BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

B V O V : 1 5 According to 1 John 4:16-18, those of us who "have known and believed the love that God hath to us" don't have to fear. We can say no to it because "God is love; and…. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear." The Amplifi ed Bible, Classic Edition says, "full- grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror!" I remember one time when reports began to circulate about a gasoline shortage in our area. Some of the local gas stations had already run out and it looked like the situation might get worse. For a lot of people, that prospect was frightening. But as born-again believers, those kinds of shortages don't scare us. Because we believe the love God has for us, we're not afraid of them. Our attitude is: I have no reason to fear, because my God loves me and He will protect and provide for me, one way or another. God has never had a problem providing for His people. In the Bible, we see Him do it time and again. We can even read about it in other historical writings. During that gasoline shortage, a friend reminded me of the miracle of Hanukkah. It took place in 516 B.C. when the Jews liberated the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt. For years, the Temple had been under Greek control and the Jews had not been able to worship there. So, when they started to light the Temple candles, they found they had only enough pure oil to keep the candles burning for one day. To purify more oil would take eight days. But the candles were lit anyway and, miraculously, they kept burning for eight days—on a single day's worth of oil. Beloved Laborers Together With God I have a little ring that I bought in Israel. Inscribed on it are the words from Song of Solomon 6:3: "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine" (New King James Version). Those words apply to all of us as believers. We belong to Jesus. We are His beloved, He is ours, and He is an all-su cient Provider. When He was on earth, He never ran out of anything. Anytime it looked like there wasn't going to be enough to meet the need, He supplied more than enough for anybody who would listen to Him and act by faith on His Word. He'll do the same for us today. In the midst of everything that's happening, if we listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit and do what He tells us to do, we'll be fully protected and fully supplied. No matter what comes our way, we'll be able to stand in faith on God's promises and say, "There's no fear here!" We don't have to limit ourselves to just looking to God for our own households, either. We can extend our faith on behalf of others. Many people in the world don't know what we know. When the storms of life hit, they don't know to believe the love of God and the promises in His Word. But through our prayers, we can help make a way for His mercy to reach them. In fact, that's part of our responsibility as Spirit- fi lled believers. First Corinthians 3:9 says we are "labourers together with God" or "fellow workmen with and for God" (AMPC). And as workers together with Him we're told in 2 Corinthians 6:1 that we are not to receive "the grace of God in vain" or "to no purpose" (AMPC). Grace is God's power working in us, for us and through us. We're to use it to work with Him on whatever He's doing. Because we've been given this great grace and empowerment, we have the privilege and opportunity to help accomplish His purposes. When a storm hits our nation like on the East Coast some months ago, for instance, we're to use the grace God has given us to pray, making way for His intervention in the situation. We're to pray for the purpose of bringing His mercy and power on the scene. "But Pastor Terri," you might say, "a lot of us did pray about that storm. But it hit anyway." That's true, but it doesn't mean our prayers didn't make a di erence. They did! As you may remember, the storm diminished greatly in intensity before it made landfall. And though it was still very destructive, there were also many testimonies from people who experienced divine deliverance. The team KCM sent to minister to those in the hardest hit areas brought back many such reports. Sometimes all we can do about storms of that magnitude, whatever kind they might be, is by Terri Copeland Pearsons i Terri Copeland Pearsons is Chief Visionary Of cer of Kenneth Copeland Ministries and president of Kenneth Copeland Bible College. The eldest daughter of Kenneth Copeland, along with her husband, George Pearsons, she is also senior pastor of Eagle Mountain International Church at KCM in Fort Worth. Watch EMIC services with Pastors George & Terri on C H A N N E L with Pastors George & Terri on C H A N N E L Live services: Sun. 11 a.m. | Wed. 8 p.m. Replays: Sun. 10:30 p.m. & Sat. 2 a.m. Wed. midnight ET whatever He's doing. Because we've been given this great grace and empowerment, we have the privilege and opportunity to help accomplish When a storm hits our nation like on the East Coast some months ago, for instance, we're to use the grace God has given us to pray, making way for His intervention in the situation. We're to pray for the purpose of bringing His mercy and "But Pastor Terri," you might say, "a lot of us Fort Worth. Watch

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