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1、By K enneth E. HaginSecond Edi tion Twent y -Fi rst Prin ting 1995ISBN 0-89276-013 -3In the U.S. Write:Kenneth Hagin M inis tr ies P.O. Box 50126Tulsa , OK 74150-0126In Canada writ e:Kenne th Hagin Min ist ries P.O. Box 335, Sta tion DEtob icoke , Onta rio Canada, M9A 4X3Copy ri ght 1983 RHEMA Bible

2、 ChurchAK A Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Inc.All Rights Reserved Printed in USAThe Faith Shield is a trademark of RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Inc., registered with the U .S. Patent and Trademark Of fice and therefore ma y not be duplicated.Co ntents 1 Follow t he Rules To Get R

3、esu lts . 52 Exchange Peti tion for Pra ise . 133 You Dont Have To Worr y . 214 United Pra ye r Gets Resul ts . 275 Paul at Pra ye r . 31Chapter 11 Follow the Rules To G et ResultsPraying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit .Ephesians 6:18The re are d iff eren t kinds of p ra y er,

4、 ju st as t here a re di ffe rent gam es i n sport s, ea ch with i ts own set o f rul es. Rul es tha t appl y t o baseba ll do no t appl y t o footba ll . If y ou t ri ed to us e the same r ules , you would ge t c onfused .Similarl y , t here a re ru les or sp ir itua l laws th at govern c er tain k

5、 inds of pr a y er, but do not a ppl y to o ther k inds of p ra y er. We ma ke a mistake b y lum ping t ogethe r al l kinds o f pra ye r, bec ause i f we take th e ru les tha t gove rn one kind of pra ye r and tr y to app l y t he m to anothe r k ind o f pr a y er, we wont see th e des ired r esul t

6、s.As we look in Gods Word to dis cover the kind of p ra y er th at ge ts re sult s, no tice ag ain our t ext , Ephesi ans 6:18 . Mof fat ts t rans lat ion read s, . . pra yi ng . . with a ll manner of pra ye r. . . St il l ano ther tr ansla tion sa ys , P ra y ing with al l kind s of pra ye r. . . F

7、or e xa mple, som e peop le th ink ever y p ra y er shou ld end wi th t he words , If it be Th y wil l. The y sa y this is the wa y Je sus p ra y ed. But J esus d id not pra y t his wa y ev er y time. When Je sus p ra y ed a t La zarus tom b, He didn t pra y, If i t be Th y will . He s aid, . . Fath

8、 er, I thank thee tha t t hou has t hea rd me (John 11:41). He t hen co m ma nded Laza rus to c o me fo rth , and Laza rus c a me for th.Thi s pra ye r was one to chang e ci rcu mstances. When y ou p ra y to r eceiv e so mething or t o change c ircumstances, never p ra y if . If y ou do, y o ure us

9、ing th e wrong rule and it wont work .The onl y kind of p ra y er in which J esus inc luded an if was a pra ye r o f con secra tion and d edica tion . In th e Garden of 56 Praying To Get ResultsGeth se mane He p ra y ed, Father , i f t hou b e wi lling , r emove t his cup f rom me: never thele ss no

10、t my wil l, bu t th ine, be don e (Luke 22:42). J esus wasn t pra yi ng to change s o mething. He was p ra y ing a p ra y er of consec rat ion and dedi cat ion. And in thi s p ra y er, we s hould put a n if because we want t o be re ad y to do what Jesu s wants us to do .When i t c o mes to bel ievi

11、ng God fo r som ething, we should no t pr a y , If it be th y wil l. We alr ead y hav e Gods pro mise in His Word. It i s His wil l tha t our need s be m et. We read i n Mark 11:24, What th ings soeve r ye des ire , when y e pray , bel ieve tha t y e rece ive th em, and ye sha ll have t hem. We shou

12、 ld rea liz e it i s Gods wi ll th at a ll ou r needs be metspiritua l, ph ys ical, and material.Al though we don t li ve under t he Old Covenant , we can be tte r unde rstand th e na ture of God b y s tud y ing the Old Tes ta ment. The re we find t hat God promised His people more t han sp ir itua

