Your Checklist To Access THE BLESSING 06/03

Summary

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Episode Summary: "Your Checklist To Access THE BLESSING" (06/03/2025)

Podcast: Believer's Voice of Victory Audio Podcast
Host: Kenneth Copeland Ministries
Guests: Kenneth Copeland, Kelly Copeland, John Copeland
Main Theme:
A practical, scripture-rooted exploration of what it means to "access the blessing" in every area of life, using real-life analogies (like airplane checklists), direct Bible study (Psalm 1, Deuteronomy 28), and practical stories. The Copeland family teaches that THE BLESSING is available as a covenant right for believers, but acting on God’s Word—being a “doer”—is essential for experiencing it.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Importance of Gratitude and Testimonies

• Listener Testimony [00:18]: Kenneth reads from a listener in Hawaii (“CS”), describing practical ways God has blessed her (financial increase, repairs, small kindnesses).
  • Kenneth: “I’m so thankful for even the small blessing...Praise God.”

2. Lessons from an Airplane Incident: Don’t Skip Your Checklist

• Aviation Analogy [01:20 – 04:07]: Kenneth recounts a harrowing incident with an airplane where a pre-flight checklist step was missed, nearly resulting in danger.
  • Key lesson: “Whatever you’re going to start, you better start it by faith.” [04:49]
  • Kelly: “That sounds scary.” [04:02]
  • Kenneth was unafraid, recognizing God’s protection, but notes his neglect of the checklist.

3. Principle: Be a Doer, Not Just a Hearer

• Application of the Analogy [11:07 – 12:21]
  • Kenneth: “It was on the checklist, and I didn’t check it...I read it and didn’t do it. That’s the point.”
  • Kelly: “You assumed it was done.”
  • Kenneth (quoting James): “Be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only…”

4. Meditating on the Word to Access the Blessing

• Psalm 1 Discussion [06:53 – 08:49]
  • Kelly reads Psalm 1: “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly…”
  • Kenneth and John discuss the Psalm’s history: Psalms as sung national history, essential for identity.
  • Kenneth: “By singing their history, every Jewish child grew up knowing the history of our nation.”

5. What "The Blessing" Actually Is (Deuteronomy 28)

• Breakdown of Deuteronomy 28 [14:50 – 17:32]
  • Kenneth: “All these blessings shall come on you and overtake you if you’ll listen…”
  • Blessing applies to all areas: city, field, work (including modern analogies: “tractors,” “building a church,” “business”).
  • Kenneth: “This is his tractors. Amen. Whatever kind of business you’re in...that’s where you go, right there.”
  • Kelly: “The Amplified makes it about fruit and increase. Whatever brings fruit… should bring increase.”

6. Applying the Blessing in Business, Ministry, and Daily Life

• John’s Experience [17:48 – 22:35]
  • As a rancher and realtor, John saw Deuteronomy 28's blessing as directly relevant: “That paragraph was like my daily things because I do have cattle...but it doesn't matter whether it's ranching or real estate or making widgets or in ministry… all those things are still relevant.”
  • On workplace challenges: “Your field...your customers are your field. If you’re a realtor...claim that field, it’s blessed.”
  • Facing adversity: “When that happens, you know, it’s like your enemies come at you one way and flee before you. But we need that coming out our mouths, right? And we need it before the enemies come at us...This needs to come out your mouth and you need to stand on it just like you would, you know, like a tool, because it’s God’s tool for you.”
  • On the curse: “People are living in that curse on a daily basis because they don’t know God...Even a lot of people that do know God are still living in it because they don’t understand or they’ve been taught wrong about the blessing and the value of the blessing.”

7. The Necessity of Knowledge and Speaking the Blessing

• Kenneth [22:35]: “It’s not preached. My people perish for a lack of knowledge...”
• The importance of knowing what you are redeemed from, and actively confessing blessings over your life.

8. Faith Confession and Identity in Christ

• Kenneth [26:29]: “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. You ought to be free. You ought to be debt free. You ought to be pain free. Glory to God. You ought to be sick free.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Kenneth Copeland [04:49]:
  “Whatever you’re going to start, you better start it by faith.”

• Kenneth Copeland [12:21]:
  “I read it and didn’t do it. This is your checklist? Yes. You better read it and do it.”

• Kelly Copeland [15:56]:
  “The Amplified makes it about fruit and increase. Whatever brings fruit or should bring fruit should bring increase.”

• John Copeland [18:26]:
  “All of those things are still relevant whether... you’re making widgets or in ministry. Your customers are your field. Claim that field, it’s blessed.”

