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devil and his dark forces on the run, they release the divine power necessary to bring forth God's will on earth as it is in heaven. at's what happened at Creation. According to Genesis 1, "e earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light" (verses 2-3). ink of it, God's words created this entire universe! By faith, He called "those things which be not as though they were" (Romans 4:17), and what He said came to pass. at's how He does everything. It's the way He Himself operates, and it's how we, as His children, are also to operate and live in victory! Jesus confirmed this in Mark 11:22-23. "Have faith in God," He said. (Or as one translation says, Have the faith of God). "For… whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith." "But I don't like that faith confession business," someone might say. "I'm not comfortable saying that I'm prosperous when my bank account is empty, or that I'm healed when I feel sick. Do I really have to do that?" No, you don't. But then you don't have to walk in divine health and supernatural abundance, either. If you want, you can choose to talk unbelief and just let the devil keep stealing from you. But to live BLESSED you must believe AND speak God's Word, because that's how God designed faith to work. Calling things that be not as though they were, is God's plan of dominion! It's how Jesus lived when He was on earth. It's how Abraham lived in his day, and how he and Sarah got the son God promised them. In the natural, having a son looked to be impossible for them. Abraham was over 100 years old, and Sarah was 90 and had always been barren. Yet they took God at His Word and began declaring it over themselves. ey looked past their circumstances, past their old bodies and years of barrenness, and looked instead at the promise of God. Even though he didn't see how it could happen, Abraham began calling himself, "a father of many nations," just as God did. And sure enough, that's what he became. As believers, we can have the same experience. We can believe and speak God's Word and see Him do the impossible in our lives. We can come out of the worst situations and into a place of total victory. We may not be able to see in the natural right now how it can happen. When we look around us with our physical eyes, we may not see any way that deliverance and victory can come. But God always has a way out for us. He can always cause us "to triumph in Christ" (2 Corinthians 2:14) and bring His scriptural promises to pass in our lives. We just have to maintain a spirit of faith. We just have to follow the example of Abraham, keep the Word in two places, and "look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18). Faith doesn't look at symptoms or circumstances. It only looks at what God said. It stays focused on His eternal, unchanging Word and keeps declaring it until it fully manifests. So no matter what's going on around you, keep your eyes on the Word. Don't just look at it now and then. Don't wait until you're in a crisis and you need an immediate miracle. Center your life around the Word all the time. If you'll practice living that way every day, on those occasions when you do need miracles, you'll be well-positioned to receive them. But you won't need them nearly as often, because you won't be living anymore from crisis to crisis. You'll be living daily as a world overcomer in the abundant BLESSING of God. APR BVOV BROADCAST CALENDAR Mar. 30-Apr. 3 The Blood Covenant of God Kenneth Copeland Sun., Apr. 5 Receive His Covenant Promise Through Faith Kenneth Copeland Apr. 6-10 God Is a Covenant- Making God Kenneth Copeland and Greg Stephens Sun., Apr. 12 You Have a Covenant With God Kenneth Copeland Apr. 13-17 Who Is God? Kenneth Copeland Sun., Apr. 19 The Spiritual Force of Faith Kenneth Copeland Apr. 20-24 The Names of God Kenneth Copeland Sun., Apr. 26 Faith Changes Things Kenneth Copeland Apr. 27-May 1 Kenneth Copeland Bible College™ Special Kenneth Copeland, George Pearsons, Terri Copeland Pearsons Kenneth Copeland George Pearsons Terri Copeland Pearsons Greg Stephens Broadcasts subject to change without notice WATCH ON KCM.ORG.AU Daystar Network Trinity Broadcasting Network (Weekdays only) GOVICTORY .COM GOVICTORY App You Tube ® 4th Generation ®