1 00:00:00,451 --> 00:00:05,193 KC: Courtney, I'm, I am so thrilled that December the 6th I'll be 90 years old. 2 00:00:06,905 --> 00:00:10,790 That this morning I was able to get up early, get dressed, get 3 00:00:10,790 --> 00:00:13,655 on the treadmill, work out hard. 4 00:00:13,955 --> 00:00:18,368 I have to because, uh, it's heart exercise. 5 00:00:19,311 --> 00:00:21,897 Keep it pumping and it's working. 6 00:00:23,388 --> 00:00:25,926 But there's a lot of this going on. 7 00:00:27,465 --> 00:00:29,693 Court: I'm proud of you- Thank Are we rolling? 8 00:00:30,116 --> 00:00:30,375 We are. 9 00:00:31,183 --> 00:00:31,645 We're rolling? 10 00:00:31,645 --> 00:00:31,972 Okay. 11 00:00:33,059 --> 00:00:33,771 KC: You go ahead and pray. 12 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:34,924 Court: No, I want you to pray. 13 00:00:35,213 --> 00:00:35,588 KC: Okay. 14 00:00:36,616 --> 00:00:40,004 Father, we thank you, praise you and honor you, 15 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:45,974 that back in the day when I first began recording records and albums 16 00:00:45,974 --> 00:00:50,960 and so forth, the technology wasn't even available to do this. 17 00:00:51,465 --> 00:00:55,469 blessed us beyond measure according to the word of the living God. 18 00:00:55,763 --> 00:01:00,622 We redeem from the curse of the law Christ being made a curse for us, for 19 00:01:00,622 --> 00:01:03,935 it is written, "Cursed is everyone that hangs on the tree." Redeemed us from the 20 00:01:03,935 --> 00:01:10,397 curse of the law that the blessing of Abraham has come upon us, and we praise 21 00:01:10,397 --> 00:01:16,142 you and honor you for those covenant promises backed by the sweet blood of 22 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:18,746 Jesus, the sinless blood of the Lord. 23 00:01:19,952 --> 00:01:20,725 And we thank you, 24 00:01:23,140 --> 00:01:25,433 thank you, thank you. 25 00:01:26,782 --> 00:01:33,065 Whose we are and whom we serve, in Jesus' name, amen. 26 00:01:33,489 --> 00:01:34,046 Court: Amen. 27 00:01:34,980 --> 00:01:39,829 Well, everyone, welcome to the very first episode of the Kenneth Copeland Podcast. 28 00:01:39,829 --> 00:01:40,480 KC: Okay. 29 00:01:40,848 --> 00:01:41,980 Court: Featuring Kenneth Copeland. 30 00:01:41,980 --> 00:01:42,820 Yay. 31 00:01:44,362 --> 00:01:46,749 Papa- Oh ... we talked about doing this show for a while. 32 00:01:46,749 --> 00:01:46,806 Yeah. 33 00:01:46,806 --> 00:01:52,193 For a few months we've talked about this, and it's because a lot of people 34 00:01:52,193 --> 00:01:56,306 have been following you for a lot of years, and I feel like they don't get 35 00:01:56,306 --> 00:02:00,523 to see the side of you that I get to see, the grandfather side, and the 36 00:02:01,117 --> 00:02:04,032 loving, caring, personal side of you. 37 00:02:04,655 --> 00:02:08,051 And so we've been talking about doing a podcast so you can have your friends on, 38 00:02:08,051 --> 00:02:12,683 and y'all can talk about life experiences together and... So this first set of 39 00:02:12,683 --> 00:02:14,410 episodes is gonna be just me and you. 40 00:02:14,438 --> 00:02:17,561 I have some questions from your partners and your friends and- 41 00:02:17,994 --> 00:02:18,127 KC: Good 42 00:02:18,127 --> 00:02:19,391 ... Court: I think it's gonna be really fun. 43 00:02:19,674 --> 00:02:19,900 KC: Good. 44 00:02:21,070 --> 00:02:23,136 Court: I want to start off by- Uh, 45 00:02:23,136 --> 00:02:23,504 KC: let me... 46 00:02:23,504 --> 00:02:24,391 May I start, please? 