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8 : B V O V Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works…. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father…. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter (John 14:10, 12, 16). The Comforter is the Holy Spirit! The third member of the Trinity, He brings the Father's power on the scene. Even Jesus couldn't heal people and work miracles until, after being baptized in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit came upon Him. That's when, as Acts 10:38 says, "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil…." Do you see it? It was by the power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus healed the multitudes! "But Brother Copeland, that was thousands of years ago." So? God hasn't changed. Jesus hasn't changed, and neither has the Holy Spirit. God's healing power operates today the same way it always has—only now it operates in and through us as believers. In fact, let me share with you a recent testimony. A while back, a little white spot about the size of a grain of rice showed up on my hand. I didn't pay any attention to it at fi rst. But when it became itchy and sore, I went to the doctor to get it checked out. He did some tests and said, "It's malignant." Totally unconcerned, I said, "OK, what do we do now?" He told me to go see a specialist, which I did. In the meantime, however, I called my pastor, George Pearsons. He and Terri came over to the house, we had Kellie and John on the phone so, along with Gloria and our very close friend Bebe, we could pray in agreement together, and everyone was just as happy as could be. Why were we happy? Because we know it's God's will to heal. We know He's provided us with a healing covenant that's backed up in Jesus' blood. We know the power of the Holy Spirit is within us; and we know how to plug into that power by faith. After we all prayed in the spirit together and praised God, Pastor George opened his Bible to James 5:14-15. It says: "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him." Acting on those instructions, Pastor George took the bottle of oil and put some on his fi nger. The instant he touched that spot on my hand, an electric shock shot through it. "Ha, ha, ha!" I said. "That did it!" After that I didn't give it any more thought. When I went back to the doctor, his plan was to shave fi ne layers of skin o that spot on my hand and keep testing them for cancer cells until they could fi nd no more cancer. They'd told me to be prepared to stay for several hours. After they shaved o the fi rst sample and tested it, however, they came back in about 20 minutes. "Mr. Copeland," they said, "there are no more cancer cells." So, they sewed up my hand, and that was the end of it. God has healed me like that over the years, time and again—and He's willing and able to do the same for you. It doesn't matter what's wrong with your body; as the Apostle Paul said, God "is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us" (Ephesians 3:20). Keep meditating on that until you are as sure that healing is yours as you are that two plus two equals four. Then take what belongs to you. Plug in by faith to the exceeding, abundant, above-all-you-can- ask-or-think power of the Holy Spirit within you and receive your healing…because God wants you well! B V O V : 8 Chattanooga Victory Campaign June 22-24 | Chattanooga, Tenn. Southwest Believers' Convention July 31-Aug. 5 | Fort Worth, Texas St. Louis Victory Campaign Oct. 26-28 | St. Louis, Mo. Omaha Victory Campaign Nov. 9-11 | Omaha, Neb. Kenneth Copeland is also speaking here: Word of Faith Convention Aug. 9-11 | Southfi eld, Mich. wordoffaith.cc Upper Midwest Faith Explosion Aug. 18 | Brooklyn Park, Minn. lwcc.org FlashPoint LIVE June 8-9 | New Albany, Ohio July 30 | Fort Worth, Texas Sept. 14 | Council Bluffs, Iowa Oct. 5-6 | Brooklyn Park, Minn. Schedule is subject to change without notice. For updated event information visit: KCM.ORG/EVENTS events 2023 Join us!

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