13、l b lessing s. He al so promised t he y would prospe r f inanc ial l y and m aterial l y . He promised He would tak e s ickness awa y from t he m, and the nu mber o f t hei r da ys He would ful fi ll (Exod . 23 :25,26 ).In Psalm 105:37 we read t hat when t he Is rael ites we re de live red fr o m Eg

14、 y pt, the re was not a f eebl e one a mong t he m a lthough the re wer e som e two m illion p eople!God i s i nte rest ed i n eve r y thing th at touches our li ves, and He ha s m ade p rovis ion for us . He prom ised t he Old Test a ment s aint s i f t he y would keep His c o m ma nd m en ts, the

15、y would e at the good o f the l and. Thi s i mplies we a re to p rosper materiall y. The New Tes ta ment essent ial l y sa y s the sa me th ing: Beloved , I wish abov e all t hings t hat t hou mayest prosp er and be in h ealth , even as thy sou l prosp ereth (3 John 2 ).J esus s aid He would g ive g

16、ood gi fts to His c hild ren b ecause He is concern ed about us . He is t alk ing about t he desi res of ou r he arts , a nd He t el ls u s how t o ge t t he m. Le ts go acco rding to the r ules !Follow t he Rules T o Get Results 7The Sc riptu re tha t sa ys , What th ings soev er ye des ire , when

17、y e pray, b eli eve tha t ye re ceive t hem, and ye s hall ha ve them ( Mark 11:24) is t alking abou t th e pr a y er of f ai th. This primaril y i s an ind ividua l s itua tion . It pert ains to you r de sire s. It is y o u p ra y ing; not som eone e lse pra yi ng wi th y ou . Its not so meone e ls

18、e ag reeing wi th y o u. When you pra y, you bel ieve th at you r eceiv e. If y o ull do tha t, y o ull hav e what thing s soe ver y e de sire . Youl l ge t r esul ts!I can m ake t his work fo r m y s e lf, but I c ant alwa ys m ake i t work fo r y o u. Your wi ll i s involv ed. One p erson s unbe l

19、ie f can nu lli fy another person s p rayer of fai th. Bab y Chris tians usua ll y c an be car ried on a m ature Chri sti ans f ai th, but af ter a c erta in pe riod of t i me God expect s them to deve lop the ir own pra ye r li fe and the ir own fa ith .Ive s een t his dem onstrated m an y times du

20、r ing m y y ea rs i n t he fi eld mi nistr y. In t hose chur ch m eetings, I would t each mainl y on fa ith and hea ling . Toward the end o f the meetings, we would al low time for ques tions and a nswers. One que stion asked r epeat edl y was: Wh y i s i t when I fi rst got saved , I got m y he ali

21、ng e ver y t i me I was pra ye d f or , but now I dont e ver ge t he aled?I would answer b y sa yi ng tha t new Chr ist ians a re li ke bab ies . No one is born a f ul l-grown Chr ist ian. God wants us to g row and t o m ature. We f eel p it y fo r those who ar e ph y sicall y de form ed and who nev

22、e r have deve loped f ull y. We ough t t o hav e th e same co mpassion for those who do not g row spi ri tual l y .When y o u were fi rst s aved, y ou we re a bab y. Natura ll y, the pa stor cou ld ca rr y y o u on his f ai th. The re were Chri sti ans p ra y ing fo r y o u who would c arr y y ou ,

23、and th eir f ai th would work for y o u. But a fte r a whil e, God knew tha t y ou had had t he oppo rtuni t y to grow, whethe r you grew or no t. He sa id, It s ti me t o put th at big b ab y down and l et h i m walk . We r eal l y had a c r y bab y on ou r hand s th en. A lo t of peopl e s ti ll w

24、ould ra ther be c arr ied.8 Praying To Get ResultsAs a pas tor , I not iced the re wer e peop le who would get he aled pr i maril y on m y f aith . It was the ea sies t th ing in th e wor ld fo r new c onver ts o r peop le who wer e bab ies on th e sub ject o f divin e heal ing to ge t heal ed. Thos

25、e who had been Chr ist ians t he l ongest were the hardes t ones to get hea led.Af ter World War II, the re was a r eviv al o f d ivine hea ling i n Am erica. It began abou t 1947 and la sted 10 y ea rs. I ta lked to va rious ev angel ists who were i n the he aling ministr y , and ev er y one of the