47 00:02:24,391 --> 00:02:25,221 Court: Of course you may. 48 00:02:25,221 --> 00:02:25,759 It's your show. 49 00:02:25,759 --> 00:02:26,730 You do whatever you want. 50 00:02:28,419 --> 00:02:31,778 KC: You remember we were making the western, 51 00:02:32,072 --> 00:02:41,053 and, uh, we... It was the second one, Covenant Rider, and I was sitting with 52 00:02:41,053 --> 00:02:47,610 my... I had... It, it wasn't the f- it wasn't Wichita Slim's hat, but it was 53 00:02:47,610 --> 00:02:53,987 mine, and I had a, a little baby in my arms with a Texas T-shirt, and it was you. 54 00:02:54,911 --> 00:02:57,506 Court: We'll make sure we throw that photo up for everyone to see. 55 00:02:58,204 --> 00:03:00,949 I'm really honored to be sitting here with you. 56 00:03:01,242 --> 00:03:01,798 Thank you. 57 00:03:01,827 --> 00:03:02,421 KC: Thank you, sweetheart. 58 00:03:02,553 --> 00:03:05,034 Court: That would've been 33 years ago. 59 00:03:05,204 --> 00:03:05,553 KC: Yes. 60 00:03:05,883 --> 00:03:06,138 Court: Wow. 61 00:03:06,307 --> 00:03:09,165 recently you did a podcast episode with Bryce Crawford. 62 00:03:09,165 --> 00:03:09,646 KC: Yes. 63 00:03:09,863 --> 00:03:12,165 Court: And that was so fun to watch you do. 64 00:03:12,165 --> 00:03:15,401 I was so proud of you and the way you answered all of his questions. 65 00:03:15,401 --> 00:03:17,118 What were your thoughts about that episode? 66 00:03:18,146 --> 00:03:20,175 KC: I, um... It was great. 67 00:03:20,666 --> 00:03:26,477 He kept saying, "I can't wrap my mind around it." You don't wrap your mind 68 00:03:26,477 --> 00:03:28,138 around it, you wrap your heart around it. 69 00:03:28,270 --> 00:03:30,157 He was talking about the message of prosperity. 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,130 And, uh... But that's, that's, that's the point. 71 00:03:34,424 --> 00:03:36,370 And I'm not referring to him now. 72 00:03:36,664 --> 00:03:42,630 Gloria and I, January the 24th, 1967, enrolled at Oral Roberts University 73 00:03:42,924 --> 00:03:44,717 with $24,000 worth of debt. 74 00:03:45,623 --> 00:03:50,835 Ugh Gloria said, "You must have borrowed money on your tricycle." No. 75 00:03:51,212 --> 00:03:53,118 Let, let me s- take, walk you through it. 76 00:03:53,412 --> 00:03:56,999 When I was a senior in high school, all TV was black and white. 77 00:03:57,293 --> 00:04:05,491 But there was a man named Pat Boone that, it was Foremost Dairy, and, 78 00:04:05,491 --> 00:04:11,520 uh, they were, uh, you know, looking for teen talent back in those days. 79 00:04:11,814 --> 00:04:18,873 And, uh, so I met him, and then it w- we had to go to the WBAP studios 80 00:04:20,457 --> 00:04:23,354 and, of course, television up to that time had all been black and white. 81 00:04:25,071 --> 00:04:32,033 Well... And I, and, and Courtney, I didn't know in the beginning what the prize was. 82 00:04:32,684 --> 00:04:38,992 so the audition guy came in, "What do you sing?" I said, "Well, what 83 00:04:38,992 --> 00:04:46,596 do you want?" Well, right then Blue Velvet was, << She wore blue velvet 84 00:04:47,030 --> 00:04:48,219 >>. They... Now sang Old Man River. 85 00:04:48,219 --> 00:04:54,285 They said, "Well, that's really not what we're looking for." And, uh, so 86 00:04:54,341 --> 00:04:56,605 then I said, << Money, honey, oh, oh 87 00:04:56,605 --> 00:05:01,275 He said, "That's more like it." 