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because His Word is His wisdom, andwalking in God’s wisdom would make theIsraelites 100% victorious. It would enablethem to defeat all their enemies; takepossession of everything God had providedfor them; put God’s greatness on display intheir lives so the nations around them couldsee His goodness and power; and live nearto God so that when they called on Him, Hecould hear and do for them what they asked.Wow! Talk about a wonderful way to live!Any one of those benefits should have beenenough to convince the Israelites to hearand do what God said. So, you’d think thatfrom then on, they would have followed Hisplan. But they didn’t.Instead, God would tell them over andover what to do, and they’d do somethingdifferent. They’d go their own way, get outfrom under God’s blessing and the cursewould come on them. Then the devil wouldstart stealing from them, killing them anddestroying them.Often, after living under the curse for awhile, the Israelites would turn back to God.When they did, because He’s so good andmerciful, He always took them back. Sadly,however, they kept repeating the cycle,which not only cost them but also grievedthe Lord: “O that there were such an heart inthem, that they would fear me, and keep allmy commandments always,” He said, “thatit might be well with them, and with theirchildren for ever!” (Deuteronomy 5:29).“But Gloria,” you might say, “the Israeliteswere living under the old covenant. Whatthey did doesn’t have anything to do with usas new covenant believers today.”Yes, it does. According to 1 Corinthians 10:11,the things the Israelites did under the oldcovenant were written for our benefit. Theirmistakes were recorded to serve as examplesto us of what not to do. Granted, we havea lot of advantages today that they didn’thave. We have a better covenant with betterpromises, a covenant that’s established inJesus’ precious blood. But as I said before,God’s plan hasn’t changed.His desire for us as His new covenantpeople is the same as it was for His oldcovenant people. He desires for us to livein victory. For us to take authority over thedevil and drive sin, sickness, poverty andevery other work of Satan out of our lives.God wants us to dwell in our new covenantpromised land, take possession of everythingthat belongs to us in Christ, and walk in “theblessing of Abraham” (Galatians 3:14).What’s more, God’s plan is for us, likethe Israelites, to be billboards for Him. Hewants everyone around us to be able to seeHis blessing on us. He wants to be able tomanifest His power so fully in our lives thatit causes nations to tremble—to do so manygood things for us that people look at us and“He’s providedfor us everythingwe need not onlyto be blessed butto be a blessing.”B VOV :7

MAY“COMMIT COMPLETELY TO THE SIMPLESTRATEGY GOD HAS GIVEN US. HEAR ANDDO EVERYTHING HE SAYS.”BVOVBROAO DCASTOACALENDARDDARthink, I need to find out more about this Godthese Christians keep talking about!Kenneth CopelandSun., May 1Jesus’ Name Is OurWeapon Against DarknessKenneth CopelandMay 2-6The Preaching and HealingMinistry of Jesus—Part 2Kenneth CopelandSun., May 8God Is Always Good to YouKenneth CopelandMay 9-13Like Precious FaithKenneth CopelandSun., May 15The Power andGlory of God’s NameKenneth CopelandMay 16-20Promises That Never FailKenneth CopelandSun., May 22We Are Born IntoGod’s FamilyKenneth CopelandBroadcasts subject to change without noticeMay 23-27Divine Healingand LongevityKenneth CopelandSun., May 29God’s Love Is theSecret to SuccessKenneth CopelandMay 30-June 3The Healing GodKenneth CopelandWATCH ONC8 : B VOVHANNEL In This Worldbut Not of ItThe Church should be so blessedtoday that the whole world takes notice!Unbelievers ought to be following usaround taking notes, trying to figure out thesecret to our success. For that to happen,however, we must put God’s Word firstplace. We must center our lives on hearingand doing what He says.What reason do we have to think wecan live that way when God’s old covenantpeople couldn’t? Because, unlike them,we’re born again! We’ve been made therighteousness of God in Christ. He’sfulfilled in us the promise He made to Hispeople in Ezekiel 36, where He said: “A newheart will I give you and a new spirit willI put within you, and I will take away thestony heart out of your flesh . And I willput my Spirit within you and cause you towalk in My statutes, and you shall heed Myordinances and do them . And you shall beMy people, and I will be your God” (verses26-28, AMPC).As new covenant believers, we’ve beengiven the kind of heart God longed for theOld Testament Israelites to have. We havea heart to reverence Him and always keepall His commandments that it might bewell with us, and with our children