BIBLE

PRAYER

STUDY COURSE
KENNETH E. HAGIN

Chapter 1, Seven Steps to

Answered Prayer, Part 1
A believer cannot be a success
in fulfilling God's purpose in his
life if he does not know how to
pray according to biblical
principles.

Chapter 1, Seven Steps to

Answered Prayer, Part 1
Step Number One:

Be Specific and
Stand on God's
Promises

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Decide what you want from
God and find the scripture or
scriptures that definitely
promise you these things.
Illustration: Now if you went to a
grocery store and pushed your cart up
and down the aisles, but didn't buy
anything, people would think
something was wrong with you!

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Pray According to the Word
We know that faith begins where
the will of God is known. And

we know that God's Word is His will.

If the Scriptures don't promise you the
things you are desiring, you don't
have any business praying for those
things.

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Once you find the scriptures that
promise you what you desire from
God, get those scriptures

firmly fixed in your heart,

not just in your mind. To do that,
you'll have to meditate on the

Word of God.

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Joshua 1:8 (AMP)
8 This Book of the Law shall not
depart from your mouth, but you
shall read [and meditate on] it day
and night, so that you may be careful
to do [everything] in accordance with
all that is written in it; for then you
will make your way prosperous, and
then you will be [a]successful.

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Another translation says, ". . . that thou
mayest be able to deal wisely in the
affairs of life.
Success in life comes by meditating on
God's Word. That's the way you'll build
God's Word into your inner
consciousness, into your spirit.
The Word must be hidden in our hearts
(Ps. 119:11); the sword of the Spirit
(Eph. 6:17)

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Use the Sword of the Spirit Against the Devil
When you get the Word firmly fixed
in your heart and mind, you can use
it against the devil.
You have to hide God's Word in your
heart by meditating on it continually
in order for it to work for you. Then
you will be able to withstand the
attacks of the enemy.

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Fight the Good Fight of Faith (1 Tim. 6:12)
When it comes to the natural things,
people will fight tooth and toenail for
what belongs to them. But when it comes
to spiritual things, many times they just
roll over and play dead!
If God's Word says something belongs to
you, then it belongs to you! So put up a
fight by standing your ground on Gods
Word.

Step Number One: Be Specific

and Stand on God's Promises
Fight the Good Fight of Faith (1 Tim. 6:12)
Some think they are being humble by
saying, "Well, the will of God be
done," when really it is the will of
Satan that is being done.
Fighting the good fight of faith is
speaking the Word out of your mouth
that you believe in your heart or your
spirit.

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
Ask God for the things you want and believe that
you receive them.
The Bible says, ". . . your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things" (Matt. 6:32).
But He also tells you to ask for what you need:
"... ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be
ful " (John 16:24).
To say that you're leaving it up to God and that
you know He will automatically do whatever is best
is unscriptural.

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
JOHN 16:23,24 23 And in that day
ye shall ASK me nothing. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever
ye shall ask the Father in my name,
he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have
ye asked nothing in my name: ask,
and ye shall receive, that your joy
may be full.

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
MATTHEW 7:7,8 7 ASK, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you: 8 For every one that
asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
MARK 11:23,24 23 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.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have
them.

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
It says in effect, "Believe you
receive right then when you pray."
The Amplified Bible says, ". . .
whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe - trust and be confident that it is granted to you, and you
will [get it]." You've got to believe
you've got your answer before you
get it!

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
Sense-Knowledge Truth vs.
Revelation Truth
EPHESIANS 1:3 3 Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who hath blessed us with ALL
SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in heavenly
places in Christ.

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
This scripture means that everything we need
has been provided for us in Christ Jesus.
You can't see those things, but they are there
because God's Word says they are there.
That which is in the spiritual realm is made
real in the natural realm through my faith in
the Word of God. My faith grasps it and
creates the reality of it in my life (Rom.
4:17).

Step Number Two: You Must Ask

God for What You Want
People must act like the Scriptures
are true.
If they don't act like the Word is
true, they are walking by what their
senses are telling them and not by
what the Bible says.

Step Number Three: Be Positive

in Your Thinking
Let every thought and desire affirm
that you have what you asked for.
After you pray in faith according to
God's Word, never permit a mental
picture of failure to remain in your
mind.
If doubts persist, rebuke them. Get
your mind on the answer by getting
your mind on the Word.