The Power of Favor, Bible Study 05/13

Posted on May 18, 2016 by growintheword

The power of Favor

Synopsis of Bible Study 05/11-/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

 

Psalm 106:4 (NKJV) says 4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.
Oh, visit me with Your salvation, – This scripture demonstrates that Jabez understood that in order to have his territory enlarged, he needed God’s hand on his life.

1 Chronicles 4:10 (NKJV) says  10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested. – Jabez was saying, “Lord bless me before you enlarge me”. He is asking for the Lord to bless him, enlarge him, and insure him, so no matter what happens, he is covered. In other words, he is saying “Lord don’t let me mishandle the blessing, so that I don’t abuse it or cause harm to other people.

  1. Jabez wanted to experience a greater life with God on the earth.
  2. Jabez asked his territory to be enlarged, because he knew he needed the blessings of God on him in order to sustain. You want blessings to come to you with God’s hands tied to it.
    1. The blessings of the Lord upon your life are not necessarily associated with tangible things. It has nothing to do with your W2. When you understand favor as things, you might covet other people’s things. The problem with coveting things other people have is some things that you covet are not part of God.
  3. We want to prosper, but we also want to do it God’s way. Proverbs 10:22 (NKJV) says 22 The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it. – When favor is on your life, you will be blessed, but it won’t frustrate you. Some people are provision driven and not purposed driven. This is why they leave their purpose and chase money!
  4. If the favor on God is on it, then it is not hard, then things fall into place. In other words, you don’t have to try to fit a square into a circle. There are some things that we have turned down just to make sure that it did not interfere with our purpose.
    1. If you have to put off things that you are supposed to be doing, just to make it happen, then this is not favor, even though it may look like a blessing. For example, is it God’s will for you never to see your children? Is it God’s will for you to uproot everything just to make something else happen? God’s yoke is easy and his burdens are light.
  5. Know that your blessings will always attract haters. Haters don’t make us sorrowful. It is the stuff that surrounds your haters. It is the issues that they bring with them that make you sorrowful.

 

What is favor?

  1. Favor is characterized as the hand of God resting on your life. It is the idea of God going before you causing doors to open and keeping doors open for you continuously in your life.
  2. When you are in God’s will, favor is attracted to you. If we stay under God’s hand, he will make you a magnet to some stuff. Remember when God told Abraham that everywhere the sole of his feet touched, he would give to him?

 

The foundation of favor

Favor is the supernatural strength that gives us the ability to excel in areas, you shouldn’t have otherwise been able to excel in. God has given us the privilege to rule and to reign, as God does in heaven.

Psalm 8:4-9 (NKJV) says 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,[a]   And You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord, our Lord How excellent is Your name in all the earth! – What the psalmist is attempting to get us understand is how God supernaturally puts his abilities in our situation so that we can operate in the natural.

Hebrews 2:6-9 (NKJV) says 6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? 7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor,[a]    And set him over the works of Your hands. 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”[b]For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.- To understand the rightful place of favor, you got to understand the hierarchy of government.

The hierarchy is as follows:

  1. It is God the Father
  2. God the Son
  3. God the Holy Ghost.
    1. The God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one.
    2. Next is the angels
    3. Next is us

How does God demonstrate his power in heaven and on earth?

  1. When did God first come to the earth, it wasn’t the garden as many may think. Scripture says it was God’s voice. The earth is carnal and full of corruption. Heaven is representative of incorruption. Earth is finite, but heaven is infinite. When God first came to earth, he came through his son who had to have access through a woman, through flesh. Jesus Christ was God in the flesh, God in Christ. God first came to earth as Jesus Christ. He came, He died, and He rose again and is seated on the right side of the throne with all power in his hands.
  2. Angels also make trips from heaven to earth. God gives angels charge concerning you. Angels do leave heaven and come to earth. The scripture says be careful of entertaining strangers, because many have entertained angels unaware.
    1. There are times that God sends angels to block stuff on your behalf. The critical question is, if God has power in heaven and in earth, where then is our power?
  3. God said he would not leave us comfortless.
    1. The Holy Spirit came and dwelt among them. Since God the Father won’t come to earth himself, he sent his Son, the angels, and the Holy Spirit for us.
  4. Where is God? He is in us. The bible says greater is God within you than he who is in the world. Since God is in you, then wherever God is, you can go. This means you can go between heaven and earth.
    1. Jesus asked whom do they say I am? Peter said to Jesus, “Thou art the son of the living God” Jesus went on to say that on this rock he would build his church and that whatever Peter loosed in heaven, would be loosed on earth. What this really means is the word. The word you lose on earth goes to heaven and loses things that will cause things to be loosed on earth. When you release stuff to heaven, heaven responds. We have dominion over things in heaven and don’t even realize it.
    2. Psalm 21:5 (NKJV) says 5 His glory is great in Your salvation; Honor and majesty You have placed upon him. – You got glory on you. People say you different when you walk into a place. They look like you belong here. It is because there is glory on you.

