0:00 Now, I want you to open your Bibles with me, if you would, please to three openings. First to the Gospel of Mark, the 11th chapter, then we'll look over at Romans chapter 4, and finally 1 Peter chapter 2. We'll begin with Mark chapter 11, starting in verse 22. These are the words of Jesus, not the words of man, not tradition, not theology, Jesus. Red letter words, let's read them. And Jesus answering saith unto them, "Have faith in God, for verily I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 'Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea,' and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith." Therefore, I say unto you, "What thing soever you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them." Now, I want to stop
0:46 right there and tell you something that changed my life. Something that moved me from a deathbed as a 17-year-old boy with a deformed heart to a pulpit where I've been preaching the Gospel of faith for over 60 years, and it's this. Jesus didn't say, "Feel you receive." He didn't say, "Wait and see." He said, "Believe you receive, and you shall have." Faith is not based on what you see, faith is not based on what you feel, faith is based on what God said. Now, turn with me to Romans the 4th chapter, verse 17. We're going to read what God said about Abraham. "As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations before him whom he believed, even God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were." Did you catch that? "Who calleth those things which be
1:34 not not as they are going to be, not as they might be, as though they were." That's what God does. Faith doesn't say, "I'm going to get it someday." Faith says, "I have it now." If you're still hoping for it, you're not in faith yet. Now, I'm not talking about wishing, I'm not talking about dreaming, I'm talking about Bible faith, the kind of faith that moves mountains. Now, come over to 1 Peter 2:24. This is one of the foundation stones of my life and ministry. And if you're believing God for healing today, this verse is going to stir you. "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sin should live under righteousness. By whose stripes you were healed." Now,
2:21 notice this, child of God, it does not say you will be healed. Doesn't say you might be healed, it says you were healed. Past tense, it's done, it's settled. You say, "But Brother Hagin, I don't feel healed." Well, bless God, healing isn't a feeling, it's a fact. Faith doesn't look at the body, it looks at the word. Faith doesn't check the symptoms, it checks the scriptures. Now, I'm going to say something bold here, and I want you to remember it. If you believe you receive when you pray, and you act like it's done, God will back you every time. I said every time, because God's word cannot fail. God's word is settled in heaven, God's word will not return void. You believe it, you speak it, you act on it, and it will come to pass. Now, I want to tell you about a woman I met in Oklahoma.
3:09 She had not walked a step in over 4 years. Her doctors had given up, her family had given up, but she did something most Christians never do. She believed God's word in her heart, and praised him like it was already done. And what happened next will change how you walk in faith forever. Now, let me tell you about this woman. This was back in the 1952 during one of our extended healing services in Oklahoma. We were ministering in a full Gospel church, simple folks, good people, believed the Bible, at least they said they did. Well, one morning, just as we began the service, the ushers wheeled in an elderly woman. Her name was Sister Loraine, 72 years old, thin frame, pale complexion, eyes full of light, but her body crippled. 4 years
3:55 she hadn't taken a step, she had to be lifted out of bed, dressed, fed, washed, and the doctors? Oh, they'd done what they could, told her family, "There's nothing more we can do, she'll never walk again." But here's the thing, you listen to me now, her family brought her anyway. She didn't come in saying, "Maybe something will happen." She didn't come in saying, "I'm going to give this a try." No, but she looked me in the eye when I walked by and said something I'll never forget. "Brother Hagin," she said, "the moment you lay hands on me, my legs will remember they were made to walk." I said, "Sister, what makes you talk like that?" She said, "Because the word [snorts] says I was healed, and I'm going to act like it's so until it is." Hallelujah! Glory to God. Now, that kind of talk, that kind of confidence, it don't come from
4:41 the head, that's heart talk. That's the spirit man speaking. I said, "You believe the word's true, even though your body still says no." She said, "I'm not listening to my legs, Brother Hagin, I've been talking to them, they'll catch up." Oh my, I just about shouted right there on the platform. You see, folks, most Christians are waiting for their legs to talk to them, but this woman was talking to her legs. That's Mark 11:23, "Whosoever shall say unto this mountain." She wasn't saying, "Oh Lord, please remove this mountain." She was saying, "Mountain, move." She wasn't waiting to feel strength, she believed she had it. Why? Because the word said so, and that's what I'm here to tell you today. You can't wait for the feeling to believe, asterisk asterisk, you got to believe to get the feeling. Too many
5:26 folks think they're walking by faith, but they're just walking by sight in disguise. They say, "I'll believe when I see it." No, no, that's Thomas's faith, that's head faith. Jesus didn't bless that kind of believing. You remember what he told Thomas in John 20? "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed." Glory to God, that old woman crippled, stiff, dry as a stick of wood in her legs had more faith in her pinky finger than most Bible school graduates I'd met, because she believed without seeing. And I'll tell you something else, her daughter leaned in that morning and whispered to me, "Mama's been rehearsing her healing for weeks. Every morning she lifts her hands and says, 'Thank you, Jesus, that I walk today.'" Oh, glory. Let me ask you, what are you rehearsing? Are you
