Now let me show you how that information
relates to the laughter and the outpouring
of God’s glory we’ve begun to experience.
The word glory as used throughout the
Old Testament literally means “to be heavy
laden with everything that is good,” and it
relates directly to the presence of God’s Spirit.

Some years ago, I learned from Billye Brim,
who has studied Hebrew extensively, that the
word grief is the exact opposite. It means to
be heavy laden with everything that is bad.
Grief is the satanic reciprocal of glory.

So, when the glory of God comes on you,
grief doesn’t stand a chance. It has to flee!
When it does, the joy of the Lord that’s in
you just starts bubbling out. There’s nothing
to hold it back.

Of course, that’s a lot of fun. We all enjoy
it. But actually, the Lord is not just out to
give us a good time and a Holy Ghost giggle.
He has a greater purpose. He wants us to be
full of joy because it’s the force that will
make us strong enough to carry out His plan
in this final hour. It will give us the spiritual,
mental and physical fortitude to rise up in
the fullness of God’s glory—fully healed, fully
delivered, fully prosperous—so we can reap
the final harvest and march out of here into
the Rapture.

Listen to me. The Church will not slip out
of this earth in defeat and disgrace. We will not
leave here like some whipped pup. No, God will
take us out in glorious victory. He will do for
us even more than He did for the Israelites when
they left Egypt. Psalm 105 says:

He brought them forth also with
silver and gold: and there was not one
feeble person among their tribes. Egypt
was glad when they departed: for the
fear of them fell upon them. He spread
a cloud for a covering; and fire to give
light in the night. The people asked, and
he brought quails, and satisfied them
with the bread of heaven. He opened the
rock, and the waters gushed out; they
ran in the dry places like a river. For he
remembered his holy promise, and
Abraham his servant. And he brought
forth his people with joy, and his chosen
with gladness (verses 37-43).

Look at that last verse again. It says God
“brought forth his people with joy.” No
wonder none of them was sick or feeble! Joy
made them strong from the inside out.
“Brother Copeland, are you saying joy
heals?”

Yes, I am. Proverbs 17:22 plainly says,
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”
Even modern research has proven that joy
and healing are connected. There are documented
reports of people who’ve been healed
watching old Laurel and Hardy movies. They
just released a small measure of joy and their
bodies responded.

Gloria Copeland