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Read Through the Bible APRIL 2017 Old Testament/New Testament Sat 1 Deut. 34; Josh. 1 / Acts 15 Sun 2 Josh. 2-4 / Acts 16-17 Mon 3 Josh. 5-6 / Acts 18 Tue 4 Josh. 7-8 / Acts 19 Wed 5 Josh. 9-10 / Acts 20 Thu 6 Josh. 11-12 / Acts 21 Fri 7 Josh. 13-14 / Acts 22 Sat 8 Josh. 15 / Acts 23 Sun 9 Josh. 16-18 / Acts 24-25 Mon 10 Josh. 19-20 / Acts 26 Tue 11 Josh. 21-22 / Acts 27 Wed 12 Josh. 23-24 / Acts 28 Thu 13 Jdgs. 1-2 / Rom. 1 Fri 14 Jdgs. 3-4 / Rom. 2 Sat 15 Jdgs. 5-6 / Rom. 3 Sun 16 Jdgs. 7-9 / Rom. 4-5 Mon 17 Jdgs. 10-11 / Rom. 6 Tue 18 Jdgs. 12-13 / Rom. 7 Wed 19 Jdgs. 14-15 / Rom. 8 Thu 20 Jdgs. 16-17 / Rom. 9 Fri 21 Jdgs. 18-19 / Rom. 10 Sat 22 Jdgs. 20-21 / Rom. 11 Sun 23 Ruth 1-3 / Rom. 12-13 Mon 24 Ruth 4; 1 Sam. 1 / Rom. 14 Tue 25 1 Sam. 2-3 / Rom. 15 Wed 26 1 Sam. 4-5 / Rom. 16 Thu 27 1 Sam. 6-7 / 1 Cor. 1 Fri 28 1 Sam. 8-9 / 1 Cor. 2 Sat 29 1 Sam. 10-11 / 1 Cor. 3 Sun 30 1 Sam. 12-14 / 1 Cor. 4-5 “Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan” written by Marilyn Hickey, and used by permission. **************************************** ****** article from p. 13 continues ****** It was for the people. For souls. For countless thousands of lives changed every day—all over the world. For Courtney Copeland, the mailroom had become the place where she’d grasped a revelation of her grandfather’s legacy. She loved walking into the mailroom the next morning, rolling up her sleeves and going to work. One Step at a Time “For the next year and a half, Dad only let me work on Reaction Tour one day a week,” Courtney remembers. “The rest of the time, I learned about KCM from the ground up. I worked in customer service, and I shadowed someone in marketing. In the process of learning how the ministry worked, I learned how to make Reaction Tour work and grow. “During that time, I took two Reaction Tours to Uganda and one to India. Each time we went back to the same location, we got to see the harvest from the seeds we’d planted. The kids had all grown physically as well as spiritually. My only disappointment was that we didn’t see Conquest. I couldn’t imagine what had happened to him and wondered what was going on in his life. Many of the children were orphans. Some had been abandoned by their parents, left to fend for themselves. “In Africa, you don’t have to believe in Jesus to believe in spiritual warfare. The parents of many of the children were deeply involved in witchcraft. Some were witch doctors. There were spiritual manifestations that we don’t see here. Since we’re a short-term mission program, we had the kids register through a local church so they would have follow-up. “After that year and a half, I was given my own office at KCM—a tiny cubicle off the television studio. Reaction Tour was now an official outreach through KCM. However, like the ministry’s disaster relief program, we weren’t funded by the ministry. I manned tables at events sharing sponsorship information and bringing awareness to our outreach. Last year, we raised money by sponsoring a 5K run.” Another Divine Connection In September 2014, Courtney was in her cubicle in the television building when a young actor arrived. Her heart skittered at the sight of the dark-eyed, dark-haired, handsome young man who had been cast in one of the "Commander Kellie and the SuperkidsTM" films. Grey Acuña had been a professional soccer player in Mexico before a knee injury ended his career. He started a second career as an actor and had a lot of movies to his credit. From the moment they met, Courtney and Grey sensed a divine connection. Two years later, on Nov. 20, 2016, Kenneth Copeland married the couple in a stunning outdoor ceremony. Putting his professional sports experience to use, Grey traveled with Reaction Tour the next month as a soccer coach. While planning the 2016 Reaction Tour to Uganda, the Lord impressed Courtney to center the teaching on knowing the love of the Father. As hundreds of children registered, Courtney jumped for joy when she saw Conquest. Then she realized something was wrong. Conquest’s beautiful smile was gone. His eyes were red-rimmed and swollen. He looked sad beyond belief. “Yesterday,” Conquest said, “my mother died.” At 14, he was the only one left to raise his little brother and sister. It seemed as though the entire message had been designed for him. By the end of the camp, Conquest’s smile had returned. “I have a Father!” he said. “And He will take care of us!” To Be ONE Courtney’s heart had been touched when in 2014, at the Pope’s request, Kenneth Copeland and James and Betty Robison flew to Rome to meet with him at the Vatican. Brother Copeland had based his response on John 17:20-23: 14 : BVOV

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