26、m s aid t he sa me th ing: You never would g et people he aled un til y ou go t pas t the Ful l Gospel Chr ist ians in t he pra ye r l ine !About six weeks a fte r a m eeting conduc ted b y a lead ing ev angel ist in the ear l y 1950s, a su rve y was sent to seve ral t housand p ersons ask ing two q

27、uest ions: Did y ou rec eive heal ing when th is m an la id hands on y o u and pr a y ed ? Are y o u st il l he aled?Approx i matel y 6 ,000 cards we re re turned , and out o f tha t num ber onl y 3 pe rcent of the Full Gospel people sa id t he y go t he aled . But 70 pe rcent of the denom inational

28、 peop le were he aled , and 70 pe rcen t sa id t he y s ti ll had t hei r he aling six weeks l ate r.What m ade the d iff erence ? God expec ted more fr om t hose who had been taugh t. God expec ts p eople who know the fu ll Gospe l to oper ate the ir own fa ith. Yet m an y times the y want to r e m

29、ain bab ies .In one church m y wife and I pas tored , we had a heal ing s ervic e ever y Sa turda y n ight . One o f our m e mb ers was a wo ma n who had ar thr iti s. Her bod y was s tif f as a boa rd. If y o u took h er ou t of th e wheelcha ir and s tood her on t he fl oor, i t would l ook l ike

30、she was si tt ing down; her bod y was tha t s ti ff.Al though she was conf ined to a wheelcha ir, s he was able t o cook h er m eals and do h er housework . If sh e caught t he fl u or had an y m inor a ilm ent, we c ould pra y for her , and she would ge t he aled .Follow t he Rules T o Get Results

31、9Fin all y, one da y we went t o her house t o pra y, dete rmined to s ee he r de live red f rom th at whee lcha ir. As we p ra y ed, th e power o f God came on he r and li fted h er out o f tha t chai rin to the a ir ou t i n f ront of t he chai r!Oh, oh , oh she beg an to sa y as she r eached back

32、 wi th thos e l it tle , cr ippled h ands and pul led th at cha ir up unde r her . She fel l down i n t he ch air .I point ed m y fi nger a t her and s aid , Sis ter , y o u dont hav e an ounce of fai th, do y ou ? (She was s aved a nd bap tized with the Hol y Spir it , bu t I m eant she d idnt have

33、 fa ith for her heal ing. )Withou t t hinking , s he b lurt ed out , No , Bro ther Hagin, I don t! I don t bel ieve Il l ev er b e hea led. Ill go t o m y gr ave f ro m t his chai r. She s aid it , and she did it .We werent t o blam e. We had pra ye d the he aling power o f God down on tha t wom an.

34、 If she had be lie ved and rece ived tha t power , i t would have loo sed he r and hea led ev er y j oin t i n he r bod y. Tha ts t he reason we have seminars and oth er meetings t o t each people so t he y can g row in fa ith .Year s ago, I lea rned tha t m y s ist er had can cer . I went t o the L

35、ord in pra ye r on her beha lf. I bat tled with the devi l f or h er l if e. The Lord t old me she would l ive and no t die . The cance r was cu rta iled , and she had no more sy m pt o ms . Five y ea rs passed , and then she deve loped an ent ire l y d iff erent fo r m of c ancer in ano ther par t

36、o f he r bod y. Ther e was no re lat ion t o t he f ir st c ancer ; i t was of a d iff eren t t yp e.M y si ste r got down to 79 pound s. The Lord kept te ll ing me t hat sh e was go ing to d ie. I kept a sking th e Lord wh y I couldn t ch ange the ou tco me. He to ld m e she h ad had fi ve y e ars

37、in which sh e cou ld have st udied the Word and bu il t up her fa ith ( she was s aved) , but she hadn t done it .He to ld m e s he was going to d ie , and she did . This i s a sad ex a mple, but i t s so tr ue.If t he c hurch is growing , th ere will con tinue to be new bab ies i n Chris t. But i f

