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That’s why I’m always encouraging people to sell out to God! It’s what Ken and I did. We didn’t wait until someone held a meeting to hear the word of faith. We read our Bibles and listened to preaching tapes night and day. We took a crash course in the Word because we knew that’s where our deliverance was. The answer to our problem was in God’s Word and we were after it! “But Gloria,” you might say, “the reason you could spend so much time in the Word is because you were a preacher.” I wasn’t a preacher in 1967! Back then, Ken was the only preacher in the family. I was a stay-at-home mom with two little children. But I didn’t use that as an excuse to neglect the Word. I didn’t sit down and say, “Well, I’ll let Kenneth do this.” I went after the Word of God with everything I had. I was like the man Jesus talked about who found the pearl of great price: I’d found God’s Word! I had discovered the Bible isn’t just a book of do’s and don’ts; it’s God speaking to me. It’s God telling Gloria how to live! I remember one time when I was just getting started in the life of faith, I overheard someone talking about a preacher who said the Bible shouldn’t be taken literally. I was appalled by that idea. I thought, I’d really be messed up if I didn’t take the Bible literally, because if I don’t take it literally, I don’t take it at all. I still have the same attitude today. The way I see it, anyone who doesn’t take God’s Word for what it says hasn’t taken it yet. So, as for me, I’m taking it! I believe God means exactly what He says. I believe the Bible is God talking to me. Whatever I find in there is mine, and I’m not going to let the devil or anyone else steal it from me. I’m going to keep it. I’m going to do what it says in Proverbs 4:20-23: “My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh. Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life” ("The Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"). When I read those verses, I’m often reminded of something I saw in Manila a number of years ago when Ken and I were preaching there. I was in our hotel room one morning preparing to teach about the springs of life that flow from our hearts and I looked out the window at a beautiful fountain outside our hotel. The water from that fountain was shooting up into the air, maybe 50 feet high. As I watched it, I realized as long as the water was flowing like that, no trash could get into the mouth of that fountain. No debris could plug it up because the force of the water was too strong. If the water was turned down to a trickle, however, someone could come along and plug up that fountain with debris. They could stuff the mouth of that fountain with junk and it would stay there and block the flow of the water. The Lord taught me a lesson from that I’ll never forget. He showed me that we as believers are much like that fountain. If we just have a trickle of the Word in our hearts, the devil can come along and put his trash in our lives. He can plug up our spiritual flow. But if we keep our hearts full of the Word, he won’t be able to do that. As hard as he might try, the forces of the law of the Spirit of life will keep pushing Satan’s trash right out of our lives. This is the reason it’s worth doing whatever it takes to put God’s Word first place in your life! Satan can’t get a foothold in us when divine life and peace are gushing out of our inner man. He can’t keep us sick when we have the joy of the Lord coming out of us. He can’t tie up our finances when we’re walking in the spirit and doing things God’s way. So let’s get smart! Let’s flood our hearts with God’s Word and learn to do things His way. His ways are higher than our ways. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. Let’s agree with our heavenly Father and live BLESSED! V *****ADVERTISEMENT***** May Broadcast Calendar Featuring Kenneth & Gloria Copeland and Kellie Copeland Sun., May 1: The Way the Spirit Realm Functions Kenneth Copeland May 2-6: Faith Is…How to Move a Mountain—Part 1 Kenneth Copeland Sun., May 8: Take the Promise and Dump the Doubt Gloria Copeland May 9-13: Faith Is…How to Move a Mountain—Part 2 Kenneth Copeland Sun., May 15: Abounding Grace to Fulfill Your Assignment Kenneth Copeland May 16-20: Faith Is…How to Move a Mountain—Part 3 Kenneth Copeland Sun., May 22: The Funding Provided by Grace Kenneth Copeland May 23-27: Come to Jesus Gloria Copeland and Kellie Copeland Sun., May 29: How to Become a Faith Champion Kenneth Copeland May 30-June 3: Growing Up in Unity With Him Gloria Copeland and Kellie Copeland ___________________________________________________________ Watch Online: kcm.org/watch Station Listings: kcm.org/watch/find-a-station dish ® Channel 265 The BVOV broadcasts are available for purchase. 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