 Hello, this is David Diga Hernandez and you're watching Spirit Church here on the Encounter TV Network. It's my prayer that as you receive this message right now that the tangible power of the Holy Spirit would come right through that device or however you're listening and fill the place that you are in. I pray that you experience the power of the Holy Spirit such as you never have before. I'm going to teach a message on the tangible power of God and then I'm going to pray with you that you receive that fresh touch of God's Holy Spirit's power right here, right now. But first, Steve Amak Dizuma is here with me. He's going to lead you in some very anointed worship. And then we're going to get right into this message here is Steve Amak Dizuma. We sing Hallelujah, the lambs overcome. We sing Hallelujah, we sing Hallelujah, we sing Hallelujah, the lambs overcome. We sing hallelujah, we sing hallelujah We sing hallelujah, the lamb is overcome We sing hallelujah, we sing hallelujah We sing hallelujah, lamb is overcome So as I said, I'm talking about the tangible power of the Holy Spirit or the tangible anointing. Now when I say tangible, I mean physical. I mean the manifested power of God that can be sensed upon your physical body. And while I'm going to be teaching on the tangible power of God, it's important that you remember that feeling God's presence isn't as important as believing that the presence of God is with you. We go by faith and not by feelings. So in no way am I trying to create this emphasis on feelings and physical sensations that we shouldn't have. But still I think it is important to address the fact that the power of the Holy Spirit can be tangible. The anointing can be tangible. That is the power of God. You can physically feel the power of the Holy Spirit. If you've ever been to one of our services, then you know that the power of the Holy Spirit can be felt tangibly. During the worship as we're seeking the face of Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit will become manifested to such a degree that people begin to feel Him all over the room. Some people describe a weight coming on them. Some people feel heat coming on them. Some people even feel electricity pulsing up and down their bodies. When it gets especially intense at those services, people report not even being able to get near to the platform. The ushers, my ministry team, will tell you that when the anointing becomes that tangible, they feel something emanating off of me, off of the platform. Now, I'm by no means saying that this has anything to do with me. I like to say that it's not me, it's who's around me. There's not something special about me. There's someone special about me, and that's the presence of the Holy Spirit. But still, in those services, when I feel the tangible power of God come on my physical body, I can feel the heat emanating off of me. I can feel like electricity emanating off of me. And people who come onto the platform say that the moment they step on the platform, they have trouble standing. Their body begins to tremble. They can feel the weight coming on to them. Now, this is the power of the Holy Spirit. It's not the work of man. No man should get the glory. It's the manifested presence of the Holy Spirit. And as I said, feelings themselves should not be our pursuit. We should not go after feelings as if they're important to our relationship with God. But you do have to realize that when you pursue the presence of the Lord, when you pursue an audience with God, when you pursue a deeper relationship with Him, there will be moments where the presence of the Holy Spirit manifests tangibly. And as if I haven't emphasized it enough already, I do want to emphasize again that feelings are not the goal. But you will sense the presence of the Holy Spirit at certain moments, especially in certain times where the power of God is manifested. Now, you'll sometimes feel Him and sometimes you won't. But this doesn't mean that His power comes and goes. It just means that it's revealed and then concealed. It's manifested. And then it goes back to the place where we are not feeling it. So the power of the Holy Spirit is in us. The power of the Holy Spirit is all around us everywhere we go because we're filled with the Holy Spirit. But there are those moments when the power becomes physically felt. And that's called a power manifestation, meaning that power becomes tangible. We become aware of that power, which is already there. Now, I do need to tell you, though, that sometimes people are so desperate to experience the power of God that their desire for an encounter with the tangible power of God can itself become a distraction and an obstruction to receiving an encounter with the Lord. So again, I say, the presence of the Holy Spirit abides with you. He does not come and go. He remains in you faithfully. Jesus said, I'll send you another and He will never leave you. He was speaking of the Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit comes on to a life and dwells in you. And He does not come and go. But then there are moments where you become more aware of His presence. And in those moments of keen awareness in the Spirit, you can physically begin to feel His power. And again, this is not an emphasis that I have overall. But this is what I'm teaching on right now, which is why I'm talking about it. Some people might say, well, why are you focusing on that if it's not the purpose? It's because I want to show you that it's biblical and I'm addressing the topic. And because I'm addressing the topic, obviously, I have to talk about these things. And it is important that we know that these encounters are available to us along our spiritual journey. So first of all, we see this happen with Elisha's bones. And this is found in 2 Kings chapter 13, verses 20 and 21. Listen to this. Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring. Once when some Israelites were bearing a man, they spied a band of these raiders. So they hastily threw the corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled. But as soon as the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man revived and jumped to his feet. So Elisha's bones carried the tangible power of God, that residue of God's power. Now by no means am I endorsing this term that people use called grave sucking, where you go to somebody's grave and you receive an anointing. Listen, I don't receive an anointing from a graveyard. I receive an anointing from a throne room from on high. It comes from the Lord, not from the grave. But still, there is a tangible touch upon physical things. There is a residue of the Holy Spirit's power. You don't receive the call of God from a tangible thing. You don't receive the anointing from a tangible thing. But still, they can manifest certain powers. And this is biblical. I'll show you a New Testament reference of this. If you go to Acts chapter 5, verse number 15, the Bible very clearly shows us a picture of the tangible anointing at work. Watch this. As a result of the apostles' work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter's shadow might fall across some of them as he went by. There we see something physically happening with Peter's shadow. Now I don't necessarily believe that it was Peter's shadow that healed the people. It was the nearness of Peter's physical presence that brought about healing. The Bible never says, if you read it carefully, that Peter's shadow healed. It says that the people thought his shadow healed. Now what would make the people think that Peter's shadow could heal? The fact that the presence of Jesus, the healing anointing was so strong on him that when people got near to him, that power jumped off of him and touched them. The same thing happened with handkerchiefs in the Bible. Acts 19, verses 11 and 12 say, God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles. When handkerchiefs or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people, they were healed of their diseases and evil spirits were expelled. So that anointing was so strong on Paul that they would place handkerchiefs on him and when those handkerchiefs would touch his skin, they would carry the anointing of the Holy Spirit and they would place those handkerchiefs on people. People would get healed just by touching those. People would have demons driven out of them just by touching those handkerchiefs. Jesus himself felt power, physical power, go out from him when he healed a woman with the issue of blood. In Mark chapter 5, verse 28, the Bible says, for she thought to herself, if I can just touch his robe, I will be healed. Immediately the bleeding stopped and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. Verse 30, watch this, Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him. So he turned around into the crowd and asked, who touched me? Jesus felt the healing virtue flow out of his physical body. The Bible tells us to anoint each other when praying for the sick with oil. Look at James. Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you. Anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick and the Lord will make you well and if you have committed any sins you will be forgiven. Of course the oil itself is not the source of the power but it is what God told us to use when transferring the power. Power can be transferred. There's a story that inspired me when I was first learning about the greats who God used in the healing ministry and this story is concerning Smith Wigglesworth. Now there are many different versions of this account but all of the accounts basically reflect the same occurrence. So while the details might vary, I am giving you an accurate account of what happened in general. So Smith Wigglesworth comes into town, he's preaching this revival and he's looking for a place where he can be hosted so that he can stay and have somewhere to sleep while he's hosting this meeting. And this woman offers her home and of course she welcomes him in. She says you can stay with my husband and I. We have a room. We'll give up our bed for you. Go ahead and stay in there. The husband was not too happy about this. He wasn't even a believer but the wife convinced the husband let's let this man of God stay in our home and let's show him hospitality. So Smith Wigglesworth stays with this couple. He takes their bed. They sleep in some other room. He preaches those revival services and then the revival finally comes to an end and Smith Wigglesworth says his goodbyes and begins to leave that home. The woman goes down the street chasing after him saying sir you can't leave yet. My husband still isn't saved. I need you to minister to him. I need you to pray for him. I need some type of miracle because my husband has yet to receive Christ and he's very very stubborn. So she's pleading with him. She's begging him please please help me. I need this miracle. I need my husband to come to the Lord and Smith Wigglesworth the story goes doesn't even completely turn around but as he's walking away he just sort of glances over his shoulder and he tells the woman don't change the sheets and he kept going. She didn't know what he meant by that so she just goes home and by faith obeys the man of God. She doesn't change the sheets and Smith Wigglesworth of course had stayed in their bed. Now that night her husband had a dream about hell and he told her I feel like I'm being dragged to hell. I feel