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The Tithing Covenant Enables You To Live Generously 05/30
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Kenneth Copeland
I move by what I feel. I don't live by what I see, because my God has made a way for me. Sam. Hello, everybody. I'm Kenneth Copeland. This is my daughter Kelly, and my son John. And this is the Believer's Voice of Victory broadcast. If you have any kind of a report that will help you live by faith, we want to hear about it, such as this one.
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Kelly Copeland
KELLY D. Well, I'm so blessed.
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Kenneth Copeland
Oh, and you're the partner girl, right?
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Kelly Copeland
I am the partner. That's your title for me is partner girl or partner relations manager. But I get to talk to partners, and it's really when we go to meetings, I get to meet and talk to y'.
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Kenneth Copeland
All.
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Kelly Copeland
I just love it. So come to our meetings so I can talk to you anyway. But we have a partner named Chester, and. And he sent me this testimony. He said, In October of 2022, I sewed $5,000 into the KCM Studio production expansion. That's where we do all the Believers Voice Victory programming. Believing for a restaurant business location in Hays, Kansas. Within less than 30 days, we had a building secured. We had been looking for many months with no success. In March of 23, we opened the restaurant. And by October 23, less than a year of a seed, we were able to pay cash for the building, debt free. We sowed 5,000 in October. In October 23, we paid $525,000 cash for the building.
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Kenneth Copeland
No doubt, let me in on it.
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Kelly Copeland
It's a great deal, but I've talked to them, sat with them, and they just, you know, they say, I just learned how to live like this, listening to y' all listen to Believers Voice of Victory. And it's dad, they always say, you know, people who are our partners, it's not just. They didn't just partner with money. They partnered with God's word that you. They believed it, they acted on it, and the result is clear.
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Kenneth Copeland
I was in Hereford, Texas, and I was there by myself. You and Gloria were at home. I don't remember now, but anyway, I was there alone. I got right at the foot of the bed and I laid out my outlines. I said, lord, where should I start? This is just the way I visit with him, you know. But I looked to hear from the answer not here. Is there victory in salvation? I said, yes. Is there victory in baptism of the Holy Ghost? Absolutely. Is there victory in healing? I said, yes. He said, every believer has a voice, and it is a voice of victory. This was back before any magazine, this tv. Well, TV was way out in the future. This was one of the first meetings in this ministry. We had. We had two meetings in abandoned drugstores. One was in Wichita Falls, Texas. That was the other. And the one was in Hereford, Texas, up in the panhandle. And it is amazing to me, after all that's been said and all that's been read and all that's been done, how little Christian people know or how faith and tithing, a whole lot of it, of course, is the way you're raised at home. I was, as we know, I was raised with a man that all tithing was right up, right up front with him. And he. He said, my dad always told me to get up very early. And he said, now, if you. You're out of a job, get up early, be led and go there. So now, some of you that don't know a cotton gin is not where they make gin whiskey. No, you take cotton that's picked out in the field. I don't know why they call it a gin. It's just always did. And it goes through there and the cotton is cleaned and all the. Are taken out of it. It's a huge industry. It still is. Of course, now they do it with much better machines than they did back in the 30s, during the depression. And he said, I got up very early and I was standing there and he said, the foreman, stand up, said, what are you doing here? He said, I said, I came to go to work for you. He didn't say, you got any jobs? No, my dad's a faith man. His dad was a faith man. I came to go to work for you. Can you keep books? Yes. So I said, dad, have you ever kept books before? He said, kenneth, I knew I could go through the ledger and see and make sure this is not the reason why this man doesn't have the job anymore, because if his figures were off. But he said, as you know, I'm pretty good at math. Yeah, you are. He said, I just followed his example. But then he said, in my first opportunity, I went to drawings, business, college and learned the proper way to keep a book and keep the ledgers on my own now. And he's a tithing man. So is his dad. Listen to this in. Hang on, let me get over here. What if I don't have faith to tithe? So then faith. Romans 10. So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Now