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*****ADVERTISEMENT************ Are You ‘Tuned In’? The world is full of distractions—voices working day and night—but you don’t have to listen! Instead, focus on the Word…and tune your faith to the Truth! In this special package you’ll receive: • "Faith That Can Move Mountains" LifeLine Kit—where you’ll get a 10-day action plan to activate your faith and keep it strong. Includes book, DVD, CD and more. • "Tune In to the Voice of God" minibook—where you’ll learn how to recognize counterfeit voices every time. Don’t let your receiver pick up the wrong signals. Activate your faith and tune in to the voice of God today! Tune In to the Voice of God Package "Faith That Can Move Mountains" LifeLine Kit by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland "Tune In to the Voice of God" minibook by Kenneth Copeland sale $19.99* reg $26.94 #B150403 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 April 30, 2015 ********************************************** It also says in 1 Corinthians 12:18 that God has set each one of us in the Body of Christ “as it hath pleased him.” That means God has a place on this earth and in the Body of Christ with your name on it, and that place is where you belong. You don’t belong anyplace else in this universe but right there. I’m not saying God just wants you to stay in one spot your whole life. I’m saying your place is wherever He tells you to be. My place, for instance, is in the ministry and I inquire of Him all the time about where He wants me to go preach. He might tell me to be in London one day, Venezuela a couple of days later, and Chicago the next day. If He does, I’m on my way because I know that if I go where He commands, then I’ll be where I belong. What I do will prosper because He takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant (Psalm 35:27). Kingdom Business Is Supernatural This is the way the kingdom of God works—not just for preachers but for every believer. It doesn’t matter whether you’re pastoring a church or running a lemonade stand, whatever you’re called to do is Kingdom business. Since Kingdom business is supernatural, the key to succeeding at it is doing whatever Jesus says to do. If He calls you to open a lemonade stand, He has a reason for it and a way He wants it to be done. He may want you to corner the lemonade market and pour millions of dollars into spreading the gospel. He may be planning to send the next president of the United States to buy a glass of lemonade from you so that you can pray for him, BLESS him and change the future course of the nation. Sadly, most Christians weren’t raised to think about such things. They grew up being told, “Darling, you can just be anything you want to be.” No! Not in God’s kingdom. If you’re in His kingdom, He’s already got a plan for you. That plan is where your church is. It’s where your protection is. It’s where your prosperity is. It’s THE BLESSING plan. Getting off that BLESSING plan and doing things your own way is like getting off the freeway and onto a dirt road. Instead of speeding along at 65 or 70 mph, you’re trudging along hitting one pothole after another. You’re driving through Sickville, Broke Valley and Nobody-Loves-Me-Anyhow County. You’re writing country songs about being sorry, disgusted and sad. Why? Because you’re out of your place. You’re on the wrong road. “But Brother Copeland, what if the right road—the one God wants me on—leads to Timbuktu or some other strange, faraway place?” What if it does? How do you know you wouldn’t like Timbuktu? If your spot is in Timbuktu, that’s where your prosperity is. It might look like the poorest spot on earth but God could send you there and make you rich. He could turn you into such a BLESSING that the whole area blossoms economically and everyone starts calling it “The Garden Spot of Timbuktu”! “Well, I don’t think that’s very likely,” you might say. “I just don’t have that kind of faith.” Then start listening to God. His words are filled with faith. That’s why Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” ("New King James Version"). Every word God speaks, whether in the Bible or by His Spirit within you, is a faith container. When He gives you a command, His command carries with it the faith you need to obey it. The command itself authorizes and empowers you to do what God is telling you to do. 6 : BVOV

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