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Love Never Fails

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Love Never Fails

Fear of failure. It has haunted all ofus at some time in our lives. Popularpsychology advises us to adjust, learn tolive with it. After all, failure is, to a certain

extent, inevitableisnt it?Business statistics show eight out of10 new businesses will close their doorswithin the first two years. More than 50percent of todays marriages will collapselong before the death do us part vow isever fulfilled. And yet the bulk of our fail-ures never show up in such statistics. Teyhide themselves in the fabric of daily life...

little failures on the job or with friendsand family that break our hearts one tinypiece at a time and keep us from being thesuccesses we always hoped to be.

But the Bible tells us there isa failure-proof way to live. It is the way of love.First Corinthians 13:8 says it plainly:Love never fails.


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Now, to those who think love expressesitself through emotion, that may sound silly.

Emotion cant turn failure into success! Butreal love isnt expressed through emotionit shows up in action. And the right actioncan make all the difference.

If you want to see an example of thatkind of love in action, read the storyrecorded in Matthew 14. Tere, Jesusfaces one of the toughest situations in Hisearthly ministry. If He responds in anger

(as you and I would probably do), Hisministry will end in failure. But by actingin love, He turns tragedy into success.Read verses 6-14:

When Herods birthday was kept,the daughter of Herodias dancedbefore them, and pleased Herod.Whereupon he promised with anoath to give her whatsoever shewould ask. And she, being beforeinstructed of her mother, said, Give


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me here John Baptists head in acharger. And the king was sorry:

nevertheless for the oaths sake, andthem which sat with him at meat,he commanded it to be given her.And he sent, and beheaded John

in the prison. And his head wasbrought in a charger, and given tothe damsel: and she brought it toher mother. And his disciples came,and took up the body, and buried

it, and went and told Jesus. WhenJesus heard of it, he departed thenceby ship into a desert place apart:and when the people had heard

thereof, they followed him on footout of the cities. And Jesus wentforth, and saw a great multitude,and was moved with compassiontoward them, and he healed their sick.

o get accurate insight into thissituation, you must realize that John the


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for political reasons, but the result of adrunken party. He was murdered at the

request of an immoral woman becausesome ol boy shot his drunken mouthoff! His head was brought on a plate anddisplayed publicly. What a mockery!

What would you do in such anemotionally taxing, grief-filled situa-tion? Probably the same thing Jesus did.

When He heard the news, He went outto be alone.

But then something very strangehappened. When the people learned thatJesus was out there, they followed Him.

What would your response have been

at that instant? Ive often thought whatI might have done. Most likely, I wouldhave said, Cant you people everleaveme alone? Cant I be alone just oncewithout a bunch of people crowding meeverywhere I go? But that is not whatJesus did.

Te Bible says Jesus was moved with


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compassion and healed their sick. Hewas not moved with grief over John. He

was not moved with self-pity. He was noteven moved with anger against Herod.Jesus was only moved with compassion.Why? Because He knew in the spirit

realm that Satan was the real enemy inthis situation.I used to wonder why Jesus never

retaliatedwhy He could just drop itand go on. What I didnt realize was that

Jesus did retaliate!He overcame the worksof Satan with compassion. He defeatedhatred with love.

Jesus knew Herod was not really

the one who had killed John. He wasjust a puppet. Satan was the one pull-ing the strings. So Jesus attacked Satanin the spirit realm by destroying hisworksthe works of sickness anddisease. He attacked pain and sufferingwith the compassion of God and healedand delivered those who were afflicted


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by the devil. Jesus retaliated against thereal enemy, Satan. Dont you know that

launching such an attack against Satanskingdom was satisfying to Jesus!

You see, Jesus walked in the spirit. Hesaw into the other realminto a world

more real than the one which can onlybe seen with the physical eye. He steppedinto that realm and did extensive damageto Satans kingdom by being moved withthe compassion of God.

Compassion doesnt just strike atthe surface of things or relieve outwardsymptoms. Compassion goes to theroot of the problem: the devil and his

works. When you learn to be motivatedby Gods compassion, you realize thatpeople are not your enemy. When peoplecome against you with persecution,affliction and accusations to harass youand make your life miserable, launch

your attack against Satan because he isthe real enemy.


