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Gloria Copeland — The Power of Agreement

02 Jun

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

For years I knew deep down inside that there was a place in
God where a man could live in victorious circumstances at all
times. I knew there was total victory in Jesus, so I searched for
it; but many of the people I asked about it told me that I would
not be able to live this way until I got to heaven. Thank God,
the Word says differently.

Matthew 18:19-20 says this: “Again I say unto you, That if
two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they
shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am
I in the midst of them.
” Notice that Jesus said, “Again I say unto
you.
” This was important enough for Him to say more than
once to these men until they realized that if they would get in
agreement with one another and establish a thing, Jesus would
be in the midst of them to cause it to come to pass.

You need someone to be an agreement partner with you.
The most ideal situation is for a man and his wife to be in
agreement. You need someone who will not relent and, once
the agreement is made, will stand firm that it will come to pass.
Jesus will bring even the impossible to pass if two Christians
will agree firmly on His Word and its truth. This is the reason
that in financial matters it is so important to know that you
have made your heavenly deposits. It is easy to agree on the
fact that something is yours when you have already made the
deposits for it.

The prayer of agreement is a powerful prayer, and it will work
when it is put to work. However, so much of the time one person
will agree and another person will hope. I have prayed with people
and when I finished said, “It is done and it will come to pass.”
Then the other person who was supposed to be agreeing with me
would say, “I certainly do hope so, Sister Copeland.” At that
point I am forced to say, “Well, it won’t. I agreed…you hoped.”

When an agreement is made, both parties are firm in the
fact that there is an agreed situation. When you agree with a
person to pay a bill at a certain time and that person says, “I
consider this bill as paid,” and you say, “I certainly hope so,”
then that is probably as far as the situation will go until you are
firm in your committal to that agreement. The other partner
will not enter into it with you. It should be this firm between
two Christians when they come together and believe that what
they have agreed upon in the world of prosperity will come to
pass. Remember, we have Jesus Christ’s Word for it. It will
come to pass if we refuse to relent in our agreement together.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Kenneth Copeland — Test The Windows Of Heaven

19 May

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Let’s look at Malachi 3:10 once more. There is something
here I want to emphasize. “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me
now herewith, saith the Lord….
” God has said in many places
through the Bible, “Have faith…believe Me,” but here in
Malachi He is saying, “Prove Me…put Me to the test!” Many
Christians are looking for a sign from God as proof of His
power, of His willingness to heal and do miracles in today’s
world. The financial realm is the only place where God gives us
an opportunity to look for this sign, and it is the only place we
haven’t been looking! We say, “But I couldn’t tell God what to
do; I couldn’t expect Him to bless me! It wouldn’t be humble!”
But what does God say? “And prove me now herewith, saith the
Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and
pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to
receive it.

As I was studying this one day, the phrase windows of heaven
kept coming into my thinking, so I did some research. The
phrase windows of heaven actually means “floodgates.” It is the
same word used in Genesis 7:11 where God opened the windows
of heaven
and flooded the earth. God doesn’t use empty
figures of speech. He means what He says! He will open the
floodgates of heaven and pour out an abundant blessing on the
tither. Then the next verse (Malachi 3:11) says:

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall
not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast
her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all
nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land,
saith the Lord of hosts.

Now let’s discuss how to receive from your giving.
Ephesians 6:8 says, “Knowing that whatsoever good thing any
man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be
bond or free.
” Whatever good thing you do to any man, you will
receive the same thing from the Lord. We have just read in
Malachi where God said that He would open the windows of
heaven to us. Therefore, we can expect to receive from God.
However, in Luke’s gospel Jesus says, “Give, and it shall be given
unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same
measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again

(Luke 6:38). From this, we see that we also can receive from
men; so the blessing is twofold. When you tithe, you receive
from God above. When you give, men give into your bosom.
You have it coming from all directions!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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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 — The Power of Praise and Tithing

05 May

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send
now prosperity.
” Again, as in Deuteronomy 26, you are saying to
the Lord, “Send us prosperity.”

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we
have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. God is
the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice
with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Thou art
my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will
exalt thee. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good:
for his mercy endureth for ever.

When you start giving this way, just as a praise to God, things
will begin to happen in your financial life. Praise is a tremendous
tool in releasing the power of God. Combined with the law of
giving, it is unbeatable! There is no standard return on giving as
a praise to God, and it took David from sheepherder to king of
Israel. Do you think God loves poverty? Read a literal Hebrew
translation or The Amplified Bible and see the vast amount of
money David put into building the temple. It was millions of
dollars! David was a prosperous man. The Bible says he was a
man after God’s own heart. Where do you suppose he got all his
wealth? From the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who gave
him the power to get wealth.

Now we have discussed these different areas of making
deposits, but there are times when you can combine some of
them and be even more blessed by it. I remember when I was
preaching a meeting that God had said would be a turning
point in my ministry. I wondered if He meant it to be a turning
point the wrong way! The first evening service we had eight
people. My first offering was $4.25. Naturally, I was stumped,
so I went before the Lord and asked, “What in the world am I
going to do?” He said, “You are going to believe Me!” Then He
showed me some things from His Word and circumstances
began to pick up. The offering got all the way up to $33 one
night! I decided to send it home to my wife and the Lord said,
“$33 won’t pay your bills. If you believe My Word about tithing,
if you believe that Jesus will take your money and worship
Me with it, why don’t you tithe now on the amount you are
needing and expecting in the future offerings of this meeting?
In fact, your $33 will do just fine.” That’s all He said. From
then on it was up to me; it involved faith on my part. You see,
the money belonged to me. The Lord didn’t demand that I
tithe beforehand. All I actually owed in tithes was $3.30; He
wanted me to give as a praise to Him for what I expected Him
to do, and that is exactly what I did. I combined tithing with
giving as a praise to God and the Lord blessed the meeting in
every way. It started with eight people, but by Friday night
people were literally sitting in the windows because there
wasn’t enough room to seat everyone. That meeting turned out
to be the best meeting I had ever had financially up to that
time. Praise the Lord! Can you see the blessings that are available
in these things?

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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