forever.I’m telling you, God has set us up forsuccess! Not only do we have both thedesire and ability to obey Him, He’s givenus His written Word and put His HolySpirit on the inside of us. All that’s left forus to walk in 100% victory is to hear and dowhat He says.Is it really that simple? Yes, that’s theone secret to having life and having itmore abundantly. As Jesus put it, “Ifye continue in my word, then are ye mydisciples indeed; and ye shall know thetruth, and the truth shall make you free”(John 8:31-32).Simple as that is though, continuing inGod’s Word does take diligence. If you wantto live free from the curse you can’t justread your Bible occasionally, or when it’sconvenient. You must “hearken diligentlyunto the voice of the LORD thy God, toobserve and to do all his commandments,”because that’s what allows all His blessingsto come upon you and overtake you(Deuteronomy 28:1-2).To be diligent means “to make an intenseeffort.” If you’re too spiritually lazy to makean intense effort to spend time in God’sWord, you’ll be robbed of His blessingsbecause you’ll think like the world.It takes no effort at all to think like theworld does. The voice of the world is inyour ear constantly. You hear it on thestreets. You hear it when you turn on theTV (unless you’re watching a Christianprogram). You hear it on social media andother secular outlets, encouraging sinfulbehavior and telling you not to considermorality but to do whatever feels good.That kind of mindset is normal for theworld. But it’s not normal for you as abeliever. Although you’re living in thisworld right now, you’re not of the world.Your “citizenship is in heaven” (John 17:16;Philippians 3:20). You’re a child of the livingGod and a soldier in Jesus’ victorious army,and you’re here on assignment. You’re onthis earth to advance the kingdom of Godand to occupy this place for Jesus until Hecomes again.

WWORDS OF FAITHSteady In Troubled TimesThis is why it’s so important for you tobe diligent to hearken to and obey God’sWord. There’s more at stake than yourown little life. As believers, we’re in a waragainst evil here. Satan knows that histime is short and he’s working night andday to put people in bondage. We’ve got toget the gospel to them so they can be setfree.“You are the salt of the earth,” Jesussaid. “You are the light of the world”(Matthew 5:13-14, NKJV). There maybe darkness where you live, in yourneighborhood or your city, but if youfollow God’s simple plan of hearing anddoing His Word, you’ll be light in thatdarkness. You’ll walk into a place, and itwon’t be dark there anymore.What an awesome privilege God hasgiven us, as believers! He’s provided forus everything we need not only to beblessed but to be a blessing. He’s calledand equipped every one of us to preachand live the gospel; to lay hands on thesick, cast out devils and give glory to God!To walk in that kind of victory, though,we must do more than sit in church andjust take up space. We must give constantattention to God’s Word. We must keepplanting it in our hearts, speaking it outour mouths and acting on it.Jesus said, “Be careful what you arehearing. The measure [of thought andstudy] you give [to the truth you hear] willbe the measure [of virtue and knowledge]that comes back to you—and more [besides]will be given to you who hear” (Mark 4:24,AMPC).You can give as much thought, studyand attention to God’s Word as you desirevictory. So go after it 100%. Commitcompletely to the simple strategy Godhas given us. Hear and do everything Hesays, “for then thou shalt make thy wayprosperous, and then thou shalt have goodsuccess.”The Word of God will hold you steady in times of trouble. Anunbreakable, divine covenant, it’s filled with promises ofvictory sworn to you in the precious blood of Jesus that willempower you to triumph every time.REMIND THEDEVIL THAT GOD’SPROMISES TO YOUHAVE BEEN RATIFIEDIN JESUS’ BLOOD.(REV. 12:10-11)MEDITATE ON THEFACT THAT JESUS’BLOOD CANCELSALL SATAN’S CLAIMSON YOU.(COL. 2:14-15)WHEN THE DEVILACCUSES YOU,PLEAD THE BLOODOF JESUS.(HEB. 10:14)WHEN THESTORMS OFLIFE THREATENTO SHAKE YOU,USE GOD’SWORD TOANCHORYOUR SOUL.(HEB. 6:17-19)DON’T JUST TALKABOUT YOURBLOOD COVENANTWITH GOD, WALK INIT BY COMMITTINGYOURSELF FULLY TOHIS PLAN.(ROM. 12:1)B VOV :9

1979HISTORIC MOMENT‘I WANT YOUTO STARTTEACHINGHEALING’JESUS ALWAYSCOMES TOHEALING SCHOOL!1 8 : B VOVEarly one summer morning in 1979, GloriaCopeland woke up and slipped out onto theback porch of the family’s cabin in southwestArkansas. While everyone else slept, she tookthe opportunity to pray.It was in those quiet moments alone withGod that Gloria remembered a prophecy shehad recently received. She was told that shewas about to hear from the Lord concerningsomething He wanted her to do.

