BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Sure enough, before long I had both the charts and the Skylane. Then, of course, I needed somewhere to put it so I went out to Oak Grove Airport to secure a hangar. By then I’d already begun believing for my next airplane, so I told the manager I wanted a hanger big enough for a twin-engine aircraft. “Copeland, you know there aren’t any hangars available out here!” he said. “They’re in such demand, people leave them to their relatives in their will.” He told me he did have tie-downs available though, so (putting corresponding action to my faith) I chose one that was located right in front of the hangar for which I was believing. Shortly thereafter, I went to Shreveport to preach, and at the airport there I spotted a twin-engine Cessna and heard The LORD say on the inside of me, 'That’s your airplane.' Jerry Savelle’s father-in-law, Olin Creech, was with me at the time and I repeated it to him. “Olin, that’s my airplane!” I said. Long story short, it turned out the Cessna was for sale, and after some negotiating, the owner agreed to sell it to me for exactly the amount The LORD told me I was supposed to pay for it. The following day, the manager at Oak Grove Airport called me. “This beats all I have ever seen,” he said. “That hanger you were wanting has come available. Do you still want it?” I told him I did, asked him to push my airplane into it, and suddenly I had everything I’d believed for. I had the case for my charts, the twin-engine airplane and the hangar. All because I’d learned that faith prepares. Faith believes it receives when you pray (Mark 11:24), ends the prayer with, “Thank God, it’s mine!” then praises God and gets ready! Let Love Be Your Motivation “But Brother Copeland,” someone might say, “I can’t much relate to believing God for an airplane. I don’t even have a good car to drive. All I have is an old clunker.” Then start there. Fellowship with God about the kind of car you want, get His guidance on it, and find scriptures you can stand on such as: • “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1). • “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33). • “Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant” (Psalm 35:27). • “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24). Faith comes by hearing The WORD, so as you meditate on such scriptures, faith will rise up in your heart. Then you can believe you receive, praise God and start preparing. Get everything ready. Sweep out the garage. Start treating your old car the way you plan to treat your new car. Clean it out. Polish it up and get it in the best shape possible so that it will be a BLESSING to everyone who rides in it with you as well as to the next owner. “But I don’t even know who the next owner will be.” BVOV : 7

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