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He told me to get my bag full of coffee paraphernalia that I took with me when I traveled and take Communion over it. Then He told me to push the bag away from me and say, “I have no need of you in my life in the Name of Jesus.” I did exactly what He said and was instantly delivered from that coffee addiction. My elbows healed up, and I’ve been free of the desire for coffee ever since. Am I telling you that you need to quit drinking coffee? No, I’m saying that before you start trying to use faith to move some mountain in your life, use it first to receive the wisdom of God! We see Jesus doing this in Mark 11, before and after He spoke to the fig tree in the two visits He made to the temple. On both of those visits, He saw the same ugly stuff going on. He saw the merchandisers telling people that the lamb they’d brought to sacrifice was blemished and that they’d have to buy another for a high price. He also saw the merchandisers turn around and sell those so-called blemished lambs as sacrifices to someone else. Jesus was disgusted by those things, but the first day, He didn’t say a word about them. He didn’t take any action at all. He just looked around because He hadn’t yet received instructions from the Father. The next day, however, it was a whole different story. After going back to Bethany and praying, He knew exactly what He was to do. So He made another trip to Jerusalem, “went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves” (verses 15-17). This is how Jesus always operated. He didn’t just jump up and start releasing His faith willy-nilly. He waited to hear from God. Even when He got word that His friend Lazarus was dying, He didn’t run immediately to his bedside. He sought The LORD’s wisdom and wound up waiting three days. By that time Lazarus was dead. But Jesus, having received the wisdom of God, was ready to deal with the situation. When he arrived at the place where Lazarus was, “He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth” (John 11:43-44). Can we, as believers, get those kinds of results? Yes, we can. If we’ll use our faith like Jesus did by saying what our Father says, He’ll do the works. So let’s learn from Jesus’ example. Before we pray the prayer of faith, let’s seek God for wisdom. It’s the principal thing! V POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 1) Faith is spiritual law; if we use it like Jesus did, it will work for us just like it worked for Him. (Mark 11:23) 2) Jesus didn’t just pray or say whatever came to His mind. He made sure He’d first heard from the Father. (John 14:10) 3) When Jesus went to the temple the first time in Mark 11, He didn’t say or do anything; but after praying and receiving God’s wisdom, it was a different story. (Mark 11:15, 17) 4) As a born-again believer, God’s wisdom belongs to you. (1 Cor. 1:30) 5) Before you try to use your faith to move the mountain, use it first to receive wisdom. (James 1:5-6) *************************************** *************************************** ********* ADVERTISEMENTS ********* Fort Worth, Texas | Aug. 2-7, 2021 SOUTHWEST BELIEVERS’ CONVENTION LET THE CHURCH ARISE Unite your faith with believers from around the world at our biggest event of the year! DYNAMIC SPEAKERS Creflo Dollar | Terry Copeland Pearsons Jesse Duplantis | Kenneth Copeland Jerry Savelle | Bill Winston Keith Moore POWERFUL WORSHIP MOUNTAIN-MOVING PRAYER MEETINGS FAITH-CHARGED ATMOSPHERE IMPACTFUL GATHERINGS FOR KIDS AND TEENS TAKE YOUR PLACE. EXPECT VICTORY. REGISTER TODAY! KCM.ORG/SOUTHWEST ************************************* ************************************* 2021 EVENTS Detroit Live Victory Campaign May 27-29 | Southfield, Mich. Campaña de Victoria June 18-19 | Bogotá, Colombia Southwest Believers’ Convention Aug. 2-7 | Fort Worth, Texas Word Explosion Military Salute Sept. 2-4 | Columbia, S.C. Omaha Live Victory Campaign Oct. 28-30 | Omaha, Neb. Washington, D.C. Live Victory Campaign Nov. 11-13 | Woodbridge, Va. Schedule is subject to change without notice. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kenneth Copeland is also speaking here: (Contact the host church for details.) Word of Life Christian Fellowship June 26-27 : Concord, N.H. 603-228-2444 Upper Midwest Faith Explosion Aug. 19-20 : Brooklyn Park, Minn. lwcc.org Healing of the Nations Motorcycle Rally Aug. 27 : Hidden Springs, Ariz. cofaz.org International Faith Conference Sept. 13-14 : Forest Park, Ill. billwinston.org or livingwd.org Pathpoint Fellowship Church 22nd Anniversary Sept. 17 : Amarillo, Texas pathpointfellowship.com Greater Glory at Canaan Land Nov. 5 : Autaugaville, Ala. canaanland.com New Year’s Eve Service Dec. 31 : Newark, Texas emic.org _______________________________________ For updated event information visit: KCM.ORG/EVENTS ______________________________________ *************************************** *************************************** *************************************** A Church That Cannot Fail by Jeremy Pearsons The word of the Lord came through my grandfather, Kenneth Copeland, concerning 2021 saying this would be the Year of the Local Church. As new pastors, my wife, Sarah, and I are stirred in our hearts about this word, experiencing more than ever before the love that God has for the local church—His family, the household of faith. In the beginning days of planting Legacy Church in Green Mountain Falls, Colo., I began to seek the Lord to find out what would make our church a success. What would keep us from failing, as many others have? He answered me and began to talk to me about a church that cannot fail. BVOV : 9

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