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Gloria Copeland — Be Filled With the Spirit Part 2Posted on March 31st, 2010
You must supply the sounds as the Holy
Spirit supplies the words. These words will be
unknown to you. The Scripture teaches us that
in the spirit we speak mysteries unto God:
“For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no
man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit
he speaketh mysteries…. He that speaketh
in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but
he that prophesieth edifieth the church”
(1 Corinthians 14:2, 4). You are not speaking
to man but to God.
One translation says we speak divine
secrets. You can pray beyond your natural
knowledge when you pray in other tongues.
So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our
aid and bears us up in our weakness;
for we do not know what prayer to
offer nor how to offer it worthily as
we ought, but the Spirit Himself
goes to meet our supplication and
pleads in our behalf with unspeakable
yearnings and groanings too deep for
utterance. And He Who searches
the hearts of men knows what is in
the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what
His intent is], because the Spirit
intercedes and pleads [before God] in
behalf of the saints according to and
in harmony with God’s will (Romans
8:26-27, The Amplified Bible).
The Holy Spirit comes to our aid to help
us in prayer when we don’t know how to pray
as we ought. He gives us utterance in other
tongues, praying the perfect will of God. We
need this help. So much of the time we know
so little. We may only see a symptom of a
much deeper problem. But the Holy Spirit
goes right to the root of the problem and
prays the perfect will of God for us.
Look at Jude 20, The Amplified Bible: “But
you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded]
on your most holy faith [make progress, rise
like an edifice higher and higher], praying in
the Holy Spirit.” Praying in tongues edifies
you. This means “to build up or charge,” as we
charge a battery.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — The Power That WorksPosted on March 3rd, 2010
Learn to continually pray this prayer
from Ephesians 3:14-21 for yourself:
For this cause I bow my knees unto
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
of whom the whole family in heaven
and earth is named, that he would
grant you, according to the riches
of his glory, to be strengthened with
might by his Spirit in the inner man;
that Christ may dwell in your hearts
by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love, may be able to
comprehend with all saints what is
the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height; and to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that
ye might be filled with all the fullness
of God. Now unto him that is able
to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us, unto him
be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without
end. Amen.
According to the power that worketh in
us! His unlimited ability to work in our lives is
according to the power working in us. God’s
design is that He abide continually inside our
spirits and come upon us in power to carry
out His work.
In the early Church, much of the time,
people were born again and received the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit at the same time.
In Acts 8 however, we can see the two different
experiences. It tells us that Philip in Samaria
preached the things concerning the kingdom
of God and the Name of Jesus. Verse 12 says
they believed, and both men and women were
baptized. These people were believers.
Later, Peter and John came to pray for
them that they might receive the Holy
Ghost. “(For as yet he was fallen upon none
of them: only they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands
on them, and they received the Holy Ghost”
(Acts 8:16-17).
The term “receiving the Holy Ghost” is
also correct in speaking about the Baptism
in the Holy Spirit. Paul asked the men at
Ephesus, “Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye believed? And they said unto him,
We have not so much as heard whether there
be any Holy Ghost” (Acts 19:2).
These men had been baptized into John’s
baptism. Paul told them that John said to
believe on Jesus. “When they heard this, they
were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them,
the Holy Ghost came on them; and they
spake with tongues, and prophesied” (Acts
19:5-6). In this instance they were baptized
in water and then Paul laid hands on them to
receive the Holy Ghost.
From these scriptures we can see that the
apostles laid their hands on men who were
already believers, to receive the Holy Spirit.
These scriptures reveal that this enduement of
power called the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is
not the same experience as the new birth. In
these two examples, this enduement of power
came as hands were laid on them.
However, on the Day of Pentecost, at
the house of Cornelius, the Spirit of God fell
upon those present and they began to speak
in other tongues. They received the new birth
and the enduement of power simultaneously.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — The Lord Watches Over The Widows and OrphansPosted on November 18th, 2009
Jeremiah 29:11
KJV—For I know the thoughts that I think
toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of
peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end.
Amp—For I know the thoughts and plans
that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts
and plans for welfare and peace, and not for
evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
NAS—“For I know the plans I have for
you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 49:11
KJV—Leave thy fatherless children, I will
preserve them alive; and let thy widows
trust in me.
NIV—Leave your orphans; I will protect
their lives. Your widows too can trust in me.
Amp—Leave your fatherless children, I will
[do what is necessary to] preserve them
alive; and let [those made] your widows
trust and confide in Me.
1 Corinthians 7:32
NKJV—But I want you to be without
care. He who is unmarried cares for the
things that belong to the Lord—how he
may please the Lord.
NIV—I would like you to be free from
concern. An unmarried man is concerned
about the Lord’s affairs—how he can
please the Lord.
Amp—My desire is to have you free from
all anxiety and distressing care. The unmarried
[man] is anxious about the things
of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:34
NKJV—There is a difference between a
wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman
cares about the things of the Lord, that
she may be holy both in body and in spirit.
NIV—An unmarried woman or virgin is
concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her
aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both
body and spirit.
Amp—And the unmarried woman or girl
is concerned and anxious about the matters
of the Lord, how to be wholly separated
and set apart in body and spirit.
1 Timothy 5:3-5
KJV—Honour widows that are widows
indeed…. Now she that is a widow indeed,
and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth
in supplications and prayers night and day.
NIV—Give proper recognition to those widows
who are really in need…. The widow who
is really in need and left all alone puts her
hope in God and continues night and day to
pray and to ask God for help.
Amp—[Always] treat with great consideration
and give aid to those who are truly
widowed—solitary and without support….
Now [a woman] who is a real widow, and
is left entirely alone and desolate, has
fixed her hope on God and perseveres in
supplications and prayers night and day.
James 1:27
KJV—Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this, to visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
NIV—Religion that God our Father accepts
as pure and faultless is this: to look
after orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted
by the world.
Weymouth—The religion which is pure
and stainless in the sight of our God and
Father is to visit orphans and widows in
their time of trouble, and to keep one’s
own self unspotted from the world.
Gloria Copeland
Doers of the Word by Gloria CopelandPosted on April 23rd, 2009
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity
of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the
engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But
be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves”(James 1:21-22).
The implanted Word received with meekness is able
to save your soul (your mind, will and emotions).
Remember that the Word of God separates the soul
from the spirit. The Word of God received with
meekness causes your soul to agree with your spirit as it
is led by the Holy Spirit. First Peter 1:22 says you purify
your soul in obeying the truth through the Spirit.
To receive the word “with meekness” means that
when the Word is revealed to us, we must adapt
ourselves to obey that Word. We are to be doers of the
Word. When we only hear the Word, but fail to do it,
we deceive ourselves. We cannot walk in the spirit by
the Holy Spirit unless we obey God’s Word.
Do you want to be self-deceived or do you want to
walk as a child of light? Will you spend time in prayer
and in the Word, or will you spend time in the pleasures
of this world? No one can make these decisions for you.