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I know what you might be thinking. If what I’m saying is true, how come so many Bible-reading Christians are still wandering around without a vision? How come they’re not consistently receiving armloads of God’s blessings? Because to benefit from God’s Word you have to do more than read it. You have to believe it and obey it. Otherwise you can find yourself like the unbelieving crowds who heard the parables Jesus told. They never got anything out of them because, as Jesus said: “Their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them” (Matthew 13:15). Those people had hardened themselves to the Word of God by their unbelief and disobedience. As a result, they’d lost their spiritual vision. They’d lost the ability to perceive and receive what God was trying to show them. Therefore, He couldn’t heal them. He couldn’t restore what was missing in their lives and make them whole. Don’t ever let yourself get in that condition! Keep your spiritual eyes and ears open by not only attending to the Word but by believing and acting on what God says to you through it. Then Jesus can say the same thing about you that He said about His first 12 disciples over 2,000 years ago: “It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.... Blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear” (verses 11, 16). Different Receivers, Different Results Once you catch God’s vision for some aspect of your life, you can start to run with it. But as you do, you’ll want to remember the example set by Isaac Bruce. When he caught that crucial pass and took off toward the end zone, the opposing team members did whatever they could to get the ball away from him. But he didn’t let them have it. No matter what happened, he hung on to the ball. You and I must do the same if we’re going to make it across the goal line in victory. We must hold on to the insight God gives us, keep it firmly in our hearts and refuse to let it go. This is where many spiritual receivers miss it. When the devil puts pressure on them they lose their grip on their vision. They let him steal it from them before it comes to pass in their lives. Jesus warned us about this in Matthew 13:3-8, in the parable of the sower. There, comparing the Word of God to seed that’s sown by a farmer on four different kinds of soil, He said: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up and withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out. Other seeds fell on good soil, and yielded grain—some a hundred times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some thirty" (AMP). The different kinds of soil in that parable represent four groups of people. Each group had an equal opportunity to be BLESSED because the Word came to all of them. But because each group handled the Word differently, they didn’t get the same results. ***continues on page 30**** *****ADVERTISEMENT******** Receive God’s Promises Whether you’ve been walking with the Lord 41 days or 41 years, there are three actions that will make all the difference as to whether or not you’re walking in God’s plan for your life: "Implement, Engage, Press." Gloria Copeland shows you how to: • Implement your faith as a tool to receive God’s promises • Engage as long as it takes to accomplish every detail • Press in to receive all He has for you. Receive God’s full promises for you today! "Implement, Engage, Press: How to Receive God’s Promises for Your Life" 4 CDs #B140906 sale $16.99* reg $20 2 DVDs #B140907 sale $16.99* reg $24.95 Order online and save an additional 10% kcm.org/mag 1-800-600-7395 U.S. only +1-817-852-6000 *Plus shipping. Offer prices valid until Sept. 30, 2014 ********************************** BVOV : 29

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