My Own Experiences in Prayer
I have had many experiences in prayer in which the Holy Spirit has guided me and shown me
"things to come." For example, one night while in a meeting in Oregon, I was very burdened in
prayer. The Holy Spirit showed me that my oldest brother was having physical difficulty, but
that he would be all right.
I told my wife, "The doctors will think that his condition is very serious, and from the natural
standpoint, it is serious. But he is coming out of it all right. The Lord said so."
In just a few hours we got a long distance call from my sister. She was almost in hysterics as
she said, "Our brother has had an accident and has broken his back. His condition is very
serious. What are we going to do?"
Thank God, I was able to tell her, "I already have inside information on this. He is not as bad
off as they think he is. He will be all right. Don't fret about it."
Later the doctors said to my brother, "We don't understand it. The X rays show that your spine
is completely broken. The bone is severed in two. Why you aren't paralyzed we don't know."
I knew why, however. My brother was in Iowa, but there was an Intercessor inside of me in
Oregon — the Holy Spirit who had already taken care of the situation.
Another time I was traveling alone to minister in St. Louis, while my wife stayed at home to
take care of our children. Late one night I suddenly sensed a need to pray.
I began to pray in tongues, and I continued to pray, knowing that something was wrong at
home. I sensed that someone's physical life was in danger.
The Holy Spirit showed me that it was my mother. I continued to pray, saying, "You are my
Helper. You are my Intercessor. Help me to pray for her."
While I was praying, the phone rang. My wife was calling to say that they had just taken my
mother to the hospital.
"She has had a very serious heart attack," my wife said. "They don't know if she will live or
not."
I said, "I know it. And I have already been praying. The Holy Spirit showed me that she will be
all right." And she was, praise God!
If space permitted, I could tell of experience after experience along this line. In 1959 my wife
and I were in California preaching. At that time our daughter was expecting her first child. One
Friday night I was awakened during the night. Very often I would wake up and pray. I would
just lay there quietly and do most of my praying in tongues, the Holy Ghost giving me
utterance.
That night I lay there and prayed for about an hour or more in tongues, never disturbing my
wife sleeping by my side. After praying in tongues, I started prophesying. Sometimes I
prophesy to myself as well as to others as the Spirit leads.
As I continued to prophesy the Lord said, "I'll be with Pat, and she will come through safely.
The baby shall be born. You need have no worry or fear."
I wondered why He was saying that to me because I knew Pat was all right. We were
expecting to be home before the baby was born. I didn't know that she was having great
difficulty at that very moment. I thought that the Lord was just reassuring me that everything
would be all right and that she would carry the baby the full length of time.
The Lord said to me, "You have obeyed me. You did what I asked you to do. You left your
family and your children and were away from them eighty-five percent of the time for eight
years as they were growing up.
Since you did what I asked you to do, I am going to do this for
your sake because you obeyed me."
You see, what we do affects not only our lives but the lives of our children and our family as
well.
A week later we received a call from our pastor back home while we were still on the road. He
said that Pat had just been rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Our pastor related to us
that the baby was going to be born prematurely.
He said," There are serious symptoms. I'm going to be honest with you, Brother Hagin. Her
condition is terribly serious. It looks as if there is very little hope for the baby and little hope for
her."
I said immediately with joy, "Oh, Brother, don't bother about it. I already have the answer! I've
had it for a week. Last Friday night about this time the Lord was speaking to me. He said the
baby would be born. The Lord said He would see Pat through. She will come through
splendidly, and everything will be all right. I am not going to pray. Just rejoice with me because
everything is going to be all right."
A short time later the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, "The baby is being born right this
minute." I looked at the clock and told my wife, "The Holy Spirit just said to me that the baby is
being born and is all right. The baby is being born right this minute and is alive." So we began
to praise the Lord.
The next morning my son-in-law called and said, "I just wanted to call and tell you everything is
fine. Pat is fine. The baby is fine. Everything is lovely."
I asked, "When was the child born?" He told me the very minute the baby had been born. It
was the very minute the Holy Ghost told me she was born.
The Holy Spirit is our Intercessor and our Guide, and as we yield to Him in our prayer life, He
will help us and at times show us things to come, as He wills (John 14:16 Amp.; Rom. 8:26;
John 16:13).
FFT: Prophetic grace is released in the secret place of Spirit-inspired supplication and intercession.
ACTION POINT: Seek to become a Spirit-filled and Spirit-controlled Intercessor.
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