by Kenneth Copeland | January 26
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Some years back, I was praying and walking the floor of our little house in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I was walking up and down confessing 1 John 4:4, “Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world.” Greater is He…. Greater is He…. Suddenly, revelation knowledge welled up in me and I knew, Oh! God is in me!
It hit me like somebody walked up and slapped me with a wet rag. It just shook me awake.
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by Kenneth Copeland | January 25
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If you’ve been standing around wringing your hands and worrying about what the devil is doing, it’s time you made a switch. It’s time you put that devil under your feet!
Jesus has already given you all the power and authority you need to do it. He’s given you the keys of the kingdom. He’s promised you that whatever you declare locked on earth is locked in heaven and whatever you declare unlocked on earth is unlocked in the heavenlies (Matt. 16:19). That means you can speak the Word and bind wicked spirits. You can speak the Word and loose the angelic forces of God to work in your behalf.
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by Gloria Copeland | January 24
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The Greek word translated afflicted doesn’t mean the result of sickness and disease. It means “troubled.”
If you’re in trouble, you need to pray. That’s what the Word says. Notice it didn’t say your pastor needs to pray for you or your friends need to pray for you. It says you need to pray.
Too often we try to find a quick fix to our problems by asking everyone else to pray for us. There’s nothing wrong, of course, with having others pray for you, but you’ll never get your life to a place of permanent victory until you begin to pray yourself.
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by Kenneth Copeland | January 23
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Have you ever been in a room full of babies? Infants crying. Crawlers hollering for certain toys. Toddlers pushing and whining to get their way. It can be quite a handful, can’t it?
When a bunch of spiritual babies get together, it’s just about the same way! Of course, there’s nothing wrong with being a spiritual baby. All of us start out that way. When we’re first born into the kingdom of God, we’re much like physical newborns. We’re not very strong or well-developed. We blunder around trying to learn how to operate in our new environment. That’s how we all have to begin. But God never meant for us to stay that way.
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by Kenneth Copeland | January 22
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The truth of this verse hasn’t really dawned on most people. They mistakenly think that Jesus was able to work wonders, to perform miracles, and to live above sin because He had divine powers that we don’t have. Thus, they have never really aspired to live like He lived.
“Oh my,” they say with great humility, “I could never live like Jesus did. After all, He had an advantage. He was God!”
They don’t realize that when Jesus came to earth, He voluntarily gave up that advantage, living His life here not as God but as a man. He had no innate supernatural powers. He had no ability to perform miracles until after He was anointed by the Holy Spirit as recorded in Luke 3:22. He worked wonders, not by His own power but by the power of the Father, saying, “The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works” (John 14:10).
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