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SEPTEMBER 2019 READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Old Testament / New Testament Sun 1 Ps. 104; Prov. 21:16-31 Mon 2 Isa. 1-3 / Phil. 1 Tue 3 Isa. 4-6 / Phil. 2 Wed 4 Isa. 7-9 / Phil. 3 Thu 5 Isa. 10-12 / Phil. 4 Fri 6 Isa. 13-15 / Col. 1 Sat 7 Isa. 16-19 Sun 8 Ps. 105; Prov. 22:1-16 Mon 9 Isa. 20-24 / Col. 2 Tue 10 Isa. 25-27 / Col. 3 Wed 11 Isa. 28-29 / Col. 4 Thu 12 Isa. 30-32 / 1 Thess. 1 Fri 13 Isa. 33-35 / 1 Thess. 2 Sat 14 Isa. 36-37 Sun 15 Ps. 106; Prov. 22:17-29 Mon 16 Isa. 38-41 / 1 Thess. 3 Tue 17 Isa. 42-43 / 1 Thess. 4 Wed 18 Isa. 44-45 / 1 Thess. 5 Thu 19 Isa. 46-48 / 2 Thess. 1 Fri 20 Isa. 49-51 / 2 Thess. 2 Sat 21 Isa. 52-55 Sun 22 Ps. 107; Prov. 23:1-28 Mon 23 Isa. 56-59 / 2 Thess. 3 Tue 24 Isa. 60-63 / 1 Tim. 1 Wed 25 Isa. 64-66 / 1 Tim. 2 Thu 26 Jer. 1-2 / 1 Tim. 3 Fri 27 Jer. 3 / 1 Tim. 4 Sat 28 Jer. 4 Sun 29 Ps. 108-109; Prov. 23:29-24:22 Mon 30 Jer. 5-6 / 1 Tim. 5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * article from p. 15 continues * * * * Most of this exposure wasn’t sinful, it was just carnal. When watching sports, Roy would mute the commercials to avoid hearing the natural, worldly thought processes. Sometimes, during the sporting events, he would hear the broadcasters say things like, “Wow! He just killed it!” Those words weren’t evil, Roy says, but he knew they were words Jesus would never speak. He had to decide if he wanted Jesus’ results or his own. To get the results he desired, he opted to put a cap on the world’s contamination that bombarded his thoughts. The third step, which was praying in the spirit, was the most challenging for Roy. “It felt uncomfortable, and I felt inadequate and clumsy,” says Roy. “Then I realized that demonic spirits were bombarding me with their accusations. The devil was desperate for me to not pray in the spirit. But praying in tongues is the only perfect prayer. It was very dangerous to the world’s system. “Just like with sports, I decided to practice, practice and then practice some more. When I started, I couldn’t have prayed in tongues for 15 minutes, but as I pressed on, it got easier. One day, I realized there were times when I let my thoughts wonder if I did something mindless, like sit in a sauna. I started taking those thoughts captive, and using that time to pray in the spirit. I found that the more I practiced Steps 1 and 2, the less encumbered the highway of my mind became. Without all the junk bombarding my thoughts, I could hear the Holy Spirit clearer when He spoke.” Finally, Roy realized that he had not been including God in the decisions he made in life. It had always been his habit to do what he thought best, and never ask God for guidance or direction. Unlike Jesus, he wasn’t used to waiting to see what his Father did or said. He was operating from his own mind, which meant that he was operating from a place of carnality rather than the spirit realm. Not only did Roy begin asking God’s wisdom about everything, he waited to hear from God before he acted. “I heard Kenneth Copeland teach on this so many times,” Roy admits, “and every time, I thought he was preaching to me. Recently, I was going to clean our boat. I asked God how He wanted me to do it. He told me the exact opposite of the way I’d done it in the past. When I obeyed, it saved me 2½ hours. It’s like when Jesus told the men who’d been fishing all night to cast their nets on the other side of the boat. What a difference!” Switching Kingdoms “I started the process of switching economic systems in 1986,” Roy remembers. “The hardest part for me was how long it took for things to change. I knew I was on the right track and doing the right things. Yet, month after month passed. Year after year passed with no outward manifestation of prosperity. “The thing that kept me going was my background in athletics. You practice, practice, practice without even the thought of quitting. That’s what I did. When the Lord nudged me to get involved with a new business, I obeyed. That’s when we started making money. Things got easier.” One of the best examples of putting the fourth step into practice, Roy says, came through his daughter Lisa, who was a pharmaceutical sales representative who called on asthma and pulmonary specialists. 16 : BVOV

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