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OCTOBER Broadcast Calendar Featuring: Kenneth & Gloria Copeland and Billye Brim Sun., Oct. 1: Receiving God’s Supply Kenneth Copeland Oct. 2-6 The Manifestation of the Glory of God Gloria Copeland and Billye Brim Sun., Oct. 8: The Power of Agreement in Finances Kenneth Copeland Oct. 9-13 The Story of God’s Glory Gloria Copeland and Billye Brim Sun., Oct. 15: Being a Steward and Owner With God Kenneth Copeland Oct. 16-20 You Can Have What You Say by Faith Kenneth Copeland Sun., Oct. 22: Training Your Spiritual Senses Kenneth Copeland Oct. 23-27 Faith for Life Kenneth Copeland Sun., Oct. 29: Delivered From Darkness 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. ***************************************** ******* article continues below ******* I soon found I could use the same process concerning healing. I could take scriptures about it and feed them into my heart. Then I could believe them and say them with my mouth, and they’d overcome any kind of sickness that tried to come against me. The Lord showed me very clearly, I could take a verse like 1 Peter 2:24, that says by Jesus’ stripes “ye were healed,” receive it as God talking directly to me, and it would carry as much authority and power as if Jesus had come into my room personally and said, “Gloria, by My stripes you were healed.” I didn’t need to hear some heavenly voice or see some spectacular sign. I could receive healing whenever I needed it the same way I got born again—by believing and confessing God’s Word: “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:10). The Advantage of Being “Extreme” God’s Word contains His creative power. It can do anything He can do—and, as you already know if you’ve read much of the Bible, He can do anything. Even working major miracles is easy for Him! He didn’t have to struggle to open a path through the Red Sea and bring the Israelites out of Egypt. He didn’t have to strain to feed them in the wilderness every day for 40 years. He didn’t even stress His abilities the day He made the sun stand still so the Israelites could finish defeating their enemies. The only difficulty God has ever had is getting His people to believe what He says! All throughout history, they’ve tended to doubt His Word. Even in faith circles sometimes, believers who know the Bible says that God “sent his word, and healed them” (Psalm 107:20), continue to disbelieve it. “Well,” they’ll say, “God’s Word may have healed others, but it hasn’t healed me.” Why do Christians say things like that? Why do even people who love the Lord sometimes struggle to fully trust what He says? For one thing, many have been taught wrong about Him. They’ve been told that God is sometimes the source of their troubles; that they can never really know what He’s going to do. For another thing, they’re constantly bombarded by the darkness around them. They’re continually having to deal with people who are always looking on the negative and don’t believe God can do anything. That’s the way it is for all of us, as believers. We’re living in an ungodly, unbelieving world culture. Whether at the coffee shop or on television, we’re always encountering someone who’s eager to broadcast bad news. It’s gotten to the point now, where there are so many cable networks, you can watch bad news 24 hours a day. You can hear the same negative reports repeated over and over. If there’s a downturn in the economy, and you keep listening to the reports about it, you may even start repeating them yourself. You may find yourself saying things like, “I’m afraid I’m going to lose my job because of this recession. My company is going to go under and I’m not going to have enough money to retire.” Those aren’t the kinds of words you want in your heart and in your mouth. That’s not the word of faith! “Maybe not, but I can’t just stick my head in the sand,” someone might argue. “I can’t ignore the news altogether.” Why not? That’s what Ken and I did when we first got hold of the Word. We took a crash course in it and for an entire year we didn’t pay attention to anything else. We didn’t watch television. We didn’t read the newspaper. We spent every spare moment reading the Word, listening to it being preached AND SAYING IT! We immersed ourselves in the Word completely, and in the process it got into us. I highly recommend that kind of total immersion, especially for people who are in a desperate situation. But it’s not mandatory. You can approach the Word however you choose. You can take it in smaller doses and progress in it slowly if you want…or you can jump in like we did and become fanatical. 28 : BVOV

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