Exceeding Faith Quotes
Chapter 32
#3101
Instead of a garment of struggling with the battlefield of the mind, or with
foreboding thoughts, He is replacing it with a brand new garment of clear,
sound thoughts, thinking on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely,
of good report, virtuous, praiseworthy, edifying, faith-filled, positive,
peaceful, joyful, clean thoughts, counting your blessings, and focusing on the
bright sunny side of life. My meditation of the Lord shall be sweet, and I will
be glad in Him (Psalms 104:34).
#3102
Some people pick up on one part of
what you say, twist it, and go off into excess and error and create confusion
in the Body of Christ. There will probably be those who will read this book and
take what I am saying out of context and get off into error. However, misguided
people prone to error should not keep us from flowing with what is Biblical and
right. It should not keep us from flowing with what the Holy Spirit is wanting
to teach the Body of Christ in this hour! I believe that those who have ears to
hear will hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church in this hour and will
cooperate with Him to help usher in the move of God all of our hearts so
earnestly desire. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3103 Charles Finney is
probably the most outstanding exponent of prayer. He is known as the man who
prayed down revivals. He had the greatest success, and his converts were the
most consistent since the days of the Apostle Paul. It is common knowledge that
eighty-five percent of his converts remained true to God. D. L. Moody was a
great evangelist, but only about fifty percent of his converts remained
faithful. We have had a mighty move over the past several years, but it is
common knowledge that not more than fifty percent of the converts have remained
true to the Lord. Finney had the greatest success numbers’ wise as far as
keeping the fruit of his labor, since the days of the Apostle Paul — whole
cities were stirred. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3104 God's Word abides in
us in the measure that it governs our lives─in the measure that we act upon it.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3105 In Chapter One, I
discussed four of the seven steps to answered prayer. The four steps already
covered are as follows: 1. Decide what you want from God and find the scripture
or scriptures that definitely promise you these things. 2. Ask God for the
things you want and believe that you receive them. 3. Let every thought and
desire affirm that you have what you asked for. 4. Guard against every evil
thought that comes into your mind to try to make you doubt God’s Word. 5. Meditate on God’s Promises. Step number five
to receiving answered prayer is meditate constantly on the promises upon which
you based the answer to your prayer. In other words, you must see yourself in
possession of what you’ve asked for and make plans accordingly as if it were
already a reality. Proverbs 4:20-22 20 says, “My son, ATTEND TO MY WORDS;
incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep
them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them,
and health to all their flesh.” God said, “My son, attend to my words
. . .” (Proverbs 4:20). God will make His Word good in your life if
you’ll act on it. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3106 The Bible says it, I
believe it, and that settles it. I’m not interested in what this or that church
believes. I’m interested in what the Bible says. I’m not interested in church
creeds or church doctrines. I’m interested in what the Bible says. If God’s
Word says He hears and answers prayer, and if that Word doesn’t depart from
before your eyes, then you’re bound to see yourself with the things you asked
for. If you don’t see yourself with the things you desire, then God’s Word has
departed from before your eyes. If you don’t stand by the Word, although God
wants to stand by you, He can’t, because the only way God works is through His
Word. Remember, God only works and moves in line with His Word. He has bound
Himself by His Word. He has magnified His Word above His Name (Psalms 138:2).
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3107 John 16:23,24 23
says, “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
WHATSOEVER ye shall ask the Father in my Name, He will give it you. Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in my Name: ASK, and ye shall receive, that your joy may
be full.”
#3108 Philippians 4:6–7 6
says, “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of
God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus.”
#3109 “My words are life
unto those that find them, and my words are health, or medicine, to all their
flesh” (Proverbs 4:20–22).
#3110 “For this purpose
the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil” (1
John 3:8).
#3111 Why do I say that?
