BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

my Bible. A number of them are on the list of healing scriptures that I read every day from the list posted on my bathroom mirror. "But Brother Copeland," you might say, "I don't understand why you keep reading those same verses every day. By now, surely you can remember what they say." Certainly, I can. But God didn't tell me just to remember His WORD. He said: "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that fi nd them, and health to all their fl esh" (Proverbs 4:20–22). People here in Texas (especially if they're from the country) don't generally use the phrase attend to like the Bible does there. Instead, they just say, "tend to." If they're focused on something that's a priority, they talk about having to tend to it. If they're on the way to an urgent appointment, for example, and somebody wants them to stop and chat, they'll say, "I'd like to visit with you, but I have some important business I have to tend to fi rst." For us as believers, God's BOOK is our most important business! We must tend to it fi rst and foremost. How do we do that? By keeping that BOOK in front of our eyes, not only by reading and saying it aloud, but by seeing ourselves in the light of it. When you read in Psalm 103, for instance, that God forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, you see yourself forgiven, healed and well. When you read in 2 Corinthians 8:9 that though Jesus "was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: his poverty might be rich," you see yourself very, very prosperous. You see yourself out of debt and "furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation" (2 Corinthians 9:8, AMPC). This is how God's WORD becomes life to you and health to your fl esh. You see yourself in it. You think about it. You meditate on it. You call yourself what it calls you. From the time I was a young boy I had trouble sleeping. I'd lie in bed at night, hour after hour, wide awake. After I got born again, however, and started reading The WORD, I found out I can call myself asleep. I saw in Psalm 127:2 that The LORD "giveth his beloved sleep," and realized that sleep is a gift from God. So, I wrote that verse along with some other sleep scriptures on a piece of paper, and put them on my nightstand. Now, instead of lying awake half the night, when I go to bed I call myself what The WORD calls me. I say, "Thank You, LORD, that I am fast asleep." And very soon I am. "Well, that's just silly," somebody might say. No, it's not. In fact, it's the opposite. It's operating like God does. He "calleth those things which be not as though they were" (Romans 4:17). That's how He accomplished what He did with Abram. He said to him , "A father of many nations have I made thee" Get Get Get your digital your digital your digital magazine magazine magazine my Bible. A number of them are on the list of healing scriptures that I read every day from the list posted on my bathroom "But Brother Copeland," you might say, "I don't understand why you keep reading those same verses every day. By now, his poverty might be rich," you see yourself very, very prosperous. You see yourself out of debt and "furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation" (2 Corinthians 9:8, God's WORD becomes life to you and health to your fl esh. You see yourself in it. You think about it. You meditate on it. You call yourself magazine magazine magazine magazine B V O V : 7 1 Just as the eagle has physical wings, you have wings of faith to lift you to victory. (1 John 5:4) 2 You can lock into God's exceedingly great and precious promises by faith and triumph over every storm. (2 Cor. 1:20) 3 When sickness threatens, you can lock into a healing altitude by faith in God's healing promises. (Psalm 103:2-3, 5) 4 When lack threatens, you can lock into an altitude of abundance by faith in God's prosperity promises. (2 Cor. 8:9) 5 Keep reading and declaring God's promises so you don't let them slip. (Heb. 2:1) B V O V : 7 This is how God's WORD becomes life to you and health to your fl esh. You see yourself in it. You think about it. You meditate on it. You call yourself what it calls you." " magazine.kcm.org

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