Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Understanding the Anointing

Understanding the Anointing
Grace Church
Pastor Bob Yandian
Jan 20, 2008

Anointing seems to be one of those Christian buzz words that make others wonder what you are talking about. The anointing is the presence of the Holy Spirit. There are two types of the anointing found.

1 John 2:27 KJV
(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.



Usually the Greek word used here is alapho, which means to rub with oil. This word here is charisma, which refers to the giftings and callings of God. This anointing is in me. It is in me even if I do not feel like it is or not. There is another anointing that can leave or come based on what you do. This will surround you from time to time. It is like walking into a church and feeling that God is there. This is anointing that is upon us.

The one that is inside of us .... No man needs to teach you. It is to reveal and teach you the word of God. If there are 100 people listening to a sermon they can hear 100 different things. God takes the word that is spoken by the minister and changed by the Holy Spirit to what you need to hear. How else can we hear so many different things when we all listen to the same minister. Yes we need the ministers and preachers. They put the word out that we hear and learn from.

The one that is upon us is to break the curse. The anointing that breaks the yokes of bondage that comes into our life. It is tangible. It will come when your heart is in unity with the heart of God. Take some time to praise and worship God. It is the doorway to the supernatural experience with God.

Matthew 18:20 KJV
(20) For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.


Psalms 22:3 KJV
(3) But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.


The present day church could replace Israel. God inhabits the praises of the people of God. Praise and worship is like plowing up the ground before planting seed. By getting the people in one thought in place of all the things that they normally meditate on, it allows the minister to do his job easier. Praise was used in the Old testament. The cloud would come when they would praise God. It does not take a crowd. One or two people can bring it on. We do not see the cloud of the Holy Spirit as much any more because the cloud (Holy Spirit) is now in us. Like Paul in prison we need to lift up our voices and praise God even when we are not in the mood to do it. It prepares us for the movement of God among us.

If the joy of the Lord is in your heart it should show up on your face. A lot of things effect the anointing and a sour puss is one of them. Good apples do not make a bad one taste better. Sour dispositions do not help the anointing to flow. Your face can affect the anointing. If you are happy or discouraged can affect how others are. Make up your mind to be like God who is not sad or depressed.

Psalms 42:5 KJV
(5) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.


Think about what God looks like the next time you are sad. He is smiling and happy.

Acts 2:28 KJV
(28) Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.


Proverbs 15:13 KJV
(13) A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.


How can a happy heart have a sad face. Yes there are things that you will go through that are not happy and those will happen but they should not bepermanently there

Proverbs 27:17 KJV
(17) Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.


What you do will affect others around you. You will transfer your countenance to to others around you.

Psalms 133:1-3 KJV
(1) Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
(2) It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
(3) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.


What is unity? Freedom from strife. Freedom from talking about each other. Freedom from Gossip (they are a child of God like you). Get together and the anointing flow. Where unity is God commands the blessing of life evermore. When we are in unity we become a Holy Spirit magnet.

Acts 2:1-2 KJV
(1) And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
(2) And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.


When they got in agreement then suddenly the Spirit was on them.

Acts 4:24 KJV
(24) And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Acts 4:31 KJV
(31) And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.


They lifted up their voice together and the place was filled with the Holy Ghost.

2 Chronicles 5:13 KJV
(13) It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments ofmusick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;


When they came together in unity, the Spirit came upon them.

2 Chronicles 5:14 KJV
(14) So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.



What is one sound like they made? It means that the instruments could not be heard above the singers. Nothing was louder than the others. When praise and worship is taking place join in so that your voice can be one sound with the people.

Unless otherwise noted, all scriptures are King James version. The notes are based on what I heard. They may or may not reflect what the speaker said.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Suffering

Suffering

Grace Church

Mike Goolsbay

January 16, 2008


God does not always answer our prayers. Sometimes He does better.


You have one job in your life, don't quit. The moment that you do you are being held hostage by the enemy. If you don't quit, you win.


Life is not about you. There is a word that you can learn about, most people do not, is to learn about suffering. Most people will not because it is not the most pleasant thing to read and learn about.



Psalms 119:50 KJV

(50) This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.


Quicken could be preserved. Preserved does not mean just getting by, it means to continue and
flourish. You are the condition that is saving this earth. Live for something bigger in your life. Not just for yourself.




There are four basic types of suffering.


  1. Suffering from stupidity (most common).

  2. Suffering that does not belong to you (sickness was taken at the cross, why do you still have it?)

  3. Suffering from living in an imperfect world.

  4. Suffering that is a precursor to promotion.



My obstacles become my opportunities with the forth one. This where we will focus. Look at the obstacles in life and do not let them hijack your hopes and dreams.


