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********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** Picture yourself a graduate ● Courses based on the foundational teachings of Kenneth Copeland ● Electives to further your unique ministry callings ● Well-known instructors who’ve lived what they teach ● Experiential learning both inside and outside the classroom ● Affordable tuition at $1800 per semester ● Fully accredited, earn your associate degree in biblical studies Fall 2019 Schedule Aug. 26-Dec. 13 Application Deadline June 30, 2019 Application Fee $100 Kenneth Copeland Bible CollegeTM APPLY TODAY! KCBIBLECOLLEGE.ORG GOT QUESTIONS? +1-817-420-8100 ******************************************** * * * * article from p. 23 continues * * * * Running, I hollered back, “He doesn’t know it, Grandpa. He thinks he is alive!” Then, all of a sudden, the chicken stopped flapping its wings and fell down dead. After seeing this, I became very brave and boldly kicked that dead chicken as hard as I could. Grandpa told me, “Jesse, as soon as I cut that chicken’s head off, he was dead. But because of what you saw, you thought he was still alive and were scared.” He Is Already Defeated! Now, we think that’s funny, but do you know Christians are doing the same thing every day in the way they react to the devil? Let me tell you something, the devil has been destroyed! Jesus bruised his head and kicked his brains out on the cross at Calvary. Many Christians think the devil still has power because of what they see. He is running around the earth flapping his wings at the Church and Christians are calling on God to save them from this dead chicken. They’re doing it even though the devil is already defeated! Instead of running scared from the final flappings of a defeated enemy, we need to do what we see Joshua and the children of Israel doing in Joshua 10. God had appointed Joshua as the new commander in chief with orders to possess the land that He had given to the nation of Israel. All odds were against Joshua. Five kings and five nations came against Israel to try and stop the promise of God. Most people would have advised him to run. “Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies” (verses 12-13). You Can’t Lose Joshua had a God-related thought, sent from the throne of Jehovah. With 5-1 odds, he subdued and captured the five kings because God was on his side. When Joshua decided to put his foot on the devil’s neck, he did not do it in a closet. In front of the whole nation of Israel, he commanded the five kings to bow down before the servant of the Lord! "And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight" (verses 24-25). The entire nation of Israel saw that every enemy that came against them was subdued because God fought for them. They put their foot on the devil’s neck and received the promise! You can receive the promises of God if you will stand strong in the Word against the schemes of the enemy. If God is on your side you can’t lose! Romans 8:31 says, “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” If sickness or disease comes against your house, believe Matthew 8:17, “...Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” Tell your body to line up with what the Word of God says. The Holy Spirit will flow through your natural body and push out every disease. Jerk That Devil Down! I saw this work firsthand when I was 9 years old. I spent the night in the home of a missionary friend of mine whose father had 12 kids. This missionary really amazed me because he kept his foot on the devil’s neck all the time. When dinnertime came, we sat at the table and bowed our heads for prayer. I said, “There’s no food on the table.” In a confident voice, he answered, “The Lord will provide.” I said to myself, Jesse, you are going hungry today. I have never eaten air before in my life, but I guess I will today. I wanted to go home! 24 : BVOV

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