7 ways to increase in the anointing
Jud 3:1-2, 5, 24-25
Samson = "sunlight" / "glory"
40 days in e Bible always represents a period of testings and trials
We are like Nazarites -> People who love God; we live in the world/marketplace
Dun just be a spectator, dun just be a hearer, be a doer!
God moves when you move, God stops when you stop.
1) Position yourself in the place of FAITH
-jud 14:5-6
It is faith that make things happen.
2) Defeat the "LIONS" in your life
-we become stronger with every 'foe' we slay. -> dun let circumstances rule your life, you rule your life IN Christ.
-Slay EVERY Lion. -> In Christ we can be the head and not e tail, above and not beneath, blessed in our coming in, blessed in our going out. -> no weapon formed against us shall prosper.
7 Lions in your life:
a. Lion of TEMPTATION
temptation is not sin, it only becomes sin the moment you yield to it.
-1 Pet 5:8
b. Lion of APATHY
laziness and/or indifference
-> our will is like a muscle, the more we execise it, the more you'll flow in the will of God
c. Lion of IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES
1 Chr 11:22
the moment you say its impossible, you have lost.
d. Lion of CRITICISM and PERSECUTION
-In Christ we can be the victors and not the victim!
-dont be a noisy christian; dun just talk the talk, WALK the walk.
e. Lion of DISOBEDIENCE
-1 Kings 13
-> e moment we are drawn away from God, we are vulnerable to the devil because he knows ure weak without God
f. Lion of SELFISHNESS
-life is not about you, but about the One who gave you life.
g. Lion of DECEPTION
-rev 13
Dont be weak, be strong! Dont be a fool, be wise!
3. Grow in the revelation of the WORD
- Jud 14:14, 19, Ish 11: 1-2
-Dont just live by knowledge alone, live by revelation.
-We dun have to rely on second hand revelation, hear God for yourselves today! -> get a Rhema from God
Dont just have the head-knowledge, have the HEART-knowledge. -> the longest distance in e human body is from the head to the heart.
4. Use the GIFT God has put in your hands. (No matter how insignificant it is).
-Jud 15:14-17, 18-20, Psm 18-29
Just keep working on it and exercising it and itll grow in power and anointing.
Its not about what weapon you're using, but at whose hands its being held in.
5. Get spiritually HUNGRY for the Holy Spirit
-The gifts, power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit is only RESERVED for those who are serious with God, for those who hunger and thrist after it -> not for the casual believers.
-Those in the upper room received the Holy Spirit because they waited and waited and waited and waited -> they had spiritual hunger.
6. Saturate your life with PRAYER.
-Samson's long hair represented his prayer life. -> He lost everything when he lost his 'hair'.
Anything not birthed by prayer IN God BY faith will NOT last.
-Jud 16:17-19
People dont backslide overnight, people backslide step by step and prayer is one of the factors.
-Mt 6:6, Ps 91:1
What is the difference between an ordinary person and an extraordinary person?
Its in the 'extra' prayer!
-Prayer is never convenient, there's always a price to pay for something great.
-Seek God in your 'secret place'
-Jud 16:21 -> When your prayer life is affected, you stop having visions and you stop progressing.
Dont become stagnant and comfortable where you are. -> Be strong, step out!
-Jud 16:22 -> Dun be discouraged jus like Samson's hair, no matter what situation you may be, your prayer life can grow again!
What happened when Samson renewed his prayer life for the last time?
-V29-30: He accomplished at ONE point in time, MORE than the SUM of ALL the achievements in his life!
Its not about how you fall, its about how you get up each time you fall! Because you know that with God, you can always rise up stronger and more anointed.
7. LOVE GOD more than you love His blessings
-Jud 16:28 -> dun seek the gifts, seek the Giver of the gifts!
Because when you have God, there is nothing you lack.
-V31: Samson fulfilled his life's purpose because He chose God more than anything else.
(He was buried at the same place he was born between Zorah and Eshtaol, the place where he first got his vision/purpose in life, the place where he first started, the place...where he got his destiny!)
