0837 Anointing - Stay on Fire

SERMON: Stay on Fire SERIES: The Anointing

Anointing makes the difference. Prophets, priests and kings were anointed. Objects were anointed. Messiah comes from Hebrew word “anointed” it’s to smear ointment on something. Jesus was anointed. Satan is anti-christ. It’s not numbers, eloquence, looks, technology, emotionalism, contrived manifestations. It can’t break the yoke, heal the sick.

The anointing of the Holy Spirit is the overflow of the divine life of God through you as a consecrated servant of the Lord.

I. Appointing requires anointing. (Why)

“Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and tomorrow I will let you go and will tell you all that is in your heart. But as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be anxious about them, for they have been found…”

1 Samuel 9:19-20

A. Destiny was in his heart. Donkeys were on his mind. B. Unrealistic dreams require the Holy Spirit. Give me lower and upper strings.

C. Without the anointing our calling is dangerous, with the anointing you are dangerous!

II. Anointing comes by association. (How)

“And it happened, when all who knew him formerly saw that he indeed prophesied among the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has come upon the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?” 1 Samuel 10:11 A. Holy Spirit came upon Saul by being in the company of prophets. This happened to Jesus. “He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed” Proverbs 13:20.

B. Association changed him so much that he became a proverb. Unnatural. Unusual. Unlike him. Not reflecting his upbringing. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl but if you associate with eagles you will learn how to soar to great heights. It is better to be alone than in the wrong company. A mirror reflects a man’s face but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. - seek to serve, not to be mentored

- bring those behind you to your level, if you want those ahead of your to bring you to theirs.

III. Anointing grows by desperation.

“And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” 1 Samuel 19:24

A. Experiences must lead to hunger for God (Tale of two Saul’s. Matt.7:22)

B. God replaced a man who knew it all and had it all with a boy who was after God’s heart!

C. When you lose the hunger, you lose fear of God. Anointing leaves!

Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. Revelation 2:4-5

You LEFT, something else took the place!!!

- Offense (even Jesus had leaders leave him cause of that) - Disappointment (they walked away, Jesus caught up and spoke their hearts caught fire)

- Busyness (fruit is result of intimacy, busyness is result of flesh)

- Materialism (it’s not having but what has you, aim always to be generous not just rich; raise your giving as your living increases)

When you lose anointing within you, you end up destroying it within others. Passionate people repent, passive people live in remorse. When you’re not burning for Jesus, everything you do for Jesus will be a burden to you. To be hungry for God stay fascinated with God, don’t get familiar! Philippians 3:8 John Wesley: 4am to pray; 2-3 times preaching a day; 40,000 sermons; 400 books; 200,000 miles horseback; 80,000 dollars given; over 140,000 converts; 541 preachers; at 83 complained that that he couldn’t write more than 15 hours a day without hurting his eyes; at 86 was ashamed that couldn’t preach more than 2 times a day “I value all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity”

Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. Revelation 2:4-5

You LEFT, something else took the place!!!

- Offense (even Jesus had leaders leave him cause of that) - Disappointment (they walked away, Jesus caught up and spoke their hearts caught fire)

- Busyness (fruit is result of intimacy, busyness is result of flesh)

- Materialism (it’s not having but what has you, aim always to be generous not just rich; raise your giving as your living increases)