Because if you are expecting just prayer to do it, it won’t work. It’s
exercising faith in God’s Word that makes prayer work. To expect prayer itself
to do the job is the same as expecting your physical hand to unlock a car door;
it can’t do it by itself. You have to have the key to unlock the door. And in
prayer you have to have faith in the Name of Jesus and in the Word of God in
order to get the job done. The Name of Jesus is our key. I think sometimes we
think we can move God with our tears and our prayers and our fasting. But God
doesn’t ever change. He’s always the same (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8). God
moves when you come to Him according to His Word and use the Word and the Name
of Jesus as the key. Then prayer will work for you, and you’ll have your
answer. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3112 My mother told me
that when she knew I was traveling, she would pray that the Lord would be with
me. I would finish a meeting in California and then travel straight through
until I got home. She would just stay awake worrying, waiting for the telephone
to ring, announcing bad news. I told her that she was wasting her time, that
she might as well not pray if she was going to keep on worrying. She would pray
that God would protect me, and then she would stay awake worrying. That’s the
way many people act when they pray. But worry can hinder you from receiving
answers to prayers. Worry can stop God from being able to move on your behalf.
Thank God, prayer means more than that. John 16:24 says, “. . . ask,
and ye SHALL RECEIVE, that your joy may be full.” When you pray in faith,
according to God’s Word, you are full of joy and rejoicing even before the
answer materializes because you know God heard you. You have His Word for it.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3113 I know who I am! I’m
a new creature in Christ Jesus. I’m a child of God. I’m an heir of God. I’m a
joint-heir with Jesus Christ. I’m the righteousness of God. Hallelujah! Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3114 So many preachers,
she said, get off onto one thing and ride it like a hobbyhorse. Some get off on
women’s dress. That’s all they ever preach about—and dressing one way or the
other will not get you to heaven, or send you to hell. You need to preach
Jesus, get the people saved and filled with the Holy Ghost, and let the Lord
tell them what to do. Don’t fight other denominations. Don’t fight fellow
Christians, she advised. Just preach Jesus, the Cross, the Blood, and the
Resurrection. I’ve learned God will meet people I never thought He’d reach,
because their hearts are hungry. I don’t preach against anything. I preach for
something. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3115 Smith Wigglesworth
said once that there is something about faith that will cause God to pass over
a million people just to get to one person who is in faith. You see, the cry of
faith will bring God on the scene. The cry of faith invokes a blessing. The word
“invoke” means to call forth, to put into operation, or to bring about. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3116 Jesus is talking
about how you as an individual can receive the desires of your heart. Many
times, people read something else into Mark 11:24. They think God might answer
their prayer if it’s His will. Well, it must have been His will to answer their
prayers or Jesus never would have said to ask! Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3117 I’m paying my tithes
because I love God. And I love the church, and I want to see it go forward and
succeed. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3118 That’s why I’m
paying tithes and giving offerings. And I expect You to honor Your Word, and I
thank You for doing it. You said, “Them that honor Me, I’ll honor.” Kenneth E.
Hagin, Sr.
#3119 I know from
experience, dear friends, if you’re going to walk in health, you’re going to
have to walk in love and pray for those who persecute you and despitefully use
you. Pray for them: That’s the best way in the world to overcome the problem.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3120 The scriptures...
when properly examined and rightly divided, do not portray Jesus as a
poverty-stricken individual. On the contrary, Jesus is seen as a Man whose
needs were met and who was regularly involved in meeting the needs of others.
He was a carpenter in his father Joseph’s business and they did very well.
Also, He was a home owner in Capernaum, Israel near the Sea of Galilee. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3121 What was Abraham’s
blessing. Well, we know it was a three-fold blessing. First, God promised
Abraham that He was going to make him rich (Genesis 12:2,3; 13:2). Kenneth E.
Hagin, Sr.
#3122 The majority of
Christians—though sincere—are weak. This is because they never really dared to
confess what God’s Word says about them. They have never dared to confess that
they are what the Bible says they are—and that they have what the Bible says
they have. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3123 God says, “Believe
and exercise my spiritual authority in the area of finances.” Kenneth E. Hagin,
Sr.
#3124 The Lord said to me,
“Don’t pray about money like you have been. Whatever you need, claim it in
Jesus’ Name. And then you say, ‘Satan, take your hands off my money.’ And then
say, ‘Go, ministering spirits, and cause the money to come.” Kenneth E. Hagin,
Sr.
#3125 You see, you can’t
always go by what it looks like. There always comes a test to your faith. The
trial of your faith, the Bible said, is more precious than gold. Kenneth E.
Hagin, Sr.
