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Excerpt from - Chapter 9 The Anointing of the Prophet
Pages 84-85
Struck Speechless by the Spirit
Sometimes when I'm preaching, the Spirit of God comes on
me, arrests my attention, and I can't say a word in English. I can
speak in tongues, but I can't speak in English (I've tried to.) I can
think in English, but I can't say a single word in English—I just
absolutely can't. I've been that way sometimes for several hours.
It happened in a great way at our 1981 Campmeeting. I
simply couldn't speak in English. The longest time was at Fred
Price's church in Inglewood, California, the following month,
August 1981.I had finished my sermon and was laying hands on the sick
when suddenly that anointing came on me, and I could not say
one word in English.
I turned around and said in tongues to Fred (for I could
speak in tongues, but not in English), "You go ahead and lay
hands on the people and finish the healing line."
Fred understood me as if I had spoken to him in English. He
said to me in tongues—and I heard it as if he were speaking in
English, although everybody else heard it in tongues—"All
right, you lay your finger in my hands that I may minister with
the same anointing, and I will pray for them." I did so, he began
to minister, and it seemed as if there were a stronger surge of
power than before. I stood there and watched the whole thing,
but still couldn't speak in English.
After the service, we went to Fred's home to fellowship and
eat. I would start to say something, and I'd say it in tongues.
When we were ready to eat, I still couldn't talk to Fred and his
family. I began wondering if I'd ever get back to where I could
communicate in English again.
When I first came back over into English at Fred Price's
home an hour and a half later, I could only speak a word or two.
I still couldn't even put sentences together.
Many times when I'm preaching or teaching and the
anointing is stronger, a tiny manifestation of this occurs. It's not
a matter of what I want to do—I cannot speak in English. I can
think in English, but I speak in tongues. That comes out of your
spirit.
As a teenager, I had been paralyzed and bedfast. My tongue
became paralyzed and my throat partially paralyzed. Only the
people who spent time around me could understand me. When
the Holy Spirit is on me so strongly, it's almost that same
feeling, except it's not a matter of paralysis.
What is the purpose of becoming speechless? Well, what
purpose was there for the Holy Spirit's coming upon Ezekiel in
the evening, opening his mouth, and making him remain that
way all night until the man came in the morning? The Bible
doesn't tell us what the purpose was.
Personally, I think such things often are a sign, and often
they prepare you for something.
I think there are aspects of the anointing we are going to
come into in the days ahead that we haven't experienced yet. By
this I mean the use of the anointing, the purpose of the
anointing, the utilization of the anointing, ministering under the
anointing, and transferring or transmitting the anointing—on the
one hand to do good and bring blessing, and on the other hand to
bring judgment on those like Elymas who would stand in the
way and hinder the Gospel.