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by Kenneth Copeland
One night after the healing service was
over, and most of the people were gone,
Brother Oral Roberts was leaving the invalid
tent when he noticed one little boy still
remained inside the tent. Clearly crippled,
the boy seemed to be waiting for something.
"Are you Oral Roberts?" the young boy, whose
name was Willie Phelps, asked.
"Yes, I am," Brother Roberts answered.
"I'm supposed to be healed today!" little Willie
said.
Totally spent after praying for so many people
that night, Brother Roberts answered wearily,
but with compassion, "Son, I am exhausted, and
the anointing has left me."
"I don't know about all that," Willie said, "but I
know I'm supposed to be healed today."
Seeing his determination, Brother Roberts
put his hand on the boy's head; prayed a short
prayer; and Willie was totally healed of a
crippling, incurable condition. What's more, he
set an example we can all follow.
Although many don't realize it, every believer
on earth has the right to say the same thing
Willie Phelps did that night—and get the same
results. Every one of us can say, "I'm supposed to
be healed today" and be healed!
We don't have to wait to receive our healing
until someone as anointed as Oral Roberts is
available to pray for us, either. Brother Roberts
himself said it wasn't the anointing on him that
healed Willie. That anointing had lifted. What
enabled Willie to receive his healing that night
was his faith.
"Well," somebody might say, "maybe Brother
Roberts just didn't realize the anointing was
still on him. That anointing will heal anybody—
whether they have faith or not."
No, it won't. The people in Nazareth proved it.
Jesus Himself came to minister to them, and
"Faith is what enables
us to receive from God. It's
the spiritual force that brings
into manifestation in our
lives whatever we need from
Him
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whether it's healing,
prosperity or something else."
