Getting

Acquainted
With God Heart
to
Heart
As I have traveled across the country preaching the
Gospel, I’ve found that there is a common cry on the With Kenneth W. Hagin
hearts of many Christians, and it is a cry for a mighty
move of God. But if we are to have a supernatural move
of God, we first must get acquainted with God. We must
know and understand Who He is. If He is the Lord and He changes not, then why are we,
Job 22:21 in The Amplified Bible says, “Acquaint now His children, getting upset over difficult circumstances?
yourself with Him [agree with God and show yourself to In studying the Pentateuch, the first five books of the
be conformed to His will] and be at peace; by that [you Bible, I have learned that God raised up a people long
shall prosper and great] good shall come to you.” ago—physical sons of Abraham by natural descent. Then
In getting better acquainted with God, we must I found from studying Galatians chapter 3 that you and
realize first that God is a spirit. We hear this; we tritely I have become the spiritual sons of Abraham through
talk about it; and we mentally agree with it sometimes. Christ and thus the children of God. We’ve been adopted
But we need to realize that God, Who is a spirit, is omni- into God’s family as joint-heirs with Jesus, and as such
present: He is present everywhere all of the time, exist- we have every right and privilege that Abraham’s blood
ing everywhere simultaneously. descendants had.
It is beyond our human understanding to comprehend I also read how God took care of His children. When
a Being Who is present everywhere and has the same they had nothing to eat, He gave them food to eat. He
power everywhere. Some will respond, “I never thought took care of their clothing. He took care of everything they
of God in that magnitude before. I thought of Him as a needed. God is still the same today! He is the same God
King on a throne.” Who told Moses, “Tell Pharaoh that I AM sent you.”
Suddenly you begin to realize that this omnipresent There aren’t enough demons in hell, there is no sick-
Spirit of God Who is the same all over the world is also ness, there is no economic condition that can keep the chil-
communing with you and me on a one-to-one basis. We dren of God down when they know Who their Heavenly
think about the awesomeness of God. We think about Father is—when they are acquainted with God. There is
the power of God. We think about how big God is. Yes, no way they can be defeated. They are successes and con-
God is all of that, but we also must realize that God is querors in Christ Jesus. That is what Paul said, writing
as personal with us as He is with every other one of His under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
children. That is a tremendous thought! That is what happens when you get acquainted with
My two children must be physically near me, if they God; when you know He is not just a Being sitting on a
are going to be in my presence. On the other hand, all of throne somewhere “out there” in the heavens. So take
God’s children can be in His Presence all the time every- some time from your busy schedule to get alone and get
where they are. That is how big God is. acquainted with God—your Heavenly Father—on a more
We need to get acquainted with God on those terms— intimate basis.
in the intimacy of a Father-child relationship—not just
in the awesome fact of His greatness.
We also must understand that God is the Creator. He
is the I AM. He is, was, and forever will be the same. It is Kenneth W. Hagin
written in Malachi 3:6, “I am the Lord, I change not.”

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Because God Cares for Me, I Am Worry-Free!
Greg Lane
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Rose Wenning Learn how to cast your cares on the Lord and live in the victorious arena of a
worry-free life.
Editorial Staff
Jeff Bardel
Danny Boyd
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Approaching Your Father
Senior Editor Kenneth E. Hagin
Bob Murphy
Discover how your prayer life can become a continual conversation with
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 Have you ever heard someone say, ‘No one cares about me’? Or maybe you have felt at times that no one
really cared about you or what you were going through. You might be feeling that way right now, but I tell
you, there is Someone Who cares infinitely more than you can realize or understand. God cares about you!

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e are instructed in First Peter 5:7 to cast all The Williams translation says, “Cast every worry
our care upon the Lord, for He cares for us. you have upon Him . . . .”
The New International Version translation of The Amplified version says, “Casting the whole of
this verse tells us to cast our “anxiety” on the Lord. your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your
Care and anxiety carry with them the concerns, once and for all] on Him . . . .”
connotation of fear, worry, or concern. But Many people take a stab at casting their
you can cast your cares, anxieties, fears, cares on the Lord. They will give it a try,
worries, and concerns over on God—because but the Bible doesn’t say to give it a try. The
He cares for you! Then you can get up and Bible says we’re to do it—we’re to cast our
move on with God, free of those cares, and cares once and for all on the Lord.
make something out of your life, both spiri- In my own life and ministry, I have to
tually and naturally speaking. put First Peter 5:7 into practice on a regular
What does it mean to cast your cares basis. Being the president of Kenneth Hagin
over on the Lord? To “cast” means to throw Ministries is an awesome responsibility in
off, throw aside, or throw away. We are not itself. But in addition to that, I also pastor a
to go through life burdened down with cares. We can local church of 8,000 members.
throw off and cast aside all of our cares, for God cares I also have the responsibility of helping run
for us! RHEMA Bible Training Center, where I teach several
Moffatt’s translation of First Peter 5:7 says, “Let all classes. Besides that, we have 13 affiliate train-
your anxieties fall upon him . . . .” ing centers internationally. We also print about five

