KAREN: And I was able to just run with that! So what we’ve done is, my husband and I, we actually do teachings and training people on how to write a book. And they can go and check out those teachings and everything because we believe that everyone has a story!

LAURA: Oh yeah!

KAREN: Everyone has something in their life that God has walked them through. Everyone’s got – we all have stories but the problem is that so many times our stories become our crutch in life to keep us and bind us. But eventually, somewhere along the line, your story has got to become your testimony! And the way it becomes your testimony is by walking forward! Writing it out so that other people sharing your story can help other people avoid the same pitfalls, avoid the same things that you’ve walked through! And so we believe that everyone should have an opportunity to get their story out. And so we love sharing with people how to do that!

LAURA: That is so beautiful!

KAREN: Yes.

LAURA: I’m a writer too.

KAREN: Yes.

LAURA: I’m an author.

KAREN: Yes.

LAURA: One of my greatest joys is teaching other people that they can do that same thing!

KAREN: Yes! Yes!

LAURA: And you’re right! Everyone has a story!

KAREN: Uh-huh!

LAURA: And earlier when you were talking to, you know, people who, maybe their story, this show goes into parts of the world where there are women who feel hidden! Who feel unappreciated. They are undervalued! They are told – they’re taught to be fearful, to be lacking in confidence. And so I really hope that even though what you’ve shared, the combination of those, that they have a story.

KAREN: Yes.

LAURA: And that they have a purpose!

KAREN: Uh-huh.

LAURA: That those two things put together will bring them up and out to a place where they realize God loves them!

KAREN: Yes!

LAURA: He loves THEM! Not just the people around them but He has a story and a purpose just for them! Okay! So I know you’re also a mom!

KAREN: Yes!

LAURA: And we may talk about that in just a moment. But I am very curious. You’ve overcome something recently. You had neck surgery.

KAREN: I did, yeah.

LAURA: And so you’ve had, you had surgery!

KAREN: Yes.

LAURA: It’s like 3 weeks ago!

KAREN: Yes. [laughs]

LAURA: And your doctor told you he didn’t even want you to come here!

KAREN: That’s true. Yes.

LAURA: But you came here because you know you wanted to share this message. So you look great!

KAREN: Thank you.

LAURA: But you know just even describe to me when you were walking through that process. You believe that God is a healer but I love something you said to me during the break. Because we know that God can work in different ways. Tell me about that process and how the Lord was with you in that even during the surgery. 

KAREN: Yes. Because we do believe in healing! I am a firm believer that God can heal instantaneously.

LAURA: Sure!

KAREN: That He can say “You are healed” and you are healed! And I’ve experienced that healing before. I’ve experienced it with I had cancer on my neck and God healed me instantly in a moment! But I believe also that God heals in different ways. Because we believed for the healing for my neck, for the disc that was messed up in my neck. And God didn’t choose to heal me that way this time. But during the process of having surgery, during the process of having to walk in faith.

LAURA: Yeah.

BILL: You know, after 59 years of marriage, you know, my wife and I we love each other, we just don’t feel the same way we did as teenagers. But, you walk by faith, you got saved by faith, you got filled with faith, you move these gifts by faith. Now, 1 Corinthians 12:7 says the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every saint. That means all 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit are sent to your Holy Ghost bodies. And you take them to work, take them home, take them to school, take them to bed and never take them out to bless anybody. Amen. That’s the reason Paul told Timothy, Timothy, you stir up the gift of God, 2 Timothy 1:7 Timothy, you stir up the gift of God for God’s not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. You quote that scripture but it’s related to stirring up your gifts. They’re in you. You don’t have to pray them down or work them up, let them flow. Now I’m going to show you how to release them, amen. And so, then it says, then it talks about the 9 gifts of the Spirit which is the verbal gifts, tongues and interpretation, prophecy, and the revelation gifts, word of knowledge, word of wisdom, discernment, and the power gifts, faith, healing, and miracles. Now, according to God’s illustration in Matthew there is 1, 2 and 5 every one of you has 1, 2 or 5, 3 or 4, 6 or 8. You see I might have 6, but if I only use 3, then I am in worse shape than you are if you have 1 and use it. Are you with me? So you need to know what you got and so we have activations, we have over 50 activations, it’s like Geiger counters that help determine where there is oil or gold or what, we have activations that determine what gifts you have within you. I could take this group right here, have you 3 days and have you all prophesying. Or you could go sit in church for the rest of your life and never activate. Come on. And so, it’s time to activate. Amen. And I’m going to activate you today.

Audience: [Applause]

BILL: Now, when I was in Pentecost, we would quote 1 Corinthians 12:11 and it says now all these works are one of the same spirit divided to every man separately as he will. Now, we would say it’s the Holy Spirit who operates the gifts. How many has ever heard that? But that’s not what it says. I’m just giving you the tops of the mountain as we skip across. Gifts are sovereignly given by the choice and will of the Holy Spirit, but they’re activated and operated by the faith of the believer. How many believers we got here? God’s sovereignty gives you the gift of eternal life, but you have to believe and receive, which is activating. Amen. He gives you your spirit language, but you have to speak. They spoke as the Spirit gave them the ability, but you do the talking. Some people want to cut their head off and talk out of here. Now what scripture we use a lot is Hebrews 5, he says milk belongs to babes but strong meat for grownups. And he says those who are reason of use have their senses exercised to discern what is good and evil. Good, the mind of the Lord, revelation, thoughts of Christ, evil, man’s thoughts, imagination.

KYLE: Well, there are people who are watching who relate to your story. Who relate to the trials and the tragedies and all that you went through and so much more in different ways. Would you pray for those people in the five minutes that we have left?

CLARICE: Oh, I would be so honored to have the opportunity particularly for those that are bound by drugs, alcohol and wrong relationships. And then we know our cities, our states, our nation, all over the world, people are under the influence of the occult practice of drug addiction. And we think, “Oh my goodness, once a person gets there, they can’t get out,” but I am telling you, the Word of God has the power to perform itself. Now I’ve went through a lot of tragic situations, as a mother, and just saying, “How can this thing be? She was not reared in this atmosphere. We don’t do these things. This is not what we believe”. And here we were, pastors of a church and teaching people everything, and our own child having this terrible affliction. And you know the shame that tries to come and get upon us and the condemnation is one thing, but God has not given you condemnation. The Holy Spirit will bring conviction to show you, don’t do this or don’t to that, but there is a power. The scripture says that the spiritual man judges all things. Then He says judge not lest ye be judged. So I had to investigate that word. One says don’t judge and the other says you do judge. But that word is anakrino, which means you judge it up, as a king, as a priest, as a prophet. You begin to agree with God and you decree and agree with the Word of God. Regardless of what your circumstances or your facts look like, you have to speak the truth which is the Word of God. That’s what He watches over to perform. So those of you who are watching that are afflicted with this terrible demonic force of drug addiction, whether you’re a Christian, whether you’re not a Christian, I’m telling you there is a power in the infallible, inerrant, awesome Word of God. Create with the fruit of your lips. And so I’m here to agree with God. I’m going to judge you up; I’m not going to judge you down. The spiritual man creates with God by calling the things that are not to become the things that are. My precious daughter went through all kinds of terrible, terrible things, awful decisions, but because of the Word of God that was spoken over her—I remember one time she called, it was her birthday, she was eighteen. And everybody had told me she was dead. You know, they didn’t even have hope for her to come through, but the reality, she called me on her birthday and I said, “Sweetheart, let me tell you something,” and I said, “God has destined you for great things.” And she says, “Mom, you don’t know what I’ve done!” And I said, “I really don’t care what you’ve done.