BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

First Corinthians 12:28 refers to other ministries that have been set in the Body of Christ; “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” Some people are called primarily to one office of ministry, such as miracles or gifts of healings. There are offices where people are called just to do miracles. There are people set in the Church to do nothing but minister healing to the congregation. Kathryn Kuhlman walked in that ministry. She preached to people who didn’t know much about The WORD. God called her to minister in the gifts of healings; and thank God, she accepted it! There is an office of governments and an office of helps. The office of helps is the most underdeveloped ministry in the Body of Christ today. It is a vital ministry, just as real and necessary as the office of pastor. God is raising up men and women in these last days to walk in the fullness of helps and governments. He said to me, "I will bless them for their commitment to see My covenant established in the earth. They will be there watching as the dead are raised and the blind see and the lame walk!" Praise God! Think about it—you and I seeing ministries operate in full measure. The New Breed Our job is to walk in love toward one another and walk in this magnificent realm of the miraculous. “Speaking the truth in love, [we] may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love” (Ephesians 4:15-16). In the Greek text, the word edify means “to charge,” as you would “charge” a battery. As we edify one another in love, we pump one another full of power! By speaking the truth in love to each other, we grow up into Him in all things and walk the earth in full stature as believers continually building each other up with The WORD. Jesus is not coming back for a weak, sickly Church that has been defeated and beaten down by Satan. No, praise God, we are going out of here in a blaze of glory! You can walk in the realm of the miraculous, using the authority of God; but you will never do it until you put God’s WORD first place in your life and walk in love. That is the realm of the miraculous! In Deuteronomy 28, The WORD says, “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments [now there is only one to observe and do] which I command thee this day…all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee…” (verses 1-14). Then you will be walking by faith on the highest level there is. God’s miraculous power will operate in you and you will see great and mighty things take place. You will be counted among “the new breed” that shall go forth to the world. You shall no longer walk as other gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds; but you shall walk in love even as Jesus walked—men and women knowing their full rights and privileges in Christ Jesus. You shall rise up, proclaiming the mighty Name of Jesus, and prepare the way of The LORD’s coming! V ********************************* More Than Enough by Gloria Copeland Sometimes, when you tell people that God loves them (especially when they’re in the midst of trouble or a trial), they act like it’s no big deal. They aren’t comforted or encouraged because they’ve let their problems become bigger in their mind than God. They’ve magnified their circumstances instead of the Lord, so they don’t think His love is enough to get them through. But the Bible says we should do just the opposite. It says we should magnify the Lord! How? By focusing our hearts, minds and mouths on Him until He is the biggest thing in our lives. We make Him big in our own sight by talking about His great power and love. The fact is, no matter how much we magnify God, we’ll never be able to make Him as big as He really is. We’ll never be able to overestimate His love. God’s love is so great, we’ll spend eternity exploring it. He’s so good that no matter how good we think He is…we’ll continually discover He’s better than we thought! Some time ago, Ken and I received a letter from a little lady in Russia who had been watching our television broadcasts. Her letter blessed me tremendously. Even though she had more problems than most of us ever will, she was happy because she was confident in God’s love, and she believed He could do anything for her. She told us how God had put food on her table and given her a place to live. She wrote about how greatly her life had improved since she’d found out about God’s goodness and made Jesus her Lord. Then she said something that made me laugh out loud. Apparently on one of the broadcasts she watched, one of the ministers had said something about God being able to give you an airplane. (To those of us who are called to preach all over the world, an airplane is a great help!) In response, she wrote something like this. “I like everything you say and agree with it. But I don’t know what I would do with an airplane. It would be so much trouble for me. I’d have to hire a pilot and find a hangar where I could keep it. You have no idea how complicated that would get for me. If you don’t mind, I think I’ll just pass that blessing by. I don’t think I want it.” Isn’t that wonderful? It never even occurred to this faith-filled little lady that God might not be willing or able to give her an airplane. She knew how big and loving He is. She had magnified Him greatly in her heart and life. In her mind, her problems were no big deal because she had magnified the Lord, and she knew He is more than enough! V *****NOTES***** “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Psalm 34:3 OCT '13 : BVOV : 23

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