Who is ray hagins

He is also a clinician, therapist, musician, and a pilot. His mission is to aid men, women and children in improving their quality of life by increasing their spirituality and God-consciousness resulting in self-awareness, self-reliance, self-worth, effectiveness and productivity.

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Remember Me. I actually turned around to see who was there because it seemed to be just that audible and clear. I told the congregation, "Y'all…wait a minute! This question just popped into my head then I told them what it was.

I actually exercised my critical thinking faculties and began to scrutinize what I had been taught all my life. A few days later, during my devotions, I stumbled across Acts , which states: "In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

I looked up the word "wisdom" as it was used in that particular verse ; it comes from the Greek word "sophia," which means, "skill and discretion in imparting the truth of God; the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living; supreme intelligence, such as belongs to God; the wisdom of God as evidenced in forming and executing counsels in the formation and government of the world and the scriptures.

Several days later, I was in downtown Paterson and I parked my car in front of Bazaar Books a store that bought and sold used books. I had passed this store hundreds of times over the years and NEVER had the slightest inclination to go inside; but this particular day I was "moved" to go inside and browse around. Wallis Budge. I opened the front cover to the preface and came across the following words:.

Then when I read that this belief system had been with the Nile Valley Afrikans for at least the last 15 to 20 thousand years…I really lost it!!! You see, any scholar of Christianity will tell you that Genesis only dates back to 4, B. I came to find out that Horus was the "virgin born, immaculately conceived" son of Osiris.

This led me on a sincere and intense search for actual undeniable evidence for the truth. In , I decided to leave the ministry that I was so popular in and knew so well.

I simply could not, any longer, stand in front of my people and teach that which I had found to be a stolen, copied, plagiarized and European fabricated version of the ancient concepts of Afrikan spirituality.

This was the most painful period of my life. How could I have been so wrong??? I felt betrayed, humiliated, deceived, confused, unworthy, and like a complete failure. That verdict was that I had been lied to! I was angry with all those who taught me these lies my parents, my teachers, my professors, etc. The ONLY thing that helped me in this area was coming to the realization that the same dog that bit me, bit my parents too! They were only teaching me what they had been taught.

Besides, it is not substantial data within the context of the mission statement of this institution. After several years of intense research and securing an accurate education of right knowledge, I efficaciously returned to the pulpit in February of , when I became the pastor of EphesusMissionary Baptist Church in St. Louis which is another discourse all by itself. My reason for sharing this testimony is NOT to "convert" anyone to African consciousness…but simply to let you know that since the European invasion and theft of our people from our Motherland, we Afrikans have been born and raised in the LIE of European Religious and Cultural Imperialism and we think we are walking in the truth because it is all that we know!

The religion that we have been made to love Christianity , was forced upon us by European slave traders and those who enslaved us. There is a phrase that says you reap what you sow. Well, that certainly is true, because I have gone through the same kind of attack that I viciously put on those brothers in , who compassionately respected my ignorance.

I wish that I could go back and tell them that I am so sorry for attacking their awareness with my ignorance…but most of them have passed on. So when I give the oath to the Ancestors, I remember them. They were the ones that God used to plant the seed of this truth in me. That helps me to be compassionate on my attackers.

I realize that they are sincerely defending what they think is the truth just like I did. Coming into a consciousness of your Afrikan self can and probably will be very painful for you. Yet, in their minds, you are the one who is "deceived" and don't know what you are talking about. Even if it means loved ones walking away from me and calling me "crazy" which has happened , or even losing my physical life.

The worse pain of all is when your family, friends, loved ones, and others misjudge you and firmly REFUSE to do their own research to see for themselves the basis of your information or if what you are saying is true or not. I have actually pulled books from the libraries of other ministers, turned to the proof or source of the information in question and said, "Here, man. See for yourself.