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I remember the day I got the revelation that my natural father really loved me. I was 21 years old in the Army in Fort Bliss, Texas, standing behind a truck, reading a letter from him. My dad just hated to write letters. You could count on one hand the number of letters he’d ever written in his life. But I was standing there reading these three handwritten lines from my dad telling me he missed me. I remember I stood behind that truck and just cried. Guys were tiptoeing all around me. They thought I’d gotten a “Dear John” letter. But something big had just happened in my heart. It changed my life. Changed my whole attitude toward my dad forever. That’s what a revelation will do. I know a widow who got hold of that kind of revelation one afternoon. She’d been meditating in the scriptures that say if you’re a widow, God Almighty has taken His place as your provider and leader of your household. She’d been feeling a little sorry for herself up until then. But when she received the revelation that God was actually head of her household now, she started talking to Him like she would a husband. “I’m telling You, LORD, the plumbing in this house is pitiful. Ever since Mr. So and So died, it’s just gone to nothing. Will You please get it fixed?” Do you know God fixed it? From that moment on she never had any more trouble with her plumbing. Now don’t say, “I’m going to try that out!” This isn’t something you can try. You have to get a revelation first. You have to stay before God until His WORD to you becomes reality. If you need healing, what you need is a revelation of the Healer. I remember I used to get upset over people I’d lay hands on who wouldn’t get well. I was praying one day and seeking God about this when He spoke to my spirit and said, 'Healing always comes.' I remember I said, “What do You mean? Not everyone gets healed.” He said, 'I didn’t say they all received it. I do My part.' Then He spoke very sternly to me. 'I said they would recover!' Those words hit me like a ton of bricks. He said they would recover. If He said they would recover, then that means healing always comes. It’s not God who’s holding back. It’s the receivers who aren’t receiving. Since that revelation, I’ve never had any trouble laying hands on people and believing for their healing. Whether they walk away well or not, I just keep standing with God for their healing. In fact, I know if that fellow who went away still sick ever agrees with God and me—I don’t care if it’s five years from now—he’ll wind up healed. Stay in The WORD Until It’s Real to You How can you maintain a walk of faith like that? The only way is to stay in The WORD of God until you can see it so clearly on the inside of you, you don’t need to see it on the outside to know what’s going on. Now and then I’ve had a revelation of something good that was coming. Later, when it happened, people asked why I didn’t go wild over such a great thing. I didn’t because I wasn’t a bit surprised. *****ADVERTISEMENT**************** Word Explosion 2014 Columbia, S.C. » Sept. 25-27 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center | 1101 Lincoln St. | Columbia, SC 29201 SPEAKERS: Kenneth Copeland Gloria Copeland Bill Winston Chaplain A.L. Downing Preregister today & receive a coupon at check-in for $10 off any purchase of $30 or more at the KCM book tables. kcm.org/events 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) +1-817-852-6000 Admission is Free! Schedule is subject to change without notice. *********************************** 20 : BVOV

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