Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

The Greek word used for “repetitions” is only found here in the New Testament. The word is battologeo, which means, “to repeat idly.” It may come from an Aramaic phrase meaning, “not mechanically repeating the same phrases over and over again.” 3 This reminds me of ministers I have heard on certain radio stations who, when they preach, say the word amen after every sentence. “God said, amen … that He would help you … amen … and you need to know … amen … He’s alive … amen … and is here now … amen.” After a while, the repetition of “amen” becomes an agitation to a listener. We call these fill-in words , used when the speaker doesn’t know what to say next! The same is true in prayer. Prayer must be from the heart and must be words that have meaning. T HE A NOINTING—THE M AIN K EY In my earlier years, a very seasoned and highly anointed minister, Dr. Ray H. Hughes, preached a message called, “The Anointing Makes the Difference.” I was listening to the cassette message when suddenly I felt the hair on my entire body rise up! Some would call this emotionalism , but emotionalism cannot destroy a cancer, raise up the infirm, or deliver addicts from lifetime bondages. However, the anointing will break the yokes of bondage (Isa. 10:27). The anointing is not a Pentecostal or charismatic thing—it is a gift of God for individual believers upon being baptized in the Holy Spirit. My definition of the anointing is this: the absolute life of God that