Believer's Voice of Victory Audio Podcast

Episode Title: A Covenant of BLESSING
Date: September 26, 2025
Hosts: Kenneth Copeland and Professor Greg Stephens

Episode Overview

This episode centers on the foundational Christian theme of covenant and blessing, emphasizing the power and necessity of faith, and the integrity of God’s promises. Kenneth Copeland and Professor Greg Stephens dive deep into the biblical mechanics of faith, illustrated through stories of healing, the authority of believers, and how God’s covenant operates in everyday life.

Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Living by Faith, Not by Sight

• Kenneth opens by stressing that faith moves beyond the senses into trusting God’s word as fact, even when unseen.
  • “I don’t live by what I see because my God has made a way for me.” (00:02)
• The classic amplified Bible’s definition: Faith is “the confirmation, the title deed, of things we hope for… faith perceiving as real what is not revealed to the senses.”
• Key Insight: Faith is now, not future-based hope—prayer works because of faith, not the other way around.

Notable Quote

“Prayer does not make faith work. Faith makes prayer work.”
— Kenneth Copeland (01:42)

2. Faith as a Tool and Act of Will

• Copeland recalls learning from Oral Roberts to use faith purposefully, “like a mechanic uses a tool” (02:22).
• The importance of intentionally directing faith toward specific outcomes.

Notable Quote

“You use your faith on purpose. You use your faith like a mechanic uses a tool.”
— Kenneth Copeland (02:18)

3. Case Study: Thomas’ Doubt and the Will to Believe

• Walkthrough of John 20:24-29: Thomas demands evidence before believing Christ’s resurrection.
• Jesus’ response: “Be not faithless, but believing.”
• Thomas’s doubt is depicted as a conscious, willful choice not to believe.
• Copeland warns against waiting for signs—stay “in the word” so faith remains active.

Notable Quote

“If I can’t see it and I can’t feel it, I will not believe it. And there may be some of you out there that are talking that same way… you don’t ever want to be caught without your faith.”
— Kenneth Copeland (05:10)

4. The Woman with the Issue of Blood: Healing by Faith

• Analysis of Mark 5:25–34: A woman, after 12 years suffering, is healed upon touching Jesus' garment—not by Jesus’ anointing alone, but by her faith.
• Her conviction (“If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole”) comes before she feels physical evidence of healing.
• Professor Stephens links her story to temple customs and the “daughter” relationship, highlighting covenant status under Levitical law (09:22).

Key Insights

• Faith precedes the experience of healing or answer.
• Both the woman and Jairus’ daughter are connected by the motif of covenant and age (both “daughters,” both involving the number twelve).

Notable Quote

“He didn’t say, my anointing made you whole… Her faith stopped him in the middle of the street.”
— Kenneth Copeland (08:43)

5. Words of Faith and Authority Over Circumstances

• Jesus exercises authority by speaking faith-filled words about Jairus’ daughter: “Why make ye this ado and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.” (10:23–10:58)
• Importance of removing unbelief (“get these people out of here”) to create an atmosphere of faith.

Notable Moment

• Light-hearted banter about bat mitzvah/bar mitzvah, demonstrating camaraderie and humility (12:21–12:35).

6. The Power of Covenant: Abraham's Servant and Isaac’s Bride

• Shift to Genesis 24: Abraham’s servant prays for guidance to find a wife for Isaac, acting on Abraham’s covenant with God rather than a personal covenant (13:53).
• Professor Stephens explains covenant's power and how those connected to someone in covenant can share its benefits.

Notable Quotes

“Covenant is as powerful as God’s own word, because it is his word.”
— Professor Greg Stephens (13:56)

“He’s praying based on Abraham’s covenant… not a first-person prayer because he doesn’t know God.”
— Professor Greg Stephens (16:50)

7. God's Timing and Angelic Assistance

• The hosts discuss how, before the servant finishes praying, God has already orchestrated Rebekah’s arrival.
• Angels are shown to play an active role, responding to prayers and aligning events (19:10–20:10).
• Emphasized: The importance of asking—prayer gives angels something to act on.

Notable Quotes

“All of her motions, everything she thought that morning, everything she did was enforced by that angel. So she would be right there at the moment where he prayed the prayer.”
— Kenneth Copeland (19:07)

“Because what you’re doing [in prayer] is you’re giving charge to that...for that angel. Now he’s got something to work with.”
— Professor Greg Stephens (19:56)

8. Typology & Application: The Holy Spirit as Helper

• Professor Stephens links the story to Christian life today: Just as Eleazar (meaning "helper") secures Isaac’s bride, so too the Holy Spirit brings believers into God’s covenant blessing.
• Rebekah is “bought with a price,” echoing New Testament language about the church (20:11–22:48).

9. The Importance of Being a Covenant Partner

• The episode concludes with an encouragement to understand and “partner” with God’s covenant through ministries and personal faith.
• Affirmation: Blessing and prosperity flow from honoring covenant principles.
  • “He started her off as a wealthy woman, and it’s covenant.” (22:48)

Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Faith as a Tool:
  “You use your faith like a mechanic uses a tool.” — Kenneth Copeland (02:18)
• Faith First, Feelings After:
  “When did she feel it? After she believed it.” — Kenneth Copeland (07:15)
• Prayer & Angels:
  “All of her motions…everything she did was enforced by that angel.” — Kenneth Copeland (19:07)
• Covenant and Partnership:
  “That’s why you need to be a covenant partner of a ministry.” — Professor Greg Stephens (22:55)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:02–02:22 — Opening: Faith over feelings; “Faith is the title deed.”
• 02:23–05:10 — Faith as a tool; Oral Roberts anecdote.
• 05:11–08:43 — Thomas’ willful unbelief; the need for daily faith.
• 08:44–10:58 — Healing the woman with the issue of blood; importance of faith over evidence.
• 11:00–13:53 — Jairus’ daughter; speaking faith, removing unbelief.
• 13:54–16:50 — Covenant in Genesis; Abraham’s servant as a beneficiary.
• 16:51–22:48 — Power of prayer; God’s orchestration through angels; typology with Rebekah.
• 22:49–End — The role of partnership in covenant blessing; closing praise and benediction.

Tone and Style

• Encouraging, Scripturally-grounded teaching with conversational humor and occasional personal anecdotes.
• Hosts reinforce the continual, practical outworking of spiritual principles: faith, prayer, and covenant.

Summary Takeaway

This episode delivers a comprehensive look at Christian faith as both a present-tense force and a practical tool, solidly anchored in God’s covenant. Through rich biblical stories and lived examples, listeners are urged to live beyond their senses, activate their covenant rights through faith, and recognize the crucial role of partnerships—both with God and within ministries—for experiencing the fullness of God’s blessing.