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million books and distribute thou- JOHN 3:16 with other tongues, as the Spirit
sands of teaching CDs and DVDs 16 For God so loved the world, gave them utterance.
each year. that he gave his only begotten
God sent us the Holy Spirit to help
That’s only a part of what this Son, that whosoever believeth in
us overcome all of our tests, trials,
ministry does. In addition, it takes him should not perish, but have
and tribulations. The Holy Spirit is
something called money to keep everlasting life.
here to deliver us and teach us. We
everything going!
God cared enough for mankind have the power of the Spirit available
There are times I begin to feel the
to redeem each and every one of us. to us because God cares!
care, the load, and the pressure of the
Think about it for a moment. Do you God cares about us and will
everyday operation of the ministry. I
realize that when man messed up sustain us by His power in the midst
feel the weight of the responsibility
and sinned in the Garden of Eden, of any situation or circumstance we
that I have to make sure everything
God could have said, “All right, you’ve may face in life.
runs smoothly and in order.
separated yourself from Me. You’ve
But when I’m tempted to buckle PSALM 55:22
done your own thing, and you’ve
under the load, I say, “No! This is 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord,
messed up. Now you stay where you
God’s ministry. If He can’t make it and he shall sustain thee: he shall
are, eternally separated from Me. I’m
go, I sure can’t! I’m going to do every- never suffer the righteous to be
going to create some new people to
thing I know to do and everything I moved.
glorify Me.”
can with the knowledge and ability I
have. But I am not going to worry!”
That’s what you need to do with
your own life. You need to make up
your mind that you’re not going to
God is personally concerned
worry, because God cares for you!
Now look particularly at the last
about and will be personally involved
part of First Peter 5:7: “. . . he careth
for you.” in the life of everyone who goes to Him and
The Twentieth Century New Testa-
ment translation says, “. . . he makes gives Him his or her cares and burdens.
you his care.” That means when you
cast your cares over on God, He makes
you His number-one priority! Not only did God care enough
God could have done that! But He
We need to understand that God about us to provide us with salvation,
didn’t. Why? Because He cares for us!
is omnipresent. In other words, He is the gift of the Holy Spirit, and healing
Someone might say, “I’m not sure if
present in all places at all times. And for our bodies, He cares enough about
God could have abandoned man or not.”
God is personally concerned about and us to meet our personal needs.
To respond to that statement, all
will be personally involved in the life
you have to do is read the account PHILIPPIANS 4:19
of everyone who goes to Him and gives
in the Old Testament where God 19 But my God shall supply all
Him his or her cares and burdens.
delivered the children of Israel out your need according to his riches
Now God will not come into your
of Egypt to take them to the Prom- in glory by Christ Jesus.
life and override your will. He will
ised Land. The children of Israel kept
not come into your life and make Patience and perseverance are
messing up until, finally, God told
you do something you don’t want keys to receiving the blessings of
Moses, in effect, “I’m going to do away
to do. He won’t force you to give God. Have you ever started out
with this bunch. I’m tired of putting
Him your worry. He won’t forcibly obeying God, but then your situation
up with them” (Num. 14:11–12). But
remove your cares. You have to take didn’t look like it was improving? You
Moses talked God out of destroying
the first step by going to Him with obeyed, but it didn’t look like you
the people (vv. 13–20).
your cares. were making any gain or headway.
You see, God didn’t abandon
Why do we have to take the first In the natural, when some people
Adam and Eve in the Garden,
step? Because, really, God already try to lose weight, at first it can
because He cared about them! Then
took the first step when He gave us look as if nothing is happening even
He cared enough about all of us to
His Son Jesus! Then He told us in His though they are eating properly and
send Jesus to redeem mankind. And
Word what belongs to us in Christ. exercising. But if these people will
then after God sent His Son, He still
Now it’s up to us to do something keep doing what they’ve been doing,
cared enough about us to send us the
about it. He cares! after a few months, they will notice
Holy Spirit.
Do you believe that God really a difference. They may not see the
cares about you? He cared enough ACTS 2:4 desired results all at once, but if they
about all of us to send us the Savior, 4 And they were all filled with the keep up their good eating habits and
Jesus Christ. Holy Ghost and began to speak their exercise program over a period

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of time, they will see more and more Your spiritual and natural success
results. in life depend on how much you trust
FA I T H I N AC T I O N
That’s the way it is with believ- the Lord and whether you cast your
ing God. You may not see an instant cares on Him. Your success depends on Living Worry-Free
change in your circumstances, but your obedience to God and His Word. Allowing yourself to worry is unpro-
if you will keep doing God’s Word, it I challenge you to cast your cares ductive. In other words, worrying about
will pay off! You will see results! on the Lord right now. I challenge the circumstances you face never
Faith has a part to play in casting you to move into new arenas of vic- changes them. When you think about it,
our cares on the Lord. It takes faith torious living with God by living a worry can’t make you one inch shorter
or one inch taller. Worry accomplishes
nothing productive or of any value. Here
are some tips on how to live worry-free:
Your spiritual and natural success in life • View your circumstances with the eye

depend on how much you trust of faith. See your situation the way
God does, according to His Word.
• Train your thoughts to work for you,
the Lord and whether you not against you. Think God’s thoughts,
by filling your mind with His Word.
cast your cares on Him. • Don’t use your own natural reason-
ing to analyze situations that confront
you. God’s Word is greater than your
to let go of our problems and give worry-free life that is pleasing to natural thinking.
• Cast down imaginations that try to tell
them to God, believing He will take Him. If you’ll commit yourself to
care of them. Then after we give our you God’s Word isn’t true.
resting and trusting in God, you
• Believe that what God’s Word says is
problems to God, we are to go on our will move up a notch spiritually. If
true, because it is!
way, carefree and worry-free. you need to ask God to forgive you
• Speak the Word and act on the Word.
for worrying, then do it and receive • Declare from your heart: “I am what
your forgiveness. Then go on down the Word says I am. I can do what the
the road of life worry-free, because Word says I can do. And I can have
God cares for you! what the Word says I can have.”

