[Rockyrich]

You can name anything you want, but you have no power to really claim anything.
It's not through our power, but the power in the name of Jeses. If He didn't want us to claim what we needed, why did He say: ". . . Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain (i.e., problem), 'Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them."

[spectre]

The key is to "believe that you will receive them". Sounds simple, but it isn't. It is the key to receiving an Answer to God's prayers. BELIEVE.

I do believe Hinn is a smooth Con Artist, prancing on stage in his $2400 silk suit and white bucks. He doesn't impress me as a humble person.

Now, Billy Graham, there is a REAL man of God.

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[GWfan]

Jesus also taught us to pray in line with the will of God. What if it is not God's will for a sick friend to be healed physically? What will you do then? Lose your faith?

I know people who believe every word of these so-called preachers and not much of the Bible. One woman has a retarded daughter with mental and physical defects. It was my job to tell her that her daughter would not be 'healed'. She expected her daughter to turn miraculously beautiful and to have full mental function. She was not being realistic. Sure, God could have changed her daughter, but He made her that way for a reason.

God may use everything in our lives to bring us to Him. This includes physical illness.

Forget Hinn and start reading the Bible yourself. It takes discipline, but if you do so everyday, you will find the truth out for your self. Seek and you will find.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

It is hard to stay behind Benny(and others like him) but I know where you are coming from. Either God still works the way he did 2000 years ago, or he doesn't. I don't see any indication in His letters to us that He intends to stop working that way.

Are we supposed to mock Benny and anyone who supports him? No way. Are we supposed to abandon the healing part of Jesus' sacrifice and only embrace the forgiveness part? No way. I hope Benny et al. are walking us thru the clumsy and awkward baby steps of the restoration of Gods power & gifts to the church.

[zeaal]

Rockyrich,
You are welcome to seek your riches here on earth by claiming things and stuff. I am not seeking wealth in this life but instead to live in eternity with my Father.
But ... I must say that as I have walked in Him I have found that without ever claiming ANYTHING the Father has added riches to our lives through health, peaceful minds, loving family, and wealth. ALL without one time claiming anything in His Name.