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My parents proved this in the 1930s and ’40s. They prospered all the way through the Great Depression and World War II. They didn’t have all the revelation we have today about walking in THE BLESSING, but they believed God and they were tithers and givers from the time they got married. My dad even kept two bank accounts. One was his tithe account, which belonged to God, and the other was his personal account, and he made sure not to mix the two up. As a result, while a lot of other people in this country were standing in unemployment lines, my dad never went 24 hours without a job. If one fell through, there was always another, better one, right behind it. I remember him telling me about one time in particular when he found out at the end of the workday that he’d been laid off. He and mother prayed about it that evening and very early the next morning he felt impressed to go down to the cotton gin. When the owner of the gin showed up, he asked my dad what he was doing there. “I’m here early because you need me,” Dad said. “Can you keep books?” the owner asked. “Yes,” he answered. My dad had never done accounting in his life, but he was a good mathematician and he thought, If I can just see this company’s books I’ll be able to figure out their system and keep it going. Sure enough, he was right. He liked the job so much he ended up enrolling in an accounting course at Draughon’s Business College. When he finished the course, Draughon’s hired him to teach it. They kept promoting him and he kept prospering. Why? Because THE BLESSING of The LORD makes rich. Eventually, Draughon’s offered him a sales job. They didn’t expect him to take it because it was commission only, but he said, “Yes! That’s the job I want!” The work required him to travel, and because of the war, tires and gasoline were hard to come by, but he always had what he needed. Because of THE BLESSING working in his life, Dad also saw possibilities that other people didn’t. One day during the war, for example, he was in a small town on business and he spotted a guy who had a huge cone of cheese. Because cheese was in short supply at the time it was expensive, but Dad bought the whole cone. He took it back to his car, cut it up into blocks, and sold it piece by piece to the shop owners around the square, at three or four times what he’d paid for it. I know, because I was with him. What was happening? He was always abounding. Always having all sufficiency for every good work. That’s the way it was all the time as I was growing up. My dad and mother were always giving, always helping someone. Every evangelist who came to town stayed at our house. Even in the hard times, Mama fixed them fried chicken. They’d eat so much I used to think they were going to clean us out. But it never happened. There was never a famine at the Copeland house. There never will be, either, because we’re still walking in THE BLESSSING of God. The same can be true for you. No matter what the conditions are around you, you can keep on believing The WORD, giving and prospering. You can have all sufficiency in all things and be a BLESSING in the midst of a world that desperately needs for you to be BLESSED! V ********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** Order yours today! FREE "Hearing Wisdom’s Voice" by Kenneth Copeland Wisdom IS the principal thing! Proverbs 4:7 In this series, Kenneth Copeland teaches you how to access the wisdom of God that is within you. As you regularly seek His wisdom, your understanding and your responding will change lives—yours and those around you! Learn to hear the voice of wisdom and rely on God, who is inside you, to guide you in every area of your life! Hearing Wisdom’s Voice 3 CDs // reg $15 // #B170101 kcm.org/mag 1-800-600-7395 U.S. only FREE standard shipping included. Offer valid until Jan. 31, 2017 ***************************************** 10 : BVOV

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