Thinking about that prophecy, she spokefrom her heart and said, “Lord, You know I’lldo anything You want me to do. Just tell mewhat it is.”When she finished praying, Gloria wentinside to get ready for the day. A fewmoments later, God spoke to her and said, Iwant you to start teaching on healing in allthe meetings.In September 1979, three months after thatencounter with God, Kenneth and GloriaCopeland obeyed God by adding a HealingSchool to each of the meetings they hadscheduled for the rest of that year—andGloria began teaching on healing. It wasduring those meetings that the Lord alsoinstructed her to begin laying hands on thesick and praying for them. So she did.By the beginning of the next year, with afew meetings behind her, Gloria thoughtshe was finished. She had obeyed God,and thought she could stop now. But thenanother prophecy came—this time throughher husband—that made it clear to Gloriajust when God intended for Healing Schoolto end. The Lord said:I want My people well. I have desired forMy people to walk in health. I have desiredfor My people to know how to walk inhealth regardless of what ministry is intown. I want My people to know how totake My WORD, and stand on My WORD,and receive My healing power and knowthat I am The LORD. I want My people towalk with Me in health and life and knowthe good things that I have prepared forthem. I have set a table before you in thepresence of your enemies. You shall not bean orphan group. You shall not be hungry.You shall not be in want, for I am the GodProvider. I am The LORD God that healsyou. I will have My people well, saithGod. So My instruction to this ministryis: Continue this Healing School.until Ireturn.By that, it was clear to Gloria that the Lordnot only wanted her to preach healing, butthat He wanted her to preach it until Jesusreturns.Since Healing School began in September1979, every Believers’ Convention andVictory Campaign held by Kenneth CopelandMinistries has given our Partners andFriends an opportunity to receive God’sWord on divine healing and to apply it totheir lives.Throughout the years, Gloria has taughtHea ling School around the world tocountless numbers of people—boldlydeclaring that, “Jesus always comes toHealing School!” And thousands of peoplehave received God’s Word on divine healing,applied it to their lives and seen the results.If you need healing in yourbody, look up the followingverses and read them alouddaily. Refuse to give in todoubt and unbelief. Andremember, God’s Word works!For a FREE brochure ofthese healing scriptures, go tokcm.org/maghealing.Ex. 15:26Ex. 23:25Deut. 7:14-15Deut. 30:19-201 Kgs. 8:56Ps. 91:9-10, 14-16Ps. 103:1-5Ps. 107:19-21Ps. 118:17Prov. 4:10To God be the glory!Prov. 4:20-24Hear and receiveMy Word and theyears of your lifewill be many!Proverbs 4:10Isa. 41:10Isa. 53:4-5Jer. 1:12Jer. 30:17Joel 3:10Nah. 1:9Matt. 8:2-3Matt. 8:16-17Matt. 18:18-19Matt. 21:21Mark 11:22-24Mark 16:14-18Rom. 4:16-21Rom. 8:2, 112 Cor. 10:3-5Gal. 3:13-14, 29Eph. 6:10-17Phil. 2:13Phil. 4:6-72 Tim. 1:7Heb. 10:23Heb. 10:35-36Heb. 11:11Heb. 13:8Jas. 5:14-161 Pet. 2:241 Jn. 3:21-221 Jn. 5:14-153 Jn. 2Rev. 12:11B VOV :19

