40VEARS KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES. April 2007 Goo WIf",ts. ~ i6-ss. E 1:>!

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1 40VEARS KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES Dear Rich April 2007 Goo WIf",ts vou ~ i6-ss. E 1:>! I wish I had a way of telling you all the marvelous, wonderful things that are happening allover the world. The Spirit of God is moving in little things, big things and all things in between. This is the time we've all been looking and believing for, and it's happening big time. Don't miss out on it. Don't get so wrapped up in natural things that the Lord Jesus can't involve you and your family in what He's doing. This is the time to receive the very best of everything God has. In last month's letter we outlined the buildup and release of faith that puts THE BLESSING to work in one's life. I hope you keep it so you can refer to it every time you need to activate the faith process and keep it in motion. Faith works. The Word works when it's put to work. In the life of a born-agam believejt'god is never the pfobleffi. '.:Q-Gd just didn't do it" is never the situation. Jesus went to the cross so that THE BLESSING of Abraham would come on everyone who knows Him as Lord and Savior. THE BLESSING is there ready to do what God said when He released it into and on Adam's life. It was there to cause the Garden of Eden to grow and expand until it covered the entire earth. God has never changed. His Word has never changed or lost its power to produce what He said. However, as always, it takes the power of faith filled with Love to activate it and keep it working until one becomes entire, wanting nothing. The ministry of Jesus as High Priest is to stand behind His Word in our mouths until total victory is accomplished. FORT VVORTH, TEXAS

2 The problem has never been on His side. It has always been on our side. He is doing His part. He always has and always will. Let's look into the part sin plays in all this. What is sin, anyway? I'm not so interested in complex, theological definitions as I am in how it works and what to do about it. The most important thing to know about sin is that Jesus TOTALLY defeated it. It has no power to resist the Word when any human being resists it. However, that resistance must be in accordance with the Word and not just religious ideas of men. The simple explanation of sin is anything that hinders or stops ~ BLESSING. That seems too simple, but think about Adam's sin. It wasn't complicated. He simply disobeyed God. The reason God told him what not to do was because if he did it, it would stop the very thing he needed most-the glory of God, or THE BLESSING. The problem with sin is it is always followed by death. Satan is the father of death. Therefore, sin opens the door to the spirit of death, who is the spirit of fear, who is the spirit of antichrist, and so on. When THE BLESSING is interrupted, it affects not only one's spirit, but everything. Even the natural world around you is hindered. Everything in this earth was created to respond to THE BLESSING. When Adam lost it, the whole earth and everything in it suffered. Jesus had to suffer horribly to break sin's grip and free us from the curse that replaced THE BLESSING. After all that, there is no way He would refuse to stand behind His Word when it is stood upon in faith. The definition of the Hebrew word translated sin is "error" or "failure." The Greek word is "to go astray" or "to miss the mark." Webster's 1828 dictionary defines it as "departure from a known rule... or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a divine command;... voluntary... neglect of known duty." In other words, Deuteronomy 28: 1-2: 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

3 And Deuteronomy 28: 15: 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. The bottom line is this: God wants you blessed! "Fear not" is a command. To continue in fear stops THE BLESSING. That's sin. Crying about it won't stop it. Being mad at yourself won't stop it. The simple solution is to repent according to 1 John 1 :9: 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Remember now, to repent is to turn around and go up (or out). It is never based on a feeling of guilt or any other "feeling." It is based on faith in what verse 9 says-he is faithful. Believe it. Receive it. Say it. Then, in this case, turn to 4: 18: 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. Now act on that verse, and you've dealt with fear. Take your stand! THE BLESSING is released. It ~ grow unless you violate it with your words or actions. If you do violate it, repent! Now! How many times? However many times it takes. Constantly re-mind YOblI'S i : "My h0fd wants me- BLESSED." THE BLESSING is working, so keep it that way. Everything around you will come under its influence. In time your whole life-everything-will no longer look like this old, dead world of sin. Instead, it will seem to you as "days of heaven on earth." Deuteronomy 11:21-22: 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

4 As you sow your financial seeds of faith this month, remember the open door. No man or devil can stop your harvest from coming this year. It's yours now. Not sometime in the future. It's now. Call it. You're blessed. It cannot refuse your shout of faith. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart for being our Partner. Gloria and I love you and pray for you every day. Love, Ps '5. f I ~.s. (0:3 /511. $ ~ :2 EeL. q: /1-12- f-p~, I.' II,.. Z ~ GpL. 3",,{--z 0 ~DL. I.' 1(..:/1 (1he~S. S:z..3 P.S. I cannot tell you how excited I am to offer you free, as my gift of deepest appreciation, a copy of Angel Flight 44 by Glen Hyde and Rich Vermillion. This riveting, firsthand account describes pilot and Partner Glen Hyde's miraculous mission of compassion to lives impacted by Hurricane Katrina's devastation. But more than that, it is the story of how believers living in THE BLESSING are increasingly becoming vessels of THE BLESSING in the world's times of sorrow. It was KCM's Partners and Friends who helped fill Glen's refurbished, 60-year-old DC-3 20 times with loads totaling more than a quarter-million pounds of bottled water, food supplies, hygiene items and lifesaving medical supplies while major roads and airports were blocked by destruction and governmental agencies were tied up in confusion. I know this powerful book will help you stir your faith to receive and release more of heaven's blessings than you ever thought possible. That's why I want you to have it, read it, meditate it and apply it as my gift to you. What a privilege it is to be linked with you, living in and ministering THE BLESSING in these exciting days.

5 Don' t Miss This Opportunity... Your free copy of Angel Flight 4:4:-The firsthand story of the Illiraculous Hurricane Katrina airlift Illission of KCM Partner Glen Hyde and efforts of KCM Partners and Friends to bring THE BLESSING of God's love in the Illidst of devastation. o Yes, please rush me my free gift copy of Angel Flight I would like to receive updates at the following address: Heavenly Father, I SON my financial faith seed c:i $, this month, remembering in this year of the open door-my harves.t is here, i10ni (your contributions can also be made online at YMW.kcm.org or by calling us at ) Please have your prayer ministry team join with me in the prayer of faith for the following: TX Venllillion KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES