Why Do I Do What I Do?
There has never, ever been a time when we need Jesus more than now. Men, trying to do things without Him, have created this monster of a mess all around us.
Since 1986, each month without fail, Kenneth Copeland has personally written a letter to his Partners, sharing the latest insights and revelation the Lord has shown him. Use this archive to read his latest letter, as well as research past letters that will charge your faith.
There has never, ever been a time when we need Jesus more than now. Men, trying to do things without Him, have created this monster of a mess all around us.
Actually, when you think about it, there haven’t been any good times since sin and death came into the world. So, does that mean we just have to put up with hard and troubled times until we die and go to heaven? No! Absolutely not.
It’s almost like watching something in a cage trying desperately to escape. I’m talking about people trying to rebuild their houses after the sandy foundation has washed out from under them.
The dictionary calls a hurricane, “any violent tempest.” That term is used to describe this storm in three separate verses. They sailed into a hurricane and couldn’t break out of it.
"I believe, I will, I take being exalted above all these cares; I have it! I thank You, Jesus, for Your mighty grace. I am perfected. I am established. I am strengthened, I am settled. I don’t have a care! To God be the glory!”
A few days after our relief efforts began in Haiti, I heard a missionary say, “We have to raise all the money for our complete recovery now..."
It is abundantly clear that our job is faith—faith in God to always have all sufficiency in all things. Not just so we can get through all this death and destruction, but so we abound to every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8).
I am writing this letter only a few days after the dynamic homegoing of my spiritual father, Oral Roberts. As you can imagine, memories and thoughts of my time with him are flowing from my spirit.
God, our Father, looking through the eyes of Grace, sees no difference and hears no difference between you and Jesus.
Anyone who “lives by faith” never changes to fit the times. The “times” have to change to fit the Word of God and faith. Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11 and Hebrews 10:38 all say, “The just shall live by faith.” That’s our living.