BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

That’s what I intended to do with that first little lady. But about the time I said, “In the Name of Je…” I heard a supernatural sound I’ll never forget coming from right behind me. It sounded like the roar of the Lion of Judah, but it was Brother Roberts. “You foul, unclean spirit!” he said. “In the Name of Jesus, whose I am and whom I serve, take your hands off God’s property!” Instantly, the woman coughed up that tumor and blew it out on the ground. She jumped off that cot shouting, “I’m healed! I’m healed!” and ran around the room with the nurse chasing her, thinking that she was going to die at any second. Do Your Homework and Inquire of The LORD Recently, it hit me in a fresh way as I thought about that experience. I realized I had confidence to pray for that woman because Brother Roberts was behind me. Yet, in reality, all of us, as believers, have Someone behind us—and it’s not Oral Roberts. It’s Jesus! Think of it! The LORD Advocate General of the Church, the High Administrator of the universe is right here with us every moment of every day. Every time we give the command of faith He’s standing right there behind us. We need to build that into our consciousness. We need to become more aware of Him—to get to the point where we realize Jesus Himself is in us! He is with us! He is around us! He is right here all the time! This is why He could say to us what He did in Mark 11:22-23. It’s why He could tell us to have faith in God and believe that what we say comes to pass. When we speak in His Name, we’re not alone. We’re not standing there by ourselves trying to move the mountain in our lives and convince the devil who put it there, that he has to do what we say. No, the devil knows he has to do what we say because he knows who we are, he knows who is with us, and he’s scared of both. All this time, he’s been afraid we were going to find that out, and now that we have, he’s not going to be able to shut us up! “But Brother Copeland, sometimes when I’m faced with a mountain that needs to be moved, I don’t know what to say.” Then do your homework. Find out what God said about that mountain in His written WORD, and meditate on it until you’re fully persuaded and faith rises up in your heart. Then inquire of The LORD, and as your High Priest, and He’ll tell you exactly what to say. He’ll bring scriptures to your mind, and pattern them to fit your situation, so when you speak to the mountain you’ll be surprised at how much your words sound like His. Don’t just do this when you’re dealing with major situations either. Put it into practice in dealing with the ordinary problems that crop up in daily life. Make speaking words of faith a lifestyle and do it all the time. For example, there was a time a few years ago when I spoke by faith to the door on our ministry airplane. At the time, I’d just finished preaching at some meetings in Columbia, S.C., and was on my way to the airport when I was told we’d have to wait to take off because the airplane door wouldn’t open and no one knew why. I didn’t want to wait to take off. I wanted to go right home. So, I called my chief pilot. “Duane,” I said, “what’s the matter with the door?” “I don’t have any idea,” he answered. “It doesn’t matter what we do, it will not budge. I called Cessna and they said they’d be glad to send out a crew to get it open but they’ll have to drill a hole in it.” “No,” I said, “no one is going to be drilling any holes in that airplane.” I told him I’d call him back, then I sat there in the car and prayed. “LORD, I’m inquiring of You for words to speak to that door. According to Mark 11:23-24, I desire in my heart that door to function properly. Now I’m asking You what to pray and say, so I can speak to this situation and believe I receive.” Immediately, I heard the voice of The LORD down in my spirit. He said, 'You remember in Romans 8:28 where I said, All things work together for the good of those that love God and are called according to His purpose? That door is a thing. So say this, “All things work together for the good of those that love God—that would be me—and are called according to His purpose—that would also be me—so, door open now, thus saith The LORD.”' Very quietly I spoke those words. A few seconds later, Duane called to tell me he’d decided to try the door one more time. “Boss, it just opened perfectly!” he said. “Come on to the airport. We’re going home.” Over the years, I’ve received all kinds of things that way. I’ve spoken words of faith and received everything from healing to finances to solutions for problems that, in the natural, looked unsolvable. You can too. It doesn’t matter what kind of problem you may be facing. When you know where you are with The WORD and with Jesus, that problem and every devil in hell that’s behind it, has to straighten up and listen to what you say, because your High Priest is right there backing you up. He’s the Commander of the heavenly hosts and He has enough angels to put the mountains in your life on the moon if He wants. So say what He says about them. Then praise and thank Him by faith, knowing those mountains have not only heard your voice, they’ve heard the voice of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and they are on the move! V 8 : BVOV

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