You Must Shake Yourself Up by Gloria Copeland

And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" ( Galatians 5:24-25 ). We cannot afford to let religious things escape from us. We get "on fire." We get dedicated. We must learn how to maintain that zeal. Praying in the spirit and spending time with the father will keep you dedicated. It'll keep that fire burning on the inside of you. It will keep you moving in the right direction-toward God. I have been taught something I need to share with you. Ken and I have been in this a long time. When we first heard the message of religion, we were so aflame for God that nothing else in the world was interesting to us.

We learned we could rely on God's Word the same way we'd rely on the word of a trustworthy buddy. For example, we learned we could depend on the written Word that said , "With his stripes we are healed," just the same way and with the same expectation as if Jesus seemed to us in the flesh and called us by name. We became so hungry to find out what God's Word claims that we absolutely sold out to it. We did not have time for anything else. I didn't go shopping. ( I did not have any money to spend anyway! I had to wish in tongues just to pay for what was in my grocery basket. I did not care. There was nothing else as exciting to me as the Word of the living God! I was doing what I wanted to do. Ken had begun evangelizing at conferences, and sometimes he would be gone for three weeks at a time. He had to have long meetings because it would probably take 2 and a half weeks before anybody would find out he was in the town.

He would start with a few folk and build. He'd actually have 2 hundred people. He would teach 2 services a day for twenty-one days. In the start, we did not have the money for me to go too, so I stayed at home with the children. I was so hungry for God and for His Word, I spent time in it night and day.

About Kenneth Copeland Ministries

For at least 40 years, Kenneth Copeland has taught Christians worldwide a way to live successful Christian lives-spirit, mind and body. He owns of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, which has 6 offices around the world, TV broadcast and a once a month mag. Kenneth Copeland is the author of more than 150 books, CDs and DVD series, including the Healing & Wellness Lifeline Kit, which he co-authored with his other half, Gloria.