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HEART TO HEART
Give Me My Mountain!
Do you remember the things God has spoken to you in the past—the promises He has given you? Are you ready to say to the
Lord, “Give me my mountain! I want to possess the promises in Your Word that belong to me”?
I’m excited today because God has promised us something, and we can have it if we’re willing to go after it with our faith! You
see, what God has promised us is not going to fall on us. We have to take hold of what belongs to us with our faith and with
our obedience to His Word.
Caleb was a man who remembered what God had spoken to him, and he held on to God’s promise for 45 years! That’s a
long time to keep believing and remembering what God has said to you. Caleb told Joshua, “Give me that mountain over
there—the one that God promised me” (Joshua 14:12). But that mountain just happened to be full of giants!
That didn’t stop Caleb for one second. He boldly declared, “The Lord helping me, I will drive [the giants] out” (v. 12 NIV). I like
that! He was saying, “The Lord helping me, I will take my mountain.” And with the Lord’s help, you and I can take our mountain
too!
Why did Caleb end up possessing the mountain God had promised him? Joshua 14:8 (NIV) says that Caleb “followed the
Lord . . . wholeheartedly.” Not only did he follow the Lord with his whole heart, but he also operated in the God-kind of faith
(Mark 11:23). In other words, he believed what God spoke and he spoke what he believed. By believing and speaking God’s
Word, he possessed what God had promised him!
Has God said something to you? Has He given you a promise? Don’t let it slip! You have to hang on to His promise like a
bulldog does with a bone! Your faith may not bring the promise overnight. But if you’ll keep on believing and speaking God’s
Word, His promise will become a reality!
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Faith Works by Love
Kenneth W. Hagin
Everything Jesus provided for us comes to us by faith. But
to be effective, our faith must work through love.
Talk to Me
Lynette Hagin
Good communication between spouses builds strong marriages.
There are simple ways to keep the dialogue going.
Love’s Rewards
Kenneth E. Hagin
Love never fails. One reward of walking in love is living in
divine health.
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Two RBTC graduates are determined to reach Quebec, Canada, and the
rest of the French-speaking world with the message of faith. Read their
story.

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I allowed depression to overtake me. I stopped going to church, praying, and fellowshipping with other believers. My sister
told me I had lost my joy. I came to a RHEMA Bible Church service right before Campmeeting 2010 and felt nothing but
love and welcome. And then Pastor Hagin mentioned Campmeeting. I came and it has been absolutely wonderful being
bombarded with the Word and the Holy Spirit. If my joy is not fully back, it is very, very close—and God has only just
begun! I even joined the RHEMA Word Partner Club. Thank you!
—A.L.
Chelsea, Oklahoma

Faith is the hand that takes the things we need
from God. Everything Jesus purchased for
us on Calvary can be obtained by faith. This
includes salvation, healing, the fullness of the
Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit,
and victory over the world, the flesh, the devil,
and all the powers of darkness.
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All of these things
come to us by faith. But it
must be faith that works
by love (Gal. 5:6).
Faith is not working for
some Christians because
they do not have a full understanding
of what the
Word of God says about
faith.
Bible teachers say we
must have faith to please
God, but some casually
pass over the teachings
that faith works by love, and
that God is love. When
I was a boy, there were
many subjects I used to
hear preached. One was
the power in the blood.
Another was this subject
of love. All of these subjects
must fit together.
If we are to live in line
with God’s Word, we must
not only be faith children
of a faith God, but we
must also be love children
of a love God. Too
many Christians do not
have any knowledge about
walking in love. We need
to understand all facets of
it. The love of God needs
to ooze out of us so much
that when we walk into a
room, people will know
we are living in love!
If we are going to make
our faith house strong,
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we must make its foundations
strong. And the foundation
of faith is love. The Kingdom
of God has been damaged by
people who have heard the faith
message once and have run off
with it without knowing what
they were doing or how to use
what they had heard. Before
long, they came crashing down
and didn’t understand why.
We can make all the confessions
we want to. We can quote
the Bible day and night. We can
fast and pray, and we still won’t
get anything if we are not walking
in love. The Word says faith
works by love. But if we’re not
walking in love, our faith won’t
work!
When we check up on ourselves,
we will often find certain
areas where we are not really
walking in love—and these areas
are keeping our faith from operating
at full capacity. We’ve become
so accustomed to doing certain
things in the natural realm—things
such as losing our temper—that
we never realize how these things
hinder us in the spiritual realm!
I have learned that if I am to
maintain any kind of faith walk,
Love is more interested in
others than in itself.
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I must put down my carnal nature.
The secret is letting the love
of God work within my spirit.
Love is more interested in
others than in itself. But when
we begin operating in this realm
of love, we will be blessed. When
we get so busy unselfishly helping
others obtain blessings that
we forget about ourselves, we
will find honor, success, and
promotion for ourselves.
The Word of God also instructs
us to love our neighbors
as ourselves (Mark 12:31). We
cannot really love others until
we love ourselves. Some people
will say, “Oh, I don’t want to be
arrogant. We’re supposed to be
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Discover why the God-kind of love is the
foundation upon which a solid life of faith
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Faith IN ACTION
Love Is . . .
Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful
or proud or rude.
It does not demand its
own way.
It is not irritable, and it keeps
no record of being wronged.
It does not rejoice about injustice
but rejoices whenever
the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never
loses faith, is always hopeful,
and endures through every
circumstance.
—1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (NLT)
humble!” Yes, but there is a difference
between being arrogant and
loving ourselves. A person can be
arrogant and still not love himself
or herself.
