WEBVTT 00:00:02.399 --> 00:00:14.160 Before we begin, go ahead and take a moment, rally some friends and people together around this message and around the TV or computer or your iPhone, whatever it may be. 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:15.759 Go ahead and rally some people. 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:24.000 We believe that this uh message and the is best heard through community and best heard within community. 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.960 So go ahead and take a moment, share the feed. 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:29.280 It makes a difference when you're on Facebook. 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:34.960 You're letting people know that you're at church and that church is live and that church is here. 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:42.960 We want to thank you today, and each week we want to say thank you for your incredible generosity and for giving to the church. 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:47.840 It makes such a difference for us as a team to know that we've got people behind us backing us. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:51.520 We may not see you each Sunday, but we know that you're there. 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:59.119 And for those giving through the KCC app or the website or even coming into the office, you're making a difference. 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:01.200 And we want to say thank you. 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:10.000 Last week, we reminded you that you are the one and that God has anointed you. 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:15.439 And the anointing means to be smeared, it means to be fully covered. 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.319 It's not a dab, it's not a drop. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:24.959 It was poured out upon people who got it anointed, priests and kings. 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:40.879 And today in the New Testament, in the in the new covenant that we're living under today, we have this new anointing by the Holy Spirit where we've been covered and smeared to be able to do the work that God has called us to do. 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:50.159 And this anointing, it's not just for someone special, it's not for just a few people, but that you too are anointed. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:56.719 You're anointed to make a difference, anointed at this time to make a difference. 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:12.560 So not only do we believe that this anointing is the possession of every believer, that God has anointed every believer, but we believe that God will anoint you for what He's called you to. 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:16.800 Who God appoints, God anoints. 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:28.479 And not only is this the possession of every believer, but we believe that if you firmly position yourself in the anointing, that you're positioned on the Lord's side. 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:35.199 In fact, he's running the race with you. 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:45.280 He's charging you, he's clearing the way, he's helping you leap over the wall and run through a troop, run through a set of soldiers. 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.879 You're just, you're with God, you're on his side. 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:58.800 And I wonder if, like myself, you've ever felt like everything's crashing down around you, and everything is against you. 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.639 And you may have even felt that God is against you at times. 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:20.000 And in that moment, when you understand that you've been anointed, there's a revelation that happens in your heart and a confidence and a security in your heart that you are firmly positioned on the Lord's side and that God isn't against you, He's with you. 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:22.719 This is what it means to be anointed. 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:24.800 And this is a powerful thought. 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:30.639 But it's not just a thought, it needs to be a lifestyle, a belief that we carry. 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:42.400 So our series is on from head to the heart, and we're moving from here to here to make a difference in our lives, to make a radical difference in our lives. 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:56.080 When I look at the people in Scripture, the people who God talked about, he often spoke about them as his anointed, the Lord's people, the Lord's anointed. 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:59.360 And you are the Lord's anointed. 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:01.599 And I want you to identify with this. 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:03.840 I want you to understand this. 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:11.039 That God not only anoints you as a person, but he also anoints the things that you are in contact with. 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:12.960 And I think about the altar. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.480 The Bible says that the altar was anointed. 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:25.439 And I believe that God anoints you as a person, but he also anoints the things that you use as a vehicle to actually fulfill the purpose he's called you to. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:27.680 So for some of you, that's a paintbrush. 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:32.160 For some of you, that's your business, your at your place of operation. 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:33.839 For some of you, that's teaching. 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:35.920 For some of you, that's a microphone. 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.399 For some of you, that's your camera. 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:43.040 God anoints you and he anoints the things that you use. 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:50.560 And when God anoints you, God protects you, and God protects the things that he anoints. 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:59.439 So we're not just walking with the anointing as people who are weak or people who are scared or people who feel vulnerable. 