Dont just be a convert, be a disciple! Dont just be a believer, be a worshipper! Dont just live to be spoonfed, be a strong PRAYER WARRIOR! =))
Samson = "sunlight" / "glory"
40 days in e Bible always represents a period of testings and trials
We are like Nazarites -> People who love God; we live in the world/marketplace
Dun just be a spectator, dun just be a hearer, be a doer!
God moves when you move, God stops when you stop.
1) Position yourself in the place of FAITH
-jud 14:5-6
It is faith that make things happen.
2) Defeat the "LIONS" in your life
-we become stronger with every 'foe' we slay. -> dun let circumstances rule your life, you rule your life IN Christ.
-Slay EVERY Lion. -> In Christ we can be the head and not e tail, above and not beneath, blessed in our coming in, blessed in our going out. -> no weapon formed against us shall prosper.
7 Lions in your life:
a. Lion of TEMPTATION
temptation is not sin, it only becomes sin the moment you yield to it.
-1 Pet 5:8
b. Lion of APATHY
laziness and/or indifference
-> our will is like a muscle, the more we execise it, the more you'll flow in the will of God
c. Lion of IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES
1 Chr 11:22
the moment you say its impossible, you have lost.
d. Lion of CRITICISM and PERSECUTION
-In Christ we can be the victors and not the victim!
-dont be a noisy christian; dun just talk the talk, WALK the walk.
e. Lion of DISOBEDIENCE
-1 Kings 13
-> e moment we are drawn away from God, we are vulnerable to the devil because he knows ure weak without God
f. Lion of SELFISHNESS
-life is not about you, but about the One who gave you life.
g. Lion of DECEPTION
-rev 13
Dont be weak, be strong! Dont be a fool, be wise!
3. Grow in the revelation of the WORD
- Jud 14:14, 19, Ish 11: 1-2
-Dont just live by knowledge alone, live by revelation.
-We dun have to rely on second hand revelation, hear God for yourselves today! -> get a Rhema from God
Dont just have the head-knowledge, have the HEART-knowledge. -> the longest distance in e human body is from the head to the heart.
4. Use the GIFT God has put in your hands. (No matter how insignificant it is).
-Jud 15:14-17, 18-20, Psm 18-29
Just keep working on it and exercising it and itll grow in power and anointing.
Its not about what weapon you're using, but at whose hands its being held in.
5. Get spiritually HUNGRY for the Holy Spirit
-The gifts, power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit is only RESERVED for those who are serious with God, for those who hunger and thrist after it -> not for the casual believers.
-Those in the upper room received the Holy Spirit because they waited and waited and waited and waited -> they had spiritual hunger.
6. Saturate your life with PRAYER.
-Samson's long hair represented his prayer life. -> He lost everything when he lost his 'hair'.
Anything not birthed by prayer IN God BY faith will NOT last.
-Jud 16:17-19
People dont backslide overnight, people backslide step by step and prayer is one of the factors.
-Mt 6:6, Ps 91:1
What is the difference between an ordinary person and an extraordinary person?
Its in the 'extra' prayer!
-Prayer is never convenient, there's always a price to pay for something great.
-Seek God in your 'secret place'
-Jud 16:21 -> When your prayer life is affected, you stop having visions and you stop progressing.
Dont become stagnant and comfortable where you are. -> Be strong, step out!
-Jud 16:22 -> Dun be discouraged jus like Samson's hair, no matter what situation you may be, your prayer life can grow again!
What happened when Samson renewed his prayer life for the last time?
-V29-30: He accomplished at ONE point in time, MORE than the SUM of ALL the achievements in his life!
Its not about how you fall, its about how you get up each time you fall! Because you know that with God, you can always rise up stronger and more anointed.
7. LOVE GOD more than you love His blessings
-Jud 16:28 -> dun seek the gifts, seek the Giver of the gifts!
Because when you have God, there is nothing you lack.
-V31: Samson fulfilled his life's purpose because He chose God more than anything else.
(He was buried at the same place he was born between Zorah and Eshtaol, the place where he first got his vision/purpose in life, the place where he first started, the place...where he got his destiny!)
Dont just be a convert, be a disciple! Dont just be a believer, be a worshipper! Dont just live to be spoonfed, be a strong PRAYER WARRIOR! =))
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