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 (Editor’s Note: This article was adapted from Brother are involved in our prayer life. According to John 16:23 and
Hagin’s 4-CD series Knowing God as Your Father.) Ephesians 6:18, we are instructed to pray to the Father
in Jesus’ Name through the Holy Spirit, either with our
In that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say understanding or in other tongues (1 Cor. 14:14–15).
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he Number two, our prayer is to be based on the Word of
will give it you (John 16:23). God (John 15:7). If our prayer life is controlled by the Word
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask of God, we will always pray in line with the will of God. The
what ye will, and it shall be done unto you (John 15:7). Word of God is the will of God. And we won’t pray for any-
thing outside of the Word of God if His words abide in us.
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
Spirit . . . (Ephesians 6:18). This is where so many people fail. They are praying
outside of the Word. But if you find scriptures that promise

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e can see from these verses that prayer has you the things you are praying for, then you will always
several elements. Number one, prayer brings us pray in line with the will of God.
into personal fellowship with our Father God— You can be sure of this one thing: God will hear and answer
the Father of spirits—with the Lord Jesus Christ, and your prayer when you come to Him according to the Word of
with the Holy Spirit. All three members of the Godhead God, because His Word never fails (1 John 5:14–15).

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 Number three, you cannot spend talking regularly with the Lord Who show you things you can pray about
any length of time in prayer without knows all things. that will happen in your future.
being affected by it. Isaiah 40:31 says, Before I got married, I spent a lot JOHN 16:13
“They that wait upon the Lord shall of time talking to the Lord about my
renew their strength . . . .” 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
future wife. I spent an hour every truth, is come, he will guide you
We’re living in a time when most
single day talking to Him about her.
folks need their strength renewed. into all truth: for he shall not speak
And He would talk to me.
I believe this verse is talking about of himself; but whatsoever he shall
When you get over into praying in
spiritual strength first, but whatever hear, that shall he speak: and he
affects you spiritually is also going to the spirit realm, you’ll begin to know
will shew you things to come.
affect you mentally and physically. things. I knew who I was going to marry,
and I knew that we would have two You see, because I prayed for my
Isaiah also prophesied by the Spirit
of God, “For with stammering lips and children. First a boy, and then a girl. children long before they were born, I
another tongue will he speak to this Long before I asked Oretha to didn’t have to pray for them that much
people. To whom he said, This is the marry me, I prayed about those two after they were born. I didn’t pray for
rest wherewith ye may cause the weary children. Some people wait too late either one of them more than a half a
to rest; and this is the refreshing . . .” to begin praying about their children. dozen times after they were born.
(Isa. 28:11–12). But I started praying about mine even Praying ahead, so to speak, is just
The quietness—the unshaken, before I proposed to my wife. one aspect of building a prayer life, a
deep peace—that pervades the Then, within two and a half hours life of communion with your Heavenly
Godhead will overflow into your Father.
after each one of them was born, I took
prayer life. This won’t happen just by
your rattling off a few prayers. And

Prayer is fellowshipping
this doesn’t happen when you pray
selfish prayers like the ol’ farmer did:
“God bless me, my wife, and our two
sons. Us four and no more!”
No, the rest and refreshing the
with the Father.
prophet Isaiah spoke about come from
waiting in the Presence of God. That
peace comes from fellowshipping with them in my hands and dedicated them
the Lord around the Word. to the Lord. Throughout their lives, I
Prayer is fellowshipping with the didn’t do much praying for them. I did
Father. Friends, prayer should simply most of my praying before they were
become a conversation between you even conceived.
and your Heavenly Father. From the Another aspect of prayer involves
Parents often talk about their
time I was a teenager, I learned to just spending time with God—for no
children being rebellious and the
talk things over with the Lord. “reason” at all. Many people have the
many other problems they have with
You can talk to the Lord about any- idea that you’re not really praying
them while they are growing up. But
thing and everything. In fact, with a unless you’re asking for something.
lot of things in life, if you would have Oretha and I never had a problem
No, no. You don’t have to ask for any-
talked to the Lord first, you would with Ken or Pat.
thing when you pray. And the sad
have never done some of those things. I’m not saying that they were thing is that so many people never
You can save yourself a lot of misery if saints. You can’t put a grown head on pray without asking for something.
you’ll learn to talk to the Lord ahead a kid! But on the other hand, people I believe that God often wants us
of time. have asked me through the years, to just spend time with Him—to come
You see, the Lord is concerned about “How did you get your children to go into His Presence just to be with
everything that concerns you. And you to church?” Or, “How did you keep Him. I can remember very clearly the
can talk to Him freely, just by holding a your children from being rebellious?” first time I experienced the Presence
conversation with Him. When you talk And, “How did you get your children of God. I had been a Christian for a
to Him, He’ll talk back to you.
to love school?” good many years. And one night after
I’ll be honest with you. Some of the
I don’t know; we never had those a service, I was kneeling by the bed,
things I’ve talked to the Lord about,
I’ve had Him say to me, “Now you just problems. I just knew before they were fellowshipping with my Heavenly
go ahead and do what you want to do born that they would love church, they Father.
about that.” In some things, it doesn’t would love going to school, and they I had my eyes shut when suddenly
make that much difference what we would not be rebellious children. I saw myself standing in the very
do. But in other things, our decision When you build a prayer life, a life Throne Room of Heaven. I saw God
makes all the difference in the world. of communion and fellowship with your there, and I saw Jesus sitting at the
We can find out which is which by Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit will right hand of the Father.

