BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

OCT BVOV BROADCAST CALENDAR Sun., Oct. 1 Speaking God's WORD Leads to a Life of Victory Kenneth Copeland Oct. 2-6 How To Pray the Prayer of Petition Kenneth Copeland Sun., Oct. 8 Jesus Demonstrated the Example of a Faith-Filled Life Kenneth Copeland Oct.9-13 Why First Words Matter Kenneth Copeland Sun., Oct. 15 Healing Is Always God's Will for You Kenneth Copeland Oct. 16-20 How To Become Who You Are In Christ Kenneth Copeland & André and Jenny Roebert Sun., Oct. 22 Choose To Dwell in the Secret Place of the Most High Kenneth Copeland Oct. 23-27 Enforcing Your Identity In Christ Kenneth Copeland & André and Jenny Roebert Sun., Oct. 29 The Power of The LORD Is Present To Heal You, Today! Kenneth Copeland Oct. 30-Nov. 3 See Yourself Well Kenneth Copeland Watch the Spanish broadcast Enlace or es.kcm.org WATCH ON Broadcasts subject to change without notice Daily broadcast: Mon. - Fri. 3 a.m. | 7 a.m. 11 a.m. | 7:30 p.m. | 10:30 p.m. Weekly broadcast: Sun. 6 a.m. | 8 p.m. also Mon. 4:30 p.m. | Sat. 7:30 a.m. | 8:30 p.m. ET C H A N N E L WATCH ON WATCH ON Daily broadcast: Mon. - Fri. 3 a.m. | 7 a.m. C H A N N E L o that instruction. You might not pay any attention to it because it's not what you were looking for. I can forgive my sister-in-law later, you might think. But right now I want to stay focused on receiving my miracle. It may never dawn on you that the bitterness you've had toward your sister-in-law is what's been keeping you sick. So, by ignoring that inner prompting you might leave the meeting disappointed, never realizing that you could have received your miracle by simply doing what the Holy Spirit prompted you to do. That's what happened to Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane. He went there with Jesus and two other disciples to pray and prepare for one of the most trying times of his life. When, instead of praying, Peter fell asleep, Jesus woke him up and tried to help him. "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation," He said, "the spirit indeed is willing, but the fl esh is weak" (Matthew 26:41). At the time, Peter didn't know his fl esh was weak. He thought he was strong. He'd told Jesus a few hours earlier that he would do anything for Him, no matter how big or di cult it might be. (See verses 33-35.) "I'll go to jail with You, Jesus! I'm even willing to die with You!" he said. Jesus, however, didn't want Peter in jail. He didn't want him dead. He just wanted Peter to obey Him. He just wanted him to watch and pray. If Peter had done so, he could have avoided a great personal failure and enjoyed a great victory. But he didn't. He disobeyed Jesus' instructions, gave in to his fl esh, and went back to sleep. You and I don't have to make that mistake! We're not like Peter was that night. He wasn't yet a born-again believer with a resurrected spirit. He wasn't yet baptized and fi lled to overfl owing with the Holy Ghost. We are! Even though we're still living in natural bodies, we're supernaturally new creatures. We've died with Christ and our spirits have been raised up with Him by the glory of the Father. We not only have the power to hear the Lord's instructions, we have the indwelling power of His Spirit empowering us to obey Him. We have within us everything it takes to walk every day in resurrection life! Spirit as your own personal trainer. If you'll listen to and obey Him, you can't lose. "But Gloria," you might say, "I've been thinking the Holy Spirit is going to tell me to go to China or Africa as a missionary or something—and I'm eager to do it. But so far He hasn't said anything." Oh, He's said things, all right. He's always speaking to us. You're probably just not hearing Him because you're focused on things you consider big and important—like moving to a di erent continent, and He's talking to you about the basics. That's where He starts with all of us. He talks to us, for instance, about how to "mortify the deeds of the body" (Romans 8:13). He speaks to us about areas in our life where we've been disobedient to God and tells us what adjustments to make so that we're walking according to the Word. Those kinds of instructions may not sound very glamorous, but you want to pay attention to them. If you don't, you'll be hindered in your walk with God. You'll get drawn o course by your fl esh and God's power won't be able to fl ow freely in your life. If you haven't learned to follow the Holy Spirit in the everyday a airs of living, He can't risk telling you to go to Africa because once you got there, you'd probably go to the wrong city. You'd get yourself in a mess and wouldn't do anyone any good because you'd be walking in the fl esh instead of walking after the Spirit. Brother Kenneth E. Hagin, who taught Ken and me a lot about these things, used to say, "Don't miss the supernatural leading of the Holy Spirit because you're looking for something spectacular." Be sensitive to even the Spirit's seemingly smallest promptings. Honor His every instruction as important and act on what He tells you to do—whether you think it's signifi cant or not. Let me show you what I mean. Say you need healing in your body, and you want to receive a miracle. You might go to a meeting thinking God's power will hit you like a lightning bolt and knock you to the fl oor. During the meeting, however, you might hear the Holy Spirit say, You need to forgive your sister-in-law. If you haven't made a decision to esteem that still small voice, you might just brush Kenneth Copeland André and Jenny Roebert

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