it'll come when you're reading the word out loud yourself. Faith will come. Faith is coming right now, whether you realize it or not if you have any reverence for the Scripture at all. Now listen to this. Faith comes by hearing and hearing. But I wanted to read it out of the Bible, so it's in the little book. Jesus taught that the faith the size of a mustard seed will grow to produce great things if planted. Even if your faith seems small, God will take up the challenge. There was a book written in the 1940s about a farmer named Perry Hayden, and that is Raymond Jeffries. Anyway, who accepted the challenge after hearing his pastor preach on Malachi 3, 10 decided to tithe and record the results and see just how much blessing tithing would produce. He started by sowing 1 cubic inch of wheat, 360 kernels on his farm and committing to the Lord. For the next six years, he would tithe 10% of the harvest and sow the remainder of the following season. The first year, he planted 360 kernels in a 4 by 4 plot. In the second year, tithing 10% of the harvest, he had to expand the plot to 24 by 60ft to have room enough to plan the number of seed. The third year, after tithing the 10%, he had to expand the plot to three quarters of an acre. The fourth year, he took the 14 acres to accommodate the seed. The fifth year, it took 230 acres. Your six. Six. Year six. He needed year six. He needed a plot of 2,600 acres to have room enough to plant the 5,000 bushels of seed that he had to sow. 5,000 bushels. I say his farm was working 2600 acres. He needed. Yes. In six years, the original 360 kernels multiplied to become 55 billion. And Perry Hayden had made $288,000. That was a lot of money. In 1940, the war hadn't started yet. I was born in 1936. The Depression was still on.
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Kelly Copeland
You know, dad, I've heard people say. Well, when it says the sower sows the word, that wasn't talking about money. But the Bible says that the kingdom of heaven is as a man sows a seed. So if you want to just break it down to that, as a man sows a seed, that's the harvest you get. That's a rule and a law.
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Kenneth Copeland
If you expect it. Yeah. Now he was proving something. Why, that's what Malachi said, Prove me and saith the Lord. So he proved it. But you have to do it by faith and with the joy of the Lord and a smile on your face. I was working with my grandfather and it was hot but he's preparing the land out there in that heat, he's getting it ready. That's when the hot part comes. That's when the hard part comes. Because harvest, he has harvest on his mind. So he's out there in the heat and he's just dragging that. There are different kinds of hoes where one of them is like that. You cut weeds in the garden, but out there in the field, it's larger than that and it has a blade on it about that for. It's not a sickle. It's just a long. And you just swing that thing and cut up the briars and the sticker goat heads and stuff. And he's just swinging that thing. Well, there was an Hispanic man there, and I was with him, and he turned to look to me and said, when does that old man fall down? I said, he never falls down. And so I asked him, I said, papa, how come you left us? He said, well, Kenneth, you have to set your jaw. Set my jaw? He said, you have to be determined. You have to mean it. And he just kept on talking. He said, well, Kenneth, you're not going to have a crop if you don't get out there and get the trash out of it. Oh, you better set your spiritual jaw. Trash out of here and forget all of the mess you ever heard about it and get in it with your whole heart, with a full. Expecting to deal wisely in the affairs of life. Praise God, because tithing is the wise thing to have the God of the universe to be your financial partner. What would you say to somebody that maybe they used to tithe, they quit, or they've never tithed. I know I've had times where for some reason or another, I had missed tithes or whatever, but didn't really have the ability to go back and make it up. Wouldn't you say, just start, like, right where you're at? Well, of course you go to first, John. I mean, yeah, you go to first, John, and repent of it and say, lord, I knew better than that. Repent of that. And I received my forgiveness. And so we're not going to talk about it anymore. Except I want to thank you now. And I'm a tither now, and if you'll help me and reveal it to me, I'll make it up to you. And you'll show me places that I can meet someone's need. And offerings are not just through church. You see someone that meets a need or someone that's never had anything before much, and their eyes get big. And I was in Beaumont, Israel, and the Lord said, this is going to be the best financial year you've ever had. But it looked like the worst because nobody was coming except dad Sutton, his wife and two women. And anyway, he just took all the change and put it in a sack and, of course, the checks and things. So we got in. Well, I'd driven that old car from Beaumont. I was tired. She said, come on. She went to Cox's Department Store.