6:12 rehearsing the pain? Are you rehearsing the problem? Are you rehearsing the promise? I said, "Are you rehearsing what God said or what the devil's been showing you?" Because you're going to move toward what you meditate on. That woman meditated on 1 Peter 2:24 until it exploded inside her. She said, "I got it before I feel it. I got it when I believed it." That's why faith works in the heart, not the head. The head will argue, the head will analyze, the head will pull up Google and WebMD and give you 49 reasons why it won't work, but the heart the heart just says, "God said it, that settles it." Now, I want to tell you what happened when we laid hands on her. But before I do, I need to teach you something about the difference between believing and receiving, because most Christians believe, but they don't receive. They've got the first half of
6:59 the verse, but they never get to the second. And I want to show you the bridge that carries your belief into manifestation. That bridge has a name, and it's called praise. Now, listen carefully, because what I'm about to say is the missing link for thousands of Christians. They believe. Oh, yes, they believe the word is true, they believe Jesus is Lord, they believe healing is real, but they never cross over into receiving. And why is that? Because they don't understand the principle of praising God before the answer manifests. They're waiting to praise until the legs move, until the money shows up, until the pain disappears, but that's not how Bible faith works. No, sir. The Bible says in
7:45 Hebrews 13:15, "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name." Now, why does it call it a sacrifice of praise? Because it costs you something, because your flesh doesn't want to do it, because your mind is screaming it's not working. You're and you have to look hell and symptoms in the face and say, "Glory to God, I'm healed anyhow." Now, back to that old woman in the wheelchair. I leaned in and said, "Sister Loraine, do you still believe the moment hands are laid on you, your legs will remember they were made to walk?" And she looked at me with tears welling up in her eyes and said, "Brother Hagin, I believe that before I got here, and even if nothing happens right away, I'm going to shout and praise my Jesus like I'm already
8:30 dancing." Oh, glory to God, that's it. That's faith talking. So, I said to her, "Sister, I'm not going to lay hands on you just yet. First, I want you to do something." She said, "All right, what is it?" I said, "Lift your hands and begin to praise God for your healing, not like it's going to come, but like it's already done." Now, some folks might call that foolish, some religious people might even say, "Well, that's deception." No, it's not, that's the Bible. That's Romans 4:20. Let me read it to you. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. Did you hear that? Abraham gave glory to God before Isaac was ever born. Before Sarah ever felt a flutter in her womb, before one cell came together, he gave God praise. You
9:16 see, praise is the voice of faith. Praise is what faith sounds like when it's full. If you're quiet, if you're timid, if you're saying, "Well, I sure hope so," you're not in faith yet. Faith rejoices before the walls fall down, faith shouts before the Red Sea parts, faith praises before the bones move. So, I said again, "Lift your hands and praise him like it's done." And you know what that dear woman did? She lifted both hands, tears rolling down her cheeks, and said out loud, "Oh, Jesus, I thank you that I'm healed. I thank you I can walk. I thank you that my knees are strong, my back is straight, my feet are moving. Oh, I thank you, Lord, I'm free." The The she said that, I felt the anointing hit her body like a lightning bolt. It didn't come when I touched her. It didn't come when the church laid
10:01 hands on her. It came when she praised like it was already done. Glory to God. She praised like she could walk before she walked. And that's the missing piece for many of you watching and listening today. You're waiting for the manifestation to praise. You're waiting for the breakthrough to shout. But I came to tell you, you're not going to see it until you praise like it's already done. God's looking for a people who will say, "I'm not moved by what I see. I'm not moved by what I feel. I'm moved only by what I believe. And I believe what the word says." Now, someone might say, "But Brother Hagin, what if I praise and nothing happens?" Child of God, if you praise in faith, something always happens. You may not see it in the first second, the first minute, or even the first night. But praise reaches
10:48 heaven, and heaven always answers faith. Now, you may be wondering, "What happened to that woman next? Did she get up? Did she walk?" Well, what happened next will shake your theology and stir your soul. Now, I know you're ready to hear what happened next. You've been leaning in. Your heart's stirring. I can feel it. Well, I'm not going to disappoint you. That dear woman, Sister Lorraine, had her hands lifted high. Her lips were trembling, but her voice was bold. She wasn't whispering some soft, rehearsed, religious praise. She was shouting like she just won the lottery of heaven. She said, "Oh, thank you, Lord. I walk by faith and not by sight. I walk by your word and not by my feelings. Oh, hallelujah. Thank you that I can walk