'Cause that was huge back there then. 88 00:05:02,577 --> 00:05:08,030 And so I won it three times, and I got a nice radio about this big. 89 00:05:09,303 --> 00:05:10,822 I run it three times more. 90 00:05:11,117 --> 00:05:14,532 And so I could maybe reenact it a little bit. 91 00:05:15,296 --> 00:05:16,862 It was the Bewley Barn Dance. 92 00:05:18,145 --> 00:05:20,966 Everything for the American ranch and the American home. 93 00:05:21,260 --> 00:05:24,545 And it was that evening, and it came out there in black and 94 00:05:24,545 --> 00:05:26,649 white, just like it always had. 95 00:05:27,045 --> 00:05:28,413 All TV was black and white. 96 00:05:30,092 --> 00:05:34,451 And, uh, they counted down the switch- Down to 10, I 97 00:05:34,451 --> 00:05:36,262 sang Ghost Riders in the Sky. 98 00:05:36,743 --> 00:05:40,894 An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy... Color TV. 99 00:05:41,498 --> 00:05:42,752 Can you imagine it? 100 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,035 And I really said, "The next thing you're gonna know, they're gonna 101 00:05:46,035 --> 00:05:49,309 air condition my truck." So, yeah 102 00:05:49,507 --> 00:05:50,658 Court: What year would that have been? 103 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,715 KC: I was a senior in high school, 1955. 104 00:05:55,177 --> 00:06:01,605 And, uh, so then a recording contract came out of that on Pledge of Love. 105 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:08,268 Well, I kept trying to make it, and I, I just really got fed up with it. 106 00:06:08,562 --> 00:06:09,420 And I just came home. 107 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:12,203 I said, "Dad, I wanna learn how to fly. I wanna get out of this." 108 00:06:12,498 --> 00:06:20,319 And I did, and I soloed August the 24th, 1961, at Meacham Field. 109 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:26,945 And TCU was playing Arkansas for the, uh, Southwest Conference title. 110 00:06:27,092 --> 00:06:30,314 I went to an after-game party, This man came up and said, "My daughter's the best 111 00:06:30,314 --> 00:06:31,446 looking girl in the state of Arkansas." 112 00:06:31,741 --> 00:06:35,288 I said, "Is that right?" Then I just kept on. 113 00:06:35,288 --> 00:06:41,250 He said, "You don't believe me, do you?" "I believe you, man." "My daughter's 114 00:06:41,250 --> 00:06:45,335 the best looking girl in the state of Arkansas." Well, I wanted to see the best 115 00:06:45,335 --> 00:06:46,656 looking girl in the state of Arkansas. 116 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:56,007 So Sunday morning, 8:00, October the 8th, 1961, there was a sliding door there, 117 00:06:56,301 --> 00:06:58,633 and I thought, " Man, he wasn't kidding." 118 00:06:58,928 --> 00:07:04,439 And, and FBO, you know, a fixed-base operation I went back to the car lot. 119 00:07:04,733 --> 00:07:08,526 And, "Kenneth, uh, I've taken over the fixed-base operation in Camden, Arkansas. 120 00:07:08,526 --> 00:07:13,337 You wanna go?" "Yeah, I'll go." "Don't you wanna think about it?" "No, I 121 00:07:13,337 --> 00:07:17,695 thought about it. That girl's over there somewhere, and I'm gonna find her." Well, 122 00:07:17,695 --> 00:07:25,195 the bottom line of this, Courtney, first date, I mean, gorgeous and beautiful. 123 00:07:26,356 --> 00:07:30,556 Then I'm thinking, " You know, she's probably gonna say, 'Well, Kenneth, 124 00:07:30,556 --> 00:07:32,377 now we need to think about this.'" 125 00:07:33,169 --> 00:07:36,961 So I thought... And we went to the Rocket Room, and I sang Misty 126 00:07:36,961 --> 00:07:39,178 to her, well, by Johnny Mathis. 