We should know who and
what we are in Christ and what
we have because of Him. If we
know these things, we will realize
that we are kings who sit in
heavenly places with Christ. That
will give us a good self-image!
Many marriages are faltering
because two people who don’t
love themselves are trying to
love each other. But when you
think about it, they can’t really
love their mate if they don’t even
love themselves.
When we make it a point to
walk in love, we’ll find that the
God-kind of love spills over into
every aspect of our lives. Not
only will we reap spiritual benefits;
we will reap natural benefits
that we never thought possible.
We’ll discover that good
things are happening to us. Promotions
are coming. The money
we need is coming. Everything
we need is coming to us. As we
walk the love walk, we are not
having to make all these good
things happen—they are happening
automatically.
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Faithful to the Call
The question burned in their hearts—“How do we help reach the
world’s French-speaking nations with the message of faith in Jesus
Christ?” Ken and Tonja Taylor didn’t know, but they did know how to
start. They took one step at a time and just obeyed God.
Long before RHEMA Quebec was established
in 2007, God gave the Taylors a vision to help
reach the nations of the world—particularly the 52
French-speaking nations—with the faith message.
After graduating from RHEMA USA in 1987, the
Taylors returned to their home state of Missouri and
began traveling in ministry throughout the United
States and overseas on short-term missions trips.
After they completed a month-long trip to France
in 1989, more direction came. “I was back home
in Missouri,” Ken recalled. “I was praying in other
tongues—just worshipping the Lord—and God
spoke strongly to me. He said, ‘I want you to start
praying for the people of Quebec.’ ”
At the time, neither Ken nor Tonja knew why God
was leading them to pray for this French-speaking
Canadian province. They had never been to Quebec
and didn’t know anyone there. They certainly
didn’t know that only six-tenths of one percent of
Quebecers were evangelical Christians and that the
province was truly a mission field.
Though they couldn’t see the full picture, Ken
and Tonja began to pray as God had directed. “As
we prayed,” Ken observed, “the Lord put a vision
in our hearts for the people of Quebec.” Several
months later, during Winter Bible Seminar 1990, God
gave Ken a glimpse of the bigger plan. “During a
time of praise and worship,” he said, “it just came
into my heart that we need to have a RHEMA in
Quebec one day.”
At that time, the Taylors had yet to step foot in
Quebec. So they continued to pray, letting the vision
grow while they traveled and ministered. In 1990,
Ken and Tonja visited the province for the first time
and received an undeniable witness in their hearts
confirming God’s destiny for them to establish their
ministry base in Quebec.
Though God’s will for them to move to Quebec
was clear, it was also evident that the timing was not
yet right. In preparation for their ultimate relocation,
the Taylors felt led of the Spirit to first spend a
season of ministry in France.
In August of 1992, they moved to Nice, France,
where they worked alongside another RHEMA couple,
pastors John and Laura Madan, for two years.
This vital time of preparation gave them an opportunity
to become more fluent in the language and to
cultivate relationships which laid the foundation for
what was to come.
In 1994, after Ken and Tonja had lived in France
for two years, God finally moved them to Quebec.
They had three things on their hearts: establishing
a strong local church, starting a French-language
publishing ministry, and training French-speaking
ministers.
Today the Taylors are seeing all three facets of
their vision coming to pass. Nine months after moving
to Quebec they assumed the pastorate of Église
La Vie Comblée de Drummondville (Abundant Life
Church Drummondville). They’ve seen tremendous
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growth in their congregation over the years.
They are also the official distributors of Faith
Library books translated into French for all
of North America.
In 2007, Ken and Tonja saw the fulfillment
of what the Lord had shown Ken 17
years earlier. RHEMA Bible Training Center
came to Quebec. Located in Drummondville,
the campus is only an hour to an hour
and a half away from the province’s major
cities. This works well with the intense,
weekend-class format used at RHEMA Quebec
and at many other RHEMA international
campuses. Students are able to commute in
on Fridays and leave Saturday evenings.
In a unique relationship, RHEMA Quebec
works closely with RHEMA France to reach
as many French-speaking people as possible.
The schools share much of the same teaching
staff, with European and Quebec based
instructors teaching courses on both sides
of the Atlantic at different times throughout
the school year. Ken explained, “We can accomplish
so much more together than we
can apart. If each of us on the French team
were just doing our own thing, we wouldn’t
have nearly the same impact.”
It’s no surprise then that RHEMA Quebec
and RHEMA France both launched new
campuses in September 2010—bringing
the number of French-speaking RHEMA
campuses to four. RHEMA France opened
a campus in Nice, and RHEMA Quebec
established a new campus in Montreal, the
second-largest French-speaking city in the
world after Paris.
Because the need is so great, both Ken
and Tonja are excited about the influence
RHEMA is beginning to have in Quebec.
Ken explained, “Quebec is 99 percent Roman
Catholic, but only about 15 percent are
actually practicing. In the generation we’re
trying to reach, most have never been in
If you are a French-speaker or
you know someone who is, more
details about what RHEMA is
doing in Quebec are available at
www.RhemaQuebec.org.
church. They have never heard the simple
message of salvation and have no clue which
end is up as far as morality is concerned.
Children are growing up in a very liberal
and godless environment.”
For the Taylors, the one great thing about
such an environment is that the people are
hungry. “They don’t know what they are
hungry for,” Ken noted, “and they are looking
in the wrong places, but they’re hungry.
We have the opportunity to offer them the
only thing that will satisfy them.”
Throughout the years, cultural differences,
religious and racial prejudices,
spiritual opposition, and the difficulties
of educating their five children within the
French school system have presented the
Taylors with many opportunities to persevere.
