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It’s November. Later this month, all
across the United States, families
will come together to celebrate
Thanksgiving Day—the one day each
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year we celebrate our harvest and
other blessings of the past year.
When The LORD
Usually, the focus is on enjoying
first spoke to us
delicious big meals, football games,
about starting the
festive parades, and the fellowship and
Believer’s Voice of
fun of being together. Beyond a few
Victory magazine,
words spoken over the bountiful meal
He said: This is
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your seed. Give it
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our thanks to God for His goodness to everyone who
When Angels ever responds to
and mercy toward us. Show Up
your ministry, and
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staying in a thankful mode—constantly by Bill Winston
thanking God for His love, grace, mercy For 48 years it
and kindness. First Thessalonians 5:18
13 has been our joy
Christmas to bring you good
says, “In every thing give thanks: for Catalog
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus news through
concerning you.” At times it may 22 the teachings of
seem difficult to be grateful and give Receiving the ministers who write
thanks, especially in times like we’ve BLESSING out of living contact
experienced over the past year. But if by Melanie Hemry with God, and the
you’ll examine that scripture closely, testimonies of
you’ll see that God is not asking us 27 believers who took
to be thankful for the difficult times Born To Be God at His WORD
Victorious
in our lives. He says to be thankful in and experienced
by Gloria Copeland
everything. His victory in
everyday life.
Giving thanks should be an everyday
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When Judah
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Jesus said so in Matthew 18:10. Warning His your life. When necessary, he can call in additional attack, God’s
disciples never to despise or be dismissive of assistance. So, as your ministry or business grows people opened
little children, He said, “Their angels do always and there’s more to be done, you’re likely to have the door for their
behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.” at your disposal more angelic help. angels to win the
According to that statement, every child, when There’s certainly plenty of it available. battle for them,
they’re born, has an angel assigned to them; and According to the Scriptures, angels number in by praising and
worshipping God.
though you may not be a child anymore, you the trillions and they are “all ministering spirits,
(2 Chron. 20:21)
didn’t lose your angel just because you grew up. sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs
You also didn’t lose your angel if you spent
some years like I did, running from God and
of salvation” (Hebrews 1:14).
I remember years ago, when I was first
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Judah’s angels
living in sin. On the contrary! Your angel becoming aware of this, I was preaching in a small did such a
probably worked extremely hard during those church in Beaumont, Texas. One of the men who good job waging
years. He had to keep you from getting killed came to the meetings was from a denominational war against the
nation’s enemies
doing something stupid, so you could stay alive background, and during the first few services he that all the people
long enough to get born again. sat right on the front row, just eating up the Word had to do was
Now that you are born again, your angel’s of Faith. Then, he abruptly stopped coming. stand and watch.
assignment is to help you fulfill the call of God on After not showing up for a few days, he came (2 Chron. 20:22)
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“Do angels
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lunch and told me what had happened. in Your hand is there not power and might, so in
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HE WILL
to morrow go out against them: for the LORD
will be with you (verses 15-17).
in
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d, Way To Go, Boys! the key to overcoming
er How did the people of Judah respond to those
YOU
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ng instructions? They didn’t do what Christians promptings of the Spirit
m today sometimes do. They didn’t wring their of God within you, you
hands and wonder if God was really going won’t be dominated by the
to come through for them. No, they started pressure your flesh tries to
in “worshipping the LORD.” They “stood up to “This I say then, put on you.
d, praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil As you listen to the written
ly, on high” (verses 18-19).
the lust of the flesh.” Word and the Holy Spirit
gh What’s more, the next morning as they telling you what to do, you’ll
Galatians 5:16
ve marched into battle, they kept that praise going. constantly be making little
RD They “appointed singers unto the LORD” to go adjustments in your life
“out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; according to what He says.
ur for his mercy endureth for ever” (verse 21). And those little adjustments
we For years, I thought Jehoshaphat came up will keep darkness from
le with the idea of appointing those singers. But overtaking you.
he didn’t. It was the people’s idea—and it was a
You see, God knows just
rs good one! For as they began to sing and praise,
what you need. He can
ck. “The LORD set ambushments against” their
look ahead in your life
ly enemies. “And when Judah came…they looked and see the traps and
ng unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead pressures the devil is laying
bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped” for you. So follow the Holy
He (verses 22, 24). Spirit’s leading and He will
Wow! Talk about a massive victory! Judah’s maneuver you safely around
my angels completely wiped their enemies out. Not them to victory.
as one soldier was left alive.
