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Hattie Hammond

Hattie Philletta Hammond (1907–1994). Born in 1907 in Williamsport, Maryland, Hattie Hammond was a prominent Pentecostal evangelist and Assemblies of God minister known for her powerful preaching and healing ministry. From childhood, she sensed a call to missions, preaching to dolls, animals, and herself in mirrors, and distributing tracts at school with dreams of serving in Africa. At 12, she survived a life-threatening bout of typhoid fever after her pastor anointed her with oil and prayed, marking a turning point in her faith. Saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit at 15 during a tent meeting led by Rev. John Ashcroft, she began boldly witnessing to classmates, dedicating herself to full-time ministry at 16. Her first sermon in Martinsburg, West Virginia, sparked a revival when she spontaneously preached from Galatians 3:1, leading to widespread conversions. Ordained by the Assemblies of God in 1927, she became known as “the girl evangelist,” preaching in major cities like Cleveland, Detroit, and Los Angeles, with her simple message of total consecration to God accompanied by reported miracles and healings. By the 1930s, she was a leading voice in Pentecostalism, ministering globally across 30 countries, speaking at colleges, conventions, and camp meetings. Hammond’s 71-year ministry left a lasting impact on evangelical spirituality, and she died in 1994. She said, “If you ever see Jesus, you’ll never be the same again.”
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In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of prayer and encourages the congregation to study and understand its significance. He mentions that while people study various subjects like doctrine, prophecy, and music, prayer is the most necessary subject to study. The preacher also highlights the power of the Holy Spirit and shares a personal experience of feeling a burden and interceding in prayer. He concludes by sharing a story of a young girl who came to the church seeking salvation after feeling convicted at a dance.
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...to come and be with you until it's possible for Him to come. And I prayed much about this. And the Lord said He'd be with me. ...enjoying... ...prayer conference. I feel the Lord would have us do in this week. This week, we're going to have a week of meeting. The meaning of... You know what? ...to see... ...and sit together... ...to know about... ...through principality... ...to you... ...listen to everyone here. And as we open that... ...ministers... ...living bread... ...in Jesus... ...and preaching for a couple days... ...because He just... ...you know, we... ...study prayer. Right here, there's... ...is intersubject. We... ...genius. We're just genius. ...to be learned. And we learn from the ABC of... ...was now I lay me down to sleep. Well, a prayer begins there. Yes. And this... And this will continue. You know, I... ...which are of eternal... ...spiritual life... ...and being. And this will... ...eternal... ...he must learn... ...seer... ...but he is famous... ...Joe... ...he's down... ...and I was in more than one service... ...when that person in a trial... ...and the person down... ...the person having a hard time... ...when they prayed themselves through... ...when the pastor called on them to lead in prayer... ...and maybe they would... ...knuckle it out... ...may break down in the middle... ...can't you see the Holy Ghost in the... ...it isn't... ...it isn't what's... ...beautiful to be... ...he is one of them... ...in the eighth chapter of Romans... ...see the spirit... ...to enjoy every... ...if you want a glass of milk... ...holy... ...is the... ...spirit... ...for we know the... ...to the will of God... ...creation... ...brought forth... ...if your... ...will stop it... ...grown... ...because that's the Lord... ...is... ...creation... ...creation is... ...grown... ...is... ...walking towards it... ...and we are... ...partakers... ...of this wonderful spirit... ...and your... ...spirit... ...your spirit... ...free... ...knows... ...God... ...you can... ...go to meet... ...and you... ...woke up to... ...this being... ...honey that's the... ...grown... ...that's the... ...grown... ...that... ...and the bondage... ...that we are... ...because we're... ...still... ...in this body... ...now... ...see this is what it... ...sure... ...for the adoption... ...yes honey... ...thank... ...that's what... ...of our body... ...our body... ...what we don't know... ...about divine healing... ...we pray... ...for ourselves... ...we pray... ...for this old body... ...we know... ...Jesus... ...made an atonement... ...on that cross... ...for the body... ...as well as... ...for the soul... ...and the spirit... ...we can... ...believe... ...for the spirit... ...but now listen... ...our spirit... ...if we died... ...then... ...it surely is... ...it surely