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JUNE 2026
Discover
the Mysteries
by Kenneth Copeland
When You’re
Tempted
To Quit!
by Jerry Savelle
Born To Be
Victorious
by Gloria Copeland
circa 1983
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Inside this issue
Discover
the Mysteries
by Kenneth Copeland
14
From Inmate
to Prison
Chaplain
by Ronald C. Jordan
20
When You’re
Tempted
To Quit!
by Jerry Savelle
23
Who’s In
Charge Here?
by Keith Butler
26
Born To Be
Victorious
by Gloria Copeland
“Wisdom does not
have to remain
a mystery to us
any longer. It
was hidden for
us, not from us.
And wisdom...
is the pathway
to our place of
abundance in Him.
Kenneth Copeland : page 8
VOL. 54 : No 5 : IN PRINT SINCE ’73
From
The Editor
YOU’RE HALFWAY THERE!
It’s June, which means the year is nearly half
over.
For some who have had a good year so
far, that may be a good thing as they look
excitedly toward what the next six months will
bring. But what about those who haven’t had
such a good year? Or those who have failed at
every turn and are ready to give up hope that
anything good will happen?
Thinking on this reminded me of something a
friend told me about an experience his sister,
who lives in New York, once had.
For years, she had wanted to walk across
the Brooklyn Bridge. For reference, the
bridge, which extends across the East River
and connects the New York boroughs of
Manhattan and Brooklyn, is 1.13 miles long.
At a leisurely pace, most people can cross the
bridge in 20 to 30 minutes.
When she had walked halfway across, she
began to get tired. Completing the last half
suddenly seemed more difficult than she had
imagined. At that point, she heard a voice say
to her, “Turn back. You’re never going to make
it! Just go back. Don’t even try to finish.”
Almost immediately, she heard a second
voice: “That’s dumb! You’re halfway there!
The distance from where you are to where you
began is the same distance from where you
are to where you will finish. If you’re going to
make a move, make the right move. Move
forward!”
The words from that second voice gave her
the strength and confidence she needed
to continue her journey. Through God, she
was able to make it to the other side of
the bridge. She finished, and she finished
strong!
What does that say to you, especially if
you’re still waiting to see your dreams for
2026 fulfilled? Are you going to give up,
or do you have the faith to keep moving
forward? If your dream wasn’t fulfilled in the
first half of this year, and if it’s something
God intends for you, then maybe it’s waiting
for you somewhere in the next six months. If
you give up now, you’ll never know.
June only marks the halfway point of this
year. The year’s not over. You still have
six months left to pray, fast, believe and
trust God for whatever it is you’re desiring.
Success is God’s plan for you. But you
can’t reach success by going backward—
by retreating. God wants us to always be
continually moving forward—taking steps of
faith that will cause us to win in life.
You’re on a spiritual journey, and you didn’t
start it to quit halfway through.
Don’t quit now. You’re halfway there!
Ronald C. Jordan
Managing Editor
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Near the end of every year, Kenneth
Copeland shares a word from the Lord for
the coming year, setting spiritual direction
for believers worldwide. Recent past
declarations include: 2024—the Year of More
and More and More and More!; and 2025: We
will come alive!
If you’ve been following us throughout
this year, then you may have already been
walking in great excitement and expectation
because of this year’s word from the Lord.
On Jan. 4, Kenneth Copeland shared the
word of the Lord for 2026, and the message
was unmistakable: 2026 is the Year of the
“Big Fix.”
This isn’t a surface-level adjustment. This
is God stepping in with restoration that
extends from the global stage to the details
of everyday life. What began with a visible
reset in Venezuela is a picture of what God is
doing among nations and among His people.
The Lord said He has seen the mess and is
fixing it. His peace is being released, just as
Jesus spoke to the storm and said, “Peace,
be still.” That same authority is still at work
today, especially concerning Israel and the
United States.
This word of the Lord isn’t something
believers observe from a distance. God
invites us to participate. Through Jesus,
we’ve been given authority and the power
of attorney, all in the Name of Jesus, which
is greater than any sickness, any lack, any
anxiety, any depression or any debt. When
we speak in faith, we partner with God as
He performs a big fix in our lives, bringing
His will into our homes, bodies, finances and
communities.
Instead of temporary resolutions, this
year calls for quality decisions—firm, faith-
filled choices that don’t waver. As Brother
Copeland challenged believers, it’s time to
declare: “I’m a fixer!”
That begins by allowing the Holy Spirit
to lovingly point out areas that need
adjustment. Maybe it’s health or time in the
Word. Perhaps it’s restoring relationships or
reconnecting with the local church. The Big
Fix often starts with small, obedient steps.
The plan has always been clear. Before
anything else, we fix our eyes on Jesus, the
Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews
12:2). He already laid out the blueprint for
the Big Fix in Luke 4:18, “The Spirit of the
LORD is upon Me…to bring Good News to
the poor…. to proclaim that captives will be
released… the blind will see…the oppressed
will be set free” (New Living Translation).
The Word of the Lord produces
abundance, liberty, healing and deliverance.
As we stand firmly on the Name of Jesus,
we can expect restoration, not someday,
but now. God is fixing what’s broken. He’s
restoring what was lost. And He’s inviting
believers to walk with Him through every step
of the Big Fix.
2026 is not a year to fear. It’s a year to
believe, speak and see God’s promises
fulfilled.
If you’d like to watch the entire Jan. 4
service with Kenneth Copeland,
scan the QR code or go to
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In the closing scenes of the 1993 movie
Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler is shown
saying farewell to the Jews he saved from
certain death during the Holocaust of World
War II. Understanding the gravity of his
actions, Schindler looks at his shiny, luxurious
automobile and some other possessions for
a moment, then turns to Itzhak Stern, a key
figure in his efforts to rescue the Jewish people
from the Holocaust, and delivers a moving
monologue expressing regret that he was not
able to do more.
“I could have got more…I didn’t do enough,”
Schindler says. “Why did I keep the car? Ten
people right there…. This pin…. This is gold.
Two people. He would have given me two
more, at least one. One more person…. I could
have got one more person, and I didn’t.
I didn’t!”
Each month, throughout the pages of this
magazine, as well as other social media
platforms we utilize here at Kenneth Copeland
Ministries, you will see the various ways your
partnership with this ministry of God’s Word
is bringing another two, another 10, and in
some cases even thousands of souls into the
kingdom of God.
I cannot tell you how thankful my parents,
Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the staff here at
KCM, and I personally are for the faithfulness of
Partners like you.
I believe we all can see the Lord must be
coming very soon. And you, just like me, are
probably wondering: What can I do to help get
five more into the kingdom of God?
Mom and Dad have the same kind of urgency.
They have ever since they founded this ministry
nearly 60 years ago. It’s not just about getting
the Word out, but about helping every Partner
do his or her part because the end is so near.
They know they can’t do it alone. The answer
is for every Partner—every believer—to walk in
the fullness of his or her calling.
That’s exactly what partnership is about. It’s a
covenant.
Covenant has always been about joining with
somebody to accomplish together things you
could not do alone.
There are things God wants accomplished in
this earth through KCM that Mom and Dad
cannot do without you and me. And there are
things God wants us, as Partners, to do that
we cannot do without Mom and Dad—without
being Partners in the anointing and sharing the
grace for ministry that is on their lives.
I believe we all desire to do our part. We desire
to prosper in every area of life so others will
see and desire the healing, the peace and the
victory we have. We desire to grow financially
so we can support the fivefold ministry in these
last days. We desire to lay hands on the sick
and see them recover, to minister the reality
and power of God’s Word to those around us
every day.
We’re in a spiritual war. The time is short and
we need to bring everybody we possibly can
into the family of God. To do that, each of us
must do his or her part.
I encourage you to take the KCM ministry
tools that have changed your life and give
them to someone else who needs that same
encouragement. Use them to introduce as
many people as possible to the message of
all the rights and privileges that are theirs
as believers. Boost the hope of a friend or
neighbor by introducing them to this magazine;
the Victory Channel, our 24/7 Christian network;
the Believer’s Voice of Victory broadcast; our
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for You!
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By each of us bringing just one person into
partnership with KCM, we will be well on our way
to a million strong—changing the world together
as living displays of God’s love. And we don’t
have to do this alone…we can do it together.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries is here for you. We
really care about what’s going on in your life. And
we are here to meet your needs in every way
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by Kenneth Copeland
Discover
the Mysteries
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In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue...and
discovered a wealthy place in God. He discovered
the Americas.
What got him on the pathway to that place of
abundance in God?
Wisdom. God’s wisdom.
While schoolchildren can recite the courageous
voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New
World, there’s a part of the story that most adults
have probably never heard.
It wasn’t until 1987 that the memoirs of
Christopher Columbus had been translated into
English and openly made known. That’s because
there were people who did not want the world to
know all that he had to say.
It was Columbus who wrote:
“People have claimed that I was a navigator.
But I knew little about navigation. I knew much
about my God.”
In his memoirs, Columbus made it clear that
it was God who put it in his heart to set out in
search of the New World. But while the desire was
strong, Columbus simply did not know what to
do. So he sought God’s wisdom.
During that time of seeking wisdom from God,
the Holy Spirit led Columbus to Proverbs 8:27:
“When he prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was
there: when he set a compass upon the face of
the depth.”
As Columbus read that verse, the Spirit of God
said to him, It cannot be a compass unless it is
round.
“The LORD Jesus Christ, in His wisdom,”
Columbus later wrote, “showed me in His WORD
that the world was round, and there was no way I
could fail. I set sail based on that verse.”
God’s wisdom had unlocked the door to the
entire Western Hemisphere of the globe.
Insider Information
Wisdom is far more than just having a lot of
information stuffed in your head. It is the divine
ability of God to correctly use the knowledge that
you have.
Christopher Columbus had plenty of knowledge.
Yet, he even admitted that he didn’t know enough
to find his way to the New World. He needed
wisdom. He needed insight and understanding
from God as to what to do with what he did know.
The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 2:6-8:
We speak wisdom among them that are perfect
[or mature]: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor
of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained
before the world unto our glory: which none of the
princes of this world knew: for had they known it,
they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
The wisdom of God is hidden. It is a mystery.
But it’s not just a mystery to a lot of unsuspecting
humans—including Christians.
No. God’s wisdom is also hidden from all
angelic beings—good or bad.
As programmed spiritual beings, angels and
demonic spirits (meaning, satan and his bunch)
do not have the equipment necessary to process
wisdom.
That would be like a computer waking up one
morning and saying, “I’m tired of keeping track
of this company’s inventory. I don’t want to know
about car parts anymore. I want to know all there
is to know about basketball.”
That will never happen unless someone
reprograms the computer with basketball data.
In the same way, God designed angels to serve
Him and us (Psalm 103:20-21). Consequently,
they can only lay hold of God’s wisdom after you
“Wisdom is far more than just having a
lot of information stuffed in your head.
It is the divine ability of God to correctly
use the knowledge that you have.”
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which God hath prepared for them that love him.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:
for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).
The glory of God, like the wisdom of God, has
been a mystery. In fact, in this passage, Paul
was actually quoting what Isaiah had prophesied
centuries earlier (see Isaiah 64:1-4).
Isaiah had caught a glimpse of this heavy,
weighty goodness of God. And while he did not
fully understand all he had seen of God’s glory, he
saw enough to know that nations would tremble
in the presence of it.
Jeremiah expanded this revelation of God’s
glory when he prophesied: “It shall be to me a
name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the
nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good
that I do unto them [the children of God]: and they
shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for
all the prosperity that I procure unto it” (Jeremiah
33:9).
Even before the foundation of the world, God
made man wealthy beyond his wildest dreams
and imaginations. God had established a place
of abundance for His people in Him. A place
abundant in Love, joy, peace, health, wealth and
so on (Psalm 66:12).
That’s what Paul was talking about when he
wrote:
For
we
are
God’s
[own]
handiwork
(His
workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born
anew] that we may do those good works which
God predestined (planned beforehand) for us
[taking paths which He prepared ahead of time],
that we should walk in them [living the good life
which He prearranged and made ready for us
to live] (Ephesians 2:10, Amplified Bible, Classic
Edition).
All this “good life” was made ready for us
before the foundation of the world. Yet, today,
and I manifest it in this natural realm. They either
receive it directly from God, or indirectly from us.
So, while God’s wisdom remains a mystery to
these angelic beings, it is available to us. In fact,
God hid His wisdom for us before the foundation
of the world, and He hid it for a very special
purpose.
We just saw in 1 Corinthians 2:7 that God hid
His wisdom “unto our glory.”
Now, to many church people, glory means
nothing more than, “Oh, yes, glory to God!” It has
no real substance in their thinking.
Yet, it’s interesting that the first time the word
glory was used in the Bible, it was used to
describe the wealth that Jacob had accumulated
because of THE BLESSING of God on his life
(Genesis 31:1). It’s interesting because, in biblical
study, there is what’s called the law of first usage.
When a word is used for the first time in the
Bible, its meaning in that first reference is carried
over into every reference that follows. Even if the
word is used in a different context, the original
definition of the word remains with it to some
degree.
In this case, the Hebrew word in Genesis 31
that we translate as glory literally means “super
heavy.” Jacob’s wealth was described as “super
heavy.”
Have you ever heard someone called a
“heavyweight”? It usually refers to someone who
has a lot of money—and all the power that goes
with it. Well, God is the Heavyweight. And in
subsequent passages of Scripture, the word glory
refers to the heavy, or weighty, things of God.
Me...a Heavyweight?
The Apostle Paul made the connection for us
between the heavy, weighty things of God and
the wisdom of God when he wrote: “But as it is
written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the things
The word glory refers to the heavy,
or weighty, things of God.”
“
this wealthy place in God still remains a mystery
to much of the Church. We have not known how
to lay hold of the super-heavy goodness God set
apart for us in this lifetime.
How do we get on that pathway to our abundant
life in God?
Going back to 1 Corinthians 2, we find that
Paul went on to say: “For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in
him? even so the things of God knoweth no man,
but the Spirit of God. Now we have received...
the spirit which is of God; that we might know the
things that are freely given to us of God” (verses
11-12).
It is by the Spirit of God that we “know the things
that are freely given to us of God.” Colossians 2:3
says that “all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge” are hidden in Christ. They are hidden
in the Anointed One, and in His Anointing. That
means those treasures are hidden inside us the
moment we are born again.
The wisdom of the ages is only 18 inches below
our head. It’s tucked deep within our inner man,
in our born-again spirit. All we need to do is get it
from our hearts to our heads.
Your Own Hidden Treasure
When Adam first sinned in the Garden of Eden,
the glory of God left his spirit. The light and life of
God were shut off from him. He was separated
from God and took on the sin nature of the fallen
angel satan, the once-anointed cherub, whose
wisdom had also been corrupted (Ezekiel 28:17).
In the end, man lost contact with God’s wisdom.
As we saw earlier, however, God had already
hidden His wisdom for our glory (1 Corinthians
2:7). He had hidden it in Jesus before the
foundation of the world.
First Peter 1:20 says that God also ordained
Jesus before the foundation of the world. What
did He ordain Jesus to do? To make known “unto
us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification,
and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30).
We were reconnected to God’s wisdom
the moment we were born again. Like most
believers, however, we have just not known how
to tap into it.
That reminds me of my grandfather who was a
farmer in the Texas panhandle, where farming was
tough because it was so dry and windy.
One day my grandfather’s oldest son, who
had graduated from college and was involved in
agriculture and worked for the state government
of New Mexico, came home and told his dad that
there was a massive underground river beneath
their farm.
Well, when my grandfather decided to drill—out
it came, water like they had never seen before. He
ended up having one of the first irrigation wells in
that area, and he started having bumper crops all
the time. One year, he was the only farmer in the
whole county who had a crop.
The point is, all those farmers had sat on a river
of wealth for years, but they never tapped into it.
They didn’t know it was there.
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1 Corinthians 14:13-14, we’re still not finished.
We also need to pray as Paul instructed:
“Father, as I pray out the mysteries over this
matter, as I speak out Your wisdom about this
matter in other tongues, I’m asking You for
the interpretation of it, as well.”
“Well, Brother Copeland, how do I know
if I’m saying the right thing? How do I know
I’m not just making something up?”
To begin with, anything having to do with
prayer, or God, is a matter of Faith. We take
God at His WORD. If He says to pray that
you may interpret, then pray—and believe—
that you will interpret and be fruitful in your
understanding.
It is helpful, however, to know that an
interpretation of what we pray out in the
spirit may come to us as an inner knowing.
A knowing is simply when our spirit picks
up on something spoken by the Holy Spirit
and relays it to our mind, which is primarily
how God talks to us anyway. Oftentimes, we
just need to keep our spiritual ears tuned to
what He’s saying.
An interpretation of what we pray in the
spirit can also come as an inner conviction
about the right thing to do in a situation. Or,
it may be something that we just blurt out
of our mouths, without even thinking about
it. We didn’t think about it because it’s not
coming from the mind. It’s by the Spirit to
our spirit.
Also, I don’t know how many times I’ve
been in a meeting where someone was
preaching, reading The WORD or ministering
in music, and suddenly the answer to a
situation just seemed to explode inside me.
Well, that was the wisdom of God that I had
been praying out and believing Him to reveal.
The bottom line is, wisdom does not have
to remain a mystery to us any longer. It was
hidden for us, not from us. And wisdom—
God’s wisdom—is the pathway to our place
of abundance in Him.
So start building that bridge from your
heart to your head today. Begin translating
heavenly revelation into earthly instructions.
As you do, you’ll discover your own New
World in God.
God’s wisdom—that mighty Holy Spirit
river of knowledge that goes beyond all
natural understanding—lies deep within us,
and it is the pathway to our wealthy place in
God. For the most part, however, it lies there
untapped.
Solving the Mystery
The key to drawing the wisdom of God
out of our hearts and into our heads is found
in 1 Corinthians 14, where the Apostle Paul
describes yet another mystery: “He that
speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh
not unto men, but unto God: for no man
understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries” (verse 2).
It’s important to realize that this mystery
Paul is talking about here—the mystery
of speaking in tongues, or praying in the
spirit—is directly tied to the mystery that
we found in 1 Corinthians 2—the mystery of
God’s wisdom. They are the same mystery.
Yet, it is equally important to realize that
the wisdom of God and speaking in unknown
tongues do not have to remain a mystery to
us. In 1 Corinthians 14:13-14, Paul tells us
why: “Wherefore let him that speaketh in an
unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit
prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.”
When we pray in tongues, we are not
relying on our mind to pray. We’re drawing
those utterances out of our spirit, by the
Holy Spirit. It’s our spirit that does the
praying. And as we’ve already seen, our
spirit is where God hid His wisdom. So our
spirit is in contact with all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.
All that is to say: When we need the
wisdom of God for any given situation, we
can do what James 1:5 says to do—ask for
it. We can pray, “Father, You said wisdom
is the principal thing (Proverbs 4:7), so I’m
asking You for it in this matter I’m facing.
Holy Spirit, as I begin to pray, I believe You
to give me utterance to speak the mysteries
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by Ronald C. Jordan
Once facing a life sentence with no hope of
release, today he serves as the head chaplain
over all the prisons in Mississippi, living proof
of God’s redemptive power.
Born into what he describes as a “Leave It to
Beaver” family lifestyle, the New Orleans native
compares his childhood to that of Wally and
Beaver Cleaver, the teen and preteen brothers
from the late ’50s to early ’60s TV sitcom by
the same name. The youngest of four children,
Watts says he was always sheltered and
protected.
“I call it a ‘Leave It to Beaver’ lifestyle
because we were pretty much considered
middle class in an underclass neighborhood,”
Watts explained. “My dad had trash trucks and
we worked at the mall. As kids, we were able to
work and make money. I was privileged to be
able to wear the latest fashions.”
For all practical purposes, Watts had a loving
home and good family support.
“Even though my parents didn’t get beyond
eighth grade, they were determined none of
their children would be undereducated,” Watts
says. “I have one sister and two brothers, and
we all went to college.”
No One To Blame but Himself
That’s why Watts doesn’t point to his family
as the reason why, following high school, he
fell headlong into a life of drug addiction, crime
and subsequently, incarceration.
It was because of his own bad choices,
Watts admits.
“I fell because I got away from what I was
taught by my parents,” he says. “During my
last semester as a junior at Texas Southern
University, I went to a frat party where I was
introduced to cocaine. I didn’t know what I was
doing. It was just a moment. But I got hooked.”
That “moment” would eventually become the
gateway to years of addiction, financial ruin
and criminal behavior for Watts. Trying to hide
From Inmate
to Prison Chaplain
From the dark confines of a prison cell
to becoming a spiritual beacon for incarcerated men
across the state of Mississippi, Reggie Watts’ journey is
nothing short of miraculous.
Watch
Reggie’s
testimony
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his addiction from his family led to a web of lies,
unpaid debts and a shrinking circle of friends that
left him with nowhere to turn to help feed his habit.
“You tell so many lies and you borrow money
from so many people and never pay them back
that eventually, you run out of friends and your
circle gets smaller and smaller,” Watts said.
When that happened, Watts turned to crime.
“I started stealing to support my addiction,
which led to jail,” he said.
His first arrest came in 1990 in Hattiesburg,
Miss.
Initially arrested for robbery, the charge was
reduced to assault. Watts received credit for time
served and was released. But the cycle had just
begun. Upon his release, Watts left prison armed
with a new strategy. Instead of continuing to use
drugs, he would sell them.
“That lasted maybe a week,” he said, “then I
was back to using the drugs, as well as selling
them.”
Over the next several years, Watts cycled
through county jails and state prisons across
Mississippi and Louisiana until, in 1996, his
offenses landed him a life sentence.
“At first they gave me 25 years,” Watts said,
“but then vacated the 25 years and resentenced
me to life under the habitual offender law. No
probation. No parole. No suspension of sentence.
It was a LIFE sentence! In other words, I was to
die in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.”
That may have been the state’s plan for Watts,
but God had something else in store.
A Bible, and a Turning Point
In every prison cell there is a Bible, Watts
explained. Not every inmate chooses to read
theirs, but after a while Watts decided he would
read his. Picking up his Bible one day, it fell open
to the book of Romans. Watts’ eyes fell on verses
18 and 19 in Chapter 7, which read: “And I know
that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful
nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t” (New
Living Translation).
Watts read the verses. Then he read them again.
“I always wanted to please my parents,” Watts
said. “I always wanted to do what was right. But I
kept going back to doing the drugs and stealing,
and all the stuff that comes with it. That moment
sparked a spiritual awakening in me. That’s when
I broke down. I told God He was right and I was
wrong, and that I needed His
help.”
That moment did something
else; it started Watts on a journey
of pursuing God. Before long,
he became deeply involved in
the spiritual activities inside the
prison. Eventually, he became
a spiritual leader among the
inmates—mentoring others, as
well as preaching.
Watts also had a chance
Mike Barber gave me
structure and faith;
Kenneth Copeland taught
me about consistency
and faithfulness. Every
time I heard him preach,
he gave me scripture to
back up what he said.”
“
Mike Barber ministers
to an inmate from
outside his cell at
Mississippi State
Penitentiary in 2025.
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believing that Watts would one day be set free.
That day came on Sept. 28, 2020, when, after
being incarcerated for over two decades, Watts
walked out of Angola State Penitentiary a free
man after receiving a parole. Waiting for him at the
gate was his friend Mike Barber, who gave Watts
a job and a place to stay.
As Barber was driving Watts to his new home
outside of prison, he received a phone call from
the Mississippi Commissioner of Prisons. Word
had spread that Watts had been released and
the commissioner was trying to get in touch with
Watts to offer him a job with the prison system.
“Within two hours, I went from having been in
prison for 25 years to being asked to be a chaplain
in Mississippi,” Watts said. “It was amazing—the
power of God not just to get me out of prison, but
meeting with Kenneth Copeland, who had
come to the Angola prison unit to minister to the
inmates. Soon after, Watts began listening to the
teachings of both Kenneth and Gloria Copeland.
Watts also got connected with Mike Barber,
a former NFL player-turned-prison minister who
eventually became Watts’ mentor and spiritual
father.
“Mike Barber was my hero before I ever met
him,” Watts shared. “I used to watch him play
for the Houston Oilers. Years later, through Mike
Barber Ministries, he came into the same prison
I was in and God used him to change my life.
Mike taught me that the walk with God isn’t about
emotion, it’s about discipline and obedience.”
For 15 years, Barber visited regularly with Watts,
mentoring him in the Scriptures and praying and
One such twice-sown seed recipient is Mike Barber
Ministries in Houston, Texas, which, with a group
of volunteers, goes into prisons and ministers until
every inmate has heard about Jesus. Through its
partnership with MBM, KCM is reaching greater
numbers of people than any of us could ever reach
on our own—people who might have no other way
to hear the good news.
Over the years, KCM has worked hard to share the
power of the blessed life to those behind bars—
from supplying books and other resources for
The Blessing
of Twice-Sown
Seed
When you give to Kenneth Copeland Ministries,
people all over the world are set free—in more
ways than you might imagine!
KCM’s outreach goes far beyond the powerful
voices the Lord has entrusted to us, such as the
Believer’s Voice of Victory broadcast, Victory
Channel, national and international meetings—
even this publication. Our outreach extends to
other trusted, effective ministries that are taking
the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the globe.
This is because the first 10% of all gross
income received by KCM from donations and
sales is placed into a special, earmarked fund
we call Twice-Sown Seed. In other words, when
we receive a gift from you, or you purchase
KCM product or merchandise, we actually
resow a tenth of that gift or product purchase
into other ministries, so that a portion of your
contributions is twice sown into lives all over
the world. And, as God’s Word promises, we
see the increase on the seed-faith gifts of our
Partners.
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chaplains; to donating $250,000 to construct a
chapel for inmates in Texas; to partnering with
others, like MBM. In 2025, KCM USA sent over
60,000 Bibles, From Faith to Faith devotionals,
and other products to prison chaplains, free of
charge, to be distributed to inmates. Also last
year, KCM received an average of 574 letters a
month from inmates, and added an average of
85 inmates monthly to our mailing list.
KCM’s prison ministry is just one more way
we’re taking the saving message of Jesus
around the world. It’s our way of letting people
everywhere know that we’re here for you—no
matter who you are, where you are or what
you’ve done.
Your seed not only supports KCM and its
worldwide ministry operations, but through
partnership it also goes to help ministries in
places like Africa, Canada, Australia, Haiti,
Central and South America, Ukraine, Europe,
and Mexico. It not only reaches behind prison
walls, but it shares love with ‘at risk’ young
women through Mercy Multiplied Ministries
homes for girls; flies medical missionary teams
to those in pain via Air Transport for Christ;
provides relief to ministry Partners and residents
during disasters such as the recent floodings in
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to already have my purpose lined up the way that
He knew I would accept it.”
