"Healing requires special anointing or faith that ordinary Christians don't have."
How it sounds in your head: Healing happened through apostles and special anointed people, but you're just a regular guy. You don't have the gift of healing or enough faith to see miracles. Leave that to the pastors and prayer warriors—you're not spiritual enough.
"And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
-- Mark 16:17-18Source: Religious hierarchy creating classes of believers, contradicting the priesthood of all believers and equal access to God's power.
You see certain people pray and miracles happen, but when you pray nothing seems to change. The church emphasizes pastoral anointing and special gifts, making you feel like a second-class believer without the right credentials.
Just an ordinary disciple, not an apostle or leader, scared to even approach Saul the persecutor. God sent HIM to lay hands on Saul for healing—IMMEDIATELY scales fell from Saul's eyes and he could see, proving any believer connected to Jesus carries healing power.
I REFUSE the lie that healing requires special anointing I don't have. IT IS WRITTEN that these signs follow THOSE WHO BELIEVE—and I believe, therefore healing flows through me. I am not a second-class Christian waiting for someone more spiritual; I am a royal priest with direct access to the Father. IT IS WRITTEN in 1 John 2:27 that the anointing I have received abides in me—I HAVE the anointing, not as achievement but as GIFT in Christ. I am under the BARAK blessing of Abraham, and he had no special qualifications except covenant. I am a branch connected to the Vine, and the same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives IN me NOW. Healing doesn't flow because I'm qualified but because HE IS the Healer and I'm connected.
The Father isn't reserving healing power for elite believers while you wait on the sidelines—He's already placed His Spirit IN you, the same power that raised the dead. You don't need more anointing; you need to realize you're already fully equipped in Christ, accepted and empowered before you do anything.