BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

worshipping in church when the Holy Spirit spoke to me. He said that the man who would play the main character in the movie was Kenneth Copeland! Two weeks later, we attended a ministers' conference at KCM headquarters. One morning, Jeremy invited Nettie and me to go to lunch with him. We were walking down a long hallway when a door opened and Kenneth Copeland stepped out. "Grandfather, do you remember Rick and Nettie?" Jeremy said. "You met them in Long Beach." "I sure do," Brother Copeland responded. "I also heard that you're making a movie." "Yes, Brother Copeland, we are. And you're supposed to be in it," Rick said. "I'll pray about it," Brother Copeland replied. During lunch, someone tapped Rick on the shoulder. Turning, he looked to see it was Brother Copeland. "Rick, how soon can you get me your script?" "I'll have it to you by tomorrow." Later, Jeremy received a phone call from Brother Copeland. Turning to Rick, Jeremy said, "My grandfather said to tell you that the Lord told him to be in your movie." During fi lming, Brother Copeland explained to Rick that the reason he agreed to be part of the movie was because of a word he received from the Lord 30 years earlier. "The LORD told me that in the future there were going to be movie opportunities," Brother Copeland said. "He said He wanted me to be a part of them, but not to tell anyone about the word until it happened." The movie, The Rally, was released in theaters in 2010. Later, it was on Netfl ix ® for three years." It has won more than a million souls to Christ," says Rick. "The Lord gave us a sequel called The Rally-LA. It also starred Brother Copeland. Before it went to theaters, we released it on the red carpet at the 2016 Southwest Believers' Convention. It also won countless souls to Christ." Wise Counsel Rick recalls some wise advice Gloria Copeland shared with him in 2009. "Every January, get on your knees with your calendar, get on your face and pray over it," she B V O V : 1 5 told him. "Declare that God will open the right doors for you to minister." Rick got on the fl oor with his calendar and did as Gloria suggested. He prayed, "Lord, where would You have us minister in 2009?" Kenneth is going to start preaching in Latin nations. I want you to go with him. "Father, I'm not going to call and tell him that," Rick told the Lord. I'll speak to him. That month, when Rick opened the BVOV magazine, he saw that Brother Copeland was scheduled to preach in Venezuela later in the year, in September. In August, during the Southwest Believers' Convention, Rick and Nettie were invited to a birthday party for one of Kenneth and Gloria's grandsons. As they were leaving, Brother Copeland turned and ask, "Rick, what is the Lord Hollywood needs Jesus, but Jesus also wants a place in Hollywood.

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