God gave us dominion over the work of his hands

  1. God gave man dominion over the earth. Genesis 1:28 (NKJV) says 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
  2. God put all things under your feet. 1 Corinthians 15:27 (NKJV) says 27 For “He has put all things under His feet.”[a] But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. – There was an angel in heaven called Lucifer. He got prideful and start wanting the praise to go to him. As result, he got cast out of heaven, because isn’t going to share his glory with anyone. At this point, Lucifer was place beneath you.
    1. Lucifer became Satan. He has been placed beneath you, so we have to stop empowering stuff that is supposed to be beneath us.

 

The faith for favor

  1. Faith activates favor – If you don’t have faith, God can’t trust you with favor. Genesis 12:1-3 (NKJV) says 12 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” – When you step out on faith, you attract favor in your life. You’ll be able to say, “I’m a magnet for favor”.
  2. Favor supersedes adversity. Genesis 12:10-20 (NKJV) says 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. 12 Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I[a] may live because of you.”14 So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. 15 The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. 16 He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.17 But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way.” 20 So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.– Abram went to Egypt to avoid famine. After the Pharaoh found out that Sarai was Abram’s wife, he had to leave, but he didn’t leave empty handed. With favor, you never leave empty handed. Favor has nothing to do with a zip code. It has to do with obedience and faith to move when God says move.
    1. Genesis 13:1NKJV) says 13 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South.[a] – When you have favor first, you attract the blessing. Stop apologizing for being blessed, when you have favor over your life.
    2. Genesis 14:20 (NKJV) says 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all. – Abraham had adversaries when you are blessed. When you get more cheese, you attract more rats.
      1. Abraham gave God a 10th of it all he aha. Favor was before the law.

 God will bring new things, but other things will be restored.  
  1. Psalm 80:19 (NKJV) says 19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!, Joel 2:25-27 (NKJV) says  25 “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust,[a] My great army which I sent among you. 26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame. 27 Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.- When you have favor, you will stop whining over what you lost.
  2. Favor brings protection- Psalm 41:11 (NKJV) 11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me.– my enemies try hard, but they never win.
    1. Isaiah 54:17 (NKJV) says 17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.,
    2. Psalm 84:12New King James Version (NKJV) 12 O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You! God’s desire for you life, is to have so much favor, you don’t worry about anything that comes at you, because you know you are covered.

 

Conclusion:

There is a prayer we pray when we bless the food. We call this he blessing. It is where we thank God for the food, the hands that prepared it, and those we pray for those who may be without. When you step your prayer up to favor then it sound a little different and it goes a little deeper. When you have favor, you not only thank him for the food, you thank him that you have an appetite. When you have favor, you thank God that you don’t have to eat through a feeding tube. When you have favor you not only thank him for the job, but you thank him that you are able to do your job, even when you don’t feel like it. When you have favor, you not only thank him for the house, you thank him that your house is a home.

May God’s favor be on you…

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Be faithful with your little

Posted on May 16, 2016 by growintheword
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Conflict Resolution, Bible Study 4/27/16

Posted on May 4, 2016 by growintheword

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Synopsis of Bible Study 04/27/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

 

Many of us have to deal with or find ourselves in situations where we know there is going to be drama or a potential for bad blood.  As a Christian, the problem is, often you don’t know how to handle it.

Conflict can happen in your home, on your job, and yes, even at church. When conflict comes, the question becomes, how then can you say you love Christ whom you haven’t seen and hate your brother whom you see every day?

Romans 12:17 (NKJV) says 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. – Do not repay evil for evil. John 16:33a (NKJV) 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will[a] have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”- Know that you will have conflicts and strained relationships in this life.

Jesus makes peace available to us. Matthew 5:9 (NKJV) says 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.- We don’t want to minimize the fact that you may have been offended, because we know some offenses can be very real. What offended you may be very painful to you. However, in reconciling your offenses, you have to make commitment  to:

  1. Let go of past pain. How do we do this?
    1. By dealing with the conflict within – Romans 7:15 (NKJV) says 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. – The stuff I try not to do, I keep doing. In others words, Paul acknowledges that he should reconcile the conflict within himself.
    2. Romans 7:24-25 (NKJV) says 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.- Your flesh wants to retaliate against all that is good. Your flesh wants to be right! Physiologically, God made in such a way that your body wants to correct itself. Your body goes in to save mode or self-preservation mode every time it things something is trying to harm it. For example, when you diet, you might eat like an animal when you eat again, because your body think it is starving. It is the same in the spirit of your flesh: when your flesh experiences conflict or trauma, your flesh wants to fix it, so when conflict arises, it thinks it should make the other person feel the way they made you feel.
    3. We are surround by things that teach us that we should get even during conflict. Every show we watch has some kind of scenario in it where one person is trying to pay another person back for something that they have done. A good modern example of this today would be the show called, “Empire”.


