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October 31 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.—MATTHEW 9:35 Teaching Should Come First When Jesus encountered unbelief, He went about teaching (see Mark 6:5 and 6). Notice that the ministry of Jesus consisted of three aspects in this order: teaching, preaching, and healing. Many people want to reverse that order. They want healing first, then preaching, and no teaching. But if you want to get the results Jesus had, follow His example. Let’s continue reading. MATTHEW 9:36–38 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion [or mercy] on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Now these laborer

October 30 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.—JOHN 4:50 Have Faith in Jesus’ Words In John chapter 4, we find the account of the nobleman’s son. JOHN 4:46–50 46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. Notice that it was by simple faith in Jesus’ words that this nobleman’s son was healed. Jesus simply said to him, “Go your way; your son lives

October 29 And he [Jesus] went through the cities and villages,teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.—LUKE 13:22 Don’t Wait for Healing—Receive It by Faith Now! If you need healing and there isn’t a manifestation of the Spirit, such as gifts of healings (1 Cor. 12:9), what are you going to do? Get the Word of God in you! Feed on the Word. Feed your faith, because you can receive healing by faith anytime. Continuing in Luke 4, we read, “And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian” (v. 27). Now all of the lepers in Israel could have been cleansed if they had believed in their covenant of healing (Exod. 34:10). Yet under the ministry of Elisha, not one single leper was healed in Israel except Naaman. Naaman wasn’t even an Israelite, and he didn’t have a covenant of healing with Jehovah Rapha. But because Elisha was well known for getting people healed, Naaman went to him. Naaman was an outsider in Israel, b

October 28 To another the working of miracles . . .—1 CORINTHIANS 12:10 The Working of Miracles After John baptized Jesus in the Jordan River, the Holy Ghost descended upon Him in bodily form (Luke 3:22). Full of the Holy Ghost, He was led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness. After the temptation in the wilderness, Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee. He came to Nazareth, His hometown, went to the synagogue on the sabbath, and stood up to read. Let’s pick up the scriptural account there. LUKE 4:17–18, 20–26 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me. . . . 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all b

October 26 And the Word [Jesus] was made flesh, and dwelt among us . . .—JOHN 1:14 Jesus Gave Up His Divine Privileges When talking about the ministry of Jesus, most people, including those in the Church, will say, “He was the Son of God.” Well, of course, He was. That’s true. He was and is the Son of God. But they also infer something that is not true—something that has robbed us of blessings that God intended we should have. You see, they infer that Jesus healed the sick in His earthly ministry by some kind of power inherent in Him. In other words, they believe that He healed people just because He was the Son of God. They infer that this power isn’t available today, because it was inherent in Him. Now that is not true. It’s false! Yet the devil has used that false statement to rob the Church of God’s blessings. Philippians 2:7 says, “But [Jesus] made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.” Paul was talking about Jesus

October 25 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.— EPHESIANS 6:2–3 Honor Your Father and Mother After I was healed as a teenage boy, the thought never entered my mind that I might die prematurely. Now since then, I almost died a time or two because I got into disobedience. But I got back into that secret place of the Most High just as fast as I could. I taught my children that if they honored their father and mother, they would experience well days on earth and live a long time. When they were little, I read the Bible to them. And if I had to (I didn’t have to do it very much), I would give them a spanking, because, like any other child, they disobeyed me at times. I would say to them, “I’m not doing this because I want to. I’m doing it for your benefit. I want it to be well with you. I want you to live a long time on the earth. I don’t want you to be in the hospital. And I know

October 24 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.—3 JOHN 2 ‘Well Days’ on the Earth I was reading after an internationally known Full Gospel Bible teacher. He was someone whom I esteemed highly. Now I didn’t agree with everything he said. But, you know, you can disagree on some things without being disagreeable. In many different areas, he blessed me. For example, he was an excellent Bible teacher in the area of the Holy Spirit. In a particular article he wrote, he said, “‘With long life’ is not a New Testament blessing. God only promised long life to those in the Old Testament.” I thought to myself, I’d rather follow Paul than follow him. I mean, if long life isn’t a blessing that you get under the New Testament, why did Paul say, “Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth” (Eph. 6:2–3)? Paul was writing to the Churc

October 23 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. . . . With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.—PSALM 91:1, 16 God Satisfies Us With Long Life In Psalm 91, God said that the man who dwells in the secret place of the Most High would be satisfied with long life. God did not say that he would be full of sickness, disease, pain, and misery all the days of his life. Is the privilege of dwelling in the secret place only for a few or is it for all? God’s promise is for all—to satisfy all with long life! You need to get this settled in your heart. You need to find out what the Bible says and then refuse to be moved from it. I settled this issue of healing years ago, and it has worked for me ever since. Sometimes good people who know some spiritual things in some areas don’t know some things in other areas. They just sit around like a young bird with its eyes shut and its mouth wide open, swallowing everything th

