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********* ADVERTISEMENT ********* bvovn BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY NETWORK REAL. LIFE. FAITH. Hear the uncompromised Word 24/7 from ministers you can trust! watch on dish® CHANNEL 265 apple tv® 4th generation Roku® YouTube® amazon fire TV bvovn.com facebook iOS ****************************************************** ******* continued from p. 21 ******* “Don’t touch me!” Keith ordered. He was in pain but knew one thing for certain—he should be dead. He lay on the desert floor thanking God for teaching him how to live in the secret place of the Most High. “When the medic checked me over, all he found was one small scrape on my arm,” Keith recalls. “Not one person who jumped that day died. There wasn’t even a broken bone. Any jump you walk away from is a good one, but this was nothing less than supernatural protection.” The Secret Place In 2009, Keith was deployed to Afghanistan. Things were more tense than usual because the U.S. was sending in more troops, and there had been several attempts on President Karzai’s life. “One morning we were going to Kabul, but I had a check in my spirit. I knew something was wrong. I took extra time praying over the mission, including Psalm 91. Then I called Nola and asked her to pray. “We were in a convoy driving to Kabul. One of the things you never want to do when traveling in a war zone is slow down or stop because that makes you a target. In Afghanistan, a good day is any day when you don’t get blown up.” The convoy reached Kabul and they found themselves in congested traffic. Looking out his window, Keith saw a group of women and children, laughing and giggling. The traffic jam had stopped traffic. They were unable to move. Keith unbuckled his seat belt, ready for a firefight. An instant later, the women and children bolted, running for their lives. Looking up, he saw a vehicle approach. An Afghan man stepped out with a grenade launcher pointed at them. Keith jumped out of the vehicle, but before he had cleared it, one of his men in the front of the convoy started shooting a .50-caliber machine gun at the Afghan. At that moment, something like a tangible cloud fell over the scene and time slowed to a stop. It felt like being wrapped in a blanket of peace, Keith recalls. When the cloud lifted and the smoke cleared, he saw that the Afghan man was not dead or wounded. That was the first miracle. The second miracle was that he hadn’t fired back. And the third was that everyone on both sides of the situation was alive and unharmed. What none of them knew at the time was that they were firing at President Karzai’s personal security team, each assuming the other was the enemy. “They were half a football field from us on a crowded city street,” Keith explains. “It was the grace of God that kept us from killing each other. “The hardest part of those years wasn’t the danger. It was being separated from my wife and family. Although the longest we were apart at a time was six months, Nola and I were separated a total of eight years out of the 33 in our marriage. That takes faith, and one person shouldn’t be believing alone. Two are better than one. “I’m grateful to have learned to live by faith so young. As Partners with Brother and Sister Copeland and KCM for more than 30 years, we’re on his team and we have access to his anointing. “Some people think that living by faith seems hard, but what is your other option? We’re living in dangerous times. America is facing issues with North Korea, Iran and Russia. That’s why it’s so important to develop a Christian worldview based on faith.” In 2010, Pastors Keith and Nola Kurber opened the doors of Harvest—A Faith and Family Church, in Fairbanks, Alaska. In June 2011, he retired from the Alaska Army National Guard having served 30 years in the Army, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve. They have four children and 10 grandchildren. According to Keith and Nola, there are two times when it’s imperative that you live by faith—in war and in peace! V 22 : BVOV

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