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:04.800 In fact, we're walking with God, believing that God is with us. 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:10.000 We're firmly planted on the Lord's side, and we're not alone. 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.600 That's what we're here to discuss today. 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.680 You are anointed and you are not alone. 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:20.399 When he anoints you, he protects you. 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:30.079 And I'm thinking of businesses in particular, especially at this time and season, where things are just turning over and it's a little concerning. 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.680 And I want you to know that God is with you at this time. 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:37.759 God is with you during this moment, and you are not alone. 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:42.399 And he's protecting the things that you have placed your hand to work on. 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:44.720 He's protecting you during this time. 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:51.920 He's going to protect those businesses, he's going to protect that activity that you've put your heart and soul into. 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.879 I think David understood this principle. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:06:02.720 In Scripture, we learn about David talking to his people, saying that were following him. 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.319 They were saying, Don't touch the Lord's anointed. 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:12.319 In fact, there was a time when David was convinced by people, go ahead and touch the Lord's anointed. 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:17.839 And he did it, and the Bible said he was convicted in his heart because of what he did. 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:23.199 He touched Saul's garment, he cut a little piece off Saul's garment. 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:32.000 He was convicted that he was challenged and to not touch the things that God has actually touched. 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:53.199 And it's kind of a warning for us, but for us that we don't go ahead and just go and touch the things that God has anointed or talk poorly about the things that God has anointed, but it's also a confidence builder in us that God is on our side and God is with us. 00:06:53.439 --> 00:07:04.240 I like in 1 Chronicles 16, 22, it's talking about God's people and how they were on this journey to the promised land. 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:20.720 And as they're going to this place of their inheritance, even though they were few in number, even though they were strangers in the land, even though they were like grasshoppers in the sight of giants, they seemed to themselves to be small. 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:29.279 They were going from one place to another, acting nomadically, not really finding a home, but they were on their way. 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:34.160 God permitted nothing to happen to them. 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:38.240 He permitted no man to do them wrong. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:40.720 God takes care of his people. 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.079 And God is taking care of you and I during the season. 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:50.480 And I need you to feel confident in that and realize that God is taking care of us. 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:57.519 He actually told other kings when the Hebrew people were very just walking in the desert. 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:04.399 He told them, he says, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:06.720 There was that warning that was there. 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:08.160 Don't touch them. 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:09.680 Don't touch them. 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:20.800 And if you genuinely believe that God protects his anointed and protects what he anoints, I would encourage you to believe that about yourself. 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:30.879 That God will not allow anything, anything in an ongoing, destructive way to touch what he has anointed. 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:35.519 Touch you, touch your family, touch your home, touch your workplace. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:41.039 And you can walk in the confidence that God protects what he anoints. 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:48.639 The psalmist, David, said it a different way in chapter 105, verse 15, and I love the way the message says it. 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:54.240 The message says, Don't you dare lay a hand on my anointed. 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:58.080 Don't touch a hair on the head of my prophets. 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:00.960 In other words, don't touch it. 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:13.919 When God sets something in motion and God's with you, you don't want to even go close to doing something that would disrupt or discrection in that place. 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:21.120 Personally, I've had to remind myself of this even in the last week. 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:44.960 When I look at the state of the restrictions and state of policies that are in place, applied to our church by Interior Health and by WorkSafe BC and just by government in general, it could be seemed like they're intentionally trying to restrict us from meeting together, intentionally trying to keep us from caring for one another. 00:09:45.200 --> 00:10:02.720 And as I look at the future and I look at this rate of infringement, I wonder how we can adequately help all the people who are in need while still honoring those authorities that are and those restrictions that are in place. 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:07.120 How do we help the student who's having suicidal thought? 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:17.200 How do we care for the child who's being affected by the ongoing divorce in her family or his family? 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:21.840 How do we work with the person who's struggling with alcoholism? 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:30.080 And I need to remind myself that when God anoints something, he protects it. 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:40.320 And when God anoints this ministry and God anoints the school, and God anoints this church and the activities in this place, God will protect it. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:48.720 And not only will God protect it, but he'll provide for us opportunity to meet every need that we come across. 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.240 And there's some real needs that are happening today. 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.320 Some real needs that are happening in families and individuals. 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:08.720 And the one thing this world needs is the church, the ecclesia of God to rally together and to act as the government of God on this earth. 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:09.840 I believe it. 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:18.799 I believe the hope of this world is the church, the anointed of the church coming together and making a difference. 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:24.879 God protects what he anoints, and he will protect his own. 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:31.519 That's why we can firmly believe that no weapon that's formed against us will prosper. 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:33.440 Now, let me make it clear. 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:40.000 And there are weapons that are formed against us. 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:42.639 It's clear, very pointed. 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:47.440 They're arrows, they're missiles, they're they're coming after us. 00:11:47.759 --> 00:12:06.639 But the Bible says that even though we might be in the in the pathway, in the trajectory space of that arrow, that no weapon that is formed against us will prosper because God anoints and God anoints, God protects. 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:10.879 And I want you to know today that there's no weapon that will prosper. 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:13.519 No weapon that will prosper. 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:15.120 You just need to say that. 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:40.639 When we walk anointed, we walk with our head up, we walk confident, we walk strong, we don't walk weak or limited in any way. 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:43.600 We walk as those who are prospering. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:49.919 God uses also his anointing to empower the little guy or the little girl. 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:52.559 God always uses the little people. 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:56.320 And I love this because it's an encouragement to me. 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:56.799 Why? 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.200 Because I'm the little guy. 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:01.440 I'm the little person. 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:11.840 I'm not someone who's of noble birth or someone who's incredibly scholared in academia or someone who's wise beyond my years. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:20.559 In fact, the Bible says that He's anointed me, and with His anointing has come great grace for me. 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.240 In my weakness, He becomes strong for me. 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:27.360 In my lack, He becomes enough. 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:30.480 And I look at some of the people who God used. 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:35.200 And this is so encouraging because God used the same people. 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:38.639 He used average, everyday individuals. 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:49.600 And I talked last week about Peter and Paul and those who didn't look like they were great in person or capable in person. 00:13:50.080 --> 00:14:01.279 And I think about the scripture in 1 Corinthians 1.27, where the scripture says, Paul said, God uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:11.120 And he uses the uh the ones who are not influential and not of noble birth and not remarkable to make a difference. 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.120 And God chooses us. 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.480 God chooses us in life. 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.480 God will anoint people that aren't remarkable. 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:30.480 And if you're little right now and you see yourself as little, you need to be encouraged that you're the perfect candidate for God to use to make incredible difference. 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:45.360 I hope this is an encouragement for you because not only does God uh the pos the anointing be a the possession of every believer, and not only is God on your side, but he anoints the little guy. 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:47.360 He anoints you and me. 00:14:47.919 --> 00:15:04.320 And I believe we can make a difference in fulfilling the prayer that says heaven can come to earth and his will can be done on earth like it is in heaven, and we can act as his ambassadors and his kingdom carriers on this earth. 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:09.519 So the anointing is for the little guy, but it's not just for a moment. 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.200 The anointing is a lifestyle. 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.720 The scripture says this in 1 John 2 27. 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:21.360 It says that the anointing remains in you. 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:25.360 It abides in you, it's living in you. 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:39.759 And when you desperately need God, and you desperately need the anointing, what you don't need to do is stop and find a prayer meeting or stop and call a pastor or call people around you. 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:44.639 You don't need to go to a devotional or put on praise and worship music. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:49.600 The scripture says the anointing is there for you because it abides in you. 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:51.600 It's present now. 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:54.159 It's there for you. 00:15:54.879 --> 00:16:11.039 So in that moment of time when I'm facing an obstacle, and I think prayer is important, and prayer is never wasted, but I need to step up in my faith and I need to believe that I am anointed. 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:22.320 In that moment, I've been given everything that God has given me everything I need to jump over that obstacle and push forward. 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:25.200 And he's given you everything that you need. 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:33.200 John 2.27, 1 John 2.27 says, The anointing you received from him, it abides in you. 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:38.960 And you don't even need anyone to teach you in that moment, but his anointing will teach you. 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:45.120 His anointing will teach you everything that you need, all things as that anointing is real. 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:51.679 It's not counterfeit, it's there for you, it's real for you in that moment. 00:16:51.840 --> 00:17:03.440 There have been so many times I've drawn on God and I said, I haven't tried to be presumptuous in any way that God is I'm entitled to it in any way. 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:09.039 But there are times I stand on a stage and I'm like, Lord, how can how can you use me? 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:31.519 And his anointing is there, and is there available to me to be able to prepare the message, deliver the message, get the word out, reach a student, reach someone in the crowd who's who's dealing with something internal, and and uh solve an issue because his anointing is there. 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:35.279 Answer a question and have wisdom for the moment. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:40.480 God, because I I believe that his anointing abides in me. 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:47.200 I've got a the house is here, it's not anywhere else, and I don't need more information. 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:59.119 The that the Holy Spirit is with me and he's given me everything, he's willing to teach me everything I need for the moment so that I'm never without a response for my faith. 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:36.880 In Isaiah chapter 61, uh our church mission and mandate, the scripture says this that the Lord has anointed you to preach, to bind up broken hearts, to comfort those who mourn, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim God's favor on humanity, to to give out good news, to insist that that there's beauty for their ashes, and there's joy for people's mourning, to announce a whole new year of the Lord. 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:38.640 Like this is incredible. 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:40.400 And this is what Jesus said. 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:46.799 He said, the Lord's anointing is for this, and the Lord has anointed us for that moment. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:52.000 If this sounds like too good to be true, then that's what it is. 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:56.319 It is the gospel, it is the good news. 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:00.240 Capital G, capital N, it is good news. 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:06.079 You've been given everything you need, and you don't need to feel weak or ill-prepared. 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:08.960 God is with you during this moment. 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:10.960 It's the Holy Spirit. 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:15.359 And I believe today you're anointed with the Holy Spirit. 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:21.039 You may be sitting at home, you may be sitting in your car, you may be wherever you may be. 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:27.599 You may be at church on a Sunday listening to the same message as we've opened the services to those who can come. 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:30.000 God has anointed you. 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.039 His Holy Spirit is here and available for you. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:42.960 And if anything, during this climate and during this change that's happening in the world, if you can understand this, you will come through this stronger. 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:50.720 Whatever you're facing, you are the one, and you've got everything you need to face every obstacle that comes your way. 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.799 This is the church. 00:19:53.279 --> 00:20:01.279 The the church that takes on the gates of hell, that nothing that's formed against it will prosper. 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.400 Amen. 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:06.000 This anointing empowers the little guy. 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:10.400 And not only does it do that, the anointing is for kingdom purpose. 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:13.200 It's always for a kingdom purpose. 00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:16.319 It's for something bigger than you thought. 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.920 Can you believe this? 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:26.799 The anointing is more for is it's more than just for you to make you feel good so that you can just sit on the couch and lay back. 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:35.279 The anointing is for you to do incredible things, more than you can think, dream, imagine. 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:39.119 This anointing is there for a purpose for you. 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:47.759 When King Saul, when Saul was anointed to be king, Samuel said to him something really particular. 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:55.519 He says, the Lord anoints you, and he is anointing you as a commander or a captain of his inheritance. 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:58.640 Now, commander is a really unique person. 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:07.200 It's not only someone who is under authority, but someone who is responsible to move, uh responsible for what he's been given. 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:19.039 He's responsible to not just uh manage, but he's responsible to lead, to grow, to nourish, to help develop what he's been given. 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:32.000 So the anointing is not just for you to make you feel good, but it's been given to you so that you can grow and you can make a difference for the kingdom of God and for his glory. 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.759 Isn't that amazing? 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:44.079 There is an incredible anointing, an incredible reward for those of us who recognize it. 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:52.720 Where it moves from here and it moves to here, and you realize you're a steward of the things that God has planted in you. 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:59.759 So you start, you start with it, and it may start small, and you've got to become faithful with that gift that God has given. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:04.079 Given you, but you become faithful with the little and God will give you more. 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:11.440 You become faithful with what one man gives you, and God will give you more, and you begin to grow, and you begin to grow. 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:17.680 No one wakes up one day successful and prospering the way they dreamed. 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:27.680 No one wakes up that way, but they wake up, they take steps every day and are faithful every day with what God has said for them to do. 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:35.759 The anointing is also for every individual when they're facing their darkest days. 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:46.319 And if that isn't relevant for today, for some of us who've been facing these dark days and we've been facing it head on, we've been pushing against them. 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:49.200 God's anointing is there for us. 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:58.400 I remember in the scripture where the Lord's people, the Lord's anointed, were faced with dark days. 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:03.119 In fact, everyone who was anointed by God had to face a dark day. 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:12.319 The difference was they had this empowerment, this ability in them to be able to face the dark day. 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:22.880 The Lord's people, when the Assyrians were after them, assaulting them, the Babylonians were wanting to enslave them. 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:38.079 And during this time when they were trying to find their space and find God's purpose for who they were as a people, this the Isaiah writes this portion of scripture, and he says this in chapter 10, verse 27. 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:52.480 It says, It'll come to pass in that day that his burden, the burden of the Sicyrians, the burden of the Babylonians, the burden of the people who are wanting to make you slaves and constantly oppressing you. 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:55.759 This burden will be taken off your shoulders. 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:04.240 This yoke will be removed from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed with what? 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:08.799 Because of the anointing oil, because of the anointing. 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:11.440 When God is with you, He's there. 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:14.960 The anointing is there when you're facing dark days. 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:21.119 And the anointing is what breaks the yoke and breaks the bondage that you're facing. 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:36.079 And I think that no matter what you're going through, perhaps as an individual or as a family or as a community, we can believe that the anointing of God can bring us through these dark times. 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:39.839 Just as he delivered his people, he can deliver us. 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.799 Finally. 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:49.119 This is the last step, and I just wanted to tell you this, and I think I would be really amiss if I if I didn't go this route and actually talk to you about this. 00:24:49.200 --> 00:25:01.440 And if I just told you about all about the anointing and and what it's there for in terms of your own life, without telling you that the anointing will bless you. 00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:04.160 This is the result of the anointing. 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:07.519 It will bring blessing to your life. 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:12.880 And I believe that this is during dark days, you'll be blessed. 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:17.759 During days when there's a little rain and when there's drought, you'll find blessing. 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:22.079 The anointing is there to lead you into a blessed life. 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:26.559 And I think sometimes we felt that we've been hemmed in on all sides. 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:33.440 And perhaps you feel like the guy who's sitting in the middle seat in the back, you know, and you've got the hump. 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:39.119 For us as a family of three, you know, there was always someone who had to sit on the hump on the back seat. 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:45.839 They got the little seat belt and they had their feet on the on the hump, and they were sitting in between the two cushy seats. 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:51.519 And you might feel like you're in that place, but the anointing is there to bless you. 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:56.960 The psalmist says this is he said, You love righteousness. 00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:03.119 When you love righteousness, in chapter 45, verse 7, and you hate wickedness. 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:16.480 And when you love righteousness and you're able to love righteousness because the righteous one lives in us and leads us to righteous desires and conclusions in our life. 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:32.880 But when we love righteousness and we hate wickedness, God will set you up above your companions, above the people that are around you, and he'll anoint you with the oil of joy. 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.559 This gladness. 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:38.559 And this isn't about being better than anyone else. 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:40.000 And let me just say that again. 00:26:52.559 --> 00:27:16.160 And when you're living under the anointing, walking with God in your heart, alive in your life, in communion with Him, working, loving Him with all your heart, soul, and strength, and you're setting your head, your mind on things above and your heart on things above, and you're living that way, the blessings will be there. 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.319 And the blessings will be there. 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:33.759 And I believe they're there to bring others to a recognition of the fact that, wow, there's gladness in this individual's heart, in Brody's heart, when he's having a difficult time, when he's going through difficult things. 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:55.200 And when you can walk into a into your relationship and you're actually glad with your spouse, glad with your job, glad with your church, and you're walking with a smile, and maybe others, and perhaps maybe family are looking at it and going, I are you like, how does he do it? 00:27:55.440 --> 00:28:00.640 It gives you opportunity to be able to share with them and say, it's about Jesus. 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:14.480 It's about this relationship I have with Holy Spirit, who just covers me, and I'm smeared with this blessing that just makes a difference in my life. 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.759 And I can't explain it. 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:19.759 It's nothing I did, it's nothing I'm entitled to. 00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:31.920 It's just because of his goodness and his grace that I can walk this walk and live this life with this oil of joy and gladness that sets me apart. 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:34.400 People ask, why are you smiling? 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:39.119 I just have gladness in my heart because he's there. 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:53.200 And I love that we're not walking in our own strength, I'm not walking in my own ability, I'm walking in the strength I have because of the Almighty who lives in me and the life that he's given me. 00:28:53.519 --> 00:29:02.000 So we have the anointing, and you are the one, and you are the anointed one to make a difference in this world. 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:15.119 God loves you, He cares for you, you're not alone, and He's empowered you to be able to achieve whatever He's placed in your heart and purpose in your life to complete and to do. 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:17.039 You are anointed. 00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.000 Amen. 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:40.799 If you're listening today and you say, I have never had this opportunity to have this kind of relationship with a God who's like how you're communicating, who wants to bless me, not just interested in showing all my faults and failures, but is there to forgive and there to lead me into a new life. 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.880 I want to give you an opportunity to make a decision for Jesus today. 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:49.119 And it comes through an invitation. 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:56.880 It's an invitation where you accept the fact that you've done things your own way, and we call that sin. 00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:30.720 And you need to repent and you need to say sorry, you need to believe that Jesus Himself carried your pain and carried your sin and suffered on a cross for your sake, that if you would believe in him and believe that he carried that for you, and make him and decide and choose to make him the Lord of your life, that he will not only forgive your sin, but he will give you the gift of eternal life. 00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:50.799 And the way I approach this with all the people that I've I've had opportunity to share this message with in the in my life previously, to this message today, is I just pray this prayer, and I'm gonna pray this prayer, and I've written it out so it can be on the screen below. 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.880 But would you pray this prayer with me? 00:30:52.960 --> 00:31:01.599 And I'm gonna pray it out loud, and you can pray it out loud where you're at, you can pray it in your heart, but make it mean something to you today. 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:05.759 Start with me today, Lord Jesus. 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:08.880 Thank you for coming to earth. 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:17.440 I believe you died and you rose again so that I could be forgiven and have a friendship with you. 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:23.920 And right now I ask you to forgive me from all my sin. 00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:35.680 And I let the past go by giving it to him, and I ask you to come into my life to be my savior. 00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:38.640 Allow him to save you today. 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:42.960 I receive you today as my savior and my Lord. 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:48.079 Make me the person you created me to be. 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:51.599 In the name of Jesus, amen. 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:57.839 Thank you today for listening with me, with us, listening to me. 00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.200 We love you. 00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:11.519 We know that you are not alone, and that God has anointed you for the future, for this week, and everything that you face, God has equipped you to take on. 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.960 God bless you.