BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

B V O V : 1 9 by Happy Caldwell When our ministry started building Victory Television Network ® , the Lord told me, You must do this. This television network is for the state of Arkansas. It's not for you. It's for the people. That little television screen is My window that I pour Myself out of every day— into the homes, hotels and hospitals. He gave VTN to us, but we became stewards of it according to what He had commanded us, according to the Word. And the Lord has been faithful to His promise. We've had people watching from hospitals who got up and walked away healed. We've heard of others who were delivered from demonic oppression and addiction. The inmates in the state prison, men and women who are often overlooked and discounted, hear about Jesus because of it. God is using VTN to deliver the Word to people right where they are. They're hearing Kenneth Copeland, Rick Renner, Andrew Wommack and others. He gave VTN to our ministry. We are now stewarding it according to the Word of God. As a result, He is using it to minister to believers and unbelievers; bring salvation, deliverance and healing. It's a glorious thing! Dividing the Word The Apostle Paul told his spiritual son, Timothy, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). That doesn't say, "rightly dividing between error and truth." It says, "rightly dividing the word of truth." That's an do it because we're taking ownership of what goes on in our city. Taking ownership is not only a good, civic practice; but it's also a biblical one that transcends where we live. It's time for all of God's people to take ownership of what He has given us and what He's called us to do. Ownership Versus Stewardship I once heard a message about the enemy restoring sevenfold all that he'd stolen. The minister spoke on Proverbs 6:30-31: "Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; but if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house." The context of this verse deals with adultery, but the principle applies to more than adultery. I went to bed thinking about it, and when I woke up the next morning, I heard God's voice. He said: It's not about running after the devil to get what he has stolen. It's about ownership. Who owns the earth? You've always been on the defensive. It's time to be on the o ensive. The Church is running after the devil to get back what he has stolen when you should be taking ownership of what I have given you. Ministers have di„ erent opinions about whether we are owners or stewards. Some say that we don't own anything. They point to Psalm 24:1, "The earth is theˆ Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein." They teach that we're only stewards, or managers, of what God has given us. But that's not quite correct. According to Psalm 115:16, God has given us this world: "But the earth hath he given to the children of men." In other words, He created it, and He gave it to us. It would be the same if I gave you the ballpoint pen in my pocket. It was mine, but I gave it to you. It's yours now. You own it. What you do with it, however, is the key. Stewardship is what you do with what you've been given. It's up to each of us to take ownership of what the Lord has given us and then steward that thing according to the Word of God. "Taking ownership is not only a good, civic practice ; it's also a biblical one that transcends where we live. "

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