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If Jesus had allowed Satan to forceHim into retaliating in the area of

human emotions, He would have beentrapped into physical warfare, which

would have ruined His ministry. Operat-ing in the flesh profits nothing. Te Bible

says our warfare is not against flesh andblood, but against principalities, powers,rulers of the darkness of this world,and spiritual wickedness in high places(Ephesians 6:12).

How could Jesus react in love in sucha murderous situation? Because He wasmoved by the Holy Spirit of GodCompassionHimself. He was motivated

by love. He reacted the way love wouldreact. God islove (1 John 4:8), and Jesusalways did only what the Father, who isLove, told Him to do. Compassion is aperson. Compassion is God Himself.

But that was Jesus! you say. He hada direct line to the Father. I dont! Oh,yes you do! You have the ability, through


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the same Holy Spirit who indwelt Jesus,to be moved with compassion, just as He

was. Romans 5:5 tells us that the love ofGod is shed abroad in ourhearts by theHoly Spirit. All we have to do is makethe decision to be motivated by Hislove

rather than our own human feelings.Love is not a feeling, and a feeling isnot the evidence of love. Love is a person,and action is the evidence of it. Whenthe Bible says that Jesus was moved with

compassion, it could have said He wasmoved by God, not a feeling. Compas-sionthe Fathersent Him into theworld, not to condemn it but to save it,

praise God! Regardless of what peopledid to Him, Jesus was only moved withcompassion for them.

Someone might say, Well, ifIdidthat, people would walk all over me. If Iturned the other cheek every time I wasslapped, Id be beaten to a pulp. Tatsthe way the world and most Christians


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think because they dont understand theprinciple behind turning the other cheek.

Do you remember when Jesus wentback to Nazareth and the religious folks

were so angry with Him they wanted topush Him off a cliff? What happened?

Te Bible says He just walked rightthrough that hostile crowd. He didnt hitanyone or call fire down from heaven onthem. He just walked right past them,and no one could lay a finger on Him.

Another time they decided to stoneHim, and He didnt retaliate that timeeither. He just walked off. No one couldtouch Him.

I asked the Lord how it was possiblefor Jesus to avoid confrontation withoutthe crowd becoming violent and withoutbeing killed or stoned. He reminded meof Ephesians 6:16 which says that theshield of faith would quench all the fierydarts of the wicked one.Allthe dartsnot just 75 percent of them!


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When we are walking in the loveof God, being moved by compassion, a

supernatural shield of faith protects usfrom all the fiery darts of the wicked.And the key to keeping that shield inplace lies in keeping and obeying Gods

Word. Notice 1 John 2:5: But whosokeepeth his word, in him verily is the loveof God perfected.

What does keeping Gods Wordhave to do with living in love? o be

motivated by love is to be moved notby feelings, but by God, by Compas-sion Himself. And God communicatesHimself to us through His Word, so

whatever the Word says to do, we just doit. We put Gods Word first place in ourlives. Tis is living in the love of God.Read 1 John 5:3 very carefully.

Love is perfected by putting the Wordfirst place and the Bible says that loveneverfails. No matter what the situationlooks like, it cant fail because God is love


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and God cannot fail. You dont have tobe afraid of failure anymore. In fact, you

dont have to be afraid of anything. As1 John 4:18 says, Tere is no fear inlove; but perfect love casteth out fear.

So just take God at His Word. Act on

it even when you dont feel like it. Youcan depend on God to back His Wordand see to it that you dont fail.

When Jesus walked through thatbloodthirsty crowd, He wasnt sneaking

away as if He were afraid they mighthurt Him. He knew they couldnt touchHim because He was walking in theprotection of God. No one could harm

Him until He laid His life down as theLamb slain for the sins of the world.Jesus told Herod, You cant take My life.Its Mine to pick up or to lay down, andno man can take it from Me.

When Jesus said to turn the othercheek, He didnt mean that you wouldhave to stand there and have your brains


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beaten out. If you are keeping the Word,you can expect a man to swing at you and

not be able to hit you!Nicky Cruzs testimony is a perfect

example of this. Nicky was reputed tobe the most ruthless gang leader of his

time. And when David Wilkerson, theman who led Nicky to the Lord, stoodin front of him, telling him about Jesus,Nicky thrust his knife at David severaltimes, trying to kill him. Every time he

did, David just said, Nicky, you can cutme into a thousand pieces and everypiece will say, I love you and God lovesyou. Because of love, Nicky couldnt get

his knife close enough to David to hurthim. A supernatural force always stoppedit short. My friend, love neverfails!