127 00:07:39,178 --> 00:07:40,254 She didn't say anything. 128 00:07:40,490 --> 00:07:42,867 I didn't know at the time how, how quiet she was. 129 00:07:44,452 --> 00:07:45,141 Only one date. 130 00:07:45,435 --> 00:07:46,765 She didn't say anything about that. 131 00:07:48,322 --> 00:07:49,775 So I just walked up on the porch. 132 00:07:49,775 --> 00:07:51,975 I said, "Gloria, will you marry me?" "Okay." What? 133 00:07:53,031 --> 00:07:53,428 Okay. 134 00:07:54,116 --> 00:07:56,324 She said, "What have I done? 135 00:07:57,182 --> 00:07:58,182 I don't even know this guy. 136 00:07:58,909 --> 00:08:04,409 Oh, well, I'll get out of it later." Last month, 64 years, 137 00:08:05,012 --> 00:08:07,182 and Gloria Jean's not out of it 138 00:08:07,182 --> 00:08:07,295 Court: yet. 139 00:08:07,295 --> 00:08:08,560 She's, she's the best. 140 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,409 She's quiet, but she's stealthy. 141 00:08:10,437 --> 00:08:11,833 KC: Oh. 142 00:08:11,918 --> 00:08:12,494 Court: She's stealthy. 143 00:08:12,494 --> 00:08:13,899 Actually, someone wrote in. 144 00:08:13,899 --> 00:08:14,795 They asked a question. 145 00:08:14,795 --> 00:08:17,503 They said... This is Sarah from Atlanta, Georgia. 146 00:08:17,503 --> 00:08:20,833 She said, "You just celebrated your 64th wedding anniversary. 147 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:24,229 What's the greatest piece of marriage advice you believe contributes to 148 00:08:24,229 --> 00:08:25,946 a successful and happy marriage?" 149 00:08:26,805 --> 00:08:28,399 KC: Base everything you do on the word of God. 150 00:08:29,852 --> 00:08:30,295 Everything. 151 00:08:30,443 --> 00:08:32,792 you know, we were living at the other end of the lake here on Eagle 152 00:08:32,792 --> 00:08:34,246 Mountain Lake, and she came to me. 153 00:08:34,541 --> 00:08:40,409 She said, "Kenneth, we either go- I'm, I'm, we either have to build this house or 154 00:08:40,409 --> 00:08:46,145 just, just stop messing with it." 'Cause she said, "We're doing well with what we 155 00:08:46,145 --> 00:08:49,324 have now." So we went to the prayer cabin. 156 00:08:49,777 --> 00:08:51,107 We don't do anything without praying for it. 157 00:08:51,401 --> 00:08:54,486 everything we've done, we pray about it first. 158 00:08:54,780 --> 00:08:55,733 We lay the scripture out. 159 00:08:56,028 --> 00:08:57,178 So we went to the prayer cabin. 160 00:08:57,473 --> 00:09:01,048 And I, and I, and what, what we do, we just set aside everything 161 00:09:01,048 --> 00:09:06,945 else and pray about that one thing, not a lot of things at one time. 162 00:09:07,092 --> 00:09:07,837 And you've been there. 163 00:09:07,837 --> 00:09:08,809 It's very quiet. 164 00:09:08,809 --> 00:09:10,063 It's out in the country. 165 00:09:10,063 --> 00:09:10,111 Mm-hmm. 166 00:09:10,724 --> 00:09:11,648 I mean country country. 167 00:09:13,356 --> 00:09:14,535 of course, I had my Bible with me. 168 00:09:14,682 --> 00:09:17,590 We'd talked about it, and talked about it, whether or not... 169 00:09:18,345 --> 00:09:19,184 'cause it's a large house. 170 00:09:19,448 --> 00:09:22,420 I opened my Bible, of course. 171 00:09:23,222 --> 00:09:26,703 The 54th chapter of the Book of Isaiah, and I began to read, and she began to cry. 172 00:09:26,998 --> 00:09:31,677 I said, "Gloria Jean, what?" And she said, "Those were the scriptures that 173 00:09:31,677 --> 00:09:34,677 I used when we were still in Tulsa. 