BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

The first thing I want you to notice there is what Jesus did. He touched this man! Jesus wasn’t afraid He’d catch leprosy. He was confident the Anointing of God would protect Him from it. Years ago, when I ministered alongside Oral Roberts, I saw this same kind of confidence in him. In his meetings he laid hands on people with every kind of ailment. He never backed off from anyone and he never contracted any kind of sickness or disease in all his years of ministry. “Yeah, but Brother Copeland, that was Oral Roberts!” I know it, but you’re just as much a joint heir with Jesus as he was. Therefore the kind of divine protection he experienced is God’s will for you too. The same is true when it comes to healing. You never have to wonder if it’s God’s will to heal you. Jesus settled the issue once and for all. When the leprous man asked if He was willing to heal him, Jesus answered, “I will.” God’s Will for All Men for All Time Religious tradition has tried to steal God’s healing power from believers for years by claiming those words applied only to this one man. Entire denominations have preached that although it was God’s will to heal the leper it might not be His will to heal someone else. But that’s just plain wrong! Matthew 12:15 says that during Jesus’ earthly ministry “great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.” Jesus never turned anyone down for any reason, and He is the perfect expression of God’s will for all men for all time. So what He said to the leprous man He has said to us all: Healing is My will for you! Jesus confirmed this when He taught us to pray for God’s will to “be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). Is it God’s will for there to be any sickness in heaven? No! Therefore it’s not His will for sickness to be on earth, either. “If that’s true,” someone might say, “then why is sickness here?” Because of the curse the devil brought on the earth through sin. According to Deuteronomy 28:61, “every sickness, and every plague” is a result of that curse. But Galatians 3:13-14 says, “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ….” Thank God, as New Testament believers we’re no longer under the curse! We’re BLESSED, and THE BLESSING has always included healing. The Bible affirms it again and again. It says: • “Ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.” (Exodus 23:25) • “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” (Psalm 107:20) • “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.” (Psalm 103:2-3) • “My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4:20-23) Look again at that last verse. It says the “issues” or forces of life flow out of your heart or your spirit. That’s good news because you have Almighty God living on the inside of you. His divine life is in you. His healing forces are in you. His cleansing forces are in you. The forces of His righteousness are in you. So stir up your faith. Put The WORD of God in front of your eyes and release His divine DNA. Let the healing, youth renewing forces of God flow! Live from the inside and instead of getting weaker as you age, get stronger. Grow in faith, in grace and in the Anointing of God. Sail past 85 or 90 years old and keep on going to 120. Then, depart this earth in style like Dad Clark did. Shout your way to glory, praising God and saying, “With long life He satisfied me and showed me His salvation!” V Points to Get You There A Long and Satisfied Life As a believer, the length of your life isn't defined by your family history. It's defined by the written WORD of God. So set your faith on living our your full scriptural life span. Keep going strong and growing in the anointing until you've lived to a biblically old age and then shout your way to glory having lived a truly long and satisfying life. Here are some points to get your there: 1. God's definition of a long life is a minimum of 120 years. Genesis 6:3: "And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years." 2. Youth renewal is a benefit of your covenant with God. Psalm 103:5: "Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." 3. Healing is always God's will. Luke 5:12-13: "A man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, 'Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.' Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, 'I am willing; be cleansed." (New King James Version) 4. Jesus never turned down anyone who asked for healing. Luke 6:19: "And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all." (NKJV) 5. Because God's own life is in your spirit you can release it by faith and let it flow. Proverbs 4:23: "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." (New American Standard Bible) BVOV : 7

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