11:35 again." She said it again. "Thank you that I can walk again. Thank you that I can walk again." And friend, I'll tell you that whole church shifted. You could feel the air get thick, not with fear, not with doubt, but with glory. You know, the presence of God has weight to it. It'll settle in like a cloud. And when it does, devils can't stay, diseases can't linger, and doubt gets drowned out. I stepped back and watched. I didn't lay a hand on her. The crowd was still. And then, suddenly a sound. It was like a pop, loud enough for the folks in the first few rows to hear. Her spine straightened. Her legs shivered. Her head snapped upward. And she said, "Glory to God, my legs feel warm." Now, when a woman who hasn't walked in 4 years says her legs are warm, you better
12:20 get ready. I stepped toward her and asked gently, "Sister Lorraine, would you like to try and stand?" She looked me straight in the eye and said, "No, sir. "I'm not going to try. "I'm going to do it." Haha, glory to God. You see, faith doesn't try, it acts. Faith doesn't experiment, it obeys. So, she placed her trembling hands on the arms of that old wheelchair, pushed once twice and then stood up. The church gasped. Her daughter screamed. A man in the back dropped his Bible on the floor. She stood there, arms lifted high, and she said, "Thank you, Lord, that I'm standing. "Thank you that I'm walking." And then she took one step, and then another, and then another. And before we knew it, she
13:06 was walking across the front of the church. She wasn't limping. She wasn't dragging. She was marching like a soldier come home from war. And then she started to shout, "Devil, you're a liar. By his stripes I was healed, and if I was, then I am. And if I am, then I'm going to walk. And if I walk, I'm going to run. And if I run, I'm going to dance." And that's just what she did. She lifted her skirt just a little bit modestly. Don't worry, and did a little shuffle in the spirit. She danced across the front, back and forth weeping laughing praising. People began to run to the altar. Young people began to cry. One woman who'd been deaf in her right ear suddenly screamed, "I can hear! I can hear!" Another man threw down his cane. Why?
13:51 Because when real faith is loosed in one person, it breaks chains in others. I didn't preach anymore that morning. The Holy Ghost took over the service. And he did more in 15 minutes than a man could do in 15 years. But hear me now, and don't miss this. It didn't happen when hands were laid on her. It didn't happen when she felt strength in her body. It happened when she praised like it was already done. I've seen it again and again over decades of ministry. Some folks sit in healing lines waiting for a zap, a feeling, a flash. But others come with a word in their mouth, a song in their spirit, and praise already flowing. And guess who receives? The ones who act like it's already done. Now, I'm not telling you some emotional story. I'm telling you a Bible principle. Psalm 22:3 says, "But thou
14:39 art holy, oh thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel." That means God sets up camp in your praise. You want God to move in your body, in your finances, in your children? Then build him a house of praise, and he'll live right there. Some of you have been waiting on God to show up. But God's been waiting on your praise to give him a place to land. You see, miracles don't ride on emotion, they ride on obedience. And praise is the highest expression of faith because it's how you act when you believe it's already done. So, I want to ask you today, are you willing to praise before you feel? Are you willing to shout before you see? Are you willing to act like it's done when nothing has changed yet? Because when you do, child of God, heaven moves. Now, some of you might say, "Well, that's a beautiful story, Brother Hagin, but what about the
15:25 others?" Well, let me tell you what happened after that miracle. Because one woman's faith shook an entire congregation and transformed how that church understood the power of belief. Now, you listen to me. What happened in that little Oklahoma church that morning after that dear old woman got up out of that wheelchair was not ordinary. It wasn't just her healing. It was the shockwave her praise set off. That whole sanctuary, packed wall-to-wall, erupted in a way I'd only seen a handful of times in all my years. People began to cry out. Not softly, not politely. I'm talking tears flowing. Arms raised, voices shouting, demons leaving, and praise rising like incense into heaven. It was like a bomb of faith went off in that building. I remember one old deacon never said a word in all
16:12 the meetings I'd ever held there stood up with both hands lifted and shouted, "If she can walk, then I can be free." And that man who'd battled nicotine for over 40 years pulled the cigarettes out of his coat pocket, walked to the altar, dropped them on the ground, and started jumping. Yes, jumping. 70 years old. Glory to God. Another woman came forward, tears in her eyes. She said, "Brother Hagin, I've had rheumatoid arthritis for 15 years. But I've been waiting for the pain to leave before I praised. Not anymore." She lifted her arms, gnarled hands and all, and whispered, "Thank you, Lord, that I'm healed." And I watched those fingers straighten like warm wax under fire. She began to clap. Not because someone told her to, but because her
16:57 body was now doing what her faith had already been doing. Oh, hallelujah. Now, listen, this is what I want you to understand. Faith is contagious. That woman in the wheelchair, her miracle became the seed for dozens more. Not because we advertised it, not because we printed flyers, not because I had a television crew, but because one person dared to believe the word over the symptom, the praise over the pain, the promise over the prognosis. And that church that church was never the same again. A few weeks later, the pastor called me. He said, "Brother Hagin, we've had more people healed in the last 2 weeks than in the last 20 years. But not just that, something's different in our people. They're praying. They're praising. They're not waiting anymore.
