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Position Yourself to Receive Well, someone might think, if God has that much goodness prepared for me, why haven’t I been experiencing it in my life? Because you can only experience as much as you have the capacity to receive. The Lord drove this fact home to me some years ago while I was watching (of all things!) the Super Bowl. In the last moments of the game, the quarterback stepped back to throw the game-winning pass. As he scanned the field looking for an open receiver, God spoke to my heart. Reminding me of 2 Chronicles 16:9, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him,” the Lord told me that He is always searching for someone who has the capacity to receive the good things He has prepared for them. Much like the quarterback in that football game, He is always looking for a receiver! What is it, exactly, that determines our capacity to receive? The first determining factor is how much we know about God. Although it’s sad to say, many Christians don’t really know very much. They may have heard a few Bible verses. They may have been taught a lot of religious tradition. They may have even gone to church for years. But they don’t understand that God’s will for them is always and only good. They don’t know that He wants them healed, prosperous and BLESSED in every way, because they’ve never spent enough time in His Word to find out. This is a big problem! Because faith is the avenue through which we receive everything from God, and faith comes by hearing His Word (Romans 10:17), if we don’t know what the Word says about the good things God has stored up for us, our capacity to receive them will be hindered. I can vouch for this from personal experience. I remember what life was like for Ken and me before we heard and believed God’s Word. It was pathetic! We just accepted whatever bad things came along. If we started feeling sick, we put on our pajamas, jumped into bed and said, “Hey, I’m sick.” If things went wrong financially (and they often did) we just let poverty push us into a place where we couldn’t pay our bills. We were living in a whole different world back then than we do now. Our entire reality was based on the natural realm, so we were continually subject to all the negative things the devil was doing. These days, however, we live in a higher realm. We live in the kingdom of God! What’s more, over the past 47 years we’ve learned a lot about how to operate in that Kingdom. For one thing, we’ve learned that to connect with God’s good plans for our lives we have to do things His way. Instead of coming up with our own plans and running around trying to get stuff for ourselves, we have to obey the instructions Jesus gave in Matthew 6:31-33, "AMP": "Do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear? For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things will be given to you besides." ***article continues on next page*** ******ADVERTISEMENT****** Discover the Goodness of God You’ve heard God is good. Now find out just how deep and wide His love for you really is. In this package by Gloria Copeland, your confidence in God’s goodness will soar! • Become fully aware of God’s goodness to the world • Discover not only God’s plan, but also His place for you • Take steps—based on His love—that will help you receive exactly what you need from Him. Recognize—and receive—the goodness of God in every area of your life. The Goodness of God Package "The Goodness of God" 6 CDs "Looking for a Receiver" minibook sale $19.99* reg $31.99 #B150703 kcm.org/mag 1-800-600-7395 U.S. only +1-817-852-6000 *FREE standard shipping included. Offer price valid until July 31, 2015 **************************************** 28 : BVOV

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