YOU NEED ANOINTING
MEMORIZE: Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Psalms 45:7
BIBLE READING 1 JOHN 2:27
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
MESSAGE
Anointing can be described as divine electricity. This description will help us understand how important anointing is. If a person is not pure, yet anointed, the anointing will kill the fellow, because if you mishandle electricity, you will be electrocuted.
Samson was highly anointed but spent time with harlots. A man of God who commits adultery has set himself up for destruction. In other words, the combination of anointing and sinfulness will produce a casualty while anointing with purity will produce great and long lasting results.
For example, Abraham’s anointing was that of prosperity (Genesis 22:17-18) and it was transgenerational because he trained his children in the way of the Lord (Genesis 18:19), Abraham became great and his grandson Jacob became exceedingly great. His great-grandson Joseph picked up the anointing and God used him mightily as well.
Christians need anointing to execute their respective divine assignments. You may have heard the story of two people who sang Psalm 23 – one a professional singer who sang beautifully and everybody clapped, the other, an old man who sang the same Psalm 23 and had everyone on their knees, worshipping God.
One sang professionally, the other with anointing and their results were different. So if you are a chorister, you definitely need anointing. Psalm 24:3-4 tells us the kind of people who can stand in God’s presence; so ushers also clearly need anointing.
Prayer warriors need anointing because Romans 8:26 says we pray with the help of the Holy Spirit. Our Lord Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost before He started off His ministry (Acts 10:38). If the Lord did not perform a single miracle until the Holy Spirit came upon Him, surely you need anointing too.
PRAYER POINT: Father Lord, please let Your anointing flow into every aspect of my life, in Jesus’ name.
BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 CHRONICLES 3-4
HYMN 1: ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME
1. All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ Name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all!
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all!
2. Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,
And as they tune it, fall,
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
And crown Him Lord of all,
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
And crown Him Lord of all.
3. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,
Who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
And crown Him Lord of all
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
And crown Him Lord of all.
4. Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
Who from His alter call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod,
And crown Him Lord of all,
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod,
And crown Him Lord of all,
5. Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all,
Hail Him Who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.
6. Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line,
Whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine,
And crown Him Lord of all,
The God incarnate, Man divine,
And crown Him Lord of all.
7. Sinners, whose love can never forget,
The wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all,
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all.
8. Let every tribe and every tongue,
Before Him prostrate fall,
And shout in universal song,
The crowned Lord of all.
And shout in universal song,
The crowned Lord of all.
