BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Some believers think they take their highest place of authority in prayer when they march around in their prayer closets, stomp the floor and yell at the devil, “I take authority over you, you wicked spirit!” And certainly, authority can be released in that. But exercising the authority that Ephesians 2:6 describes goes much further than that. It is a knowing not so much in the head, but by the spirit. And it has everything to do with position. Let’s say the Holy Spirit brings a situation to mind that He wants you to pray about—the nation’s economy, for instance. Just the week before, your spouse was laid off work and the pantry is nearly empty. So, sure, you are more than glad to pray about the national economy. The challenge is, will you pray from the right position? You could easily find yourself praying from a place of being under the pressure of the situation—a position beneath your God-given authority. Or, by an act of your faith, you can pray from a place above the pressure—where you belong. Then the circumstances must change to fall in line with God’s will because someone in a position of authority—that’s you—says so! Obviously, this is the time when faith-filled words need to pour out of your mouth—not faith-sounding words that are really full of fear, words that get squeezed out of you once panic sets in over a situation. The point is, the position you take in prayer determines the outcome of your prayers. Any time you pray faith-sounding words that are actually motivated by fear, you are praying from a position that is beneath your true seat of authority. And that will get you nothing. Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 describes your position like this: "You have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a [material] mountain that can be touched, [a mountain] that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm, and to the blast of a trumpet and a voice whose words make the listeners beg that nothing more be said to them.... You have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering…and to the God Who is Judge of all…and to Jesus, the Mediator...of a new covenant." God has authorized us to sit in heavenly places with Him in the Anointed Jesus. So the call to us today is, Come up! Come up to a higher awareness of your rightful position at the very throne of God. Come up and begin to pray from a position that is above the circumstances of this world—and not beneath. V Terri Copeland Pearsons, the eldest daughter of Kenneth Copeland, is chief of staff of Kenneth Copeland Ministries and president of Kenneth Copeland Bible College™. Along with her husband, George Pearsons, she is also senior pastor of Eagle Mountain International Church at KCM in Fort Worth. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WORDS OF FAITH ● Whatever is in your heart in abundance comes out of your mouth, so keep your heart filled with God’s Word. (John 15:7) ● For God’s will to manifest in your life, you must speak His Word by faith. (2 Cor. 4:13) ● When you complain and speak unbelief like the world does, your words work against you. (1 Cor. 10:10) ● God’s will is for you to walk in the BLESSINGS of heaven even while you’re still living in this world. (Deut. 11:21) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * BVOV : 25

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