Among these are the following: "the Spirit of the Lord came upon," "the hand of the Lord came upon," "the power of the Lord came upon," and the "anointing of the Spirit.
Each of these adds to the fullness of our understanding of the
important enabling ministry of the Spirit. In a sense, perhaps all could be considered as aspects of the Spirit's anointing. (Google image, How 4 prayers changed a preacher). [the link's a good read].
[May I (Jean) encourage my readers to receive this message, whether an official leader or not. Whatever you are a part of in daily activities, you need this anointing too!]
Every Spirit-filled leader is one of God's anointed, and he experiences aspects of the anointing in his leadership. But many place so little emphasis upon God's anointing, express so little desire for it in their praying, and exercise so little faith for its appropriation that they experience only occasionally and minimally the dynamic difference that the anointing of the Spirit can make in ministry.
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones emphasized the necessity of the Spirit's anointing. He called it the greatest essential in connection with preaching. He insisted, "Careful preparation, and the unction of the Holy Spirit, must never be regarded as alternatives, but as complementary to each other . . .
Do you always look for and seek this unction, this anointing before preaching? Has this been your greatest concern? There is no more thorough and revealing test to apply to a preacher." (Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers, 305).
Are you one who has been all too casual about the Spirit's anointing? Has it been largely a nominal experience on your part? Would you have to confess that you neither expect nor depend on any significant difference in your ministry through God's supernatural endowment?
Don't measure God's hand upon you in your tomorrows on the basis of your past. God wants to give you a new dimension of His divine enabling so that you can have an ever more effective and God-glorifying leadership. May you more fully than ever become "the Lord's anointed!"
God's anointing is real and knowable. Usually the one anointed can recognize it; often other spiritually discerning people recognize the difference.
One day I asked Dr. Ezra Devol, missionary medical superintendent of a hospital in India, "Ezra, is there such a thing as the anointing of the Spirit in surgery?" His instant reply was, You bet there is, and I know when I have it and when I don't have it!"
Jesus was supremely aware of the Spirit's anointing. He said, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me" (Luke 4:18). David knew it (2 Sam. 23:2). Ezekiel testified to it repeatedly. Ezra (Ezra 7:6) and Nehemiah (Neh. 2:18) knew when the hand of the Lord was on them Paul knew it in his experience (2 Cor. 1:21-22).
You can know it too.
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Used by permission of the author and Duewel Literature Trust, Inc., Greenwood, Indiana. Creative reading style by Jean.
Ablaze for God
#83 The Anointing is Knowable
by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
(pp. 255- 256) ZondervanPublishingHouse
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Father, as teachers, we have the opportunity to experience aspects of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Unfortunately, many place little emphasis upon this anointing in their teaching. Help us place more emphasis on praying for Your anointing to help us be the best that we can.
May we express this desire by praying and exercising our faith for its dynamic difference in our ministry, regardless of what our teaching opportunities may be.
Our careful preparation, with the help of the Holy Spirit, can never be regarded as alternatives, but as complementary to each other.
Urge us to look for and seek this unction to apply to our services in whatever our opportunities may be, whether in our homes, on our jobs or in our churches.
Your hand was upon us in the past, but we want to allow You to give us a new dimension of Your divine enabling, so that we can become more effective, and to glorify You in our leadership roles, whether in our homes or on our jobs. We want to be known as Your anointed ones!
As Your anointing is real and knowable, may we recognize it and welcome Your presence with us. May others recognize the difference too.
We ask for this anointing in the name of Jesus, and to His glory. Amen.
Unfortunately, many place little emphasis upon this anointing in their teaching. Help us place more emphasis on praying for Your anointing to help us be the best that we can.
May we express this desire by praying and exercising our faith for its dynamic difference in our ministry, regardless of what our teaching opportunities may be.
Our careful preparation, with the help of the Holy Spirit, can never be regarded as alternatives, but as complementary to each other.
Urge us to look for and seek this unction to apply to our services in whatever our opportunities may be, whether in our homes, on our jobs or in our churches.
Your hand was upon us in the past, but we want to allow You to give us a new dimension of Your divine enabling, so that we can become more effective, and to glorify You in our leadership roles, whether in our homes or on our jobs. We want to be known as Your anointed ones!
As Your anointing is real and knowable, may we recognize it and welcome Your presence with us. May others recognize the difference too.
We ask for this anointing in the name of Jesus, and to His glory. Amen.
Today's Bible verses-
Ezek. 3:10 (KJV) "Moreover he said unto me, Son of man,
all my words that I speak unto thee receive in thine
heart, and hear with thine ears."
Matt. 28:20 (KJV) "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
1 John 3:22 (KJV) "And whatsoever we ask, we receive
of him, because we keep his commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in his sight."
The Acts 1:8 KJV) "But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall
be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part
of the earth."
Ezek. 3:10 (KJV) "Moreover he said unto me, Son of man,
all my words that I speak unto thee receive in thine
heart, and hear with thine ears."
Matt. 28:20 (KJV) "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
1 John 3:22 (KJV) "And whatsoever we ask, we receive
of him, because we keep his commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in his sight."
The Acts 1:8 KJV) "But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall
be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part
of the earth."
~ Charles H. Spurgeon- "It is extraordinary power from God, not talent, that wins the day. It is extraordinary spiritual unction, not extraordinary mental power, that we need. Mental power may fill a chapel, but spiritual power fills the church with soul anguish. Mental power may gather a large congregation, but only spiritual power will save souls."
[Taken from Herald of His Coming newspaper, Vol 77, No 3 (915), p. 1. Used by permission].
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#95 God's Will and Prevailing Prayer
Dr. Wesley L. Duewel: "One secret of
prevailing prayer is the inner assurance that we are praying in the will of God. The Holy Spirit is our Counselor, Father-sent and Christ-given."
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