Welcome To The Anointing

Welcome To The Anointing In Our Midst.

Isa 10:27 KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

As preachers will do, we often find ourselves saying some things that are not scripted in our planned teachings. These are serendipitous moments that if we are safe, we should be able to attribute to the unction of the Holy Spirit. At the closed of my message recently, as I was approaching a time of prayer with the intent to show many in the audience before me that there is a blessedness of being connected to a local body of believers, I said something to this affect, “Everyone that is properly connected to anointing of this ministry is advancing in their personal lives. There is no unemployment that we know of, all that wants to work have jobs, all of our children that want to go college are in college, our people are people with their needs met. We pray until there is a release in the earth, we bombard heaven until the answers come.” I think I even said something like, at this ministry, even though we are not a very large group, we expect you to win in life”. And I went on for a moment to tell of the many prayer sessions that we hold during the week.

I thought about those words after I went back to my office, and reflected on the fact that such statements are very true concerning us. I believe that such should be true in every local Church, if Moses could led such a large group as he did from a place of bondage and there was not a feeble one among them, such should be the case with a people connected to the anointing of a godly leader in their midst. The anointing flows from the head-downward, (Ps. 133).

So, let’s talk about Expectations and see if we can agree, because two cannot walk together unless there is agreement.

We Expect Answered Prayers – because we are commanded to pray and ask expectantly for Heaven-sized, Heaven class healing, favor, wisdom, provision and breakthroughs of every kind.

We Expect The Word Of God To Build You, (Acts 20:32) – Every time we gather around the Word we should do so with this mindset in the presence of God. We set our hearts to receive, because coming to Church isn’t about just coming to spectate, it is about hearing and being healed; it is about being planted in the house of God and being built together with others to create a living house. It is about a dynamic supernatural relationship with a Holy God.

We Expect Sensitive Stewardship – We expect people to be sensitive to what God is prompting them to do and to give freely and willingly so that the work of the gospel can prosper. When we get people who understand their contribution, and the pastor understands that he mustn’t screw his people for money, we can achieve balance. The needs of the gospel will be met and the people of God will prosper and increase as they are supposed to. It’s insane to expect a harvest knowing full well that you haven’t sown anything. If you don’t sow you have to become good at begging or rationing.  You can’t keep someone broke who gives according to the principles of the Kingdom!

 We Expect Our Lives To Reflect Our Redemption – John 16:33 tells us that in the world we will have trouble, but we have been severed from the power of trouble. It may try to come, but we can pray, praise, and worship it off. The devil is no longer empowered to just do what he likes in our lives. We are no longer citizens under his jurisdiction. We enjoy living under a King whose code and values are different. Now we can expect peace, wholeness, soundness, restoration and redemption.

 So, for anyone reading this, it is my sincere appeal to you, if not with us, then find a place of worship that ministers the word in a way that you can receive it. As much as any pastor may try, we are not all things to all people. However, when you find that place that can feed you, please embrace the profound ability of God to hold you, to restore your virtue and your self-esteem. Get into the atmosphere of the anointing and let your guard down so that the balm of God’s love can heal every place of lack in your life.

Lift your expectations to believe for these things for yourself, even as you work on embodying them for another. Believe Him to restore to you the years that the locusts have eaten. You don’t need permission from anyone from this point onwards to live life, to prosper and be successful at whatever it is you aspire to do and be.

Welcome To The Anointing