Acts 5:40-41 KJV

(40) And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

(41) And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.


Suffering here is
atimazō, despise, dishonor, suffer shame, entreat shamefully. They thought a joy to suffer shame for the Gospel. This is not something that we want on a day to day basis. Do we suffer from the opinions of others more than we suffer from the opinion of God? We want to be the center of every solution to every problem. That moves God out of the center.


The greatest leaders in the Bible all had three things in common. They are pain, conflict, and loneliness. These are things that you will go through on the way to promotion. The enemy, Satan, will try to attack us at this point and make us question our anointing.


2 Timothy 1:11-12 KJV

(11) Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

(12) For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.


Where is your confidence (your persuasion)? If you can get where God is calling you on your own abilities, you are dreaming too small. God's call should always just be outside your reach. Many people will not like what you do. You have to make decisions. God offers clarity in those. Follow those, peace, do not follow those, you compromise and will not get where you need to be. Do not be afraid to be embarrassed in what you do. God can use it to move you forward in things. Even though it can be humiliating, it can be God ordained. It can be something better than what you wanted. Suffering can build confidence, reputation but most importantly character. God wants to build you from the inside out.

Romans 5:1 KJV

(1) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:


We are not justified by anything but by our faith.


Romans 5:2-5 KJV

(2) By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

(3) And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

(4) And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

(5) And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.


We want in the end to find hope. We can live through the day when we focus on God. If we focus on the man in the mirror, we fail. Suffering for promotion God uses for preparation in our life. Confidence, character and reputation cannot be based on you, it has to be based on Christ in you. People fall great of the greatest blessing because they quit when they are just about to win. The obstacle that gets in the way for our success is most likely ourselves.


Unless otherwise noted, all scriptures are King James version. The notes are based on what I heard. They may or may not reflect what the speaker said.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Discernment

Discernment

Grace church

Pastor Bob Yandian

Jan 13, 2008



God has given us a discerning heart and spirit to use for understanding how we should act.


Ezekiel 44:23 KJV

(23) And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.



We are not born with discernment. It has to be taught. Just because a person claims to be a Christian, or even hangs around a church does not mean they have discernment. Jesus said ‘…if you continue in my word…’. That would mean you have to be taught it in the first place. In Acts 4:42 it says that they continued in studying the apostle's doctrine. We need to learn the clean from the unclean, the good from the evil. This is not a natural thing. In fact common sense is not common! We need Biblical sense.

The priest (in our days the ministers and pastors, the church) needs to know discernment. It is more important to get it however from the family. If your family did not, stick with God, he will guide you.


Titus 2:3 KJV

(3) The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;


The older woman would be the more mature, preferably the mother.


Titus 2:4 KJV

(4) That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,


They are to teach the young woman how to be sober mined and how to love their husband and children. A mother is not born with this; it needs to be taught, preferably from the mother of the woman, but it not, from mature woman in the church.


Titus 2:5-6 KJV

(5) To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

(6) Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.


Young men are also need to be taught to be sober minded, preferably from his father. The church is to be a supplement to what they are supposed to learn at home. The family is the most important. You can take time off from going to church, but you cannot take time off from being a family. If this cannot or was not done in your life, then come saturate yourself in the Word, so that you can learn discernment.


We are not the only generation that needed to learn discernment. In Isaiah we learn the priest needed to learn as well. In Malachi it says that they have dung on their face. The only place to get dung was outside the walls. In other words, this was an example of the world.


Isaiah 5:20-21 KJV

(20) Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

(21) Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!



Matthew 16:2-3 KJV

(2) He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

(3) And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?



Many people can discern the world but not the word. Listening to the world brings a lack of discernment. The world turns most every things around. If you have a choice between the World and the word, choose the word,

Many Christians are failing and because they do not see God's View point.


Discernment does not mean hate. We hate he sin, not the sinner.


Listen to what people say and follow it’s logic as the Word speaks about it. Most worldly things you hear are not Christian.


We need a lot spiritual food as well as natural food.

In Galatians 5:22 goodness is mentioned. It really should be virtue

II Corinthians 2:10 discernment of spirits is mentioned.


Hebrews 5:12 KJV

(12) For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.



Many Christians are not where they should be as they walk away from God and do not learn.

Hebrews 5:13-14 KJV

(13) For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

(14) But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.


You should be so full of the spirit that it filters what you see and hear though the Gospel and the Word of God.


Unless otherwise noted, all scriptures are King James version. The notes are based on what I heard. They may or may not reflect what the speaker said.