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By Kenneth E. Hagin

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Contents

1 The Prayer Secret of Praying 3ccording to ;od


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Chapter 1

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The Prayer Secret of PrayingAccording to God's Word

=e(+( i( o+r 'ediator, Interce((or, 3d8ocate, and o+r >ord.He (tand( etween +( and the ather. In no lace in the Bile i(it recorded that =e(+( told Hi( di(cile( to ray to Hi:. They

were alway( to ray to the ather in Hi( Na:e.If we wi(h to e (+re of reaching the throne, we :+(t co:e

according to the r+le( laid down in the %ord of ;od.

JOHN 16:!"#

! And in that day ye sha$$ as% &e nothing (eri$y"

)eri$y" * say +nto yo+" Whatsoe)er ye sha$$ as% the

,ather in &y na&e" he -i$$ gi)e it yo+

# Hitherto ha)e ye as%ed nothing in &y na&e: as%"

and ye sha$$ recei)e" that yo+r .oy &ay /e f+$$

Notice that =e(+( (aid, ?... in that day ye shall ask menothing.? =e(+( (aid thi( @+(t efore He went away. He wa(tal2ing ao+t the :ediatorial (e((ion at the right hand of theather when He a(cended and wa( (eated. 3nother tran(lationread(, ?In that day ye (hall not ray to :e.? =e(+( (aid to a(2 theather in Hi( Na:e. There i( no other way to ray.

%e can tell =e(+( how :+ch we lo8e Hi: and areciateHi:, +t when it co:e( to raying and a(2ing, we :+(t a(2 theather thro+gh the >ord =e(+(. Ehe(ian( /&1,15 (ay(, "For thiscause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.? It i(not i:ortant what ch+rch yo+ elong to, +t it i( i:ortantwho(e fa:ily yo+ elong to.

'any eole 2now ao+t raying to ;od, +t they 2nownothing ao+t raying to the ather. They don


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rayer(.S:ith %iggle(worth wa( in(talling (o:e l+:ing in a

large ho+(e one day and the lady of the fa:ily ca:e in, watchedawhile, and then left. inally, the wo:an ca:e ac2 into theroo: and loc2ed the door. She a(2ed %iggle(worth if he wo+ldtell her (o:ething. She a(2ed, ?%hat in the world i( it thatca+(e( that wonderf+l e*re((ion on yo+r faceA o+ loo2 a( if

yo+ are f+ll of @oy.? He then told her that at rea2fa(t that:orning, hi( wife had co:e down(tair( and infor:ed hi: thattwo of their children were 8ery ill. He (aid that efore they e8enate, they went +(tair(, laid hand( on their children, and theywere in(tantly healed. %iggle(worth wa( @+(t (o hay eca+(ehe had a(2ed and had recei8ed. Hi( @oy wa( f+ll.

The lady then a(2ed %iggle(worth if (he co+ld 2now ;od

li2e that. Standing right there, (he acceted the >ord a( herSa8ior. She then a(2ed %iggle(worth if (he co+ld 2ee thi(e*erience, and he told her that the only way to 2ee it wa( togi8e it away. He told her to tell all her friend( ao+t eing (a8ed.

o+ (ee, %iggle(worth wo+ld ha8e loo2ed worried and (adif hi( children had (till een ill. In(tead, he had @oy on hi( face. I

elie8e it o+ght to e that way with all hri(tian(. ?... ask, andye shall receive, that your (oy may be full" C=ohn 1#&!D. o+

ha8e to :aintain that @oy e8en efore the :anife(tation co:e(.3nother ti:e %iggle(worth wa( facing de(erate financial

need. He wa( 8i(iting in the ho:e of a 8ery wealthy :an +t(aid nothing ao+t hi( role:. He had ca(t e8ery care on the>ord and wa( whi(tling and 8ery hay. The rich :an wa( not ingood (irit( and he told %iggle(worth that he wo+ld gi8e all heowned to ha8e the (irit that %iggle(worth had. %iggle(worth

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hi:, and he relied that that wa( :ore than hi( ch+rch had e8eraid an e8angeli(t, +t that they wo+ld gi8e :e that a:o+nt. %ethen agreed that :y need( wo+ld e (+lied. )n Sat+rday,

efore the (er8ice on S+nday night, I went ho:e and while I wa(there, I di(co8ered that (o:e e:ergencie( had ari(en and Ineeded (e8eral h+ndred dollar( :ore. I 2new when I went ac2to reach on S+nday that the a(tor wo+ld e di(:ayed. I had

already oligated :y(elf to (tay with hi: for a co+le of wee2(therefore, all I co+ld do wa( ray that the >ord wo+ld wor2 o+te8erything.

%hen I ret+rned to the :eeting, I did not (ay anything to thea(tor. He told :e later that they had not :et the +dget and thatthey did not ha8e eno+gh to ay the :ini:+: he had ro:i(ed:e. Then I told hi: the a:o+nt I wo+ld need to ha8e in order to

:eet :y e:ergencie(. 3o+t that ti:e he eca:e +(et. I toldhi: I wo+ld elie8e for it, and he co+ld agree with :e.

