BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

***Gloria's article continues after the Q & A*** Questions & Answers by Kenneth Copeland Q: In what way is the Holy Spirit my helper? A: Romans 8:26 reads like this: “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” John 15:26, in "The Amplified Bible," refers to the Holy Spirit as the Comforter, the Counselor, the Helper, the Advocate, Intercessor and Strengthener. The Holy Spirit comes to our aid. He is our Helper. He will help us overcome any weakness of the mind or body by making intercession for us according to the will of God. When you don’t know how to pray as you ought concerning a situation, allow the Holy Spirit to be your Helper. Let Him take hold together with you and see to it that The WORD of God comes to pass. He will lead and guide you in prayer and you will be confident that The WORD is mightily at work. No matter how big Satan makes a mountain look, the faith of God always works. It merely has to be applied (Mark 11:22-24). As you speak God’s WORD in faith, that WORD will remove any size mountain and stop the attack of Satan. You can build yourself up on your most holy faith by praying in the Holy Ghost (Jude 20). Your faith and the Holy Spirit of God dwelling within you as your Helper will cause you to be victorious in every area of your life. The following is a prayer of commitment to allow the Holy Spirit to be your Helper. “Father, in Jesus’ Name, I see from Your WORD that the Holy Spirit, the Greater One who indwells me, is my Helper. I recognize His vital part in my prayer life and as I intercede, I acknowledge the importance of allowing Him to take hold together with me. “I am willing to be a vessel unto honor, fit and ready for Your use. “I will to yield my members as instruments of righteousness, I will to present my body, a living sacrifice to You, Father, that the Holy Spirit can flow through me. He can work to bring the will of God to pass. “I ask You, Holy Spirit, to take hold together with me in prayer. When I don’t know how to pray as I ought, I ask You to be my Helper. Lead and guide me, instruct me as I intercede. The WORD I speak in faith will cause the perfect will of God to come to pass. “In Jesus’ Name. Amen.” V ************************************************************ ************************************************ We didn’t stop there, either. We also set our faith on having a big year in other ways. I started calling it year a year of fullness, health and a fresh anointing. I declared it would be a year in which Ken and I, and all our ministry Partners, would step into more of what God has called us to do. Sure enough, those things came to pass. God did exactly what we believed for and confessed, not because we are more special than anyone else but because, according to the Bible: Whosoever shall say…and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. (Mark 11:23) Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Proverbs 18:21) So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11) Those verses will work for anyone who will believe and act on them. They’ll work for you just like they work for me. That’s why I want to encourage you to put your faith in them and start declaring that this year, 2015, is your turnaround year. BLESSED in Everything All the Time “But Gloria,” you might say, “can I really be sure God wants to bless me in every area of my life this year?” Yes, you can. The Word of God leaves no doubt about it. It says to all of us who are born-again believers that “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse…that the blessing of Abraham might come on [us] through Jesus Christ” (Galatians 3:13-14). THE BLESSING of Abraham isn’t just a blessing. It’s not just God looking down at us every once in a while and giving us a temporary break from the curse by occasionally doing something good for us. No, THE BLESSING continually touches everything in our lives, and it’s ours all the time because God has already given it to us. 6 : BVOV

• Cover