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B V O V : 2 3 The LORD is interested in every detail of our lives, including where we live. Our homes should be places where we can be refreshed and receive from Him. Isaia h 32:18 (New International Version) says, "My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest." Consider the Garden of Eden. It was God's original intent for our earthly dwellings. The word Eden in Hebrew means " the reg ion of Ada m's home; a house of pleasure." THE BLESSING that God spoke over Adam empowered him to establish the Garden of Eden wherever he went. That same empowerment belongs to us today. Many do not realize that a beautiful home is part of God's wonderful plan for their lives. He is our loving, heavenly Father who knows the very desires of our hearts. He is well- aware of what kind of home will minister to us. His heart is to do everything possible to fulfill that desire. God's Will for Your House Faith for a house begins where the will of God is known. First John 5:14-15 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition) says: And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him. As you can see, great confidence comes when we are assured of God's will. God's WOR D is His per fect w i l l a nd the ver y foundation to your house. Luke 6:48 says, "He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the f lood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock." That "rock" is God's WORD. In the course of my study, I have researched over 20 specif ic "house scriptures" that prove it is God's perfect will for us to live in beautiful, debt-free homes. For instance, Proverbs 24:3-4, (AMPC) says, "Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound a nd good foundation], a nd by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all precious and pleasant riches." There it is! Your beautiful, completely furnished, debt-free house. A Debt-Free Stand of Faith Terri and I made a very crucial decision concerning our house. It was the same decision Kenneth and Gloria Copeland had made many years before. In 1967, Kenneth and Gloria determined they would immediately obey whatever they saw in God's WORD. Shortly thereafter, they discovered Romans 13:8 which says, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another." by Pastor George Pearsons