>ater on, hi( wife told :e that (he noticed that thi( financialtro+le ne8er othered :e a it and that I (ee:ed to e @+(t a(f+ll of @oy a( e8er. %hen the :eeting wa( o8er, I had the :oneyFPrai(e ;odF o+ (ee, the need wa( there, and ;od :et the need.He ga8e :e e8en :ore than I needed eca+(e I had wal2ed yfaith and not y (ight.

Ehe(ian( 5&!0 (ay(, "$iving thanks always for all thingsunto $od and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.?Pa+l i( telling +( that it i( to the ather and not to =e(+( that wegi8e than2(. The Na:e of =e(+( i( the acce(( to the heart of theather. %hen yo+ de(ire to get an an(wer, follow the teaching(of the %ord. Pray to the ather in the Na:e of =e(+(.

If yo+ go to the an2 with a chec2 and a(2 the ca(hier to

ca(h that chec2 for a friend, yo+ will e a(2ed if yo+ ha8e :oneyon deo(it to g+arantee it. Howe8er, if that chec2 ha( the na:eof a er(on who ha( an acco+nt at that artic+lar an2, there will

e no G+e(tion( a(2ed. %e fail in o+r raying (o:eti:e( eca+(eo+r aroach i( all wrong. Than2 ;od, =e(+( ha( a (tanding in


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hea8en. He i( the only aroach to the ather. >et +( +(e the:ighty Na:e of =e(+( that He ha( gi8en +(. He ga8e +( the

ower of attorney to +(e Hi( Na:e. He (aid, ?... In my nameshall they elie8er( cast out devils" C'ar2 1#&1"D. %e ha8e aright to +(e that Na:e again(t the de8il. %e ha8e the right to +(ethat Na:e to call o+t de:on( that ind :enord ro+ght thi(co:ari(on to :e. It wa( a( if a er(on were going to hi( car to+nloc2 the door. He co+ld (ay that he had +nloc2ed the door, +t

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2now what they are reading. They are trying to gra( it withtheir :entality. o+ :+(t get the re8elation of the %ord in yo+rheart.

3( I lay reading, I egan to :editate on the Scrit+re( I hadread. I egan to (ee (o:ething that I had ne8er (een efore. I(aw that the de8il i( the a+thor of all that i( e8il and that he i( thegod of thi( world. Satan ha( linded and o+nd :en.

I egan to (ee that tho(e of :y own fa:ily who were+n(a8ed were o+nd y the de8il. No :an wo+ld dri8e hi(a+to:oile a h+ndred :ile( an ho+r and try to 2ill hi:(elf if hewere in hi( right :ind. B+t a fellow who i( doed and dr+n2will, eca+(e he doe( not 2now what he i( doing. No intelligent

er(on will go thro+gh life wheeling and dealing and headingtoward( hell if he i( in hi( right :ind. or e*a:le, the Bile

(ay( when the rodigal (on went ho:e, J... he came to himselfC>+2e 15&1"D.

I recei8ed (+ch a re8elation of thi( that I wa( challenged. Ihad een raying for :y olde(t rother who had gone a(tray. B+tI di(co8ered that all of :y raying and fa(ting had een done in+nelief. CIf yo+


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(a:e 8oice again, a(2ing the (a:e G+e(tion. 3gain I (toed and(h+t it o+t of :y :ind. I told the de8il that I had clai:ed :y

rother


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ale to hel her. She had een to different healing :eeting(, +thad failed to recei8e her healing. B+t in :y :eeting(, (he (aidthat I had ta+ght her how to recei8e her healing.

So:e ti:e later I recei8ed a letter fro: thi( (a:e wo:anwith an offering enclo(ed, for (he (aid that (he wanted to ha8e a

art in heling (o:eone el(e a( (he had een heled. She (aidthat (he had not 2nown the i:ortance of the %ord of ;od and

the Na:e of =e(+(. In the ri8acy of her own ho:e (he hadloo2ed + the Scrit+re(, rai(ed her Bile and (aid, ?Satan, yo+who ha8e o+nd :y ody for all the(e year(, I rea2 yo+r owero8er :y life and clai: :y deli8erance and :y healing.? Sheadded that for the fir(t ti:e in twenty year( (he wa( doing all ofher own ho+(ewor2. Si* :onth( had a((ed, and (he wa( (tillhealed. She (aid that (he had the 8igor and 8itality of a teenager,

and that (he had not felt (o good (ince (he wa( (i*teen.Then (he told :e ao+t her h+(and who had ne8er een

(a8ed. He wo+ld not go to ch+rch with her, altho+gh he wa( agood h+(and. Thi( wo:an too2 the Bile and in her own ho:e(he (aid, ?In the Na:e of =e(+( I rea2 the ower of the de8ilo8er :y h+(and and clai: hi( (al8ation.? She (aid that itwor2ed li2e :agic. )8ernight, he eca:e a new creat+re. She(aid that they were the haie(t they had e8er een in their

lifeti:e.She told ao+t her da+ghter( who (:o2ed and danced. She

(aid that (he lifted her hand( to hea8en again and ro2e thede8il


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Chapter

The Prayer Secret of As%ing The,ather in Jes+s' Na&e

#nd in that day ye shall ask me nothing. 3erily,

verily, I say unto you, &hatsoever ye shall ask the

Father in my name, he will give it you. 4itherto

have ye asked nothing in my name ask, and ye shallreceive, that your (oy may be full

5=ohn 1#&!/,!

