BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

The key to avoiding frustration, fear and the temptation to quit when standing in faith on God's Word, is understanding there is a time and due season for everything. “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not" (Galatians 6:9). Step 10: Expect the Answer We've now come to the final step in God's established order for getting from any challenge or crisis to a miraculous solution. It is the icing on the cake...the last nail in the devil's coffin. This important 10th step involves cultivating expectation. Expectation is a very powerful thing. For better or for worse, it colors your outlook, shapes your attitudes and influences your actions. And learning to harness its power can make a huge difference in your quality of life. When you expect something, you begin to position yourself to receive it. Let me illustrate. When a woman is with child, we say she is...what? Expecting. What is she expecting? A baby! And that expectation triggers a lot of preparation. Furniture is purchased. A nursery is decorated. A hospital is chosen and financial arrangements are made. Every part of that household begins to realign itself in anticipation of the expected arrival. What would you think if you asked a woman who was going to deliver twins in a month if she was getting ready for the arrival of the babies, and she said, “No, we're not making any preparations." You'd be dumbfounded. Why? Because expectation implies preparation. This is especially true of spiritual expectation. If you are truly expecting God to do some things in your life, you will do some realigning and preparing. I liken it to the exchange between a pitcher and a catcher in baseball. You'll never see a good catcher nonchalantly standing behind the plate waiting for the next pitch. No, when he's ready to receive, he'll crouch down, get a wide, stable base with his legs, hold up his catcher's mitt and look right at the pitcher in intense anticipation of the next pitch. That is how the pitcher knows the catcher is ready to receive. He has put himself in the receiving posture. That pitcher is not about to throw the ball until he sees that posture. The same is true of God. His heartfelt desire is to throw blessings to you. He's ready to wind up and let healing, prosperity and deliverance fly, but He can't until you get into a receiving posture—the posture of expectation. There is something about expectation that places you before the face of God. God blesses expectant people. So cultivate expectancy in every area of your life. Don't just throw your tithe into the plate and forget about it. Spend the rest of the week in earnest expectation of the windows of heaven opening up and pouring out a blessing. Expect to receive a hundredfold return on all your giving. Expect to walk in health. Expect to be promoted. Expect to have a good marriage. Expect ALL the blessings of God to be yours in fullness, here and now. That's the final step in God's divine order of faith. So there you have them—10 simple steps. Follow them and your “faith failures" will become a thing of the past. You'll never again have to feel the frustration of not being able to get faith to work for you as it does for others. Instead, you'll be able to step from victory to victory and from glory to glory as you follow God's divine order of faith. V Creflo Dollar is the founder and senior pastor of World Changers Church International in College Park, Ga.; World Changers Church-New York; and several fellowship churches across the country. For more information, visit creflodollarministries.org. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tribute from Creflo Dollar Kenneth Copeland is the most honorable man I have ever met. He exemplifies and embodies integrity, character and love in such a way that it impacts you to want to follow his example and be like him. Brother Copeland doesn’t just talk faith—his faith can be seen and experienced. When my father died, I wondered if I would ever have another whom I could look up to as an example of a good man. God gave me a spiritual father who loves me like I was his own, and someone I could follow with confidence and a great deal of joy. He’s classy, bold and full of revelation. I want to be just like him when I grow up! Happy 80th birthday, and congratulations for 50 amazing years in ministry! We love you, Creflo & Taffi FOR MORE ABOUT CREFLO DOLLAR, AND TO SEE A VIDEO TRIBUTE TO THE COPELANDS, GO TO: KCM.ORG/CREFLO BVOV : 23

• Cover