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as food, drink, and clothes, He said, "The Gentiles (heathen)"—those who don't have a covenant with God— "wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek (aim at and strive after) fi rst of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides" (verses 32–33, Amplifi ed Bible, Classic Edition). First is the key word there. We put God and His ways fi rst by letting Him be God in our lives. We put Him fi rst by making it our No. 1 priority to seek Him and do whatever He says. Really, those two things are all God has ever asked of His people. He has said it to us repeatedly in one way or another from Genesis to Revelation: I will supply everything you need if you will just listen to what I say and do it. The more I study the Bible, the more I am convinced that, as we do those two things, God's plan is for us to have all of our natural needs met to such a degree that we don't have to think about them. His plan is for us to be totally free to just give our thoughts to Him and focus on how we can best serve Him. When we're focused on serving Him and walking with Him by faith in His Word, God has no problem getting money to us. He can easily supply us with more than enough, not only for us and our family to live in abundance, but for us to do for His kingdom whatever He tells us to do. Kenneth and I can testify to it! When God called us into ministry, we were fi nancially broke and in debt. We didn't even have a decent car to get us where we needed to go. The day the Lord told Kenneth that he would be ministering to nations, we had no way to get to the nations. We could barely scrape together the gas money to drive our old rattletrap car from where we lived in Tulsa, Okla., to Kenneth's parents' house in Texas! But do you think that was a problem for God? No. He wasn't looking at how much money we had or what we were driving. God doesn't ever look at your bank account when Kenneth Copeland 3 0 : B V O V He gives you an assignment. He doesn't call you based on what you have and what you can do. He calls you because He knows what He has and He knows what He can do. He has the transportation. He has the equipment. He has the buildings. He has the money to get the gospel to the nations. He has the money to feed the poor. He has everything you need to do every good work and fulfi ll all the good plans He has for you. All He needs is for you to seek Him and His way of doing and being right, and He will manifest as much of His kingdom power and provision as you need! This is how Kenneth and I wound up preaching the gospel on television. We were seeking God, and He told us to do it. At the time, we had no idea how to go about it. We didn't have the expertise, nor the money to buy television equipment and airtime. We were willing to do what God said, though, so we continued to seek His wisdom in prayer and in His Word. Then, one day as we were talking to each other about it over breakfast, faith somehow just dropped down into our hearts and we said, "Why don't we just go ahead and do it?" We still didn't have the money or all the know-how we needed. But it didn't matter. Suddenly going on television just looked easy. We just knew that if we would take a step in that direction, God would guide us and supply us with everything necessary to get the job done…and He did. He can do the same for you! No matter what you need—whether it's for you personally, for your family, or for the work of His kingdom—God has a way of getting it to you. He can provide and prosper you in every area of life, and He will do it as you walk with Him and keep yourself full of His Word. In John 15:7, Jesus said: "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." The Word that abides in you is the Word that's alive in you. When the Word is alive in you, it talks to you. So, keep expanding your capacity to receive from God by staying in the Word all the time. Get it in your heart to the point where it talks to you. Then ask and receive abundantly from His limitless supply! 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 JAN BVOV BROADCAST CALENDAR Dec. 30- Jan. 3 How To Live BLESSED Kenneth Copeland Sun., Jan. 5 Resist Fear by Being Filled With God's Love Kenneth Copeland Jan. 6-10 The WORD of God Is Medicine to You Kenneth Copeland Sun., Jan. 12 Stop Fear by Building Your Faith In God's WORD Kenneth Copeland Jan. 13-17 Renew Your Mind to The WORD of God Kenneth Copeland Sun., Jan. 19 God's Love Gives You Boldness Over Fear Kenneth Copeland Jan. 20-24 The Promise of the Hundredfold Return Kenneth Copeland Sun., Jan. 26 God's Love Produces Joy That Stops Fear Kenneth Copeland Jan. 27-31 The Listening Part of Prayer Kenneth Copeland

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