by Kenneth E. Hagin | May 1, 2026 | Health Food
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
(James 1:6)
Think about a carpenter. If he put the foundation for a house down one week and the next week took the foundation out, the house would never be completed.
Christians are doing the same thing in their praying. They’re undoing what they’ve already prayed, and they’re wondering why their prayers aren’t availing much.
Let me give you part one of a real-life illustration. I was invited to preach at a church in east Texas. Before I got up to speak, the pastor said, “We’re going to receive an offering tonight for Brother Hagin.”
At that moment, a woman in the congregation stood up and said, “Pastor, before you pray over the offering, I feel like we should pray for Sister ______. She lives next door to me. The doctor came to visit her and said that she would not live past midnight.” (It was eight o’clock in the evening.)
The pastor said, “Yes, let’s all stand and pray for this sister.” So we prayed.
Then the pastor said, “How many of you believe that God heard you?” Most of the people lifted their hands and praised God that He heard us.
Confession:
When I pray, I ask in faith, believing that God heard me. I refuse to waver. I refuse to have any doubt or unbelief. Instead, I praise God for hearing and answering me.
Source: Health Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin.
Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications
by Dick Mills | May 1, 2026 | The Spirit Filled Believer
“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord” (Ps. 112:7).
Out of our twentieth-century culture there has come a familiar expression, “getting a fix.” This term usually refers to taking drugs. Because of his dependency upon artificial stimulants, the drug addict is continually in the position of craving a “fix.”
In this verse, David states the person who trusts in God is never really afraid because his heart is “fixed” on the Lord. That’s good news for us today, because in our society it seems that everyone has a dependency of some kind.
Materialistic people are dependent upon money for their happiness. Egocentric performing artists must have a continual supply of adulation and applause from their adoring fans.
Authority figures are driven by a consuming hunger for power. Perverts have an insatiable appetite for “kinky” sex. Alcoholics lust after liquor to slake their never-ending thirst. Smokers crave nicotine constantly.
We Christians are dependent also. The difference is, we look to the Lord as our sole supply. Our dependence is on Him. This is not a mark of weakness; it is a mark of intelligence.
Our reliance is upon the only absolutely dependable thing in the universe: the Lord Jesus Christ. Our heart is “fixed,” because we trust in Him.
Source: The Spirit-Filled Believer’s Daily Devotional by Dick Mills
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
by Keith Butler | May 1, 2026 | The Anointed Word
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (Gen. 1:28).
The original will of God was to have men and women walking on the earth that exercise dominion, that are blessed, fruitful, that multiply and dominate.
Now mankind was created in God’s image and in God’s likeness. He was created to look like God and to have the same God-like ability. God spoke and it was so. God gave man the ability to speak and it would be so. God, obviously, operates in free will.
And mankind is the only thing in the universe that has that same right to choose. You can to operate in the kingdom of light, or you can choose to be in the nation of Satan, the kingdom of darkness. You can choose whatever you want to do because you are the captain of your own ship.
The Bible also said that God blessed the man. The word “blessed” means to invoke divine favor upon; to confer well-being or prosperity on. God intended for the man on the earth to walk in nothing less than total favor, well-being, and prosperity.
Also, God told the man to be fruitful or productive; to produce an abundance and be prolific. God wanted man to be so productive that he would almost always overproduce. For example, if a man was a farmer, he would be so successful that he would have more crops that he could ever use. That is God’s original will for all of mankind.
Then God told the man to multiply, or to increase in number. God wanted man to always increase, increase, increase, and increase in everything in this life. And God wants mankind to rule and reign, to dominate.
So, God is going to have in this earth a race of prosperous people and nothing less. There will be, before the return of Jesus, a race of people who will function in God’s image and likeness; a race of people that will be blessed. They’ll have favor conferred upon them; they will be fruitful, they will produce an abundance. And there will be a race of people who will multiply, dominate, rule and reign.
I call that one nation under God.
Scripture References: Matthew 18:18; Mark 16:16-18; Luke 10:19
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by Kenneth E. Hagin | May 1, 2026 | Faith Food Devotions
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him” (1 John 5:14-15).
People have remembered John’s phrase “according to his will,” and thought they had to pray, “Lord, do this or that, if it be thy will.” But inserting this expression into a prayer when God’s Word already states that what we’re praying for is His will is confessing that we don’t believe God’s Word. And that kind of praying will not work.
How can we find out what God’s will is?
God’s Word is His will! We can find out God’s will for us in the Bible because the Bible is God’s will, His covenant, and His testament. And it is God’s will for us to have whatever God has provided for us!
First we must find the scriptures that reveal God’s will for us. Then we can go before God with great boldness: “…this is the confidence that we have in him.” When we pray for things that God’s Word tells us are His will, we know that He hears us! And when we know God hears us, we know we have the petitions we ask of Him. We know we have them, praise God!
Confession: I have this boldness toward God: When I ask anything according to God’s Word, I know He hears me! And I know that when God hears me, I have the petitions I desired of Him!
Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin.
Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications
by Kenneth Copeland | May 1, 2026 | From Faith to Faith
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13).
You’re running the race set before you, moving full speed ahead with God’s blessing overtaking you at every step. Then suddenly, wham! You hit the wall. It may be a wall of sickness or financial trouble, of spiritual failure or family problems. But regardless of the form it takes, the effect of “the wall” is always the same. It stops you cold.
The question is, once you hit a wall like that, what will you do? You’ll be tempted to quit, to turn back in defeat. But, don’t do it. Because God will enable you to break through that wall and keep right on going.
I’m not going to tell you it’s easy. The truth is, it’s tough. But you have to push on through the tough times if you’re ever going to have a breakthrough.
Ask any athlete. He’ll tell you that! Because if he’s a winner, he’s been there. He’s pushed his body to what seems to be the maximum. His side has hurt. His lungs have ached. He’s had cramps in his legs and thighs. And just when he felt like he couldn’t go on, he heard some coach yell, “Come on! Move it!”
Athletes call that “hitting the wall.” It’s a time when the body says, “That’s it. That’s all I can do. I can’t go any farther. I can’t go any faster. I quit.”
But the seasoned athlete knows that “the wall” isn’t the end. It’s a signal that he’s on the verge of a breakthrough. If he’ll toughen up and push himself a little more, he’ll get a second wind. Suddenly, he’ll go faster than before. He’ll reach a level of excellence he couldn’t have reached any other way.
When you feel the worst, when failure is breathing down your neck, press into the Word as never before. You may meditate on a particular scripture for days and even weeks sometimes, trying to get a revelation of it, seemingly without success.
Then suddenly, like the dawn of the morning, light will come pouring in. You’ll see the way to break through. All you have to do is punch one little hole in that wall of problems, dig one tiny hole in it with your faith and with the Word of God.
Then keep tearing away at that hole. Don’t quit! And before long, the forces of God will come bursting through, demolishing every obstacle in their path!
Once that happens you’ll never be the same again. You’ll be hooked. It will only take one breakthrough like that to make a never-dying, never-quitting champion out of you.
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Source: From Faith to Faith Devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland
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Eagle Mountain International Church, Inc.
aka: Kenneth Copeland Ministries