17:44 They're receiving." Now, that's the difference, child of God. That's what real faith produces. It doesn't just change one person, it transforms atmospheres. You want to change your church? You want to change your home? You want to change your city? Then start with one voice, one mouth, one heart lifting up praise before the miracle. You say, uh, "Brother Hagin, that sounds too simple." Let me ask you, when did we get too smart to obey the word? Psalm 8:2 says, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength." Jesus quoted that and said, "Thou hast perfected praise." Praise is strength. Praise is power. Praise is a weapon. Praise shuts the mouth of the enemy. Praise invites the glory. Praise opens
18:30 prison doors. Don't tell me it's not enough. Tell that to Paul and Silas who sang in the prison and brought the walls down. Tell that to Jehoshaphat's army that sent singers before the soldiers. Tell that to the woman who hadn't walked in 4 years, but danced across a dusty church floor because she believed the word more than her wheelchair. Praise changed that church. And if you let it, praise will change your life. But that woman didn't just praise, she believed. And her belief wasn't rooted in her feelings, it was rooted in three truths that governed her miracle. And I want to teach you those truths next because they'll help you receive what God's already provided. Now, I want you to hear me clearly, child of God. That woman didn't just stumble into a miracle. She didn't win a divine
19:15 lottery. No, she applied three clear biblical spiritual principles that allowed her to receive what was already hers. You see, faith isn't complicated. It's not hard, but it is specific. And if you'll apply these same truths in your life, you'll see the hand of God move not one day, not someday, but now. So, let me give them to you. Number one, she believed before she saw. Now, don't gloss over that. Let that get deep down in your spirit. She believed before she saw. You say, "Brother Hagin, that's obvious." Yes, but you'd be amazed how many folks believe after they see and then call it faith. That's not faith. That's observation. That's oh, I guess God really did it. No, that's not Bible
20:02 faith. Bible faith is believing what's written even when nothing has changed. Romans 4:18 says of Abraham, who against hope believed in hope that he might become the father of many nations. Now verse 20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith giving glory to God. Verse 21. And being fully persuaded say that out loud. Fully persuaded. That means not halfway. Not I believe it when I'm in church, but doubt it when I'm home. That means settled, convinced, anchored. She believed the word more than the wheelchair. What about you? Number two, she praised before she felt. I told you this already, but I'll say it again because you need to hear it again.
20:48 Praise is the bridge between believing and receiving. It's the action that says I don't need to feel it to thank God for it. Now listen, if you're still waiting for goosebumps, if you're still waiting for a chill down your spine before you lift your hands, then you're not ready to receive. Faith doesn't wait for a feeling. Faith produces the feeling. Psalm 100 says, "Enter into his gates with Thanksgiving and into his courts with praise." It doesn't say wait for God to move and then thank him. No, you go in praising. That's how you access the court of heaven. You know what she said before she stood up? Thank you, Lord, that I'm walking again. Before she could even move her toes. And what did God do? He honored her praise. Number three.