like I'm being tormented. He was able to feel the flames coming over him. He got down on his knees and gave his heart to the Lord. He got saved right then and there that night and that was because of the tangible anointing that was left in their room. Now in 2 Timothy chapter 1 verse number 6 the Bible shows us that even spiritual gifts are somewhat tangible. This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when when I laid my hands on you there's a tangible transfer that takes place. Now even though we know there's a tangible transfer that takes place in the spirit we have to be very careful to reverence the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. There have been those who've taken this concept this holy sacred concept concerning the anointing and they have tried to use it as a marketing scheme to raise funds but the anointing is not for sale. You cannot pay a registration fee go to a conference and then walk out of that conference with the anointing. You cannot buy an e-course online and then receive the anointing. You cannot pay with your credit card for some certification program and then be ordained and then receive the anointing to be a minister. The anointing is not for sale and anytime you try to exchange the supernatural by monetary or otherwise transferring it through financial gain then that is sorcery. Sorcery is the exchange of the supernatural for the financial. We see an example of someone attempting to do this in Acts chapter 8. Beginning at verse number 19 I'll read the Bible says let me have this power this is Simon the sorcerer coming to the apostles when he saw that the power of the Holy Spirit came upon people when when they laid their hands on people. Verse 19 let me have this power too he exclaimed so that when I lay my hands on people they will receive the Holy Spirit but Peter replied may your money be destroyed with you for thinking God's gift can be bought. So here this man he witnesses Peter laying hands on people and when Peter laid hands on people they receive the Holy Ghost. Simon the sorcerer watches this he's witnessing all of this wonderful display of God's power in action and he says to himself I have to have that and so he goes and he offers Peter money in exchange for the Holy Spirit and Peter rebukes him. Look what verse 22 says repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord perhaps he will forgive you of your evil thoughts. That's how big of an issue it was that he said perhaps God will forgive you of your evil thoughts so we have to be careful and balance this out and recognize that though the anointing is tangible that we not try to make it some marketable thing that's where we must must must draw the line and say no to such nonsense that is witchcraft that's demonic it's irreverent and we shouldn't allow it instead we must cherish the anointing we must cherish this power we must recognize that God's healing touch God's delivering touch God's convicting touch can be transferred through the physical can be transferred through our physical bodies it can go out of my mouth into this microphone and right through your ears and as you hear this as you see this as you receive this message the anointing that's here can be transferred to you right where you are. I remember one time I had laid my Bible down I went to a youth conference and I laid my Bible down on a seat so that I could save my seat I went to go get a drink of water or something like that and I came back and there was a girl in our youth group who had grabbed my Bible and brought it to me she thought I lost it or forgot it and she came to me she said hey I saw your Bible on the seat and I wanted to bring it to you to make sure you didn't lose it. I took it back I said thank you know I was actually saving my seat but I appreciate you thinking of me in that way and she said yes you're welcome but I have something else to tell you I said what she said well when I went to go grab your Bible from the seat I felt like this tingling sensation come up my arms she said so I put the Bible down right away but then I mustered up the courage to pick it up again and bring it to you she said I physically felt the power of God when I grabbed your Bible that was the Bible I used when I would lock myself in my room and pray for hours a day that is the tangible transfer of God's power. I remember in school when I would go and pray on my lunch break for a whole hour the whole hour of lunch sometimes I would dedicate to just prayer I would come out of that prayer room I remember one instance in particular I came out of the prayer room and I gave one of my friends a simple greeting it was just like a little handshake hello and when I gave him that greeting the power of God hit him he fell on the floor in the classroom before class started he gets back up he goes what was that and I had to explain to him what the tangible power of God is I'm telling you believer this is real this is the power of the Holy Spirit and God can use it to touch your life right now I don't have to be with you in the room because the Holy Spirit is with you in the room and this transfer takes place by faith and so right now I want you by faith to receive your healing I want you by faith to receive your deliverance I want you by faith to receive anything that you need from the power of the Holy Ghost come on let's agree right now Father in the name of the one whom I serve I your servant now I your son now release the anointing of the Holy Ghost I pray Father you take a portion of that which has been placed on my life and I ask you Father to transfer it let them receive according to the measure of their faith I rebuke sickness and disease right now in the name of Jesus I pray complete and total healing begin to flow let that healing virtue from on high begin to move through my hands through my voice touch that one receiving now and I ask you Lord to send forth deliverance break addictions break cycles of sin habits break drug addictions I pray in the name of Jesus break alcohol addictions in the name of Jesus break pornography addictions in the name of Jesus break food addictions in the name of Jesus Lord I pray deliverance now for those struggling with self-harm those struggling with depression those struggling with anxiety I rebuke that spirit in the name of Jesus and I pray Lord your convicting power even begin to flow let that mighty river of the Holy Spirit's power flow through me touch each one receiving now I pray in the name of Jesus let it flow like a river Jesus name I want you to say it because you agree say amen I don't know about you but I sense the atmosphere shift right now and I know that the Lord is doing something in you it's the power of the Holy Spirit don't be afraid don't be skeptical just receive it and that is it for the lesson I want to welcome now the new members of spirit church there you are up on the screen we love you we are praying for you I always say that because I always mean it now don't turn the video off even though we're done praying even though the word's done being ministered that anointing that's present right here right now is going to flow all the way to the end of this video and you don't know what God's about to do in your life I'm telling you some of you are about to be touched even as I'm talking about spirit church the anointing is flowing but I do want to welcome the new members of spirit church and I want you to know that if you'd like to join the spirit family you know over the past couple of weeks we've seen through our live streams over 500 people give their hearts to Jesus they became born again just by watching live and hearing the gospel and responding and so we've given them a place now where they can grow if you're looking for somewhere you can grow spiritually you want to be challenged you want to take things to the next level perhaps right now you're struggling to find the church perhaps right now your church is closed we'll join spirit church join the 12,000 members worldwide who receive every single week from this ministry the power of God flows look this is the Holy Spirit's ministry not mine so I want you to receive the anointing of the Holy Ghost on a weekly basis I'll put down a new teaching for you every single week Steve Maktizuma will do a worship song for you every single week so that you can worship the Lord with us and the best part you can reply to that email for prayer support we're there for you we're with you in this I want you to know you have a friend who's going to walk with you through this difficult time you have a friend in the Lord and you have a friend in me I want you to know I want to be with you during these seasons of your life I want the privilege of being able to walk with you on your spiritual journey so join the spirit family it's 100 free all of the content there is for you it's for free we give it away freely we receive so freely we give there's never going to be a time where you're going to go watch a video and then you watch the first half and we say in order to see the rest of this you have to pay x amount of dollars we're not going to do that to you we give you the full teachings full quality everything we've got it's all out there and ready for you so join the spirit family today simply go to davidhernandezministries.com slash spirit church and when you go to davidhernandezministries.com spirit church you'll just scroll down you'll see a form that says join spirit church fill that out and then you remember it's just that simple so go do that today again davidhernandezministries.com slash spirit church and also also if you know someone who's looking for a place to have church you know maybe family members who just got saved or maybe you're looking for a place to have church I want to encourage you to start hosting spirit church meetings in your house do it in your coffee shop do it in your place of business host spirit church right where you're all you got to do is invite your friends over and then play the video and play it from start to finish and you'll have everything from the announcements to the to the worship to the sermon to the prayer to the altar and then you could all pray together afterwards and discuss what you learned in fellowship you can start a church right in your home just start showing our videos in your home start showing them as I said in coffee shops in your in your workplace in your school dorms just start doing it on a weekly basis and invite people and then let us know you're doing it so we can help send some some tips on how to make that experience more beneficial for those who would come but start doing that we're actually going to begin doing more things like that very soon so be on the lookout for that but now I want to read your comments and these comments come from last week's teaching titled the mess in the miracle and I talked about how God sometimes can be disruptive I know that sounds odd but God can sometimes be disruptive if you want to know what I mean by that then make sure and go watch the mess in the miracle available on all our social media platforms and by the way while you're watching if you're watching on youtube be sure to subscribe and don't forget to click the notification bell you're watching on facebook don't forget to like the page however you're watching make sure you're connecting to us so that you can regularly receive this content and one last thing if you like me to potentially read your comment on next week's edition of spirit church then go ahead and leave a comment in the comment section right now here is the first comment coming from Lizette Gonzalez who writes I've been praying for my spiritual eyes to open and to be cleansed in Jesus's name I was getting discouraged and disconnected somehow but wow I don't think it's a coincidence I watched this video God is good Priyanka Gara writes this is such a powerful and timely teaching I'm truly encouraged and blessed by this ministry I love brother David's teachings as they build my faith and desire to serve the Lord. Glory Shabhashri writes thank you so much for this timely message wonderful worship song it gives so much peace well we love the worship ministry of Stephen Mock to zoom in my absolute favorite worship leader he does a worship cover every single week on our channel and through our network so however you follow us be sure to be looking out for his music as well and finally the final comment comes from Brishna Azbala who writes I am watching your sermon for the first time and I found peace after listening to the word of God all the glory to the Lord Jesus Christ amen all glory to the Lord indeed and that's not the only individual who's receiving from this ministry every single day we receive comments of testimonies of deliverance and healing and salvation people all over the world being impacted by the word we have a very simple mission we spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and we build the believer through events and media in spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ we're winning the loss and in building the believer we're multiplying our efforts by equipping the saints to go and become soul winners themselves this truly is the Holy Spirit's channel this is the Holy Spirit's channel it's completely his he runs it he runs the show here not me we just make sure we're listening to his voice the lessons the music everything is spirit led and so we would like you to be a part of this you know nowadays everybody has subscriptions to something and hear me out just for a couple minutes before you turn off the video every day somebody's signing up to some type of subscription you have people subscribing to Netflix some people do like the razors you know where they get the shavers and every month they get a brand new set of razors I tried that didn't work for me some people have coffees coffee beans coming in some people have gym membership some people have gaming subscriptions some people have video subscriptions you name it there's a subscription for everything nowadays but did you know there's a subscription that you can have that would actually help to advance the gospel also while benefiting you and that is what a monthly partnership is with this ministry when you sign up to become a partner with our ministry not only are you helping to fund all of this content so that we can continue to give it out for free but you're also sponsoring the events that we do around the world our events and our media is free and because we've made it free we rely on supporters like you to help us continue to send it out for free so there's people on the other side of the world who will benefit from your subscription so you may benefit by being able to say oh I'm helping to fund produce the content and as the content is being produced it's blessing me but do you realize that when you sign up to become a partner your subscription blesses you but it also blesses someone who otherwise couldn't afford it and it helps us to keep our events free and that's what we want to do we want to freely give because we freely receive so if you've been blessed by this ministry this ministry's touched your heart if you believe in what we're doing then join the thousands of people all around the world who have partnered with our ministry and help us take the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the world in the power of the Holy Spirit I want to encourage you today to become a $10 a month supporter that's about the price you're going to pay for any of those other streaming services that are out there we want to encourage you to become a $10 supporter today and then on top of that we're looking for people to do $30 a month at $30 a month I will send you your choice you can choose carriers of the glory encountering the Holy Spirit in every book of the bible or 25 truths about demons and spiritual warfare that's when you become a partner for $30 or more a month again all you got to do go to davidhernandezministries.com slash donate do that right now but i'm asking you to do that today that this ministry might continue to go and not just go but also continue to grow do that right now again David Hernandez ministries dot com slash donate I thank you for your support and thank you to all of our partners who have stuck with us all these years and who continue to stay faithful in this season we're so overwhelmed by your love and support I love you I appreciate you I pray for you constantly and I want you to know I never take you for granted you are my friend I'm your friend and I hope that you feel that same way and I hope you can sense that connection in the spirit that you and I have but go today and do that now one more time davidhernandezministries.com slash donate and that is it for this edition of Spirit Church here on the EncounterTV network until next time remember nothing is impossible with God thank you for watching EncounterTV don't forget to subscribe and click the notification bell also help us spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit make a one-time donation or become a monthly supporter by clicking on the donate link now