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B V O V : 1 9 by Kenneth Copeland land that I will show thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed (Genesis 12:1-3). Notice God not only called Abraham to receive and walk in THE BLESSING himself, He also commissioned him to take it to all the families of the earth. That was Abraham's job! He was to go forth and take THE BLESSING to people. As he did that, God said those who BLESSED him would be BLESSED, and those who cursed him would be cursed. That didn't just mean if someone was nice to Abraham then He would be nice to them in return. It meant anyone who partnered with Abraham would become a partaker of THE BLESSING that was on him. They'd be BLESSED on the same level he was, because by helping him be a BLESSING they'd be assisting him in carrying out his calling. On the other hand, those who cursed Abraham would be cursed, because in coming against Abraham they'd be trying to stop him from getting his job done. They'd be opposing THE BLESSING, which would put them on the side of the curse. From that day to this, that's how it's been. Those who partner with a person who's BLESSED and sent by God to bring THE BLESSING to mankind, enter into THE BLESSING themselves. They're BLESSED at the same level. You can nd this all through the Bible! Take for example what happened in 1 Kings 17 to the little widow woman from the land of Zidon. She got BLESSED during a time of famine because the prophet Elijah came on the scene just as she and her son were about to eat their last biscuit and said, "You feed me rst and everything will be all right." She chose to be a BLESSING to him and did what he said. As a result, "She, and he, and her house, did eat many days" (verse 15). That widow wasn't even an Israelite. She lived in an ungodly nation. Yet because she partnered with a minister of God in what he was doing, her pantry stayed supernaturally full throughout that famine. Better yet, she still stands before God today in a place of prominence right alongside Elijah! You can see the same principle in operation in 1 Samuel 30. It tells about a time God sent out David and his army to pursue and defeat the Amalekites. Some of David's soldiers who'd already been marching for days were too weary to make the journey, so David left them at the brook Basor and gave them the job of guarding the supplies. Later, when David's forces returned from the battle, some of his soldiers argued that the soldiers who'd served as guards shouldn't share in the spoils of victory because they hadn't been involved in the actual ght. David, however, overruled them. He said: "Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us…. as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stu : they shall part alike. And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day" (verses 23-25). Why did David make that decision? He understood what it meant to be partners in THE BLESSING of God, and he considered it so important he actually turned it into a national law. Miracle-Working Grace! "Yeah, but Brother Copeland, those things happened in the Old Testament. What about in "Money is the lowest form of power in the kingdom of God. The highest kind is prayer power. So in this ministry, prayer is front and center." Watch Live Victory In Prayer C H A N N E L Victory In Prayer C H A N N E L Live broadcast: Mon.-Fri. 12:30 p.m. Replays: Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m. ET Watch Live

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