Merry Christmas!
What a glorious time
to celebrate Jesus!
Dear Partners and Friends,
Jesus came into this earth according to God’s WORD! Beginning in Genesis 3:15, God declared Jesus’ coming. The Old Testament is full of God’s declarations about His Son’s life and work. He spoke to His prophet Micah who declared over 700 years beforehand that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2-3). And when Mary heard Gabriel declare God’s WORD that the Son of God, the Savior of the world, would be conceived in her, her response was a faith-filled, humble, “Be it unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38).
When we hear God’s WORD and speak in agreement with it, His Spirit is free to place faith in His promises in our hearts, birth them right into our lives! And the key to an ongoing BLESSED life in the Spirit is to keep His WORD uppermost in our hearts and our minds, and to declare continually that our lives are “according to thy word!” That’s the way Jesus lived and brought God’s life right into every place He set His feet—teaching, preaching, healing and loving! He made every day a day to celebrate, and He still does! Glory to God!
As we cross the threshold of time into the year 2017, we will remember the days of 2016 and their significance. As His children, we can know that as far as the past days concern us, we declared God’s plan according to His WORD. We prayed in faith and followed God’s direction, reaching out to people in love—speaking The WORD and touching their lives, just like Jesus has always done! As we walk through the days ahead, and continue to live according to His WORD and His Spirit, wherever we set our feet, lives will be changed and God will be glorified! Every day will be a day of celebrating Jesus!
We believe the days ahead in the kingdom of God will be the best days of our lives, as we look forward to Jesus returning to our earth! We have God’s WORD on it and we speak according to it!
The Copeland family will enjoy being together this Christmas season just as you will with your family and friends! And, because you are our worldwide family, we will be thanking our heavenly Father for you each time we gather. We speak God’s BLESSING over you and yours! You know we always hold you in our hearts. We love you!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Kenneth & Gloria