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2 8 : B V O V JUNE BVOV BROADCAST CALENDAR Sun., June 2 How To Apply the Fundamentals of Faith In Your Life Kenneth Copeland June 3-7 God Has Taken Sickness and Grief From You Kenneth Copeland Sun., June 9 Jesus Is the High Priest Over Your Confession of Faith Kenneth Copeland June 10-14 A Faith Review Kenneth Copeland Sun., June 16 Successful Prayer Is Based on God's WORD Kenneth Copeland June 17-21 Vision Connects You to Your Calling Kenneth Copeland Sun., June 23 Seven Steps of Faith That Make Prayer Successful Kenneth Copeland June 24-28 Looking at Your Problems With Faith Kenneth Copeland Sun., June 30 Faith-Filled Prayer Connects You to God's Divine Answer 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. | 1 p.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 Kenneth Copeland doesn't do His part. It's because the people had no confi dence when they went before God in prayer. They couldn't ask in faith because their hearts condemned them. You can mentally justify yourself and rationalize all day long. You can tell yourself that the things you're spending time on are good, that there's really "nothing wrong with them." But you can't fool your heart. Deep inside you know whether you're giving God top priority or not. You know if you're spending quality time with Him every day in the Word and in prayer. And if you're not, your heart will condemn you. When your heart condemns you, your faith is impaired. On the other hand, when you're sold out to God, your heart knows it. So instead of condemning you, it gives you confi dence toward God. Your faith rises up. Something inside you knows you're going to receive whatever you ask of Him, because you keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. Rapid Results When that happens, your faith not only works—it works more quickly and e„ ectively than ever before. I can testify to that from personal experience. Many years ago, before I understood much about this kind of lifestyle, I prayed and believed God for the money to buy a house. At the time, it seemed to me like a big request. After all, Ken hadn't been in the ministry very long and we'd never owned a house before. What's more, we'd committed to God not to borrow money, so the amount of cash we needed seemed monumental to us at the time. But I believed for it anyway, and I got it by faith. Let me tell you though, it took a while. Six years, to be exact. Some years later, I found another house I wanted. Once again, I prayed and believed God for it. But this time it was di„ erent. I had begun to walk in the things I am teaching you here, so when I prayed, I had a confi dence religiosity. Holiness is living unto God. Unlike the world's way of living, holiness isn't easy. You can't just coast along doing what everybody else is doing and be holy. It takes determination. It takes e„ ort. It takes submitting yourself to God when naturally speaking, you want to do something else. But the rewards are tremendous. Hebrews 12:14 says without holiness, "no man shall see the Lord." Does that mean if you're holy you will see Him? Yes! Jesus Himself said, "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him" (John 14:21). In other words, if you live the way we're talking about right now—doing things that are pleasing to God—Jesus will reveal Himself to you. He can become so real to you through the Word, it will be as if He's standing right in front of you. You can be closer to Him than you are to your best friend. That, in itself, would be reason enough to live a holy lifestyle. But the Bible promises even more rewards! You can fi nd one of them in 1 John 5:17-18. It says, "All unrighteousness is sin.... We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." Can you imagine what life would be like if the devil couldn't touch you? Well, that's the way God wants your life to be. He wants you so free, Satan can't hurt you in any way. Condemnation or Consecration? Look at 1 John 3:21-22 and you'll see another reward that awaits those willing to live holy: "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confi dence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight." Do you know why so many people's prayers fail to get answered? It's not because God

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