=e(+( (aid thi( @+(t efore He went to the ro((. He wa(referring to the day in which we now li8ethe day when Hewent to the ro((, and the day when He a(cended + on Highand wa( (eated at the right hand of the ather. He i( now o+r

'ediator, o+r Interce((or, o+r 3d8ocate, and o+r >ord. He(tand( etween the ather and +(. %hen He (ay(, ?In that day,?He :ean( the day of the New o8enant.

%hen =e(+( wa( here on the earth, the di(cile( co+ld a(2Hi:& they co+ld tal2 to Hi: er(onally in the fle(h.

3 :ini(ter friend of :ine ne8er get( an(wer( when he ray(.Prayer i( a (tr+ggle for hi:. He ray( to =e(+(. I ray to theather in the Na:e of =e(+(. I


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6emons, 6isease, and 6eath, he tell( ao+t raying for a :anwho had (+gar diaete(. They 2nelt to ray, when (+ddenly >a2ea(2ed the :an what thi( L5,000 wa( that 2et co:ing + eforehi:. The :an an(wered that hi( rother and he had een in

+(ine(( and hi( rother had died. Hi( (i(ter-in-law wanted hi:to liG+idate the +(ine((, and he did. B+t he had 2et L5,000 o+tfor hi:(elf eca+(e he felt he de(er8ed it, tho+gh it wa( act+ally

her :oney. He told >a2e that he had :ore than L5,000 in thean2, where+on >a2e told hi: to write o+t a chec2 for L5,000,and then he wo+ld ray for hi:. The :an wrote the chec2,wal2ed to the :ail o*, and (ent it to hi( (i(ter-in-law. %hen heca:e ac2 he wa( healed. So:eti:e( :atter( li2e thi( n+llify theeffect( of rayer.

So:eody :ay (ay that they elie8e =ohn 1#&!/,!, but...

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(he wo2e hi: +, told hi: to get hi( a@a:a( on, and go to ed.He had no fe8er, the (welling wa( gone, and he wa( fineF ro:that ti:e on he ne8er did ha8e the :+:(. ;od doe( hear andan(wer rayerF Too :+ch of the ti:e eole @+(t :a2e a little(ta in the dar2 and call that raying. They @+(t ho/e that(o:ething will wor2 o+t.

>et +( call attention to the difference etween raying for

=e(+(< (a2e and raying in the Na:e of =e(+(. %hen yo+ go to;od and a(2 Hi: to do (o:ething for =e(+(< (a2e, yo+ are a(2ingthat it e done to hel =e(+(, on yo+r credit. That (o+nd( fooli(h

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do it in =e(+(< Na:e."In my name ... hey shall take u/ ser/ents" C'ar2

1#&1",1D. That :ean( that if yo+ are accidentally itten y a8ier, yo+ can (ha2e it off and clai: i::+nity in the Na:e of=e(+(. or e*a:le, when Pa+l the ao(tle wa( (hiwrec2ed onan i(land, he ic2ed + (tic2( to +ild a fire and a 8ier fa(tenedonto hi( hand. The eole tho+ght he had done (o:ething

terrile, for it loo2ed a( if @+dg:ent had co:e +on hi:. Theye*ected hi: to fall dead. They watched hi:, +t he did not get(ic2 and did not fall dead. They tho+ght he wa( a god.

In ea(t Te*a(, a :ini(ter friend of :ine and (o:e friend( ofhi( were o+t fi(hing in one of the ri8er(, and a cotton:o+th:occa(in it hi:. It frightened the other :en eca+(e they werenot (a8ed. 'y friend (hoo2 it off in the Na:e of =e(+( and went

ao+t hi( +(ine((. Hi( friend( watched hi:, and (aw that itne8er had any e8il effect on hi:. Thi( i( not e*tre:e eca+(e iti( Bilical.

The Bile (ay(, ?... if they drink any deadly thing oi(on, itshall not hurt them...? C'ar2 1#&1D. Thi( :ean( that if yo+accidentally ta2e oi(on, yo+ ha8e the right to clai: i::+nity inthe Na:e of =e(+(.

So:e year( ago, the (+erintendent of the 3((e:lie( of

;od in the Te*a( di(trict related thi( (tory to a gro+ of:ini(ter(& 'any year( ago, the Te*a( di(trict had a con8ention inor+( hri(ti, Te*a(. The :ini(ter( did not ha8e a great deal of:oney to (tay in good hotel(, (o they were occ+ying ao+t athird-rate hotel. The hotel didn


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the re:aining water to a neary na8al (tation and had it te(ted.The e*a:ining officer( told the: that there wa( eno+gh oi(onin that water to 2ill a regi:ent of :en.

