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3 0 : B V O V DEC BVOV BROADCAST CALENDAR Nov. 27-Dec. 1 Step Across the Faith Line Kenneth Copeland Sun., Dec. 3 Healing Is Your God-Given Property Kenneth Copeland Dec. 4-8 The Life of Forgiveness—Part 1 Pastors George and Terri Pearsons Sun., Dec. 10 Walking In Love Is a Key to Your Prosperity Kenneth Copeland Dec. 11-15 The Life of Forgiveness—Part 2 Pastors George and Terri Pearsons Sun., Dec. 17 Your Faith Is the Connection to Your Covenant With God Kenneth Copeland Dec. 18-22 Celebrate Your Covenant This Christmas Kenneth Copeland and Professor Greg Stephens Sun., Dec. 24 Know and Believe That God Loves You Kenneth Copeland Dec. 25-29 Stand On Your Covenant In the New Year Kenneth Copeland and Professor Greg Stephens Sun., Dec. 31 Living In God's Love Leads You To Succeed 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 George Pearsons Terri Pearsons redeemed us from the curse. God's Word leaves no doubt about His desire to prosper His people. He prospered Adam and Eve before sin came. He prospered Israel when they obeyed Him. He had it written to the Church in the New Testament that "our Lord Jesus Christ…though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9); and "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth" (3 John 2). From the front to the back, the Bible is fi lled with wisdom designed to prosper us in every area of life—spirit, soul, body, fi nancially and relationally. So, seek it out—and when you fi nd it, receive it! Keep learning more and more about how to operate in the kingdom of God right here on earth. In the kingdom of God, you can live healed when people out there in the world are sick. You can prosper, even when there's a depression or recession, because you're not operating by earth's rules but by heaven's rules: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" (Isaiah 55:8-11). Always remember, God's Word is His wisdom. And when it comes to experiencing days of heaven on earth, wisdom is the principal thing. So, make the smart choice every day and get wisdom! Believers who are casual about the Word will go to heaven when they die, but they won't enjoy "days of heaven upon the earth" (Deuteronomy 11:21). They won't see the kingdom of God manifest in their lives right now. They could, though, if they would make a change and do the two things we just saw in Proverbs 2: Seek God's wisdom and receive His words. To seek means "to go after something with strong, intense desire." The dictionary defi nitions include: "to try to fi nd, to look for, explore, frequently follow, pursue, diligently inquire or require; to search for as when you lose something." That's what it means to seek the wisdom of God.It means you go after it like the man Jesus talked about in Matthew 13:44 who found a great treasure buried in a fi eld and sold all he had to buy the fi eld. It means you search your Bible like the merchant "seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it" (verses 45-46). The two men in those parables were both seekers and receivers, just as we're to be. According to the dictionary, receive means "to act as a receptacle or container for, to come into possession of, to assimilate, to permit to enter: admit; welcome; to accept as authoritative, true or accurate: believe." You receive God's Word by taking it into your heart. By letting it come through your eyes and ears and through your mind. By accepting it and living accordingly. Not all Christians do that when they read God's Word. Sometimes they'll disregard the wisdom they see there because they've been taught di erently. They'll actually disagree with God and make His Word of no e ect in their lives because of religious tradition (Mark 7:13). Some Christians have done this with what they've heard preached about prosperity, for instance. They've disagreed with it because they've been taught that God honors poverty. But such teaching is contrary to the Bible. Poverty is under the curse, and Jesus Kenneth Copeland Greg Stephens "From the front to the back, the Bible is fi lled with wisdom designed to prosper us in every area of life— spirit, soul, body, fi nancially and relationally."

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