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He even fled from someone I met in a meeting years ago who was in a coma. When they brought him forward for prayer, he was strapped to a gurney because he was having hard seizures every five to 10 minutes. Jerry Savelle and I laid hands on him, and the seizures stopped. Then the word of The LORD came to me. He said the man’s wife was to read The WORD to him nonstop. “When you get tired of reading,” I told her, “play him the Bible on tape.” (This was back in the days of reel-to-reel tapes.) “Keep the tape going even at night so he’s hearing The WORD all the time.” That man never did have any more seizures after we prayed for him, but when his wife took him home, he was still in a coma. She did just as The LORD had instructed though and kept The WORD going in his room. One day, after about a week and a half of seeing no change in him, one of his wife’s friends stopped by and offered to read to him while she fixed lunch. The friend was just reading away with the man still lying on the gurney in a coma when suddenly he sat straight up. His first words still make me laugh every time I think about them: “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen!” he said. He told us later that the entire time he was in the coma he could hear everything that was going on. “I was just trapped inside my body and I couldn’t let anyone know,” he said. “But the more WORD I heard, the more it got down in me, and suddenly I broke free!” I’ve actually heard testimonies of unbelievers who came out of a coma having been born again. One man I heard said while he was comatose, he came so close to death his spirit left his body. When he did, he realized there was a being there helping him (probably because he had a praying mama). In his testimony, he said, “I saw heaven and I saw hell, and the being called me by name and said, ‘Take your pick.’” The man chose heaven and lived to tell the story. I’m convinced a lot of people get born again right before they die that we never hear about. Heaven is full of last-second believers! “Brother Copeland, surely you don’t think someone could live their whole life like a devil and get saved in the last second.” Yes, I do! I asked The LORD about it one time and He confirmed that He would take anyone, up to the last nanosecond. 'Kenneth,' he said, 'I’m not trying to keep people out of heaven. I’m trying to get them in!' He’s the same way about healing. He’s not trying to keep it from us, He’s trying to get it to us. Jesus has already done the hard part. He paid the price to set us free from sin, hell, sickness, lack, fear and every other part of the curse. We simply need to believe it—and receive! V **************************************** ********* ADVERTISEMENT ********** 2021 Events 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 ____________________________________ ************************************** ************************************** ************************************** The Power and Purpose of Vision by Happy Caldwell When God called our ministry to build a Christian television network in Arkansas, He said, 'I’ve asked other people to do this. You weren’t My first choice. That surprised me. “Well, if You don’t mind telling me,” I asked, “what number am I?” 'You’re No. 7,' He said. 'I asked six other people to do this before you, but none of them did it. You must do this.' That’s the time we’re at in history…the time when God is telling His people: “You must do this!” We must work to fulfill the vision God has given us. We’re in the middle of a spiritual awakening, and each of us must ask, What part will I play? Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” We must understand the vision God has given to each of us—and do it. An Example of Vision We have an example of this kind of faithfulness from the publisher of this magazine. In 1979, KCM produced a brochure about its headquarters. It was titled, “The Revival Capital of the World.” When I received that brochure, I wrote a message to Brother Copeland on the back of it: “You and I are going to preach the Word via satellite around the world together.” BVOV : 9

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