Dear Partner,
Have you ever heard someone say, “Well, I sure hope so.” Or “We’re just hopin’ and prayin’.” That’s not real Bible hope, nor is it real Bible Faith! Let’s look at Hebrews 11:1, Amplified Bible, Classic Edition:
- 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].
Faith is NOW! What is it? The “assurance…confirmation, THE TITLE DEED [ownership] of things [we] hope for.” To the believer, the thing hoped for is already real fact. In other words: “I’m not moved by what I feel! I’m not moved by what I see!” Look at Acts 20:23-24 in the AMPC:
- Except that the Holy Spirit clearly and emphatically affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me.
- But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] The LORD Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God’s grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual BLESSING, and mercy).
Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language defines hope as: “A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy, whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety.” Remember now, the joy of The LORD is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10, AMPC): “Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our LORD. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of The LORD is your strength and stronghold.” So, what should be the answer to a question like this?: “Brother Copeland, will you be healed in the service tonight?”
“Yes!”
“What makes you think you will?”
“I don’t think I will. I know I will, because Faith, which is my title deed to it, was already bought for me with Jesus’ own precious blood on the cross. And according to what The BOOK says in 1 Peter 2:24, AMPC: ‘He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.’ He personally bore my sins in His [own] body. I KNOW this because The BOOK, my Bible, is God speaking to me!”
Now Partner, let’s add something else to all this. Let’s look at 2 Timothy 1:7, AMPC:
- For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of Love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
Praise GOD FOREVERMORE!
Remember, Love, who is GOD, doesn’t just HAVE LOVE! HE IS LOVE! John 3:16 in the AMPC says:
- For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
Now let’s go to Romans 5:1-3, AMPC:
- Therefore, since we are justified (acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through Faith, let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy] peace with God through our LORD Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
- Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by Faith into this grace (state of God’s favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God.
- Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance.
“FULL of JOY NOW!” And James 1:1-8, AMPC, also says:
- James, a servant of God and of The LORD Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered abroad [among the Gentiles in the dispersion]: Greetings (rejoice)!
- Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations.
- Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your Faith [which is your title deed] bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience.
- But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.
- If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him.
- Only it must be in Faith [which is the title deed] that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind.
- For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from The LORD,
- [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides].
There are two things that need to operate in the double-minded person’s situation: No. 1 Faith ( which is the title deed) and No. 2 wisdom (Proverbs 4:7-8). The BOOK says in James 1:8, King James Version: “A DOUBLE MINDED MAN….”
The person who says, “I’m walking by Faith, BUT, I just don’t know what to do!” is double-minded! That person is trying to walk in Faith, but he or she doesn’t know what to do. Why not? No WISDOM! Always remember that Faith, which is the title deed, begins where the will of God is known. His WORD is His will. So I will remind you that faith-filled words dominate the laws of sin and death (1 Corinthians 15:55-57)! Now, Partner, you can see why KCM needs a million Partners here in the USA and a million internationally, as well as in every language on earth! There are so many double-minded people who need to be reached with the truth of The WORD! The disciples said to Jesus, “Master, don’t you care….” (Mark 4:38). They woke up The Master to let Him know they were in trouble, but Jesus had already said, “Let’s go over to the other side.” Look at Chapter 4:35, AMPC:
- On that same day [when] evening had come, He said to them, Let us go over to the other side [of the lake].
The Master expected them to use their Faith. He expects us to do the same. So we say to you what the great Apostle Paul said in Galatians 6:8-10, AMPC:
- For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.
- So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a BLESSING, especially to those of the household of Faith [those who belong to God’s family with you, the believers].
So don’t lose heart when you sow your BLESSING seed this month
because “ALL is WELL in the household of FAITH”—which is your title deed to everything you hope for, which is the evidence that you already have whatever it is! Remember, this is the YEAR OF THE BIG FIX!
Hold onto God’s WORD, which is His power, Love, joy and soundness of mind. And the Spirit who lives in you and me can, and will, fix it. Psalm 112:1-8, AMPC, says:
- Praise The LORD! (Hallelujah!) BLESSED (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who fears (reveres and worships) The LORD, who delights greatly in His commandments.
- His [spiritual] offspring shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be BLESSED.
- Prosperity and welfare are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
- Light arises in the darkness for the upright, gracious, compassionate, and just [who are in right standing with God].
- It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
- He will not be moved forever; the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall be in everlasting remembrance.
- He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in The LORD.
- His heart is established and steady, he will not be afraid while he waits to see his desire established upon his adversaries.
Always remember: God Loves you. We Love you, and Jesus is LORD!
Love,
