TIMELESS TEACHINGS OF KENNETH E. HAGIN

At a Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship convention, a woman came up to me and said, "Brother Hagin, I want you to promise me something."

"I want to find out what it is first," I replied

She said, "I want you to promise me that you'll pray for my son every day. He's 15 years old. I'm a widow and I can't get him to go to church. He's in a gang, and I'm afraid they're on drugs. He's out until 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning. I lie awake at night waiting for the phone to ring telling me they've got him down at the jail."

I interrupted her before she could say anything more about how bad her son was. I shocked her by saying, "I'm not going to do it."

KINDLE THE FLAME HOST/SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT

//Lynette Hagin

At one time or another, we've all dealt with baggage in our lives. It doesn't matter who we are—life isn't perfect. We experience disappointments, failures, deceptions, and ugly situations. In the midst of these difficult times, whether we realize it or not, we start accumulating baggage.

Sometimes we don't see the baggage we're carrying because we've become so accustomed to it. It's just a part of our lives. But that baggage keeps us from fulfilling God's plan for us. Baggage prevents us from having the joy of the Lord in our hearts. It keeps us in bondage.

For Rachael Rowland, August 13, 2012, began like any other day. She woke up, spent time with her 3-year-old son, and headed to the gym before going to work.

A 2000 Rhema Bible Training College graduate and former Lady Eagles basketball player, Rachael had followed this routine many times before. But on this day, as she finished up at the gym, things changed swiftly.

"I felt something like a disc slip in my back," she recalled. "And I was 28 weeks pregnant, so it made me nauseous." Shaking badly, Rachael lowered herself to the floor. "I probably looked pretty crazy," she said. "Pregnant and lying on the floor at the gym."

//Craig W. Hagin

"God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."
—2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

The Bible clearly says that God has not given us a spirit of fear. So if we have a spirit of fear, where does it come from? It comes from the devil.

When people say, "I'm afraid of this" or "I'm afraid of that," what they're actually saying is, "I'm giving place to the devil to rule and reign over this area of my life."

It's no fun to live life afraid. When I first began to snow ski, I became afraid every time I went. And I crashed a lot! It wasn't fun.