If people are to be healed, we need the Word AND the anointing to go forth when we minister. One without the other will produce only partial results.

It is true that you can get anything by the Word that you can get through the anointing, but some people are not going to receive that way. Some people are so bound that only the anointing will set them free. They are not in a position to hear the Word, or are so distracted by their problems that they do not focus on the Word. The Word alone will not free them, but the anointing of God will do it! They can be set free in five seconds when it might have taken years of Word-based counseling to get them free.

On the other hand, you cannot base everything on manifestations of the Spirit, as some healing ministers do. The people may or may not get healed as the Spirit manifests himself. Even if they do get healed, they will most likely lose their healing if they do not hear the Word concerning their salvation from sickness. The Word, not the anointing, is the foundation for healing ministry.


So, we need to pray for two things. First, we need boldness to speak the Word about our redemption from sickness despite widespread opposition to this teaching. We need to pray that God will open the eyes of men's understanding so that they will be enlightened and know the hope of their calling, including healing. Second, we need to pray that God will stretch forth his hand and do signs, wonders and miracles by the name of his holy child Jesus. Our generation needs to see the goodness of God manifested, and he is going to use his Body to display that goodness!