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Rekindle the Fire
Gloria Copeland,
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh
to you...” James 4:8
Remember when you first got into the Word and
were so excited about the things of God?
Remember when you could hardly wait to read the
next chapter in the Bible or listen to the latest teaching tape?
There was only one word to describe you — hot!
Your reborn spirit was on fire for God.
When Ken and I first heard the message of faith,
we were like that. We were so on fire that nothing else in the world interested
us.
We had learned that we could trust God’s Word
just like we could trust the word of a close friend, and we were hungry to find
out everything He had promised us in His Word.
Back then, it seemed all I did was read God’s
Word. I read faith books. I listened to tapes. I was dedicated. My total interest
was the Word of God.
But slowly that changed. At first I didn’t even
realize it was happening. Then the Holy Spirit went to work on me and showed me
that I had grown lukewarm. I had let the fire die down. I still read the Word,
but I had lost my enthusiasm.
Maybe you’ve had this same experience. If so, I
want to tell you how to get the fire back. It worked for me and it will work
for you.
God’s Word says to draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.
In order to do that you will have to first drop
the things that are stealing your time from reading the Word.
Delight yourself in His Word. Become diligent
again.
If you will give your attention to the things of
God, soon your desire for God will increase. Your desire will follow your
attention.
The more you attend to something, the more your
desire is drawn to give attention to that thing.
I can show you that this is a natural principle.
If you play golf, you’ll go for months at a time without even thinking about
it.
Then one day you’ll make time in your schedule
to go to the course and play a round or two. The next day you may want to play
again.
Your desire gets stronger and stronger the more
you play.
This same thing will happen in the spirit realm.
Your soul’s desire will follow whatever you spend your time doing.
Start building yourself up by praying in the
spirit.
Believe and act on everything God says to you.
Before long that flicker that’s been wavering in
your spirit will grow again into an all-consuming fire!
About
Us
Hello,
we’re Kenneth and Gloria Copeland.
For almost 52 years, we’ve been passionately teaching Christians all over the
world how to apply the principles of faith found in God’s WORD to their lives.
We have
seven ministry offices around the world: United States, Canada, Africa, Asia,
Australia, Europe, Ukraine and Latin America. Our God-given directive is to
preach and teach the uncompromised WORD of God on every available voice, which
is being accomplished through a variety of channels, including our Believer’s
Voice of Victory TV and radio broadcasts, podcast and magazine; Believers’
Conventions, Victory Campaigns and Living Victory meetings; published books,
website, and social media channels, to name a few.
With
the expansion of technology, we have more work to do now than ever. We are
determined to let the world know Jesus is LORD, and we’re not slowing down
anytime soon!
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