BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

She had dreamed of a body of believers who allowed the Holy Spirit freedom. She’d longed for a place where the uncompromised Word of God was taught. A place where all the gifts of the Holy Spirit operated, especially the gifts of healing. Joy and Del found EMIC to be that place. They are now members and Joy expresses her thankfulness to God as she sings with the worship team. “Partnership with KCM means having support and people praying who love you,” Del says. “It also means protection. Memorial Day weekend, Joy was driving in the rain. She reached over and grabbed my hand. ‘Honey, hold on. I think we’re about to be hit.’ She could see a car behind us losing control and heading straight for us. Joy did a wonderful job trying to avoid the accident, but we were hemmed in. “We were about 50 yards away from the Trinity River when we were hit from behind. We slammed into the guardrail. I knew angels were with us. The car was totaled, but we walked away unharmed. We knew that it was the prayers of our church and the seed we’ve sown into all the blessings associated with Brother and Sister Copeland’s ministry that made the difference.” It’s been more than 10 glorious years since Joy received her healing. There are some parts of that experience which are as real today as when they happened. When Jesus healed her, He told her some things. 'Joy, I need you to tell My people that I haven’t forgotten about them. I’m coming back for them. Tell them that I love them so much that if I had to do it all over again, I would.' Today, as a living testimony, Joy is sharing that message wherever she goes. V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Join Joy & Del in teaching believers how to use their faith. KCM.ORG/PARTNERNOW ***************************************** ***************************************** OCT Read Through the Bible Old Testament / New Testament Thu 1 Jer. 9-10 / 2 Tim. 1 Fri 2 Jer. 11-12 / 2 Tim. 2 Sat 3 Jer. 13-14 Sun 4 Ps. 110-114; Prov. 24:23-34 Mon 5 Jer. 15-16 / 2 Tim. 3 Tue 6 Jer. 17-18 / 2 Tim. 4 Wed 7 Jer. 19-20 / Titus 1 Thu 8 Jer. 21-22 / Titus 2 Fri 9 Jer. 23 / Titus 3 Sat 10 Jer. 24-25 Sun 11 Ps. 115-118; Prov. 25:1-20 Mon 12 Jer. 26-27 / Philem. Tue 13 Jer. 28-29 / Heb. 1 Wed 14 Jer. 30-31 / Heb. 2 Thu 15 Jer. 32 / Heb. 3 Fri 16 Jer. 33-34 / Heb. 4 Sat 17 Jer. 35-36 Sun 18 Ps. 119: 1-48; Prov. 25:21-26:12 Mon 19 Jer. 37-38 / Heb. 5 Tue 20 Jer. 39-40 / Heb. 6 Wed 21 Jer. 41-42 / Heb. 7 Thu 22 Jer. 43-44 / Heb. 8 Fri 23 Jer. 45-46 / Heb. 9 Sat 24 Jer. 47-48 Sun 25 Ps. 119:49-88; Prov. 26:13-28 Mon 26 Jer. 49 / Heb. 10 Tue 27 Jer. 50 / Heb. 11 Wed 28 Jer. 51-52 / Heb. 12 Thu 29 Lam. 1-2 / Heb. 13 Fri 30 Lam. 3 / Jas. 1 Sat 31 Lam. 4-5 ******************************************* ******************************************* A Loving Heart and an Open Hand by Gloria Copeland “Turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness….” Joel 2:13 Over and over again, the Scriptures tell us that God is gracious, but too often we miss the fullness of what that really means. A person who is gracious is someone who is inclined to do what you want them to do. They’re disposed to show favors to those who ask them. They are, as James 3:17 says, “easy to be intreated.” My grandfather was like that. All the children in my family called him “Pop,” and we dearly loved him because he so enjoyed being good to us. If we asked him for money, he’d dig into his pockets and give us whatever he had. He taught us all how to drive, and then let us take his pickup to town (even before we had our driver’s licenses). As long as he knew it wouldn’t hurt us, he let us do whatever we wanted to do. My grandmother wasn’t as much that way, so she often tried to stop him, but she didn’t have much success. Despite her protests, he usually ended up giving us whatever we asked for because he couldn’t help it. That was just his nature. God is much the same way. It’s not difficult to get Him to do what we want. On the contrary, He likes to say yes to us. He is disposed to show us favor! You know how some people have hobbies like fishing or golf, and they’re always looking for opportunities to do those things? You might say that God’s hobby is doing good things for His children. He is continually watching for opportunities to BLESS us and give us what we want. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 says, “…for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.” God wants to give good gifts to people. It’s what He loves and enjoys, so much so, that one of the Hebrew titles for God in the Old Testament is “Jehovah the Good!” That’s why we can go boldly before His throne of grace to receive what we need from Him. That’s why we can go in faith, and not in fear. We don’t have a heavenly Father who’s hardhearted and tightfisted. We have a Father who is easily entreated, who greets us with a loving heart and an open hand. We have a Father who loves to be good to us. V BVOV : 19

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