174 00:09:35,035 --> 00:09:40,554 'Don't let anyone steal your dreams.' And this home was my dream." 175 00:09:40,848 --> 00:09:43,415 And I said, "Something else the Lord told me to do is stay out of it." 176 00:09:44,905 --> 00:09:48,067 She said, "What?" I said, "Gloria, the Bible doesn't say a virtuous 177 00:09:48,067 --> 00:09:53,852 man builds his nest." So, and the Lord said her dream took upon faith, 178 00:09:54,147 --> 00:09:55,203 came up out of her heart. 179 00:09:56,350 --> 00:09:59,067 Now, prayer i- is what did this. 180 00:09:59,652 --> 00:10:05,199 She took those little squares and placed her furniture and things in there. 181 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:06,841 Th- th- this is important. 182 00:10:07,435 --> 00:10:08,539 You don't fuss about it. 183 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:13,107 He said, "This is the easiest job I ever had. I just swap it over 184 00:10:13,107 --> 00:10:14,513 to blueprint." here's my point. 185 00:10:14,807 --> 00:10:22,309 Since January the 24th, 1967, she and I have never done anything 186 00:10:23,422 --> 00:10:24,639 without praying about it first. 187 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:27,447 Court: So the two things, you said there's two things. 188 00:10:27,447 --> 00:10:30,107 One is we don't do anything without praying about it, 189 00:10:30,201 --> 00:10:31,230 and what was the second one? 190 00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:33,437 KC: Keep it on the word of God and keep it in love. 191 00:10:34,484 --> 00:10:36,249 We d- we, we, we didn't argue with one 192 00:10:37,541 --> 00:10:39,399 Court: another I've heard you say, from the platform, I've heard 193 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:41,654 you say it's hard to argue with someone who won't fight with you. 194 00:10:41,654 --> 00:10:42,418 KC: That's right. 195 00:10:42,956 --> 00:10:49,154 I only raised my voice to her one time, and, uh, Courtney, 196 00:10:49,154 --> 00:10:51,758 I, I, it's the only time ever. 197 00:10:52,052 --> 00:10:57,713 I don't, I don't know what set it off, but for about, oh, I 198 00:10:57,713 --> 00:10:58,986 don't know, 30, 40 seconds. 199 00:10:59,281 --> 00:11:04,781 And I just... It was, it was a rent house, and there was a big old green couch there. 200 00:11:05,075 --> 00:11:09,201 And, uh, and I said, "Oh, Glo..." And I just wanna... 201 00:11:09,201 --> 00:11:13,664 I, I, I, I, I felt like I'd slept 24 hours, such a deep sleep. 202 00:11:15,220 --> 00:11:20,675 Now, I was on my side there, and, uh, and I looked over my eyes and I said, "Glo, 203 00:11:21,996 --> 00:11:27,564 I gotta preach." She said, "I know it." Instead of slapping my jaw, she just said, 204 00:11:27,884 --> 00:11:30,620 "I know it." And that's the way it's been. 205 00:11:31,649 --> 00:11:34,384 Court: I heard her say once, this was probably 15 years ago, we were 206 00:11:34,384 --> 00:11:39,658 in Steamboat, and she asked you a question about something, and you said, 207 00:11:39,658 --> 00:11:41,724 "Gloria, I'm not gonna tell you again." 208 00:11:42,564 --> 00:11:46,073 And you, she, she said, "Well, if I ask you, you sure will." 209 00:11:46,196 --> 00:11:46,799 KC: I will. 210 00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:50,281 Court: And you said, "You're absolutely right. I sure will." And I just have 211 00:11:50,281 --> 00:11:55,950 always watched you, I've watched her and you have this rapport with each other 212 00:11:55,950 --> 00:11:59,828 that's the sweetest thing, but you were never, ever offended with each other. 