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KENNETH E. HAGIN // D y i n g h e a l e dGod doesn’t want you to die like this.You can die if you want to, but letGod heal you first. He won’t get anyglory if you die like this.”I laid hands on the woman andleft. That was at the beginning ofSeptember of 1957. In May of 1958,I was back in Fort Worth ministeringat the same Assemblies of Godchurch. The pastor told me that thiswoman had been healed. I rejoicedbut thought no more about it.One evening the pastor and Iwere in the church. I was straighteningup my book table when I heardhim speaking to two ladies. I didn’trecognize either one of them so Ikept straightening my books.One of the ladies came up to meand just threw her arms around meand hugged me. I pulled her arms offof me, pushed her away, and lookedat her.She said, “You don’t recognize me,do you?”“No, I don’t,” I said. She looked soyoung and pretty.“I’m Sister So-and-So.” When I realizedshe was the woman evangelistI had prayed for, I threw my armsaround her, and we had a hallelujahspell right there!“I’m sure glad you boys didn’tlet me die!” she said. “It would havebeen the easiest thing in the worldto just die and go to Heaven. ButI started thinking about what yousaid. And every time I looked at myhuge stomach, I saw it flat. My conditiondidn’t change instantly, butin two or three months’ time, I couldtell that it was getting smaller. Andin the process of time, my stomachjust flattened out and all the symptomsleft me.“I have the summer lined up withmeetings,” she said. “I can’t go like Idid when I was young, but I’m goingto preach all summer and rest in thewinter.”Years later, I read in thePentecostal Evangel that she diedwhen she was 93 years old. And shedied without sickness and disease!I found out from the pastor in FortWorth that she preached right up tothe time she died. One day she saidto her daughter, “The Lord showedme it’s time for me to go home.” Shesat down in the rocking chair, saidgood-bye, and just took off!16 rhema.orgGod’s Word Works!“I’ll preach that Jesussaves and heals. I’ll preachthat He fills with the HolySpirit and that He is comingagain.” As a ministerof the Gospel, Kenneth E.Hagin long carried a dreamin his heart to help thosewho suffered in pain andsickness the way he himselfhad once suffered.’c o m e a n dstay until youget healed. . . .’Born with a deformedheart, Kenneth was paralyzedand bedridden at theage of 15. On the very firstnight he became bedfast,completely beyond all medicalhelp, he died and wentto hell three times. Eachtime he approached the entranceto hell, a voice spokeand he returned to his body.On that night—April 22,1933— Kenneth E. Haginwas born again.*In that same year, Kennethbegan a determined studyof God’s Word. And thougheveryone around him told himto prepare for death, he got arevelation of Mark 11:23–24and faith for healing wasquickened in his young heart.On August 8, 1934, Godraised Kenneth off the bed ofsickness—completely healedand whole!It was at this momentthat God birthed somethinggreater in Kenneth E.Hagin—a desire to seethe lost saved and the sickmade well. He began topreach and teach salvationand divine healing whereverhe went. Though he didn’tknow it at the time, this wasthe beginning of what wouldbecome a worldwide ministry—aministry founded onprayer and the healing truthsfound in God’s Word.Over 40 years afterKenneth was raised off thebed of sickness, God beganto speak to his heart abouta change in his ministry.Though he had been ministeringon prayer, healing,and faith in crusades andmeetings all over the UnitedStates, it was time for anew direction.“I saw it in the spirit,”Kenneth said, “that Godwants us to have . . . aPrayer and Healing Centerwhere folks can come. Andwe’ll go out to some ofthem, but some of themneed to come and stay untilthey get healed.”During the afternoonof October 1, 1979, thatvision from God became areality as Kenneth E. Haginheld the first session ofPrayer and Healing School.He began by explaining,“These services are going tobe different. Many times inhealing meetings [people]expect to be healed becausehands are laid on them. Andthat is one way to ministerContact us today »