• John Copeland [21:10]:
  “If we need that coming out our mouths, right? And we need it before the enemies come at us... This needs to come out your mouth and you need to stand on it just like you would, you know, like a tool, because it’s God’s tool for you.”

• Kenneth Copeland [22:35]:
  “My people perish for a lack of knowledge.”

• Kenneth Copeland [26:29]:
  “If you are in Christ... you ought to be loosed from that infirmity. Bless God. You ought to be free. You ought to be debt free. You ought to be pain free. Glory to God. You ought to be sick free.”

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | Highlights | |------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:18 | Listener Testimony | Small and large blessings, gratitude | | 01:20-04:07| Airplane/Checklist Analogy | The importance of following the checklist—spiritually and practically | | 06:53-08:49| Psalm 1 & Commentary | Meditating in the Word as a foundation for blessing | | 11:07-12:21| Be a Doer, Not Just a Hearer | The checklist principle applied to Christian living | | 14:50-17:32| Deuteronomy 28 Explained | The scope of the blessing—in work, family, business | | 17:48-22:35| Applying the Blessing in Business/Ministry | John’s testimony, speaking blessings, living redeemed | | 22:35 | Knowledge and Preaching the Blessing | The necessity of teaching, knowing, and speaking the truth | | 26:29 | Identity and Freedom in Christ | Faith declarations for believers—debt free, healed, liberated |

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Takeaways & Action Steps:

• Checklist Principle: Like a pilot, believers should ensure every part of their spiritual “pre-flight” is done—hearing and doing the Word (James 1:22).
• Confess and Believe: Regularly speak scriptural blessings over your life, business, and family.
• Study and Meditate: Spend time in passages like Psalm 1 and Deuteronomy 28, understanding what God’s blessing is and how it applies.
• Actively Learn: Don’t perish from lack of knowledge—seek teaching, study, and share testimonies.
• Apply in Every Area: The Blessing covers all of life—work, relationships, health, finances. Identify your “field” and claim God’s promises over it.
• Identity: Remember your place as Abraham’s seed through Christ; live in expectation of THE BLESSING.

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In summary: This episode uses vivid stories and direct Bible study to illustrate that God’s blessing is available to every believer but must be actively pursued by faith, with diligence, gratitude, and out-loud confession—just like a pilot methodically using a checklist before every flight.

Transcript

[Kenneth Copeland]

I move by what I feel. I don't live by what I see.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Because my God has made a way.

[Kenneth Copeland]

For me. Hello, everybody. I'm Kenneth Copeland. And for those of you that missed or tuned in late, this is Kelly, the firstborn. And this is my only begotten son. And the name lies with his son, Jonathan. So we pray for Jonathan to have a boy. BVOB testimonies. We watch you on disc channel 265 every Sunday. Much word from you, exclamation point. I'm seeing spiritual growth and receiving answers to prayers. I've had financial increase in my retirement benefits, an old car battery replaced at a discount, and was blessed with new license plate covers since the old ones were crumbling apart. I'm so thankful for even the small blessing CS in Hawaii. Praise God.

[Kelly Copeland]

I love the gratitude.

[Kenneth Copeland]

I do, too. And you know, Kelly was talking about getting things started. It is extremely important started. He's talking about batteries for his car. I'm talking about batteries in an airplane. Yesterday, Gloria and I flew down to South Texas. Now, she learned to fly in a Cessna 172. And so the plan was I was to fly down, and she was going to fly back. And as I said, there's a P lead, which just simply means that when it's connected, then it'll continue to charge the battery and getting things started. I have never done this again. From this day until now. I check that P lead anytime I'm in a piston airplane. Nothing happened.

[Kelly Copeland]

You were in the cockpit?

[Kenneth Copeland]

Yes. Nothing happened. I thought, oh, no, I know what it is. So I said, gloria Jean, let's set the brakes. Well, I set the brakes and then got out of the airplane. I said, now, now, then, just hold it there. And I just very carefully moved that propeller. Standing in front of a small airplane like that, it needs to go to the left. I very carefully moved that thing to get it started. I said, all right, now, Gloria. I said, just hold it just a second. I pumped it a little bit like this to get it set. I said, okay, contact. Now, you've seen this in movies and all that stuff. That's what turn the switch on. Give me some heat. Give me some fire here, man. I jumped out of the way of that thing, and he's sitting there running me in the face.

[Kelly Copeland]

That sounds scary.

