God's power is already down! We can pray for the "power gifts" of the Spirit to manifest in our services, but anyone who knows the Word can receive healing without a special manifestation of the Spirit. You can get anything you need by believing God's Word.

We can and should pray for manifestations of the Spirit as signs to unbelievers (and carnal or weak believers, for that matter). Thank God for people who get healed that way. But you don't need to get healed that way.

There is no power shortage on the earth.

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth" (Romans 1:16). "For the preaching of the cross is to them the perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God" (1 Cor 1:18). The gospel is the power of God!


Why is this? Jesus has already provided for us everything we need, including healing. We don't need to ask that God's power will fall on people. We need to tell them that healing is already theirs so that they can believe it. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes. The power is not activated in their lives when we pray for power. It is activated when they believe and respond to the gospel.

That is how you got saved. No one had to pray for "saving power" to come over you. No one had to believe that there would be a special "salvation anointing" for you. The power to save you was there all along. It did something for you when you believed the gospel. It is no different with healing. There is enough power in the room you are in right now to heal every sick person on the earth. How do I know that? God is in you, and he has that power! It is not a question of power. You don't have to pray for "healing power" to show up. The power to heal you has been there all along. It does something for you when you believe the part of the gospel that pertains to healing.


Jesus told his disciples that they could not cast out a demon because of their unbelief. He did not say it was due to lack of power. It could not have been, since he gave them "power over all devils" before this event happened. They did not need to pray more power down. They needed to believe Jesus' words. The gospel is the power of God to him who believes.

I can still remember a passionate sermon I heard once at a Pentecostal church. The preacher was getting all excited and being very dramatic. He kept saying over and over, "People, we need the power of God! We need the power of God in church today. We need to pray for more power. God, give us your power!" It was very heartfelt and also one of the worst sermons I have ever heard in my life. (It was not the worst. I think that one I heard about God causing his people to fail so that only he would get glory was worse, as was one about Mary leading an attack on Satan in the last days.) I sat there thinking, "Doesn't this man know anything? He's telling us to pray for something we already have! Thank God the people are falling asleep and barely paying attention and this rubbish won't sink in!"


You have authority over Satan now. You have authority over sickness now. There is no more power to get. You have it. It is not a case of getting more power; it is a case of using what you have. The reason few people do so is that they do not feel like they have this power. So what? God told you to believe the gospel, not feel the gospel. The New Covenant is not a feeling. It works when you act on it.

If you are looking for healing through a special manifestation of the Spirit in a service, you may have to keep looking for "the power." You can receive healing just as well when you are not in such a service.

I got healed of my three worst medical problems to date through faith in the Word. There was no tangible anointing present in any of the three cases; I just believed that I received my healing. In one case, things got a lot worse for a couple of weeks, but then instantly vanished and never came back. I did not need more power. I did not need extra prayer. I had already prayed and believed that I had received by healing. I stood on God's Word and his Word became the power of God to me because I believed. Through faith and patience I inherited the promise.