Standing in the lobby at KCM’s Southwest
Believers’ Convention last year, Watts reflected
on his journey and how it has come full circle.
“I am directly indebted to Kenneth Copeland
Ministries,” he said. “Mike Barber always told us,
‘My name is on those study papers we give y’all,
but it’s Kenneth Copeland Ministries that allows
me to come here.’”
Today, Watts serves as a reentry coordinator
and prison ministry leader in Mississippi. He
brings Christian-based rehabilitation programs,
mentorships and worship services into prisons.
“I bring the gospel behind bars because that’s
where God found me,” he says.
Watts also travels nationwide, speaking in
churches, schools and prisons—often partnering
with ministries inspired by both Mike Barber and
Kenneth Copeland. His goal is simple: to show
others that redemption is possible, no matter how
far they’ve fallen.
Since his release, Watts has remained closely
connected with Mike Barber and Kenneth
Copeland Ministries, whose teachings Watts says
have helped him grow and mature spiritually and
stabilize his new life of freedom.
“God used those men to rebuild my foundation,”
says Watts. “Mike Barber gave me structure
and faith; Kenneth Copeland taught me about
consistency and faithfulness. Every time I heard
him preach, he gave me scripture to back up
what he said. That’s what I love about him—he’s
grounded in the Word.”
You may not hold the office of an apostle,
prophet, evangelist, pastor or teacher. But
if you’re in partnership with a minister
who is doing the work of God, fighting
alongside him or her through prayer or
through giving, you’ll receive an eternal
reward for every person who is born again,
and every believer who is strengthened
or healed or delivered as a result of that
minister’s endeavors.”
—Kenneth Copeland
“
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Totally Free Indeed!
In 2008, I was charged with seven
counts of bank robbery. After
serving five years of my 30-year
sentence, I was introduced to KCM.
I had never heard the Word of Faith
preached the way Brother Copeland
taught the Word of God. The more I
listened to him preach, the more the
Word of God came alive in my life,
and I was able to believe God for
the impossible.
Once I learned about the spiritual
law of sowing and reaping, and
the power of tithing, my life really
began to change from the inside
Faith Comes
by Hearing
I am 94 years old, and
often share that I didn’t
grow up reading the Bible.
The BVOV broadcasts
became a major source
of encouragement and
helped me grow in my
faith. The teachings and
resources strengthened
me spiritually, and I’m
grateful for how they
shaped my walk with God.
L.B. | Ontario
For His Kingdom
I am a chaplain in a detention facility in Castle
Rock, Colo., and wanted to let you know we
appreciate you partnering with us in sharing
God’s Word with our inmates. Thanks to your
Bible donations to our facility, we can put the
transforming Word of God into their hands.
As the Holy Spirit ministers in the lives of our
inmates, lives are being changed. Through
your ministry, many of our inmates have been
introduced to God’s Word and have their own
copy to take with them when they leave our
facility. For some, it is the first time they have
had a Bible to call their own. Thanks for your
continued commitment to ministering to those
who are incarcerated. B.W. | Colorado
out. I began to send my tithes and
offerings to KCM, and the anointing
that is on Brother Copeland and
Gloria began to show up in every
arena of my life. And my life has
never been the same since then.
To make a long story short, I was
released from prison after only
serving 17 years of that 30-year
sentence.
Thank you, Brother Copeland, for
everything. You and Gloria have
become distant spiritual parents to
me. R.S. | Ohio
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‘Diligence
To Change’
I have been blessed
by BVOV for many
years and absolutely
love all the content
presented. But
I was so moved
by John’s total
transparency on
the broadcast when
he shared openly
and honestly the
struggles he had with
substance abuse
and his deliverance.
I also loved how
transparent he
was about his
relationship with his
dad. As a parent in
ministry, this truly
witnessed to me. It
was a blessing how
Brother Copeland
admitted that he
had mistakenly put
the ministry before
the family, and his
diligence to change.
I love this family so
much and I thank
God for all of you.
Most of us have no
idea how difficult
it is to live life
with absolutely no
privacy. Your family
sacrificed your
privacy so that we
could have a closer
walk with the Lord.
T.W. | Tennessee
You Preserve Man and Beast
I want to thank Kenneth Copeland Ministries and the
prayer ministers for praying with me. I called the prayer
line and they prayed a prayer of agreement for healing
for my dog. The prayer minister gave me Psalm 36:6 to
stand on. I’m grateful to report that my dog is back to
his old playful self! Thank You, Jesus! V.W. | California
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If you do not know
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and Lord, simply pray the
following prayer in faith, and
Jesus will be your Lord!
