There is a moment in every believer’s life when something finally clicks, “I was never meant to barely survive. I was created to LIVE.” Not just in crisis moments. Not just when a miracle swoops in at the last second. But every day, in the fullness of God’s goodness, strength, health, and provision.
Gloria Copeland said that when she and Kenneth first began walking with God, they lived on the “edge of disaster” — depending on miracle after miracle just to make it through the week. But once they began living in the Word daily, something supernatural happened:
- Their needs started being met
- Their health began improving
- And in 11 months… they were completely out of debt
That wasn’t luck.
That wasn’t chance.
That was the good life, the life God intends for every one of His children.
The Good Life Begins When You Stop Living Low
Gloria describes how, even as believers, they were still living at a “low level of living.” — They didn’t know how to walk in authority. They didn’t know what jobs to take, where to live, how to pay their bills, how to rebuke sickness, or how to own a car — let alone a house, or even how to live debt‑free. They only knew how to be broke and sick.
Many Christians can relate — saved, but struggling. Born again but not walking in the daily benefits God has prepared. But God never designed us to live at the bottom. He wants His people —His children to live well in spirit, soul, and body, fully immersed in His goodness.
The good life is not a heavenly fantasy; it’s a present-tense covenant reality.
Heaven Is the Pattern — Earth Is the Place
Gloria beautifully paints the picture:
Imagine living so whole, so healthy, so strong that you don’t need to be healed anymore.
No colds. No flu. No allergies. No disease.
Just the continual flow of God’s presence and blessing, the same quality of life heaven enjoys.
She explains: people in heaven never run to God saying, “Please heal me!” They live in the constant fullness of His presence and blessing.
According to 1 Thessalonians 5:23, God wants your whole spirit, soul, and body preserved blameless — whole, intact, undamaged.
That’s not just “one day.”
That’s God’s desire for you right now. Today.
The Word of God Is the Engine of the Good Life
When Jesus told the devil, “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,” — Matthew 4:4 [KJV] — He wasn’t giving a poetic proverb; He was revealing the operating system of the believer’s life.
Bread sustains your body, but the Word sustains your life.
Gloria said that once she and Ken began living daily on the Word, their circumstances began to line up with that Word — and they’ve never stopped till this day.
When the Word becomes your lifestyle, blessing becomes your normal.
What Does the Good Life Look Like?
The good life includes:
- Provision that doesn’t run dry.
- Strength that doesn’t fade.
- Health that doesn’t collapse.
- Peace that doesn’t depend on conditions.
- Prosperity that begins inside and shows outside.
This isn’t fantasy, it’s covenant.
God wants you to have it all and live:
- Whole
- Complete
- Undamaged
- Intact
- Every day.
Declare
Father, I thank You that I am called to live the good life — every single day. I walk in Your Word, I walk in Your wisdom, and I walk in Your health. My spirit is strong, my soul is prosperous, and my body is kept whole and intact. I refuse the low life, and I receive the God-life. I am blessed, supplied, strengthened, and surrounded by Your goodness — today and always, in Jesus’ Name!
Amen.
We look forward to hearing about your experiences of increase in every area of your life. Please send them to us by visiting kcm.org/testify.