213 00:11:59,875 --> 00:11:59,960 KC: No. 214 00:12:00,601 --> 00:12:01,007 Court: Ever. 215 00:12:01,851 --> 00:12:05,842 Y'all are the strongest A-team that I've ever seen, and I 216 00:12:06,634 --> 00:12:07,879 am really proud of, of that. 217 00:12:07,879 --> 00:12:08,125 Thank 218 00:12:08,125 --> 00:12:08,219 KC: you. 219 00:12:08,823 --> 00:12:09,210 Thank 220 00:12:10,077 --> 00:12:10,181 Court: you. 221 00:12:10,181 --> 00:12:16,191 Speaking of Uncle Jerry Savelle- Yeah ... someone asked in here, they 222 00:12:16,191 --> 00:12:19,493 said, "How often do you think about Brother Jerry, and d- do you miss him?" 223 00:12:24,896 --> 00:12:25,774 KC: It's hard to answer. 224 00:12:26,406 --> 00:12:27,283 Yes, I do miss him. 225 00:12:31,348 --> 00:12:34,206 And Carolyn texts me from time to time. 226 00:12:36,275 --> 00:12:38,756 And Jerry was in the Army Reserves. 227 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:43,895 And, uh, 228 00:12:46,695 --> 00:12:47,299 so... 229 00:12:52,299 --> 00:12:56,733 And people, you know, we'll talk about the airplanes in, after this conversation. 230 00:13:04,848 --> 00:13:08,122 So our chief pilot, Dwayne Flanagan, 231 00:13:08,666 --> 00:13:09,354 flew out there. 232 00:13:09,649 --> 00:13:16,188 And in the back of that airplane, there's some couches there, and, 233 00:13:16,188 --> 00:13:18,877 uh, so they just took that out. 234 00:13:19,171 --> 00:13:27,645 I was at the airport, my, my, our airport office with, uh, Dr. Tony, talking about 235 00:13:27,645 --> 00:13:30,881 going from Bible college to a university. 236 00:13:32,286 --> 00:13:36,569 And Jerriann called just screaming, "Why did my daddy have to 237 00:13:36,569 --> 00:13:39,051 die?" I said, "Jerriann, what? 238 00:13:39,051 --> 00:13:39,900 Would you hush. 239 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:43,338 What are you talking about?" Oh, why did my daddy have to die? 240 00:13:43,367 --> 00:13:44,744 I, I never even think about it. 241 00:13:46,477 --> 00:13:50,034 At first, the shock was overwhelming. 242 00:13:50,328 --> 00:13:51,923 And it came into Alliance Airport. 243 00:13:52,217 --> 00:13:55,491 Well, Ross Perot built Alliance Airport. 244 00:13:56,660 --> 00:13:58,226 Strong Christian people. 245 00:13:58,521 --> 00:13:59,294 And, uh, 246 00:14:08,567 --> 00:14:11,926 the fire trucks did a water cannon salute. 247 00:14:13,605 --> 00:14:15,756 I was all right up to then. 248 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:18,192 And then, 249 00:14:18,486 --> 00:14:20,394 I got up in the back of the airplane 250 00:14:20,688 --> 00:14:24,197 and Duane said just, "Let the two of them alone" 251 00:14:24,492 --> 00:14:27,916 with a United States flag draped over him. 252 00:14:28,211 --> 00:14:32,899 And I reminded him of the first time I ever saw it. 253 00:14:33,194 --> 00:14:34,524 I was in Pismo Beach, California. 254 00:14:34,818 --> 00:14:37,054 Young man by the name of Dave Malkin came to me. 255 00:14:37,348 --> 00:14:40,103 He said, "Brother Copeland, stay with us. We're baptizing people in the 256 00:14:40,103 --> 00:14:43,124 ocean out." I said, "Dave, I don't have time, but I have a young man that 257 00:14:43,124 --> 00:14:48,303 can do it." "Who?" He said, "Jerry Savelle." He said, "Send him to me 258 00:14:48,303 --> 00:14:51,871 in a hurry. I need him." And he did. 259 00:14:53,324 --> 00:14:54,097 Job number one. 260 00:14:57,827 --> 00:15:01,536 So then he came back he said, "I'm supposed to go to work for 261 00:15:01,536 --> 00:15:03,236 you." I said, "All right, Jerry. 