38、 eve r y bo d y in th e church s ta y ed bab ies , 10 Praying To Get Resultswho would car e for t hese new ones? An evang eli st pr i maril y i s i nte rested i n winning t he los t. But i f ev er y one were an ev angel ist , the peop le who get sav ed alwa ys would be bab ies . God saw thes e babie

39、 s needed a sh epherd and He se t pasto rs in t he chu rch. He want ed th e she ep t o be fed . He a lso put tea chers i n t he chu rch t o he lp p eople grow in fa ith and t he knowledge o f t he Word.M y s on, who is mo re t han 40 y e ars old, i s an o rdained minister. For t he fi rst 15 ye ars

40、o f his l if e, I c arr ied him on m y f ai th and did his pra yi ng fo r h i m. He a lwa y s r ece ived h is he aling . But when Ken was 15 ye ars old , He go t a seve re e ar i nfec tion . His ear was r eal l y hu rt ing him a nd he wanted to go to t he docto r. The doc tor sa id he had an i ncura

41、b le fungu s condi tion i n one ear which he p robabl y got from swim m in g.Ken k ept having to go back to the docto r t o hav e hi s ea r c leaned . The docto r s aid h e prob abl y would lo se h is h earing in t hat ear , and i t would caus e him troub le a ll his li fe .The Lord t old me tha t H

42、e expect ed m y bo y to wa lk in th e l ight of what h e knew b ecause he kn ew the wa y . The Lord said m y pr a y ing wouldnt work fo r h i m an y m o re.At Chr istm as time, I had t o tak e Ken ba ck to th e docto r to hav e th e fungu s c leaned out of h is ear again . The doc tors said he cou l

43、dnt go sw i m mi ng an y m or e becau se t he more he was around wat er, t he fa ste r the fungu s would grow. I t old m y son what th e Lord h ad told me. I to ld him h e would have to b eli eve God f or h i mself.Ken look ed at me, s ti ll want ing to use m y fa ith fo r his he aling . I t old hi

44、m tha t whi le I would knee l with him when he p ra y ed, I wasnt going to pra y at al l; he had to pra y for him self. He pra y ed and go t his he aling . Yea rs have pa ssed and th e fungu s nev er r eappea red.If p eople fol low the ir natu ral inc lina tions , t he y wan t to r e main babie s an

45、d le t so meone els e car r y them. But y ou can pra y t he p ra y er of fa ith f or y o urself; qui t s a y ing y o u can t.Follow t he Rules T o Get Results 11Eve r y wh ere i t sa y s y ou i n t he f ollowing Scr iptur e, inse rt y ou r nam e: There fore , I sa y unto YOU, wha t t hings soever YO

46、U desi re, when you p ra y , bel ieve tha t YOU rece ive t he m, and YOU shal l have th e m (Ma rk 11:24 ).Tha ts wha t m y son did when he pra ye d. When we go t up off ou r knees , he didn t have an y ev idence o f heal ing. But when I a sked h i m if he was hea led, he s aid , Yes ! He s aid he w

47、as he aled because th e Bib le s aid s o.You have t o profe ss and bel ieve God even t hough the t hings y ou desi re i n p ra y er haven t ma nifest ed y et. You have to s tand y ou r ground. If som eone ques tions y ou , sa y y ou be lieve God he ard y o u. Te ll t he m y ou don t car e what the d

48、 evil s a y s, b ecause y ou bel ieve God and His Word.Then y o ull see r esul ts!Chapter 22 Exchange P etition for PraiseAs they ministered to the L ord, and fasted, the Holy Gho st s aid, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.Acts 13:2Of ten i t seem s the on l y

49、kind of pra ye r we are familiar with is t he pet it ion pra ye r. Were a lwa y s pet ition ing (or asking ) God t o do so mething, and of cours e thats sc riptu ral . But in the Scr iptur e quo ted above , those Chr ist ians were no t pet it ioning God to do an yt hing. The y minis tered to t he Lo

50、rd, and fa sted . . .Mo st of ou r church s ervi ces ar e designed s o we c o me t ogethe r and m inister t o one anoth er. We sing , but i n ver y f ew song s do we minister to th e Lord. Inste ad, we m inister t o one ano ther . We have s peci al si nging, bu t st il l were no t m inistering t o t