Gloria Copeland — The Comfort of the Holy Ghost
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied (Acts 9:31).
Notice the churches were multiplied when they walked in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit. Walking in the comfort of the Holy Spirit is walking obedient to the promptings of your newborn spirit indwelt and illuminated by the Holy Spirit. It’s walking in His divine favor and blessing continually. It’s having God’s grace (divine favor and blessing) manifested in your life every day.
You cannot walk in the comfort of the Holy Ghost without first walking in the fear of the Lord.
Walking in the fear of the Lord is obeying Him, honoring Him, living your life according to what He says. It does not mean to be afraid of Him. It means to have such confidence in Him and respect and honor for Him that you follow Him. It means to walk in all the light you have while you look for more light.
If you walk in the fear of God, you will not do things that you know are against His will. You will not habitually sin. Proverbs 3:7 says, “...fear the Lord, and depart from evil.” You won’t say, “I’ll just commit this sin, and repent later.” That is having no fear of God. If you truly fear God, you will honor Him and reverence Him above everything and everyone else.
God must have priority in our lives. He should be given first place before ourselves, our families or anything else. The fear of God can never be second place. If God is second place, then we cannot be walking in the fear of Him. And if we walk in the fear of Him, giving Him the reverence, honor and respect He deserves, every area of our lives will be satisfied and multiplied. Jesus said it in Matthew 6:33: “But seek for (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom, and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right], and then all these things taken together will be given you besides” (The Amplified Bible).
All we have to do is live before our Father like little children. We must do whatever He tells us to do: “My child, let go of this thing. Make this change in your life. Put this away from you. I will help you do it. Let Me work in you.”
Do you know what we need to do? Just get out of the way and let the Holy Spirit work on our behalf. When He gives us a leading or prompts us to do something, we should just obey Him like little children. We are learning to walk in a new realm—the realm of the spirit.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Gloria Copeland — Go Ahead, Assert Yourself! Part 1
How do you get the kind of spiritual aggressiveness, the urgency it takes to lay hold of that opportunity?
First, you must determine your focus and spend time with God. The Apostle Paul said, “[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him...” (Philippians 3:10, The Amplified Bible).
Notice Paul didn’t say, “One of my purposes is....” He said very specifically, “My determined purpose is....” I can promise you this: You won’t be spiritually aggressive unless you determine to be. You’ll let “...the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things” get in your way (Mark 4:19).
I need to warn you, that determination to spend time with God will run headlong into a busy life. To stay on course, you will have to bring your flesh under the rule of your spirit and be willing to simplify your life.
I discovered this as I was honoring a prophecy the Lord gave through Kenneth E. Hagin on the importance of communing with the Father:
Don’t take up all your time with natural things...give your spirit opportunity to feed upon the Word of God...to commune with the Father above and build yourself up on your most holy faith. It doesn’t take a lot of time, just an hour or two out of 24. Just pay a tithe of your time unto Me, saith the Lord, and all will be well. Your life will be changed. It will be empowered and you will be a mighty force for God.
I never was a great person of prayer. I’m really still not like some people I know. But some years ago I decided I’d pray at least an hour a day.
Can I tell you what you probably already know? When my alarm went off, I’d get up...sometimes. Other times, I’d think—and I know it was the devil—Look how dark it is outside. It’s so cold this morning. You don’t want to get up.
Sometimes in those first few weeks, I’d agree with the devil: “That’s right, I don’t,” and I’d go back to sleep. But I kept at it, and kept at it and kept at it. Eventually it became a habit with me. Now I don’t turn over and go back to sleep anymore.
You see, your body must be trained by your spirit. It will get up. My body never says to me anymore, “It’s so cold outside. It’s so dark....” My body is so used to getting up in the dark, it doesn’t even think about it.
The tithe of my time to the Lord changed my life because I purposed in my heart to not be lazy, draw back, hold back or sit down. I purposed not to spend my life wasting time on natural things. I set goals that I was going to do every day.
It wasn’t easy. When I started I could hardly pray for even five minutes—that was a long time for me. But I stayed with it. Seizing the kingdom isn’t easy. God doesn’t say it will be easy, but He does say it will be worth it.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Kenneth Copeland — His Commitment To Your Long Life
Deuteronomy 5:16
KJV—Honour thy father and thy mother, as
the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that
thy days may be prolonged, and that it may
go well with thee….
AMP—Honor your father and your mother,
as the Lord your God commanded you, that
your days may be prolonged and that it may
go well with you….
Moffatt—Honour your father and your
mother, as the Eternal your God has ordered
you, that you may have a long life and that all
may go well with you….
NIV—Honor your father and your mother, as
the Lord your God has commanded you, so
that you may live long and that it may go well
with you….
Psalm 33:18-19
KJV—The eye of the Lord is upon them that
fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
to deliver their soul from death, and to keep
them alive in famine.
AMP—The Lord’s eye is upon those who fear
Him [who revere and worship Him with awe],
who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and
loving-kindness, to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
Moffatt—The Eternal’s eye rests on his
worshippers, who rest their hopes upon his
kindness, that he may rescue them from death,
and during famine-days keep them alive.