Love unconditionally by acting onGods Word, loving God by lovingothers, walking in love, perfecting thelove walk. Tink about it, meditateon it and keep the other promises of


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God. Teyll all work too, because faithworketh by love (Galatians 5:6). So does

joy, peace, patience and the other partsof the fruit of the spirit. If youll walkon that commandment of love, all theother promises of God begin to work.

Te Bible says, Whereby are given untous exceeding great and precious promises:that by these ye might be partakers of thedivine nature (2 Peter 1:4).

Confessing and acting on the exceed-

ing great and precious promises of HisWord, you become a partaker of Hisdivine nature. Tat is when you beginto see the miraculous take place in your

family. Jesus said the storms of life haveno power to destroy your house whenyoure a doer of the Word. (Read Luke6:46-49.)

Love is the greatest thing that couldever happen to your family. If the devilhas stolen your husband from you, oryour wife or your children, you can winthem to Jesus with the love of God.


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Love is the greatest thing that couldever happen to your business, too. A

friend of mine went into a televisionand radio business and wanted to buy astation from a Jewish man. He told him,Te Word of God says that if I will blessyou, God will bless me. So Im going tosee to it that you get the better part ofthis deal. Most people would have beenafraid to say such a thing. Teyd be afraidof being taken advantage of.

But that deal turned out to be excep-tionally profitable for both of them.My friend was a tremendous Christianwitness to his Jewish friend, and they

ended up preaching the gospel of JesusChrist together on radio. When loverules, prosperity can flow.

So, commit to living the life of the loveof God today by determining to obey theWord, no matter what. Ten watch Godturn failure into success again and againat home, at work, in any situation. Youcan prove it for yourselflove never fails!


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Prayer for Salvation and

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name ofJesus. Your Word says, Whosoever shall call on the nameof the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21). I am calling on

You. I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart and beLord over my life according to Romans 10:9-10: Ifthou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, andshalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised himfrom the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heartman believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth

confession is made unto salvation. I do that now. Iconfess that Jesus is Lord, and I believe in my heart thatGod raised Him from the dead.

I am now reborn! I am a Christiana childof Almighty God! I am saved! You also said in YourWord, If ye then, being evil, know how to give good

gifts unto your children: HOW MUCH MOREshall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit tothem that ask him? (Luke 11:13). Im also askingYou to fill me with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, riseup within me as I praise God. I fully expect to speakwith other tongues as You give me the utterance(Acts 2:4). In Jesus Name. Amen!

Begin to praise God for filling you with theHoly Spirit. Speak those words and syllablesyou receivenot in your own language, but the


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language given to you by the Holy Spirit. You have to useyour own voice. God will not force you to speak. Dont beconcerned with how it sounds. It is a heavenly language!

Continue with the blessing God has given you andpray in the spirit every day.

You are a born-again, Spirit-filled believer. Youllnever be the same!

Find a good church that boldly preaches Gods Word

and obeys it. Become part of a church family who willlove and care for you as you love and care for them.We need to be connected to each other. It increases

our strength in God. Its Gods plan for us.Make it a habit to watch the Believers Voice of Victory

television broadcast and become a doer of the Word, who

is blessed in his doing (James 1:22-25).


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About the Author

Kenneth Copeland is co-founder and president ofKenneth Copeland Ministries in Fort Worth, exas, andbest-selling author of books that include How to DisciplineYour Flesh andHonorWalking in Honesty, ruth and Integrity.

Since 1967, Kenneth has been a minister of the gospelof Christ and teacher of Gods Word. He is also the artist

on award-winning albums such as his Grammy-nominatedOnly the Redeemed, In His Presence, He Is Jehovah, Just aCloser Walkand his most recently released Big Band Gospelalbum. He also co-stars as the character Wichita Slim in thechildrens adventure videos Te Gunslinger, Covenant Riderand the movie Te reasure of Eagle Mountain,and as Daniel

Lyon in the Commander Kellie and the SuperkidsM videosArmor of LightandJudgment: Te rial of Commander Kellie.Kenneth also co-stars as a Hispanic godfather in the 2009movie Te Rally.

With the help of offi ces and staff in the United States,Canada, England, Australia, South Africa, Ukraine andSingapore, Kenneth is fulfilling his vision to boldly preachthe uncompromised Word of God from the top of this world,to the bottom, and all the way around. His ministry reachesmillions of people worldwide through daily and Sunday

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