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 As I worshipped the Lord, I heard
the Father say, “Son, what can I do for F A I T H I N A C T I O N
you? What do you want?”
I heard myself say, “Father, I don’t
want anything. I didn’t come to ask Abiding in the Word 1 JOHN 5:14–15
14 And this is the confidence
You for anything. I just wanted to tell that we have in [God], that, if we ask
you how much I love You.” “If ye abide in me, and my words any thing according to his will, he
To me, it was just as real as some- abide in you, ye shall ask what ye heareth us:
body standing in the room. I saw tears will, and it shall be done unto you” 15 And if we know that he hear
come to His eyes, and He reached His (John 15:7). us, whatsoever we ask, we know
hands out to take me into His arms. Prayer must be based on the Word that we have the petitions that we
He hugged me in the same way a of God. This is where so many people desired of him.
natural father would hug his son. fail. They pray outside of the Word. According to these passages, we
Then He said, “Son, you don’t know To guarantee that your prayer will see that receiving answers to our
how much that does for Me, how much be answered, find scriptures that prayers really depends on us more
I appreciate that. No earthly father promise what you are praying for. Then than it does on God.
ever loved his children more than you have a solid foundation for your It’s up to you to abide in the Word
I love Mine. No earthly father ever faith. First John 5:14–15 tells us that and then pray in line with the Word.
You can talk to praying according to God’s Word—His
will—is what gives us confidence that
When you do this, you can have com-
plete assurance that you will receive

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and experienced at
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I knew that RHEMA was
where I needed to be.
—A.B., Oklahoma

Two years before I vis-

ited the RHEMA campus,
I felt a tug in my heart
to attend RBTC. I finally
came to RHEMA College
Weekend and God totally
confirmed what he had
been whispering all along
. . . “Go to RHEMA and
study My Word!”
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I received confirmation
from the Lord during
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that I was to attend
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God Is Doing Great Things for
(Editor’s Note: The following testimonies are a few testimonies from this year’s and fire departments were amazed at
were edited for length and clarity.) student body. the outcome, because usually a vehicle
“On October 7, 2007, at approxi- traveling that fast will wedge itself
Every September people just like mately 12:15 a.m. I was returning from under the trailer. If it had, the ethanol
you take a major step of faith. People Kansas with a load of ethanol (around would have leaked onto his motor, which
from all ages and walks of life, from 7,500 gallons). As I went around a corner would have ignited both of our trucks.
across the United States and around I saw the headlights of a truck coming But instead, when he hit me his truck
the world, pack up their belongings and at me at a high rate of speed. The truck repelled about 50–75 feet away from
leave friends, family, and jobs to move went up and over the median, driving my leaking truck. I praise the Lord
to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, to attend straight toward my truck. I tried to get for the protection of my vehicle and all
RHEMA Bible Training Center. For out of the way, but carrying the heavy those around me. The Lord is truly an
some, simply getting to RBTC is chal- load and going around a corner, I was awesome God!”
lenging. For others, the challenges come unable to maneuver quickly enough. —J.D., First-Year Student
once they arrive. But whether their fight The truck ran a stop sign and hit my
of faith is in the coming or in the staying, trailer traveling 50–60 miles per hour, “My name was on the list of students
God is always there for them in rupturing the loading tubes under my who were to report to the Admissions
their time of need. Here trailer and spilling the ethanol onto the Office, and my first thought was, What
ground. This could have been a very vol- did I do? When I went to Admissions, I
atile situation, but I pray over my truck jokingly said, ‘Someone probably wrote
every day and also for those who travel me a check for a thousand dollars.’ The
around me. The driver of the other truck admissions clerk said, ‘It’s better than
and I were both uninjured. The police that. Someone has paid your tuition for
RBTC Students!
the entire year!’ I later went back “I was in a serious car accident
to Admissions to ask how to get a trying to get to RHEMA for first-
thank-you card to the person who year classes. The Lord healed me,
had blessed me with such a gift. but all the symptoms later returned.
They informed me that I should go I have been seeing a doctor three
to Student Housing where I was told times a week since the beginning
that someone had also paid my rent of summer. I attended Kindle the
for the next five and a half months. Flame® Women’s Conference in Sep-
PRAISE GOD!” tember, and Mrs. Hagin asked all the
—E.C., Second-Year Student women who needed healing to come
forward. I thought Wait a minute. I
“The first few days of Orienta- was already healed of these symp-
tion, we prayed for a man from my toms last year! So instead of going
home church who was in a terrible forward, I started praising God for
car accident. He died from major my healing. I felt no change at the
internal injuries, was declared dead time. But a few days later I noticed
and taken to the morgue, but woke that I had no pain! I am so thankful
up in the morgue 27 minutes later. to God for His continued faithfulness
His brain is completely healthy and and to RHEMA for training me.”
whole!” —S.M., Second-Year Student
—B.H., First-Year Student
“Lately, my bills have gone up by
“I was in the hospital for two $150 a month. At the same time, I
days and had no medical insurance. asked God for five extra dollars this
I asked the Lord how I was supposed month (in addition to my regular
to pay for my treatment, and He said paycheck) in order to exercise my
to me, “I’ve got it. Don’t even think faith a little bit at a time. Soon after
about it anymore.” A few weeks later my prayer, someone I’d never met
a representative from the hospital before gave me $100. A few days
called to tell me they were going to later, someone else gave me another
either write off the entire amount of $100! Also, my roommate just got
my hospital bill or give me a huge a check in the mail for $200. With
discount! I praise God for His faith- such a great God, we’re not going to
fulness in my life!” be concerned!”
—S.H., Second-Year Student —R.C., Second-Year Student

