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2 0 : B V O V Spirit. He'd seen a vision of denominational people coming into the fullness of the Holy Spirit. And he was instructed to teach them. In 1970, I became an editor for Brother Hagin. An early book I edited was The Woman Question. I'd known from childhood I was called to preach. But my denomination did not allow women to preach. Over the typewriter, I wept to the Lord, "You mean I can do what I've felt called to do and not get in trouble at the judgment seat of Christ?" Yes. And one day you will leave here and preach around the world. But right now you don't know much. This is your Bible school. A Seminar on Love I thought I knew more than I did. My Christian upbringing provided a good foundation. I felt qualified to bring my husband, Kent, into the paths of righteousness. Kent and his father were born again when Kent was 16. His family, a loving one, hadn't regularly attended church. I pressured him into tithing and church attendance by begging, accompanied with tears. And when Brother Hagin announced he was going to teach on walking in love and I was to put it into print, I felt qualified. Steno pad in hand, I came to the seminar with confidence. To sum it up, Brother Hagin taught that the love we are to walk in is not natural, human love. It is the God kind of love. Natural human love is selfish. The God kind of love is God Himself. For God is love (1 John 4:8). At the new birth, the God kind of love is shed abroad in the newly created spirit by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). It is not in the mind or the body. It is in the heart, the spirit. To walk in love, the spirit must dominate the flesh. I remember what he taught as if there were steps. 1. Be born again. Walking in the God kind of love is possible only to children of God. 2. Know Romans 5:5. "The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." The love in our hearts is released by faith through words and deeds. 3. Know the definition of the love of God in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. The Amplified Bible, Classic Edition has the fullest revelation of the Greek. 4. Judge yourself to see if you are walking in the God kind of love. I can almost hear his voice as he taught from the AMPC phrase by phrase. "'Love endures long and is patient and kind' (verse 4). Some people endure long, but they're not patient and kind while they're enduring. A husband or wife may be putting up with a lot of things, but they want everyone to know, including their spouse, what they're suffering." His comments on every phrase were enlightening. You can read them in his book Love: The Way to Victory. I felt pretty good about myself until he said, "Now this is the divine love gauge—love's thermometer. 'Love…is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]' (verse 5)." What! I thought. My beloved grandmother is touchy; and she's Holiness. My mother is touchy. Sometimes one needs to notice what others do in order to get them to do right. I'd practiced this, particularly with Kent. For instance, Kent never remembered my birthday. Almost every year, beginning with our anniversary a short while before that, which he also never remembered, I'd start building up steam. One Dec. 6 morning, I remember slamming his breakfast down on the table. He didn't seem to notice. When he came home at noon, lunch was on the table, but I was in our bedroom with the door shut. That night, there was no supper. I was still in the darkened bedroom where I'd cried all day saying, "He doesn't love me. If he did, he'd remember my birthday." Kent opened the door and said, "What's wrong with you? Is it your birthday or something?" Then came the old excuse, "I thought it was Dec. 8." Space doesn't permit me to tell other such JULY READ THROUGH THE BIBLE Sat 1 2 Kgs. 10:1-12:8 Sun 2 Ps. 79-81; Prov. 17:1-18 Mon 3 2 Kgs. 12:9-14:22 Rom. 14 Tue 4 2 Kgs. 14:23-16:20 Rom. 15 Wed 5 2 Kgs. 17:1-18:16 Rom. 16 Thu 6 2 Kgs. 18:17-20:11 1 Cor. 1 Fri 7 2 Kgs. 20:12-22:20 1 Cor. 2 Sat 8 2 Kgs. 23-24 Sun 9 Ps. 82-85; Prov. 17:19-18:9 Mon 10 2 Kgs. 25- 1 Cor. 3 1 Chr. 1:33 Tue 11 1 Chr. 1:34-2:41 1 Cor. 4 Wed 12 1 Chr. 2:42-4:23 1 Cor. 5 Thu 13 1 Chr. 4:24-6:30 1 Cor. 6 Fri 14 1 Chr. 6:31-7:12 1 Cor. 7 Sat 15 1 Chr. 7:13-8:40 Sun 16 Ps. 86-88; Prov. 18:10-24 Mon 17 1 Chr. 9:1-11:3 1 Cor. 8 Tue 18 1 Chr. 11:4-12:22 1 Cor. 9 Wed 19 1 Chr. 12:23-15:15 1 Cor. 10 Thu 20 1 Chr. 15:16-16:43 1 Cor. 11 Fri 21 1 Chr. 17-19 1 Cor. 12 Sat 22 1 Chr. 20-22 Sun 23 Ps. 89; Prov. 19:1-17 Mon 24 1 Chr. 23-24 1 Cor. 13 Tue 25 1 Chr. 25-26 1 Cor. 14 Wed 26 1 Chr. 27:1-29:9 1 Cor. 15 Thu 27 1 Chr. 29:10- 1 Cor. 16 2 Chr. 2:18 Fri 28 2 Chr. 3:1-6:11 2 Cor. 1 Sat 29 2 Chr. 6:12-8:10 Sun 30 Ps. 90-92; Prov. 19:18-29 Mon 31 2 Chr. 8:11-11:4 2 Cor. 2 Old Testament New Testament

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