The Healing AnointingSometimes when the anointing comes on me it feels as if I'm
wearing a coat—it's as if somebody threw an overcoat on me.
Then, after I have ministered for a time, I've felt it lift like a
burden. It has seemed to fly away.
You can't continue to minister healing to the people the
same way after the anointing has lifted, so what do you do?
I tell the people, "Well, praise God, the Bible's still so. I
won't lie to you—I can't minister with the anointing anymore
tonight, because the anointing has lifted. But I'll tell you what:
Faith in God's Word always works. I was healed that way. I'll
minister to you like that in faith if you want hands laid on you."
You can minister to people in faith without any anointing.
I've seen people healed of incurable cancer and other conditions
just sitting back there in the crowd. They believed the Word that
was preached and believed God. They didn't particularly feel
anything; they just released their faith. And, of course, God
answered their faith.
Doctors predicted one such fellow would be dead in a
month. It's been four years, and he's still alive. His doctors can't
find a trace of cancer; he was healed by faith alone.
On the other hand, in the same services the Spirit of God has
suddenly moved on me and I've done things I didn't even know I
was doing. In ministering under that anointing you can get so far
under you don't know what's happening around you, because
you're moving over in the realm of the Spirit. I minister both
ways, but right now we're studying about ministering with and
under the anointing.
Second, this power is not only a heavenly materiality; it's a
tangible substance. "Tangible" means perceptible to the touch,
capable of being touched.
It has to be tangible, because Jesus knew the moment it
flowed out of Him. He was aware of an outflow.
It has to be tangible, because the woman with the issue of
blood was aware of receiving the power. There was a
transmission of power from one to the other.