All the utilities were paid and probably half of what we ate was paid for because people just constantly brought food to the parsonage for us. “Now, Lord, here’s what that church paid me, plus they furnished the parsonage – the best parsonage we ever lived in. And you said, “If you be willing and obedient you shall eat the good of the land.” He said, “Lord, you see that I obeyed you when you told me to leave that church I was pastoring and to go out on the field. Every day, he talked to the Lord about his situation. His financial situation was quite disturbing that he had to take the matter to God in prayer. I know 1200 dollars may not sound big now but in 1949, it was a good deal of money. That year, his total income was 1200 dollars lesser than that of the previous year when he was still a pastor. He had to sell off his worn-out car to settle his banknotes and buy his kids a few clothes. 1:19).Īt that point in time, he was in dire financial need. After about a year on the mission field, he got hold of the verse that said, “If you are willing and obedience, you shall eat the good of the land” (Isa. He went from church to church holding revival meetings.
The account gives deeper insight into the secret of biblical prosperity, how to achieve it and the basic requirements for qualification.Īfter leaving the last church he pastored, Kenneth Hagin went into the field ministry in 1949. In one of his books, Kenneth E Hagin narrated the story of how God taught him prosperity.