So:eone had tried to lay a cr+el @o2e on the(e :ini(ter(eca+(e e8eryone 2new that thi( gro+ elie8ed in :iracle( andhealing. None of the arty had to ha8e :edical aidF They had aright to clai: i::+nity in the Na:e of =e(+( eca+(e they had

accidentally een oi(oned. Thi( i( not e*tre:e teaching,eca+(e it i( in the %ord. The Bile (ay(, ?... they shall layhands on the sick, and they shall recover" C'ar2 1#&1D.

Notice that =e(+( (aid, "In my name ... they shall s/eak withnew tongues... they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall

recover" C'ar2 1#&1",1D. o+ lay hand( on eole in Hi(Na:e. o+ do the (ea2ing in tong+e(, and the Holy Sirit gi8e(

the +tterance. o+ ha8e a right to do that in the Na:e of =e(+(.Thi( i( @+(t a( (trong and legal a( it can e. The ordinary

child of ;od ha( @+(t a( :+ch right to +(e the Na:e of =e(+(again(t the de8il a( a :ini(ter doe(.

So:eone (aid to :e that if he had eno+gh faith he co+ld dowhat thi( Scrit+re (ay(. =e(+( ne8er (aid a word ao+t faith inthi( Scrit+re. He (aid, "4e that ;


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doers of the word, and not hearers only...? C=a:e( 1&!!D. It i( @+(ta :atter of 2nowing what elong( to +( and acting on it. It i(ta2ing yo+r legal right. =a:e( goe( on to (ay, ?or if any e ahearer of the %ord, and not a doer, he decei8e( hi:(elf? C=a:e(1&!/-!#D. The :argin (ay( that he ?del+de( hi:(elf.? %e ha8e:any (elf-del+ded eole.

3ct a( oldly a( yo+ wo+ld in the +(ine(( world. The Na:e

of =e(+( elong( to :e @+(t a( :+ch a( :y hand( and feet elongto :e. I @+(t go ahead and +(e the: eca+(e they are :ine. o+will find that the de8il will (ee2 to conf+(e yo+. He will (ee2 towith(tand yo+. B+t the Na:e of =e(+( i( yo+r((o +(e itF

%e ha8e lenty of eole who ray, +t the re(+lt( ro8ethat their rayer( are to no a8ail. If yo+ do not get re(+lt( to yo+r

raying, then yo+ are a rayer fail+re. If yo+ are not e*ecting

re(+lt(, then there i( no need to ray. Pray to rofit. ;reat+(ine((e( do +(ine(( to rofit. %e :+(t :a2e a +(ine(( ofrayer.

The fo+ndation of thi( great co+ntry i( hri(tianity. Thea(i( of hri(tianity i( a li8ing religion that ha( to+ch with ali8ing ;od who hear( and an(wer( rayer. %e (ho+ld ray forre(+lt(. If we ray, and re(+lt( do not follow, then we (ho+ld(ee2 to find the tro+le. The ig thing( of hri(tianity are all

(+ernat+ral. If there are no re(+lt(, then it (how( that we ha8ethe for: witho+t the ower. 3ll the thing( that ;od ha( areoffered to +(if only we ray. If we don


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lect+ring in a we(tern city a( a Pre(yterian, and there wa( afore(t fire raging in the area. 3o+t ten in the :orning, he wa(down at the arer (ho getting a (ha8e when a fellow ca:e inwith a telegra:, a(2ing the eole in a neary tent :eeting to

ray for rain. The :en in the arer (ho all egan tal2ing ao+tthe tent :eeting where there were eole who elie8ed in thi(2ind of thing. B+t they were afraid to ta2e the telegra: o8er to

the tent. So 'r. =a:i(on agreed to ta2e it and he handed it to the:ini(ter. He (aid that the :ini(ter G+ieted e8eryone and read thereG+e(t, where+on e8eryone egan raying. 3fterward, theythan2ed ;od that there wo+ld e rain. The :ini(ter ga8e=a:i(on the telegra: and told hi: to (end one ac2 (aying thatthere wo+ld e rain y ten that night. It (hoc2ed hi:. =a:i(onwent ac2 to the arer (ho and told the :en what had

haened. They all la+ghed ao+t it and read the weather reortwhich (aid that there wo+ld not e any rain for at lea(t fo+r orfi8e day(.

=a:i(on went on to hi( lect+re, and then went ho:e to ed.Hi( wife had wa(hed (o:e clothe( and had left the: o+t on theline, (o he tea(ed her ao+t ringing the: in eca+(e it wa(going to rain. They la+ghed ao+t it and then ao+t 9&/0 they felloff to (lee. irectly, they were awa2ened y th+nder and

lightning. It wa( rainingFThi( really :ade =a:i(on wonder. 3fter hi( own lect+re(

were o8er, he egan attending the tent :eeting. He wo+ld (itdown at the ac2 and ta2e note( on e8erything. He co+ld not+nder(tand why he had not (een all the(e thing( efore. He (aidhe 2new that there wa( a wo:an in the ch+rch who(e da+ghterwa( in(ane. He had heard that thi( wo:an and (o:e of the

eole were going to :eet at the a(yl+: to try to ca(t a de8il o+tof her da+ghter. The :other wa( ta2ing a doMen wo:en withher. =a:i(on a(2ed if he co+ld go along. He :et the: at thea(yl+:, and the attendant (aid they co+ld not go in eca+(e thegirl wa( 8iolent and :ight 2ill the:. They were (toed efore a


