BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Bless their hearts. I just can’t understand those people. Maybe they heard erroneous reports about the faith message. Maybe someone told them God doesn’t keep His promises today. But whatever their reasons for turning down the opportunity, I wish I could convince them all that living by faith in the Word isn’t crazy—it’s great! Faith will heal your body. It will straighten out your children. It will cause your finances to flourish. Faith will remove limitations and conquer anything the world can throw at you because, as 1 John 5:4 says, “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” It’s no wonder God said: A righteous person will live by faith. ( Hebrews 10:38, New Living Translation) Have faith in God [constantly]. (Mark 11:22, The Amplified Bible) It is impossible to please God without faith. (Hebrews 11:6, NLT) As far as God is concerned, faith is non-negotiable! Why? Because we don’t receive like He wants us to without it...and our receiving is extremely important to Him! After all, He sent Jesus to the cross to take upon Himself the whole curse—every sickness, every disease, all poverty and every other kind of defeat—so that we could be BLESSED. He paid the price of His own blood to purchase our salvation, our deliverance, our healing and our prosperity. He sacrificed His own Son to provide us with abundant life—and the only way for us to fully receive it is by faith! “But Gloria,” you might say, “living by faith takes a lot of effort. Can’t I just leave everything up to God and hope for the best? Can’t I just let Him give me whatever He thinks I need?” You can, but you’ll miss out on a lot because that’s not the way He designed things to work. As one of my favorite preachers says, “We can’t leave up to God what He has left up to us.” And He gave us the responsibility of receiving His blessings by faith. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t hope for things. Hope is good—and it certainly beats hopelessness. But hope by itself won’t change our lives. It takes faith to do that. As Hebrews 11:1 says, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith is what turns hoping into having! So let’s check up on ourselves today. Let’s take a fresh look at how faith acts and make sure we are really doing what it takes to live by faith. Faith Hears No matter how many years we’ve been walking with the Lord, this never changes: “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). Faith that is vibrant and alive is faith that hears! *****EVENT****** 2013 THE YEAR OF GREAT GRACE Washington, D.C. VICTORY CAMPAIGN Coming together to experience God’s grace...for our families, our nation, our world! Speakers: Kenneth Copeland and Gloria Copeland November 14-16 Hylton Memorial Chapel 14640 Potomac Mills Road Woodbridge, VA 22192 Preregister today & receive a coupon at check-in for $10 off any purchase of $20 or more at the KCM book tables. KCM.org/events 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) +1-817-852-6000 Admission is Always Free! Speaker Schedule: Thursday 7 p.m. - Kenneth Copeland Friday 9 a.m. - Kenneth Copeland 2 p.m. - Gloria Copeland 7 p.m. - Kenneth Copeland Saturday 9:30 a.m. - Gloria Copeland, Healing School 7 p.m. Kenneth Copeland Meetings are subject to change without notice. Spanish translation and sign language interpretation available OCT ’13 : BVOV : 28

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