BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

and communities, in our states and countries, to speak and act as His representatives and to demonstrate the life of faith He has given us. We simply tell the people He sends our way, why and how we believe and live like we do. We have the greatest gift to give people. It's the gift that will produce life and blessing for them. It's the gift that will deliver the goodness and love of God to them. It's the gift that will bring change in them. It's the gift of believing! The Gift Is for Everyone Every person on earth has the ability to receive the gift of believing. What blocks people's ability to believe God's Word and receive every promise He has made, is that they dissect and categorize it. ey believe what they like and ignore what they don't like. Doing that decreases their ability to believe and receive, which leaves their lives lacking the full gift of God. Whether or not we live the life God has in mind for us depends on whether we believe He means what He has said. And I'm here to tell you, I do! I believe everything He says, and my faith insists on possessing all His possessions in every area of life. Some people say I'm arrogant when I say that. No. I just made up my mind that I'm going to do what God said I can do, and have what He says I can have. I believe Him! God's Word covers every area of life—spirit ual, emotional, physical, financial—all of it. His plan is for our faith to possess our possessions along with everything else He has provided, so we can live the life He has planned for us. In fact, He is very clear about the kind of life He has in mind for His people. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace [possession of adequate resource; nothing broken, nothing missing] and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope" (New King James Version). B V O V : 1 7 THE LIFE-GIVING GIFT OF BELIEF I HAVE SOME NEWS FOR YOU TODAY: AS BELIEVERS, WE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. WITHOUT US, THE WORLD WON'T MAKE IT! • THAT MAY SOUND LIKE A PRETTY BOLD STATEMENT, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. by Jesse Duplantis THE TRUTH IS, out of the 7 billion people on the earth today, only 2.3 billion of them have their faith in Jesus Christ. e only Jesus people will see as they live their lives, is the Jesus in you and me. e only living, breathing example of God's Word is the Word you and I believe and live. So, yes, I would say that makes us the most important people on the planet. You see, without our living in faith, billions of people will not even get a glimpse of the God who loves them. e work God has for us is to live our lives in our neighborhoods He gave me this wonderful statement: Jesse! I didn't ask you to pay for it. I asked you to believe for it.

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