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added cell, where there wa( a yo+ng wo:an in(ide who loo2edli2e an ani:al. She hi((ed and (it her eye( were alaMe. 3ll thi(ti:e the attendant wa( telling the: that they co+ld not go in(idethe cell eca+(e if they did, he wo+ld lo(e hi( @o. Ne8erthele((,he +nloc2ed the door. The :other went in, and the doMen wo:enfell on their 2nee( and (tarted raying. =a:i(on and the attendant(tood ac2 and watched.

The da+ghter (teed ac2 and cli:ed halfway + theadded wall. She :ade a lea at her :other li2e an ani:al, andthe :other (ide(teed her. The girl fell and then (tarted to get+. The :other held her down and (aid, ?o:e o+t of her, de8il,in the Na:e of =e(+(.? =a:i(on (tood there and watched(ello+nd. or ten :in+te( the :other (aid thi( o8er and o8eragain. S+ddenly, the da+ghter rela*ed and a(2ed her if it wa(

(he. She threw her ar:( aro+nd her :other


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The Prayer Secret of Praying for0es+$ts

#nd in that day ye shall ask me nothing. 3erily,

verily, I say unto you, &hatsoever ye shall ask the

Father in my name, he will give it you.

4itherto have ye asked nothing in my nameask, and ye shall receive, that your (oy may be full.

=ohn 1#&!/,!

%e are to ray in the Na:e of =e(+( to the ather. %e are toray for re(+lt(. If re(+lt( do not follow, then o+r rayer life i( afail+re.

I re:e:er reading ao+t r. harle( Price. So:eone had

honed hi: and a(2ed hi: to co:e to the ho(ital. He ordinarilydid not go eca+(e of lac2 of ti:e, +t the er(on calling hadeen clo(e to hi: in day( a(t, (o he agreed to go. Thi( wo:anhad een con8erted +nder hi( :ini(try. %hen he arri8ed, hefo+nd that (he wa( dying of cancer. The doctor ca:e while hewa( there, (o r. Price told the wo:an that he wo+ld go ho:eand ray for her. The doctor told hi: that it wo+ld e @+(t a (hortwhile efore (he wo+ld die. The doctor tho+ght it wo+ld e a

good idea to ray eca+(e it wo+ld (oothe her ner8e(. B+t r.Price told hi: that he wa(n


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raying for the (ic2. 3 :an who wa( a(tor of another Bati(tch+rch in 3r2an(a( and had gone to (e:inary with Nel(on, heardthat he wa( holding the(e (er8ice(. Thi( :an attended and wa(8ery :+ch oo(ed. He tal2ed ao+t Nel(on at ho:e, and hi(fa:ily decided to go to the (er8ice(. He too2 the: along and hi(:other who wa( li8ing with the:.

The ne*t :orning they were tal2ing ao+t the (er8ice at

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2nowledge that 5 of hi( con8ert( re:ained tr+e to ;od.'oody wa( a great e8angeli(t +t only ao+t 50 of hi(con8ert( re:ained faithf+l. %e ha8e had a :ighty :o8e in the

a(t fifty year(, +t it i( co::on 2nowledge that not o8er 50of the con8ert( ha8e re:ained tr+e to the >ord. inney had thegreate(t (+cce(( n+:er(< wi(e a( far a( 2eeing the fr+it of hi(laor, (ince the day( of the ao(tle Pa+l. %hole citie( were

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fol2( cli:ed + into tree( to e ale to (ee eca+(e the crowdwa( (o large. %hitfield told the: to co:e down, eca+(e whenthe ower of ;od ca:e they wo+ld fall o+t of the tree(.

S:ith %iggle(worth (aid that ;od delight( in Hi( childrenha8ing the a+dacity of faith to (ay, ?;od, o+ ha8e ro:i(ed it,(o now do it.? o+ (ay that in faith. Thi( agree( with what ;od(ay(, for ;od (aid, "!ut me in remembrance." They were +tting

Hi: in re:e:rance of what He (aid. If ;od want( +( to +tHi: in re:e:rance, then let


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on which to (tand.If it i( :oney, ray that it e loo(ened. Thi( i( eca+(e the

:oney i( here in thi( real:. ;od i( not a co+nterfeiter. He i( notgoing to :a2e any :oney and rain it down fro: hea8en. ;od

+t all the (il8er and gold and cattle on a tho+(and hill( here foryo+ and :e. He did not +t it here for the de8il and hi( crowd.He +t it here and ga8e 3da: do:inion o8er all of it. Then

3da: co::itted high trea(on and (old o+t to the de8il th+( thede8il eca:e the god of thi( world. 3da: wa( the god of thi(world in that he had do:inion o8er it +t he (old o+t to the de8il,(o now the de8il ha( the do:inion. B+t, than2 ;od, =e(+( ca:eand defeated the de8il. He ga8e +( the right to +(e Hi( Na:e.