In spite of these challenges, Ken and
Tonja, along with their family, are seeing
the rewards of their faithfulness and dedication
to God’s call. Nearly all RHEMA Quebec
graduates are in some form of ministry
today. And in addition to their native Quebec
graduates, they have alumni from Frenchspeaking
Africa, and even Haiti, who have
grabbed hold of the Word of faith and are
taking it back to their nations.
Ken and Tonja have also seen amazing
fruit in their church. Twelve years ago one of
their members, Celine, underwent a routine
operation. Before the operation, Tonja felt
led to pray against infection—and it soon
became clear why. After the surgery, doctors
noticed an abnormal black spot on Celine’s
stomach. Within a matter of hours, the spot
began to grow.
Celine had contracted the flesh-eating
disease. And it wasn’t in her arm or leg—
which could be amputated to save her life.
The disease was in her abdomen. Doctors
said they didn’t know of anyone who had
lived after contracting the disease in that
part of the body.
The disease began eating Celine’s abdominal
muscles and ovaries. When doctors
opened her up in surgery, however, they
saw something amazing. Inexplicably, the
bacteria stopped when it reached her vital
organs.
Though the disease had halted its deadly
course, Celine remained in a coma. Ken
went to see her in the hospital, where her
husband stood faithfully by her side praying
in the Spirit. “There was no sign of life,” he
recalled, “but I had it in my heart to speak
Romans 8:11 to her: ‘If the same Spirit that
raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then
He will quicken your mortal body.’” As soon
as Ken spoke those words, Celine shook
her head yes. After a week in a coma, she
woke up.
Though the immediate danger had
passed, Celine’s battle of faith was far from
over. She had no muscles in her abdomen
and was in great pain. However, because she
was in a church that believed in the Word
and divine healing, over time she recovered
completely. She went on to attend RHEMA
Quebec as a member of the charter class.
Today she is one of the main praise and
worship leaders in the church—a miracle in
itself for someone who had no abdominal
muscles. God is also using her to minister
healing to others.
Celine and
her husband—
long-time
members of
the Taylors’
church—after
her miraculous
healing from
the flesh-eating
disease.
Though Ken gives all the glory to Jesus
for this miraculous healing, he is also very
grateful to the Hagins. “If the Hagins had not
been faithful to their call, then we wouldn’t
have been trained to do what we are doing.
God called us—a young couple from Missouri—to
go to Quebec, minister in French,
and reach these people,” he said. “We have
just tried to obey God—to do what He
has called us to do—and stay faithful, and
persevere.”
The Taylors are determined to reach
the finish line. Each year along with their
diplomas, RHEMA USA graduates receive
track-and-field relay race runner’s batons,
symbolizing that it is their turn to run their
race for God. “We have taken hold of that
baton and we are running with it,” Ken said.
“We are not going to give up, because when
we see our graduates preaching the Gospel
with passion and the fire of the anointing, it
makes all those years of effort worth it.”

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propel me into my calling, into my future.”
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A CALL TO ARMS
Striding to the podium wearing
a firefighter’s bunker gear and
helmet, Kenneth W. Hagin
ignited his 2010 A Call to
Arms Men’s Conference with
a challenge to attendees to be
“men of valor.”
About a thousand men gathered
November 4 at RHEMA Bible Church in
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, for the threeday
conference. Rev. Hagin exhorted
those present to let God mold them into
men who will do great deeds and sow
great seeds for Him. Guest speakers Ed
Elliott and John Bevere focused on God’s
mercy and grace, respectively. Workshops
dealt with money, marriage, men’s
health, leadership, and similar topics.
Special bonus sessions were held at a
nearby sporting goods shop. And good
fellowship and food abounded.
The conference concluded Saturday with
a prayer and Communion service and a
prize giveaway. Attendees left spiritually
strengthened and encouraged to be men
of valor in their communities.
A Call to Arms 2011 will be
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You can do more
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than you can in a lifetime with your
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A CALL TO ARMS
“Too many people are paying their
tithes instead of giving their tithes.
God is not a bill.”
—Craig W. Hagin
From “Lord, You Want
How Much?”
“Sometimes we want the power before
the task. But God has given us the
task, and then the power becomes
available.”
—David Vasquez
From “If It Feels Good, Do It?”
“Everyone has the ability to doubt.
Let’s use that ability to doubt what the
devil says. Dare to believe what the
Bible says.”
—Matt Flanders
From “You Da Man:
Valor vs. Victim”
“God didn’t ask you to give up
anything. He said to give of yourself.
Give yourself to the will of
God, thereby giving yourself to
your wife, because she is made to
help you with the will of God.”
—Mark Bintliff
From “Solving the
Marriage Mystery”
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David’s Mighty
Men of Valor
KENNETH W. HAGIN
In First Samuel 22:1–2 (NKJV) we see David hiding
from King Saul. When his parents and brothers heard of
it, they joined him. So did everyone who was in distress,
in debt, and discontented—about 400 men. And David became
their captain.
This was a poor, deplorable group. But God changed them
into men of valor. God took them where He found them and
brought them where He wanted them to be.
David’s men started out with great needs—they were in
trouble, in debt, and dissatisfied. But they ended up performing
great deeds (see 2 Sam. 23:8–12). The Bible is
full of people with great needs who wound up doing great
things for God. Moses, Gideon, Peter, and Paul are just
four examples. The power of God enabled these men to
accomplish mighty things for Him! You can do more in five
minutes with the power of God than you can in a lifetime
with your own strength.
