January 2025 Partner Letter

Dear Partner,

This is huge for 2025. Faith works! Let’s look at Galatians 5:1: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” And now look at Romans 10:6-17:

6. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7. Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8. But what saith it? The WORD is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, The WORD of faith, which we preach;
9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth The LORD Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same LORD over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13. For whosoever shall call upon the name of The LORD shall be saved.
14. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15. And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16. But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, LORD, who hath believed our report?
17. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by The WORD of God.

You and I have an entire year ahead of us. We must stand fast in our liberty! Continue reading Galatians 5:5-6: “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by Love.”

Faith works by LOVE!

“Brother Copeland, what does that mean?”

What does The BOOK say? Look at 2 Corinthians 5:7: “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

We walk by faith, not by sight. I’m not moved by what I see. I’m not moved by what I feel. I am only moved by what I believe. And I believe the written WORD of the Living God—the Blood-backed and precious promises! We just read that we are new creatures in Christ Jesus. Old things have passed away. What old things? That old, sinful nature. Renew your mind with that fact! Say: “I am a new creature in Christ Jesus.” Who did that for us? Love, that’s who! Let’s back that up by reading 1 John 4:8: “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is Love.”

God does not have Love. He IS Love! Nowhere in the Bible does it say, “He is power.” Let’s Read Mark 1:40-42:

• And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

Was Jesus moved by power? No. By what, then? Look at verse 41 again. He was moved by COMPASSION. The common dictionary defines compassion as: “A feeling of deep sympathy for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.” Now let’s check out the word compassion in Webster’s 1828 dictionary.1 It says, “Compassion: A suffering with another…. Compassion is a mixed passion, compounded of love and sorrow.” Psalm 78:38 says: “But he [God], being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.”

Remember now, Jesus said, “I only say what I hear my Father say, and I only do what I see my Father do” (John 5:19,12:49-50). Our Father was, and is, moved with compassion. Hebrews 13:8 says: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” The Amplified Bible, Classic Edition of that verse says: “Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is [always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and forever (to the ages).”

Every morning when I open my eyes, I say, “This is my receiving day. I am expecting miracles in my life today because Jesus, my LORD and Savior, is the same today as He was yesterday, and He will be the same compassionate Healer that He was yesterday, tomorrow. First John 2:5 says: “But whoso keepeth his WORD, in him verily is the Love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.” The AMPC says it like this: “But he who keeps (treasures) His WORD [who bears in mind His precepts, who observes His message in its entirety], truly in him has the Love of and for God been perfected (completed, reached maturity). By this we may perceive (know, recognize, and be sure) that we are in Him.”

DO YOU KEEP AND TREASURE HIS WORD? Is His WORD first place and final authority in YOUR life? Jesus said in John 10:10, AMPC: “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” Wow! “Have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows.” How’s that for a Faith confession throughout 2025?

In closing, let’s read 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, AMPC:

• If I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not Love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God’s Love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not Love (God’s Love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody). Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not Love (God’s Love in me), I gain nothing. Love endures long and is patient and kind; Love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s Love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].

Now, dear Partner, read it again, and place your name in there. Say, “I endure long, and I am patient and kind. I am not conceited, arrogant and inflated with pride.” Continue reading and, as you come to the close of those verses, say: “I never fail or fade out. I never give up or quit because faith works, and according to Hebrews 11:1, in the AMPC, it says: ‘Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].’ And verse 6 in the AMPC says, ‘But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].’”

James 4:6-8, also in the AMPC says:

• But He gives us more and more grace (power of the Holy Spirit, to meet this evil tendency and all others fully). That is why He says, God sets Himself against the proud and haughty, but gives grace [continually] to the lowly (those who are humble enough to receive it). So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you. Come close to God and He will come close to you. [Recognize that you are] sinners, get your soiled hands clean; [realize that you have been disloyal] wavering individuals with divided interests, and purify your hearts [of your spiritual adultery].

There you have it! Draw near to God in His WORD, and He will draw near to you, if you humble yourself before Him. Then resist the devil, and he WILL flee from you! I pray for you every meal that you prosper and be in health as your soul prospers, and that you are BLESSED beyond measure, spirit, soul and body, financially, and socially! You are BLESSED coming in and BLESSED going out. Galatians says we have been redeemed from the curse of the Law. Chapter 3:13-14 says: “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”

Now verses 28-29: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

I heard The LORD say in late 2023 and all through 2024: This Nation (USA) and anyone else, anywhere else, will come alive in 2025!

Always remember this, dear Partner:

God Loves you, we Love you, and Jesus is LORD!