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Kelly Copeland
Who, Mother?
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Kenneth Copeland
Yes. Take that, Chase.
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Kelly Copeland
Oh, the bag of money.
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Kenneth Copeland
The bag of money. And she. A red patent purse and some red spike heels. And they said, we broke you. She said, there's more where that came from. Well, I realized how important purses are to women, particularly the LV purses. She likes those. And, of course, Jerry Savelle had Louis Vuitton cover for his phone. So what do you do? I checked out, and I found out that someone very, very close, in fact, Yvonne and Abigail Banda, both of them, he's my trainer, and both of them prepare food and so forth. And so I wanted to know if she ever had one. No. Well, I said, well, you do now. Why?
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Kelly Copeland
That's just generosity.
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Kenneth Copeland
Well, and she wanted it. She didn't need it. But Gloria didn't need that red purse. She already had a purse that was a birthday present. And then others that need just desperately need things. When you're a tither, you meet the need of the poor.
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Kelly Copeland
What an honor to be the hand of the Lord. To be the hand of the Lord. To bring someone, turn someone's heart towards him. That's what Second Corinthians 9 talks about. You've caused a heart of generosity. Your generosity is called Thanksgiving. To go up to God. What an honor to be his hand to be. You know, one time I asked you, because I was younger, a lot younger, and you taught us, he's the Lord of the tithes, so he tells you what to do with it. And one day, we'd sold a house, and I was sowing some money, and I felt like I should give it to this widow. And I'd seen it in the scripture that it talks about your tithe, the storehouse. Because the storehouse would feed the orphans.
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Kenneth Copeland
And widows, orphans and widows.
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Kelly Copeland
And I said, dad, is that. Can I do that? Because I feel like that's what the Lord's telling me. And you said, well, he's the Lord of it. And so if he feeds the orphans and the widows, and he leads you in that, what an honor to be his hand. If you're putting into the storehouse, then you're making it available for him to.
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Kenneth Copeland
Do whatever he's in the scripture on that's 54th chapter of Isaiah. And Jesus said, the apostle Paul said the same thing in light of that.
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Kelly Copeland
And he. I think the Lord knows that he can go beyond the 10% with you and he can show you a need or a desire. Somebody just asks for something. I just love it. I love that generous life, dad, that you've taught us to lead.
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Kenneth Copeland
We were on vacation, and Jerry Savelle and Jesse Duplantis and me, we walked past a restaurant, and it wasn't noontime, but it was open. And we're just walking along the sidewalk. And I heard the Lord say, go in there and give that man $100. What if I hadn't had a hundred dollars? What about the Samaritan? The Jews wouldn't have anything to do with the Samaritan. That's where Franklin Graham got Samaritan's purse. Because he said, you take care of this man, and if I owe you more, I will pay when I return. This man had been beat and robbed. He met his need, but he had to have money enough to do it. Anyway, I just turned and went in there. They didn't know what I was doing. I just walked in there, and I had my money clip in my pocket. I said, sir, I heard the Lord say to give you a hundred dollars. And I gave it to him. And Chariot said, not without me, you don't. And judges it, not without me, you know. And you can see he began to tear up. He had the need. I expect he was thinking about it at that time. And the answer to it just walked past the door over and over. I can't tell you how much that was. An offering. No, it was a gift. The blessing of the Lord maketh rich. And he adds, no toiling with it. That's in the book of Proverbs.
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Kelly Copeland
And he's unwilling to do without a cheerful and prompt to do it upon giver. There's so much in that give.