[Kenneth Copeland]

And I walked around there and I said, sweetie, I think I better fly. She said, I think you better, too. And I did. And here's the reason I wanted to say this. I got back in the airplane, the thing's running, and Flying home. And I heard it in my spirit. Why weren't you afraid? You almost got killed. I said, devil, I didn't almost get killed. There's no reason to be afraid. He just went on and on. I said, why don't you just shut your mouth? And I thought back, you know, I really wasn't afraid. I knew what did it and it's my fault because I didn't switch on and switch off. Now with jets you don't run into that and piston airplanes you do. And I knew it couldn't have been a run down battery because I just started the thing in Fort Worth and it wasn't all that far down there. I knew what was the matter. Do you know that has never ever until this day happened to me again? No, no. Every time I taxi in in the bonanza, a taxi in in the berm. See that? It'll kill the engines. That means the P lead's connected. That's part of the inspections on the. I expect it was just hanging by a thread and it broke on the way down there. Had to have been my point in this. Whatever you're going to start, you better start it by faith. Now, the book of Psalms. The book of the Psalms. How does it begin? Blessed. Notice it is all in caps. Blessed is a man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly or stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord. And in his law does he meditate day and night. Now this is our 50 year study bible. Kenneth Copeland. Word of faith study Bible. 50 years of ministry. So this Bible produced eight years ago.

[Kelly Copeland]

Modern English version.

[Kenneth Copeland]

Yes. MIB, MEB. So now read this. Yeah, I want you to read.

[Kelly Copeland]

So this is the commentary.

[Kenneth Copeland]

Oh, read the psalm and then John read the commentary.

[Kelly Copeland]

Oh, okay. Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord. And in his law he meditates day and night.

[Kenneth Copeland]

We're back to meditating day and night. So John read that commentary on the psalm. Most people don't know this.

[John Copeland]

Some of the most beautiful poetry ever written is found in the book of Psalms. No wonder believers throughout the ages have turned to this powerful collection of inspired writings for wisdom, understanding and especially comfort. Psalms was written over a span of many centuries, with the earliest Psalm 90 by Moses and the latest probably Psalm 137. During the time of captivity in Babylon. They were compiled into the present form by Jewish scribes shortly after the captivity ended in about 537. Many authors contributed these timeless and inspired writings. Many authors. Why are you making me read all this? Many authors contributed to these timeless and inspired writings.

[Kenneth Copeland]

Well, that's the point.

[John Copeland]

King David is associated with 73 of them. Other writers include Asaph, Solomon, Moses, and the sons of Korah originally.

[Kenneth Copeland]

Many centuries. You know what they were doing? Singing their history. By singing their history, Every Jewish child grew up knowing the history of our nation. Whoa.

[John Copeland]

It was a way to pass it down from century to century.

[Kenneth Copeland]

And the Bible said he chose Abraham because he'd teach his children. So what do we have, my country? Tis of thee that came out of England, our forefathers, and brought it down into the United States. So my reason for this is the Book of Psalms is the history of the Jewish people. They sang their history so that the children would learn to sing it and the children's children would learn to sing it. And they're singing them today. The commentary in this case, that's the 50 year commentary bible. And I mean, it's available now. Blessed is the man. Blessed. Blessed. And it was in all caps. Usually is. It is in Psalm 1. He sits in the heavens and shall laugh. And the Lord shall break their bands asunder. He sitteth in the heavens and shall laugh. Then the Lord shall bring them to derision. The Lord says, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Those are my people, devil, and you know it. So why don't you just shut your mouth? He just sits in the heavens and laughs. Well, the joy of the Lord is our strength. So we just sit up and say, ha ha ha ha ha. God laughed at the whole thing because he knows the beginning from the end. So God in creation. We saw that in Genesis 1:22. Let us make man Genesis 1:28. The first word any human ever heard was be blessed. Now let's go back to the book of Deuteronomy.

[Kelly Copeland]

You know, talking about that airplane. Back to your airplane prop. You should just be able to get in the airplane and engage.

[Kenneth Copeland]

Yes.

[Kelly Copeland]

Not get back out. Not get into the point. I think he's already set these things in motion. It's already hooked up, turned on, connected to the P. Something. And he's sorry, the P what?

[Kenneth Copeland]

Lead.

[Kelly Copeland]

P. Lead. It's already done. And so what we read here is already.

[Kenneth Copeland]

We just have to just call it the problem. Kelly. Yes, well, and John knows how to fly as well. And you know, what the problem is with me? It was on the checklist. It was on the checklist, and I didn't check it.

