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Ken replied. "I'm getting a Bible too!" Sometime after that, Ken and Deborah were getting ready to go to a party when the phone rang. It was one of Ken's friends. "Hey, Little Richard, the rock and roll guy, is on TV preaching!" "No," Ken said, "that can't be." Intrigued, Ken turned on the television. Before long, he and Deborah were on their knees praying the prayer of salvation. A New Life "Little Richard was a strong believer," Ken explains. "When he led us to the Lord, he'd left the entertainment world. He later went back to it but was strong in his faith again before he died. God used him to capture our hearts. At the time, we were drinking and smoking marijuana. When we got up off our knees, we threw all that stuff away. We never did go to that party." Following their conversion, Ken and Deborah made one quick decision. "We were both on the same page that we weren't going to be Christians in name only," says Ken. "We were going to be real Christians. "At that time, we had a 45-minute drive to the base. We found a Christian radio station which we listened to during the drive. That's where we first heard Kenneth Copeland. We listened to him five days a week. We'd joined a church, but they weren't teaching what Kenneth taught. The more we heard him preach the Word of Faith, the more we wanted to hear. When we realized that Carswell Air Force Base was close to Fort Worth, we asked to be transferred there." In 1984, the Friendlys moved to where they quickly connected with Eagle Mountain International Church, on the grounds of Kenneth Copeland Ministries. "We loved the church, and loved attending the Southwest Believers' Conventions. I was filled with the Holy Ghost soon after we were born again," says Ken. "Deborah was still trying to figure it out. When we heard Gloria say, 'You need to pray in tongues an hour a day,' that did it. Deborah received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and we added that to our prayer lives. As far as we were concerned, we wanted to live there for the rest of our lives and retire there." The couple would soon discover they learned how to stand in faith just in time. Faith for a Child Ken already had a son when he and Deborah were married. However, in the 10 years they had been married, Deborah had never conceived. Each year when she went in for her checkup, she heard the same question: "You still trying to have a baby?" "Yes, I am," was also her response. "Why don't you let us do an exploratory surgery to see what's going on?" "No, thanks." Deborah and Ken had already discussed it. They didn't want to have to stand against any negative words or diagnosis. Although it took time, faith in God's Word prevailed. In 1990, Deborah gave birth to a son, Kenneth Jr. Three years earlier, in 1987, a friend who'd been stationed in Alaska had come to visit Ken and Deborah. He'd told them story after story about the Alaskan people— their culture, their geography and its unique position on earth. He also talked to them about the need for the gospel there in Alaska. Over the next couple of years, the man's words continued to plague Ken's thoughts. Night and day he continued to think about Alaska. In time, Ken began to wonder if God was leading him toward Alaska. Finally, he confided in Deborah. "I don't think God's talking to you about Alaska," his wife said. "I can't. I moved from Florida to Texas. I can't go from Texas to Alaska!" How do you know when God is leading? Ken wondered. He prayed. Instead of his thoughts and concerns about Alaska decreasing, they increased. In time, Ken told Deborah, "I think God is talking to us." "Then we'd better obey," she said. DEC READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Fri 1 Ezek. 38:18-40:27 Rev. 2 Sat 2 Ezek. 40:28-42:14 Sun 3 Ps. 137-139; Prov. 30:1-17 Mon 4 Ezek. 42:15-44:31 Rev. 3 Tue 5 Ezek. 45:1-47:12 Rev. 4 Wed 6 Ezek. 47:13-48:35; Rev. 5 Dan. 1 Thu 7 Dan. 2:1-3:18 Rev. 6 Fri 8 Dan. 3:19-5:12 Rev. 7 Sat 9 Dan. 5:13-7:14 Sun 10 Ps. 140-141; Prov. 30:18-33 Mon 11 Dan. 7:15-9:27 Rev. 8 Tue 12 Dan. 10-11 Rev. 9 Wed 13 Dan. 12; Rev. 10 Hos. 1:1-4:10 Thu 14 Hos. 4:11-8:14 Rev. 11 Fri 15 Hos. 9-12 Rev. 12 Sat 16 Hos. 13-14; Joel 1:1-2:17 Sun 17 Ps. 142-145 Mon 18 Joel 2:18-3:21; Rev. 13 Amos 1-2 Tue 19 Amos 3-6 Rev. 14 Wed 20 Amos 7-9; Obad. 1 Rev. 15 Thu 21 Jon. 1-4 Rev. 16 Fri 22 Mic. 1:1-5:9 Rev. 17 Sat 23 Mic. 5:10-7:20; Nah. 1 Sun 24 Ps. 146-147; Prov. 31 Mon 25 Nah. 2-3; Rev. 18 Hab. 1:1-2:11 Tue 26 Hab. 2:12-3:19; Rev. 19 Zeph. 1-2 Wed 27 Zeph. 3; Hag. 1-2 Rev. 20 Thu 28 Zech. 1-5 Rev. 21 Fri 29 Zech. 6-9 Rev. 22 Sat 30 Zech. 10:1-14:15 Sun 31 Ps. 148-150; Zech. 14:16-21; Mal. 1-4 Old Testament New Testament 2 0 : B V O V

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