David’s mighty men also sowed great seeds. In First Chronicles
29:6–7 (CEV) we see David’s government officials
and army commanders giving large offerings to build the
temple in Jerusalem. When these men started out with David,
they were broke and in debt. Now, thanks to their great
God, they were able to give almost 200 tons of gold!
When it’s all said and done, how will we be known? Will
it be for our great needs or our great deeds? It’s
certain that for eternity we will be known for the
seeds we’ve sown into the Kingdom of God. These
are not necessarily financial seeds. They can be
seeds of our talent, our time, and many other
things.
Let God work in your life until your great
needs turn into great deeds and your great
deeds turn into great seeds. Men of valor
give willingly of themselves to make sure
that the work of God stands. Are you
ready to be a man of valor? Are you ready
to sow great seeds and do great deeds
for God?
“‘We love Him because He first loved us’ (1 John 4:19 NKJV). The reason we love
Him is that He first loved us. The Bible teaches us that we shouldn’t love in word
only, but in demonstration (1 John 3:18). So that means God doesn’t love in word
only, but in demonstration. And God demonstrates His love through His body, which
is us. Sharing the Gospel is not telling someone, ‘You know what your problem is?
You need to love God.’ That doesn’t bring a person into love. That condemns him.
You didn’t get your wife to fall in love with you by telling her to love you.”
—Ed Elliott
From “Addicted to Jesus”
“What can a pastor do with a church
full of people who won’t do anything?
We need to stand up and ask, ‘What
can I do?’”
—Jay Adkins
From “Taking a Stand
When You Feel Like Sitting”
“Paul compared the Christian life to a
runner—to someone who disciplines
himself. In our Christian life, we need
to honor God with our bodies. We need
to be an example to those around us.”
—Dr. Joe Reese
From “Doritos to Discipline”
“There is always a wilderness on the
way to your fulfilling your purpose.
Don’t stop. Just keep going!”
—Gene Bailey
From “Be All You Can Be”
“Following a lot of times has nothing
to do with you attaining to the place
you think you’re going to end up.
It’s about taking the next
step God has asked you
to take.”
—Tommy FiGart
From “Leading While
Following”
“A lot of times we’re
looking for the windows
of Heaven to open so
we can be blessed. But
I say become a window.
Be a blessing to someone
else.”
—Byron August
From “The Servalution
Revolution”
“We were created for the extraordinary. God has called you to live an extraordinary life
and empowered you to do so! But how do you live an extraordinary life? The answer is the
grace of God. God said to the Apostle Paul in Second Corinthians 12:9, “‘My grace is all
you need. My power works best in weakness’” (NLT). After years and years of study on this,
my definition of the grace of God is, ‘God’s empowerment that gives us the ability to go
beyond our natural ability.’ The majority of Christians are trying to live a godly life in their
own ability. I used to try to live a Christian life in my own ability, and I was miserable. I’m
so glad that God’s grace empowers me to live a Christian life.”
—John Bevere
From “Extraordinary: The Life You’re Meant to Live”

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Amp•li•fy: to increase in size,
volume, or significance
Experience Amplify 2011!
It’s Not Just Another
Conference.
The way we do church needs to change. Charles Finney
once said, “Our theaters are full because the world lies
well. Our churches are empty because we tell the truth
poorly.” And many times, the first impression anyone
gets of a church comes from the praise and worship
team and the technical staff (audio, video, and lighting).
A church can have a top-notch praise and worship
team, but if the audio staff can’t produce good sound
quality, the worship experience will be lacking. By the
same token, a church can have the best technical staff
available, but if the praise and worship team doesn’t
know how to flow with the Spirit and the pastor, the
ultimate goal of leading people into God’s presence
can be hindered.
The RHEMA Bible Church platform received a
facelift in 2008. Pastor Kenneth W. Hagin knew it was
necessary because we live in a visually-driven society.
“We can use all of the modern technology the world is
using—just keep the Spirit there,” he said. “You can use
the lights and smoke and so forth. They’re not going to
kill the Spirit. There’s nothing wrong with it.”
Amplify 2011, RHEMA’s first worship and technology
conference, brings together some of the top worship
leaders and audio, lighting, and video companies in the
nation. Concerts . . . worship and technical workshops . . .
Q-and-A sessions with musical guests . . . all designed
to help you take your praise and worship
to the next level.
Here’s a sampling of workshop topics:
Recording a Worship Album on a Budget
New Trends in LED Lighting
Streaming and Satellite Churches
Advanced Mixing Techniques
Amplify 2011 is an event you DO NOT want to miss!
Register today!
Three Ways to
Register *
By Phone
(for individuals, groups of five or more, or RMAI/RAA
members)
1-866-312-0972
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(for individuals or groups of five or more)
www.amplify2011.com
Note to pastors:
This is an investment in your church that will reap rewards
for many years to come. Your worship and technical teams
will leave with a better understanding of how to flow
with the Holy Spirit and with you as the pastor. This is an
opportunity you can’t afford to miss!
By Mail
(for individuals only)
Mail the attached form along with your check
made payable to Kenneth Hagin Ministries to:
Amplify 2011
Kenneth Hagin Ministries
P.O. Box 50126
Tulsa, OK 74150-0126
Mailed registrations must be received by June 3, 2011.
*Walk-in registration available
14 THE WORD OF FAITH // Feb/Mar ‘11

RHEMA Worship & Technology Conference
June 15–18, 2011
On the RHEMA USA Campus | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
With musical guests:
Martha Munizzi
Grammy-Award Nominee
Kari Jobe
Multiple Dove-Award Winner
David & Nicole Binion
Daniel Eric Groves
Technology workshops by
Yamaha and Sennheiser
for more information, speaker bios, and updates,
visit www.amplify2011.com.
