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1 8 : B V O V You just go on doing what God called you to do. Let the Lord fight the battle. Keep your love walk at all costs!" That's exactly what RayGene and Beth did—choosing to guard their love walk with all diligence. God's Definition of Judging "Brother Hagin had learned this early in his ministry," RayGene explains. "Once he was with some other ministers, when one of them mentioned a man who'd suffered a moral failure." "Yeah, that's bad," Brother Hagin said. Later, the Lord corrected him for judging the man. "I didn't judge him," Brother Hagin said. "I felt sorry for him. I just agreed that what he did was wrong." Is he your servant? "No, Lord, he certainly isn't my servant." Why are you judging him? "I wasn't judging him. What he did You call sin in the Bible. I just agreed that it was wrong." Is he your servant? Over and over, the Lord kept repeating the same question until Brother Hagin got the message: Just acknowledging the sin was passing judgment. "Oh, I see," Brother Hagin said. From that day forward, Brother Hagin never so much as acknowledged anyone's sin, says RayGene. He refused to say anything negative about anyone. He also refused to try and defend himself. "If I was accused of killing my own grandma, I would never defend myself," he once said. "Why argue? You can win an argument and lose the person. Being right isn't the most important thing." In every crusade he ever preached, Brother Hagin always spent the last day teaching on love. What good would it do to have faith if you didn't walk in love? Faith works by love, he had contended. Love: The Most Powerful Force on Earth "One of the most powerful things I ever heard Brother Hagin say was about love," RayGene recalls. "He said, 'I owe my health over all these years more to my love walk than I do my faith walk.' "That's from a man who lived in divine health most of his life. It's also why I've always tried to make sure my love walk was more intact than anything else in my life. "When Brother Copeland found out that I'd started my own ministry, he invited me to start singing at his Believers' Conventions. I've had the honor of traveling with him for 27 years. He's one of the best examples of a love walk that I've ever seen. "I put both men in the same category. Brother Hagin didn't have a big persona in the world. Brother Copeland is on worldwide television. He has notoriety everywhere. I've never experienced the kind of adversity he gets. But he handles it just like Brother Hagin did. He walks in love no matter what. "He refuses to say anything negative about another person, and he refuses to defend himself. He won't let strife win." Over the past 20 years, RayGene and Beth have pastored churches in California. In 2005, they also started a Sunday night Bible study in Los Angeles. Who should attend but Gavin MacLeod, the ship's captain on the I thank God for the gift of music and the doors it opened for me. However, by God's grace, I pray that I'll be remembered, not for my voice—but for my love.

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