21:34 She acted before she was certain. Now hear me. I'm not talking about recklessness. I'm not telling folks to go throw away their wheelchairs just to prove a point. No, I'm saying that when you know the word and you've meditated on it and it's more real to you than the chair, than the pain, than the report, you act. James 2:17 says, "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone." Verse 20 says, "Faith without works is dead." You can believe all day long, you can shout amen at every verse, but until you do something, nothing changes. She didn't wait until the strength came, she pushed, she pressed, she moved, and God met her at her movement. Now let me say this, these three principles will work
22:20 for you just like they did for her because they're not based on her story, they're based on the word. And the word works. You say, "Brother Hagin, do I need someone to lay hands on me like you did her?" No, you don't because I didn't lay hands on her, the Holy Ghost did. And he responds to the word, not just the preacher. If you'll believe before you see, praise before you feel, and act before you're certain, you will receive. I said you will receive. It might not come the way you expected it. It might not happen the moment you want it, but the word will never fail. Now someone asked me once, "But Brother Hagin, what if I do all that and nothing happens?" And I said, "Then you keep doing it until it does
23:06 because God's word cannot return void." You can't put your faith in the result, you got to put your faith in the word. Now, I'm about to show you something else because while that woman received her healing, others in that room were still doubting. Why? Because the biggest battleground isn't your body, it's your head. And I want to show you next how faith can work in your heart even when your head is screaming in doubt. Now listen, listen close because what I'm about to teach you right now is where most Christians miss it. They've got the word in their heart, they've got the promise memorized, they've even begun to praise, but then something happens, the mind starts talking. You know what I mean? The symptoms come back. The feelings return. The devil whispers, "You're not healed.
23:52 You're lying to yourself. It's not working." And you think, "Oh, no, maybe I missed it." But child of God, let me set you free today. Faith will work in your heart with doubt in your head. I'm going to say that again until it gets rooted in you. Faith will work in your heart even while doubt is knocking on the door of your mind because Jesus never said and shall not doubt in his head. Go back and read it. Mark 11:23. And shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith. God ain't concerned about what's rattling in your head, he's looking at what's planted in your spirit. Your mind is part of your soul. Your reasoning, your logic, your memory, your understanding, but faith, real Bible faith, is of the heart. It's of
24:39 the inward man. Now somebody says, "But Brother Hagin, I keep hearing thoughts saying I'm not healed. Doesn't that mean I'm doubting?" No, those thoughts are not coming from your heart, they're coming from outside, from the enemy, from past memories, from your five senses, and they're just knocking on the door of your soul. But you don't have to let them in. Let me tell you what I used to do lying on that bed of affliction when I was 17, paralyzed in my body, deformed heart, incurable blood disease, doctor gave me no chance. I started to confess the word, "By his stripes, I am healed." And my mind would scream, "You're not. Look at you. You can't even move your legs." And I'd answer it out loud, "I'm not moved by what I see, I'm not moved by what I feel, I'm moved only
25:25 by what I believe, and I believe the word of God." You've got to learn to talk back to your head because if you don't, it'll talk you out of your miracle. Proverbs 3:5 all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding." That's your head. Don't lean on it, don't trust it, don't wait for it to agree, just believe with your heart and praise God like it's already done. Let me tell you about a woman I ministered to in Texas. She had hands laid on her. She was standing on the word, but after a few days, she came back crying. She said, "Brother Hagin, I know I was healed, but the pain came back. I guess I lost it." And I said, uh, "No, sister, you didn't lose anything.
26:11 You just started walking by sight again instead of by faith." And I told her what I'm telling you. Faith is not a feeling. Faith is not your senses. Faith is not your mind. Faith is your heart saying yes to God even when your body says no. You've got to fight the good fight of faith. That means there's resistance, there's opposition, but greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Say that out loud. Greater is he that is in me. And let me tell you, the battleground is not the doctor's office, it's not the hospital room, it's not your finances, it's not even your family. The battleground is between your ears. And if you don't renew your mind, if you don't guard your thoughts, the enemy will sneak in not to steal your miracle, but to steal your confidence in it. But you can tell the
26:57 devil, "It's too late, Satan. I already believed, already received, already praised, and I'm not backing down." Now I want you to write this down. Don't ever forget it. Faith will work in your heart with doubt in your head if you refuse to speak the doubt. That's right. Don't give it voice. Don't give it agreement. Don't give it life. Keep your confession on the word. Keep your eyes on the promise and keep your mouth full of praise. Now, this is the part where many Christians get discouraged and quit because they feel the contradiction between what they know in their spirit and what they feel in their flesh. But I've got news for you. Even Abraham had to deal with the contradiction. Yet he staggered not.
