Based on a true story shared by Curry Blake, Overseer of John G. Lake Ministries (JGLM)
The Night the “Anointing” Came — or So He Thought
Curry Blake tells this story from his early ministry years — back when he was still learning to teach and preach.
“I was teaching a Thursday-night Bible Doctrines class at an Assemblies of God church. Thirty minutes in, my voice would go out completely. I’d be sipping water, barely finishing. One day a friend said, ‘Brother Curry, you should try Sudafed. It’ll help you preach longer.’”
So, he took it.
That night, the lesson was on The Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
About forty-five minutes in, something happened.
“All of a sudden, I said, ‘Glory to God, He’s here! I can’t feel my fingers! He’s here!’ I told them, ‘Turn down the lights! Put on the Pensacola revival music! Everyone line up!’”
People stood shoulder to shoulder as Blake laid hands on them.
They fell under the power, wept, and rejoiced.
He thought, “This is it — revival has come!”
He went home too excited to sleep.
That Sunday, the pastor announced:
“We’ve had 13 salvations, 14 rededications, 15 healings, and 4 baptisms in the Holy Ghost!”
Curry thought, This is working! God is finally moving through me!
So the next Thursday, he did the same thing — Sudafed, water, Bible in hand.
He started preaching and, sure enough, forty minutes in —
“Glory to God, He’s back! You know the drill — everyone line up!”
Once again, the power flowed.
The deadest class in the church — “Bible Doctrines” — became standing-room only.
“Brother Curry, Have You Noticed Any Side Effects?”
A week later, before class began, a friend approached him again.
“Your voice has been holding up great! The Sudafed’s working, huh?”
“Oh yes,” Curry said, “it’s been amazing!”
Then the friend asked:
“Have you noticed any side effects?”
“Side effects? No. Why?”
“Well,” the friend replied, “some people can’t take Sudafed. It makes them numb. They can’t feel their fingers or their legs.”
Curry froze.
Everything suddenly connected.
He realized the “tingling,” the “rush,” and the “power” he felt that night weren’t supernatural at all — they were Sudafed side effects.
“I went home thinking, Oh, no… that wasn’t the anointing — that was Sudafed!”
But here’s the twist:
Even though the “feeling” was chemical — the miracles were real.
People really did get healed, delivered, and saved.
Why?
Because the power was never in the feeling.
It was in the faith.
“I Was Always Anointed”
Blake says:
“I thought the anointing was a feeling. So when I got a feeling, I started acting anointed — laying hands, speaking boldly, expecting results. And guess what? It worked! Because I was always anointed.”
That realization changed everything.
“I was waiting for something to happen that had already happened.”
From that day, Curry stopped chasing feelings.
He ministered whether he “felt” it or not — because the Word didn’t change.
“Sometimes I feel something flow, sometimes I don’t. But people get healed either way. The anointing doesn’t depend on my nerves — it depends on His promise.”
“Hooked on a Feeling”
Curry often jokes:
“The church’s national anthem shouldn’t be Amazing Grace — it should be Hooked on a Feeling.”
Because so many believers still wait for goosebumps before they believe God is moving.
We’ve learned to equate feeling spiritual with being spiritual.
But the Bible says the opposite:
“The just shall live by faith.” — Romans 1:17
“We walk by faith, not by sight.” — 2 Corinthians 5:7
“The words I speak are spirit and life.” — John 6:63
Faith doesn’t need a sensation.
It needs conviction.
You can be full of the Spirit while feeling absolutely nothing.
That’s what Samson learned — and what Curry rediscovered through a box of Sudafed.
The Lesson Behind the Laughter
Curry’s story is funny, but it’s also profound.
Samson “did not know that the LORD had departed from him” (Judges 16:20).
Why? Because the Spirit’s presence isn’t a feeling to lose or gain.
Faith is steady even when the senses are silent.
In the same way, we often wait for confirmation — goosebumps, tears, shaking — before we believe we’re anointed.
But those are just byproducts of emotion.
They don’t prove or disprove anything.
The anointing isn’t emotional.
It’s positional.
If Christ lives in you, you are anointed — period.
“The anointing which you have received from Him abides in you.” — 1 John 2:27
Reflection: Faith That Acts Anyway
The “Sudafed anointing” reminds us that power flows when we act on the Word, not when we wait to feel it.
Emotion can inspire you — but faith is what moves mountains.
Whether you feel nothing, everything, or somewhere in between, the truth remains:
“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” — Colossians 1:27
So go ahead — lay hands on the sick. Speak with authority. Worship without waiting for waves.
Because you’re not “working up” the Spirit.
He’s already working in you.
Devotional Thoughts
1. Faith Over Feelings
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7
Thought: I will act on what God said, not what I sense.
Prayer: “Lord, help me live by Your Word even when I feel nothing.”
2. Already Anointed
Scripture: 1 John 2:20
Thought: I’m not waiting for an anointing — I have it in Christ.
Prayer: “Father, thank You that Your Spirit abides in me permanently.”
3. Stir, Don’t Chase
Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6
Thought: I don’t chase feelings — I stir the gift already given.
Prayer: “Lord, awaken boldness in me to act on what I know is true.”
Final Word
Curry Blake’s story proves a simple but freeing truth:
Faith works — even without feelings.
The Spirit doesn’t come and go like emotion.
He abides.
And when you believe that, you’ll stop chasing experiences and start walking in power.
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