#3126 The love of money is
the root of all evil. It is not wrong to have money; it is wrong for money to
have you. It is wrong for money to be your master. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3127 Isaiah 1:19 says,
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.” But we sure
weren’t eating the good of the land! Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3128 Now notice Proverbs
6:2. In the margin of my Bible, that verse reads, “Thou art taken captive with
the words of thy mouth.” In other words, you said the wrong thing, and as a
result, you were taken captive. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3129 You see, for the
Word to work for you, it’s got to be both in your mouth and in your heart. It
can’t just be in your mouth. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3130 Faith that receives
the promises of God will only work by believing and saying. Kenneth E. Hagin,
Sr.
#3131 If you’re saved, you
already have that spirit of faith. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3132 Since we have that
spirit of faith, we ought to speak the things we believe. Never talk failure.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3133 If you talk about
sickness, it will develop sickness in your system. If you talk about your
doubts, your doubts will become stronger, and they will destroy your faith. If
you talk about your lack of finances, it will stop the money from coming in. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3134 If they’ll believe
in their heart what the Word of God said and confess it with their mouth,
they’ll get results. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3135 Christians do not
take advantage of what belongs to them. Either they do not know how to take
advantage of what belongs to them, or they do not know what belongs to them.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3136 Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3137 One qualification
for prospering is to esteem earthly things lightly. You cannot put earthly
things above spiritual things and expect to prosper as God desires you to.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3138 God wants you to
prosper financially! But your prosperity depends on your putting first things
first. There are qualifications involved. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3139 The Lord said, “You
do the going, and I’ll do the doing.” Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3140 Physical and
material prosperity depends upon your spiritual prosperity. Kenneth E. Hagin,
Sr.
#3141 When you confess
what and who you are in Christ, claim it, and walk in it, you are appropriating
the reality of what is legally yours. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3142 “Beloved, I wish
above all things that thou mayest PROSPER and BE IN HEALTH, EVEN AS thy SOUL
PROSPERETH.” 3 John 2
#3143 “And in your own
life, just say, claim or ask for it once. And whenever you think about it, just
praise God for the answer.” Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3144 Your faith and
prayers work by getting convinced in your heart first. It won’t work just by
saying, “Well, I’m going to try that.” Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3145 Someone said, “I can
stay home and be as good a Christian as anybody.” You can’t do it. The Bible
says, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of
some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching” (Hebrews 10:25). Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3146 No, we don’t go to
church because we’re in love with the pastor or the pastor’s wife or the Sunday
school teacher. We should go to church because we love God and want to worship
Him. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3147 “Train up a child in
the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs
22:6).
#3148 Determine in your
heart to put spiritual things first and to esteem earthly things lightly. Put
God first, even before your own self. You’ll be blessed spiritually,
physically, and in every way — you and your family as well. Kenneth E. Hagin,
Sr.
#3149 You’ve got to get
all three of them — your thinking, your believing, and your speaking —
synchronized with the Word of God. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3150 God’s plan is to
operate through us. The Holy Spirit is our Helper. The Holy Spirit, however,
does not do the work for us. This is another place where our thinking has been
wrong. “Let the Holy Spirit do it” has been the cry of many. But the Holy Spirit
was not sent to do it! The American Revised Version of John 14:18 says, “I will
not leave you helpless. I will come to you. I will send you another Helper.”
The Greek word paraclete that is translated “Comforter” means “One called
alongside to help.” Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3151 Churches that muzzle
God’s servant never prosper. Spiritual blessings are withheld from them and
financial blessings are withheld from them because they’re in violation of
God’s Word. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3152 “And how shall they
hear without a preacher?” The Bible says that God ordained that men should be
saved through the preaching of the Word. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3153 You see, a Christian
is not renovated like an old mattress. An old mattress is just made over. But
the New Birth is not a reformation or a renovation. A born-again Christian is a
brand-new creature; a new creation. One translation of Second Corinthians 5:17
reads, “He is a new species.” This new creature is simply something that never
existed before! Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3154 Romans 13:8 “Owe no
man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath
FULFILLED THE LAW.” Galatians 5:14 “For all THE LAW IS FULFILLED in one word,
even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
#3155 I know from
experience of more than fifty years of ministry and talking with many thousands
of people through the years on a one-to-one basis, that unforgiveness is the
main reason why people’s faith doesn’t work. And unforgiveness is the main reason
why people fail to receive their healing. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3156 Romans 13:9,10 “For
this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not
steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be
any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, THOU
SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor:
therefore LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW.”