[Kelly Copeland]

Yeah, I bet I know why. I mean, just to break it down. This is how our brains work. This is Mom's flying. Maybe you were thinking about her. Maybe we were thinking about her.

[Kenneth Copeland]

I was thinking about flying that airplane. I'm a professional, and I didn't do the checklist.

[Kelly Copeland]

I bet you didn't do that either. After that, you learned your lesson.

[Kenneth Copeland]

No, I read the checklist and didn't do it. That's the point.

[Kelly Copeland]

You assumed it was done.

[Kenneth Copeland]

I read it and didn't do it. This is your checklist? Yes. You better read it and do it. What did James say? Be a doer of the word and not a hearer. Only a doer. Act on it. Act on the word. Act on your checklist. And so now let's go to the book of Deuteronomy. And we won't turn there, but just to set it up in the 27th chapter. And Moses and the priests and the Levites spoke, this day you become be the people of the Lord. They had just come out of Egypt, as we've talked about before. Moses and the priests and on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. Gerizim is the blessing mountain, Ebal is the curse mountain. And so cursed is this, and blessed is that, and so forth and so on. And you got a million people on one side and a million on the other. And they are learning their covenant with God again. Because they've come out of Egypt. I mean, they had to eat anything that lived just to stay alive, but God had to restore them. That's the reason the food laws are in the book of Leviticus. So anyway, 28, chapter 28, it shall come to pass. Say it'll come to pass if you'll hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe and do his commandments which I command this day. Romans 13, 9, Galatians 5, 14, John 13:12 is my notes on that. All these blessings shall come on you and overtake you if you'll listen. Gloria said hear, Ken. Okay, I'm hearing she's the one who did that. So I picked it up under the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed shall you be in the city. Blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body. Blessed be the fruit of your ground. Blessed be your cattle. Now hand me this one. Thank you.

[Kelly Copeland]

Is that the amplified? Yeah, I got it right here.

[Kenneth Copeland]

Okay.

[Kelly Copeland]

Unless you're looking for your notes.

[Kenneth Copeland]

I want to settle this with the word kine.

[Kelly Copeland]

Okay. It says, blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts. I like the way it's still talking about fruit, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock.

[Kenneth Copeland]

K I N E. So what does this mean to a farmer? This is his tractors. Amen. Whatever kind of business you're in, if you're a preacher and you're blessed and you need to build a big church, that's where you go. Right there. Yes. I'm ministering spirits. I need the money to do this here. And so Hebrews 1:14. Are you not all ministering spirits sent to minister for those that are the heirs of salvation? So the angels are involved. And David got the angels involved when he killed Goliath. I come to you in the Lord of hosts.

[Kelly Copeland]

The amplified makes it about fruit and increase. Whatever brings fruit or should bring fruit should bring increase.

[Kenneth Copeland]

Now, blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. Blessed cause thine enemies to rise up against thee one way and smitten before your faith and you come out against thee one way and they'll flee before you. 7. The Lord Jehovah shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses and in all that you set your hand unto. And he shall bless you in the land. Bless you. That's what the Lord got to me in the first place. He said, I want you to look this up from Genesis forward and see what I blessed and how I did it. Bless, bless, bless, bless, bless, bless. The Lord shall establish you in a holy people unto himself and the people of the earth. And the Lord will make you plentiful in goods that fruit of your body and in the fruit of your cattle, in the fruit of your ground, in the land of the Lord. What Father giveth thee and open unto you the good treasure of heaven to give rain. Glory to God. The Lord will make you the head and not the tail. You'll be the head and not you'll not borrow and lend. You'll be the head and not the tail and not beneath. If you hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God that I command thee this day. And you'll not go aside from them the words which I command thee this day. But it shall come to pass. You'll be cursed if you don't. That's it.

[John Copeland]

That's usually where we stop. Yeah, because that's the good part.

[Kenneth Copeland]

That's the good part.

[John Copeland]

It's the rest of it is pretty bad.

[Kenneth Copeland]

But then you go to Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law.

[John Copeland]

This is important to know what you're redeemed from what you have.

[Kenneth Copeland]

John's in business, the real estate business. And then on the other hand, he personally works for me. But I want him to talk about his business adventures and Kelly, because there are certain investments that can be made and some of them are not good and some of them are good and so forth and so on. But what does this mean in your faith life and in your business life to you, to both of you in the way this works?

