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HOW TO USE THEIR FAITH. JOIN US IN TEACHING BELIEVERS 2 4 : B V O V PARTNER WITH KCM. until they get burned out. The Lord had us position our ministry to pour back into them. When the Lord highlights someone to us, we pray and ask what He would have us give. It's not like they've ever told us, 'This is what we need.' "For one family the amount we gave was exactly what they needed to pay their son's college tuition for a year. Another family said it was to the penny what they needed to get out of debt. When we pray, we each write down what we get. Most of the time the numbers agree. If not, we pray until we get into agreement." A Distribution Center In their journey to financial freedom, Charles and Angela immersed themselves in George Pearsons and Gloria Copeland's teachings on The Prosperous Life. Each day, as Charles worked out in their home gym, he watched at least two episodes of the broadcast. From the moment that he learned the power of his words, Charles confessed each day, saying, "Thank You, Lord, that You have increased me more and more, me and my children's children." Little by little, those words were coming to pass. Kenneth Copeland had taught them that faith- filled Christians were to be distribution centers. Pastor George Pearsons taught, "It's not about getting finances in and keeping them for yourself. It's about getting them in and distributing them to others." That was how God was forming their ministry. One Saturday afternoon, Charles sat in the backyard reading The Laws of Prosperity by Kenneth Copeland, the one book he considered to be the foundational book on prospering God's way. He'd already read it at least 20 times. The Lord interrupted his reading. I want you to start teaching finances to the Body of Christ. "No way," Charles said. "I'm not qualified." Silence. Charles knew silence was God's way of saying, "That's the wrong answer." "OK, I'll make a deal," Charles said. "I won't go looking for opportunities, but if You bring an opportunity to me, I'll do it." Deal. Teaching Others The next day after church, one of the leaders caught Charles. "We're getting ready to launch our school of discipleship," she explained. "We have courses on a variety of subjects that go for 10 weeks. We want to start one on finances, and we want you and Angela to teach it." Charles almost laughed. It hadn't even been 24 hours since he'd made that deal with God. "If I'm going to do it, I want total freedom to share everything I've learned through Kenneth Copeland Ministries," Charles said. Later, she got back to him. "Pastor is a big follower of Kenneth Copeland. You have complete freedom to do what you want." "When I started working on the curriculum, I incorporated different teachings from George and Gloria," Charles recalls. "In the first class, I explained that while you must know what the Bible says about finances, you also need to pray in the spirit over them. The Holy Spirit will have "I must continue to feed on God's Word. And we continually have supernatural breakthroughs and increase more and more." KCM.ORG /PARTNERNOW

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