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Set Free From the Shortage Mentality “Yeah, but Brother Copeland, you’re a preacher. That’s the reason those kinds of things happen to you.” No, it’s not. The reason they happen to me is because God keeps His WORD, and it says: “[God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness.... Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and...bring forth thanksgiving to God” (2 Corinthians 9:10-11, The Amplified Bible). “But I just can’t see how God could do that kind of thing for me,” you might say, “especially the way the economy is right now.” That’s because you’re still looking at things according to this Babylonian world system. Everyone in that system, no matter how much money they have, thinks in terms of shortage and lack. Even the rich people in the world live in perpetual fear of losing their money because shortage is continually working on their minds. As a believer, you don’t have to think like that. You’ve been set free from the shortage mentality. You can dig into The WORD and find out what it says about God’s plan to prosper you. You can stop being conformed to this world and “be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2). The more you do that, the more you’ll quit thinking like an unbeliever who’s bound to this world’s economy and start seeing yourself the way God sees you. One of the Biggest Mistakes You Can Make Exactly how does God see you? The same way Jesus saw His disciples when He was on earth. Remember what He said to them when He wanted to feed the hungry multitudes in the wilderness? He said, “You give them something to eat.” Jesus didn’t go looking for someone wealthy enough to buy food for thousands of people. He didn’t hunt up a rich farmer who’d just reaped a record-breaking harvest. He called on His disciples because they were His Prosperity Agents. Like many Christians today, however, they thought they didn’t qualify. “We have here only five loaves and two fish,” they protested (Matthew 14:17, New King James Version). Obviously that wasn’t enough to even begin to meet the need. But Jesus didn’t care. He knew His Father would take that little dab of food and multiply it, until the multitudes were too full to eat another bite and there was plenty left over. That’s why He said, “Bring them to me.” One of the biggest mistakes you can make when God calls you to do something is to look at your own resources to see if you’re qualified for the assignment. God qualified you the minute He called you! When He says to you, 'Give this offering,' or 'Meet this need,' that means He is ready to supply you with more than enough to do it. Your responsibility is simply to bring what you have to Him. Then He will multiply it and do 'through' you and 'for' you exceeding abundantly above what you can ask or think. *******ADVERTISEMENT************* True Prosperity. What is it? It’s the ability to apply the power of God to meet any need—spiritual, mental or physical. In this package, you’ll receive two books by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland where you’ll find not only a scriptural basis for true prosperity, but also a clear revelation of the spiritual laws that govern prosperity—laws that will work for anyone who puts them into practice. God doesn’t want prosperity to be a mystery. True Prosperity Package • "Laws of Prosperity" paperback by Kenneth Copeland • "God’s Will Is Prosperity" paperback by Gloria Copeland sale $14.99* reg $20.98 #B140503 *Plus shipping. Order online & save an additional 10% kcm.org/mag 1-800-600-7395 U.S. only +1-817-852-6000 Offer and price valid until May 31, 2014 ********************************** 30 : BVOV : MAY '14

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