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For updated event he left a trail of blood behind him, so he got for you. So become more aware of him.
information visit: caught. Believe that, as Hebrews 1:14 says, your angel
KCM.ORG/EVENTS What’s the explanation? That believer’s is always there to minister for you. Then
angel did his job. He had something to work make sure you give him something to work
with because the man he was assigned to was with. Speak faith-filled words and spend
a man of faith who spent time worshipping plenty of time praising and worshipping God
and praising God. I know because Bishop like Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah did.
Oyedepo’s church is famous for that. The Say this right now: “If Jehoshaphat could
members praise and dance before The speak words of faith, I can too! If the people
LORD for hours sometimes. So, when bad of Judah could give over-the-top praise and
guys show up on their property, their angelic worship to God, I can too. From this time on,
security system works. I will be a praise-er. I will expect my angel to
Another man I know, who serves in be working for me all the time!”
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od this world for His qualified to use the gifts and callings God has Washington shared how the lessons and
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ld as unique as your for the world, in a way that no one else can. affected his life and work. And in 1905, he was
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Live a Your body is not your own. What would you expect if you
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BLESSING
Bonnie O’Neill stared out the window of
the Massanutten Ski Resort in Virginia.
Sleet battered the glass. The slopes had
turned to ice. So much for the rest of
their skiing holiday. Bonnie and a friend
had come earlier in the week and enjoyed
skiing. Now Friday, their husbands were
due to join them for the weekend.
Bonnie didn’t enjoy being sedentary. She loved “OK,” her friend explained, “I’m going to serve. As
all sports. She danced, and even flew single engine soon as the ball comes to you, just slam it.”
planes. She had also taken care of her invalid She served the ball, and Bonnie slammed it back.
mother for years. As her friend hit the ball against the wall, Bonnie
“Why don’t we go for a swim and then use the turned toward it.
gym?” her friend suggested. The ball hit Bonnie between the eyes. She
“That’s a great idea!” crumpled to her knees in excruciating pain.
Afterward, her friend asked if she’d ever played “Are you all right?” her friend yelled, running to
racquetball. Bonnie.
“No,” Bonnie replied, “but I’m a fast learner if you Not wanting to admit the severity of her pain,
tell me what to do.” Bonnie said, “I’ll be fine, but I don’t think I can do
They got racquets and entered the court. this any longer.”
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explained that I felt the power of the Holy Spirit. our refrigerator,” Bonnie recalls. “We thanked Him
with That started my journey of getting to know God for our house every time we passed the petition and
ather as my Father. I was raised in that atmosphere and many other times a day. We met a Christian realtor
ut he among the giants of faith. How could I have gone and told her what we wanted. She said she had no
greed from that to this?” idea how we could get it. The only way she saw was
care if God opened doors.”
to be One evening around 9 or 10, Auston and Bonnie
Healing the Sick were out looking at houses for sale when Auston
went In 1974, Bonnie met Auston O’Neill, who had saw a man step out of his car. “The Lord told me to
e and grown up in the Baptist church. He sat on the talk to him,” Auston recalls. “I said to our realtor
f he’d bench next to his mother while she played the who was driving, ‘Stop the car! God wants me to talk
pped piano. When he was 8, Auston accepted Jesus as to that man!’
n’t. his Savior. His dad, a baseball player, was invited “‘That house isn’t even for sale,’ our realtor said.
at he to play for the New York Yankees. The following ‘Besides, it’s too late at night.’ But she stopped the
tent, Sunday, he went to church and accepted Jesus. car and we jumped out.”
That Afterward, he turned down an offer from the Auston and Bonnie walked over to the man and
Holy Yankees and left baseball. While Auston sang in said, “Is your house for sale?”
hol or the choir, and later became choir director, his dad “Wow,” he replied, “I’m getting ready to put it on
dedicated his life to serving the Lord. the market.”
met After Auston received the Baptism in the Holy The realtor got out of the car and the three of
hear Spirit, he and Bonnie joined a church that taught them went inside the house.
we’d on the gifts of the Spirit. Auston’s mother said, It was everything they had asked God for in their
thryn “This is just a fad. They’ll get over it.” However, it petition.
iving became known around town that when Auston “Can we write a contract on it?” Bonnie asked.
id. and Bonnie laid hands on the sick, they got well “And would you consider a delayed settlement?”
took and left the hospital. Before long, Auston’s mother “At this point,” the man replied, “I’d consider
nd all would say, “Sister so-and-so is in the hospital. anything.”
e said Why don’t you go pray for her?” Later, she would The man agreed to a contract that stipulated
r and call and say, “Brother so-and-so is in the hospital. Auston and Bonnie would make monthly payments,
mine, Would you go pray for him?” and that a certain amount of that money would
m off. Each time they prayed for the sick, they go into escrow. At the end of one year, that money
recovered. would go toward the purchase price. If at that time,
When While still dating, in 1975, Auston and Bonnie Auston and Bonnie couldn’t finalize the purchase,
hand. had heard about Kenneth and Gloria Copeland. the money in escrow would go to the seller.