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or postmarked no later than April 15, 2011. Requests may be e-mailed to PartnerService@rhema.org or mailed to Partner Services, Kenneth Hagin Ministries, P.O. Box
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Talk to
Me
LYNETTE Hagin
One thing that can cause a lot of problems
in marriages is lack of communication.
People have different personalities and
ways of communicating. Some people
are loud. Others are quiet. If a loud person
gets hooked up with a quiet person, it’s
easy for conflict to start brewing.
Some families are
just loud. Everything
they do is loud. They talk
loud. They have fun loud.
And they fight loud. Other
families are so quiet you
could hear a pin drop in
their homes.
I came from a quiet
family, but my husband,
Ken, is from a loud family.
Growing up I was taught
that only one person spoke
at a time. If you had something
to say, you never
interrupted while another
family member was talking.
You waited until that
person finished before
speaking.
But when I married
Ken, I quickly learned
that if you didn’t interrupt,
you didn’t get to talk.
And if you didn’t talk loud
enough, you weren’t heard.
I saw only one solution: I
learned to talk loud!
Get to the Point,
Sweetheart!
Most women feel they
have to tell every detail of a
situation in their conversations.
But men usually just
like to hear the bottom line.
Women need to understand
that most men don’t
want to hear all the whys
and wherefores. On the
other hand, husbands can
learn to be a little more patient
and listen when their
wives are trying to tell them
something.
Wedges That Divide
We live in such a fastpaced
world that it seems
as though we don’t have
time to communicate.
But we can’t afford not to
communicate. Constant
communication will end
disputes and take our marriages
to the next level.
Sometimes spouses conclude
that if they can’t get
their point across, there’s
no reason to continue communicating.
So they just
stop talking. But when we
stop talking to each other,
we take the first step
toward growing apart. The
wife begins to do her thing
and the husband does his
thing. Eventually all communication
stops. When
this happens, the marriage
is no longer a marriage but
an arrangement.
Opening the Lines of
Communication
No two people agree on
everything all the time. We
won’t learn how to communicate
effectively without
going through some
disagreements or hard
times in our marriages.
But all of us can get to
the point in our marriages
where we can say what we
think and work through
any situation that may
come up.
Here are two ways to
keep the lines of communication
open:
1. Listen with our
mouths shut.
We need to hear our
spouses out and then respond.
Many times we’re
so busy figuring out how
we’re going to respond
that we don’t hear everything
that the other
person said. And then
we end up responding
inappropriately.
2. Respond
assertively instead
of aggressively.
Aggressive attacks
call for retaliation. But
instead of being aggressive,
we can be assertive
by using words like
“I feel” instead of words
like “you never” and
“you’re so. . . .”
Feelings
If our spouses are going
to feel safe to share their
true feelings, we can’t slap
them down with our words
when they tell us how
they feel. If we do, they
may quit talking. They
may passively go along
with what we’ve said, but
one day they’ll blow up.
It’s like a pressure cooker
that has a clogged release
valve. Eventually it will
blow sky high!
Blowups can be avoided
when we learn how to
express our feelings properly.
As long as we keep
them locked up, they will
remain tucked away somewhere
in the back of our
mind. Our spouse only
has to push the right button
and those feelings will
come spewing out.
Marriage is teamwork,
and communication plays
an important role for any
team to work. But as we
learn to communicate with
our spouses and express
our feelings the right way,
we will build stronger, happier
marriages that last.
To read more about effective
communication in a marriage,
go to www.rhema.org /
Study Center / Articles / Family
/ “Communication: The Heart of
Marriage.”
16 THE WORD OF FAITH // Feb/Mar ‘11

Oh, How He Loves You
Kenneth E. Hagin
Many people have
a difficult time
comprehending
God as a Father
Who loves and
cares for them.
They have the idea
that God is like
a judge who sits
up in Heaven and
looks for a chance
to punish them the
moment they make
a mistake.
But no, God is a
loving Heavenly
Father! The Bible
says that He is love
(1 John 4:8, 16).
In the Gospels
Jesus always portrayed
God as a
loving Father.
JOHN 3:16 (NKJV)
16 “For GOD SO
LOVED the world that
He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever
believes in Him
should not perish but
have everlasting life.”
JOHN 16:27 (NKJV)
27 “For THE FATHER
Himself LOVES YOU,
because you have
loved Me, and have
believed that I came
forth from God.”
Jesus presented
the Fatherhood
side of God. He
presented the
love nature of the
Father, which is
what Christianity is
all about. Religion
is harsh and cold,
but Christianity is
a relationship with
a loving Father
God—a Father Who
always cares for
the needs of His
children. We see
that again in these
verses.
MATTHEW 6:8, 26
(NKJV)
8 “YOUR FATHER
knows the things you
have need of before
you ask Him.”
26 “Look at the birds
of the air, for they
neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns;
yet YOUR HEAVENLY
FATHER feeds them.
Are you not of more
value than they?”
Notice the utter tenderness
in this picture
of the Father
caring for His children.
Our Heavenly
Father knows our
needs, and He desires
to meet them
before we even ask
Him for help! God is
a God of love, and
His very love nature
compels Him to
care for and provide
for His children.
In Matthew chapter
6 Jesus says more
about the Father’s
care for His children.
MATTHEW 6:31–33
(NKJV)
31 “Therefore do not
worry, saying, ‘What
shall we eat?’ or ‘What
shall we drink?’ or
‘What shall we wear?’
32 . . . For your heavenly
Father knows that
you need all these
things.
