Kenneth E. Hagin once said, “Did you ever notice that you have more problems in the area of finances than in any other? The devil will fight you harder here because he has more leverage in this area. Money is in this world, and he is the god of this world.” (See 2 Corinthians 4:4). You must use your faith, sow financial seed and command the devil to take his hands off of your money if you are going to prosper financially.
On September 11, 2001, the trade towers fell and the terrorist attacks took place in our nation. Our ministry lost 60% of our monthly support because of the fear that spread over the nation. That occurred October 2001. We had experienced short financial months before and always bounced back. I assumed that is what would happen again.
It didn’t. I went to praying and asked the Lord if there was somewhere I was missing it and something that I just wasn’t picking up on. And if there was, to some way get the answer to me. The Lord did just that. He had Pastor Stan Moore out of Florida call me. There’s a lot more that happened. This is just the condensed version. But by divine intervention, the Lord connected me with Pastor Moore. He said, “The Lord told me to tell you to get the mini book entitled, How God Taught Me About Prosperity, by Kenneth E. Hagin and read and meditate on it until you believe it enough to act on the revelation, in faith.” He told me stories about how he had believed the Lord for millions of dollars, successfully, based on the revelation of that book. He preached me a mini sermon and I was filled with faith and joy as I heard the miraculous stories! When he finished he told me he was going to send me a check overnight. I got it the next day and it sure was an encouragement to me!
ACTING ON THE REVELATION
I had read that mini book many times over the years and had put it into practice some. I had forgotten all about how the devil tries to keep money from coming to us. I had been sowing what I could and believing in my situation, but Pastor Moore’s check to me was all I had received. I forgot to command the devil to loose my money and let it go. Most of the time we cause our own problems because we fail to act upon what we know.
I knew the devil was defeated, and the devil knows he is defeated. I still had to exercise my authority over him in the name of Jesus for that fact to be a reality in my life and ministry.
I went and got a copy of the mini book Pastor Moore told me to. I read through it several times quickly. I began to study it and highlight different portions that seemed significant to me. Jesus, had spoken to Dad Hagin and told him the answer to his financial problems in this book.
The were four major points in the book that Jesus told Dad Hagin to do. Number one, was to claim whatever it was that he wanted or needed. I would like to add here, that you can’t just wildly claim anything. You have to start where you are in faith. I know one friend of mine who started out claiming one dollar. Secondly, command the devil to loose your money and let it go! Thirdly, say go ministering spirits, angels of God, and cause the money to come. Number four, was every time you think of it from then on say thank God it is working. You are simply to stay in faith about it.
I started out putting these truths to work for me and things began to change. Progressively things got better and better for us financially. I encourage you to sow financial seed and put these truths into practice in your life. You cannot expect a financial harvest unless you sow a financial seed. It wont work. It takes faith to sow and reap.
JESUS WANTS YOU TO HAVE MONEY
Many struggle through life financially even though they know the Lord wants them to have more than enough money. Tithe giving, offering sowing Christians often fail to receive a return on their financial sowing into the Kingdom of God. I want to share with you some spiritual truths that will change that.
The truths I have to share are not extravagant, get rich quick schemes, but solid Biblical truths and revelation from Jesus. Putting these truths into practice will always bring the results they are suppose to.
I started in the full time traveling ministry in 1988. My first meeting was over 2,000 miles round trip. My wife and I went in our van. We had just enough money to make it to the meeting. We stopped to attend a meeting for one night on the way there.
The van had less than one quarter tank of gas when we arrived at the meeting. I had forty two dollars cash in my wallet and that is all we had left to get to the final destination. The meeting started and an offering was received. When they said an offering was going to be received, I thought about how much money I didn’t have! I also thought about the van that needed a tank of fuel. I wanted to give a good amount, in the offering, but I didn’t know how I could and still get to my first ministry meeting.
I sat there contemplating what to do. The Lord spoke to me and said, “In whom do you trust”? I told him that I trusted in Him. He replied and said, “No you don’t, you trust in that forty two dollars you have in your pocket.” In a flash, I knew the Lord was right. My wife and I decided to trust God and sow twenty two dollars. That is all the faith I had! I knew twenty dollars would fill up the van with gas and we could get to our final destination.
When the meeting was over, an usher came to me and told me a man had told him to give me a envelope. I put it in my pocket and my wife and I left. We drove out of the parking lot looking for a gas station as we were low on fuel. Suddenly, I remembered the envelope and took it out of my pocket and looked at it. I could see something green inside that looked like money. My heart skipped a beat and I pulled off the road and opened the envelope. There was five hundred dollars in it! I cried out to the Lord, “Let me go back to give the other twenty!” The Lord taught me, that day, if you want to receive a financial harvest you must plant financial seed. If you have a need, sow a seed.
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Jesus has already done all that He is going to do about your financial situation. He has given the Christian the authority to take control of his or her finances. It is up to the Christian to do something about the devil when it comes to their finances. This message will tell you how to do just that. After applying the Biblical principles found in this message you will be able to take your authority over the devil and get him off your finances.