is... ...yes... ...we... ...but... ...but we're... ...growing... ...we're maturing... ...we're coming on... ...to perfection... ...in our spirit... ...aren't we... ...we wouldn't... ...we all go home... ...absolutely... ...matured... ...and... ...and... ...full grown... ...we go home... ...where we are... ...there is... ...there... ...in our body... ...Jesus... ...made... ...an atonement... ...for our body... ...but we have... ...now listen to me... ...we... ...just like... ...daily... ...we overcome... ...in... ...in the spiritual realm... ...daily... ...we... ...we... ...reckon ourselves... ...dead... ...to sin... ...to fire... ...to God... ...daily... ...this... ...daily... ...we must partake... ...of eternal... ...life... ...for our body... ...there's a... ...daily... ...partaking... ...of divine... ...health... ...and... ...divine life... ...and... ...divine strength... ...now... ...here... ...I believe... ...it's... ...the inner... ...secret... ...of divine... ...healing... ...it's just like... ...we grow... ...spiritually... ...we must... ...partake... ...daily... ...of divine... ...health... ...amen... ...divine health... ...is better than... ...divine healing... ...don't you think... ...to be kept... ...for the power of God... ...yes... ...so... ...we grow... ...waiting... ...for the redemption... ...of our body... ...alright... ...now... ...and... ...this verse... ...up here... ...that says... ...creation is... ...under the bondage... ...of corruption... ...it wants... ...to be brought... ...to the... ...same... ...glorious... ...in that 21st verse... ...we have liberty... ...we have release... ...in the spirit... ...and all... ...the trees... ...won't die... ...and the flowers... ...won't fade... ...and the... ...the feathers... ...of the birds... ...won't fall... ...anymore... ...they long... ...this says... ...for that... ...same liberty... ...and relief... ...known... ...to the children... ...of God... ...and they're... ...gonna have that... ...too... ...they're... ...they're gonna have that... ...alright... ...now... ...now the... ...the last... ...thought here... ...is the groan... ...of the Holy Spirit... ...infirmities... ...which means what... ...weaknesses... ...infirmities... ...have a weak spot... ...every one of us... ...have a weak... ...place... ...within us... ...that we need... ...help in... ...you know... ...where you're... ...most likely... ...to fail the Lord... ...right... ...you know... ...where you can be... ...tempted... ...the easiest... ...the Spirit... ...help us... ...our weaknesses... ...we know not... ...what we should... ...pray for... ...as we ought... ...we know how to pray... ...but the Spirit... ...make us... ...into... ...satan... ...for us... ...with groaning... ...which cannot... ...be uttered... ...listen dear... ...now... ...if... ...the Holy Spirit... ...sees... ...that our needs... ...is so... ...deep... ...how can we... ...isn't it marvelous... ...that He's praying for us... ...and it says here... ...that He... ...searcheth... ...the heart... ...the mind... ...of the Spirit... ...groan... ...in His... ...praying for us... ...the Spirit... ...groan... ...groan... ...for us... ...our fancy prayers... ...listen... ...our praying... ...just say all those words... ...and pray on... ...just pray on... ...pray on... ...He's... ...the Spirit is saying... ...He said what you really want... ...oh God this... ...that's it... ...the Holy Ghost has made... ...He has made us... ...the Spirit... ...God... ...searcheth... ...to see what is the mind... ...of the Spirit... ...but God will... ...search out... ...that prayer... ...what is the Holy Ghost... ...praying for this church... ...what's He praying... ...the prayer that will be answered... ...when you're praying... ...say everything you want to say... ...say everything you think... ...needs to be said... ...pray for Molly... ...and Judy... ...and Betty... ...and Jim... ...and Hal... ...and Howard... ...and Bob... ...and all the rest of them... ...but... ...that's what... ...woo... ...the prayer that will be answered... ...what the Holy Ghost... ...says about your family... ...we pray for you... ...the city... ...and Maryville... ...and this whole area... ...we pray... ...but God knows... ...who the Holy Ghost is... ...dealing with right now... ...He knows who's under conviction... ...He knows who He's calling... ...He knows... ...He knows who's ripe... ...and ready... ...and open... ...for Him... ...right now... ...we pray for them... ...God for this wonderful Holy Ghost... ...thank God... ...pray... ...if He wants to grow... ...let Him grow... ...we're a saint of God... ...one of the saints... ...let Him... ...do any way that He wants to... ...if He wants to weep... ...let Him weep... ...if He wants to laugh... ...let Him laugh... ...let Him... ...sometimes it's rejoicing time... ...if He wants to groan... ...let Him groan... ...we've talked about three groans... ...well, you say... ...did Jesus ever have any... ...did