Ephesians 5:25-27 tells us that Jesus the Anointed gave Himself to sanctify (set apart) and cleanse the Church with the washing of water by the Word. (The Holy Spirit washes us with His Word.) He does this to present to Himself a glorious Church without spot or wrinkle, holy and without blemish. Ephesians 1:4 adds that He chose us before the foundation of the world to stand before Him holy and without blame in love. First Thessalonians 3:13 says our hearts are to be established in this holiness. First Thessalonians 4:7 says we are called unto holiness.

First Peter 1:15-16 says, “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy’” (New International Version). Ephesians 5:1 says, “Therefore be imitators of God—copy Him and follow His example—as well-beloved children [imitate their father]” (The Amplified Bible).

The Bible ties the manifestation of God with our walking in holiness. Hebrews 12:14 says we are to follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8). Romans 3:23 lets us know that sin brings us short of the glory—which is His manifested presence.

God wants His people to live a holy life because holiness is the only thing that will enjoy victory in the earth. God wants His people to live like He lives, being a total success. Holiness will bring life and peace to us.

We do as God says because His ways are our only deliverance while we live in the earth. The earth is not dominated by God’s will unless the Church walks in its authority to proclaim what God says. (Do you wonder about that? Let me ask you this. Were the Dark Ages God’s will? No, the earth experienced that time of darkness because the Church became, for the most part, inactive and ruled by religious tradition instead of the Word of God.)

We resist sin by the power of the Holy Spirit Who lives in us. If we do not resist, we will be swept into misery right along with the world. We will be victims of Satan’s attempts to kill, steal and destroy.

Learn to speak Galatians 2:20-21 to keep your body obedient: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God….” I do not frustrate the grace (divine favor and blessings) of God. Sin frustrates God’s grace because it hinders His favor from working in your life.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

A few years ago during my prayer time, the Lord dealt with me about resurrection. It means “rising from the dead or coming back to life; coming back into notice, practice, use, a restoration or revival; the state of having risen from the dead.”

There is coming a resurrection of our physical bodies—at the time of the catching away of the Church. But the greatest resurrection we’ll ever know, we’ve already experienced. It occurred the moment we passed from spiritual death into spiritual life—when we were born again. That was the only death you—the real you, the spirit—will ever experience. Glory to God!

Our spirit man was raised up in eternal life. The primary part of us is not the physical body. We are a spirit being. It is the spirit that gives life to the body (James 2:26). The body is just the earthly house in which we live. When we (our spirits) leave our bodies, these bodies will die and decay, but we will be present with the Lord. One moment we are in our bodies, the next moment we are in the glory! “Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory” (Psalm 73:24).

Now we are to put on this new man. Read carefully how we are to live this new life.

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him (Colossians 3:1-17, New International Version).

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

When Jesus Christ walked the earth, He demonstrated the creative power of speaking God’s words. The disciples were at sea with Him once when a fierce storm arose. Panic struck. In their terror, the disciples were thrust into a world charged with fear. They were living at the moment in anxiety, tension, stress and impending tragedy. When they woke Jesus—Who was sleeping peacefully—to tell Him of
the peril, He stepped onto the bow of the boat and spoke a creative word to the storm: “Peace, be still” (Mark 4:39). When Jesus spoke it, the Holy Spirit accomplished it, and there was peace.

Jesus went to a house where a young woman lay dead. He told all the mourners to leave, and He said to the young lady, “Arise” (Mark 5:41). At that moment, life arose where there had been lifelessness. Where there had been the pallor of death, the radiant face of a living soul emerged. His word created life.

To another person Jesus said, “Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole” (Luke 17:19). Jesus spoke, and the Spirit brought each of these things into existence.

Jesus had the Spirit of God without measure (John 3:34). We have God’s Spirit with measure. When we “die to the flesh” and allow more of the Spirit to indwell us, we have a greater measure of God’s Spirit, but none of us experiences God’s Spirit without measure as Jesus did. When Jesus spoke, He spoke by the power of the limitless Holy Spirit within Him. He said and did everything God wanted Him to say and do, and it was always by the power of the Holy Spirit. He lived in total dependence upon the Spirit.

But Jesus said a peculiar thing. He said, “Greater works than these shall he [you] do; because I go unto my Father” (John 14:12).

Peter understood this delegation of power rather quickly. Days after Jesus had ascended into heaven, Peter went to the temple at the hour of prayer. There he saw a lame man begging, expecting to receive something. Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6).

Using the Name of Jesus, Peter reached out his hand to the beggar and helped him to his feet. And as the Spirit of God confirmed the word which Peter spoke using Jesus’ authority, the man leapt to his feet and began walking and jumping. His legs, lame since birth, were suddenly filled with strength and life.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

When the revelation of this statement exploded on the inside of me, it changed the way I think…about everything! I had been praying for several days about a situation that seemed at the time to be overwhelming. I had been confessing the Word of God over it, but that Word had begun to come out of my head and not my heart. I was pushing in my flesh for the circumstance to change. As I made my
confession one more time, the Spirit of God seemed to say to me, Why don’t you be quiet?!

I said, “But Lord, I’m confessing the Word!”

He answered inside me, I know it. I heard you. Now just be still and be quiet a little while, and let the Word of God settle down in your spirit. Quit trying to make this thing happen. You’re not God. You’re not going to be the one to make it happen anyway!

