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Even though the disciples didn’t pass the test, Jesus gave them the right and privilege to take part in what He was doing. In spite of their weaknesses, He was still able to capture their thinking and get them involved in a miracle. In His hands, Jesus took the little loaves and fish that Andrew brought to Him. He blessed them, gave each disciple a portion and—miracle of miracles—those portions multiplied and fed the entire crowd! What made that possible? The anointing of increase! That is the anointing that’s in the hands of Jesus! It’s in His ministry. It’s in His WORD. It’s in His Spirit. It’s in His Name. It’s in His blood and it is in and on His people! Jesus’ disciples had that anointing of increase on them even though they didn’t understand it very well. As a result, they were able to cooperate with Jesus and become a source of blessing to thousands of people that day. They were able to give those folks not just a little something to eat, as Philip thought, but rather as much bread as they desired. God Can Handle It That was the plan of God. He didn’t intend for those disciples to be at the mercy of the world’s resources that day. He intended them to be the source of those resources! Had they realized that, they would have answered Jesus’ question correctly when He asked them, “Where will we buy food that these may eat?” They would have answered, “LORD, there’s no place on earth that has enough food for this crowd. It’s going to have to come from heaven!” The same thing is true for you today. You don’t have enough natural resources to be the kind of blessing to the world God wants you to be. You can’t work enough hours to bring in all the money God desires to put in your hands. That means there’s another way to get those finances. You’ll just have to take the little God has put in your hands, and expect Him to multiply it! Instead of looking to your limited resources in this earth, you’ll have to look to the unlimited resources of heaven! But to do that, you’ll have to stop sitting around thinking about your own puny, financial ability and what you can or can’t do. Stop thinking within yourself and start thinking outside yourself. Start thinking inside The WORD. Start thinking about what God can do. Remember this: When you get outside of yourself and begin to think inside The WORD of God, you get outside of your limitations and into the limitless power of Almighty God! And His power truly is limitless! He can handle any financial need this world can come up with. In fact, all of them taken together don’t put any kind of strain on God’s resources. You could take all the wealth in the world and put it together in a pile and it wouldn’t impress God for five seconds. He created it all! So stop thinking about what you can do and start thinking about what He can do. When there’s a pressing financial need and you start to think, 'How in the world am I ever going to get enough to….' Don’t even finish that thought! Instead, start thinking about Jesus. Let His WORD talk to you. Open your mouth and say, “My God supplies all my needs according to His riches in glory! He is able to make all grace abound toward me, that I, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work!” Start thinking outside yourself and inside The WORD—and let Jesus bless the world through you! V *****ADVERTISEMENT****** Blessed to Be a Blessing sale $8.99* Learn how to take action on God’s promises for prosperity today. You know God wants to bless you. But why does He? Because He loves you and He wants you to bless others! In this book, Kenneth Copeland digs into Scripture concerning God’s economy and reveals that God wants to bless us physically…so we can get our bills paid, buy our kids clothes and help those in need around us. Blessed to Be a Blessing paperback #B140905 sale $8.99* reg $10.99 Order online and save an additional 10% kcm.org/mag 1-800-600-7395 U.S. only +1-817-852-6000 *Plus shipping. Offer price valid until Sept. 30, 2014 ******************************** BVOV : 23

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