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available waking moment listening to those tapes. We so immersed ourselves in them, we lost track of everything else going on in the world. We didn't know what was on television or what was showing at the movies. We didn't know anything except the Word of God. I'm sure the world went through several crises we never even heard about. In those days, we didn't have enough money for me to go with Ken when he went out preaching, so I stayed home with the children. They were just toddlers back then, and since I didn't get much opportunity to get out and see anyone else, I didn't have a lot of fellowship with other believers. But I didn't care. I was in revival all by myself. I was finding out about the integrity of God's Word. I was learning I could count on His Word the same way I count on the word of a trusted friend. I was seeing in the Scriptures and hearing from Brother Hagin that God means what He says, and if I believe His Word it will work for me. at was the best news I'd ever heard! To me, st udy ing the Word was like being on a treasure hunt. I made it my first priority and stayed with it. Sure enough, the time I invested paid off. One day, right there at home all by myself, something happened in my spirit. I got to the point where the Word was in my heart in abundance. From then on, things began to change fast! e mountains of negative circumstances in my life began to move. Our family began to walk in healing. We were able to pay off the massive debts we owed. We started to prosper. Your Desire Follows Your Attention I would have never seen those kinds of results if I'd just spent a little dab of time in the Word. A little dab won't do it! It takes a lot of the Word to live in divine health. It takes a continual, constant inflow of the Word to live in divine prosperity and BLESSING. Why? Because we have an outlaw to deal with. His name is Satan. He's continually trying to kill our bodies and steal from us. Although we have authorit y over him, to consistently exercise that authorit y we have to stay spiritually strong—and to stay spiritually strong, we have to continually feed on God's Word. In other words, we can't be lazy. We can't just sit around waiting for God to chase us down and speak to us. Chasing us down is not God's responsibility. On the contrary, the Scripture says, "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you" (James 4:8); "He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6). God has already made His move by making the Word available to us. Going after it is our responsibility. "But Gloria, somehow it seems like I've just lost my desire for the Word." en get it back! Your desire follows your attention, so you can change your desire by changing where you put your attention. I've found in my own life, I can stir up my desire for the Word in one day's time. All I have to do is say, "OK, I'm going to spend some extra hours studying the Word today. I'm going to set aside everything else and spend time fellowshiping with God." One of my favorite ways to stir up my hunger for the Word is by going to a Believers' Convention. Many times, when the convention starts on Monday, I have other things on my mind. I might have a project I'm working on at the office and I'll think to myself, Sometime on Tuesday, I' ll call and check on that to see how things are going. But I end up never how things are going. But I end up never how things are going making the call. By Monday night, after spending a whole day hearing the Word and worshiping the Lord, I'm not thinking about that project anymore. All I have on my mind is what God has been saying to me. G a l at i a n s 6:7-8 s ay s , " B e not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the f lesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." It's impossible for the Word of God to fail. When it's invested in properly, it always produces marvelous returns. So become a big-time spiritual investor. Make major deposits of the Word in your heart. In any economy, it will be the wisest investment you'll ever make. e dividends are wonderful! BROADCAST CALENDAR March 28-April 1 The Healing, Forgiving Power of God Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Sun., April 3 Follow the Grace in Giving Kenneth Copeland April 4-8 The Nations in Biblical Prophecy Gloria Copeland and Billye Brim Sun., April 10 Faith That Transcends the Times Kenneth Copeland April 11-15 Nations Align for End Times Gloria Copeland and Billye Brim Sun., April 17 Walking in Deliverance and Dominion Kenneth Copeland April 18-22 Bulldog Faith—Part 1 Gloria Copeland and George Pearsons Sun., April 24 The Unbreakable Power in the New Covenant Kenneth Copeland April 25-29 Bulldog Faith—Part 2 Gloria Copeland and George Pearsons Pearsons Kenneth & Gloria Copeland Brim George Pearsons Billye Brim April ® Watch Online } kcm.org.au

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