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Around noon, Bill’s salesmen started phoning in orders. By 5 p.m., he had generated so much business that his boss looked over his shoulder and said, “Hey Bill, that’s enough! Save some for next month!” There was enough to meet not only Bill’s quota, but the other sales managers’ as well. Bill soon climbed to the top sales-manager position. Fulfilling the Call “I worked for IBM for 14 years and learned a lot about business and organization,” Bill says. “During those years I often shared my faith, but I finally realized the Lord was calling me to preach. “I left IBM, and in 1985 my wife, Veronica, and I moved to Tulsa where I attended Oral Roberts University. I believe God sent me there to learn something that changed my life. It was Isaiah 48:17: ‘Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.’” Until he discovered that scripture, it had never occurred to Bill that God was interested in profit. But the more he meditated, the clearer the truth became. Profit—or increase—was God’s plan for His people and He had promised to teach them how to do it. This was the difference, Bill realized, between just “having church” and operating in the kingdom of God. According to the Bible, there would be no end to the increase of God’s kingdom. His whole paradigm shifted. That verse birthed a dream in Bill’s spirit: a dream to build a business school that would teach Christian businesspeople how to operate using Kingdom principles—and how to profit God’s way, regardless of the economic climate. Birthing a Dream In time, Bill and Veronica started having Saturday meetings in a hotel near downtown Chicago. People stayed away in droves. Bill visited one of his old colleagues at IBM who offered him his job back. It was tempting, but instead of giving up, Bill pressed in to God and his divine assignment. Then a door opened—he was offered a small storefront church facility in one of the highest crime areas in Chicago. Bill took it. He continued to teach the principles of faith and taught people to see themselves as blessed. Line upon line, precept upon precept, he declared the Word of God. He operated in the laws of faith, and the Word did not return void. Living Word Church became Living Word Christian Center and moved to the Chicago suburb of Forest Park, where people started coming in great numbers. ******continues on next page***** *****ADVERTISEMENT********** PARTNERSHIP Your voice. Your victory. Your ministry. “God is raising up more and more very anointed, very powerful young men and women with whom He is calling us to become Partners. There are not a few RESOURCES. Not a trickle. Not a stream. Not a river. But A FLOOD!” —Kenneth Partner with KCM today! 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) +1-817-852-6000 ************************************** JUNE '14 : 13