounding me didn’t look any better. I still lived in a tiny, wooden house. But I had fallen in love with God and started relating to Him on the basis of His WORD. I began to rejoice that God had re-created me in the likeness of Jesus because He desired to fellowship with me. He desired to run with me, and raise me. He desired to enjoy me, and have me enjoy Him. I discovered He’d do anything in the world for me. I learned that, when you start living in love and acting in love, God’s the biggest pushover there is. You start telling Him you love Him, and He’ll get all over you like a fur coat! That Thrills the Father One afternoon I was driving down the road when my newly found awareness of God’s love came all over me. Finally, I had to pull my car over and stop. It was the first time in my life I had come to God without a bunch of begging and wanting and trying to get. “I can’t stand to drive this car any farther,” I cried out to God. “I just have to stop and raise my hands and tell You how much I love You, worship You and care for You! Heavenly Father, my needs are met according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” The old car I was driving leaked at every joint. But I didn’t care what the car was like. I didn’t even talk about the car. “It just dawned on me a few days ago, that the whole world is running against You,” I said. “I desire to run with You! I desire to do something to give You a good day. I desire to do everything I can for You in a big way. Just tell me what You would like for me to do.” But He wouldn’t tell me! Instead, He said, 'Son, what would you like for Me to do for you? Is there anything?' “No, no, no, no!” I responded. “My needs are met according to Your riches in glory, and I just worship You and praise You for it. I just would like to know what You desire.” 'You don’t know how that thrills the heart of the Father,' He said. I want you to know, that old car didn’t last long. That tiny house didn’t last long. In just a few days people started inviting us places to preach. Eventually I had to tell God, “Let off of this a little bit! I’ve preached until I can hardly talk!” We went seven days a week, two services a day as hard as we could go for several years. I have never had so much fun in all my life. I’m still having fun. It’s getting better all the time, all because I learned how to create an atmosphere of faith and let God be who He desires to be to me. From Pressure to Promises God loves you. His reason for saying you couldn’t please Him without faith is not to put some kind of law or boundary on you. Not walking by faith won’t make God love you less. But it will keep Him from doing what gives Him the most pleasure—giving you whatever you need to succeed. Whether you have a sick child, a broken dream, bondage of continual sin, or a threatened foreclosure—take it to Daddy. God gets pleasure when you allow Him to meet your needs. He is pleased when you turn from the pressures of your circumstances to the promises of His WORD. Come to Him believing that He is and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Let Him overtake you with the promises He has made to you in His WORD. “But how do I do that, Brother Copeland?” Do what we read in Psalm 35:27: “Let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.” In other words, say it all day long. Say continually, “God takes pleasure in the prospering of His servant. I diligently seek You, LORD. I diligently say with my mouth, ‘You are my Healer.’ I diligently say it with my mouth, just like David said.” 8 : BVOV

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