#3157 Your faith will not
work right without love in operation. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3158 Many people believe
the lie that it is not God’s will to heal them, yet it is illogical to believe
that God heals, and at the same time believe that He won’t heal you. Kenneth E.
Hagin, Sr.
#3159 Acts 10:38, “God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with
him.”
#3160 Abraham’s promise
was three-fold in nature. It was first a spiritual blessing. Second, it was a
physical blessing. And third, it was a financial and material blessing.”
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3161 In fact, go through
the four Gospels and search the Scriptures for yourself, and write out every
verse Jesus ever mentioned relative to faith. You will find that unforgiveness
— the lack of walking in love — is a specific hindrance to faith and prayer
that Jesus mentioned (Mark 11:23-25). That doesn’t mean there aren’t other
hindrances to faith and prayer. But what it does mean is that unforgiveness is
the main hindrance to faith and answered prayer. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3162 “We’ve all sinned;
we’ve all come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).”
#3163 In Mark 11:25, Jesus
said, “When you stand praying, forgive if ye have ought against anyone.” The
word “ought” means any kind of grudge or ill will or wrong feelings about
anyone at all. That means a little grudge, a middle-sized grudge, or a big grudge
— anything at all against another person. After all, the Bible says it’s the
little foxes that spoil the vine (Song of Solomon 2:15). So many times it’s not
the big things in believers’ lives that spoil their Christian walk. It’s the
many little sins they fail to deal with that destroy their faith. Kenneth E.
Hagin, Sr.
#3164 Faith is based on
the knowledge of God’s Word! Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3165 The Bible has the
answer to every problem and to every situation in life. No matter what happens
in life, the Bible has the answer. It may not be the answer we want to hear,
but it’s the answer. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3166 God just blesses
people who repent, forgive, and believe. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3167 When you walk in
love, you fulfill the Law — all of God’s requirements. Without love, you won’t
be able to walk in God’s ways because God is love. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3168 I will never be any
older than I am right now. I am no older now than I was a few years ago. I know
more now than I did then, but I'm not any older. My hair may become grayer and
I may get a few more wrinkles, but the real me will never become old. For the
inward man is renewed day by day. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3169 Be quick to repent,
quick to forgive, and quick to believe God. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3170 In looking to the
Holy Spirit for guidance, I rely as much on what He doesn't tell me as on what
He does. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3171 Three gifts of
utterance that say something: Prophecy, Diverse kinds of tongues,
Interpretation of tongues. Three gifts of power that do something: The gift of
faith, The working of miracles, The gifts of healings. Three gifts of
revelation that reveal something: The word of wisdom, The word of knowledge,
The discerning of spirits. 1 Corinthians 14
#3172 It is hard to wait
without seeing anything, because the natural mind wants to walk by sight. But
God wants us to walk by faith. Faith is of the heart. Our spirit will not be
trained to walk in this way of faith overnight. We will make some mistakes
along the way and miss God. But as we continue to seek after Him, we can train
our spirit to be led of this inner voice.” Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3173 If you don’t forgive
yourself, it can keep you from receiving healing, and it can keep your prayers
from being answered because your faith won’t work except by love. If you don’t
forgive yourself, it will hinder your faith just as much as unforgiveness
toward another person will hinder your faith. It’s just as wrong not to forgive
yourself and to harbor ill will and animosity against yourself as it is not to
forgive someone else. 1 John 3:18-21 “My little children, let us not
love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know
that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. FOR IF OUR
HEART CONDEMN US, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Beloved, IF OUR HEART CONDEMN US NOT, THEN HAVE WE CONFIDENCE TOWARD GOD.