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Kenneth Copeland
Well, let's close this on Mark 10. Oh, Copeland promises his donors a hundredfold. No, no, I never have. No, I never have done that. I never have said that. The 10th chapter of the book of Mark, 17th verse. When he was gone forth in the way, there came one running and kneeled to him and asked him, good master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, why you call me good? There's none good but one. That's God. Thou Knowest the commandments. Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not fraud or bear false witness. Honor your father and your mother. That's not 10. Did you notice that? That's not all 10 of them. And he answered and said unto him, master, all these I have observed from my youth. Jesus, beholding him, loved him and said unto him, one thing you lack, go your way. Sell whatsoever you have and give to the poor. And you shall have treasure in heaven. Come, take up the cross and follow me. He offered him apostleship. Right then. He was sad at that saying. He went away grieved, for he had great possessions. Jesus looked around about to his disciples. How hardly it is they that have riches into the kingdom of God. The disciples were astonished at his word. They were not poor. He answered again and said, children, how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God. Easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man that trusts in his riches to enter the kingdom of God. They were astonished. Adam saying unto themselves, can anyone be saved? He looked upon him, with men it's impossible, but not with God, for with God all things are possible. Peter began to say unto him, lord, we've left all and followed you. Jesus answered and said, now Jesus answered and said, there is no man that hath left house, brethren, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, lands for my sake and the Gospel's. But he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, brethren, sisters, mothers, children, lands. With persecution and in the world to come, eternal life. Well, of course the devil's after the money. Any preacher that has money, or any Christian that has money enough to meet all of their needs. And then they begin to sow and give and he's going to talk ugly about you and everything else. I've had ugly books written about me about it. I had sense enough not to read them because I preach the prosperity of God. You just preach about money all the time. Spirit, soul, body, financially and socially. It covers the prosperity, covers that.
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Kelly Copeland
There's a really. This jumped out at me in my Bible. This is the Passion. You know, there is an anointed title in this Bible. You know how they put these little titles above the chapter the Revolutionary values of the Kingdom. It's revolutionary to live like this.
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Kenneth Copeland
Yes, it is. It'll change everything in the American Revolution era of the war.
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Kelly Copeland
Yeah.
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Kenneth Copeland
And we're out of time. We'll be back in just a few moments. So give the Lord a praise.
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Narrator
There is one decision that could open the floodgates of God's blessing in your life. In the Joy and Power of the Tithing Covenant, Kenneth Copeland takes you deep into the Word to reveal the true purpose of tithing not as a ritual but as a powerful covenant connection to God Himself. Study how tithing is throughout the Bible and has always been part of God's blessing plan. Learn the biblical promises to the tither and how honoring God with your first and best invites his supernatural provision into every area of your life. Tithing is more than giving. It's trusting. It's stepping into God's economy where his promises never fail. And it positions you to walk in the blessing of the Lord where sorrow has no place. God is the best financial partner you'll ever have. When you follow God's way of doing things, you step into a life of joy, provision and unstoppable increase. Get your free book the Joy and Power of the Tithing Covenant by Kenneth Copeland on kcm.org tvspecial or when you call 800-600-7395. Tithing brings God's increase into your life, spirit, body, financially and socially. It is your covenant connection to the blessing of the Lord. This special offer is good for 60 days outside the U.S. shipping charges may apply.
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Announcer
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Kenneth Copeland
If you are in Christ, then are you Abraham's seed and heirs? According to the promise, you ought to be loosed from that infirmity. Bless God. Join us for the New Jersey Victory Campaign with Kenneth Copeland and Keith Butler June 26th through the 28th. Register@kcm.org NJ Today as most of you know, Friday is always offering day on the bvov. And now here is the scripture reference upon which it is based. In the book of Galatians, it reads, be not deceived. God is not mocked. For whatsoever man sows, that shall he also reap. For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption. But he that sows to the spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Praise God, Father, in the name of Jesus. We pray together for this marvelous week. And we pray over the offerings of our partners. We pray over the offerings of the givers and those that maybe this is the very first time they've been seen this on television. And we praise you for it in Jesus name, Amen. So we'll see you next week. Until then, this is Kenneth, Kelly and John reminding you that God loves you and we love you, and Jesus is Lord. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland would like to thank you for praying and sowing into Kenneth Copeland Ministries. We are believing with you for the harvest on the seed you have sown to give by text. You can text the letters KCM to 36609. Together we are sending the Word of Faith to people around the world. Sa.