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Gloria Copeland — Faith: A Violent Force Part 1

01 Dec

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Most people don’t see faith as a violent force. But spiritually speaking, it is! Paul said, “Fight the good fight of faith…” (1 Timothy 6:12).

Faith is aggressive. It uses the Word of God as a weapon and brings down every stronghold of unbelief and every demonic obstacle in its path!

You must become spiritually aggressive if you want to walk in the supernatural. You have to do it by faith using the Word of God or you won’t do it at all.

People who don’t know about aggressive faith waste a great deal of time. When they find themselves in a difficult situation, they often just sit back and wait for God to rescue them.

But you won’t get anywhere just waiting for God to do everything. He’s already given you the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. He won’t do your part! As one minister says, “The Holy Spirit is
your helper and if you don’t do what you’re supposed to, He doesn’t have anything to help.”

So, don’t just sit there—do something! Fight the good fight of faith! Put the Word of God in your heart and in your mouth every day. Get aggressive. Make it your lifestyle. The Apostle Paul did. He said: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7).

I’ll tell you something else: No matter how much you know or how long you’ve been in the walk of faith, the basics don’t change.

Ken and I have never encountered a problem from which God didn’t deliver us. On the other hand, we’ve never been in a situation that didn’t require us to walk by faith and do all the basic things we learned many years ago. It has never changed. It never will.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — Freedom From Fear And Death

13 Jan

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Mark 5:36
KJV—Be not afraid, only believe.

AMP—Do not be seized with alarm and struck
with fear; only keep on believing.

Weymouth—Do not be afraid: only have faith.

NIV—Don’t be afraid; just believe.

John 14:23, 27
KJV—Jesus answered.… Peace I leave with you,
my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid.

AMP—Jesus answered.… Peace I leave with
you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath
to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let
them be afraid [Stop allowing yourselves to
be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit
yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and
cowardly and unsettled.]

Weymouth—Jesus [replied]…. Peace I leave
with you: my own peace I give to you. Not as
the world gives do I give to you. Let not your
hearts be troubled or dismayed.

NIV—Jesus replied…Peace I leave with you; my
peace I give you. I do not give to you as the
world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled
and do not be afraid.

Hebrews 2:14-15
KJV—Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself
likewise took part of the same; that through
death he might destroy him that had the
power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver
them who through fear of death were all their
lifetime subject to bondage.

AMP—Since, therefore, [these His] children
share in flesh and blood [in the physical nature
of human beings], He [Himself] in a similar
manner partook of the same [nature], that by
[going through] death He might bring to nought
and make of no effect him who had the power
of death—that is, the devil—and also that He
might deliver and completely set free all those
who through the [haunting] fear of death were
held in bondage throughout the whole course
of their lives.

Weymouth—Since, then, the children referred
to are all alike sharers in perishable human
nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took
on Him a share of it, in order that through
death He might render powerless him who
had authority over death, that is, the devil,
and might set at liberty all those who through
fear of death had been subject to lifelong
slavery.

NIV—Since the children have flesh and blood,
he too shared in their humanity so that by his
death he might destroy him who holds the
power of death—that is, the devil—and free
those who all their lives were held in slavery
by their fear of death.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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