NIV—The eyes of the Lord are on those
who fear him, on those whose hope is in his
unfailing love, to deliver them from death and
keep them alive in famine.
Psalm 56:12-13
KJV—O God...thou hast delivered my soul
from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from
falling, that I may walk before God in the light
of the living?
AMP—O God...You have delivered my life
from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that
I may walk before God in the light of life and
of the living.
Moffatt—O God...thou hast saved my life from
death, my feet from stumbling, that I might live,
ever mindful of God, in the sunshine of life.
NIV—O God...you have delivered me from
death and my feet from stumbling, that I may
walk before God in the light of life.
Psalm 66:8-9
KJV—O bless our God, ye people, and make
the voice of his praise to be heard: Which
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our
feet to be moved.
AMP—Bless our God, O peoples, give Him
grateful thanks and make the voice of His
praise to be heard, Who put and kept us
among the living, and has not allowed our feet
to slip.
Moffatt—Bless our God, O ye nations, sound
his praise aloud, who keeps us safe in life, and
never lets us come to grief.
NIV—Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound
of his praise be heard; he has preserved our
lives and kept our feet from slipping.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Gloria Copeland — When Trouble Surrounds You
Psalm 37:39
KJV—The salvation of the righteous is of
the Lord: he is their strength in the time of
trouble.
AMP—The salvation of the [consistently]
righteous is of the Lord; He is their Refuge
and secure Stronghold in the time of trouble.
NIV—The salvation of the righteous comes
from the Lord; he is their stronghold in time
of trouble.
TLB—The Lord saves the godly! He is their
salvation and their refuge when trouble comes.
Psalm 50:15
KJV—Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
AMP—Call on Me in the day of trouble; I
will deliver you, and you shall honor and
glorify Me.
Moffatt—Call to me in your hour of need, then
I will rescue you, and you shall honour me.
NIV—Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will
deliver you, and you will honor me.
Psalm 91:15
KJV—He shall call upon me, and I will answer
him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver
him, and honour him.
AMP—He shall call upon Me, and I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver
him and honor him.
NIV—He will call upon me, and I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver
him and honor him.
TLB—When he calls on me I will answer; I will
be with him in trouble, and rescue him and
honor him.
Psalm 107:6-7
KJV—They cried unto the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he led them forth by the right way, that
they might go to a city of habitation.
AMP—They cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and He delivered them out of their distresses.
He led them forth by the straight and right
way, that they might go to a city where they
could establish their homes.
Moffatt—They cried to the Eternal in their
need, to save them from their evil plight, and
straight he led them to a settled town.
NIV—They cried out to the Lord in their
trouble, and he delivered them from their
distress. He led them by a straight way to a
city where they could settle.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Kenneth Copeland — Honor Makes a Difference
I will be the first to admit that I was not always
this devoted and committed.
Back in the late ’50s I was running from the
Church. I planned never to attend one again. Then,
just to please my father, I attended a meeting of the
Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship. What a joy it
was to hear testimonies of men who affirmed that
God was in their businesses. Before that time, we
never heard such men stand up and talk about God.
If they prayed, they were hiding in their prayer closet
somewhere so no one would know about it. None
of them ever wanted to say anything about God out
in the open.
This event was like a breath of fresh, clean air. It
caught my attention. A group of Christian businessmen
got my attention that night. My dad was part of
the chapter in Fort Worth, Texas. One of the first men
I heard speak was Lester Sumrall. The minute I heard
him I knew I was in the presence of a real man a
man of God.
When I walked into that room, those men started
hugging me. I had never seen anything like it! I was
being treated like I was somebody. That got my attention.
The Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship had
gotten the attention of businessmen all over the world
who woke up to the importance of honor and integrity
in business and dealing with others because of
the organizations influence in their own lives.
At this point in my life I had spent a lot of time in
the entertainment business. I would much rather have
been John Wayne than Kenneth Copeland. I also liked
to lie. When someone asked me a question, I would lie
just to see if I could get them to believe it. I said ugly
things, too, just to see people cringe. It was terrible.
My wife said to me one time: “I’m never going out
in public with you again as long as I live. You’ve got
the nastiest mouth I’ve ever heard.” And she was right.
I was foulmouthed, and I lied habitually. It was a
game I played. I knew it was wrong, but there was a
spirit dogging me. Then I came to the Lord.
The very first thing God did was clean up my
speech. He took the profanity and the lying out of my
mouth the night I got saved. That was a night I will
never forget.
The devil tried to tell me, Oh man, you’re just on
some kind of emotional kick.
I was and I’m still on one! I knew my experience
with the Lord was real because something had
changed within me. There was peace on the inside of
me, and I had no desire to lie or curse.
What was working in me? God’s honor.
All of a sudden I had a desire to be honorable. I
didn’t want to lie or be foulmouthed. Today, I have a
new desire a new spirit within me.
As you develop the honor of God in your life, it
begins to work in your heart, in your marriage, in
your business, in your career. The hard decisions
are already made once you decide to live and walk by
faith a life walk. You do your part, God does His part.
The devil does his part and runs!
Kenneth Copeland Ministries
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