How have you seen that at work in your own life and ministry?Ī: My own life and ministry, is the results of just that. Q: This is a great example of the power of the Body of Christ coming together. This is a great example of the power of the body of Christ coming together. You have to get out of the boat because Jesus has your walking on the water on His heart and mind. But, all of that doesn’t come first or you’d say, “Okay, now that I have all that, I’ll step out.” No, that’s not faith, that’s walking by sight. It’s when you agree that He empowers you to do it that releases all the anointing, it releases all the situations, it releases all the money, and it releases everything that you need to get that job done.

You have to always remember when God asks you to do something, that qualified you to do it.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God, and faith works by love. So you center up on the love of God and then you go to the Word of God. What He’s trying to do is far greater than anything you can imagine to start with. So, rather than struggling with it, you go to the Word of God and you begin to meditate on how much God loves you. Perfected love casteth out fear, for fear hath torment and he that feareth is not perfected in love. Now, if you go to 1 John, particularly chapter 4, you’ll find that the scripture is very clear on this. What would you say to someone struggling to step out in faith?Ī: Struggling to step out in faith just simply indicates that fear is present, of course. Q: Daystar is where it is today because you listened to the Lord and were faithful to what He asked you to do. But I knew when I heard in my spirit about Marcus and Joni, I knew by the Spirit of God that the greater part of our ministries was ahead of us, and that was one of the keys to it. Now, as far as thinking about specifically what it would do all over the world, I didn’t think about it in that manner. Did you have any idea twenty years ago what that offering would mean?Ī: Well, like I said, anytime God does something unusual like that, and particularly when it’s that anointed and thrilling, you always know it’s the key to opening the door, all after that is greater and far greater than that door opening. Q: Your program, “Believer’s Voice of Victory,” now airs on Daystar in every country of the world. Those kinds of things are never one sided, so we knew something big was coming for this ministry as well as theirs. And of course, then we just went right into the service. People were just really thrilled and excited about it. I remember what an exciting offering that was. So I just immediately did that, following the Spirit of God. The moment I saw them the Word of the Lord came to me and said to receive tonight’s offering for them. What do you remember about that night?Ī: I stepped up to the pulpit to receive the offering and I looked over and I saw Marcus & Joni.

Q: At the Southwest Believer’s Convention in 1996, you took up a surprise offering that became the seed money to launch Daystar Television Network. A portion of the interview appeared in the April 2016 Daystar Partner Newsletter, but you can read the rest of it right here! Recently, we had the chance to sit down with Pastor Kenneth Copeland and chat about the importance of leaving a legacy of faith.

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