BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

B V O V : 1 9 as they set out acquiring the Promised Land. Religious people may get upset about the idea of prosperity being connected to the Body of Christ, but prosperity comes from the mouth of God. It's right there in His Word. God didn't proclaim poverty; Satan did. The Lord promised prosperity. It's what He promised the children of Israel, and it's what He's promised us today as we do His will. Psalm 115:16 says, "The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men." Don't tell me we can't take the whole world for Jesus. We can, and we are. Walk by Faith Finally, Joshua 1:8-9 gives us the foundation for everything we do as we're fulfi lling the Lord's plans: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. We've got to meditate on the Word of God day and night until it consumes us, until we're so familiar with it that we know the ethics of Scripture. Then, when something comes up, we can say, "Oh, this is what the Word says, so this is what we're going to do." That's part of renewing our minds with the Word of God. The end result is that we walk by faith. That's the goal: to walk by faith. I can tell you, though, it takes a lot of faith to do something God tells you to do. Every morning I get up and pray, "Lord, what will You have me do today?" This is what comes back: Command ye Me concerning My Word. What does My Word say to do today? Now command Me. That doesn't mean I snap my fi ngers at God. That would be a good way to lose my snappers! He demands me to do what He's already given me to do, whether it's spiritual, physical or fi nancial. We walk by faith because it takes faith to walk in God's plans, and God's Word is the foundation for every step we take. God Is Showing Up Does that mean acquiring the land is going to be easy? No! As I said earlier, I've learned over the years that if the vision I'm fulfi lling is, in fact, from God, then it's totally unbelievable and totally impossible. But it's also totally doable because it's totally of Him. We're a generation on the verge of doing the unbelievable and receiving the impossible because God said to do it. God wants this world, and He wants it quicker than we've been giving it to Him. We've got 7.5 billion people on the earth, and only 2.3 billion are Christians. We're behind schedule. It's time for us to do what the Lord said to do, so we can hasten His return. We're walking and we're acquiring untrodden ground. We're going places we never thought we'd go, doing things we never thought we'd do, and accomplishing things we never thought we'd accomplish. Mark my words, it will be done! God is showing up and showing out. He's in it, so let's do it! Prosperity comes from the mouth of God. It's right there in His Word." "

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