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 K E N N E T H W. H A G I N ’ S 2 0 0 7 M E N ’ S C O N F E R E N C E

A Call to Arms ® 2007:

Determined to Conquer,
Destined to Win!
Men from the Unites States and other countries con- flags gave the setting the appearance of a motorcycle
verged on the RHEMA USA campus in Broken Arrow, or sprint-car rally. The scene summed up the essence
Oklahoma, on November 1 through 3 for anointed exhor- of the entire conference—run God’s race to win. The
tation and life-changing insights at Kenneth W. Hagin’s Heavenly Father has provided everything neces-
A Call to Arms® Men’s Conference. sary for victory, but His sons have to walk in what
The conference theme was “Determined to Conquer, the Father has provided through Christ in order to
Destined to Win!” In addition to good food and fellowship conquer and win as God intends.
with other believers, men were taught about their right to “You’ve got to be determined to conquer, if you’re
live in victory because of what Jesus Christ did for them going to be destined to win,” Rev. Hagin said.
at Calvary. They were also reminded of their obligation to Rev. Hagin explained that despite the difficulties
actually walk out that victory as men of God. that everyone faces, Romans 8:37 says believers are
The event began with a literal roar on Thursday more than conquerors in Christ. When Christ died on
evening as Rev. Hagin—in black leather motorcycle-riding the cross, believers were destined to win through faith
clothes—drove a blue three-wheeler motorbike into the in Him. We walk out that victory day-to-day by faith
church auditorium. After making several passes in front in God’s Word.
of the crowd of excited, cheering men, he rode up a ramp Appearing to be victorious is not the key to con-
and onto the stage, which included an array of motorcycles quering and winning—conquering and winning are a
and four-wheelers. Bales of hay, steel rails, and checkered matter of entering the race with a determination to

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win and of staying in the race with a com- “Just because the enemy knocks you fulfilling His calling. Conquer fear
mitment to never quit on God. The Lord down, it is not a sign of defeat,” Rev. Hagin through faith in the Word.
has a divine purpose for godly men to live explained. “When the devil is about to
out for the sakes of their families, churches, knock you out of the race, hang on. You’re • Unforgiveness—Unforgiveness is
and callings—a purpose and plan that men almost to the finish line!” an evil force that clamps onto you
can live out amply supplied with God’s Rev. Hagin identified eight pitfalls to and keeps you defeated. Let go of
power and provision for the task. avoid in order to be a winner in Christ: offenses.
“God never created a loser. . . . But you
have to be determined to conquer or you •P
 ersonal ambition—Personal ambi- • Procrastination—Don’t wait until
will experience failure,” Rev. Hagin said. tion can be a pitfall when you’re not the “perfect moment” to obey God
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t following God’s plan. While not every- and follow the Spirit. You can be the
make it in life. With God, all things are pos- one is called to preach, all men should husband, father, and spiritual leader
sible to him who believes!” discover their calling and pursue it God is calling you to be right now.
Men of God must be determined to with God’s leading.
persevere amid obstacles and trials. When • Unwillingness—Those who follow
believers are under the most severe attacks, • Fear—Don’t let fear paralyze you and God and live the victorious life have
it’s a sign that they are about to win. prevent you from living for God and to choose to live for Him, no matter

Highlights From CTA Guest Speakers “What enables men to become deter-
mined to conquer and destined to win?
“The work Jesus did on the cross and It’s the God-given power of potential. You
when He rose from the dead restored us have it. Use it to the best of your ability.
as closely as possible back to the posi- You are a unique expression of God in the
tion of authority that man enjoyed in the earth, and God has placed something on
Garden of Eden, as close as is possible the inside of you that He didn’t think the
in this fallen world. We have to be the world should do without. The Bible says
people of authority that God made you are fearfully and wonderfully made.
us to be. We don’t wrestle with flesh If you have an esteem problem and you
and blood, but with principalities and don’t feel adequate, think about this—before you came to this
powers and the rulers of the darkness world, you were a thought in the mind of God. He doesn’t
of this world, with the wicked spirits in the heavenly places. make junk; you’re not junk. . . . When we men retreat and are
. . . But the Lord Jesus Christ made a show of the devil and no longer determined to conquer and don’t believe we are
triumphed over him with His blood. We need to live in author- destined to win, we deprive the Kingdom of God of its honor.
ity and dominion and live like the gates of hell are not going We deprive the family of God of our gifts, talents, and abilities.
to prevail against us. The Bible is clear that weapons formed We deprive ourselves of the very potential God gave us. . . .
against us will not prosper. It does not say that weapons will Don’t allow your God-given potential to wane away. Your
not form. It says they will not prosper. We have dominion.” life has potential to fulfill your purpose.”
—Jerry Weinzierl —Joseph Ripley
From “Don’t Just Sit There!” From “Fulfilling Your God-Given Potential”