262 00:15:04,614 --> 00:15:10,484 That's fine with me." And of course, Mr. and Mrs. Alex 263 00:15:10,852 --> 00:15:12,182 Court: is getting you a tissue. 264 00:15:12,476 --> 00:15:13,061 KC: Thank 265 00:15:17,436 --> 00:15:19,889 Court: How many years of ministry did y'all have together? 266 00:15:20,672 --> 00:15:21,342 KC: Over 50. 267 00:15:23,876 --> 00:15:27,244 Well, it was five years after I started. 268 00:15:30,402 --> 00:15:31,798 Now, let me back up a little here. 269 00:15:33,822 --> 00:15:39,318 Carolyn said, "Jerry, I want you to come hear one more preacher one more 270 00:15:39,318 --> 00:15:44,101 time, and after that, I will never ask you to go to church with me again." 271 00:15:44,396 --> 00:15:49,122 Said, "Who?" "Ken Copeland." "Oh," he said, "I know who he is." "You don't 272 00:15:49,122 --> 00:15:55,796 either." "Yes, he had a hit record." "Oh, come on, Jerry." So, I had my Bible. 273 00:15:57,503 --> 00:16:01,503 And Beard, you have my, you have my Bible over there. 274 00:16:01,975 --> 00:16:06,183 Any- anyway, I had it in my hand like this. 275 00:16:06,477 --> 00:16:09,628 And of 276 00:16:11,772 --> 00:16:13,649 course I di- I didn't know Jerry Savelle. 277 00:16:13,649 --> 00:16:15,262 I didn't know anybody in that church. 278 00:16:15,557 --> 00:16:18,547 I, I knew, uh, uh, 279 00:16:18,842 --> 00:16:22,653 I knew the pastor well, and his piano player. 280 00:16:23,351 --> 00:16:24,417 Oh, that girl. 281 00:16:27,494 --> 00:16:33,315 And, uh, I had my Bible like this, and then I just stopped. 282 00:16:33,609 --> 00:16:38,967 And, you know, of course I was facing the other front. 283 00:16:38,967 --> 00:16:39,609 I just stopped. 284 00:16:40,448 --> 00:16:41,741 Jerry was sitting right here. 285 00:16:42,035 --> 00:16:47,433 And I said, uh... I don't know why I'm telling you this, but in 1957, I had 286 00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:49,575 a hit record called Pledge of Love. 287 00:16:50,924 --> 00:16:54,358 And, but I decided to get completely out of that business 288 00:16:55,575 --> 00:16:56,962 and, and go into the ministry. 289 00:16:56,962 --> 00:16:59,056 I got completely fed up with it and forgot about it. 290 00:16:59,350 --> 00:17:05,454 Jerry said he looked over there and said, "I was right, for 291 00:17:05,454 --> 00:17:08,030 once." But he said, "You're right. 292 00:17:08,331 --> 00:17:10,671 I want to know everything he has to say." 293 00:17:14,658 --> 00:17:15,441 And that's when it started. 294 00:17:17,253 --> 00:17:18,253 Court: Y'all were the best team. 295 00:17:18,790 --> 00:17:19,007 KC: Yeah. 296 00:17:19,403 --> 00:17:20,168 Five years apart. 297 00:17:20,875 --> 00:17:23,785 Speaker 2: We hope you enjoyed this episode of Kenneth Copeland's podcast. 298 00:17:24,175 --> 00:17:26,895 Be sure to join us next week for another episode. 299 00:17:27,245 --> 00:17:31,705 And don't forget, we'll see you at the Southwest Believers' Convention July 27th 300 00:17:31,705 --> 00:17:33,855 through August 1st in Downtown Fort Worth. 301 00:17:34,375 --> 00:17:36,565 Registration is free and we wanna see you there. 302 00:17:37,405 --> 00:17:41,855 Remember, God loves you, we love you, and Jesus is Lord