You see, if you harbor unforgiveness and ill will in your heart, your
heart will condemn you, and you won’t be able to come boldly before God to get
your petitions answered. Your prayers will be hindered. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3174 We are about to
examine these marvelous truths in-depth. They are almost beyond our capacity to
grasp. But as we feed upon them, little by little, they will become a part of
our inner consciousness. We need to catch a glimpse of them in our spirits—not
in our heads. (Yet they do have to go through our heads to get down into our
hearts; the mind is the door to the heart.) Once these truths really dawn on
our hearts, people will say of us as it was said of those in the Old Testament,
“There are giants in the land,” for this will make us to become spiritual
giants! Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3175 When you and I
became born again, God became our Father. He is a love God. We are love
children of a love God, because we have been born of God, and God is love. The
nature of God in us is love. We have His nature in our spirit, not in our
flesh. (We’ve got the flesh to contend with, but we can “crucify” it). Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3176 We're waiting on
God, and He's waiting on us, and He won't do anything until we act. Kenneth E.
Hagin, Sr.
#3177 There are two kinds
of unbelief: 1. Some doubt God’s Word because they do not know it. This is
unbelief that is based on a lack of knowledge of the Word of God-— because
faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. So if people do not hear
and do not know the Word of God, they cannot have faith. 2. Another type of
unbelief is failure to be persuaded. The children of Israel knew they were to
take the Promised Land, because God had said He had given it to them. But they
could not be persuaded to act on His Word. There are many believers who are
informed about God’s Word, but they cannot be persuaded to act on it. This is
unbelief. The cure for this particular kind of unbelief is obedience. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3178 He that hath the Son
hath life (1 John 5:12).
#3179 The reason
Christians are weak is because they have never dared to confess what they are
in Christ. You can know who you are in Christ and what you have in Christ! The
children of Israel knew what God had said belonged to them. He had said, “I
will give you the land.” Everything else God had said had come to pass. The
children of Israel had seen God’s faithfulness in everything else He had
promised them, but they could not be persuaded to act on God’s Word in this
matter of taking the land. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3180 Well, if he had ever
read the Bible, he should know a sinner does not get healed spiritually. The
human spirit of the lost man or woman is not healed—it’s reborn. That person
becomes a new creature in Christ Jesus. Old things are passed away. All things
become new. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3181 If your spirit were
healed, you would still have the same spirit, too, except it would just be
healed. But no, blessed be God, Second Corinthians 5:17 tells us, “Therefore if
any man be in Christ, he is a NEW creature: old things are passed away; behold,
all things are become NEW.” Not half of them—all of them. Every bit of them.
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3182 So God contacts you
through your SPIRIT—not through your MIND, and not through your BODY—because He
is a Spirit. He’s not a mind. He’s not a man. The Bible says He isn’t. Although
He has a spirit-body over in the spirit world (angels do, too), God is not a
PHYSICAL being. He is a Spirit. He contacts us through our spirit, and we
contact Him through our spirit. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3183 We must have this
spirit of wisdom and revelation of Christ and His Word if we are to grow. It is
not going to be imparted to us through our intellect, either. The Holy Spirit
must unveil it to us. “And I pray that the Father of Glory may impart unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of Him, understanding
mysteries and your spirit and heart receiving illumination into the things of
God (Ephesians 1:17).”
#3184 The minute the first
symptoms show up, they say, “I thought the Lord healed me. I guess He didn’t.”
And when they say that, they open the door to the devil. Instead of rising up
and meeting the devil with the Word of God and commanding his power to be broken,
they yield. Why? Because they have no foundation of God’s Word in their lives.
They are depending on others to carry them on their prayers and faith. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3185 We grow our faith by
a constant, careful, diligent, reverent, prayerful study of God’s Word. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3186 Some think that
authority over the devil belongs to only a few chosen people to whom God has
given special power. It doesn’t; it belongs to all the children of God. Kenneth
E. Hagin, Sr.
#3187 Back during the Gold
Rush you could go into a stream of water and pan out a little gold dust. But if
you really wanted to make a strike and get down where the real gold was, you
had to dig for it. In the same way you can skim along on the top of scriptures—but
if you really want to find out what the Bible says, you’ll have to dig down
into the Word of God. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3188 The Scriptural
promises will work if you’ll get it down on the inside of you! Into your heart!
