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Look to the Word of God, Not Someone's Personality
If you're going to have strong faith to receive from God, build it on the Word; not someone's personality.

Did you ever watch Brother Hagin preach? He doesn't put too much of his personality into it. He keeps his personality suppressed so people will look at what the Word says.

The Bible says, "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions" (Ps. 107:20). He didn't send a personality. He sent His Word. Forget about personalities.

Many people come to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and say, "We came down here for Brother Hagin to pray for us."

Sometimes we have to tell them, "He's not in town," or "He has shut himself away for a time of prayer, fasting, and study." We add, "Someone else will be glad to minister healing to you. We've got all our RHEMA instructors here. We've got all kinds of personnel. Any one of them could lay hands on you and pray for you."

"No," they say. "We want Brother Hagin. We don't want second best."

I tell them, "There is no second best with God. It does not have to be a certain man laying hands on you for you to be healed."

"That's all right," they say. "I'll just go on over to Oral Roberts!"

Then if someone tells them Brother Roberts is not in town, they say, "Well, I'll just go to Kenneth Copeland. He'll pray for me."

You see, people begin looking to personalities instead of the Word of God. But a person is not going to heal them. It's the Word of God that's going to heal them.  And the Word of God says—speaking of any believer, "…they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (Mark 16:18).

That means a little child could lay hands on you and pray for your healing. And if you would believe like God's Word says, you could be healed from a child's prayers just as easily as you would from an adult's or a preacher's prayers. The Bible does not even require "someone who is anointed" to pray for healing; it says "…them that believe…" (Mark 16:17). If you're a believer, you qualify to lay hands on the sick!

When people come to me and say, "My faith is weak, and I need healing," I suggest they go through the Word of God and memorize all the Scriptures concerning healing.

They say, "Well, that will take a lot of time."

I reply, "You'll find that Brother Hagin already has put those Scriptures together in a minibook called God's Medicine. Get that book out every time you think of it in the next two weeks, and begin to quote those Scriptures out loud. Read them until they become a part of your innermost being. Build the Word inside you."

I have seen those same people later, and they've said, "Do you know what? I did not even have to go forward to be prayed for! I just started walking in the light of the Word of God, and my sickness disappeared instantly." You see, the Word can do it.

God has given us many different ways to receive healing from Him. One is through prayer by the laying on of hands. Another is by the prayer of agreement. But the highest and most rewarding way is to receive in line with God's Word. Walking in perfect harmony and unity with God—just you and God—is the highest kind of faith.

But, thank God, God has promised other means for those of us who sometimes don't attain to the highest kind of faith. So don't put down the person who does not have strong faith like you do.

If you have to, go down to this brother's level of faith and agree with him on that level. Find out what he can believe for. Then begin to put the Word of God into him so you can lift him up to your level of faith.

You yourself need to now what the Word of God says to that when symptoms, financial peril, or disaster strikes, you can compete in the arena of faith.

If you know what God's Word says, every time Satan starts to take a swing at you, you can say, "It is written…" and block it.  When he comes at you with another weapon, you can say, "It is written…" and that same shield of faith is lifted, blocking all of the enemy's darts.

Source: Blueprint For Building Strong Faith by Kenneth Hagin Jr.
Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications

Author Biography

Kenneth W. Hagin
Web site: Kenneth Hagin Ministries
 
Kenneth W. Hagin, President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries and pastor of RHEMA Bible Church, ministers around the world. Known for calling the Body of Christ to steadfast faith, he seizes every ministry opportunity to impart an attitude of “I cannot be defeated, and I will not quit.”
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