33 But seek first the
kingdom of God and
His righteousness, and
all these things shall be
added to you.”
Some people have
been taught to read
that last verse, “All
these things shall
be taken away from
you.” They think if
they put God first,
they won’t ever
have anything.
But that’s not what
Jesus said. He said
the things we need
will be added to
us as we seek first
the Kingdom of
God. That promise
proves our Father
loves and cares
for us. He doesn’t
want His children
to worry or fret
about anything, because
He loves us
and wants to meet
our every need.
We can be sure of
this one fact: As we
trust God with our
lives, He will take a
Father’s place and
SALVATION PRAYER
God loves you and
wants to take care
of you. In fact, the
Bible says God
loved you so much
that He sent His
only Son, Jesus,
to die for you and
make a way for you
to live forever with
Him (Rom. 5:8;
John 3:16). God
wants you to become
His child.
Would you like to
know this loving
God as your Heavenly
Father?
It’s easy! Just pray
the following prayer
from your heart:
perform a Father’s
part in our lives. He
is our Father, and
Jeremiah 31:3 says
He loves us and
cares for us with an
everlasting love.
__________
[Editor’s Note: This
article was adapted
from Kenneth E.
Hagin’s book Classic
Sermons.]
God,
I come to You in
the Name of Jesus.
I admit that I am
not right with You,
and I want to be
right with You. I
want You to be my
Heavenly Father. I
ask You to forgive
me of all my sins.
The Bible says if
I confess with my
mouth “Jesus is
Lord” and believe
in my heart that
You raised Him
from the dead,
I will be saved
(Romans 10:9). I
believe in my heart
that You did raise
Jesus from the
dead, and I confess
that He is my Savior
and Lord. Thank
You for saving me
now and making
me Your child. I
trust You with my
life. Thank You,
Heavenly Father,
for loving me.
Amen.
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us know about it.
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If we’re going to walk in health, we’re going to have to walk close
to God. We will have to do what He said in Mark 11:24–25 and
walk in love. Mark 11:24 says, “Therefore I say unto you, What
things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive
them, and ye shall have them.” This verse brought me off the bed
of sickness.
Jesus said
of the very
ones who
crucified Him,
“Forgive
them. They
know not what
they do.”
Mark 11:25 begins,
“And when ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have ought
against any.” We are instructed
to love our enemies.
To do this, we will
have to bless those who
curse us and do good to
those who don’t do good
to us. We are not walking
in love and forgiveness unless
we do.
Any number of times,
I’ve been like anybody
else. I’ve been tempted not
to forgive, but I refuse to
let the least bit of animosity,
the least bit of ill will,
the least bit of wrong feeling
get in me. In fact, when
people have talked about
me, I prayed for them. So
many times, people don’t
know what they’re doing.
Even Jesus said of the very
ones who crucified Him,
“Forgive them. They know
not what they do.”
By the time I was in the
second grade, I was mad
at the world. I felt like I’d
been cheated in life. Our
home was divided. My
oldest brother, Dub, had
to live with some kinfolks,
and I lived with others. We
both grew up with chips
on our shoulders.
If some of our kinfolks
did Dub wrong, he’d whip
them. I couldn’t start anything
because I had a heart
condition. If they did me
wrong, I’d say to myself,
I’ll never speak to them
again. I’d give them the silent
treatment.
But then I got born
again and the love of God
was shed abroad in my
heart (Rom. 5:5). It wasn’t
too many weeks after I was
healed at age 17 that one
of my kinfolks did me an
injustice. When this happened,
I said to myself,
I’ll give them the old silent
treatment.
The next day after I
said that, I was walking
downtown and saw this
person coming toward
me. The thought crossed
my mind to look into a
store window and turn my
back on them. Another
thought flashed through
my mind to cross the
street so I wouldn’t have
to meet them.
But then something rose
up inside me. The Bible
says, “The love of Christ constraineth
us” (2 Cor. 5:14).
That love was in my spirit.
I didn’t have to let it dominate
me. I could have let
my natural human reasoning
and flesh dominate me.
But thank God, I let that
love rise up in me.
Instead of turning
against those folks, I went
to meet them. I reached
out my hand and told them
that I loved them. I said
with tears, “I’m praying
for you, and I want you to
know that if it would help
you any, I would get down
on my knees right here
and kiss your feet.” When
I said that, they started
crying out, “Forgive me.
Forgive me. I’ve done you
an injustice.”
Love never fails. To
fellowship with God, to
walk with God, to walk in
God’s realm, to walk in the
Spirit, we must walk in divine
love, for God is love
(1 John 4:8, 16). To walk
in love means to walk in
the Spirit, because love is
a fruit of the Spirit.
God wants us to grow.
We can grow in love because
love is a fruit and
fruit grows. And by showing
the right spirit and loving
people, we’ll reap rich
rewards.
__________________
(Editor’s Note: This article
was adapted from Kenneth E.
Hagin’s minibook How to Walk
in Love.)
To learn more about
walking in love, go to
www.rhema.org
/wof, find this article in
the February/March 2011
issue, and click on the link
to an article by Kenneth E.
Hagin titled “What Have
You Done With
His Love?”
18 THE WORD OF FAITH // Feb/Mar ‘11

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Healing School 101
Sickness Can’t Keep Us Down!
Leigh Ann Merrell Soesbee
[Editor’s Note: Leigh Ann Merrell Soesbee is Coordinator of RHEMA’s Prayer and
Healing Center, located on the RHEMA USA campus in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.]
