Understanding the Anointingbehind the pulpit, said, "Amen. Let's pray," and gave the
invitation.
When the Anointing Is Present
Every sinner in the church came and got saved. We had
revival that night! Twenty were baptized in the Holy Spirit that
night. That may not sound big now, but back in 1939 if we had
half a dozen saved and three baptized in the Holy Spirit, we
thought we had a landslide.
In that service everybody who didn't have the baptism was
baptized, and everybody who was lost or backslid got back to
God. It wasn't my preaching that did it; it was the anointing.
The glory cloud still appears quite frequently in our healing
meetings and other services. People have seen it. It comes in and
fills the room.
Sometimes when I am preaching or teaching, it comes in and
absolutely blocks everyone from view. Most of the time it just
hangs above their heads. It is at times like these that people
receive healing without anyone ministering to them, because the
anointing is there.
Sometimes the anointing comes into visible manifestation.
Do you think it wasn't visible when the house started shaking
where the early Christians were praying? And when that jail at
Philippi started shaking and every door flew open, it came into
manifestation again as a result of Paul's and Silas' praying.
I have the anointing of the Holy Spirit in me all the time, as
any believer has, but we're speaking here of an anointing to
preach.
I don't preach much anymore—I mostly teach—but I like the
preaching anointing. I love it.
It's different from the anointing to teach. It feels different.
It's more exuberant. It's the same Spirit, but a different
anointing. Thank God for the anointing to preach! If I had any
control over it, I'd bring on that anointing to preach often,
because I like it.