3t one ti:e I wa( o8erty-(tric2en and had :y no(e to thegrind(tone. Then I egan to (ee (o:ething. The >ord told :e

ne8er to ray for :oney. He (aid for :e not to a(2 Hi: to gi8e:e :oney, for it wa( down here. He in(tr+cted :e that in the

Na:e of =e(+( I (ho+ld co::and the :oney to co:e. %hate8erI wanted or needed, I (ho+ld clai: it. He (aid that He wantedHi( children to ha8e the e(t. In ;od


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If yo+ ray to ;od to gi8e yo+ L100, yo+ are +tting all there(on(iility +on Hi:. B+t the re(on(iility i( on o+r art

eca+(e thro+gh =e(+( hri(t deli8erance ha( already een :adefor +(.

I i::ediately egan to do what He (aid. ro: that day tothi( I ne8er ray any:ore ao+t :oney. I @+(t tell Satan to ta2ehi( hand( off :y :oney. I alway( (ay that I clai: (o :+ch

:oney. I alway( (ay that angel( are :ini(tering (irit( who are(ent to :ini(ter to tho(e who are heir( of (al8ation. ?To :ini(ter?:ean( to wait on or to serve. %hen yo+ go to a re(ta+rant, awaitre(( co:e( to (er8e or to :ini(ter to yo+.

Thi( i( the ill+(tration the >ord ga8e :e when I wa( rayingin the Sirit. 3ct+ally, I had a 8i(ion and (aw an angel. =e(+(infor:ed :e that that wa( :y angel. =e(+( (o2e to :e ao+t the

ti:e He (aid in Hi( %ord& ?S+ffer the little children to co:e+nto :e? C'att 19&1D. Then He al(o (aid, ?Their angel i( e8er

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:o(t to (ee (a8ed. If it were a h+(and and wife they were towrite oth na:e( down.

It t+rned o+t that the weather that night wa( 8ery ad with agreat deal of (leet and (now. E8eryone wa( in(tr+cted to (tay offthe (treet(. %e were not +(ed to thi( 2ind of weather, neither didwe ha8e the eG+i:ent to ta2e care of it. Ne8erthele((, nineteen

eole ca:e to the :eeting. I gathered + all of the na:e(, +t

the: in the offering late, and :i*ed the: +. Then we a((edthe late aro+nd, and each one too2 a na:e. I too2 one and (aidthat I wa( going to ray for that artic+lar er(on to e (a8edd+ring the co:ing re8i8al. I told the: to li(ten to what I (aid andthen agree with it. I fini(hed :y rayer and then we lifted o+rhand( and rai(ed ;od eca+(e that er(on wa( (a8ed. I told the

eole not to ray for that er(on any:ore, eca+(e we had

already (ettled it. %e went right down thro+gh the li(t andrayed for each one. 3ll the eole for who: we rayed e*cettwo, were (a8ed d+ring that :eeting. I had ne8er had that 2ind of(+cce(( in :y life.

Preaching at a ca: :eeting in 195, I :et a wo:an who(eh+(and had een one of tho(e we had rayed for. I had heardthat he had gotten (a8ed. o+ (ee, all tho(e eole we rayedfor, e*cet two, were (a8ed within a :onth


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Chapter #

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The Prayer Secret of Agreeingand Praying in the Spirit

%e are tal2ing ao+t rayer (ecret(. Here i( the (ecret ofagreeing.

3ATTH2W 14:15

15 Again * say +nto yo+" That if t-o of yo+ sha$$ agreeon earth as to+ching any thing that they sha$$ as%" it

sha$$ /e done for the& of &y ,ather -hich is in

hea)en

o not +t any li:itation( on that. >et


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her to oen her Bile the ne*t S+nday afternoon to 'atthew1&19 and agree with :e for (o :+ch :oney. I a((+red her that Iwo+ld do the (a:e. %e clai:ed half again a( :+ch a( we had

een getting each wee2.That ne*t S+nday night the a(tor too2 + hi( offering for

the roerty and then :ine. I recei8ed three dollar( :ore thanwhat :y wife and I had agreed +on.

The ne*t wee2 I wrote :y wife telling her to do the (a:ething again on the following S+nday afternoon and that I wo+lddo li2ewi(e. %hen the wee2 wa( o8er, we recei8ed L1.9 ao8ethe a:o+nt we had a(2ed for.

The S+nday night efore hri(t:a(, the ch+rch had a littlehri(t:a( rogra:, and I reached only fifteen :in+te(.3fterward(, the a(tor too2 + an offering again for the roerty

and then one for :e.3fter the (er8ice, we went to the ar(onage, and the a(tor

a(2ed :e how :+ch I had gotten for that wee2. I told hi: thatthe deacon( had not yet told :e. Since the deacon( were +(y,the a(tor and I co+nted the :oney. The offering wa( ao+t L!0(hort of what :y wife and I had clai:ed. I (+gge(ted that weco+nt it again, eca+(e the :oney had to e there. I told hi:what :y wife and I had done, and I (aid that if it were not there,

then I wo+ld ha8e to go to e8ery ch+rch where I had reachedand tell the: that =e(+( wa( a liar and that the Bile wa( not (o.If it did not wor2, I wanted to throw it away. I a: @+(t thathone(t.

