BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

As you can see, great confidence comes when we are assured of God’s will. God’s WORD is His perfect will and the very foundation to your house. Luke 6:48 says, “He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.” That “rock” is God’s WORD. In the course of my study, I have researched over 20 specific “house scriptures” that prove it is God’s perfect will for us to live in beautiful, debt-free homes. For instance, Proverbs 24:3-4, ("AMPC") says, “Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation], and by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” There it is! Your beautiful, completely furnished, debt-free house. A Debt-Free Stand of Faith Terri and I made a very crucial decision concerning our house. It was the same decision Kenneth and Gloria Copeland had made many years before. In 1967, Kenneth and Gloria determined they would immediately obey whatever they saw in God’s WORD. Shortly thereafter, they discovered Romans 13:8 which says, “Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.” They thought they were doomed! “How will we ever have a car, a house or even an airplane?” Perhaps the "Amplified Bible, Classic Edition" would give them an “out.” On the contrary. It was even stronger. “Keep out of debt.” They had already dedicated themselves to The LORD, and they were determined to act on whatever He said. In spite of the seeming impossibility of ever having anything, they made their quality, uncompromising decision of no retreat, no return and no turning back. They committed to live debt free. That debt-free decision included both their personal and ministry lives. The very first thing Gloria believed for was a house. ‘I Hung My Faith on That Scripture’ “Satan would come to me,” Gloria writes in her book "God’s Will Is Prosperity," “with thoughts of doubt and say, ‘There is no way that you can buy a house without going into debt.’ When he would do that, I would trust in and continually confess 2 Corinthians 9:8 ("AMPC"). ‘And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to [me] in abundance, so that [I] may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].’ “It gave me the comfort and strength I needed to stand in faith,” she writes. “I hung my faith on that scripture…believing God was the only way I could have my home.” They took their stand of faith, refusing to be double-minded. They meditated on the WORD until their house became a reality in their hearts. They believed God’s WORD more than what they could see or feel, never underestimating the creative power of their faith-filled words. They released their faith while living in Tulsa, Okla. According to Gloria, she did not realize that the construction of her first dream house in Fort Worth started the very moment she began believing God. “Let there be a house! And there was a house.” BVOV : 25

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