Looking for how to make your own anointing oil at home? Then, you’ve come to the right place! This anointing oil recipe is easy, lasts for a while, and is biblically inspired.
In this article, I’ll cover four things for you: The 5 ingredients in the anointing oil, a prayer to consecrate anointing oil, how to use your holy oil at home, and how to anoint yourself with holy oil.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my instructions on how to do a house blessing prayer. It is a complete guide with bible verses, commonly answered questions, and specific prayer points.
I made this exact anointing oil myself a while ago, and I still have it sitting on my altar. I only use it for healings and anointing myself or others for prayer. This is very important.
I’ll be doing an article soon on the essentials of a prayer room and how to place an altar in your home. Be sure to keep a lookout for that if you are interested.
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- How To Make Your Own Anointing Oil At Home: What are the 5 Ingredients in Anointing Oil
- Prayer To Consecrate Anointing Oil (Anointing Oil Prayer)
- How To Use Your Holy Oil At Home
- Do's & Don'ts: How To Make Your Own Anointing Oil At Home
- How To Anoint Yourself With Holy Oil (Simple Instructions)
- Final Thoughts: How To Make Your Own Anointing Oil
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How To Make Your Own Anointing Oil At Home: What are the 5 Ingredients in Anointing Oil
Below are the five ingredients you will need to make your own anointing oil at home along with the biblical scripture reference.
4 of your ingredients will be essential oils, and you want to make sure to use a reputable company. Check out my doTERRA essential oils review, and why I’ve used them for the past 4 years. Check it out here.
- Myrrh essential oil
- 24 drops of myrrh oil
- Cinnamon essential oil
- 12 drops of cinnamon oil
- You can substitute the oil for actual cinnamon sticks that will be left in the oil mixture.
- Fragrant cane/ Calamus oil
- 12 drops
- This is not easy to find
- Can be substituted with the following: frankincense oil, lemongrass, CBD, or clove essential oil. I used clove for mine
- Cassia essential oil
- 24 drops of cassia essential oil
- Not to be confused with cinnamon oil
- Olive oil
- 4-8 ounces (depending on how much you want to make)
- Use organic cold-pressed extra virgin!
- This will be your carrier oil
*You will also need a glass jar, vial, or bottle with a top to keep your anointing oil recipe in. Below is a picture of the one I used for mine.
These ingredients come from Exodus 30:22-24. A recipe given to Moses straight from God. Read more in detail here.
Anointing Oil Biblical Reference
22 Then the Lord said to Moses, 23 “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels[a] of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels[b] of fragrant calamus, 24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin[c] of olive oil. 25 Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil
To be clear the recipe found in the bible above was designed to make A LOT of anointing oil, probably for hundreds of people.
For instance, 500 shekels of myrrh equals 12 pounds, 250 shekels of cinnamon equals 6 pounds, 250 shekels of calamus equals 6 pounds, 500 shekels of cassia equals 12 pounds, and a hin of olive oil equals 1.72 gallons.
Because you will be making you in smaller doses, the amount of ingredients needed has been decreased to fit our needs in today’s time.
Also, fragrant calamus is not an easy oil to come by, some studies argue that it’s a form of cannabis (read more here).
Because of this, you can substitute the calamus oil for clove oil, frankincense, CBD oil, or lemongrass. I personally used whole cloves for my holy anointing oil.
Prayer To Consecrate Anointing Oil (Anointing Oil Prayer)
Heavenly father by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the power of his blood, I consecrate, dedicate, and set apart this special oil for anointing and healing anyone for anything at any time for any Christian purposes according to your will. I do this in the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ. Lord, send the anointing power of the Holy Spirit to consecrate and bless this oil as holy anointing oil, so that it may be effective in its use.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
How To Use Your Holy Oil At Home
When using your anointing oil at home it is important to remember that the power is not in the oil but in the faith behind your prayers and ultimately your faith in the blood of Jesus.
Jesus tells us in John 14:12, “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father”.
We also see that in Luke 10:19, that Jesus has given us the authority over all the power of the enemy. Yes, you are more powerful than Satan!
19 “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and overall the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
When you are anointing yourself or someone with your holy oil, remember these two truths and operate in the power that you hold.
Without faith, this is simply a nice glass bottle filled with olive oil and warm fragrances.
On the other hand, with faith, this becomes a powerful tool for healing and anointing.
Do’s & Don’ts: How To Make Your Own Anointing Oil At Home
Do’s For Your DIY Holy Anointing Oil
- Do store it in a cool dark place at room temperature (this helps it to last longer)
- Keep it in a glass container with a top of your choice (nothing plastic) (dropper is optional)
- Your holy anointing oil needs to be treated as sacred, special, and only used for healing, consecration, and anointing’s.
- Be sure to buy pure grade essential oils for your holy anointing oil. See how you can save on doTERRA essential oils here.
Don’ts For Your DIY Holy Anointing Oil
- It should not be used for any other purpose, but for healing and anointing
- Do not use it to cook with, but consecrate it
- Don’t use a bottle/container that has been used before. Get a BRAND-NEW container for your holy anointing oil
- Don’t refrigerate
How To Anoint Yourself With Holy Oil (Simple Instructions)
This is very simple, when anointing yourself or someone else with anointing oil you want to do the following:
- Use your right hand (read more about the biblical significance of the right hand)
- Get the holy oil and apply a cross on the forehead (directly on the skin)
- Repeat, I anoint you in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit (all three in one).
- Proceed with your blessing or prayer
- End your blessing or prayer with the words, “in the name of Jesus”!
You can anoint other things besides a person with anointing oil, but it should not be used for ANY OTHER USE than for godly consecration of something or someone, healing, and anointing for Christian purposes.
For instance, I anointed my home when we first moved in and I repeat this blessing here and there for maintenance deliverance.
You can check out my house blessing guide here.
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Final Thoughts: How To Make Your Own Anointing Oil
There you have it, my friend! How to make your own anointing oil at home! It’s a very easy anointing oil recipe and should take you 10 minutes to make once you have all your ingredients.
The most important thing to remember is that the power isn’t in your holy anointing oil, but in your faith, and the name of Jesus!
The blood of Jesus still has power, so be sure to always use his name when anointing and consecrating with your holy anointing oil.
You may be thinking, who am I to make an anointing oil? I’m not a priest!
Remember that you are created in God’s image and he called us to do greater works than he because he went back to the father.
You are the righteousness of God and he made you a little lower than the angels! You have every right to exercise your authority and walk in the power of the Holy spirit.
We are all God’s ambassadors on assignment!
I appreciate you being here and I hope you enjoy your holy anointing oil. Be sure to leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Until next time, keep growing spiritually my friend! Shalom
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This is great info! I want annointing oil, but feel funny about buying from some random priest, that I don’t know or trust yet. It’s a holy thing, and it’s important to keep it that way. Thank you for sharing this, and God Bless you!!
Thank you Heather! I’m so glad you found it useful. Yes, being able to be sure of where your oils come from is so important. You never know who or what is behind what’s coming it your home. Talk soon
Hello thank you so much for all the tips and guides I’m so glad God let me come across your page it’s been very helpful. I’m planning on moving out soon and I feel like I really needed to read about this in order to move forward into my new home that I know God will bless me with. I’m not sure exactly where I can get all these oils from so I was wondering if it was okay to get it from a botanical store. If you have any information about that I would greatly appreciate it. Again thank you for the all the information. I will use it as God would want me to.
Hi Heather!
Thanks for reaching out. You can always follow the links in the post that lead you to the essential oils needed for the anointing oil. Yes, you can always find them in your health food store. 🙂
Hi there,
I bought everything to make this oil, but I’m not sure what kind of vessel I should put it in. Should I pour it into a glass jar with a lid? Or is there a specific type of jar I should store it in? Thanks!
Hi Christy! How are you? I would suggest something glass. I put mine in a small glass olive oil jar. Thanks!
Very useful. Thank you.
I would like to know if you can ingest this anointing oil
I wouldn’t eat or drink it…nor use it in an oil diffuser either. Cassia is on a list of essential oil suspected to.be carcinogenic.
Use it as described for anointing temple gear as per Exodus 22-34 and you’ll be fine. Oh and don’t get it in your eyes. That much cinnamon will BURN.
Hi Debra!
No, I would not recommend ingesting this anointing oil. Use it combined with your faith for healing.
The Lord woke me up at 3 a.m. for this blessing. I want to make it to serve God with it.
Thank you, I’m so glad the holy sport led me to your site!
I’m planning a house blessing to do myself , I’ve never done before but I feel good and confident in Christ and led to do so at one of my older siblings home. My husband and I just led my brother to Christ and he accepted Jesus and made him Lord and Savior his life! He is New born again Christian! He called us last week from his hospital bed and said he was seeing evil things and he knew of this Jesus our mother always spoke of to him and that she always wanted him to do this thing of accepting him in his heart but didn’t know why or how. Our mother has gone to be with our Lord now. he asked me if My husband I can pray for him because he was very afraid to fall asleep, he was having nightmares and at times while awake he was seeing things, very descriptive such as dark figures, men and witches and they were trying to take him… he said, and that no one else could see but him.. so we said to him brother if you are ready to accept Jesus Christ into your heat and ask for forgiveness and know with all your faith that if you died today, you will have a place in heaven with him! He said yes. Praise God then we prayed over him Thru the phone and commanded all unclean spirits to flee, they have no place no authority over him no more and that he would have good dreams, dreams of God. I gave him few scriptures to put on his white board to make his own, , he wrote, God did not give me a spirit of fear but of power, Love and a sound mind! I said you are not crazy brother what you saw was real just like there is heaven n hell but our God is bigger and better! we don’t battle flesh n blood but darkness n principalities ..
The next morning he called and he was so excited and calmness., assurance n joy in his voice and said sister, I slept soundly, no bad dreams infact when you were praying I literally saw the bad spirits leave… Praise God he gets all the honor n glory!
So now he’s home and I want to do a house blessing in his room and the entire house he lives with another sibling n her husband just past away, so this is perfect Gods timing and I’m so thankful to be a part of this as I continue to grow in Christ and to share with my older siblings as our mother prayed for all her children, 12 of us and I’m the youngest! lol
So again, thank you so much for your page and for all you do in him! Blessings n love in him
Thank you, I’m so glad the holy sport led me to your site!
I’m planning a house blessing to do myself , I’ve never done before but I feel good and confident in Christ and led to do so at one of my older siblings home. My husband and I just led my brother to Christ and he accepted Jesus and made him Lord and Savior his life! He is New born again Christian! He called us last week from his hospital bed and said he was seeing evil things and he knew of this Jesus our mother always spoke of to him and that she always wanted him to do this thing of accepting him in his heart but didn’t know why or how. Our mother has gone to be with our Lord now. he asked me if My husband I can pray for him because he was very afraid to fall asleep, he was having nightmares and at times while awake he was seeing things, very descriptive such as dark figures, men and witches and they were trying to take him… he said, and that no one else could see but him.. so we said to him brother if you are ready to accept Jesus Christ into your heat and ask for forgiveness and know with all your faith that if you died today, you will have a place in heaven with him! He said yes. Praise God then we prayed over him Thru the phone and commanded all unclean spirits to flee, they have no place no authority over him no more and that he would have good dreams, dreams of God. I gave him few scriptures to put on his white board to make his own, , he wrote, God did not give me a spirit of fear but of power, Love and a sound mind! I said you are not crazy brother what you saw was real just like there is heaven n hell but our God is bigger and better! we don’t battle flesh n blood but darkness n principalities ..
The next morning he called and he was so excited and calmness., assurance n joy in his voice and said sister, I slept soundly, no bad dreams infact when you were praying I literally saw the bad spirits leave… Praise God he gets all the honor n glory!
So now he’s home and I want to do a house blessing in his room and the entire house he lives with another sibling n her husband just past away, so this is perfect Gods timing and I’m so thankful to be a part of this as I continue to grow in Christ and to share with my older siblings as our mother prayed for all her children, 12 of us and I’m the youngest! lol
So again, thank you so much for your page and for all you do in him! Blessings n love in him
Hi Kathy! Thank you so much for the comment. This has warmed my heart. I am happy we have crossed paths and so proud of you for doing God’s work and following through with what he places on your heart. I’ll be thinking of you and your family for sure. You’re amazing!
I’m not sure how I feel about leaving out cannabis – not CBD, but certainly the resin from the resin from the flower. Keep in mind that resin contains mostly THCa (which doesn’t get you high), the acidiform of delta-9 (does get you high), if that was the reason for the change. The Hebrew phrase קנה בשם (qaneh bosem, often spelled kaneh bosem), translated as “aromatic cane” in the recipe, but is the Hebrew phrase for cannabis, also called marijuana or hemp.
So what does the hemp replace in the above recipe? The calamus? And how do you get it?
Hi Lacey!
Yes, the calamus. You can get authentic hemp/CBD from reputable store fronts in your area. Most places have these shops around.
And it does smell like it for sure!! I commented about that just a minute ago. We are Law Enforcement currently. Sure hope the aroma doesn’t linger to the point of speculation. 😁
Oh goodness, I hope not too! Keep me posted
It doesn’t, but I found calamus. Check Amazon, But I ordered most of mine from the Holy Land. Bless you and all who are here.
hi can I also add coconut oil along with this receipe. how much can I put?
Hi Amina! I would not add coconut oil to this recipe. I would stick to the biblical ingredients. I do want to say that you must remember that the power of any anointing oil lies in the name of Jesus and the faith exercised. I say that to say that it wouldn’t hurt anything to add it, but I personally wouldn’t. Thanks
Hi Amina :),
I pretty much just use coconut oil only as my anointing oil where I live. But it would be weird to add any other oils.
Blessings,
Rebecca
Wow this is soooo crazy. I randomly clicked on this website and behold my name is also Khrystal spelled just like that too. God is so full of humor and love haha. Thank you for this article on annoying oil. !
What!! That’s amazing! I’ve never met anyone else who spells there name that way. God is awesome.
When the Bible was translated from Hebrew to Greek one of the words was mistranslated. Calamus oil
is actually Cannabis oil. That secret has been lost for centuries.
I just recently learned of this and is surprised to learn calamus is toxic. The chart that I saw stated the fall off in the age to live stopped 250 to 70 after 300 AD after the mis translation of the word kanna bous, might not be spelled correctly but its close
Thank you sister…God has been telling me to make my own and trying to do the math on what to do, how much to use…was very intimidating. Thank you for blessing us and God is blessing you in this ministry you have. Go forth with a might voice!
God bless you Christy! Glad you found it useful. Blessings!
Thank you for this info! How many cinnamon sticks would be a good substitute for the drops?
Hi Lauren! It doesn’t have to be an exact science. I used three. Thanks so much for reading!
Thank you so much for sharing this vital information on the Anointing Oil and House Blessings. It is so much appreciated and needed.
Hi! Thanks so much for this article, my sister in Christ. I would like to actually make my own oil from frankincense resin I bought in Jerusalem. I was looking for a recipe when I found your article. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing. God bless!!
We are priests!
Revelation 5:10 … and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
1 Peter 2:9 “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
Thanks for the quantity adjusted recipe ❤️
Thank you for sharing these simple yet profoundly meaningful instructions for anointing with holy oil. It’s a beautiful reminder of the spiritual significance and power that this age-old practice holds.
Thank you for being here and commenting. God bless!
I have been thinking about this, anointing my home against evil, for some time. I believe that evil has entered my home through my daughter. Not that she is evil, but she has opened an entry for it with her habits. I went through my oils and checked their properties, but just couldn’t work out which ones and how much. Nor could I figure out how to pray for my house. I mean, what words to use. I know it is a matter of faith, but what words could I use in my prayer eluded me. Possibly a hinderance from enemy. Your articles have helped me figure this out. And given me the confidence to move forward. Thank you so much.
Hi Dana! God bless you, and I hope things are getting better for you. I am so happy to hear that! I wanted to mentioned that there is an article on how to bless your home on the site but looks like you may have found it. Blessings to you and yours!
This article captivated me. I have ordered the ingredients; however, how many cinnamon sticks do you use in your anointing oil? Thank you so much!
Hi Linda! I would suggest using 2-3. Thanks!
Sorry continuation …clumus didn’t posses the properties mentioned in the bible…so with that said has anyone used cannabis oil and not just cbd in this recipe?
Good day! I would like to know, Praying over the oil to anoint must be before or after adding other ingredients?
*Thank You*
Hi Luis! Hope your well! I would suggest praying over the oil after you have finished making it. Take care!
Very Useful. outstanding write. thank you for your information.
Hi Sofe! Thanks so much! God bless.
I love it its great very detailed information
Thank you!
Hello! So blessed to have found this post. My sister sent me a reel on Instagram about anointing your home with oil. I wasn’t very knowledgeable about this except what it says in James for healing. Im excited to share this resource with her and pray that it increases her desire for the LORD and her faith in Him, His Son by the power of the Holy Spirit!
I look forward to your post about a prayer room and an altar in the home!!
Hi Daisie! That’s wonderful to hear! I’m glad you stopped by. God bless!
Thank you for this. I believe God woke me this morning at 4am as my dreams have been restless lately to bring me to this page. I anointed my home last night as I’ve been having strange dreams and my children and husband have been ill lately out of the blue, but while anointing I felt I was leaving something out.
Lately my faith hasn’t been as strong and I’m not sure why. I feel I am unworthy of the Lord. After reading your article I realised I may be being spiritually attacked. Along with my home and family
Thank you once again, I will be searching for the purest oils
May God bless you always.
Greetings Eve! Thank you for the comment. My heart goes out to you for what you’ve been going through! Yes, it sounds like it could be a spiritual attack. Sounds like one since there are several things happening at once. I also have a prayer regarding spiritual oppression. You can start praying that as well. Remember you have the victory in Christ Jesus! Access the prayer Here
The Lord woke me up just last night and told ne to immediately anoint my front door. Then today a friend just sent a post 20 .minutes ago about the Lord saying to Anoint your homes! I immediately started crying an began to contact frie nds and family to share what I had just heard an one of my cousins asked how to make Blessed Oil so I told her let me research so I give you the best info and this site is what I was led to. I read through it quickly to make sure it was sound and scripturally based and it even had supporting scriptures!!
I’m so thankful because I need to share this with my whole family!!
Thank you for sharing this informative article on how to make your own anointing oil at home! I never knew it was so easy to make and the benefits of using it. I will definitely try making some of these recipes and see the difference it makes. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Great job!
Have been feeling led to make and use anointing oil. This site breaks it down so easily, and includes a lovely prayer to start you on your way. Feel God led me to this site for which I am grateful, and give Him all due honor, glory and praise! May God bless you for assisting others in this spiritual endeavor.
Great article and Love the prayers and the Biblical references. I would add this warning. Exodus verse 33 of your reference absolutely forbids this oil to be made OUTSIDE of the Priesthood and temple usage.
While we could argue that “we are the Holy Priesthood” under the order of Malchitzadek ( king of Rightousness) and we are ‘temples’ I would probably MIX up the ingredients so as NOT to violate this commandment. I like the addition of cloves or lemongrass idea. THIS makes it a unique oil for unique use and purpose.