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 how challenging it may appear. Be
“Each and every one of us is in eco-
willing to answer God’s call. nomic partnership with God. In that
®
partnership, God expects us to grow
• Lack of Knowledge—Know the and invest the talents He has given us.
Word. Knowing the enemy enables He expects us to do something with
you to fight him more effectively. Be what He has entrusted to us. He has
willing to learn on your job and in sown into us, and He wants us to
sow into others.”
other areas of your life.
—Tim Rogers
Workshop Highlights From the workshop “The Apprentice: If
• Socializing With the Wrong Crowd— You Don’t Use It, You’re Going to Lose It!”
The people you socialize with will add “It doesn’t make a difference what
to your life or take away from it. “You anyone does to you, it doesn’t give “Faith, according to Webster’s New
can’t hang with losers and expect to be you the right to act the way they act. World Dictionary, is ‘an unquestioning
It doesn’t matter what your wife does belief.’ If you ever question, you’re
in the winner’s circle.”
to you, it doesn’t give you a right to not in faith. If I’m not in faith, I’m either
act ungodly toward her. Learn to be in doubt, fear, or both. If I’m in doubt
• Quitting—Persevere–because,regard- and fear, I’m not in faith, and I will not
secure in yourself, be secure in God,
less of what comes against you, there’s get my needs met. It takes faith to get
and bring healing to a situation.”
a way to win. In the words of Winston your needs met.”
—Sterling Hudgins
Churchill, “A pessimist sees the diffi- —Craig W. Hagin
From the workshop “Communication
From the workshop
culty in every opportunity; an optimist in Marriage: Stop Competing and Start
“How to Turn Your Faith Loose”
sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Completing!”
“When it comes to the household,
“I am determined to conquer, and I “As a man you should have a grace a lot of men say, ‘I have a hard time
am destined to win, and no devil in hell and dignity that you did not get from getting my wife to submit to me.’ Sub-
this world. It is a part of someone who mission is not something you get your
will stop me,” Rev. Hagin said.
acts holy. Holiness is to be duplicated wife to do. It’s not up to you to bring
During the invitation, men came to
and modeled in the earth. Why? your wife into submission. It’s up to
the altar to connect with God for victory Because that’s the way it is in Heaven.” you to be the husband that God has
over rejection, unforgiveness, and other —Dean Berg called you to be.”
issues. As the conference ended Satur- From the workshop “Holiness: What You —Greg Varney
day with a Communion service, men Do Speaks So Loudly I Can’t Hear What From the workshop “Submission and
came to the front for healing before You Say!” Authority: Bringing Order to Your World”
partaking of the cup and the bread. At
the conclusion of the event, men joined “We can have relationships with “You have to find out who you are
women, but we can live pure in the in the Word of God. You are righteous
hand-in-hand and sang “One in the
midst of having those relationships. because of what Christ has done
Family” before departing—changed by for you. There’s a real world out there
Living pure is a matter of choice. Your
the Word of God and the power of the with real challenges that we face every
body is not so strong that you don’t have
Holy Spirit. day. If we don’t know who we are in
a choice. Your desires are not so strong
Christ, we’re not going to be successful
that you can’t control your body.”
parents, successful husbands, or suc-
—Phillip Slaughter cessful businessmen.”
From the workshop “Relationships and —Anthony Storino
the Single Guy: Avoiding the Pitfalls!” From the workshop “Righteousness:
Discovering Who You Are in Christ!”
“I believe there is going to be a great
movement of the Holy Spirit, not just “The world needs to know you’re
within the four walls of the church, but a godly man. They need to see that
it’s going to break out in businesses. . . . you’re a man of standards. A standard is
I believe there are going to be supernat- something you refuse to live below. The
ural occurrences and businesspeople Word of God is our standard. We have
will be supernaturally used of God to keep living the Word and be leaders
in our homes and heads of our house-
in these last days.”
holds, because that’s what people are
—Nathanael Wolf looking for.”
From the workshop “The Gatekeeper: —Terry Graves
If God Can Trust It Through You, He Will From the workshop
Entrust It to You!” “A Real Man: It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over”
 Sunday
May 4

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 Family Builders Lessons for the Whole Family

Start by pondering the Lord’s

desire for you to be forgiven.
Meditate on forgiveness scriptures
until you personally know and
experience His forgiveness and
acceptance.
God loves you so much that
Jesus went to the cross for you
(John 3:16). That love brings
acceptance and continual forgive-
ness for those who seek it (1 John
1:9). Regardless of the severity of Start by pondering the
Th i s M o n t h ’ s To p i c : your sins, God wipes them away in Lord’s desire for you to
God’s Motive for Sanctification Is Love Christ (Isa. 43:25–26). Jesus told be forgiven.
the woman caught in adultery to
“go and sin no more” after her accusers walked ashamedly
away (John 8:3–11). It’s interesting to note that just after Jesus
God calls all of His children to live sanctified lives and be told the woman that He did not condemn her, He declared
committed to walking in His ways, set apart from the sin, car- that He was the “light of the world” (v. 12). Holiness and love
nality, and pride of this world. Our Father’s primary motive for are inextricably linked in the person of Christ, Who is an exact
our holiness is His deep and abiding love for us. Sanctification reflection of the Father (Heb. 1:3).
and the holiness that characterizes it are products of God’s Think on God’s abundant provision for your material and
love and His desire for His children to live fulfilled, prosperous, physical needs and His desire to bless you “even as your soul
purposeful lives. prospers” (3 John 2). God didn’t hold back anything from you
Recent Family Builders articles challenged adults, children, (Rom. 8:31–32). God is also paying attention to you, and He
and teens to pursue sanctification. This month Family Builders hears you (1 John 5:14). He cares for you “affectionately and
looks at the primary motive for sanctification—God’s marvel- cares about you watchfully” (1 Pet. 5:7 Amplified ).
ous love for us all. You are loved. You are a treasure. Meditate on these reali-
ties of God’s glorious love for you this month and watch your
thinking and actions change. This awesome love of God is
Family Builders for Adults motivation to seek Him and be like Him, because He is so
wonderful!
Being Mindful of God’s Love
Sin and unrighteousness ultimately kill, steal, and Family Builders for Children
destroy—all fruits of the devil’s influence and selfish nature.
Holiness brings abundant life and a desire to exude the life
of God to others.
Teaching Children About God’s Affection for Them
God loves children. Children are just as important to Him
But before we can experience holiness, we must first
as adults are. He assigns angels to them, and their angels
realize and experience God’s love! If we think on God’s love,
are constantly reporting to God about them (Matt. 18:10).
we will walk in that love, want to draw closer to Him, and be
You can build an awareness of God’s love in your children
ever mindful of pleasing Him. That’s the essence of the sancti- and motivate them to obey His
fied life. Jesus said those who love Him will keep His com- truths by reviewing the scrip-
mandments (John 15:10). The Bible also says we love God tures on God’s love with them.
because of our awareness of His love for us, and the capacity Have your children read them
to love Him and others has been placed inside believers by aloud. Challenge them to mem-
God Himself (1 John 4:19; Rom. 5:5). orize the scriptures. Help them
Take time this month to memorize and meditate on scrip- make confessions of them and
tures that refer to God’s love and provisions for you. Let the encourage them to repeat the
scriptures on God’s love for you change your outlook on confessions.
sanctification and the need to be committed to living God’s The greatest demonstration
way. Sanctification isn’t a one-time event brought about The greatest demonstra- of God’s love for your children
by your human effort. It’s a lifelong process begun in you tion of God’s love for your is your love for them. Children
through God’s great love and worked in you through God’s children is your love for are influenced chiefly by their
great love. them. parents, so consistently showing