October 22 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.—PSALM 103:8 The Mercy of Healing In Psalm 103, we see again that David believed that the mercy of healing was as universal a privilege as the mercy of forgiveness. He calls upon his soul to bless God. He said, “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who FORGIVETH all thine iniquities; who HEALETH all thy diseases” (Ps. 103:1–3). The phrase “who healeth all” is just as permanent as the phrase “who forgiveth all.” When we talk about healing, some people will say, “But healing was just for those people back then.” But those same people believe that God still forgives all that come to Him today! Most people understand that truth. Well, if people believe that God still forgives all iniquities, they ought to believe that He still heals all diseases. And if they don’t believe that He heals all diseases, I can’t say

October 21 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.—PSALM 86:15 God’s Mercy In F. F. Bosworth’s book Christ the Healer, he brings out the following point: “The psalmist David understood healing to be a universal privilege. In Psalm 86:5, he said, ‘For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.’” In his book, Bosworth has a chapter called “The Lord’s Compassion” that goes into detail about this and brings out this point: “Throughout the Scriptures, when the sick came for healing, they asked for mercy. You see, God’s mercy covers man physically as well as spiritually.” Again and again, we read in the four Gospels that Jesus had compassion on the sick (see Matthew 9:36; 14:14; Mark 6:34; and Luke 7:13). The same Greek word for “compassion” is also translated “mercy.” Blind Bartimaeus, who sat by the wayside begging and crying, said, “Jesus of Nazareth, have merc

October 20 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.—JOHN 6:38 Jesus: The Will of God in Action Remember, the Lord Jesus Christ came on the scene to unveil the Father to us. Everything that Jesus did was the will of God. Well, what did He do? Among other things, He went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38). Not one single time did someone come to Jesus for healing and Jesus say to them, “It’s not your Father’s will to heal you.” In John chapter 14, Philip said to Jesus, “Show us the Father.” And Jesus said, “Philip, have I been so long with you and have you not known Me? He that has seen Me has seen the Father.” If you want to see God at work, look at Jesus. If you want to hear God talking, listen to Jesus. He is the express will and purpose of God. And in His earthly ministry, Jesus went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ the same yes

October 19 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.— PSALM 105:37 Is Healing for All? To answer the question, “Is healing for all?” let’s look in Exodus 15. Just after the Israelites passed through the Red Sea (which typifies our redemption), God gave His first promise to heal. And this promise was for all. It was here that God gave the covenant of healing. God named the conditions, and the conditions were met. Revealed by and sealed by God in His first covenant redemptive Name, Jehovah Rapha, He said, “. . . I am the Lord that healeth thee” (Exod. 15:26). I’m glad that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8). If He wasn’t, then we would have to say, “He was the Lord that healeth thee.” But He is the Lord that healeth thee. This is a never-changing fact, because God’s Word is forever settled in Heaven(Ps119:89). To say that this privilege of health is not for God’s people today is to change God’s “I Am” t

October 18 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.—PSALM 91:16 Set Your Goals High In going from church to church preaching, I would try to get it over to people that it is the perfect plan of God that they live out their full length of time down here below without sickness or disease, and then fall asleep in Jesus. I’ve preached it for more than sixty-five years and I’m still preaching it. I haven’t changed my message. The pastor would usually say to me, “Brother Hagin, I know all this is in the Bible, but you have just set it too high. Nobody can attain to it. A person can’t live without sickness.” I would respond, “Well, I am. I’d rather set my goals high and reach half of them, than to set them at nothing and get all of it.” He agreed to that. That’s our problem many times in life—both naturally and spiritually. We set our goals too low. I don’t know about you, but I want everything God has for me. I want the best. I don’t want to get into Heaven by the skin o

October 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 Faith to Be Healed Healing is in God’s plan of redemption, so it belongs to all of us. And faith for obtaining healing comes the same way that faith for obtaining salvation comes—by hearing the Gospel (the Word of God) preached. Acts chapter 14 tells us about the first missionary journey of Barnabas and Paul. It tells us where they went and what they did. Verse 7 says, “And there they preached the gospel.” Let’s continue reading.ACTS 14:8–10 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. This man was definitely healed on his own faith. He was not healed because Paul was an apostle, or by any special manifestation of the Spirit. He was heal

Speak the Word And since we have the same spirit of faith, according   to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,”   we also believe and therefore speak. 2 Corinthians 4:13 Beloved, it is not enough for you to merely  know  the Word in your heart. You must  say  it. That’s when latent power becomes actual power. When our Lord Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, He did not merely think about Scripture. He spoke it out loud. You can memorize thousands of Scriptures, but if you don’t learn to say, “It is written,” and release the Word, there will be no power. God’s power is there, but it is all lying dormant inside you. But when you speak it out, God’s power is unleashed. When you release God’s Word through your mouth, you release God’s power into your situation. Fear is not something you can reason or analyze away. Fear is irrational. There are some fears that come into your life and you can think to yourself,  Come on, what are the chances of that happening?  or  It’s so si

October 15 . . . for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. —PSALM 138:2 What Does God’s Word Say? So much of the time, we accept the testimony of our physical senses instead of accepting the testimony of God’s Word. What does God’s Word say? Instead of stopping to ask ourselves that question, we let our physical senses dominate us. Now you can ask that question on any subject. For instance, what does God’s Word say about sickness? Does God’s Word have anything to say about sickness? Certainly it does! Don’t spend all your time talking about how sick you are and what your symptoms are and what the doctor said about it. If you keep talking like that, you’ll die. In the face of sickness, stop and ask yourself, “What does God’s Word say about this disease?” Matthew 8:17 says, “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” What are you going to do with that? Believe it and confess it! And if you

October 14 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?—MATTHEW 14:30–31 Doubt and Fear  The following is a psalm given to me by the Lord: Doubt and fear: the two tormenting twins of the enemy, Sent to torment you down here. Doubt and fear will rob you of faith, Health and healing, and all spirituality too. Doubt and fear will dog your tracks as you walk down here. But doubt and fear do not belong to the child of God. For, you see, you’re a child of the Father—a child of faith and love. Faith and love come down from the Father above— Faith and love to abide in your spirit and heart For you to walk in love and to act by faith. And so, you’ll not, when the enemy shows his head, run away and hide, But, rather, you in the Word of God shall abide And will speak forth by faith in love. And all of

October 13 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you,If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.—MATTHEW 21:21 Don’t Talk Doubt Spiritual growth is similar to physical growth. You didn’t grow up physically overnight. So don’t get discouraged when you don’t grow up spiritually overnight. Begin to practice the Word of God, and you will grow spiritually. Don’t confess your doubts. Doubt will hinder your spiritual growth. Many people think they are being honest when they confess their doubts. Now if you’re saved, you’re not full of doubt. There has to be some faith in your heart or you couldn’t have been saved. The Bible says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Eph. 2:8). Instead of talking doubt, why not just say, “I’m a believer and I do have faith”? If you’re

October 12 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God . . .—ISAIAH 41:10 Don’t Talk Fear Don’t confess fear. Some people might say, “But what if I’m afraid?” Well, you’re not really afraid if you look at it the way God looks at it. Dare to think like God thinks. Second Timothy1:7 says, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” God has not given you a spirit of fear. So begin to confess only what God has given you. Confess, “I have a spirit of power that drives away fear. I have a spirit of love. I have a spirit of a sound mind.” Fear will tell you, “You’re losing your mind.” And if you listen to it, you will become fearful, nervous, and distracted. The devil will tell you that you’re losing your mind. But don’t confess that. Start confessing, “I don’t have a spirit of fear. God didn’t give it to me, and I won’t accept it. I have a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind.” Fear comes from the outside to take

October 11 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.—MATTHEW 12:37 Don’t Talk Sickness I remember one dear person who was certain that she had cancer. For ten years, every time I saw her, she was sure that she had cancer. I’d say to her, “Well, you don’t.” Every six months, she would go to the doctor for a check up. The doctor never found a trace of cancer. But she would say, “I’m just sure I’ve got it.” Now she was a born-again, Spirit-filled Christian. I said to her, “Don’t talk sickness. You’ll never hear me talking sickness, because I don’t want sickness to dominate me and have a place in me.” But she would go right back to talking sickness. Then I just said outright, “Quit talking sickness! If you keep talking sickness, sickness will develop in your system. I don’t ever talk sickness. I talk healing and health. I don’t believe in sickness. I believe in healing and health. And, you see, what I confess I have. What I confess dominates me!” W

October 10 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.—PSALM 141:3 Don’t Give the Devil Permission Here is an important scriptural principle that many dear Christians have never seen or realized yet: With your mouth, you’re either going to give God dominion over you or you’re going to give Satan dominion over you. To be saved, you must confess the Lordship of Jesus. Romans 10:9 says, “That if thou shalt CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” You give Jesus dominion over you by confessing Him as your Lord. Then He begins to rule in your life. However, when you confess Satan’s ability to hinder you, to keep you from success, to hold you in bondage, or to keep you sick, you are giving Satan dominion over you. He is the god of this world, and he’ll move right in, because you’ve permitted him to do so. Many dear saints of God have opened the door to the devil ignorantly; they d

October 9 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.—ROMANS 10:10 A Wrong Confession A wrong confession is a confession of defeat—and, really, a confession of Satan’s supremacy. Talking about how the devil is hindering you, how he’s keeping you sick, is a confession of defeat. When you talk about God, you are glorifying God. Well, in the same way, when you talk about the devil, you are glorifying the devil. Most Christians spend more time glorifying the devil than they do God. They spend more time making a wrong confession. And that kind of confession saps the very life out of them. It destroys their faith. Our confession should be in line with what God said. Remember, confession is affirming something that we believe, testifying to something that we know, and witnessing for a truth that we have embraced. Our confession should be a witness for a truth that we have embraced. It should affirm that we believe the Word. Then w

October 8 . . . The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.— ROMANS 10:8 The Realm of Faith The greatest thing that will ever happen to you is when you move into this realm of faith that I’m talking about. Your intellect, or your mind, will fight you. And your physical senses and will fight you every step of the way. They will fight to keep you from moving into this realm. If the natural mind is not renewed with the Word, or if it is just partially renewed with the Word, it will try to hold you in the natural realm. But there is a spiritual realm to enter into, where you think differently than you used to think. You talk differently than you used to talk. When you get right down to it, wrong thinking, wrong believing, and wrong confessing are the things that defeat us. Right thinking, right believing, and right confessing are the things that put us over. Now if what you say is wrong, it’s because your believing is wrong. If y

October 6 For we walk by faith, not by sight.—2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 Go Ahead—Brag About Who You Are in Christ  ! Years ago, a dear preacher friend of mine said to me, “I don’t believe like you believe.” At the time he said that, I’d been well for the past forty-five years, and he’d been sickly off and on for forty-five years. Well, I liked my way of believing a whole lot better than his way. This preacher would say, “If God ever heals me, I’ll start believing in healing.” He meant that if all his symptoms disappeared, he would believe. I started believing I was healed while I was bedfast and still paralyzed. I couldn’t walk or move a bit when I began believing I was healed. Some people have said, “You’re just bragging on yourself. You’re stuck on yourself. You think you’re something.” No, I’m stuck on God’s Word! I’m bragging on Him! Anyone who knows Jesus—anyone who knows what God has done for him—has plenty to brag about. And he ought to brag about it! I’m bragging because I’m a new crea

October 5 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.—ISAIAH 55:8–9 God’s Way of Thinking You can read what the Bible says, and from the natural standpoint, it doesn’t sound reasonable sometimes. But these verses in Isaiah have helped me greatly. Isaiah is contrasting our thoughts (man’s thoughts) with God’s thoughts. He says that God’s thoughts, or God’s way of thinking, is higher than man’s way of thinking. The Bible contains God’s thoughts. If you want to know God’s thinking on any subject, see what the Bible says on that subject. Now if your mind has not been renewed with the Word of God, it’s difficult for you to think in line with God’s way of thinking. (You get your mind renewed with the Word of God by meditating on it.) And even if your mind has been renewed, you still may not understand with your natural mind everythi

October 4 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you.—NUMBERS 14:28 Confession Precedes Actual Possession Notice that even after the man with arthritis was anointed with oil and prayed for by the elders, there was still no manifestation. But they continued to confess that he was healed. You see, confession precedes possession. Or we could say, “Possession follows confession.” Another way to put it is, “Faith’s confessions create realities.” The man’s pain was gone. He was out of bed trimming a tree in his backyard. Then he drove his car. The reality of his healing was there. Well, that’s what most people want; that’s what they’re seeking. They want the reality of their healing. How do they get it? By confessing that they have it before they ever see it. I encourage you to read through the New Testament, underlining the expressions “in Him,” “in Christ,” and “in whom.” These scriptures tell you what belongs to you in Christ. Yo

October 3 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.—LUKE 15:31 Receive What God Has for You I received a letter some time ago that I’d like to share with you because it will inspire you and be a blessing to you. Dear Brother Hagin, My husband received healing through your ministry. My husband and I had begged God for years to no avail. But when we realized that healing was something we already had, and we decided to stand on the Word, it was only a matter of a few months until the manifestation of my husband’s healing began to appear. We not only stood on the Word by saying it to ourselves, we also said it to others. My husband first became ill in 1970 at the age of forty. The diagnosis was a non-crippling, but extremely painful form of arthritis. During the last five years, my husband had to stay in bed. The only time he got up was to go to the bathroom, see the doctor, or go to the hospital when the pain got so bad that he had to have some relief