[John Copeland]

Well, I would say I've learned a lot of things that don't make money, right? I've learned some that do make money. And I think for me, one that that scripture, that chapter stood out to me the most was when I was ranching because that is like if you're a rancher or farmer, but really for anybody. But that's the, that was the era they were in, right? They were ranchers and farmers. And so that, that paragraph was like, that was my daily things because I do have cattle out there. You know, I've got horses out there, I've got crops out there. And it was like that. I stood on that especially because it was so relative to the business. But it doesn't matter whether it's, you know, ranching or real estate business or making widgets or whatever you're doing or in ministry, all of those things are still relevant whether, but just because they're talking more from a standpoint of ranching, farming, you know, you're blessed in your employees, you're blessed with your customers. Your, that's your field. You know, your customers are your field. If you're, if you're a realtor, then your customers, your clients, that's your field. You're blessed in your field, you know that, you know, they call, if you're going to, if you're a realtor and you're going to work a certain area farming, you're going to farm that area. That's your area that you become the expert in. And so that's your field. You know, if you're a realtor and you're out there, claim that field, it's blessed, you know, and so it relates to every business, but it also relates to our individual lives because, you know, we're all, I guess there's trust fund babies out there that don't have to do anything. But for the most Part all of you have to work, right, and earn a living in some way or in ministry or whatever it is. We have to stand on this. If you deal with people, you have to stand on this because one of those. One of those scriptures where your enemies will be come at you one way and flee before you. 7 you know, and I was a partner in a drug and alcohol treatment center in Florida. And it's amazing how much people want to sue you for trying to help people. You know, this ministry gets sued, you know, somebody's in a healing line and they fall over. And I can remember a specific case, Mom's healing school, and a lady had got hands laid on her. Ushers laid her down. The next person fell on top of them and she hurt her wrists. So she sued the ministry, you know, to get healed. Well, because the other person fell on her, you know, and it's like. So when that happens, you know, it's like your enemies come at you one way and flee before you. 7 But if we need that coming out our mouths, right? And we need it before the enemies come at us, you know, it needs to be like, this is. This right here is. I have this as a. This, these scriptures. And then I have a set of other scriptures that I have that I audibly read out loud. And it's like, this needs to come out your mouth and you need to stand on it just like you would, you know, like a tool, because it's God's tool for you. This is the blessing, you know? And then if you go into the curse and see what you are redeemed from, you're like, thank God. I definitely want this one. Because the curse just as much as this is a blessing, that curse. And people are living in that curse on a daily basis because they don't know God. And even a lot of people that do know God are still living in it because they don't understand or they've been taught wrong about the blessing and the value of the blessing. And that blessing.

[Kenneth Copeland]

It'S not preached. My people perish for a lack of knowledge. So what book of the first Covenant is that in? Thank you. So go back and read it. The priests were not preaching it, and the prophet said, essentially, it's going to come on you because you're not letting them know about it. So everything this side of the book was said for this side of the book because it had once a prophet said this many times. Once the Almighty God appointed a prophet, then he put his words in his mouth and Nehemiah became the Weeping prophet. Because God was crying over his people and he heard that and he wept before him. So all of it had to be said to get over here. As it is written. As it is written, as it is written. And of course I do this one every morning just for the sake of it. I go through Isaiah. When Jesus came in, he fulfilled that which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, he took my infirmities and bore my sicknesses. Amen. And we're out of time. We'll be back in a little bit.

[Narrator/Announcer]

When there are obstacles that seem insurmountable and nothing seems to be going right, God already made a way to empower you to succeed. In his book the Blessing of the Lord Makes Rich and He Adds no Sorrow with it. Kenneth Copeland reveals God's original design was for you to thrive. He always intended for you to live enriched and whole in every area, spirit, soul, body, financially and socially. Jesus gave you the authority to rule and empowers you by the Holy Spirit Spirit to succeed. He set you free from the law of sin and death. You were created in God's image, called to live in his victory. Fear, lack and confusion have no hold when you're living in the Blessing. Jesus connects you to the blessing and your faith receives it. Develop your faith and let God's love drive fear out. Step into the Blessing of the Lord and accomplish God's will for your life. To get your free copy of Kenneth Copeland's book the Blessing of the Lord Makes Rich and He Adds no Sorrow with it, go to kcm.org tvspecial or call 800600 7395. No matter where you are in the progress of your life as a Christian. Learn more about God and His relationship with you as you dig deeper into the vital message of the Blessing. This special offer is good for 60 days outside of the US shipping charges may apply.

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[Kenneth Copeland]

Then are you Abraham's seed and heirs According to the promise, you ought to be loosed from that infirmity. Bless God. You ought to be free. You ought to be debt free. You ought to be pain free. Glory to God. You ought to be sick free.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Kenneth Copeland]

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