I do not :ean that thing( will co:e to yo+ li2e rie cherrie(falling fro: a tree, eca+(e yo+ ha8e to (tand yo+r gro+nd. o+ha8e to (tand yo+r gro+nd again(t the de8il. In anything el(e in

life, eole will fight for their right( and what elong( to the:.They will lo(e (lee and +t forth e8ery effort. B+t when itco:e( to (irit+al thing(, they will roll o8er, (h+t their eye( and

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gone right o8er the (a:e gro+nd again and again.If I had a 8ery 8al+ale ring and fo+nd that I had lo(t the

(etting o+t of the ring, I wo+ld go o8er the gro+nd caref+llywhere I tho+ght I had lo(t it. I wo+ld get down on :y hand( and2nee(, crawling aro+nd, if nece((ary, loo2ing for it. %hen itco:e( to (irit+al :atter( I do the (a:e thingI retrace :y(te(.

So I told the a(tor that the :oney had to e there. %eco+nted it again and we were (till (hort. He co+nted half the:oney, and I co+nted the other half. Then he co+nted the halfthat I had co+nted, and I co+nted hi( half. %e (till arri8ed at the(a:e fig+re. I told hi: that it @+(t had to e there. %e decided toco+nt it again. He (aid that we wo+ld co+nt all night +ntil we gotit.

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and (ay, ?%herefore (ir(, I elie8e ;od that it (hall e e8en a( itwa( told :e.? o+ will find o+t then that the de8il and de:on(will relent in their oo(ition, and the an(wer will co:e. Standyo+r gro+nd, and ;od will hear yo+.

In order for the rayer of agree:ent to wor2, there ha( to etwo of yo+ and yo+ ha8e to e on the earth. That fit( +(. The(tronge(t a((ertion that yo+ can :a2e in the Engli(h lang+age i(

to (ay, ?I will or I (hall.? o+ cannot :a2e any (trongera((ertion than that. =e(+( (aid, ?... it 4#LL be done for them ofmy Father which is in heaven" C'att. 1&19D.

I wa( reaching in Sale:, )regon, in 195" d+ring arece((ion that wa( then on in the nation. )regon wa( one of the(tate( that felt the rece((ion de(erately. 3n +ne:loyed:echanic fro: the ch+rch +t (o:e new ra2e( on :y car o+t at

hi( ho+(e. He had wor2ed for a co:any for nineteen year( a( a:echanic, +t the +(ine(( had to clo(e down.

3fter the :eeting, thi( hri(tian :echanic and hi( wife and:y wife and I were eating together, and they related what hadhaened to the: after I reached on 'ar2 11&!/& ?%ho(oe8er(hall (ay and not do+t in hi( heart, +t (hall elie8e that tho(ething( which he (aith (hall co:e to a((, (hall ha8e what(oe8erhe (aith.?

I had in8ited eole in the :eeting to co:e forward to (ea2in faith for whate8er they wanted to (ee co:e to a(( in theirli8e(. That night a( thi( :an and wo:an were going ho:e, thewo:an a(2ed her h+(and what he had (aid. He then a(2ed herthe (a:e G+e(tion. They had a lot which they had een trying to(ell for (e8eral year( (he told her h+(and that (he had a(2ed forthe lot to e (old. He (aid that he had a(2ed the 8ery (a:e thing.

The ne*t :orning at the rea2fa(t tale (he told her h+(andto go ac2 to the real e(tate :an and li(t the lot again. He wentto the real e(tate :an who told hi: that the roerty @+(t wo+ldnot (ell. The hri(tian :echanic told the real e(tate agent that hewanted to li(t it anyway. The agent agreed and (+gge(ted that he


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(ee a :an who had tried to +y the lot efore at a lower rice.The hri(tian :echanic fo+nd the :an and learned that he wa((till intere(ted in the lot and wo+ld e8en ta2e it for the rice thatthe co+le had a(2ed for it. or two year( thi( co+le had neededthe e*tra :oney and co+ld ha8e had it, if they had only said it.In(tead of elie8ing with the heart they had een raying that$od wo+ld do (o:ething ao+t it. &e ha8e o+r art to lay too.

Thi( hri(tian :echanic al(o wor2ed in the fore(t( whenweather er:itted. The :an who o+ght the lot owned a fleet oftr+c2(, and he a(2ed the :echanic if he wo+ld li2e to ha8e a @o.He acceted the @o, which wa( year-ro+nd e:loy:ent and the(alary wa( L100 :ore than he had een getting. Hi( wife (aidthat they had alway( 2nown 'ar2 11&!/,! wa( in the Bile, +tthi( wa( the fir(t ti:e they had e8er really acted on it.

It i( a (ad thing that Sirit-filled hri(tian( go thro+gh lifeand ne8er act +on the %ord. ;od


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to agree with hi: that he wo+ld get it. E8en tho+gh there werehardly any @o( aro+nd to e had, he 2new ;od wo+ld do(o:ething ao+t it.