ead of They began what would become a lifelong habit When it came time to close on the sale, Auston
e way of soaking up the teachings from KCM, starting and Bonnie were short $10,000. The loan officer
with attending KCM meetings in places like gave them a document to sign explaining where
They Washington, D.C.; Pittsburgh; and North Carolina. they would get the money. As directed by the Lord
huge they wrote, “Auston and Bonnie O’Neill will receive
ushed $10,000 from Jehovah Jireh.”
n the The House As the date for closing drew near, friends and
The couple married in 1976. That same year, family kept calling.
pital. they became Partners with Kenneth Copeland “Did you get the money?”
Mama Ministries. Together, they made a commitment to Each time they responded by saying, “We have it
they the Lord: “If we see something in Your Word, we’ll by faith.”
alked do it.” When they learned about tithing, they acted Fifteen minutes before Auston and Bonnie were
s. You on it. When they read about deliverance, they due to go to the closing, a friend called.
You!’ got people delivered. More than anything, they “I want to give you $10,000. Can I bring it to you?”
learned to live by faith. “Meet us there,” Bonnie said.
ricity “We heard Kenneth tell the story of his children “We got the house,” Auston explains.
ened, believing for a boat,” Auston recalls. “They wrote
meone a petition to God and put it on the refrigerator,
anket thanking God for their boat every time they passed The Angel
was a it. We figured if those kids could get their boat, we “About six months later, I heard a noise like a
could believe for a house. freight train. I went outside and saw a tornado over
y, she “We wrote a petition to God, which we posted on us. I said, ‘In the Name of Jesus, you go back up in
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conquers the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4, Your renewed spiritually you were born an overcomer with God’s Bu
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition). mind will cast victorious nature and dominion on the inside of a pe
“Well,” you might say, “I certainly haven’t felt off worldly you. To operate in that dominion, you must learn entic
like much of a conqueror lately.” ideas, habits some things. You must spend time in the Word of forth
Are you born of God? and behaviors God and learn to think like He does. forth
If the answer is yes, then this verse is talking that have If you don’t, you’ll continue to think like the for th
about you. You are victorious over the world! kept you in world…which means you’ll keep talking and acting Sin
The word victorious means “having conquered bondage. like the world…which means you’ll keep getting born
in battle or contest; having overcome an enemy the world’s results. The world is under the curse, It wi
or antagonist; conquering; vanquishing as a so everything it does results in corruption and for yo
victorious general and victorious troops.” That’s destruction. That’s not what your heavenly Father rob y
an accurate description of who you are as a wants for you! W
believer. You’re one of the victorious troops of your He redeemed you from the curse so you can yield
victorious General, the Lord Jesus Christ. walk far above it in THE BLESSING, and He’s belie
He completely conquered the devil, the world provided you with everything you need to do it. A hy
and the flesh; and when you put your faith in Him Not only has He multiplied His grace and peace to outsi
you inherit His victory. You were reborn in His you, and to all of us, as believers, as 2 Peter 1 says: born
image, united with Him, and you instantly became “His divine power hath given unto us all things We’r
a victor. You may not have known right away how that pertain unto life and godliness, through the W
to walk in victory, but all the elements of it were knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and we a
born into you. virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great 17:16
It’s like when you were born physically; you and precious promises: that by these ye might be creat
were born to walk, but you didn’t just immediately partakers of the divine nature, having escaped holin
take off walking. You had to grow and learn to use the corruption that is in the world through lust” Ho
the ability you were born with. In the same way, (verses 3-4). insid
answ
holy,
“BOTTOM LINE, THE Yielding To the Flesh Is Dangerous reaso
DECISION IS YOURS.... The word lust, as it’s used there, doesn’t just
refer to sexual temptation. It includes all the
worl
your
DO YOU WANT
carnal drives, passions and desires of the flesh. and a
Those things are dangerous. The devil uses them Ac
to pressure people into advancing his evil agenda is the
for their lives, and when yielded to, they bring and t
GOD IN VICTORY,
with Him. We find out what His will is, put our vastl
faith in His power that’s at work in us, and live Th
accordingly. Instead of yielding to carnal drives Word
and passions, we yield to our reborn spirit and put The
OR TO BE
into operation the principle revealed in Galatians says,
5:16: “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the
lust of the flesh.”
Not all Christians these days, however, have
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their flesh wants. After all, indulging carnal
passions and drives is just part of being human, so T
it’s really no big deal.