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affection and providing loving correction are essential for your trusted friends and confidants
children to see God’s love demonstrated to them. demonstrates a level of love
Along with showing your children tenderness and care, and respect beyond compare.
show your children from the Word that Jesus wants them Jesus called His disciples
to feel comfortable with Him. He wants to spend time with friends, and He reminded
them (Matt. 19:13–14, Mark 10:14, Luke 18:16). Teach them them that He proved His
how Jesus loved them so much that He used the faith of friendship by laying down His
children as an example to teach grown-ups (Matt. 18:3)! God life for them and by showing
loves children so much that He wants every one of them them the truths and insights
to be saved (Matt. 18:14). The Father knows every intimate Your teens will see an incred- the Father had shown Him
detail about them, even how many hairs are on their heads ible view of God when they (John 15:13–15). His follow-
(Matt. 10:30). realize that He wants to be ers in turn show their love
Make sure your children know that they are God’s children their friend. and friendship by keeping His
if they accept Jesus as Lord and Savior (John 1:12, 1 John 3:1). commandments (v. 14). Your
Your children can know and live in the biblical truth that they teens will see an incredible view of God when they realize that
can love others, because Christ loves them and lives in them He wants to be their friend. He respects them. Their thoughts
through the Holy Spirit (1 John 4:7). God chose them (John and feelings matter immensely to Him. In response, they will
15:16, Eph. 1:4), and He will never leave them nor forsake desire to seek God and obey Him. Teens who seek God, walk
them (Heb. 13:5). By teaching your children these truths, they in His Word, and do what He says, can be used mightily of
can in turn share them with other children. God. That’s how much the Father loves them.
Parents can model God’s love to their teens by befriending
Family Builders for Teenagers them. Spend time with your teenagers and hear them out. Be
willing to open up to your teens about your own shortcom-
ings and longings. Love is evidenced through a level of trust
God’s Love Means Friendship for Teens you show your teens by revealing more of yourself to them.
Love and respect go hand-in-hand, and one of the greatest Then sit down with them and discuss the scriptures that
yearnings of teenagers is to be respected as people whose deal with God’s love and respect for them. Challenge them to
opinions and desires are legitimate and esteemed by adults. read over the scriptures daily and make confessions of them.
You can show your teens how much God loves them by During times of fellowship, praise God with your teens and
helping them focus on the biblical truth that God respects thank Him together for making you His friends and respect-
them and wants to be their friend. Indeed, one of the greatest ing you. As you demonstrate the love and respect God has
displays of God’s love is His desire to befriend frail, imperfect for teens, they will in turn seek Him and desire to live for
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 “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)