I told hi: ao+t 'atthew 1&19, and we agreed that hewo+ld ha8e that @o within ten day(. )n the tenth day they calledhi:, and he went to wor2 for L10 a wee2. In a little while he

o+ght hi:(elf a co+le of (+it( of clothe(, and in ao+t nine

:onth( he got :arried on L10 a wee2. He (tayed there +ntil hewa( ro:oted to e one of the o((e(, earning a good (alary.Then ;od called hi: to reach, and he went into the :ini(try.That wa( :y fir(t e*erience in acting +on thi( 8er(e ofScrit+re. It will wor2 eca+(e it i( ;od


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her that if they agreed in rayer, her h+(and wo+ld e ac2. Sherelied, ?o+ don


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"For if I /ray in an unknown tongue, my s/irit /rayeth, but my

understanding is unfruitful.? he #m/lified ;ible (ay(, ?... :y(irit y the Holy Sirit within :e ray(....?

%e 2now not what to ray for a( we o+ght. o+ cannoto((ily 2now in yo+r nat+ral :ind what to ray for a( yo+o+ght. or in(tance, if I a: raying for (o:eone I 2now, and Ia(2 ;od to le(( hi:, all I a: doing i( (al8ing :y con(cience (o

I can (ay that I rayed for hi:. o+ can @+(t (ay what yo+ wantto, +t we 2now not what to ray for a( we o+ght. Than2 ;od,the Sirit heleth o+r infir:itie(.

That doe( not :ean that thi( i( (o:ething the Holy ;ho(tdoe( aart fro: yo+. That wo+ld :a2e the Holy ;ho(tre(on(ile for yo+r rayer life and He i( not, eca+(e the Bileteache( thatyou are re(on(ile. The Holy Sirit i( not (ent to do

yo+r raying for yo+, +t He i( (ent to hel yo+ in e8ery a(ectof life, incl+ding yo+r rayer life. The(e groaning( co:e o+t ofyo+r (irit and e(cae yo+r li( that i( the Sirit heling yo+.So:e thing( co:e o+t that @+(t cannot e e*re((ed in word(.The(e groaning( are in(ired y the Holy Sirit, and they co:efro: within yo+. )ften y raying thi( way, yo+ are interceding.The rayer of interce((ion i( raying for another.

harle( inney egan hi( :ini(try a( a Pre(yterian and later

on eca:e a ongregationali(t. He 2new (o:ething ao+t theHoly Sirit. He i( 2nown a( the :an who rayed down re8i8al(.inney wa( holding a re8i8al :eeting in a certain city. The wifeof one of the leading doctor( of the city wa( a wonderf+lhri(tian wo:an and leader, +t the doctor hi:(elf wa( aninfidel. He wo+ld :a2e f+n of hi( wife. She felt that inney,who had een a lawyer, wo+ld e ale to hel her h+(and. She

2et in(i(ting that inney co:e to her ho+(e on one of hi( day(off. He agreed to co:e on a 'onday for the noon :eal.

Thi( doctor had a rother who wa( a far:er he wa( a 8eryreligio+( :an and had co:e to attend the :eeting(. Thi( far:er

rother wa( (taying in the ho:e with the doctor and hi( wife, (o


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at the ti:e aointed, inney ca:e and e8eryone wa( (eated atthe tale. The lady a(2ed inney to ray a( he owed hi( head,he wa( chec2ed in hi( (irit and felt that the >ord wanted thefar:er rother to ray. The rother egan raying, when(+ddenly he too2 ahold of hi( (to:ach and (tarted groaning. Hethen @+:ed + fro: the tale and ran to hi( edroo:.

The doctor tho+ght (o:ething wa( wrong with hi:

hy(ically, and @+:ed + to follow hi( rother. inneyfollowed. 3( inney went into the roo:, the doctor wa( co:ingo+t to get hi( ag eca+(e he tho+ght hi( rother had (o:e 2indof (to:ach cra:(. inney 2new what the :atter wa(. He(toed the doctor, infor:ing hi: that there wa( nothing wrongwith hi( rother. inney told the doctor that hi( rother had the(irit of tra8ail and interce((ion and that he wa( raying for the

doctor


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that he had a word for hi: fro: hi( rother. The doctor oenedthe door and a(2ed hi: how hi( rother wa(.

inney told hi: that hi( rother had een raying for thedoctor


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to chec2 hi:, and finally told hi: that he co+ld go ho:e. Hewa( :irac+lo+(ly healed and i( (till reaching the ;o(el.

The father got the @o done when he egan to ray in theSirit. He got the hel of the Holy Sirit in raying. o+ canincrea(e yo+r ower in rayer 100 ercent y raying in theSirit and in tong+e(.


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ear riend,%e tr+(t thi( oo2 ha( een a le((ing to yo+. %e ha8e

endea8ored to oey ;od and re(ent the :e((age He ha( gi8en+( in the rinted word.

%e are li(ting (e8eral oo2( fro: o+r aith >irary whichare of the (a:e (iMe and tye a( the one yo+ ha8e @+(t read.

;od


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