BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Where did the power of the Father that produced those works come from? It came from inside the apostles. It flowed forth and radiated out of them—not just because they’d had the privilege of following Jesus during His earthly ministry, but because He’d ascended to the Father, and as a result they had God on the inside of them. That’s the case for every born-again believer. We all have God on the inside of us! Each one of us is “the temple of God” and the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16). There’s no power shortage in the Body of Christ! Today, just as in the book of Acts, every member of His Body is indwelt by the One who created the universe. We all have within us the God for whom nothing is impossible, and He’s in us to strengthen us, as Ephesians 3:16 says, “with might by his Spirit in the inner man.” Death-Conquering, Devil-Defeating, Universe-Upholding Power! What does it mean to be strengthened with might in your inner man? The word translated might is the Greek word dunamis. It speaks of God’s supernatural, miracle-working ability. Also translated power: • It’s the word used in Acts 10:38 to describe “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power.” • It’s the word used in Ephesians 1:19-20 to refer to “the exceeding greatness of [God’s] power…which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.” • It’s the word Jesus used in Acts 1:8 when He said to the disciples, “Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you” and it’s also the word used in Hebrews 1:3 which says Jesus is “upholding all things by the word of his power.” * * * continues on next page * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Did You Know? Prophetic Words 1984 The Berlin Wall Will Come Down In February 1984, in Soweto, South Africa, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland sat in a small trailer, across from a “young German man, full of fire”—Reinhard Bonnke, and his wife, Annie. It was the first time they’d met the intense evangelist, and suddenly the spirit of prophecy came upon Brother Copeland. First, he prophesied that Bonnke would one day preach to millions—which happened in November 2000 in Lagos—but when they shook hands to leave, the moment their hands clasped, Kenneth prophesied, 'Reinhard, stay prepared. There is coming an hour when I’m going to send you back to Germany to do some things because I am going to take that Berlin Wall down and I’m going to do it miraculously and I want you to be ready with the gospel when I do.' Five years later, the Lord made that prophecy about the Berlin Wall public. On Sunday morning, June 4, 1989, at Eagle Mountain International Church, Kenneth stood up and prophesied that bold message again: 'The Berlin Wall will come down.' Of course, at the time it was totally outlandish to even think about the Berlin Wall coming down. But five months later, on Nov. 9, 1989, it did! Though God delivered the word prophetically through him, Brother Copeland said that “bringing down the Berlin Wall was above my thinking when it came down. Especially the way it happened. It was there in full strength one day and gone the next. No one was allowed to preach openly in Eastern Europe one day and suddenly all of Europe was open the next. When our God decides it’s time for change, the impossible melts before Him like butter on a griddle.” V BVOV : 9

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