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Gloria Copeland — Godly WivesPosted on October 28th, 2009
Proverbs 11:16
KJV—A gracious woman retaineth honour:
and strong men retain riches.
NIV—A kindhearted woman gains respect,
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Amp—A gracious and good woman wins
honor [for her husband], and violent men
win riches; [but a woman who hates righteousness
is a throne of dishonor for him].
Proverbs 12:4
KJV—A virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is
as rottenness in his bones.
NKJV—An excellent wife is the crown of
her husband, but she who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.
NIV—A wife of noble character is her
husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is
like decay in his bones.
Amp—A virtuous and worthy wife—earnest
and strong in character—is a crowning
joy to her husband, but she who makes
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 14:1
KJV—Every wise woman buildeth her
house: but the foolish plucketh it down
with her hands.
NIV—The wise woman builds her house,
but with her own hands the foolish one
tears hers down.
Amp—Every wise woman builds her
house, but the foolish one tears it down
with her own hands.
1 Corinthians 7:3
NKJV—Let the husband render to his
wife the affection due her, and likewise
also the wife to her husband.
Amp—The husband should give to his
wife her conjugal rights—goodwill, kindness
and what is due her as his wife; and
likewise the wife to her husband.
Ephesians 5:22-24
KJV—Wives, submit yourselves unto
your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For
the husband is the head of the wife, even
as Christ is the head of the church: and
he is the saviour of the body. Therefore
as the church is subject unto Christ, so
let the wives be to their own husbands in
every thing.
NIV—Wives, submit to your husbands as
to the Lord. For the husband is the head
of the wife as Christ is the head of the
church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so
also wives should submit to their husbands
in everything.
Weymouth—Married women, submit to
your own husbands as if to the Lord; because
a husband is the head of his wife,
as Christ also is the head of the church,
Himself the savior of the Body. And just as
the church submits to Christ, so also married
women should be entirely submissive
to their husbands.
Ephesians 5:33
KJV—The wife see that she reverence her
husband.
NIV—The wife must respect her husband.
Amp—Let the wife see that she respects
and reverences her husband—that she
notices him, regards him, honors him,
prefers him, venerates and esteems him;
and that she defers to him, praises him,
and loves and admires him exceedingly.
Weymouth—Let a married woman see to
it that she treats her husband with respect.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Harmonious Marriage and ChildrenPosted on October 21st, 2009
Father, in the Name of Jesus, it is written in Your Word that
love is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost who is
given to us. Because You are in us, we acknowledge that love
reigns supreme.
We believe that love is displayed in full expression, enfolding
and knitting us together in truth, making us perfect for
every good work to do Your will and working in us that which
is well-pleasing in Your sight.
We desire to live and conduct ourselves and our marriage
honorably and becomingly. We esteem it as precious, worthy
and of great price. We commit ourselves to live in mutual harmony
and accord with one another, delighting in each other,
being of the same mind and united in spirit.
Father, we believe and say that we are gentle, compassionate,
courteous, tenderhearted and humble-minded. We seek peace
and it keeps our hearts in quietness and assurance. Because
we follow after love and dwell in peace, our prayers are not
hindered in any way in the Name of Jesus. We are heirs together
of the grace of life.
We purpose together to live in agreement, to live in harmony,
to live in peace, to live in power toward each other and
toward all men. We confess that our marriage grows stronger
day by day in the bond of unity because it is founded on Your
Word and rooted and grounded in Your love. Father, we thank
You for the performance of it in Jesus’ Name.
Father, Your Word is true and I believe it. Therefore, in the
Name of Jesus, I believe in my heart and say with my mouth
that Your Word prevails over my children. Your Word says You
will pour out Your Spirit upon my offspring, and Your blessing
upon my descendants. I believe and say that my children are
wise, they take heed to and are the fruit of godly instruction
and correction. I love my children and I will diligently discipline
them early. Because of that, they give me delight and rest.