27:43 Why? Because he was fully persuaded that what God promised, he was also able to perform. Now I'm about to show you how to anchor your faith even when your mind is shaking, and I'll show you from the word how to trust the heart over the head and live in peace when the battle rages. Now listen to me, child of God. I've taught you the word, I've given you the principles, you've heard the testimony, you've seen it work in that old woman who got up out of the chair, and you've seen it work in your Bible. So now, there's only one thing left for you to do. Act. I'm not talking about acting religious. I'm not talking about acting emotional. I'm talking about acting on the word. Faith is an act. Faith speaks. Faith moves. And faith praises before it
28:28 sees. Now I want you to remember something with me. When Paul and Silas were in that prison, beaten, bleeding, chained in the inner dungeon, they didn't wait for the angel to show up. They praised. Acts 16:25 says, "And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them." Now they weren't whispering. They weren't humming. The Bible says the prisoners heard them. And what happened? Suddenly, suddenly there was an earthquake, the foundations shook, the doors opened, chains fell off. Glory to God. Why? Because praise brings deliverance. >> [snorts] >> Not after it happens, but to make it happen. So I'm telling you today, praise like it's done. Praise like the money's already in the account. Praise like the
29:15 pain's already gone. Praise like your son is already saved. Praise like your breakthrough already hit your house. Say this out loud with me right now. I believe I receive. Say it again. I believe I receive. Now say, "I'm not moved by what I see, I'm not moved by what I feel, I'm moved only by what I believe, and I believe the word." Say, "I am healed. I am whole. I am delivered. I am blessed. I have it now." You've got to learn how to praise like it's done. Not because you're trying to manipulate God, not because you're hyping yourself up, but because you've already settled it in your heart. That's what that woman did. She didn't wait until her legs tingled. She didn't wait
30:00 until her mind agreed. She just praised. And when she did, heaven moved. And if you do the same thing today, right where you are, heaven will move for you, too. Let me ask you, what's been holding your praise hostage? Is it the diagnosis, the debt, the delay, the depression? Whatever it is, it's a lie, and you can break it right now with one decision. I will praise like it's done. Now, some of you are waiting for me to call you to the altar, but I want you to know you don't need a preacher to touch you. The word already did. I said the word already touched you. You've heard the truth. Now you must respond. Wherever you are, whether you're in your home, in your church, in your car, lift your hands right now. I'm not going to lead you in a fancy prayer.
30:46 I'm going to lead you in an explosion of praise, because God inhabits the praise of his people, and your miracle rides in on your mouth. Say, "Thank you, Lord, that it's done." Say it again. "Thank you, Lord, that it's done." Say, "I walk by faith and not by sight." Say, [snorts] "The power of God is working in me now." Now shout, "I have it now. I have it now. I have it now." Glory to God. You see, that's how you make the word come alive. You praise like it's done. Now, I want to close with one more story, because the miracle didn't end that day in Oklahoma. That woman walked, but months later she returned, and what she said when she came back, standing tall and smiling wide, that's what I want to
31:32 leave with you today. Now, I told you the story of Sister Lorraine, that precious woman who hadn't walked in 4 years, who believed before she saw, praised before she felt, and acted before she was certain. And she walked, she danced, she leaped like the lame man at the gate beautiful, walking and leaping and praising God. But let me tell you what happened a few months later. I was uh preaching in another part of Oklahoma, and after one of the morning services, I was greeting folks by the back doors. The crowd was moving slow, folks wanting prayer, sharing testimonies, just loving on each other. And suddenly, I saw a familiar face. It was her, that same woman. Only this time, she wasn't being wheeled in. She was walking tall, her steps sure,
32:18 her back straight, hair fixed just right, a little extra pep in her step, too. And when she saw me, she lit up like a sunrise. She said, "Brother Hagin," and she took off running. I'm not exaggerating. I mean it, running. Right down the center aisle of that church. 72 years old. Not just walking, running. She wrapped her arms around me and said, "I'm still walking, Brother Hagin, every day. Around the house, around the store, to church. I even walked into the doctor's office, he about fell out of his chair." And then she said something I'll never forget. She leaned in close, smile wide, and said, "You know, I I think I was healed long before that service, I just didn't act like it yet." Woo, glory to God. Did you hear that?
33:03 Let me say it again, so it burns in your spirit. "I think I was healed long before that service, I just didn't act like it yet." You see, the word already said she was healed. 1 Peter 2:24 had already declared it. Isaiah 53:5 had already paid for it.
