The Anointing

“But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.” 
Psalm 92:10(KJV)

One of the definitions of the anointing means 'to pour oil upon'. It also means 'to smear with oil'.

One of the words for anoint in the Hebrew is the word 'Mashach'; 'it means to rub with oil', to consecrate', 'to paint'. Another word for anoint in the Old Testament is the word 'Balal'. This is what we see in our opening scripture (Psalm 92:10) where the word says; “I shall be anointed with fresh oil”. It means to overflow with oil, to mix, to anoint or mingle.

This means there is a mingling that takes place when you are anointed. It is called the intermingling. This means that when you are anointed with the Holy Spirit you have been intermingled with the anointing. This means you have become inseparable with the anointing that you have received.

This is why the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 6:17 “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” This means that you have become one Spirit with the Holy Spirit who you have been anointed with. The Bible says in 1 John 2:27(AMP), “But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [permanently] in you;”

So if you are born again and have received the Holy Spirit, you are never alone because the Holy Spirit who is the Person of the anointing abides in you permanently. You have been mingled with the Holy Spirit and empowered to do supernatural things. Praise God who has made us more than men.

PRAYER
Dear Father I give you thanks for making me one with You through your Spirit. I thank you for the supply of your Spirit towards me today, causing me to do supernatural things to the glory of your Name. In Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read:
Acts 10:38, Philippians 1:19, Ephesians 5:18,
1 John 2:20, 27.

DOING THE WORD
Ask the Lord for a fresh unction of His Spirit upon you today.

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Inherent Power

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;” 
John 14:16(KJV)

Do you know that as a child of God who has received the Holy Spirit, the power of God in your life does not go and come? This is because the Holy Spirit brought the power of God into your life. Therefore as long as He abides in you, the power of God also abides in you.

I also want to remind you today that the power of God in you is inherent, so you do not need to pray down the power, all you need to do is to stir up the power. So know that every time you are speaking in tongues, you are actually stirring up the power of God in you. See 2 Timothy 1:6-7.

This is why the Bible says in Jude 1:20, “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,” The Amplified Bible puts it this way, “But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit;”

This means that whenever you pray in the Holy Spirit, you are stirring up the power of God's Spirit in you to cause you can make more progress by rising higher and higher like an edifice for greater accomplishments in your life.

Therefore I encourage you  not to trivialize praying in the Spirit because it is a required exercise for you to walk in the power of God.

INSTRUCTION
Build up yourself on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.

For further study read: 
1 Corinthians 14:14-15, John 4:23-24, Romans 1:9, Ephesians 5:17-20.

DOING THE WORD
Keep yourself full with the Spirit today by filling your heart and speaking to yourself in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.

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Who is a Christian ?

“… And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” 
Acts 11:26(KJV)        

Today I want to explain to you what it means to be a Christian. Firstly, a Christian refers to someone who have lost his identity in Jesus Christ. See Galatians 3:27. This was what made those who saw the disciples in Antioch call them Christians. The lives of the disciples manifested the identity of Jesus Christ.

The word Christian is also from the Greek word ‘Christianos’ which is generally been translated as the follower of Christ, but Christianos also means, “someone that is joined to the anointed One and His anointing.”

For instance when I got married to my wife Valerie, she got married to everything that I will ever be, that means that she has access to all that I will ever be and all that I am. In the same way, when you got born again and became joined to Jesus Christ, you received access to all that He is and all that He has. See 1 Corinthians 3:21-23, 2 Corinthians 11:2.

Therefore a Christian is someone who has taken part in an anointed union with Jesus Christ. So if you are a Christian, the same anointing that is flowing through Jesus is flowing in you now. See John 15:5.This means that the same anointing that Jesus walked in has been made available to you to enable you  to do the same works that Jesus did today. Do you believe this?

This is why the Bible says to us in I John 4:17, “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.” Therefore I encourage you not to limit yourself as a Christian. You are extraordinary in every sense of the word because you have access to all the power of God to be able to live just like Christ in this world today.        

PRAYER
Dear Father I thank you because Christ is formed in me today in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read: 
Galatians 4:19, John 17:20-23, John 14:23, Romans 8:16-17, Galatians 3:26-29.

DOING THE WORD
Live your life based on your true identity in the Word of God.

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You have power in you

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: …” 
Acts 1:8(KJV) 

The word 'power' in our opening scripture means 'inherent power.' It refers to power that is intrinsic  with the nature of a thing. This means that the power we have in us is because of the Holy Ghost who we have received in us.

This is why the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 6:17 “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” Therefore now that you have been mingled with the Holy Ghost, it means that                                                                                                                                                  you have also received all the power that is in the Holy Ghost. So no matter where you are, if you need that power you can just simply stir it up by praying in the Holy Ghost to produce whatever change you desire.

This was why Paul speaking to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:6 said, “Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.” This admonition from Paul is still very relevant to us today because some Christians allow themselves to become overwhelmed by their challenges and the difficulties that comes to them forgetting that they can do something about it.

Therefore, when challenges and difficulties arise, know that you can change it by stirring up the power of the Holy Spirit that is in you, that power in you can change any circumstance, no matter how hopeless it might seem to your senses. If you spend time praying in tongues - directing the power of the Spirit to that circumstance, it will surely change in your favour.

CONFESSION
In the Name of Jesus I declare that I am filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, therefore greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world, may every challenge and difficulty that has arisen against me be turned in my favour by the power of the Holy Spirit.

For further study read:
Romans 8:26-28, Ephesians 6:18, 1 John 2:27.

DOING THE WORD
Please spend some time to pray in the Spirit concerning any challenge or difficulty you may be experiencing.

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Be filled with the Spirit

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”              
Ephesians 5:18(KJV)

Our opening scripture instructs us to be filled with the Holy Spirit. That should be the state where we live as believers. A state where we stay perpetually filled with the Holy Spirit. That is what God wants for us.

So if you ever notice in your life that it looks as though you are becoming stubborn and irresponsive to the things of the Spirit, and may be you are finding it difficult to obey God, there is something you must do.

You must take out some time to spend quality time praying in other tongues until you are full of the Spirit. When you are full of the Spirit, obedience becomes easy. Jesus was always full with the Spirit and also led by the Holy Spirit. (See Luke 4:1).

So if you want to be controlled by the Holy Spirit, I encourage you to spend time praying in other tongues until you come under that control. Today please take out some time to pray for yourself in other tongues and let the influence of God’s Spirit increase in you.

PRAYER
Dear Father I ask for the outpouring of your Spirit upon my life today, and I ask that my heart will be more sensitive to the control and guidance of your Spirit in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read: 
1Corinthians 14:18, Jude 1:20, Romans 8:26, Acts 4:31

DOING THE WORD
Rely on the help of God's Spirit every time you pray. because he wants to pray through you.

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Be endued with power 2

“And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” 
Luke 24:49(KJV)

Today from our opening scripture,  I will like to emphasize to you what it means to be endued with power from on high. The word 'endue' means 'to cloth', 'to wrap around with',  'to sink into like been submerged into a sack'.

With this understanding you can now understand what Jesus meant when He said, “… tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” It meant He was telling them to wait in Jerusalem until they sink into power. This means that when you say that you have been baptized with the Holy Spirit, you are saying that you have sunk into power. This is because when you baptize something, you bury it in the water. So when you are baptized with the Holy Spirit, you are completely submerged in the Holy Spirit such that you become clothed with the Holy Spirit. See 1 Corinthians 6:17.  

Therefore, if you have been baptized with the Holy Spirit it means that you have been clothed and wrapped with the Holy Spirit, in other words you  are clothed and wrapped with God's power twenty four hours a day everyday of your life.

So what are you going to do with this enormous power that has been made available to you in the Holy Ghost?  I encourage you to stir up that power in you so you can walk consistently in the supernatural.  

INSTRUCTION
If you are born again and if you are not filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, I will encourage you to ask the Father to fill you with the Spirit even as you receive utterance to pray in tongues. Please read Luke 11:13, Acts 2:38-39.

For further study read:
Acts 1:5, Acts 2:1-4, Mark 16:17, 1 Corinthians 14:2, Jude 1:20

DOING THE WORD
Please spend some time to stir up the power of God in you by praying in the Spirit.

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Be endued with Power 1

“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”             
Acts 10:38(KJV) 

Our opening scripture shows us that God is the source of the anointing. Secondly, I will like you to notice that the Bible says Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost.

The word anoint means 'to rub into'. For instance when you rub your cream into your skin, you are actually anointing your skin with your cream because when you are through rubbing your skin with your cream, you cannot separate the cream anymore from your skin. Therefore, when the Bible says that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost it meant that the Holy Ghost has been rubbed into Jesus such that they have become One.

This shows us that the anointing in the New Testament is not just a thing, it is a person, it is an inducement with the Person, Presence and Power of the Holy Ghost. In Luke 24:49, the Bible says, “And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” Therefore I want you to know that if you have received the Holy Ghost, it means that you have been anointed and endued with power from on high, in other words, you do not lack power. I encourage you to live your life conscious of the anointing which you have received in you so you can begin to produce supernatural results because you are not ordinary.      

CONFESSION
 I am not an ordinary person because God has anointed me and endued me with power from on high. I am filled with the Holy Spirit and power to produce supernatural results and to heal all who are oppressed of the devil in Jesus Name.

For further study read:
Acts 1:8, Mark 16:17-18, John 14:12.

DOING THE WORD
Be conscious of the power of the Holy Spirit in you to cause you to do the works of Christ.

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