How important it
is for us to realize
that receiving our
healing is easy—it’s
simple. Jesus is the
Healer, and He took,
bore, and carried
every sickness and
disease so that we
wouldn’t have to
(Isa. 53:4–5;
1 Peter 2:24). It is
not the will of God
for us to be sick but
for us to walk in life
and divine health.
Right now, whether
it feels like it or not,
healing and wholeness
are ours. In the
natural, we’re hooked
up with our five
senses. We’re moved
by what we see,
feel, and hear. We’re
moved by this natural
realm because we’re
human. But God
wants us to be moved
by what we believe—
by what His Word says
(2 Cor. 5:7).
The moment we were
born again, the Spirit
of the living God came
to dwell in us (John
14:17; Rom. 8:11).
And the more we
hear the Word, the
more aware we’ll be
of God’s faith, ability,
and healing power on
the inside. Everything
God is—
love, joy, peace,
strength, and
health—He is in
us. God is real, and
He should be more
real to us than anything
else in this life.
When I became the
Coordinator of the
Prayer and Healing
Center, wouldn’t you
know the devil attacked
me! (When
God promotes you,
the enemy is going
to try to stop you.)
I was in excruciating
pain from a ruptured
disk and sciatic
nerve problems in
my right leg. If you’ve
ever had back problems,
you know that
you can’t even move,
let alone walk. There
were times I just
wanted to go home
to be with Jesus
because it hurt so
badly. We’ve probably
all been there at
some time!
But I had to make
a decision. I had to
decide that no matter
what I felt like, I
was healed. When I
made that decision,
and when I began to
stir up the life of God
in me by speaking
the Word, every pain
disappeared!
The devil will knock
on our door, and
He’s going to try to
get us to look out the
window at that sickness
and disease.
He’ll try and put pain
on us. But the whole
time he’s doing that,
deep on the inside of
us where God lives,
there’s life! There’s
healing, and it’s ours
for the taking.
We’re not meant
to live an ordinary
life; we’re
meant to live a
supernatural
life in Christ. The
Bible says that when
we walk, God walks.
When we talk, God
talks. God is bigger
than who we are in
our natural bodies,
and He wants us
to live in a place of
light and revelation—
a place of divine
health.
It’s time for us to
speak what the Word
of God says and get
a revelation of Who
is in us. We can walk
triumphantly through
any situation, because
we have God
Almighty dwelling on
the inside. There’s
no problem—no sickness
or disease—that
can keep us down!
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“I developed a kidney
stone and was
unable to work. The
pain was excruciating,
and I had an
appointment with
my urologist to
schedule surgery.
On the day of the
appointment, I
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Soesbee
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During the private
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the healing technicians,
the pain I
experienced while
sitting went away.
We agreed that the
THANK YOU, PARTNERS
stones would dissolve
and pass, and
that there would be
no more pain and
no surgery.
By 2 p.m. part of
the large stone—
which was prompting
the surgery—
had passed from
my body. According
to an X-ray, the rest
of it had passed
to my bladder.
The urologist pronounced
me out of
harm’s way, with no
further need of surgery.
Glory to God! I
am so grateful.”
—Tonia Smith
Broken Arrow, OK
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April 15–17
On the RHEMA USA Campus in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
You won’t want to miss the awesome benefits of this
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For additional hotel information, visit www.rhema.org/rcw.

Abril 8–10
En el campus de RHEMA en Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Usted no querrá perderse los asombrosos beneficios
de este tiempo transformador:
• Experimente tres clases inolvidables del Centro de
Entrenamiento Bíblico RHEMA
• Disfrute de un almuerzo con el decano
• Adquiera conocimiento en una sesión de información con el
decano de RHEMA e instructores
¡Regístrese
hoy!
• Haga nuevos amigos durante el fin de semana
• Participe de un tour del campus de RHEMA y los alrededores
• Aprenda más acerca de SCU Y OWU, dos universidades locales
que aceptan créditos de RHEMA (SCU ofrece clases nocturnas
en el campus de RHEMA)
• Deléitese en la presencia de Dios durante servicios de
adoración ungidos
www.cebrhema.org
(918) 258-1588, ext. 2275
El lunes 4 de abril es la fecha límite para registrase en línea.
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Información Hotelera
Llame directamente a los hoteles enlistados para hacer sus reservaciones. Para recibir
los precios de descuento, pregunte por “la tarifa de RHEMA”. Estas tarifas no contienen
impuestos estatales o de la ciudad. Transporte para Conozca RHEMA será provisto de
y hacia los hoteles en la lista únicamente.
Best Western Kenosha Inn
www.bestwestern.com
(918) 251-2795 | $59.95
Deluxe Continental Breakfast
Holiday Inn Express
www.ichotelsgroup.com
(918) 355-3200 | $89
Full Hot Breakfast
Towneplace Suites
by Marriott
www.marriott.com/tults
(918) 355-9600 | $89
Descubra por usted
mismo lo que RHEMA
tiene para ofrecer.
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LYNETTE HAGIN
“The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs
in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be Like
a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”
- Isaiah 58:11 (NIV)
The Bible focuses a lot on the principle of love. In scripture
after scripture we are reminded that we need to practice love in all areas of our lives. Often
in reference to practicing love, I think of Matthew 5:44: “But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use
you, and persecute you.” I realize that one of the challenges I have is to practice love toward my
enemies, so I read this verse quite often.
Then my thoughts go to what we call the Love Chapter—First Corinthians 13—and I am
reminded to read verses 4 through 7 (Amplified): “Love endures long and is patient and kind;
love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself
haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love
in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the
evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth
prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless
under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].”
