DIVINE PROTECTION IS FOR EVERYONE !

DIVINE PROTECTION IS FOR EVERYONE ! But you need to remember, though, you can't be sure that you have that kind of protection not just because you're a good person. You don't connect with it just by being a good person or a Christian. You can be as saved and Holy Spirit baptized as you can be and carry your Bible with you everywhere you go. But if you tolerate fear and talk like the world talks , you're walking away from your divine protection. It is, the doers of THE WORD OF GOD that are protected ! God has made that provision available to everyone. But not everyone is a partaker of the divine nature. He has given the promise that "thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and far from terror; for it shall not come near thee" to anyone who will receive it by faith and live accordingly. Jesus bought and paid for it so that everyone could take advantage of it. The problem is, some people do and others don't. One of the most outstanding examples I've ever heard of someone who did take full advantage of that protection was a woman of faith (and a partner with Kenneth Copeland's ministry) who was kidnapped by a serial killer in San Antonio, Texas, some years ago. The man had already killed more than 20 women when he kidnapped her, and the police were after him. He had jumped her in a parking lot, got her in the car with him and said, "shut your mouth, or I'll kill you." If she'd been full of fear, it would have been over for her right there. But she was full of faith and THE WORD of God. She was full of love. So, instead of screaming in terror, she said, "No, you want. You're not going to kill the only person in the world who ever loved you." She had a scriptural book with her and she just started speaking THE WORDS. When he told her again to shut up, she said, "all right. If I can't talk, can I listen to my tape ?" He said, "Lady, I don't care what you listen to if you'll just keep your mouth shut. I'm tired of listening to you." She started the tape and it turned out to be one of Kenneth Copeland's messages on faith. After a while, he said, "There's something getting on me ! What is all this ?" She started telling him about the love of God and he couldn't believe it. "You don't know what I've done," he said. "You have a little boy, don't you ?" She asked. The question shocked him. "How did you know that ?" "The Holy Spirit told me that you have a 5 year old boy. Do you love that boy ?" "Yes, I do. I love him very much." "Would you like for him to turn out like you ?" She asked. "Oh, my God, no ! A million times, no!" "If you had the power to change him and turn you in a better direction, you would do it, right ? Well, that's what God has done for you. Through Jesus, He can change you right now." Then she shared with him the plan of salvation. Stephen Morin gave his life to Jesus right there in that car. He emptied his revolver and gave the woman all the bullets. After the police would kill him on sight, he said, "do you think brother Copeland would except my gun and take me someplace to surrender if I went to him ?" "I suppose he would," she said. Before they got to Brother Kenneth Copeland, however, the police caught him. When they did, he just held up his hands and gave himself up. They didn't hurt him at all. Sometimes later, Kenneth Copeland went to the Baxter County jail in San Antonio and baptized him in water. He was the last man to visit him before they executed him. They had a glorious time together right before he went home to be with THE LORD. That woman's story would have had a very different ending had she not trained herself to walk in love and to stay fee of fear. But thank God, she was ready when trouble came. She had the love of God on her mind. She has developed her faith to the place where in the midst of a life-threatening situation, she could respond, not with fear, but with THE WORD of Faith in Christ Jesus.