BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

We just haven’t been giving our angels enough to do! We haven’t spent enough time studying what the Bible says about them to fully utilize their ministry. We haven’t been diligent to develop the faith to give them the necessary commands. Why do we need to command them? Because they don’t have the authority to do things just on their own. We’re the ones with the authority. We have the Name of Jesus and the right to speak God’s WORD by faith, and when we speak to our angels in accordance with that WORD, it releases them and they do what we say. That’s a tremendous BLESSING! Angels are powerful beings. As Psalm 103:20 says, they “excel in strength,” and they can do amazing things. Take what they did for my good friend Ed Dufresne, for example. He’s gone on to heaven now, but years ago he and the church he was pastoring faced a seemingly impossible situation. They’d been told by the bank that they had to make a $300,000 payment on their church building within a few weeks or it would be repossessed. They’d already paid off a good portion of the building, so they certainly didn’t want to lose it. But because the property had increased significantly in value over the years, the bank refused to negotiate. It stood fast on the deadline that had been set, and demanded the church pay $300,000 of the $500,000 they still owed on the building or else the bank would take it back. One day when Ed was out of town, he was praying about the situation in his motel room. Suddenly, he heard what he thought was someone putting a key in the motel room door. Thinking someone had mistakenly been given a key to his room, he turned toward the door and with his eyes wide open he saw a startling sight. Standing there with drawn swords were two of the biggest men he’d ever seen in his life. Towering over him, they were so tall their heads were up where the ceiling should have been. “Who are you?” he asked. “What are you doing here?” “We’re your prosperity angels,” they answered. “We’ve come to help with your situation.” “What are you waiting on?” Ed asked. “Your command,” they told him. “Go!” he said, and the angels disappeared. Weeks passed after that…and the money still didn’t come in. The day before the deadline, Ed and his attorney were in his office trying to figure out what to do when the church secretary knocked on the door. She said a man in a jogging suit had showed up asking to see Ed. Although Ed didn’t really want to meet with anyone, he reluctantly agreed, and the man came into his office. “I heard you preach once,” he told Ed, “and I didn’t like it. You scare me. But I was out jogging this morning and suddenly I just knew I had to get this to you as quick as I could.” Then he handed Ed a check—for $300,000! Can’t you just picture that fellow out jogging that morning and those two big angels jogging alongside him? They lit such a fire in him he didn’t even take time to change clothes before taking Ed that check! Sometime later, that same man came to one of Ed’s church services. When time came for the offering the person who was receiving it said, “There’s someone here who needs to obey God,” then he pointed to the man and said, “I believe it’s you.” No! It’s not him. He already obeyed God! Ed thought. But the man surprised him again. He said, “Yes, that’s right. I missed God on the amount of my previous check. The original figure I got was $500,000.” Then he wrote a check for the remaining $200,000, which paid off the entire building. The praise that broke out in that church service when he did that must have rivaled the praises of the people of Judah. They must have sung and praised God with voices loud and high. But I can tell you, because I knew Ed, that they would have been praising God all the way through that situation. They followed the 2 Chronicles 20 model and got 100% results, and you can too. So, go ahead and start praising! Don’t wait until you’re facing an impossible situation. Make seeking God, praising Him and commanding your angels your continual lifestyle. Position yourself for victory. Praise God and prosper every day! V 8 : BVOV

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