Jesus ever groan? ...yes, He did... ...want me... ...want me to show it to you? ...turn to 11th chapter of John... ...and I'll show you where... ...where... ...Jesus... ...groaned... ...and He got answers too... ...to His prayer... ...so don't... ...don't be afraid... ...when you have some of these... ...strange... ...manifestations of the Spirit... ...and the Holy Ghost leads you in prayer... ...and you say... ...but... ...but now... ...I'm doing this kind of thing... ...you just let the Holy Ghost do whatever He wants to do... ...alright, it's the 11th chapter of St. John... ...and it's the story of what? ...a story of... ...look at that 33rd verse... ...you know... ...when Mary was come where Jesus was... ...and saw Him... ...she fell down at His feet... ...saying to Him... ...Lord... ...if Thou had been here... ...my brother had not died... ...when Jesus therefore saw her weeping... ...and the Jews weeping which came with her... ...read it... ...He groaned in the Spirit... ...and was troubled... ...alright, now come down to... ...38th verse... ...some of them... ...could not this man which opened the eyes of the blind... ...Jesus therefore again... ...groaned... ...is that what your Bible says? ...groaning in Himself... ...comes to the grave... ...there was a cave... ...and a stone laid upon it... ...and He said... ...you take that stone away... ...He couldn't say Lazarus come forth... ...because the precious Holy Ghost in Him... ...had already groaned that thing through... ...do you see that? ...that intercession... ...that's what these groans in the Spirit are... ...the intercession of the Holy Ghost in us... ...and when even in Jesus... ...the precious Holy Ghost in the presence of death... ...in the presence of death... ...groaned... ...and was troubled in the Spirit... ...and groaned again... ...and then He was ready to give the command... ...don't you try to raise the bed... ...until the Holy Ghost has prepared the way... ...but oh... ...I have seen such operations of the Spirit... ...beautiful operations of the Holy Ghost... ...I may have told you about... ...one night the meeting was over... ...and everybody was gone... ...but the pastor and I... ...and the church was empty... ...and I said, but pastor... ...the meeting isn't over... ...and he said, there's nobody here... ...and I said, but God isn't finished yet... ...God isn't through... ...and here was this burden... ...this sigh... ...this intercession... ...this groan... ...and God wants to do something... ...let's pray... ...woo... ...woo... ...if you want to do... ...woo... ...oh God... ...woo... ...such a groaning spirit... ...and the door opened... ...and a young girl came in... ...all the way down the island... ...threw herself before me... ...she said, I want to get saved... ...she had been at a dance... ...and she didn't like what was happening there... ...and she left her escort... ...and ran out of that place... ...and stopped a taxi... ...and said, drive... ...I don't care where you go... ...drive... ...and she came to this little white church... ...and saw the lights was on... ...stop, I want to go in here... ...and she came in... ...I want to get saved... ...I'm scared out there... ...I'm scared... ...the groan... ...had preceded her time... ...the intercession... ...that girl was born again... ...later her father... ...her mother... ...we appreciate the Holy Ghost... ...let's all raise up our hands...
Romans 8 - Study in Prayer
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Hattie Philletta Hammond (1907–1994). Born in 1907 in Williamsport, Maryland, Hattie Hammond was a prominent Pentecostal evangelist and Assemblies of God minister known for her powerful preaching and healing ministry. From childhood, she sensed a call to missions, preaching to dolls, animals, and herself in mirrors, and distributing tracts at school with dreams of serving in Africa. At 12, she survived a life-threatening bout of typhoid fever after her pastor anointed her with oil and prayed, marking a turning point in her faith. Saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit at 15 during a tent meeting led by Rev. John Ashcroft, she began boldly witnessing to classmates, dedicating herself to full-time ministry at 16. Her first sermon in Martinsburg, West Virginia, sparked a revival when she spontaneously preached from Galatians 3:1, leading to widespread conversions. Ordained by the Assemblies of God in 1927, she became known as “the girl evangelist,” preaching in major cities like Cleveland, Detroit, and Los Angeles, with her simple message of total consecration to God accompanied by reported miracles and healings. By the 1930s, she was a leading voice in Pentecostalism, ministering globally across 30 countries, speaking at colleges, conventions, and camp meetings. Hammond’s 71-year ministry left a lasting impact on evangelical spirituality, and she died in 1994. She said, “If you ever see Jesus, you’ll never be the same again.”