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by Melanie HemryACROWNOFGLORYNANCY CHAPMAN HUGGED HER PARENTS GOODBYE ATTHEIR HOME IN ALTUS, OKLA., BEFORE HEADING BACK TOHER APARTMENT IN TULSA. SHE WAVED AT FRIENDS ANDNEIGHBORS, SMILING AT THE SIGNS THEY’D POSTED ALLOVER TOWN.HOME OF MISS OKLAHOMA, NANCY CHAPMAN!It had all started during Nancy’s senioryear in high school when the director of theMiss Altus Pageant had phoned Nancy’smother. They were looking for contestantswho would be strong in the talent portion ofthe competition. A classical pianist, Nancyplayed for all the school choirs as well asother school events. She was also the organistat the Methodist Church.“Do you think Nancy would consider beinga contestant in the Miss Altus Pageant?” thedirector asked Nancy’s mother. Nancy agreedto compete—and won. Then, she’d gone on tocompete at the state level, and placed as firstrunner-up. A couple of years later, she againcompeted and won Miss Oklahoma.From the moment Nancy was crownedMiss Oklahoma, her life radically changed.B VOV :13

READTHROUGHTHE BIBLEMAYOldTestamentSun1NewTestamentPs. 56-59;Prov. 11:24-12:11Mon 2Jdgs. 1:16-3:11John 18Tue3Jdgs. 3:12-5:23John 19Wed 4Jdgs. 5:24-7:14John 20Thu5Jdgs. 7:15-9:21John 21Fri6Jdgs. 9:22-11:11Acts 1Sat7Jdgs. 11:12-13:25Sun8Ps. 60-63;Prov. 12:12-28Mon 9Jdgs. 14:1-16:22Acts 2Tue 10 Jdgs. 16:23-18:31 Acts 3Wed 11 Jdgs. 19:1-20:35Acts 4Thu 12 Jdgs. 20:36-Ruth 1 Acts 5Fri13 Ruth 2-4Sat14 1 Sam. 1-2Acts 6Sun 15 Ps. 64-67;Prov. 13Mon 16 1 Sam. 3:1-6:9Acts 7Tue 17 1 Sam. 6:10-9:10 Acts 8Wed 18 1 Sam. 9:11-11:15 Acts 9Thu 19 1 Sam. 12:1-14:23 Acts 10Fri20 1 Sam. 14:24-15:35 Acts 11Sat21 1 Sam. 16:1-17:37Sun 22 Ps. 68;Prov. 14:1-14Mon 23 1 Sam. 17:38-19:18 Acts 12Tue 24 1 Sam. 19:19-21:15 Acts 13Wed 25 1 Sam. 22:1-24:7 Acts 14Thu 26 1 Sam. 24:8-26:4 Acts 15Fri27 1 Sam. 26:5-29:11 Acts 16Sat28 1 Sam. 30:1-2 Sam. 1:16Sun 29 Ps. 69-70;Prov. 14:15-35Mon 30 2 Sam. 1:17-3:21 Acts 17Tue 31 2 Sam. 3:22-6:11 Acts 181 4 : B VOVServing as Miss Oklahoma was a full-timejob and had required her to drop out of college,where she’d been a piano performance major.She was provided with an apartment, a car anda chaperone. Her schedule for the year was set,and it was rigorous. Crisscrossing the state,she made multiple appearances every day. Sheonly got to go home to Altus to visit family afew times during the whole year. Yet Nancyloved every moment of the experience—fromthe travel, to meeting new people, to knowingthat her dad had become the most famousman in the café he frequented back home.Nancy was ecstatic that she would becompeting in the Miss America contest.So were the people of Altus. Along with herfamily, more than 100 residents traveledto Atlantic City to cheer her on. Nancy hadhoped to make it to the Top 10 finalists, whichshe did. She finished the competition as fourthrunner-up for Miss America.A Surprise DevelopmentNow, with the national competition over,Nancy’s responsibilities as Miss Oklahomahad also ended. It was time for a new chapterin her life. Only two things dimmed the joy shefelt about the future. One was the fact that,at 20 years old, Nancy suffered from severeback pain. Second, though Nancy knew it wasimportant that she marry the right person shehad somehow gotten out of the will of God.He’d let her know that after she accepted ayoung man’s marriage proposal. Nancy hadbroken off the engagement, but how was shesupposed to find the plan of God for her life?“After I’d broken that engagement, I lockedmyself up and prayed in the Holy Ghost forthree weeks, for hours a day,” Nancy recalls.“I read the Word and prayed, seeking God. Atthe end of those three weeks, I attended someservices where the wife of a local ministerinvited me to the back room. She wanted tointroduce me to someone. I went, and sheintroduced me to a man named Ed Dufresne.He’d been in ministry for 15 years and hadpastored for eight-and-a-half years.