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ey’ve 1 2 3 4 The more you renew
evers When you You can be delivered You live in this Your inner
were born again from destruction world, but you man has been your mind with the Word,
tever POINTS
TO GET you instantly by bringing your are not of the re-created in the more you will act on
arnal YOU became soul and body into world any more the image the outside like who you
an, so THERE:
a victor. conformity to God. than Jesus was. of God. are on the inside.
(1 Jn. 5:4) (2 Pet. 1:4) (John 17:16) (Eph. 4:24) (Rom. 12:2)
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want the Word to work for you, it must be your teaches me, and as I renew my mind with His
Kenneth Greg standard. You must agree with what it says and Word, He even transforms me, as He promises
Copeland Stephens
reject everything that contradicts it. You must in Romans 12:2.
Nov. 1-5 decide; I’m not going to change the Word to fit my The Greek word translated transform in that
Knowing Your lifestyle, I’m going to change my lifestyle to fit the verse is metamorphoo. It speaks of the kind of
Authority Word. metamorphosis that transforms a caterpillar
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“But Gloria, don’t you think sometimes life is into a butterfly. That’s the kind of change we,
Sun., Nov. 7 more complicated than that?” as believers, experience as we continue to
God Wants You No, I don’t. That’s one reason renewing my fellowship with the Lord in the Word and by
To Have a Life
Worth Living mind with God’s Word has always been so easy His Spirit. As 2 Corinthians 3:18 puts it: “We all,
Kenneth Copeland for me. I’m just simple. I believe God is smarter with open face beholding as in a glass” (or “[in
than I am. I don’t have to prove for myself by the Word of God]” as the AMPC says) “the glory
Nov. 8-12 experience whether or not His Word is true. If of the Lord, are changed into the same image
Love—The Gateway
to Success He said it, it’s true. So, I don’t argue with Him. I from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Kenneth Copeland simply put His thoughts into the computer of my Lord.”
mind, align my thinking with what He said, and Think about that! Not only are we born as
Sun., Nov. 14
Healing Is God’s bring my will into harmony with His. victors, we’re transformed by God’s Word and
Will for You The will is the part of the soul that turns His Spirit from glory to glory! Our victory is so
Kenneth Copeland Watch thinking into action. It’s the part of you sewn up that the devil and all his legions can’t
the Spanish that decides whether you’re going to take it away from us.
Nov. 15-19 broadcast
Love—The Secret Enlace or move toward God or away from Him. This is a one-sided deal if you want to know
to Success es.kcm.org You got saved, for instance, as an act the truth about it. Satan was stripped of all power
Kenneth Copeland of your will. You heard the gospel and and authority at Jesus’ resurrection. He doesn’t
Sun., Nov. 21 decided to believe on Jesus and confess have anything left to use against us but his lies—
Jesus Heals You Him as your Lord. You aligned your will with and unlike the world, we don’t have to believe
Because He Loves You God’s and all the devils in hell couldn’t stop those lies. The god of this world isn’t our God.
Kenneth Copeland
you from getting born again. We’re born of the Almighty Creator of heaven
Nov. 22-26 Your will conformed to the will of God is and earth! He’s wiped out all our sin, delivered us
The Power a mighty force! When it’s faithfully fed and out of the kingdom of darkness, and translated
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of Thanksgiving fortified daily with God’s Word, it will keep you us into His kingdom of light. He’s re-created
Kenneth Copeland
continually progressing in victory. It will prevent us in His own image in true righteousness and
Sun., Nov. 28 you from being blown around by the winds of the holiness, given us His written Word so we can
There Is Healing world and enable you to live as the conqueror you renew our minds, and filled us with His own Holy
in God’s Mercy
Kenneth Copeland were born to be. Spirit. He didn’t just send an angel to help us, He
So, bottom line, the decision is yours. What do moved into us Himself. He came to live inside us
Nov. 29-Dec. 3 you want to do? Do you want to walk with God in so He could personally teach us and empower us
The Power of Love
Kenneth Copeland and
victory, or to be overcome by the world? with His own mighty power.
Professor Greg Stephens Personally, I’m choosing to walk with God! Satan doesn’t stand a chance against you as a
I sampled what the world has to offer, before I born-again believer! If he weren’t so despicable,
WATCH ON got born again, and I didn’t like it. I found out you might almost feel sorry for him. His only
there was no peace or joy there; only distress, hope is that you don’t find out what God’s Word
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frustration and failure; desiring but never says or don’t obey it, because once you do…
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When I got into the Word of God and learned There’s nothing left for you but to go from
to do things His way, however, I found out that glory to glory.
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He sustains me, strengthens me, talks to me, a conqueror because you were born for victory!
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Mercies
“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD’s
mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:21-23
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