BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

When Creflo attended the second Ministers’ Conference the following year, he was invited to the Copelands’ house for fellowship. During the fellowship, Brother Copeland’s blue eyes connected with Creflo’s brown eyes. “I believe,” Brother Kenneth said, “that today, destiny is looking one another in the eye.” Destiny? “I was so scared that I couldn’t stay,” Creflo admits. “I got up and left.” But the words Brother Copeland spoke wouldn’t leave. Creflo shifted uncomfortably in the car. For some reason he remembered the prophecy spoken over him the day he’d been baptized: You’ll minister to thousands, and thousands…and hundreds of thousands. “The Lord began to deal with me,” Creflo recalls. “He had already dealt with me about my fear of ministering. Now, He began to deal with me about my fear of Kenneth Copeland. It was a reverential fear because I hold the man in such esteem. Still, that reverential fear had gotten out of balance and was blocking God’s plan for me. If I was going to fulfill all that God called me to do, I was going to have to not only stop the fear, I was going to have to operate in faith.” “Father,” Creflo declared, “in the Name of Jesus, I’m going to be what You have called me to be—without fear!” The next time Creflo and Taffi attended a Believers’ Convention, he pointed to the platform where Kenneth preached. “One of these days, I’m going to be down there ministering with Brother Copeland,” he said. Creflo didn’t just make that bold declaration once. He made it every time he went to a Believers’ Convention. “It helped that I started agreeing with God’s plan for my life,” Creflo recalls, “but when Brother Copeland asked me to be on television with him, it didn’t stop my palms from sweating. In spite of that, I resisted the spirit of fear until it had to leave. “Every time Taffi and I have found ourselves up against a brick wall, we’ve discovered the same underlying problem. Either we didn’t have enough seed in the ground to produce the faith crop we needed, or our words were out of line with it.” In the years since they first began listening to the Copelands, Creflo and Taffi have spoken faith-filled words and planted seeds in every area of their lives and ministry. It hasn’t always been easy, but it has always worked—just as the Bible says. Once, for example, they found themselves in the middle of a debt-free building program and needing $1.5 million within 10 days. “We took every thought and every word captive,” Creflo recalls. “Then we started planting more seed. We gave away almost everything we had. Once again, God met our need.” Finances aren’t the only thing that World Changers Church International sows in abundance. Although Greg is now grown, married, and a father, Creflo has continued to take in troubled teens and impart to them. Following his lead, the church began a mentoring program to help troubled teens. The results have been amazing. When a church plants seed into souls—it reaps souls. When a church sows time into troubled families—it reaps strong, healthy families. Today, World Changers Church International has grown to approximately 30,000 members. Their World Dome, a $16 million facility, sits on 60 acres in College Park, Ga. The land, and the building, are the evidence of faithfulness in prayer and faithfulness in planting. They are debt free. You might say that Creflo Dollar’s entire life is one example after another of seed, time and harvest. He planted racial reconciliation at Kathleen Mitchell Elementary School, and he is reaping it in the very city that once shunned him. He planted spiritual seeds of fatherhood in Greg’s life, and he reaped a spiritual father in Kenneth Copeland. Life couldn’t be better for Creflo and Taffi as the leaders of a flourishing, thriving church. It would be enough for anyone, but they serve the God who is more than enough. God continues to open doors of destiny before them. Over the years, Brother Copeland continued to invite Creflo to minister alongside him at Ministers’ Conferences and Believers’ Conventions. Creflo and Taffi were just leaving one such divine appointment at a West Coast Believers’ Convention when Brother Copeland ran out to their car. “The Spirit of God has spoken to Gloria and me, to Jerry and Carolyn, and to Jesse and Cathy,” he said. “We all believe you are to be a member of our team. Would you pray about ministering with us around the world?” “Yes, sir,” Creflo said softly, “I will.” He was quiet and reflective for the first few minutes after they left. Then, suddenly, he shouted, “Stop the car!” As the car rolled to a stop, Creflo jumped out, laughing and weeping. “Taffi,” he cried, “I told you!” It’s sobering to realize that fear could have stopped Creflo from walking through the doors of destiny God had opened for him. Thankfully, it didn’t. Creflo knew that God had given him an antidote for fear. It’s called faith. He used it, and put fear to flight. He kept his date with destiny. V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Watch Creflo Dollar on VICTORY Channel® Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m., 3 p.m.; 10 p.m. ET * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ******************************* ******************************* MARCH Read Through the Bible Old Testament / New Testament Tue 1 Lev. 16:1-18:18 / Mark 14 Wed 2 Lev. 18:19-20:7 / Mark 15 Thu 3 Lev. 20:8-22:25 / Mark 16 Fri 4 Lev. 22:26-24:9 / Luke 1 Sat 5 Lev. 24:10-25:46 Sun 6 Ps. 32-34; Prov. 6:20-7:5 Mon 7 Lev. 25:47-26:46 / Luke 2 Tue 8 Lev. 27-Num. 1:29 / Luke 3 Wed 9 Num. 1:30-3:4 / Luke 4 Thu 10 Num. 3:5-4:16 / Luke 5 Fri 11 Num. 4:17-5:31 / Luke 6 Sat 12 Num. 6:1-7:35 Sun 13 Ps. 35-36; Prov. 7:6-23 Mon 14 Num. 7:36-8:4 / Luke 7 Tues 15 Num. 8:5-10:13 / Luke 8 Wed 16 Num. 10:14-11:35 / Luke 9 Thu 17 Num. 12:1-14:10 / Luke 10 Fri 18 Num. 14:11-15:31 / Luke 11 Sat 19 Num. 15:32-16:50 Sun 20 Ps. 37; Prov. 7:24-8:11 Mon 21 Num. 17-19 / Luke 12 Tue 22 Num. 20-21 / Luke 13 Wed 23 Num. 22:1-23:26 / Luke 14 Thu 24 Num. 23:27-26:34 / Luke 15 Fri 25 Num. 26:35-28:8 / Luke 16 Sat 26 Num. 28:9-29:40 Sun 27 Ps. 38-41; Prov. 8:12-36 Mon 28 Num. 30:1-31:47 / Luke 17 Tue 29 Num. 31:48-33:9 / Luke 18 Wed 30 Num. 33:10-34:15 / Luke 19 Thu 31 Num. 34:16-36:13 / Luke 20 **************************** 16 : BVOV

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