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Gloria Copeland — Making Withdrawals From Your Heavenly Account

12 May

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Once you realize that you have these deposits in your heavenly
account, you need to learn how to make withdrawals.
Colossians 1:4-6 says, “Since we heard of your faith in Christ
Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, For the hope
which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the
word of the truth of the gospel; Which is come unto you, as it is in
all the world; and bringeth forth fruit.” Everything laid up for
you in heaven is represented by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
When you put the Word of God to work, it produces faith.
“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Faith
puts spiritual law into operation, and the results are manifest
here on the earth. When it is laid up in heaven, a carbon copy
will take place in the earth if you will stand and act on the
Word. This is how you were saved. Salvation is not waiting for
you in heaven. It was provided for you and laid up in heaven;
but when you believed the Word about salvation and acted
on it, it was manifest here on earth in your life. This same
principle is true in the area of finances. When a man makes
deposits with God, he has a right to call upon these deposits
and make withdrawals.

We have discussed God’s teaching about tithing—how it is
set up and how it operates. You need to learn how to receive
from your tithing. When I first attended Oral Roberts
University, I heard Brother Roberts speak on seed faith, and I
began to realize what the Word said about giving. My husband and
I decided to act on this by joining in a financial partnership
with Brother Roberts, a real step of faith on our part since we
had no steady income. It was during this time that we learned
how to stand on the Word in the area of giving. For almost a
year we gave $10 into this partnership each month; and every
single month someone unexpectedly handed us $20. Later, we
learned how to believe God more specifically, but right then we
were learning the basic principles.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — Investing in the Gospel

14 Apr

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

As we have read in Mark 10:29-30, Jesus said, “Verily I say
unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters,
or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my
sake, and the gospel’s, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in
this time.” This is an investment in spreading the gospel
throughout the world. The Great Commission says, “Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark
16:15). We all are obligated to this; and if we can’t go, we are to
send someone in our place. Everyone is to function in this
commission. The missionary is an apostle of God, an instrument
to evangelize the world. Unfortunately, he has been grossly
underrated and occupies the bottom rung of the ladder instead
of the top. However, they deserve our support both in finances
and in prayer. God will support the communication of the gospel
with whatever power and resources it takes. Unless the
Word is preached, there is no faith (see Romans 10:14).
Without faith, no one is saved (see Ephesians 2:8). To the man
who has never heard the Word, Jesus has never died. You can
see that if God did not support communication of the gospel,
the Cross would have been in vain.

Another area to invest in the gospel is supporting ministries
that are assigned the job of teaching God’s people how to function
in spiritual affairs. The teaching ministries have a great
responsibility placed on them by God. Consequently, they are
greatly blessed.

Any investment expert will be quick to tell you that the
most productive form of investing is a steady, regular investment
into solid business. There is nothing more solid than
God’s work! Begin to be a regular investor. Be faithful to it.

Let’s go back to what Jesus said in Mark 10:29-30, He has
said that this will work for every man. Peter had said, “What
about us? We have left all and have followed You.” He asked
this as if he thought Jesus’ staff stood in some special place
where these laws are concerned. Jesus answered him in no
uncertain terms. Every man who invests into the gospel has a
right to expect the staggering return of one hundredfold.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Kenneth Copeland — Tithing Part 3

24 Mar

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

In tithing, you are laying the foundation for financial success
and abundance. You are establishing deposits with God
that can be used when you need them. Don’t wait until your
back is against the wall before you use your faith in this area.
Build your faith first when things are going well. Learn to act
on the Word now, and when Satan tries to pin you against the
wall, you can smile and know that you have it made. His power
over you financially has been stopped! When you stand on the
covenant of God and exercise your rights as a tither, Satan has
no chance against you. God will rebuke the devourer for your
sake. If your back is against the wall financially now, don’t wait
to begin tithing. You cannot afford to wait! The tithe belongs to
God in the first place. “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed
me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me” (Malachi
3:8-9). This scripture says that a man who does not tithe is robbing
God and is operating under a curse because of it. Start
tithing now! If you don’t have any money, find something you
do have and give it today. There is no faster or surer way to
break that curse. Immediately when money comes into your
hands, FIRST take God’s tithe out and present it to Him. “Honor
the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors],
and with the first fruits of all your income, So shall your storage
places be filled with plenty, and your vats be overflowing with new
wine” (Proverbs 3:9-10, The Amplified Bible).

Remember, the Word says that God gives us the power to
get wealth and the blessing of the Lord makes rich. In tithing,
God is giving you 90 percent and receiving for His work in the
earth 10 percent to provide ministry for you. “And he gave some,
apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work
of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” (Ephesians
4:11-12). You can’t out-give God! He gives back His 10 percent
to see to it that you are perfected, equipped and edified.

This brings us to the question of where God’s tithes are to be
placed. Some think only churches are to receive tithes. This
would be true if their church is the source of their spiritual food
and growth. The Word says to bring the tithes into the storehouse
so that there would be MEAT in His house. A storehouse is where
the food is. I know thousands of people attending churches of all
denominations that receive no spiritual food whatsoever from
their churches. How could that be a storehouse?