Those verses come to mind often when I think about love. However, this month the Lord brought to my remembrance a
scripture concerning love that we often overlook or ignore. Jesus was teaching the multitude and one of the Pharisees, an expert
in religious law, asked Him a question, trying to trap Him: “ ‘Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?’
Jesus replied, ‘ “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.” This is the first and greatest
commandment’ ” (Matt. 22:36–38 NLT).
In His teachings Jesus emphasized that the most important thing in our lives should be to love the Lord with our entire
being—our heart, soul, and mind. The Lord has been continually reminding me recently that in the perilous days we live in, it is
important for each one of us to stir up the desire to love Him in a greater measure.
From the mid-’60s into the early ’80s, there was a wave of desire in the Charismatic Renewal to know the Lord, love the Lord,
and receive a knowledge of His Word. People would come to church night after night and week after week to receive insight from
the Word of God. They developed a love for God and His things as never before. I was excited about this, because I knew the
importance of placing God first and loving Him with your entire being.
However, around the mid-’80s that love and hunger for the things of God began to deteriorate. I have seen the spiritual
climate gradually change to the extent that even dedicated Christians want a once-a-week experience with God. They get restless
if the church service lasts more than an hour-and-a-half, and some will even leave after
that time.
This is very alarming to me, because I am concerned that what happened to
the church at Ephesus is happening today. In Revelation 2:2–5 (NLT) we read, “ ‘I
know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I
know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they
are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars. You have patiently suffered
for me without quitting. But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each
other as you did at first! Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works
you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place
among the churches.’ ”
When you love someone, you want to be around that person continuously.
In a marriage, the partners’ love for each other should increase over the years.
So should it be with us and the Lord. Our love for Him should increase the
longer we are saved. I encourage you to stir up that love for Jesus again that you
experienced when you first accepted Him as your Lord and Savior. As you do,
you’ll find that it will be well with you and life will have new meaning.
22 THE WORD OF FAITH // Feb/Mar ‘11

His Eye Is on the
Sparrow!
Even though a sparrow
seems small and unimportant,
Jesus said
that not one of them
falls without God knowing
about it. And then
He said that we are of
more value than many
sparrows! Carefully
study the sparrows
pictured. Only two
are exactly the same.
Can you find them?
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1. How many sparrows would 1 shekel buy?
A. 128 B. 32 C. 64
2. How many sparrows would 1 denarius buy?
A. 16 B. 32 C. 128
3. How many mites would you have to spend to get 2 sparrows?
A. 1 B. 4 C. 8
A.
B.
Jesus said that two sparrows are worth one farthing . . . but
God still cares about them. Do you know how much a farthing
is? It’s only one cent! Using the money of Jesus’ day listed
below, figure out the answers to the following questions:
(Remember: two sparrows are worth one farthing)
MONEY USED IN JESUS’ DAY
1 farthing = 1 cent • 1 mite = 1/8 of a cent
1 denarius = 16 cents • 1 shekel = 64 cents
The VALUE of an object (how much it’s worth) is determined
by how much a person will pay for the object.
Read the list of objects in the middle column below and
then draw a line from the object to the price that best
shows how much it is worth.
A GUMBALL
FAST-FOOD MEAL
A GAME CUBE ®
A CANDY BAR
3 GUMBALLS
AN ORDER OF
FRENCH FRIES
A HUMAN LIFE
Well, how do you think you did? How much did you think
A HUMAN LIFE was worth? Psalm 49:8 (NCV) says, “The
price of a life is high. No payment is ever enough.” But,
thank God, there was a price paid for all of us so we could
live forever with God. First Peter 1:18 and 19 (NCV) tells
us, “You were bought, not with something that ruins like
gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ.”
So, what’s your life worth? God thought it was worth
the life of His only Son!
Billy typed a verse from the
Bible. Then he realized that
his spacebar wasn’t working
right. Try to figure out what he typed below by drawing
slashes where the correct spaces should be.
Yo uha vebe en bo ught
wit hapr ice; the ref ore
glo rif yGo din yo urbo dy.
1 Cor in thi ans 6:20
“STATE” YOUR ANSWER!
All of the answers to the jokes and
riddles below are names of states
found in the U.S.A., so “STATE”
your answer!
What did the football player get
when his uniform tore?
a NEW JERSEY
What is Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend’s
favorite drink?
Minnie soda (Minnesota)
What did Noah build and what did
he use to build it?
Ark and saw (Arkansas)
What do you get when the letter
“E” plays a sport using a racket?
Tennis E (Tennessee)
What is 2,000 pounds and takes
a bath?
Washing ton
Who is the wife of Mr. Ippi?
Mrs. Ippi (Mississippi)
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW—ANSWER: B AND E
WHAT’S IT WORTH? ANSWERS:
A GUMBALL—5 CENTS.
A FAST-FOOD MEAL—5 DOLLARS.
A GAME CUBE ® —100 DOLLARS.
A CANDY BAR—50 CENTS.
3 GUMBALLS—15 CENTS.
AN ORDER OF FRIES—ONE DOLLAR.
A HUMAN LIFE—THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
MATH QUIZ FOR THE MATH WHIZ—ANSWERS:
1. A 2. B 3. C
SPACE IN THE WRONG PLACE—ANSWER: You have been
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:20 (NASB)
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Alumni!
K e n n e t h H a g i n M i n i s t r i e s’
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On the RHEMA USA campus in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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Not Too Late
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You won’t want to miss this
special family gathering.
February 20–25, 2011
Service Times
Sunday: 7:00 p.m.
Monday–Friday: 8:30, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.
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1981, 1991, and 2001 Graduates!
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