So I stopped. I stopped thinking about that situation and began to get quiet before the Lord. And this phrase came up in my spirit: “One word from God can change anything.”

So I started saying that. I said it off and on all day. It came easily because it came from God—not from my own thinking.

Every time I was tempted to worry or think of ideas concerning my circumstances, I’d think, Yes, but one word from God…

I noticed when I’d say that, the peace of God would come on me. It was so calming. As a result, a habit developed in me. People would bring me issues. They’d say, “Well, what about…” And I’d either say aloud or think to myself, “Yeah, that may be so, but one word from God will change anything.”

It began to be the answer for everything. If I was watching television and the newscaster was telling about a disaster, and the people being interviewed were saying things to the effect of “Oh, what are we going to do? It’s all been blown away, burned up or shook up…,” I’d say, “Yeah, but one word from God can change anything.”

You’ve been searching, seeking help…and God has the answer. He has the one word that can turn your circumstance around and put you on dry ground. He has the one word that gives you all the wisdom that’s in Him. He is your Counselor. He wants you to succeed in all that you do. He wants you to be prosperous and have good success (Joshua 1:8).

God loves you. And He has a word for you. One word that can change your life FOREVER!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Psalm 23:5
KJV—Thou preparest a table before me in the
presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth over.

AMP—You prepare a table before me in the
presence of my enemies. You anoint my head
with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.

Moffatt—Thou art my host, spreading a feast
for me, while my foes have to look on! Thou
hast poured oil upon my head, my cup is
brimming over.

Psalm 55:16, 18
NIV—The Lord saves me…. He ransoms me
unharmed from the battle waged against me,
even though many oppose me.

KJV—The Lord shall save me. . . . He hath
delivered my soul in peace from the battle that
was against me: for there were many with me.

AMP—The Lord will save me…. He has redeemed
my life in peace from the battle that
was against me [so that none came near me],
for they were many who strove with me.

Moffatt—The Eternal helps me…. He will…give
me peace and freedom from this strife, from
the host of foes around me.

Psalm 91:7-8
KJV—A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not
come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou
behold and see the reward of the wicked.

AMP—A thousand may fall at your side, and
ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall
not come near you. Only a spectator shall you
be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of
the Most High] as you witness the reward of
the wicked.

TLB—Though a thousand fall at my side,
though ten thousand are dying around me,
the evil will not touch me. I will see how the
wicked are punished but I will not share it.

Psalm 138:7
KJV—Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth
thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,
and thy right hand shall save me.

AMP—Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your
hand against the wrath of my enemies, and
Your right hand will save me.

Moffatt—Though I must pass through the
thick of trouble, thou wilt preserve me; thy
hand shall fall upon my angry foes, thy right
hand rescues me.

NIV—Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life; you stretch out your
hand against the anger of my foes, with your
right hand you save me.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Father, in Jesus’ Name, I give thanks for our country and
its government. I hold up in prayer before You the men and
women in positions of authority. I pray for all people in
authority over us in any way. I pray that the Spirit of the Lord
rests upon them.

I believe that skillful and godly wisdom has entered into
the hearts of our leaders and knowledge is pleasant to them.
Discretion watches over them; understanding keeps them
and delivers them from the way of evil and from evil men.

Your Word declares that “blessed is the nation whose God
is the Lord.” I receive Your blessing and declare with my
mouth that Your people dwell safely in this land and that they
prosper abundantly.

It is written in Your Word that the heart of the king is in
the hand of the Lord and that You turn it whichever way You
desire. I believe the heart of our leader is in Your hand and
that his decisions are divinely directed of You.

I give thanks unto You that the good news of the gospel
is published in our land. The Word of the Lord prevails and
grows mightily in the hearts and lives of the people. I give
thanks for this land and the leaders You have given to us, in
Jesus’ Name.

I proclaim that Jesus is Lord over my country.

Father, in Jesus’ Name, I thank You that Your peace is my
covenant right in Christ Jesus. I will keep my mind fixed on
You, trust in You, and You will keep me in perfect peace.

I will not fret or have anxiety about anything, but in every
circumstance and in everything by prayer and petition with
thanksgiving, I will continue to make my wants known to You,
Father. And Your peace, which transcends all understanding,
shall garrison and mount guard over my mind and heart in
Christ Jesus. I fix my mind only on that which is true, worthy
of reverence, honorable, just, pure, lovely, kind and gracious.
If there is anything worthy of praise, I will think on and weigh
and take account only of these things.

I will let Your peace rule in my heart. As I do, I believe my
calm and undisturbed heart and mind are life and health to
my physical body. I humble myself under Your mighty hand,
casting all of my concerns and anxieties on You once and for
all, because I know You care for me affectionately.

I thank You, Father, that You have not given me a spirit of
timidity, of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear.
The spirit I have from You is the spirit of power, love, a calm
and well-balanced mind, and of discipline and self-control.
You, Lord, are on my side. I will not fear. What can man do to
me? You are my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear or
dread? You, Lord, are the refuge and stronghold of my life; of
whom shall I be afraid? I love Your law, O Lord. Nothing shall
offend me or make me stumble. I walk in great peace, in Jesus’
Name, Amen.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries