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AUGUST August 1 And when he [Jesus] had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.—MATTHEW 10:1 We Have Power—Faith Activates the Power! In Matthew chapter 17, we read that Jesus took Peter, James, and John to what became known as the Mount of Transfiguration, where Jesus was transfigured before them. The only disciples on the mountain with Jesus were Peter, James, and John. During this experience, the other nine disciples were at the foot of the mountain, where a man brought his son for them to minister to the boy, but they failed. Let’s pick up with verse 14. MATTHEW 17:14–16 14 And when they [Jesus, Peter, James, and John] were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him t...

July 31 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. —MARK 6:6 The Cure for Unbelief After I left the last church I pastored in 1949, I primarily held meetings in Full Gospel churches until 1962. Again and again, I had pastors say to me, “Brother Hagin, I don’t want to hinder you. I’m so full of unbelief. I’ll just get completely out of the way and sit in the back of the auditorium.” And some of them got completely out of the church services. Isn’t that a tragedy? I’ve laid hands on people with the pastor standing behind me and breathing the hot breath of unbelief down my neck. But God sent me to help them. And I tried to help them. When they come before the Judgment Seat of Christ, they can’t say, “We didn’t know.” You see, doubt and unbelief have not only robbed individuals and cities, but doubt and unbelief have also robbed entire churches of the blessings God intended they should have. My wife once said to me, “Honey, it just dawned o...

July 30,  And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. . . .—MARK 6:5 Unbelief Will Keep You From the Blessings of  God  Let’s look at a city that was robbed of God’s best. According to Mark 6:5, when Jesus left the city of Nazareth, He left people languishing on beds of sickness and disease. These were people who could have been healed and should have been healed. It was the will of God to heal them. Now many people say, “God is all powerful and if He wanted to heal them, He could have.” Well, wasn’t Jesus God in the flesh? Yes! Jesus said, “He that has seen Me has seen the Father. If you want to see God working, look at Me” (John 14:9). Yet Jesus didn’t heal these people. Why? It was because of their unbelief. The unbelief of that city robbed them of the blessings of God. Unbelief robbed them of the healing God wanted to bring to them. Confession: It is God’s will to ...

July 29 . . . When he [the devil] speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.—JOHN 8:44 Don’t Believe the Devil’s Lies After the woman died, this Assembly of God pastor said to me, “When the doctors performed an autopsy on her, they couldn’t find any trace of cancer in any way, shape, or form in her body. Her liver was just as perfect as anyone else’s liver. They couldn’t find a trace of cancer. They don’t know why she died.” I know why she died. She began to doubt. She let the devil in and began to believe that she had cancer. She began to believe his lies. The doctors said, “We can’t find any reason why she died.” A miracle began in her life, yet she was robbed of the best that God had for her, because of doubt. I think if Jesus had been there to talk to her personally, He would have said, “O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” In fact, I’ve had Him say that to me. And when He did, I straightened up and got right. Doubt robbed Peter ...

July 28 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?—MATTHEW 14:31 Don’t Let Doubt Rob You Many times a miracle begins in a person’s life, and then doubt robs him or her of the full blessing. A miracle began in the life of Peter. He was walking on the water. But that miracle was never consummated. That miracle never came into full fruition. Why? According to Matthew 14:31, he let doubt get in. I was preaching along this line one time, and an Assembly of God pastor said, “I understand something now that I didn’t understand before. As a young preacher, there were two women in my church. Both of them had cancer of the liver. By the time they both found out about it, they each had only a few weeks to live. About that time, a healing evangelist came to the church. He prayed for the sick by the laying on of hands. And both women were gloriously and marvelously healed. At the time this pastor spoke to me...

July 27 . . . And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.—MATTHEW 14:29 Walk on the Water In Matthew 14:28, Peter said, “. . . Lord if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.” Jesus said, “Come.” Peter stepped out of the boat and walked on the water to go to Jesus. Notice that he walked on the water. Don’t ever criticize Peter until you can walk on the water without sinking! If you can walk on the water and not sink, then we’ll accept your criticism. But don’t criticize Peter. At least he did walk on the water. On the other hand, you have no excuse to hide behind Peter, so to speak, and make excuses for why we fail to receive from God. The Bible tells us exactly why Peter began to sink. If we’ll listen, we won’t have to sink when our faith is tested. Jesus didn’t intend for us to sink as we’re walking on the sea of life, and He didn’t intend for Peter to sink. Jesus said to Peter, “Come.” And as long as Peter acted on Jesus’ word, he wa...

July 23 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 Talk About Your Faith and What the Lord Has Done for You I was a single man at the time I experienced this paralysis in my face. I had walked a young woman named Imogene to church. As I was walking her back home, several of the young people who were walking with us said, “Kenneth, did the Lord really heal you?” I said, “He sure did.” “Well, we noticed when we passed under the street light and you laughed, that one corner of your mouth ran all the way around to your ear. Do you feel any different?” “Not that I can tell,” I said. “What makes you think you’re healed?” they asked I said, “I don’t think it. I know it.” “We can see you’re not healed, and you admit you don’t feel any better. Aren’t you lying about it?” I said to them, “No, I’m talking faith. Faith calleth those things that be not as though they were. Jesus said that when y...