Campmeeting when we were told, 'Don't sing
"The Blood Bought Church." Everybody is tired
of it. Sing new, modern songs.'
"We did what we were told, but Brother
Hagin stopped us.
"That's all great," he told us, "but I'd rather
hear 'The Blood Bought Church.'"
People screamed with joy, RayGene recalls.
"He loved that song so much that many years
later, we sang it at his memorial service."
The Motivation Behind the Ministry
In 1979, RayGene had seen a plaque in a
pastor's o ce that had marked his life. It read:
Do you feed sheep because you love them? Or do
you just love to feed sheep?
"In other words, what do you love more—the
people or the ministry?" RayGene explained.
"Did you fall in love with your gift, your
anointing or your ministry? Or did you fall in
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love with the people?"
RayGene had
already decided
early on that his
motivation would always
be love for the sheep. To that end, he was a nice
guy. A kind and loving person. He wouldn't do
anything to hurt anyone.
Yet, when he and Beth started their own
ministry, out of nowhere, some people came
against them. He went to talk to Brother Hagin
about it.
"The devil doesn't really care about you,"
Brother Hagin told him. "He's after the
anointing. He'll do anything he can to stop it
because the anointing is what breaks the yoke.
"The devil doesn't care about your job. He
doesn't care about your faith. He wants to take
that supernatural ability to break the yoke and
stop it. Your battle is not fl esh and blood. Don't
even try to fi ght it. Don't try to defend yourself.
motivation would always
be love for the sheep. To that end, he was a nice
guy. A kind and loving person. He wouldn't do
love with the people?"
RayGene had
already decided
early on that his
love with the people?"
RayGene had
already decided
early on that his
motivation would always
I'm so grateful to have
had mentors like
Brother Hagin and
Brother Copeland.
They have marked
my life and ministry."
Kenneth Hagin (left),
and RayGene
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