BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

"I know God heals some people." "That's not what I mean. God will heal anyone who has faith to believe." "That sounds like some Pentecostal nonsense." No matter what Keith said, if it didn't agree with Lynette's theology, she argued that he was wrong. They dated through college, arguing each time the subject arose. "Lynette, you need to believe that God will heal you specifically." "I'm not an idiot. I do believe that God can heal. But doesn't He decide who He will heal?" "No, that's not what the Bible says. There's a lot of it that's up to what we believe." Lynette used her research skills to find scriptures to prove him wrong. It was harder than she expected. She couldn't find them. One Small Prayer One weekend Lynette was home visiting her family. On the phone with Keith, they had the worst fight they'd ever had. Shouting at him, she flung the phone onto the stairs. Sliding down a step, she shot up a prayer. "OK God, if he's right, then I receive this healing, like he's talking about. The way he says it works. Help me understand it. Amen." Picking up the phone she said, "I just prayed your prayer." "What?" "I did it. I prayed the way you wanted me to." That's when the real battle began. Lynette started having more seizures and had to take more medication. Despite their arguments about healing, the rest of their relationship was wonderful. In 2000, they married. "Why don't you listen to one of these messages by Kenneth Copeland?" Keith asked. Lynette shut down. So instead, Keith fed her scriptures on healing. "Words make a difference," he told her. "Why don't you read those scriptures out loud?" Later, he added, "Why don't you read them with your name in them?" He was nudging her into taking baby steps toward faith. In 2004, in addition to the struggle to reclaim her health, Keith and Lynnette were also struggling financially. In an effort to help, Keith's mother gave Lynette a book on finances—by Kenneth Copeland. The Laundry Quandary "I had no idea what to do with that book," Lynette admits. "I certainly wasn't going to read it. Oddly enough, I put it on top of our laundry hamper. There were about 100 other things I could have done with it. I could have put it in a box and stuck it in the attic. I could have put it on a bookshelf. I could have burned it. I could have given it away. I could have sold it. "Instead, I put it on top of the laundry hamper. Multiple times a day, I picked up the book to throw laundry in the hamper. Every time I washed a load of clothes, I had to touch that book. That went on for two years until I got irritated. "I kept my house neat except for that one stupid book. I decided to read it to prove Kenneth Copeland wrong. I didn't study it to learn anything. I went through it with a fine-tooth comb just to prove him wrong. I looked up every scripture and every implied scripture. Front to back, I couldn't find anything wrong with it. Frustrated, I put it on a bookshelf. "Early in 2006, I picked it up and read it again, this time to see if I could learn anything. As I studied the book, I realized that he knew some things about finances that we needed to learn. That's when Keith admitted that he had more books by Kenneth Copeland and Kenneth Hagin. "Were you hiding those books from me?" Lynette asked. "I didn't hide them. They were right on the bookshelf. I just didn't advertise that I was reading them." Before Lynette and Keith married, her doctor had explained that the medication she took to control the seizures could cause birth defects. Knowing that, Lynette had decided not to have children. Although Keith understood, he had faith for her healing and for children. One day while reading her Bible, Lynette noticed that the Scriptures seemed to indicate that God desired Christians to have children. 1 2 : B V O V Old Testament New Testament APRIL READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Sat 1 Deut. 1:1-2:15 Sun 2 Ps. 42-44; Prov. 9 Mon 3 Deut. 2:16-4:14 Luke 22 Tue 4 Deut. 4:15-5:33 Luke 23 Wed 5 Deut. 6:1-8:10 Luke 24 Thu 6 Deut. 8:11-10:22 John 1 Fri 7 Deut. 11-12 John 2 Sat 8 Deut. 13:1-15:11 Sun 9 Ps. 45-48; Prov. 10:1-17 Mon 10 Deut. 15:12-18:8 John 3 Tue 11 Deut. 18:9-21:9 John 4 Wed 12 Deut. 21:10-23:18 John 5 Thu 13 Deut. 23:19-26:15 John 6 Fri 14 Deut. 26:16-28:32 John 7 Sat 15 Deut. 28:33-29:29 Sun 16 Ps. 49-50; Prov. 10:18-32 Mon 17 Deut. 30:1-32:14 John 8 Tue 18 Deut. 32:15-33:29 John 9 Wed 19 Deut. 34:1-Josh. 3:8 John 10 Thu 20 Josh. 3:9-6:11 John 11 Fri 21 Josh. 6:12-8:23 John 12 Sat 22 Josh. 8:24-10:27 Sun 23 Ps. 51-55; Prov. 11:1-23 Mon 24 Josh. 10:28-12:24 John 13 Tue 25 Josh. 13:1-15:12 John 14 Wed 26 Josh. 15:13-16:10 John 15 Thu 27 Josh. 17:1-19:16 John 16 Fri 28 Josh. 19:17-21:19 Luke 17 Sat 29 Josh. 21:20-22:34 Sun 30 Ps. 56-59; Prov. 11:24-12:11

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