The way you do that is not by just reading it and forgetting it. But by
meditating upon it. By thinking upon it. By feeding upon it. Until it becomes a
part of your inward man. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3189 Salvation belongs to
the sinner. Jesus already has bought the salvation of the worst sinner, just as
He did for us. That’s the reason He told us to go tell the Good News; go tell
sinners they’re reconciled to God. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3190 Faith begins where
the will, or the Word, of God is known. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3191 Dr. Lilian B.
Yeoman’s, a medical doctor who received divine healing for herself and then
devoted her life to ministering and teaching this subject, would teach what she
called “healing classes” in the daytime during her revival meetings. She wrote
in one of her books to this effect, “I almost become angry sometimes. For when
we’re studying the Word of God on such an important subject as healing for the
body, you can tell people are not paying a bit of attention to it. They’ll
thumb through the songbook. Stare off into space. Look out the window. Chew
gum. And then those same people want you to pray the prayer of faith for them.
Yet they don’t want to do anything themselves.” Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3192 There’s no sin
problem. Jesus settled that. There’s just a sinner problem. Get the sinner to
Jesus, and that cures the problem. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3193 You will not come
into victory until you gain a knowledge of the plan of God which He planned and
sent the Lord Jesus to consummate...until you gain a knowledge of who you are
in Christ, and Christ in you...until you gain a knowledge of what He did for
you in His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and seating at the right
hand of the Father...until you gain a knowledge of what He's doing for you
right now, seated at the right hand of the Father where He ever liveth to make
intercession for you...until you gain a knowledge of your standing before the
throne of God...until you gain a knowledge of the fact that He defeated Satan
and demons, and that all the forces of the rulers of the darkness of this world
are dethroned powers, and that they can't rule over you. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3194 As you feed upon the
Word by meditating, you will be ready to use these scriptures against demons
who will try to make you doubt God and who will try to rob you of what you
want. It is the devil who tries to make you doubt God. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3195 Then the Bible says
Satan took Jesus upon a pinnacle of the temple and tempted Jesus again.
Matthew 4:7-11 says, “Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.” Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high
mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down
and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, “Get thee hence, Satan: for it is
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
Then the devil left him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Jesus did not use a single weapon to defeat the devil on this occasion that the
saints of God do not have available to them today. When you are being tempted
by the enemy, all you have to do is say, “It is written” and use the Word of
God against Satan. But in order to be able to say that and to resist the devil
effectively, you have to be armed with the sword of the Spirit, the Word of
God. In other words, you have to hide God’s Word in your heart by meditating on
it continually in order for it to work for you. Then you will be able to
withstand the attacks of the enemy. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3196 The Bible says,
“Fight the good fight of faith . . .” (1 Timothy 6:12). If there
weren’t any hindrances to faith, there wouldn’t be a fight. When it comes to
the natural things, people will fight tooth and toe nail for what belongs to
them. But when it comes to spiritual things, many times they just roll over and
play dead! Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3197 Step one is to
decide what you want from God and find scriptures that promise you the things
you desire. Step number two to receiving answered prayer is ask God for the
things you want and believe that you receive them. Certainly, the Lord knows what
we need even before we ask, but He still said for us to ask Him. The Bible
says, “. . . your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things” (Matthew 6:32). But He also tells you to ask for what you need:
“. . . ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full”
(John 16:24). Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3198 John 16:23,24 says,
“And in that day ye shall ASK me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may
be full.” Mathew 7:7,8 says, “ASK, and it shall be given you; seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that
asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.” Mark 11:23,24 says, “For verily I say unto you, That
whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into
the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things
which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Therefore, I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
#3199 Some people think
truth pertains to things they can see with their physical eye, but you can’t
see the things of the Spirit. Spiritual things are not natural and they are not
material. Everything we need is provided for us in the spiritual realm by God’s
Word. Ephesians 1:3 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in heavenly places in
Christ.” This scripture means that everything we need has been provided for us
in Christ Jesus. You can’t see those things, but they are there because God’s
Word says they are there. There is sense-knowledge truth. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
#3200 But if you will
guard against every evil thought and think only on those things which affirm
that God has heard and answered your prayers, you will be cooperating with God
in faith. You will have to guard your mind in order to develop in faith. And as
you stand your ground firm in faith, your faith will see you through to
victory. Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
