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Do you see that? Same conditions, different results. In the "King James Version" of verse 8, this was a time called “the year of drought.” The person who “maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD” (verse 5) did not produce anything. The person who trusted in the Lord did not “cease from yielding fruit.” When it says his leaf was green, that word in Hebrew means, “to enter into a state of prosperity and become extremely successful.” One man failed, the other succeeded. Again, the conditions were the same but the results were different. Luke 6:47-48 is a great example from the New Testament: “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock” ("New King James Version"). Once again, here comes the wall of redemption in verse 49: “But the one who hears [the Word] and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great” ("English Standard Version"). It was the same storm. The storm was in the same neighborhood, yet the results were quite different. Everything Is Going to Be ALL Right! The LORD gave a very powerful word through Kenneth Copeland during the Homecoming 2010 Convention. In part, He said: 'The world is in serious trouble. Some very hard things are coming in different places around the world. They are that way now, but they will not get better. They will continue to get worse and worse and worse. It is on a downhill run that the world cannot stop. But, for the household of faith, everything is going to be all right. Everything is going to be all right.' He told us how we are to separate ourselves from these times: 'Cling to The WORD, take your stand, fight the good fight of faith, don’t feed on fear and trouble but feed on The WORD.' Then, The LORD said repeatedly: 'Praise and worship and preach The WORD. For as I have said, and will continue to say until it becomes solid and strong in your spirit—your time has come. It is your time to excel. It is your time to do exceeding, extraordinary things in the financial world, in the medical world, in all of the areas where the world is in such dire trouble and so confused that they are confused beyond their ability to understand how confused they really are. And they are hurting because of it. They are crying out because of it. But, for the household of faith, everything is going to be all right.' Stand on this word, and stand on THE WORD. You and I are not subject to the times. We are separated from the world’s system and live in the prosperity of God’s kingdom of heaven right here on earth. The ultimate purpose of our prosperity is to reach out to others. We are protected in the household of faith in order to help those who want to come over and join us. We need to be ready to receive them and assist them in building their new lives in Christ. We must let them know that they are not subject to the times. We can teach them how to come up to a new level of walking in God’s supernatural prosperity and provision. We can give them the good news that in Christ, “Everything is going to be ALL right in the household of faith!” V George Pearsons is CEO of Kenneth Copeland Ministries and senior pastor of Eagle Mountain International Church, located on the grounds of KCM. For more information or ministry materials go to emic.org. ____________________________ Watch EMIC services with Pastors George & Terri on VICTORY Channel® Sun: 9 a.m. | 11 a.m. Wed: 7 p.m. CT ____________________________ BVOV : 25

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