Our Guest Norvel Hayes
Sid: I’ve been looking forward to this interview because I have one of the generals of the faith sitting right opposite me, Norvel Hayes. I have so many questions of ask Norvel but I’m going to take you back Norvel to… I know that your mother was a great influence in your life and loved God with all of her heart and planted good seeds in you but because she was Baptist did not understand healing. And she died at a young age; how old was she?
Norvel: Thirty-seven.
Sid: She died at 37 of cancer and you had a brother that died of sickness.
Norvel: At 19.
Sid: It had to have a devastating effect on you as a young man to see here’s your mother serving God with all of heart and dies at a young age.
Norvel: Hmm hm.
Sid: What affect did it have?
Norvel: Well, I kept wondering you know how could God take her when she was such a good soul winner and such a blessing to the church wherever she went; whatever community we moved to and lived in. So later on in years later I started working with Kenneth Hagin and makes a statement one day to me he said “Norvel something I need to pray about” he said “I usually tell my wife I won’t be home for lunch I’ll be in the church all day praying.” He said he had something he needed to pray I started praying about it and I can’t get no answer so start praying continually about it. I’ve never prayed in my life; I’ve never prayed when I do that that I get myself to pray I’ve never prayed over 2 days full days sometime in the second day and I get the answer.
Sid: And what was that?
Norvel: Anything he wanted to know and he needed to know what to do and he goes to God in prayer. That was Brother Hagin now.
Sid: Oh, okay.
Norvel: And I thought “Well, if Brother Hagin can do that I can do it.” So I’ve always wondered why God took my mother, or she died at the age of 37 she was a strong Christian and she was a good woman. So I started praying, I prayed the first day, and the second day at the end of prayer and all of a sudden the Lord manifested Himself to me and said “This is fine, son I didn’t kill your mother with cancer I had nothing to do with it; nothing to do with it.” He said “She died because of cancer disease and I don’t attack people with disease to show them something.” I said “Well Lord she was a child of yours and she should have lived from 37 to now. It would have been 30 – 40 more years and look at all the souls she could have won because she was bold about it. But You let her die, I know that I don’t believe that you killed her Jesus but You are the healer you could have healed her couldn’t You? And all I want to know Jesus is why didn’t You heal her?” And He said “I couldn’t help her son.” And I said “Well, I don’t get that I couldn’t help her.” He said “Because she died because of the church she went to they failed to teach her about My divine healing power; if they’d have taught your mother about My divine healing power she could have believed Me and got healed, but they failed.” That’s the way it is in most all Baptist Churches.” Now there is some Spirit Filled Baptist Pastors now you run up on it once in a while and they pray for the sick but then that was like a disgrace they didn’t… you don’t want to get into that healing.
Sid: But you know something you said something to me before we started this interview most Christians even Spirit Filled Christians do not understand faith.
Norvel: That right.
Sid: And by the way since this is radio I’ll say this is it 86 years young?
Norvel: That right.
Sid: And I’m going to tell you this week he’s going to answer questions just as God answered his questions. Let me take you back to the time you had an encounter with God and got born again; tell me about that.
Norvel: I tried to give my life to the Lord as a little Baptist kid but it didn’t do much for me you know. I went to church you know and I knew God to a certain degree because I believe in staying out of sin and things like that, but me and 3 more men owned a manufacturing company in Columbus, Ohio. And at the end of the year would have an executive meeting 4 executives myself, and 3 move and we’d go over prices and things like that. And so the last day of the meeting our manufacturing company was on West Block Street Columbus, Ohio used to be the old Highway 40 and this is the days before the interstate. And that night when we got through the meeting because I lived in Indianapolis at that time. I went across the street and got into my car and began to drive home and I began to say a little prayer just a little sweet Baptist prayer what I had been taught, thanking the Lord for the day and thanking him for things. And all of a sudden it’s hard to explain like the wind or something blowing in my car and all of a sudden here come God. I mean He just engulfed me, engulfed me and I began to weep and cry for an hour and a half. He told me at the beginning He said “You are killing yourself working and you’re not doing anything for me; your killing yourself working not anything for Me.” At that time I was making 4 or 5,000 a week.
Sid: My goodness that’s good today but back then that was amazing.
Norvel: That was. The first year I worked for that company I didn’t I just about met expenses that’s all; they didn’t give an expense account or nothing they just furnished us apples that’s it. And so… but I finally I really learned I loved that business.
Sid: But God is telling you He wants you really working for Him.
Norvel: Yeah.
Sid: And the Spirit of God came in and He tells you that and what else did He tell you?
Norvel: He tells me “You’re killing yourself working too hard and you’re not doing anything for Me. He said that He wanted me to come… and just a little bit later I never fed any poor people and I was counseling one day with a Pentecostal preacher and that had a good mission ministry. And I asked him I said “ Do you know what God wants me to do I said I pray and God comes and visits me real strong about once or twice a week He’ll just get me real strong and He’ll bless me and I said “Do you know what God wants me to do?” This Pentecostal minister he says “No Mr. Hayes I don’t know what God wants you to do but I can tell you how to find out.” And I said “You can tell me how to find out?” He said “Yes I can, I can tell anybody in the world how to find out what God wants them to do.” I said “Anybody in the world, boy you must be real smart.” He said “Not necessarily,” he said “Mr. Hayes now let me ask you a question and it will help you.” He said “Did you ever feed any poor people and I said “No.” And this is a 1st Baptist Church and they don’t look like they are poor as I know of.” And I said “No.” And he said “Have you ever fed any kids when their daddy left and they have to go to the city dump and take a stick trying to find some food to eat that day and sleep under a tree at night time?” And I said “No, I had never worked with them.” He said “Well, they are they’re there.” And I asked this Pentecostal minister you go there with them?” And he said “Oh yeah, all the time.” I said “Well can I go with you I learn pretty fast can I go with you to see how you do it?” He said “You can go anytime you want to.” So I worked with him about 7 years.
Sid: Norvel I don’t think God serious when He says that He concerned about people that are hungry and people that are starving. But we’re out of time right now we’ll be back on tomorrow’s broadcast. There are so many things I got to ask Norvel because I want him to explain faith to us, I want him to explain when he went to Heaven what he learned. I want him to explain, I want him to demonstrate how he worships.
Tags: its supernatural, Sid Roth