Podcast Summary: God’s Plan for Your Life Includes Healing

Believer's Voice of Victory Audio Podcast — Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Episode Date: September 18, 2025

Overview

In this episode, Kenneth Copeland draws from scripture and personal stories to teach that God’s plan invariably includes healing and wholeness for every believer. Using biblical accounts, testimonies of faith, and moving illustrations, Copeland encourages listeners to embrace and confess God’s promises for healing, stressing that the same Jesus who performed miracles then still works today. The episode is rich with scripture readings, faith-building narratives, and practical applications about believing, receiving, and maintaining divine health.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Faith and Confession as Foundations for Healing

• "I don't live by what I see, because my God has made a way for me with the mouth. Confession is made unto healing." (00:07)
  • Copeland emphasizes the importance of speaking God's Word aloud as an act of faith, drawing parallels between confession and experiencing God's promises.

2. Miracles in the Ministry of Jesus (Mark 5)

• Copeland narrates the intertwined accounts of Jairus’ daughter and the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:22–43), highlighting the ease with which people received from Jesus.
  • "I just close my eyes and I'm in the boat and I'm standing there and I say, there's Jairus... He's fallen at the master's feet. Mark 5:22. A miracle." (00:13)
  • On the woman with the issue of blood:
    "If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole... What is wholeness? Wholeness. You're made whole." (00:45)
• Copeland likens the act of imagining oneself in these scenes to building faith: “Work these things in your heart and imagination and pray in the spirit.” (00:40)

3. The Principle of Wholeness and Detecting Details in the Word

• He breaks down the term 'whole': not just healed physically but restored in all areas—spirit, soul, and body.
  • "She was made whole. Whatever enterprise she was in... she’s probably a widow and... it was a certain woman, not a parable." (01:13)
  • Copeland encourages listeners to be “spiritual detectives” when reading scripture—looking beyond the surface for deeper meaning and application.

4. Jesus’ Consistency: “This Same Jesus”

• The same Jesus of the New Testament is alive and working in believers today.
  • "I don't care where you are... It's the same Jesus... This same Jesus resides on the inside of us." (02:04)

5. Healing is Part of God’s Redemptive Plan (Isaiah 53)

• Detailed teaching on Isaiah 53, emphasizing that Jesus bore our sickness, pain, griefs, and sorrows.
  • "He bore our sicknesses and carried our pains. It also says, he bore our griefs and carried our sorrows." (03:00)
  • Personal moments of laying hands and praying for healing (03:30–04:15).
• On grief and loss:
  • "Grief is a terrible thing. I've watched it in the lives of a lot of people." (04:15)
• Cites Paul’s encouragement not to grieve like those without hope, affirming the hope of resurrection.

6. Faith and Miracle Stories

• Copeland continues with Mark 5, showing Jesus' response to fear:
  • "Be not afraid, only believe." (05:15)
  • On removing doubters before performing a miracle:
    "He had to get those people out of there." (05:38)
  • Affirms that Jesus has a plan for everyone, "before the foundation of the world." (06:10)

7. Healing and Covenant (Luke 13 & Genesis 17)

• Retells the story of the woman healed on the Sabbath (Luke 13:10–17). Emphasizes her right to be healed as a “daughter of Abraham”—a covenant right.
  • "Ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham... be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" (07:24)
• Relates God’s covenant with Abraham and the identity of God as El Shaddai, the “God who’s more than enough.” (08:10)
  • Personal anecdote comparing God as "Mama Shaddai"—a nurturing nurse to His children (09:00).

8. The Holy Spirit’s Role

• Explains that the same Holy Spirit present at creation lives in believers, quickening (making alive) their mortal bodies.
  • "The spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in me. He makes alive my mortal body." (10:30)
• Tributes to faith-filled friends who lived and died in faith, underscoring living by the Spirit.

9. Personal Testimonies and Faith Miracles

• Shares a powerful story about Mylon, a minister and friend. After a phone call and declaring healing over him, Mylon peacefully passed away, having confessed, “Christy, I’m healed,” moments before.
  • "The Spirit of the living God had a plan." (12:50)

Testimonies of Healing (23:24–24:41)

Shirley from New Jersey:

• “Diagnosed with cancer and had a lot of pain… when you prayed, she felt the fire of God come on her.” (23:24)
• Shirley previously needed a walker, now able to walk without it:
  • "My right leg was just hurting me... Right now, how do you feel?"
    "I feel better. I came up here without the walker." (23:44–23:49)

Mark from New York:

• Reported being delivered from throat issues after prayer:
  • “When he came in here he was having problems, choking and with his throat. … now he's completely free.” (23:51)

Ms. Agnes:

• “In the last three years Ms. Agnes has had six strokes and today she is walking like she could not do before... with every step she's getting stronger and stronger…” (24:02)

John from Jersey:

• "He had two broken hips... it was really hard for me to bend and move and bounce around. Right now, how do you feel?”
  • “I feel great. I feel like dancing.” (24:30–24:41)

Overarching Testimony

• Collectively, these stories reinforce that “God totally healed me; the pain is absolutely a thousand percent gone. And I know it was Jesus Christ.” (24:19)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Kenneth Copeland:

  • "I don't care where you are. I don't care what part of the world you're in. It's the same Jesus." (02:04)
  • "He had a plan, and He still has a plan for your life and mine, before the foundation of the world." (06:10)
  • "He's our mother, He's our nurse, He's More than enough, that we ought everything we need. He is our supply. He is our all in all." (09:38)

• On Healing and Faith:

  • "Be not afraid, only believe." (05:15)
  • "The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in me... He makes alive my mortal body." (10:30)
  • "The Spirit of the living God had a plan." (12:50)

• On Testimonies:

  • From Shirley: “I came up here without the walker.” (23:49)
  • From John: “I feel great. I feel like dancing.” (24:41)

Important Timestamps

• 00:07: The role of confession in faith and healing
• 00:45–03:00: The miracles of Mark 5 (“made whole” and faith in action)
• 03:00–04:15: Commentary on Isaiah 53 and Jesus bearing our griefs/sorrows
• 05:15: "Be not afraid, only believe" — Jesus consoles Jairus
• 07:24–08:10: Luke 13 healing and the covenant of Abraham
• 10:30: Declaring the indwelling Holy Spirit’s power to heal
• 12:50: Mylon’s testimony and peaceful passing
• 23:24–24:41: Testimonies of Shirley, Mark, Ms. Agnes, and John’s miraculous healings

Closing Thoughts

Throughout the teaching, Kenneth Copeland contends that healing is an immutable part of God's plan and accessible through faith, confession of His Word, and a covenant relationship with Him. Testimonies and scripture are interwoven to assure listeners that the same Jesus who healed in the Bible is still healing today.
He invites listeners to nurture faith by daily meditating on God’s promises, acting on their beliefs, and expecting to see God’s supernatural intervention in health and every area of need.

Resources Mentioned:

• Free digital download: “God's Prescription for Divine Health” by Gloria Copeland (available for 60 days at kcm.org/tvspecial)
• Notes and study resources at www.kcm.org