Verse 14 of Deuteronomy 26, The Amplified Bible, says, “I
have not eaten of the tithe…or given any of it to the dead; I have
hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according
to all that You have commanded me.” I would not consider
putting God’s tithe into a dead work. If you want to put money
in a church that is dead—not ministering to people—then put
your money into it, but it is important to put the tithe into a
storehouse that is feeding the life of God to the people. Many
churches and foundations serve as Satan’s reservoir to keep
finances out of the revival that is in the earth today.

To settle this question, since it is God’s money to start with
and since Jesus is the One who will handle and receive the tithe
(see Hebrews 7:8), pray and let Him tell you where it should be
put to work. I realize this is not too popular with some church
doctrines, but nevertheless, it is accurate. Jesus is Lord over
the finances of the Body of Christ! He is fair, and He is just in
the distribution of God’s tithe. When a church sees to it that the
people are fed, that church will receive its portion. When an
evangelist sees to it that the people are fed, Jesus will minister
to him his portion of God’s tithe. All the different ministries
qualify to receive from Jesus more than enough to fulfill their
particular calling when they feed God’s people.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Kenneth Copeland — Ready To Sow Part 3

03 Mar

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

My schedule was already set up, and it dictated that I use
an airplane. You can’t operate on our schedule and use the airlines
or an automobile. It was set up around a private plane.
Airlines service 650 airports in the United States. We service
8,000 with our own plane. So you can see that there was an
immediate need for another airplane.

God said, “When you give the airplane, this deposit will
enable you to call for a withdrawal to handle your television
ministry.” Well, in order to film it and put it on the air before
the people, we needed several months’ time and thousands of
dollars. The Lord had already shown me how it was to operate—
the people who heard the Word would support it in order
for others to hear it. But there was a certain period of time
when the television ministry would not be exposed to anyone.
This created a need in addition to the need for an airplane. The
Lord said, “I’ll handle it for you if you’ll make the proper
deposits.” So we did.

On February 21, just 10 days later, we had a new airplane
and the money for the television ministry. Just 10 days! Only
God could handle a situation like that. The second airplane was
worth five times more than the first one. It was larger and faster,
flew higher and farther. In fact, it was exactly the plane that I
had asked for, and all the bills were paid! Praise the Lord!

We need to learn how to make the proper deposits in our
heavenly bank so that we can withdraw from it when needed.

Once you realize you have this on deposit, it will become easy
to believe God for it. Your faith will not work easier. It’s not difficult
to believe God for the money you have on deposit at the
corner bank. You don’t have to exercise your faith to write a
check on it. But it takes a considerable amount of faith to get
money when you don’t have any on deposit. The same principle
works with God. The reason this action took place so fast in my
case was because the deposit had already been made. It was
there in heaven and available on call. There are many people
who have made these deposits with God and have never called
for them because they don’t realize they are laid up in store for
them now.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Kenneth Copeland — Freedom From Fear

30 Dec

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

2 Timothy 1:7
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but
of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

If people knew how death operates, they
wouldn’t be so afraid to live. Jesus said that
the one who believes on Him will never see
death. We’ve passed from that place where
we will know any death.

Fear of death is an enemy to you. Fear
of any kind is an enemy. Fear will keep you
from walking in God’s delivering power. That’s
because God responds to faith. He does what
we believe for Him to do.

If we have fear of death, we’re living in fear.
As a result, we give God no faith to work with.
He intervenes in this earth through faith. Faith
is what causes the power of God to come upon
our bodies and heal us of sickness and disease.
If we believe His promises to secure our lives,
He secures our lives. Faith in God is what causes
His angels to go forth and to protect us in times
of trouble or times of danger.

The thing God says repeatedly in His Word
is, “Fear not.” Your deliverance is in fearing not
and believing God. Fear not. But have faith
in God.

People ruin their lives over the fear of
danger, when there is no danger for the
person who is inside God’s covenant of
salvation. The definition of the word salvation
includes “deliverance, preservation, material
and temporal deliverance from danger and
apprehension, or the fear of danger.”

Take on the attitude of the three young
Israelite men who were told to bow to a
foreign god or face a fiery furnace. They
replied, “We serve God and we believe that
He is able to deliver us out of your hand. Get
this straight, King, we’re not going to bow to
other gods.” Notice that attitude. They had
more fear of the Lord than they had fear
of death.

Why fear when you know angels have been
assigned to be ministers of God’s covenant
promises—including promises of protection?
You can hire bodyguards, but they’re not as
good as the angels. When you go to bed at
night, you ought to thank God for the angels
that encamp around about you to deliver you.
When you put your head down on the pillow at
night, you don’t have to be afraid somebody’s
going to break into your house. Use your faith
and believe God, thanking Him for the ministry
of angels on your behalf and that you have
protection. That’s part of your salvation. Enjoy
the rest of being free from fear as a covenant
child of God. It belongs to you.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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