The Lord said to me back in 1950, “Go teach my people faith.” For over half a century, I have been faithful to do that. More recently the Lord said to me, “There is a move of the Spirit that will be lost to this generation unless you teach them.”
Many believers have come into the charismatic movement, and all they know is just the teaching of the Word. But there is also a move of the Spirit. That’s where I am, today at least – teaching the move of the Spirit in light of the Word of God.
When the Lord instructed me to teach the move of the Spirit, He said, “In the last days there will arise a company of believers who will walk in the Word and learn to walk in the Spirit. Through faith in the Word, and by the power of the Spirit, this company of believers will fulfill the will of God according to the plan of God, and bring in the harvest. That harvest will be brought about in three ways. First, we must have prayer. Second, the seed has to be sown. This is accomplished by teaching and preaching the Word. Third, the rain must fall. You can’t have a harvest without rain. The Holy Ghost is likened unto rain.”
The move of the Spirit is not given just to bless us. It gets us ready for the harvest – preparing us to be a blessing, an asset, and a help to those we reach.
For so long, it seemed that the Church didn’t have much joy. The Bible says that the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but it’s joy and peace in the Holy Ghost. Joy is one of the characteristics of this present revival. It’s a revival of joy.
Joy is expressed in physical manifestations. Singing, laughing, and dancing are expressions of joy. We’ve preached the peace and righteousness part of the kingdom of God, and folks have reveled in that. But now it seems that God is emphasizing joy. The joy of the Lord is our strength and that strength equips us as the Body of Christ to reap the harvest.
We talk about Christ being anointed. Well, He was the Anointed One. When He was here on earth, His physical body was the only Body of Christ in this earth. Now, we are the ones anointed to finish the works of the Master, because the work of the Lord is carried out through the Body of Christ, which is the church.
After Jesus went to the cross, died, rose from the dead, and ascended on high, He sat down at the right hand of the Father. The Word of God said we were raised and sat down together with Him.
And just as the head can’t do anything without the body, Jesus can’t do anything on the earth except though His Body. Just as the commands of the head are carried out through the body, we are carrying out the commands of the Head of the Church.
The whole body needs to be enlightened and know that we are already equipped to carry out His plan, or His will. That is how this last days’ revival, this end-time harvest, will come about.
Direction from the Head will be carried out through the Body. God’s plan is always carried out through the Body of Christ. So He’s equipping us today to flow with the Spirit. It is by the power of the Spirit that we will carry out the will of God, the plan of God, and the purpose of God to the praise, honor, and glory of God.
Rev. Hagin served in Christian ministry for nearly 70 years and was known as the "father of the modern faith movement." His teachings and books are filled with vivid stories that show God's power and truth working in his life and the lives of others.
Rev. Hagin was born on Aug. 20, 1917, in McKinney, Texas, a son of the late Lillie Viola Drake Hagin and Jess Hagin.
Rev. Hagin was sickly as a child, suffering from a deformed heart and an incurable blood disease. He was not expected to live and became bedfast at age 15. In April 1933 during a dramatic conversion experience, he reported dying three times in 10 minutes, each time seeing the horrors of hell and then returning to life.
In August of 1934, Rev. Hagin was miraculously healed, raised off a deathbed by the power of God and the revelation of faith in God's Word. Two years later, he preached his first sermon as pastor of a small community church in Roland, Texas.
In 1937, Rev. Hagin was baptized in the Holy Spirit and began ministering in Pentecostal churches. During the next 12 years he pastored five churches in Texas: in the cities of Tom Bean, Farmersville (twice), Talco, Greggton, and Van. In 1949, he began an itinerant ministry as a Bible teacher and evangelist.
During the next 14 years, Jesus appeared to Rev. Hagin eight times in visions that changed the course of his ministry. In 1966, he moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he opened a ministry office. That same year, he taught for the first time on radio—on KSKY in Dallas. In 1967, he began a regular radio broadcast that continues today as Faith Seminar of the Air. Teaching by his son, Rev. Kenneth W. Hagin, is also heard on the program.
In 1968, Rev. Hagin published the first issues of The Word of Faith magazine, which now has a monthly circulation of more than 250,000. The publishing outreach he founded, Faith Library Publications, has circulated more than 65 million copies of books by Rev. Hagin, Rev. Hagin Jr., and several other authors worldwide. Faith Library Publications also has produced more than 9 million audio teaching tapes and CDs.
Other outreaches of Kenneth Hagin Ministries include RHEMA Praise, a weekly television broadcast hosted by Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Hagin; RHEMA Correspondence Bible School; RHEMA Alumni Association; RHEMA Ministerial Association International; RHEMA Supportive Ministries Association; the RHEMA Prayer and Healing Center; and a prison ministry.
In 1974, Rev. Hagin founded RHEMA Bible Training Center USA and in 1976 moved the school and ministry offices to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where they remain. To date, RHEMA Bible Training Center USA has 23,000 alumni, and RHEMA Bible Training Centers have opened in 13 other nations: Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Samoa, Singapore, South Africa, and Thailand. Together, the 14 schools have more than 28,000 graduates worldwide.
RHEMA Bible Church, pastored by Rev. Hagin Jr., began holding services in October of 1985 on the RHEMA campus in Broken Arrow and has since grown to become a thriving congregation with more than 8,000 members.
Rev. Hagin's daughter and son-in-law, Pat Harrison and the late Doyle "Buddy" Harrison, founded Harrison House Publishers in 1975 and Faith Christian Fellowship International Church in 1977. Both organizations are based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Until shortly before his death in September 2003, Rev. Hagin continued to travel and teach throughout the United States and into Canada conducting All Faiths' Crusades and other special meetings.