“Although our mutual friend keptencouraging Ed to call me, he didn’t. Itbothered him that he was 20 years older thanme. What he didn’t realize was that age didn’tbother me at all. When fulfilling my duties asMiss Oklahoma, I’d traveled with a companionmuch older than me. During that time, I wasoften around those who were older. I didn’tgive the situation much thought because I wastrusting God to get me where I needed to go.”Two weeks later, Nancy was visiting hersister in Texas when Ed called. “Tomorrow ismy birthday,” he explained. “I thought I’d fly toTexas to take you out to celebrate.”That didn’t sound good to Nancy. She didn’tknow him well and thought it might feelawkward.“Thank you,” she said, “but I don’t want yougoing to all that trouble. I’ll be back in Tulsanext week. Maybe we can get together then.”Leaving to go play tennis, Nancy stopped.Turning to her sister she said, “When he callsback to say he’s coming, come get me.” Fiveminutes after she arrived at the tennis court,her sister pulled up. “He’s coming tomorrow,”she said.On their first date, Ed said, “Did you knowthat in 10 years you’ll be in a wheelchair?”“No, but I’ve been having serious backtrouble.”A Word From God“I’d never been on a date with anyone who’dhad a very accurate word of knowledge forme,” Nancy says. “It was about two years laterthat he again ministered to me about my backand it was healed. I decided to go back to Tulsaearly and suggested that Ed cancel his flightand drive back with me, which he did.“That trip gave us hours to talk and startthe process of getting to know one another. Inaddition, I’d seen my family so little during mytenure as Miss Oklahoma that I missed them.On the way back, I stopped in Altus and visitedthem, and they got to meet Ed.“A few days later Ed said, ‘I’m falling in lovewith you. If you don’t feel the same way, weneed to end this.’”What? Nancy had enjoyed getting to knowEd, but she wasn’t falling in love with him.She’d only been around him a few times.The next day, as Nancy drove across Tulsa,she repented. “God, I can’t believe I’ve gottenmyself into another mess! I’m so sorry. I don’tknow how I did this.”The voice that answered her was so loudthat Nancy whipped her head around to seewho had climbed into her car. No one else wasthere, yet the word still reverberated inside

her two-seat Fiero.He’s going to be your husband.Why was she so shocked? Hadn’t she beenpraying about her future the previous threeweeks? She knew she’d heard from God. Edwas mature enough in the Lord that he knewhow to hear from God as well.That week, Ed flew to Europe for a preachingtour. Before he left, he said, “When I get back,I’m going to buy you a ring.” Nancy agreed.While in Europe Ed called and said, “When Iget home, I’m not just buying you a ring. We’regetting married.” Nancy agreed.On July 9, 1984, five weeks after they met,Ed and Nancy were married by the ministerwho introduced them.Heaven on Earth“Being married to Ed washeaven on earth,” Nancyadmits. “It was so easy forus. Having been raised ina denominational church,though, I had some catchingup to do spiritually. Ed stoodin the office of a prophet andteacher. He taught me what Ineeded to know. You might saythat I married my Bible school.“Three years after wemarried, I was preaching withhim on the road. During that time, we built achurch outside of Tulsa in Jenks, Okla. That’swhere I got to know Kenneth Copeland, as Edinvited him to come and minister sometimes.“Ed had first heard him preach in 1971 whenBrother Copeland was just getting started.At that time, Ed served at a local church inCalifornia. When someone handed him abrochure inviting him to

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