Faith for Specific Goals

What seems to have happened because of Word of Faith teaching, is that Christians have been encouraged to set specific goals in order to test their faith or in order to build their faith.

Christians have been encouraged by way-out testimonies as written in Kenneth E. Hagin’s books. This has led people to believe that they too can experience the same kind of awesome miracles as Hagin did. I don’t want to sound as if I am weak in faith, but I cannot help but feel that such testimonies have had the effect of creating a distraction and an unrealistic expectation. Most Christians are called to just have an effective and abundant, family life – not to have a church the size of an Olympic stadium and to raise people from the dead!

The Word of Faith movement has put an emphasis on the accumulation of wealth and the attainment of extravagant goals. Christians can convince themselves and others that they are “believing God” for such things, because they want to further His kingdom. But in actual fact, I reckon that many Christians are actually more intent on boosting their sense of security, significance and self-worth.