BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

What you plant inside your heart grows—always. Doubt will grow and keep you bound. Truth will grow and make you free. So be careful what you’re hearing. Listen to the Word of God. As Proverbs 4:21 says, “Let [my words] not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.” Read the Word every day. Make notecards for yourself using the healing scriptures and tape them to your mirror. Play CDs. Listen to them in your car. Listen to them while you dress in the morning. If you’ll listen to the Word while you’re driving back and forth to work every day, you’ll be surprised how fruitful that time will become. It will change your life. I challenge you to try it! Don’t Let Them Throw You God’s Words have power in them. When you keep them in the midst of your heart, they become life and healing and health. They’re medicine. God’s medicine. But beware. People will try to discourage you and keep you from taking that medicine. They’ll tell you things like, “If God wants us to live in divine health, why did Sister So-and-So suffer so much sickness? And she was a fine Christian.” Don’t let them throw you off track. Instead, just remember this: You don’t live in divine health because you’re a fine Christian. No one does. You live in divine health because you take the Word of God, and you keep it in front of your eyes. You keep it going into your ears. You keep it in the midst of your heart and you apply it to your life. You live in divine health because you believe God for it, because you talk about it and because you act on it—day after day after day. Don’t wait until an emergency comes. Don’t wait until your body is weak and sick to start feeding on healing scriptures. Start now. Plant God’s Word of healing in the good faith soil of your heart daily—and then, get excited. Your harvest of health is on its way! V ****************************************************************************************** Commander Kellie’s Corner ASK GOD Superkids, at some point in life everyone has wondered: “Who am I and who am I supposed to be?” Or, “Why am I on this earth? Am I special or ordinary, gifted or average?” Maybe you’ve asked yourself, or your parents, or even friends these questions. But is that really where you should be looking for answers? Of course, parents, grandparents and others of godly character are a great place to start when looking for wisdom! God has placed them in your life to help you—to guide you and to point you to Him. You’ve probably seen cartoons or movies where people ask fortunetellers to tell them what’s in their future. That kind of thing sounds silly to us, but the truth is, it isn’t any sillier than where some people actually get their information! I’m talking about things like TV, the Internet and movies. The sad thing is, they take that information and use it to plan out their whole lives, even though it may not be right! The truth is, TV, movies or the Internet shouldn’t be the source for what you want, who you are or what you should be! Where should you begin to find out about your future and your destiny? Anytime you are looking for answers, start with God's Word. In Jeremiah 29, "New Living Translation," the Lord told Jeremiah in verses 8 and 9 to not listen to fortunetellers and tricksters because, “I have not sent them.” Then, in verse 11, He said: “For I know the plans I have for you. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Then He went on to say, “When you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me” (verses 12-13, "NLT"). And listen to this, Superkid: God told Jeremiah, “I will be found by you” (verse 14, "NLT").This is the Lord’s heart toward you, too! He is not hiding His plans from you, but revealing them little by little. In fact, the only place they are hiding is deep inside you! Ecclesiastes 3:11, "NLT," tells us, “God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” I know it may seem like it would be awesome to know all that God has planned for us from beginning to end, but let me ask you two questions: First, where is the faith in that? If we had all the answers and knew the outcomes, then we would be more like robots just performing the actions because that is what we are supposed to do. Secondly, where is the fun in that? Isn’t it much more exciting to believe God, trust Him and then watch Him do exciting things in our lives? Even things we didn’t expect! Because we don’t know the future, we get to trust God along the way, knowing that each step and every instruction is leading us to His plan for us! Knowing that ALONG THE WAY we are walking in His plan is much more adventurous! So, here are the real questions: If God does have a plan for your life, then what exactly is it? And, how do you get the download from God? Psalm 139 is a wonderful passage of Scripture that tells how God knitted you together before you were ever born. He embroidered you with many different colors and strands. Remember what Ecclesiastes 3:11 says? That destiny is inside you. Just listen to the Lord. Pay attention to what you are drawn to. But most importantly, realize there is no reason to worry or fret. God knows your heart! He made it! He put desires and dreams there. And He has the answers to all your questions. I encourage you to read Psalm 139 today. Read it out loud. Picture every word as a letter from your heavenly Father to you. He loves you so much, and as you follow Him and know Him, you will see that doing what He’s placed in your heart is the happiest life of all! ♥ ABOUT: Kellie Copeland Swisher is an outreach minister at Kenneth Copeland Ministries and developer of the Superkid Academy curriculum. Through her ministry and as “Commander Kellie,” she fulfills the mission of drawing people of all ages into a personal, growing and powerful relationship with Jesus Christ. BVOV : 21

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