The Healing AnointingThe anointing is not in your head—I didn't tell you to lay your
head on anybody. It's in your hands." And He grinned when He
said that. I believe He has a sense of humor, don't you? (I know
so.)
"Tell them that I told you to tell them that if they will
believe that—that is, believe that you're anointed—and will
receive the anointing, that power will flow from your hands into
their body and will drive out their sickness or their disease, or
will effect a healing or a cure in them." (Notice He called it "that
power" this time instead of calling it the anointing.)
I began to minister with that anointing. In January 1952, I
was holding a meeting in Port Arthur, Texas. In those days, after
I'd preached and given the altar call, I'd send people to the prayer
room to be saved and I'd put others in a prayer line to be healed
and filled with the Holy Spirit. I'd sit on a chair on the platform
and lay hands on them as they went by. I'd spend time with each
of them, talking to them individually. We had 25 to 50 people a
night in the prayer lines in those days, so we could take the time
to do this.
One night I was sitting in the chair ministering when
suddenly a stronger anointing came on me. One can be more or
less anointed to minister healing, preach, or stand in any office.
We're talking about ministering here.
The Personal Anointing
Every born-again, Spirit-filled believer has a measure of the
Spirit and anointing within, 1 John 2:27 says, but this "personal
anointing" never will be increased. There's nothing in the
Scripture that indicates you can have a double portion of your
personal anointing.
Yes, Elisha had a double portion of what Elijah had, but that
was an anointing to minister.
As I was sitting in that chair, it felt as if somebody threw
something over me. I could feel it in my whole being—it was as
if someone had thrown a cloak over my shoulders. It was