Abiodun (Emmanuel) Dairo

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

Let God Do It His Way!
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands . . .—HEBREWS 6:2

Let’s read the following Bible account about a man named Naaman who had leprosy.

2 KINGS 5:1, 9–14
1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. . . .
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11 But NAAMAN WAS WROTH, AND WENT AWAY, AND SAID, Behold, I THOUGHT, HE WILL SURELY COME OUT TO ME, AND STAND, AND CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD HIS GOD, AND STRIKE HIS HAND OVER THE PLACE, AND RECOVER THE LEPER.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? SO HE TURNED AND WENT AWAY IN A RAGE.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

Notice that the prophet Elisha did not even go out to minister to Naaman. Naaman, a mighty man of valor and captain of the host of the king of Syria, never did get to see Elisha. Instead, Elisha sent his servant to tell Naaman what to do. Naaman almost missed his healing by saying, “I thought surely the prophet would come out himself and call on the Name of the Lord on my behalf.” You see, many people miss their healing because they want it done their way. Let’s just let God do things His way and be blessed as we do.

Confession:
I don’t want to miss out on my healing. God, I will obey You; I will do what You want me to do in the way You want me to do it so that I may receive my healing. Thank You, Father.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47bf5z for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

HATH
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, HATH everlasting life [zoe], and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. — JOHN 5:24

Hath! You’ve got eternal life now! You’re not going to get it when you get to Heaven; you’ve got zoe now!

But if you don’t know about that zoe life — if you don’t know what it is, or how to walk in the light of it — you’ll never be able to enjoy the realities of it.

You can have something in the natural and not know you have it, and it won’t do you any good. For example, sometime before Christmas of 1947, I decided to put away a little money for my wife’s gift. I started by putting a $20 bill in the secret compartment of my billfold. Then I forgot all about it. A few weeks later, I ran out of gas. I didn’t have any money to buy any gas, so I had to call one of the deacons of the church to come and get me. Sometime later I was going through the billfold and found that $20. Now, you couldn’t really say I didn’t have the money when I ran out of gas. I had it, but I didn’t know it, so it didn’t do me any good.

God gave us His Word so we could find out what we have — eternal life — and then walk in the light of it.

Confession:
I will learn to walk in the light of what I have — eternal life.

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Andreas Huebner @_AndreasHuebner]

God is able to make you a thousand times greater.

"The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!" (Deuteronomy 1:11)

Think about that.

What takes some people years can happen in a single day when God breathes upon it.

One divine connection.
One act of obedience.
One moment of favor.
One God-ordained opportunity.

Joseph went from prison to the palace in a day.
David went from shepherd to king.
The woman with the issue of blood received in a moment what she had pursued for twelve years.

Never underestimate what God can do in a short period of time.

The God who multiplies can accelerate.
The God who restores can advance.
The God who blesses can increase.

Refuse to measure your future by your past.

Expect increase.
Expect favor.
Expect acceleration.

Type: "Lord, make me 1,000 times more according to Your promise."

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

Don’t Be a Fool!
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.—PSALM 107:17–19

I remember praying for a sixteen-year-old girl who had a venereal disease. Now when she came up to the prayer line, I didn’t know anything about her. I found out later that at the age of fifteen, she got involved with a gang. Now she was saved and filled with the Holy Ghost, but she had gotten involved in all kinds of sin and sexual immorality. At sixteen, the doctors wanted to take out all her female organs. They were damaged. Of course, if those organs were removed, she could never become a mother.

As she stood in the prayer line, the Spirit of God said to me, “Fools, because of their iniquities, because of their transgressions, are afflicted. Say to her, ‘Confess, “I’m that fool,” and you’ll be healed.’”

So I just spoke that out to her. I said, “The Bible says that fools, because of their iniquities and transgression, are afflicted. Confess that you are that fool and you’ll be healed.”

I never laid hands on her. She threw her hands up and said, “I’m that fool,” over and over again. She was instantly healed and never had to have that operation. In the process of time, she got married and became a mother.

Even since I’ve been saved, I’ve had to go to God and say, “I’ve been a fool. I acted foolishly. Forgive me.” And, thank God, He did. If you’ve never done that, you probably need to start right now.

Confession:
Father God, I have acted foolishly. I ask You to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Thank You.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47bf5z for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

RECEIVE HIM
By Kenneth E. Hagin

But as many as received him [Jesus Christ], to them gave he power [the right] to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. — JOHN 1:12

Receiving Jesus Christ is an act of the will. So man acts on the Word of God by an act of his will. Man knows he is without a Savior, without an approach to God, without eternal life, so he can look up to God and pray, in essence:

Father, I come to You in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I know You will not turn me away, or cast me out, because You said in Your Word, “. . . him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe that He died for my sins, according to the Scriptures. I believe that He was raised from the dead for my justification, according to the Scriptures. “Justification” means that I might be set right with God. I believe that because of His death, burial, and resurrection, I am set right with God. So I receive Jesus as my Savior, and I confess Him as my Lord. Your Word says, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” I am calling on You now, so I know I am saved. And You said, “If thou shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” I’m confessing that with my mouth. I believe it in my heart. So I am saved. You said, “. . . with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.” And with my heart I believe that I am made right with God. And You said, “. . . with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” So with my mouth I confess, I am saved! Thank You, Lord!

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

Ephesians 2:6
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Confession
I am raised up together and made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

#InHim

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

Put the Word Into Practice
By Kenneth E. Hagin

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.—JAMES 1:25

I was asked to preach at a certain convention in California. They wanted me to come and teach on the subject of faith. I didn’t have a “laying on of hands” service. I didn’t have a “preaching” or a “ministering” service. I just taught on the subject of faith.

There was a woman there who was a member of the First Foursquare Church of Pueblo, Colorado. She had said, “I’ll go to that convention and get Brother Hagin to lay hands on me.” She had terminal cancer.

Well, she came, but I wasn’t having a laying-on-of-hands service. I was simply teaching the Word. So she said to herself, I’ll just put that Word into practice myself. She acted on the Word she heard and was completely healed.

Two years later, I happened to be at this woman’s church in Pueblo, Colorado, and she was there. She gave her testimony. At first, her doctor just said that the cancer had gone into remission, but said that if she was still free of cancer after two years, it wouldn’t come back; she’d be cured. She’d gone in for her final examination right before I arrived.

After her examination, the nurse came up to her and asked, “Are you a member of one of those churches that believes in divine healing and the power of God?”

“Yes,” she said.

The nurse began to cry and said, “You know, the doctor and I already figured that out. We have your test results. This had to be a miracle of God!”

Confession:
I am not just a hearer of the Word. I am a doer of the Word. I act on what God’s Word says, and I receive healing.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

WHAT TO BELIEVE
By Kenneth E. Hagin

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. — 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3,4

I read some time ago about a so-called minister of the Gospel who was a man of some acclaim. Some reporters interviewed him when he arrived in a large city about an article he had written. In the article, he had stated, “There is some question as to whether Jesus ever rose from the dead. And it doesn’t really make any difference whether He did or not.”

It makes all the difference in the world!

It makes the difference between spiritual life and spiritual death — because that’s the way you receive eternal life. That’s the way you are born again — by believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He died for your sins according to the Scriptures, and that He arose from the dead!

Confession:
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe that He died for my sins according to the Scriptures. I believe that He was raised from the dead for my justification; that is, that I might be set right with God. I believe in my heart that I am the righteousness of God. I am made right with God through what Jesus did.

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

Ephesians 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

Confession
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Who has blessed me with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

#InHim

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

ZOE
By Kenneth E. Hagin

For as the Father hath life [zoe] in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life [zoe] in himself. — JOHN 5:26

The Greek word translated “life” in our text today is zoe. It is pronounced zo–a.

Reading through the King James Version, or any English translation, when you see the word “life,” you might think it’s always talking about the same thing, but it isn’t. Three other Greek words in the New Testament are translated as “life.” Briefly, these words and their meanings are: psuche, natural life, or human life; bios, manner of life; and anastrophe, behavior.

Zoe means eternal life or God’s life. It is God’s nature. It is life as God has it — that which the Father has in Himself — and that which the Incarnate Son has in Himself. It is called eternal life, everlasting life, and sometimes just life in the Word of God.

No matter what “manner of life” or “behavior” you have, it won’t do you any good unless you have zoe! And that’s what Jesus came to bring you!

Confession:
For as the Father hath zoe in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have zoe in Himself. Jesus said, “I am come that you might have zoe, and that you might have it more abundantly.” I have zoe in myself. And I have it more abundantly!

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

Don’t Dwell on Past Failures!
By Kenneth E. Hagin

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.—JAMES 5:15

The doctors had told this businessman that he could fall dead any minute because of a severe heart condition. He also had high blood pressure and a severe kidney condition. The doctors said that if he would sell his business, stay on his medication, and just lie around, he might possibly live another two years. That’s about the best they could offer. If he didn’t do that, he could fall dead in his place of business any minute.

I asked him the question that the Lord had asked me: “Do you believe that God would require you to do something that He wouldn’t do?”

“Why, no, certainly not,” he said.

We turned to Matthew 18:21 and 22 and read where Peter asked how often he should forgive his brother. Then we turned to James 5:14 and 15 and read that if a person has committed any sins, they will be forgiven him. That is the thing that keeps many people’s faith from working. They think that God won’t heal them because they’ve failed.

Confession:
Father God, I ask You to forgive me for any wrong I’ve committed. I thank You for forgiveness. I thank You for health and healing.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47bf5z for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

DIVINE NATURE
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. — 2 PETER 1:4

When you became a child of God, God imparted His own nature — eternal life — to you. This life, this nature, this being, this substance of God, instantly changed your spirit.

You passed from spiritual death — the realm of Satan — into life, which is the realm of God (1 John 3:14). You passed from the dominion of Satan into the dominion of Christ.

When you received eternal life, the satanic nature passed out of you. The corruption from which you have escaped is spiritual death, the satanic nature (2 Peter 1:4).

The satanic nature passed out of you, not theoretically, but actually. Second Corinthians 5:17 states, “. . . old things are passed away . . . .” And God’s nature came into you.

Now you are a partaker of God’s divine nature — the nature of God — the life of God!

Confession:
God’s life is in me. God’s nature is in me. God’s ability is in me. God’s wisdom is in me. For me to fail, God would have to fail. And God can never fail! I am a partaker of His divine nature.

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

God Is Willing to Forgive
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.—MATTHEW 18:21—22

I was holding a meeting in Houston, Texas, and a fine businessman came up to me and asked if he could talk to me.

I said, “I just don’t have time right now. But I tell you what I’ll do. I’ll come thirty minutes early tomorrow night, and I’ll meet you in the pastor’s office. I can talk to you for thirty minutes, but that’s all.”

The next night as I was getting ready, the Lord said to me, “Do you think that I’d require you to do something that I wouldn’t be willing to do?”

I said to the Lord, “Well, no, certainly not. That wouldn’t be right. That would be unjust. And You are not unjust.” The Lord asked me that question three more times, and I replied in the same way. The final time He asked me the question, He also said, “Remember, Peter came to Me and said, ‘If my brother sins against me, how oft shall I forgive him? Till seven times?’ And I said, ‘Not seven times, but seventy times seven.’ So I require you to forgive four hundred and ninety times in one day! Now if I require you to forgive, then would I be unwilling to forgive?”

I said, “Certainly not.”

Then I heard these words in my spirit, “Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; AND IF HE HAVE COMMITTED SINS, THEY SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM” (James 5:14–15).

I drove up to the church and opened my Bible. I had read that passage in James hundreds of times, but I had never noticed that it said, “sins,” plural. The moment I went into the pastor’s office to talk to this man, I realized exactly what the Lord was doing; He was preparing me to help this man.

Confession:
God would not require me to do something that He wouldn’t be willing to do. He tells me to forgive another person 490 times in one day. And He is willing to forgive me 490 times in one day! I receive His forgiveness, and I receive healing.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

God Has Promised You Long Life
By Kenneth E. Hagin

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.—PSALM 91:16

We used to have divine healing services every Saturday night in our church, and Grandma Jeffcoat would be carried in. Sometimes she would have a spell, and we would think she was dead. Then somehow she would start breathing again. Those were some experiences!

That went on for about six months. We can get faith into people by teaching them, but we also need to get them into services where God is manifesting Himself.

One Saturday night, Grandma Jeffcoat was at the service, and as we came to the close, I had a little quick vision about her. I saw her out of her chair dancing. I looked over at her and told her it was her time. I walked down off the platform, laid hands on her, and prayed. At the moment, nothing happened, but ten minutes later, she let out a yell, jumped out of the chair, and started dancing. She was healed!

Several years later, my wife and I stopped by to visit her when she was ninety-one years old. Her daughter said that she was away visiting some people and that she was always busy running around. Grandma Jeffcoat’s doctor had just examined her and said that he had never seen anything quite like it before. Her heart was perfect, and there wasn’t a thing wrong with her! The doctor was fifty-five and said that he wished he was in as good a condition as she was!

Grandma Jeffcoat died when she was ninety-three, without sickness and disease! She just fell asleep in Jesus. I’m so glad I didn’t let her die of that cancer.

Confession:
I will live a long life on the earth. And I will die without sickness and disease.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

RESTORING THE SOUL
By Kenneth E. Hagin

He restoreth my soul . . . . — PSALM 23:3

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. — ROMANS 12:1,2

Writing to born-again, Spirit-filled Christians in Romans 12, Paul tells them to do something with their bodies and their minds. Man’s spirit is born again at the New Birth, but he still has the same body and the same soul. He is to present his body to God, and he is to see to it that his mind is renewed.

The Hebrew word translated “restoreth” in Psalm 23 and the Greek word translated “renewed” in Romans 12:2 have just about the same meaning. For example, a valuable, antique chair which looks like a wreck can be restored. Afterwards it’s still the same chair, but it has been renewed. A man’s spirit is never restored; it’s born again, or recreated.

But his soul is restored when his mind becomes renewed with the Word of God.

The greatest need of the Church today is for believers to have their minds renewed with the Word of God. It is the Word of God that restores souls, renews souls, and saves souls!

Confession:
I see to it daily that my mind is renewed with the Word of God. Therefore, I am not conformed to this world. My mind is renewed to think like God thinks.

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

You Can Die Without Sickness and Disease
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.—GENESIS 25:8

Older people are eventually going to live their life out and go home to Heaven, but they don’t have to die with sickness and disease. Grandma Jeffcoat is a good example of this. She had stomach cancer. She came to live with her daughter who attended my church. Grandma Jeffcoat had just come from Brother J.R. Goodwin’s church. He was her former pastor.

Grandma Jeffcoat was so far gone physically that her family had already called Brother Goodwin to preach at her funeral. Her daughter said to me, “Brother Hagin, I want you to go see Mom.”

Well, I began to talk to her mom, Grandma Jeffcoat, about healing. “Brother Hagin,” she said, “Just leave me alone. I’m eighty-two years old, and I’ve suffered so with cancer of the stomach. Please leave me alone and let me die. I’m saved and ready for Heaven. Let me go on.”

I said, “I’m not going to do it. Let God heal you and then die if you want to. It’s not the will of God that you die with stomach cancer.”

I knew that she was not going to be healed by my believing she was going to live while she believed she was going to die. There was no agreement there. I didn’t pray for her healing on the first visit. I didn’t pray for her healing on the second visit.

I just kept pouring the Word into her. I would kneel by her bed, lay my hand on her, and pray, “God, help Grandma not to cast away her confidence. She knows healing is right. Healing is the thing that brought her into the Pentecostal movement many years ago.”

Confession:
I don’t have to die with sickness and disease. No, God can heal me, and THEN I can decide if I’m ready to go home and be with Him.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

SAVING YOUR SOUL
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. . . . Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. — JAMES 1:18,21

What about our souls? Aren’t our souls saved when we’re born again? No. There are many Christians who have been saved and filled with the Holy Spirit for years whose souls are not saved yet!

Some have lived and died without their souls being saved. Did they go to Heaven? Certainly. They were children of God, and their spirits were born of God.

The soul, you see, is not born again. The saving of the soul is a process.The Epistle of James was written not to sinners, but to Christians. And James was telling us that our souls are not saved yet. James 1:21 bothered me for some time, until I found out the difference between the spirit and the soul.

A man’s spirit — the innermost man — receives eternal life and is born again. But his intellect and his emotions — which constitute his soul — still have to be dealt with. They must be renewed.

Confession:
I am a spirit. I have a soul. I live in a body. “I” am begotten of God by the Word of truth. “I” am born again. Now I receive with meekness the engrafted Word which contains the power to save the soul which I possess. My intellect is being renewed with the Word of God.

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

It Pays to Obey God
By Kenneth E. Hagin

And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.—1 SAMUEL 15:22

I remember a dear, precious saint of God. She was saved and filled with the Holy Ghost. It was a joy to sit down and talk to her about the things of God.

I don’t know how many times over a period of several years that I prayed with that dear woman for healing. I could help her momentarily, but I never could get her completely healed. She would be all right for a little while, and then she would lose it.

I wondered why she had been in such bad health for so many years. She was eighty years old, and for many years, she had never really lived. Sickness and disease had incapacitated her. One day while standing over her bedside, she said, “I never did what God asked me to do. I wasn’t willing. God called me to be a missionary when I was twelve years old.”

She loved the Lord, but she was never willing to obey Him. She was never willing to do what He wanted her to do. That hindered the flow of God’s healing power. I understood it all then.

You see, disobedience opens the door to the enemy. Satan has a right to come in if the door is open. I’ve heard people talk about what it costs to serve God. It doesn’t cost to go all out—it pays! But it will cost you to disobey God. It will cost you not to be in the will of God. It will cost you heartache and sadness. It will cost you sickness and disease. It will cost you money. Sometimes, it will cost you premature death.

If there is something you need to deal with, deal with it. If there is something hindering the healing flow, get it unstopped. Be willing to do anything God wants you to do.

Confession:
I am willing to do anything God wants me to do. Father God, show me any area of my life that is not right with You, and I will correct it. I will line my life up with You and Your Word.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

[Tokunbo Adejuwon @ToksAdejuwon]

GIFT OF GOD
By Kenneth E. Hagin

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. — ROMANS 6:23

God contacts men through their spirits.

When the Word of God is preached to a sinner who has never heard the Gospel and conviction comes upon him, it’s not a physical feeling — neither is it a mental something, because he may not even understand it — but it’s down deep on the inside. The Spirit of God through the Word of God is contacting the spirit of that sinner!

When that man responds to the call of God and the Gospel message, his spirit is born again. His spirit is recreated by receiving eternal life.

Receiving eternal life is the most miraculous event in life. It’s called the New Birth. It’s called the new creation. It is, in reality, God imparting His very nature, substance, and being to our human spirits.

It is described in Second Corinthians 5:17 and 18.

The New Birth is God actually giving spiritual birth to a man. And this instantaneous New Birth takes place, not in the body, not in the soul, but in the spirit of man! The spirit of man becomes a brand-new, miracle creation in God!

Confession:
I am a brand-new, miracle creation in Christ. God gave me the gift of eternal life. He imparted to my spirit His very nature, substance, and being. Residing in my own spirit is everything I’ll ever need to put me over in life.

Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 1988 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.

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Act on Your Faith
By Kenneth E. Hagin

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.—JAMES 2:17

Years ago, when my mother-in-law had a goiter, the Lord said to me, “Tell her to go to the altar at your church on Wednesday night, and I will fill her with the Holy Ghost and complete her healing.”

Now if you stopped to analyze some things, you might talk yourself right out of God’s blessings. Why did she have to go to the altar at the Full Gospel church on Wednesday night in order to receive? I didn’t know why at the time, but I told her what the Lord told me.

On Wednesday night, we had a time of testifying and singing. I ministered a short sermon. My mother-in-law could tell that I was about to finish. She didn’t even wait for me to say anything. She suddenly stood to her feet and said, “I can’t wait.” She came out from between the pews and just sprawled out on the altar. By the time her knees hit the floor, she was talking in tongues.

Later I learned why God had her go to the altar. She testified, “I’d always said, ‘I’d like to have the Holy Ghost. I can see that it’s in the Bible. But there’s one thing I’ll never do. You’ll never catch me in the altar of that Full Gospel church.’”

You see, my mother-in-law was Methodist, but she was in the altar of that Full Gospel church that Wednesday night! And when she got up from the altar, the knot on her neck that was the size of a quarter was gone; it disappeared! Her healing was completed.

You’ll find that very often healing will begin in people’s bodies, but it won’t be completed until something is done—until people act on their faith.

Confession:
I act on my faith. I believe God’s Word. I obey the voice of the Spirit of God. I do what He tells me to do.

Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin. Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications. Copyright ©️ 2002, 2007 RHEMA Bible Church AKA Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. Please visit https://t.co/4PAY47aHg1 for additional materials.