Delightsome Agbabo

February 1 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.—JOHN 5:4 God’s Sovereignty God in His own right of divine sovereignty saw fit to send an angel down to trouble the waters. I don’t know how often He did it, but he apparently didn’t send the angel on any kind of a set schedule. If He had, there wouldn’t have been any need for the sick people to be out there every day. They could have just gone on a certain day when they knew the angel would show up. But they were there all the time because the angel might come at any time. When an angel came down from Heaven and troubled the waters of this pool, the first person in got healed. No one else got healed until next time around. Why did God do it that way? The Scripture doesn’t say why, but if God wanted to do it that way, He certainly could! Sometimes God moves this way as a sign. He initiat...

January 31 And these signs shall follow them that believe; . . . they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.—MARK   16:17–18 They Shall Recover’ In 1953, I was ministering at the Oakcliff Assembly of God Church in Dallas, when a young woman was brought to the service in an ambulance. She had been bedfast two years due to an automobile accident that broke her neck and her back. After being in the hospital for two years and at home for almost a year, she regained the use of her arms. But from her shoulders down, she was unable to move. When I knelt by her stretcher and laid hands on her, I had the impression that it would not be an instant healing. When I laid my hands on her feet, I felt a “warmth” go into her. She didn’t have any feeling in her feet. But her legs began to tingle and she said, “I feel that warmth coming out of your hands and up my legs.” I said to her, “That’s the healing power of God going into you. Move your feet.” Well, she moved both feet. Then I s...

January 29 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.—JOHN 8:32 The Truth Shall Make You Free Jesus is the truth, and Satan is the oppressor. Sickness comes from Satan—who is the author of it—not God. You see, the more truth you get into you, the more free you’ll be. You’ll know the truth, and the truth will make you free. Confession: It is God’s will that I be well. It is God’s will that I be healed. That’s God’s plan and purpose. For it is written, “Himself took my infirmities and bare my sicknesses.” What He bore, I need not bear. It is God’s will that I walk in health. It is His will that I not be oppressed by the devil. Sickness is satanic oppression, for sickness comes from the devil. Satan is the author of sickness. It is not the will of God that any of His children be under the dominion of Satan. It is not the will of God that I as His child be under the dominion of Satan—under the dominion of sickness and disease. For Jesus took my infirmities and bore my ...

January 28 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?—LUKE 13:16 Sickness Is Bondage Jesus went into the synagogue on the Sabbath, and a woman came in whose body was bowed together. She couldn’t lift herself up. She must have been bound with something like arthritis, because she couldn’t stand up straight. Who bowed this woman together? Was it the will of God that her body be bowed together so that she couldn’t stand up straight like other humans? Did God put that on her? No! Jesus said to this woman, “Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity” (Luke 13:12). Then He touched her, she was healed, and immediately she straightened up. The rulers of the synagogue became angry because Jesus had healed the woman on the Sabbath. (You know, some people think more of a day than they do of the Lord.) Notice that Jesus then said that Satan had bound this woman for eighteen years (Luke 13:16)...

January 27 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and  healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. —ACTS 10:38 Jesus Healed Them All What did Jesus do with this anointing of the Holy Ghost and power? He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil. First, this scripture tells us that every person was healed. The words “every” and “all” are interchangeable. Second, we learn that sickness is oppression of the devil. Satan is the oppressor, but Jesus is the Deliverer. Satan is the oppressor, but Jesus is the Healer. We know from this scripture that God wants us well. He doesn’t want His Church to be under the oppression of the devil. Acts 10:38 tells us the source of sickness. Even if we didn’t have any more scriptures to rely upon, this text tells us that sickness comes from Satan and that Satan is the author of sickness. Dr. John Alexander Dowie said, “Sickness is the foul off...

January 26 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.—JAMES 1:17 Don’t Accept What Comes From the Devil Well, naturally, after eating that nice juicy peach, I had peach juice on my hands. After a while, I went home but never thought to wash my hands. Momma said, “Young man, did you get into Mr. _____’s peaches?” “No,” I said, “I didn’t. _____ did.” And I called my cousin’s name. She said, “You go knock on that man’s door and tell him you’ve come to pay for that peach you ate.” So I got my nickel and cried all the way to Mr. _____’s house, hoping that he wouldn’t be there. I knocked on the door and didn’t hear anything for a while, so I knocked again. I was about to turn around and go home when I heard footsteps coming from the back of the house. When the man opened the door, I said, “Sir, we picked one of your peaches and ate it. I’m sorry. Here’s a nickel; I want to pay you f...

January 25 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.—JAMES 1:17 Where Does Sickness Come From? Sickness comes from Satan. It doesn’t come from God. Sometimes, if you find out where something comes from, you won’t be so quick to accept it or acknowledge it. Not only that, but I remember that my mother taught me as a little boy that it was wrong to have something that belonged to someone else. I remember once when I was eight years old, and wanted to go up the street to play with my cousin. It was just a couple of blocks, and my cousin lived next door to a man who had some prize peach trees in his backyard. People would come from several counties to see his peach trees. Well, my cousin and I climbed up a ladder to get on top of a tool shed, which was built right up against his fence. Some of the limbs on one of the peach trees were hanging over the fence. They weren’t touching ...