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For Ken and me, this is what changed our lives all those years ago. We began to learn about living by faith in God’s Word. That was a whole new concept to us. Although we were born again and Spirit filled, we’d never heard before that God had a plan of dominion for us and we were excited because, at that point in our lives, we needed such a plan—and we needed it badly! We’d been married just five years and we were so deep in debt it looked like we’d never get out. We’d done everything we knew to fix the situation, but nothing had worked. Instead of getting better, things kept getting worse. Looking back now, it’s easy to see why. We had no idea our words were serious things so we were always using them to undercut ourselves. We were always talking doubt and unbelief and saying how broke and in debt we were. It never occurred to us we were making negative confessions. We thought what we were saying was normal, because that’s how almost everyone around us talked. It’s what the world—which is under the influence of the devil—habitually trains people to do. You know how it is. Out there in the world, if someone loses their job and goes around saying they’ll never find another one, people don’t think that’s strange at all. In fact, they’re likely to nod their heads in agreement and say, “Yeah, that’s right. You’ll probably be unemployed for a long time.” On the other hand, if someone starts talking faith everyone will get confused. When the faith person says he lost his job, but he’s excited about it because he believes God will get him an even better one, they’ll scratch their heads and say, “Huh?” If they’re religious, they might even get upset. They might say, “Who does that person think he is that God’s going to get him some great job? He must be one of those faith nuts. They’re always going around trying to tell God what to do.” A Simple Way to Live Free No, faith people don’t go around telling God what to do. He’s the One telling us what to do. He said, “believe and speak,” and we’re just obeying Him. We’re just using the faith process He told us to use. “But what if you try to use that process to get something that’s contrary to God’s will?” someone might ask. It won’t work. Because faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17), if He didn’t say it, I can’t believe for it. I can’t truly speak it by faith because, without the Word, faith won’t come. That’s how things are, even in the natural. If I say to you, “I’ll pay your rent this month,” you can have faith that I’ll do it. As long as you’re confident I’m a person of my word, you can expect what I said to come to pass. If you just decide on your own to believe I’m going to pay your rent, however, you have no basis for such faith. You can’t believe it because I never said it. The same is true with God. If He said in His Word you can have something, it’s yours. It belongs to you. Because He’s a God of His Word, you can “confess with your mouth…and believe in your heart” what He said, and it will come to pass (Romans 10:9, "NKJV"). That’s the way you got born again. It’s the way you get healed. It’s the way you prosper in God. When you keep God’s Word in two places—in your heart and in your mouth—you can walk on this earth in a higher way than natural people. You can exercise authority over the darkness of this world that tries to encroach on you, and bring the kingdom of God into manifestation in every area of your life. • If the world is in a recession, you can take His Word that says, “The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich,” (Proverbs 10:22) and walk out from under that recession. • If worldly dangers threaten, you can “say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust,” (Psalm 91:2) and stay safe. • If the world is hit by an epidemic of sickness or disease, you can take the Word of God that says Jesus bore our sicknesses (Isaiah 53:4, "AMPC"), and be healed. * * * * continues on the next page * * * * ********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** AUG Broadcast Calendar Featuring: Kenneth & Gloria Copeland and George Pearsons July 31-Aug. 4: Faith in God Prevails Kenneth Copeland Sun., Aug. 6: God Wants to Fill You Up Kenneth Copeland Aug. 7-11: Faith in the Love of God Brings Results Kenneth Copeland Sun., Aug. 13: The Healing Effect of Joy and Gladness Kenneth Copeland Aug. 14-18: How to Reap Your Harvest—Part 1 Gloria Copeland and George Pearsons Sun., Aug. 20: The Delivering Power of Jesus Kenneth Copeland Aug. 21-25: How to Reap Your Harvest—Part 2 Gloria Copeland and George Pearsons Sun., Aug. 27: Healing Needs a Receiver Kenneth Copeland SPECIAL FROM NIGERIA Aug. 28-Sept. 1 A Life Built to Last—Part 1 Kenneth Copeland ___________________________________________________________ Station Listings: kcm.org/watch/find-a-station more ways to watch: dish® CHANNEL 265 Roku® apple tv® 4th Generation YouTube® podcast KCM App KCM.org DAYSTAR Network Trinity Broadcasting Network kcm.org/waystowatch Watch our Spanish broadcast on Enlace or at es.kcm.org/medios. ********************************************** BVOV : 29

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