God used His Word to set the standards by which we would
operate. It had to be by faith or not at all. We made commitments
that seemed so hard. We declared that we would never
ask any man for anything including money and places to minister.
We pledged ourselves and this ministry to Romans 13:8,
that we would never borrow one cent. We would tell our needs
only to God and expect what He was teaching us to produce.
Little did we know then what a blessing these standards would
be. We learned, many times the hard way. We prayed. We confessed
our faith. We stood on God’s Word when every circumstance
spelled absolute doom. God’s Word worked! Things
began to happen for us instead of to us. We began to grow. In
11 months, we were free from debt. Unless you have experienced
the freedom of being debt-free, you cannot imagine how great it
is not to have any man putting pressure on you. We know what
Hebrews 4:11 means when it says, “…labour therefore to enter
into that rest.” There is peace and rest when you know how to
operate in God’s laws instead of being forced to seek help from
men’s sources.

God always has more than enough. The rise in interest rates
has not affected our ministry. The rise in medical costs has not
affected us. We have learned to receive our healing from God.

The world’s shortages have no effect on someone who has
already gone to heaven. Therefore, they should have no effect
on us here who have made Jesus the Lord of our lives.
Philippians 4:19 says that our needs are to be met according to
His riches in glory, not our shortages in earth. Our problem has
been in not knowing heaven’s ways of doing things. We have
tried to live in God’s blessings with the world’s laws. It won’t
work. We receive from God by using His laws and ways.

In the book you are about to read, I have shared these laws
of prosperity the way they were given to me from God’s Word.
They are not theories; they are facts. We have tried and proven
each one in our lives! We live this way. My invitation
to you is from Malachi 3:10. God Himself says, “Prove me now
herewith…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.” Determine now to act on God’s Word and start looking for
more room!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries