The fruit of the Spirit confers Christlikeness of personality and character and is a seal of your relationship to God. It is a God-given trademark. It is a ministry evidence of His presence and endorsement. (Google image, Man speaking to crowd)
The anointing declares to those you lead and those who see you that God is with you, that He owns you as His ambassador, that He has called and sent you, and hence they are responsible to respect and accept your ministry. It separates your leadership from that which is merely man-appointed or self-appointed.
7. The anointing brings results. The anointing does not guarantee your acceptance, that crowds will attend your ministry, or that multitudes of people will be led to Christ.
But God does not always measure success as we do. The anointing will produce the Spirit's intended results. God has many purposes for the ministry of His Spirit-filled servants.
God's purpose may be new comfort for his people, new faith and expectancy, new vision of responsibility, new burden for evangelism and world evangelism, new burden for revival, new financial support for God's cause, new compassion for the needy, new sense of divine call to Christian service, new unity of the Spirit.
God always has multiple holy purposes to accomplish. He may fulfill many of these in one service, one visit, one conversation, or one gathering.
If the Spirit anoints in chairing a committee, there will be a special sense of clarity and efficiency in the handling of business. If He anoints in teaching a class, there will be special attentiveness, clearer understanding, and real learning.
If He anoints in the singing of a hymn, there will be a special sense of God's blessing and the words will constitute a real message. If the Spirit anoints a sermon, it ceases to be a lecture and becomes God's message. People know God has spoken to them and touched them.
If He anoints in prayer, there will be a special sense of God's hand upon the one who prays, a sense of blessed communion, or deep concern, or real faith, and of prevailing before God.
Writing from the viewpoint of a pastor, Oswald J. Smith said:
"Boast no more of your anointing if you love not souls. Oh, my brother, tell me; nay! tell God: Have you the burden? Do you know the passion of which I speak? Are you haunted day and night with the thought that millions are going down to the regions of despair . . .
Does the Holy Spirit awaken you during the diligent hours of sleep, to intercede on behalf of lost men and women? Have you ever agonized over the perishing? Do you know anything about soul-travail?
When last did you wrestle with God for dear ones out of Christ? For, mark you, if you have been truly anointed of the Holy Ghost, such will be your experience."
Spurgeon wrote, "It is extraordinary power from God, not talent, that wins the day. It is extraordinary spiritual unction [i.e., anointing] 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. What we need is spiritual power."
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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
#90 The Anointing Places God's Seal Upon You
by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
(pp. 270- 272) ZondervanPublishingHouse
Father, thank You for the evidence of Your approval in our ministries for the sake of the ones we minister to.
May the fruit of Your Spirit be evident in the Christlikeness of our personality and character, as a seal of our relationship with You.
We ask for this trademark in our ministries as evidence of Your presence and endorsement.
May the anointing declare that You are with us, and that You own us as Your ambassadors. Help others see that You've called and sent us, and that they are responsible to respect and accept our ministries.
May our leadership not be merely a man-appointed or a self-appointed one!
As You always have multiple holy purposes to accomplish, may we be available to serve You wholeheartedly in whatever way we're called upon to do.
In Jesus' name we ask. Amen.
May the fruit of Your Spirit be evident in the Christlikeness of our personality and character, as a seal of our relationship with You.
We ask for this trademark in our ministries as evidence of Your presence and endorsement.
May the anointing declare that You are with us, and that You own us as Your ambassadors. Help others see that You've called and sent us, and that they are responsible to respect and accept our ministries.
May our leadership not be merely a man-appointed or a self-appointed one!
As You always have multiple holy purposes to accomplish, may we be available to serve You wholeheartedly in whatever way we're called upon to do.
In Jesus' name we ask. Amen.
Today's Bible verses-
John 7:38 “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and
drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said,
rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
Today's quote-John 7:38 “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and
drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said,
rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
Is. 59:19 (NKJV) "So shall they fear the name of the
LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of
the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, the
Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him."
Ps. 32:7, 8 (NKJV) "You are my hiding place; You
shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround
me with songs of deliverance. (v. 8) I will instruct you
and teach you in the way you should go; I will
guide you with My eye."
~ Ruth Paxson (1889-1949)- "What a quickening of spiritual life would take place today if every child of God would put his life under the righteous judgment of the Word of God. The long-prayed-for revival undoubtedly would bust forth like fire if the Bible were permitted to become the critic of men's thoughts, feelings and actions, and if they were willing to act upon its kindly, beneficent criticism."
[Taken from Herald of His Coming newspaper, Vol 77, No 6 (9118), p. 1. Used by permission.]
Today's popular post-
Begin Where You Are
air," to borrow from the poet Thomas Gray's wonderful line."
Today's question-
What's the purpose for Anger?
God gave us the ability to be angry to promote His purposes. We, unfortunately, use it to for promoting our own agenda. Eph. 4:26 tells us to "be angry, and do not sin." Sin and wrath are not the same.
Further verses tell us to not let corrupt communication proceed out of our mouths; not to grieve the Holy Spirit of God; let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from us; and to be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave us.
So how are we to rightly use the anger God gave us? Anger is a tool to motivate us towards proper reaction to discontinue filthiness, wickedness, worldliness and to follow Jesus by reading His Love Word, the Bible.
What's the purpose for Anger?
God gave us the ability to be angry to promote His purposes. We, unfortunately, use it to for promoting our own agenda. Eph. 4:26 tells us to "be angry, and do not sin." Sin and wrath are not the same.
Further verses tell us to not let corrupt communication proceed out of our mouths; not to grieve the Holy Spirit of God; let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from us; and to be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave us.
So how are we to rightly use the anger God gave us? Anger is a tool to motivate us towards proper reaction to discontinue filthiness, wickedness, worldliness and to follow Jesus by reading His Love Word, the Bible.
Upcoming posts-
The Tsunami
13th- Saturday's post by Ron Hutchcraft
#91 The Anointing is for You, If . . .
16th- Tuesday's post by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
#92 You Must be a Person of God
18th- Thursday's post by Dr. Wesley L. Duewel
The Flood that Follows Your Storm
20th- Saturday's post by Ron Hutchcraft
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