Father, I take Your Word that says You contend with him
who contends with me and You give safety to my children and
ease them day by day. I confess that You, Lord, give Your angels
special charge over my children to accompany and defend and
preserve them. I believe they find favor, good understanding
and high esteem in Your sight, Lord, and in the sight of man.
I confess that my children are disciples, taught of You, Lord,
and obedient to Your will. Great is their peace and undisturbed
composure. I believe I receive wisdom and counsel in
bringing up my children in Your discipline and instruction.
Your Word declares that when they are old they will not depart
from it. So, I commit them into Your keeping and I know, and
have confident trust, that they are watched over and blessed
of You all the days of their lives, in Jesus’ Name.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Filled With the Holy SpiritPosted on October 14th, 2009
After Jesus Christ was raised from the dead and before
He ascended into heaven, He left us this promise: “Ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me…[throughout] the earth”
(Acts 1:8). The Holy Spirit is the One who endues us with
power for our Christian walk and to do the works of Jesus
(John 14:12).
God has already sent the Holy Spirit. He came to earth on
the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2). Now it is up to you to receive
Him into your life.
Once you are born again, you can receive the Holy Spirit
just as you received Jesus—by faith in God’s Word. All you
must do is ask Him. Jesus said, “If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more
shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him?” (Luke 11:13). The Holy Spirit will empower you
with God’s own power! You need His power working in you—
ask Him now.
My heavenly Father, I am a believer. I am Your child and
You are my Father. Jesus is my Lord. I believe with all my
heart that Your Word is true. Your Word says that, if I will
ask, I will receive the Holy Spirit, so in the Name of Jesus
Christ my Lord, I am asking You to fill me to overflowing
with Your precious Holy Spirit. Baptize me in the Holy
Spirit. Because of Your Word, I believe that I now receive
and I thank You for it. I believe that the Holy Spirit is
within me and, by faith, I accept it. Now, Holy Spirit, rise
up within me as I praise my God. I fully expect to speak
with other tongues as You give me the utterance.
Meditate on these scriptures about the Holy Spirit: Luke
11:9-13; John 14:10, 12, 16-17; Acts 1:8, 2:4, 32-33, 38-39,
8:12-17, 10:44-46, 19:2, 5-6; 1 Corinthians 14:2-15, 18, 27;
Ephesians 6:18; Jude 20.
Gloria Copeland
Kenneth Copeland — Problems, Get Out of My Face!Posted on October 7th, 2009
The first chapter of Joshua tells us about
a particular man who was a candidate for a
miracle. His associate, Moses, had just died
and Joshua was facing the task of taking
5 million notoriously rebellious Israelites into
the Promised Land.
God said to him, Now, Joshua, here’s the
situation: “Moses my servant is dead; now therefore
arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this
people, unto the land which I do give to them,
even to the children of Israel” (verse 2).
Notice that God didn’t tell Joshua about
all the trouble he was going to meet when
he got over there. He didn’t tell him about
the wall at Jericho. He didn’t tell him there
would be fierce giants to defeat.
He just said, “Arise and go, Joshua.
You’re a candidate for a miracle.”
Then He said, If you’ll get up and go…
Every place that the sole of your
foot shall tread upon, that have I given
unto you, as I said unto Moses. From
the wilderness and this Lebanon even
unto the great river, the river Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites, and unto
the great sea toward the going down of
the sun, shall be your coast. There shall
not any man be able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life: as I was
with Moses, so I will be with thee: I
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee
(verses 3-5).
Look again at that last verse. Notice God
didn’t say that no one could stand against
Joshua during this “Promised Land
Campaign” he was about to begin. He said,
“All the days of your life, Boy, nobody will
be able to get in your face and knock you
down” (my paraphrase, of course).
God told Joshua he’d be a candidate for a
miracle all his life. That’s good news, isn’t it?
“Yeah, Brother Jesse, but that promise
was for Joshua, not you and me.”
God is no respecter of persons! God didn’t
love Joshua any more than He loves us. So if
we’ll do what God told him to do, no one
will be able to stand before us either.