Heavenly Father, I come
to You in the Name of Jesus.
Your Word says, “Whosoever
shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved” and
“If thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved”
(Acts 2:21; Romans 10:9).
You said my salvation would
be the result of Your Holy
Spirit giving me new birth
by coming to live in me
(John 3:5-6, 15-16; Romans
8:9-11) and that if I would
ask, You would fill me with
Your Spirit and give me
the ability to speak with
other tongues
(Luke 11:13; Acts 2:4).
I take You at Your Word.
I confess that Jesus is Lord.
And I believe in my heart that
You raised Him from the dead.
Thank You for coming into my
heart, for giving me Your Holy
Spirit as You have promised,
and for being Lord over
my life. Amen.
Do You
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Jesus?
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by Jerry Savelle
Everyone experiences failure. But I
learned a long time ago, even in the
midst of failure, don’t quit. When you
get knocked down, get right back
up—every time! It’s a lesson I’ve
learned well. In fact, it’s become the
theme of my life.
Years ago, right after I started
my ministry, a church invited me
to preach at a ranch in Hot Springs, Ark. The
members sat on lawn chairs in front of a makeshift
platform so small the church’s drummer had to sit
on the ground beside it.
Nonetheless, I was so excited to have the
opportunity to preach that I preached as hard
as I could—everything from Kenneth Copeland,
Kenneth Hagin, Oral Roberts and T.L. Osborn all
rolled together. As I ran back and forth across that
platform, fired up, I stepped too close to the edge
and fell off the stage—right into the bass drum.
Can you imagine? There I was, the preacher,
my bottom in the bass drum and my arms and
legs sticking out! Everyone in the audience stood
wide-eyed, looking to see where I had gone.
“Lord, what do I do?”
Get up quick, He said. Do a Micah 7:8: When I
fall, I shall arise. Don’t even mention the fall. Just
get up, take up right where you left off, and act like
this is the way you preach all the time.
I did just as He said. I didn’t quit. I got up,
stepped back on the platform and kept preaching.
It turned out to be a great service.
Afterward, a lady approached me. “Brother
Jerry, why did you fall off the platform?”
“It was an accident,” I admitted, “but did you
see the getting up? That was quite
a recovery!”
“Do you fall often?” she asked.
“No. Did you see the getting up?”
I repeated.
“Is there something wrong with
you?” she pressed. “Do you need
prayer?”
“I don’t want to talk about the
fall,” I said. “Did you see the getting up?”
Many people are like that woman. They spend
their entire lives talking about the fall. They think
God’s teaching them something down there,
but God doesn’t want us to focus on the fall.
He wants us to get back up and talk about the
recovery.
The Art of Continuing
I understand the urge to quit. Quitting used to
be a way of life for me. I’d get under pressure, and
I’d look for the path of least resistance. It started
when I was young. After high school, I planned to
go into the automotive business like my dad, but
my dad had other plans. He wanted me to go to
college, so that’s what I did.
Then two weeks before the first semester
ended, I quit.
“Son, what are you doing home in the middle of
the week?” my dad asked when I pulled up in my
’57 Chevrolet.
“I quit,” I said. “I want to work on cars. Can you
give me a job?”
Two weeks later, in the fall of 1964, I received
a draft letter for the war. Since I didn’t want to go
WHEN YOU’RE
TEMPTED
TO QUIT!
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to Vietnam, I returned to college. During the day,
I worked on cars. At night, I took classes. After
Carolyn and I married, I decided that balancing
everything was too much, so I quit college again.
I started doing paint and body work for my
dad, who was now the body shop foreman at a
Buick dealership. About six weeks later, I quit
and started working for the Lincoln Mercury
dealership. Two months later, I quit and changed
jobs again.
Quitting became my lifestyle. If someone
made me mad, I’d quit. If I believed I’d been
wronged, I’d quit.
Thankfully, all that changed when I first heard
Brother Copeland, dedicated my life to the Lord,
and got into the Word of God. The first scripture
I read was John 8:31-32: “If ye continue in my
word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free” (emphasis mine).
That little word continue jumped out of my
Bible and into my heart. The Lord said, This is the
missing ingredient in your life. You have always
been a great starter, but you’ve never been a
great finisher. And if you don’t develop the art of
continuing, you will never be the minister I want
“When you’re tempted to quit,
don’t run from God, and don’t run
from His Word. Run to them!”