All of us refer to certain scriptures more

frequently than others. One scripture passage
that I have referred to all my life is Psalm
91. With times as perilous as they are, it is
important that we all claim the promises of
God for protection over our lives. Every day As we pulled up in the car, I could see the little duck-
I claim Psalm 91 over my entire family. Of lings playing in the rather large pen, and I got out to get
course, when we claim this passage of scrip- a closer look. As I came close to the pen, the mother
ture, it is important that we abide by the duck sensed what she thought was danger and began
guidelines. frantically gathering the ducklings under her wings. I
Psalm 91:1–2 (KJV ) says, “He that dwelleth in the secret watched with utter amazement as she covered those
place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the ducklings so quickly that suddenly I could not see any
Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my of them. It was as though the mother duck was alone
fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” The New International in the pen.
Version says in verse 1, “He who dwells in the shelter of the Seeing that verse from Psalm 91 visibly illustrated
Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” What does made an indelible impression upon me. Now I can
it mean to dwell in the shelter of the Most High? It means to imagine that whatever comes my way, my Heavenly
live in constant communion with God and to place Him first Father so covers me with His protecting arms that the
in our lives. If we want the benefits of Psalm 91, then we must enemy cannot even find me. I am assured that my God
do these things. will deliver me from any situation or circumstance
So many times Christians neglect their relationship with that may come my way.
God until a tragedy happens. Then they run back to the shelter Psalm 91:10–11 says, “There shall no evil befall thee,
of God. We should not live that way. He didn’t say to visit Him neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he
once in a while. No—He said, “He who dwells in the shelter of shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in
the Most High . . . .” We’ve got to continually inhabit that all thy ways.” I quote these verses often. I like the way
secret place in God. It cannot be a temporary dwelling; it must the New Living Translation puts them: “No evil will
be our permanent dwelling place. conquer you; no plague will come near your dwelling.
When we have that kind of relationship with our Heavenly For he orders his angels to protect you wherever you
Father, we can boldly claim that He is our refuge and fortress. go.” And verse 12 says, “They will hold you with their
In times of trouble we can run to God confidently, knowing hands to keep you from striking your foot on a stone”
that He will take care of us. (NLT). When symptoms try to fasten themselves on
Psalm 91:3–4 says, “Surely he shall deliver thee from the any member of my family, I quickly tell the devil, “You
snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cannot put that symptom on us, because I have already
cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou claimed that no plague can come to our family.”
trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” I had read The crowning promises in this psalm are in verses
those verses often and heard ministers describe the way a 15 and 16: “ ‘When they call on me, I will answer; I
mother hen protects her chicks. However, because I was not will be with them in trouble. I will rescue them and
raised on a farm, I had never seen this. honor them. I will satisfy them with a long life and
Ducks inhabit our park on the RHEMA campus. Several give them my salvation’ ” (NLT ). I encourage you to
years ago, some geese were eating our baby ducks. So our take the promises of these scriptures, confess them
maintenance staff placed a mother duck and her babies in each day, believe what God has promised, and watch
a pen until the ducklings were old enough to protect them- them become a reality in your life.
selves. One afternoon my husband said to me, “Let’s go check
on the baby ducks.” I had not seen them yet so I was excited.

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Jokes &
Riddles
W
e all know that faith is very important
to the Christian. Remember that
the Bible says, “without faith it is What does the winner of a
impossible to please God” (Heb. 11:6 NIV). But race lose?
just like you need the help of friends sometimes His breath
to get a job done, the same holds true for faith.
The New Testament tells us about three very
important “friends” of faith. One of them is What lies on its back 100
found in James 2:17. His name is ACTION. feet up in the air?
Let’s read about it. “...faith by itself, if it is not A dead centipede
accompanied by action, is dead”(NIV). How
important is it for action to be with your faith?
Well, without it, your faith dies! Here are a
What starts with T, ends
with T and is full of T?
couple of important actions that will help your
faith: 1.) Confess God’s Word in each situation A teapot
you face & 2.) Obey God’s Word and do what
it says to do. Well, the other two friends of faith still remain a mystery. Do you think you can figure out Why do bees have sticky
their names? Unscramble the two words below to discover the names of the two other friends of faith. hair?
(Answers found in Galatians 5:6 & Hebrews 6:12)
Because they have
velo & tanpiece honeycombs

Why were the teacher’s

eyes crossed?
THE VITAL SIGNS OF FAITH Find the Bible Names She couldn’t control her
Find the names of 13 Bible characters cleverly pupils
Faith gets healthy much the same way your heart gets hidden in the paragraph below. Names may have
healthy...with good nutrition and exercise. So partake spaces in between the letters or may be totally
contained within another word. Where was King Solomon’s
of the Word of God daily and exercise by doing what it temple?
tells you to do. Then your “faith monitor” should look
I went to the Supermarket and On his forehead
like this one.
played a video game called “Zulukenny.”
Funmart has a game just like it. It is Finish the Rhyme
Only one of the faith monitor blips below matches the
a most intriguing game. A bell rings when you
one above exactly. Can you pick out the exact match? Read the Bible lesson at the top of the
save a damsel in distress. Zulukenny is the
page. Then try to complete the rhymes
bravest hero of all. Some video games are below.
1 real evil and violent, but not Zulukenny. To tell
the truth, I have a habit of playing video games You might read your Bible daily,
2 too long. But I’m getting a lot better now. And believe every word that it said.
3 If you read it but do not obey it,
Did you find the 13 names? Maybe this will help
Your faith, without action, is _____.
you. Here are the names you are looking for:
Abel, Adam, Ahab, Amos, Asa, David, Esther,
Faith is a gift sent from Heaven,
Levi, Lot, Luke, Mark, Martha, Ruth.
But a greater gift comes from above.
Because Galatians 5:6 has told us,
ANSWERS:

Funmart has a game

Martha and Asa run together in the phrase:
too long. But I’m getting a lot better now.
the truth, I have a habit of playing video games
love, promise
Our faith will not work without _____.
real evil and violent, but not Zulukenny. To tell
bravest hero of all. Some video games are Finish the Rhyme - Answers: dead,

Faith is important to Christians,

save a damsel in distress. Zulukenny is the Vital Signs of Faith - Answer: 2
a most intriguing game. A bell rings when you
Funmart has a game just like it. It is patience” we inherit God’s promises.
played a video game called “Zulukenny.”
I went to the Supermarket and
Hebrews 6:12 says that “through faith and
Galatians 5:6 says that “Faith works by love.” Go ask the disciple named Thomas.
But if you have faith without patience,
Love & Patience.
Find the Bible Names Answers: From Its Friends - Answer:
Faith “Gets By” With a Little Help
You will not inherit the _________