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Gloria Copeland
GOD HAS A MASTERPLAN
Gloria Copeland knows that God has a master plan. He is no respecter of persons.
Gloria Copeland knows that God has a master plan. He is no respecter of persons.
He
has a great plan for your life no matter who you are.
If
God gives that plan, His plan for your life is good. He will fulfill it
and you must believe that He will do it.
Also,
if God gives a plan, be faithful to take the steps He tells you to take and
it's never too late.
If
you give Him attention and spend time in the Word He will let you know about
His plans for your life.
You
can't connect to the master plan if you don't give Him anything. If you give
Him something, He'll give you something.
You
have to follow Him and take steps with Him... He always has a great plan.
The
following scripture passage was the inspiration for her latest book, GOD'S MASTER PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE: we are God's masterpiece: Ephesians 2:10 (NLT).
"For we are God's masterpiece. He
has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he
planned for us long ago."
She
also heard a rabbi once teach about the ability to plugging in/connecting to
God's master plan.
We
need to connect to God and His master plan.
Personally,
Gloria gets up early to read God's Word and spend time with Him – she knows the
importance of that in her life.
SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND
One
reason things go well with us when we're seeking God is because He helps us
avoid a lot of mistakes and saves us a great deal of trouble.
When
we do happen to get into trouble, seeking God will get us out of it.
A
good biblical example of this is the story of Jehoshaphat, one of the kings of
Judah in the Old Testament (2 Chronicles
18-20).
When
he was king, three enemy armies were joining against his nation and wanted to
destroy it.
In
the natural realm, there was no hope of victory and it was more than
Jehoshaphat could handle.
Instead
of giving in to despair, Jehoshaphat sought the Lord.
As
a result, the Lord caused the enemy forces to turn against each other.
This
story proves that God is well able to turn the worst situations into a blessing
for those who seek Him.
Unfortunately,
many people – even Bible-believing Christians- claim they don't have time to
seek God.
They
have time to see a doctor if they're sick or go to their bank if their have
financial trouble.
Seeking
God first could have saved them time and trouble overall.
GOD'S MASTER PLAN FOR THE COPELANDS
In
1957, at 20 years of age, with a hit album, Pledge of Love,
at #14 on the national charts and #1 on the local charts, Kenneth looked to be
on his way to a successful singing career appearing on American
Bandstand and featured next to Ricky Nelson in Dig
Magazine.
But
God had other plans. He met Gloria and asked her to marry him on their first
date. She said yes.
At
that time, they lived in a rented apartment with a rollaway bed, coffeepot they
cooked in and kept their food on the porch to keep it cold. Things were not
abundant.
One
day, Gloria sat reading a Bible given to Kenneth from his mother.
In the front of the Bible it had the passage Matthew 6:33 "Seek ye
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you."
She
also saw in the verses before that God cared for the birds. She thought, if God
cares for the birds, He must care for me.
She prayed, "God,
take my life and do something with it."
She
really says she didn't really know what being a Christian meant, but she knew
she wanted to start going to church.
She
also knew she wanted to read more of the Bible.
Kenneth
wasn't very interested in those things at the time. He had grown up in the
church and tried to connect with God's plan for him as a young man.
However,
he was offended by someone in the church and he had been bitter and rebellious
ever since.
Two
weeks later, Gloria found that things started looking up for them. They moved
into a furnished apartment and Kenneth got a job as a pilot.
One night, Gloria was cooking dinner and Ken asked her out
of the blue, "What would you think
if I started doing some talks about God?"
She
thought that the idea was preposterous, because he didn't even want to go to
church.
She later learned that moments earlier God had spoken to
Kenneth in the living room and said, "If you don't get this family in line with Me,
you're going to a devil's hell."
He
became a Christian right then and there.
Five
years later at the age of 30 he obeyed God, packed up his family, and moved to
Tulsa, Oklahoma, to enroll at Oral Roberts University in spring of 1967.
While
at Oral Roberts University, Kenneth applied to be Oral Roberts' co-pilot and he
was made part of the flight crew, attending all the tent meetings and crusades.
It
was during this time that he was learning exponentially through on-the-job
training.
In
May 1967, Kenneth Copeland was walking along the bed of the Arkansas
River in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the Lord dropped the vision of the
ministry into his heart: to preach the gospel to the nations — a call that
would include using every available voice to preach the uncompromised message
of faith to meet the needs of people worldwide.
On
September 7, 1967, Kenneth Copeland Ministries was
birthed.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries was birthed out of love for
the people and a commitment “to bring
people the Word," states Kenneth Copeland.
"Our
lives are totally wrapped up in ministering to the people.”
“When we say, ‘We're
here for you,’ we mean it to this point - everything we do, everything we
preach, every broadcast we come on, everywhere we minister, everything we say
and do is prayed, engineered, designed to minister to the people.
“God called us
to take His message of love and faith to the whole world. We care about you and
we want to help you find the answers you need in God's Word.”
GOD'S PLAN FOR GLORIA
Gloria
never thought that she would be speaking or preaching in front of anybody.
One
day at one of the church services, God told Gloria to give her testimony, and
she has been speaking ever since.
Usually
after preaching, Gloria would pray for healing for people. She had been doing
this for about three years.
She
decided she wanted to stop doing this. Then God told her that he wanted
her to start a healing school. She did and it's been going strong for thirty
years.
TEN KEYS TO FULFILLING YOUR DESTINY
1. Accept Jesus as
your Lord and Savior
2. Receive the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
3. Trust God's
path and believe He has good plans for you
4. Make it a
priority to spend time with God in His Word
5. Fill your heart
and mouth with the Word of God and believe those things it says will come to
pass
6. Persevere in
faith, knowing that God can work beyond your natural abilities and equip you to
do the impossible
7. Be obedient to
turn from sin and disconnect from all that prevents you from discerning God's
direction
8. Develop a heart
of gratitude and praise to God for all the blessings He bestows upon you
9. Let patience
work: God has a better plan
10. Plant God's Word in your heart, cultivate it and give
it time to produce
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