Delightsome Agbabo

December 1 And the whole multitude sought to touch him [Jesus]: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.—LUKE 6:19 The Tangibility of the Power of God There is a parallel between electricity in the natural realm and the anointing, or power of God, in the spiritual realm. There are spiritual laws that govern the power of God, just as there are natural laws that govern the operation of electricity. The Lord Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul revealed and applied the laws of the Spirit of God and the power of God. The power of God is a tangible substance. It is a heavenly materiality. The word “tangible” means capable of being touched and perceptible to the touch. It has to be tangible, because Jesus knew immediately when that power went out of him into the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:30). If it weren’t tangible, how would He have known? Not only was He aware of the outflow, the woman with the issue of blood was aware of the reception (vv. 29, 33). The healing power...

November 30 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power.—2 THESSALONIANS 1:11 Faith and Power I remember one gentleman whom I laid hands on fifteen or sixteen times during the course of an extended meeting we held. I thought to myself, That poor fellow! Dear Lord, I’ve laid hands on him, and every time, it’s like laying hands on a doorknob. But somehow, he eventually got his faith into action. I was standing on the platform and laying hands on people as they walked by. Usually, I lay hands on people and pray, but since I had already laid hands on this man many times, I intended to just touch him and send him on his way. I thought, He is not going to get anything, anyway. But when I touched the man’s forehead, he jerked the power of God out of me until all I could see in my eyes was what looked like lightning. I felt as if I had gotten hold of an electric wi...

November 29 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.—PSALM 63:2 ‘ They Jerked the Power of God Out of Me!’ I’ve laid hands on people for healing, ministering to them by faith the healing power of God. And I knew it when that healing power went into them. I felt it in my hands as it went into them. But somehow, many weren’t even conscious of it. It was like I had laid my hands on a doorknob. There was no response. I’ve seen those same people come back with their faith active and say, “Just put your hand on me. I’ll receive right now.” I’d reach out to touch them, and it seemed like they jerked the power of God out of me!I remember one woman in particular. I didn’t know it was going to happen. I didn’t even know what had happened afterward until I started getting up! You see, when I laid hands on her, the power of God came out of me so strong that she fell, and I fell on top of her! I didn’t even know I had fallen; I didn’t have a consciousness of falling....

November 28 . . . and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.—LUKE 5:17 The Power Has a Purpose I remember an Assembly of God traveling minister who received a thrilling revelation concerning the power of God. One Saturday night, he was ministering in a certain church. As the congregation was singing, he was sitting on the platform. Suddenly, a surge of power came into the little church room and went through his body.He could have jumped up and started shouting, but he didn’t. He just held steady. They kept on singing, and a surge of power swept over the whole crowd. “The third time, that power swept over me again,” he said, “I could have shouted, jumped, run, or done all three at one time! I literally had to hold on to the pew to keep myself down. It seemed like I was going to float away.” He said to the Lord, “I know You must have some purpose for this other than for me to just shout and have a good time in the Lord. I believe in shouting, but no one else is shouting right no...

November 27, 2021 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. —PSALM 118:17 Live and Declare the Works of the Lord In this Reader’s Digest article, it also stated that a person couldn’t be an officer in the United States Navy if he’d ever had a deadly disease. So after he was healed, this admiral couldn’t go back to being an officer. He appeared before Congress. I was impressed by the speech that he made. He told them about his healing and then he said, “Since being out of the hospital and reading the Bible daily, I’ve found that God has promised us at least seventy or eighty years, and I’m not even half that old. I could get a pension and sit down the rest of my life. But I want you gentlemen to know that I’m going to live my life out. I’m going to live for God first and my country second. Serving my country is all I’ve ever been trained for, and I want to serve my country. But I’m going to serve God first.” By a unanimous vote, they voted to reinstate him to his for...

November 26 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.—PROVERBS 20:27 Listen to Your Spirit This young admiral who was dying of liver cancer then said to the Lord, “I know the doctor said that ninety percent of my liver is already eaten up with cancer and that I’m operating on ten percent of it. I know the doctor said that I’ll be dead in ten days. I’m not afraid to die now. But I just can’t believe that it is Your will for me to die at my age and leave my wife and two children. I can’t believe that. I know that You can do anything. I know that if I had a headache, You could heal a headache. I’m sure You have that much power. But it would be just as easy for You to heal cancer of the liver as it would be to heal a headache. I’m going to ask You to heal me, and believe that You’ll do it.” Scriptures began to come back to him that he learned as a child in Sunday school. He began to quote them. The next day, his wife came in and broke down in...

November 25 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.—LUKE 15:32 The Prodigal Son In the 1950s, I read a testimony in Reader’s Digest which was endorsed by the Secretary of the Navy. He stated, “All of these facts are true, and we endorse this article to show what faithband prayer will do.” One of the youngest officers ever in the United States Navy —an admiral—got cancer. Ninety percent of his liver was gone. He was functioning on ten percent of his liver when the  cancer was discovered. They put him in the “terminal ward” at the hospital. Everyone who was placed there was given up to die. The doctors said that he would be dead in ten days. The young officer shared, “The fear in that death ward was so much in manifestation that it seemed you could cut it with a knife. The very atmosphere was filled with fear. I was too! But as I lay there in the night, I remembered that I knew the Lord as a yo...