 

In order to get past conflict, we have to:

  1. Assess the problem – We need to ask ourselves, is the conflict involving this person really result of residue from past hate, hurt, or problems? We all have triggers. Sometimes, a person will trigger a trigger in you and may not even know it. When they did, they suddenly set off a Pandora Box of Hell inside of you. As a result of them setting you off, now they are paying for what you’ve been suppressing all those years. It is really unreconciled stuff from the past that has you going off and not the particular conflict you are presently facing.
    1. Name 3 things that have hurt you in the past or put you in conflict that is still tender to the touch even to this day.
    2. Romans 6:6-11 (MSG) says 6-11 Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed to the cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life—no longer at sin’s every beck and call! What we believe is this: If we get included in Christ’s sin-conquering death, we also get included in his life-saving resurrection. We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end of death-as-the-end. Never again will death have the last word. When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us. From now on, think of it this way: Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to you; God speaks your mother tongue, and you hang on every word. You are dead to sin and alive to God. That’s what Jesus did. – That langue you can’t speak anymore is a death language. You nailed it to the cross. If you think about it, you have overcome some stuff that you don’t even realize. Some things people do to you now, would have been a problem a couple of years back.
    3. Conflicts are unreconciled stuff from our past. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.- Let go of those things from your past.
  2. Seek to solve a problem and not to prove a point- Philippians 2:4 (NKJV) 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. – You got to seek to get to the root of problem and do not use the conflict as an opportunity to prove each other wrong.
  3. Patiently listen; do not rush the process – You got to stop over talking people. If you are not careful, you will make assumptions about a person based a particular act (or conflict). We have to learn to listen. When you sit down and talk to people, you might discover something about them that you didn’t know. You might find out that the reason they acted a certain way was because of stuff that happened to them, before you got there. You might infant find out that they are remorseful for how they had acted.
    1. James 1:19-20 (NKJV) says 19 So then,[a] my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. – We should be slow to anger.
    2. Proverbs 12:18 (NKJV)says 18 There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes– How many people do you know that have a piercing tongue? By this we mean, whatever they say to somebody, cuts you to your core. Sometimes the things we say cause conflict.
  4. Stop reacting and start responding. Whenever something happens, we need to pause, go into our spiritual chamber, pull out some word, remind ourselves that we are not what we used to be, realize that we can no longer act that way, and then respond appropriately. Otherwise, our reaction may cause more damage than good to our relationships.
    1. Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV) says 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. – If we allow our mouth to release bad stuff, because of a bad situation, then we open ourselves up for bad stuff to come back to us.
  5. Learn to pursue peace. There are good people in jail right now, just because they reacted, instead of responding. If you want to resolve conflict, you got to remove grudges from your life. Leviticus 19:18 (NKJV) says 18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. – Getting over grudges is often the hardest part.
  6. Find methods of mediation. Matthew 5:38-40 (NKJV) 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’[a] 39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. –When Jesus gave this example, he was not literally saying that you must allow people to slap you twice. Jesus was using cultural examples to teach them to go the extra mile, before doing anything you might regret later.
    1. Sometimes you may even have to involve a third party to help you resolve a conflict.

Studies show that people handle conflicts in the following ways:

  1. They give in and accept the changes someone else wants.
  2. They do nothing hoping the problem will go away.
  3. They avoid the person or the situation.
  4. They pretend the problem doesn’t bother them when it really does.
  5. They go to a higher authority.
  6. They go to court or arbitration.
  7. They fight and argue.
  8. They talk things out with another person (either in private or with a mediator)

The main goal is to move from conflict to resolution. Here are 12 strategies to help you get to a resolution.

  1. When angry, separate yourself from the situation and take the time to cool down. Women: When you are hurt, you want to talk about it right now! When men get hurt, they just want to escape the situation.
  2. Attack the problem not the person. Start with a compliment.
  3. Communicate your feeling assertively not aggressively! Express without blaming.
  4. Focus on the issue, not your position about the issue.
  5. Accept and respect that individual opinions may differ. Don’t demand compliance and be willing to agree to disagree.
  6. Don’t view the situation as a competition where one has to win and other has lose. Work towards a solution.
  7. Focus on areas of common interests and be willing to agree on them.
  8. Never jump to conclusions or make assumptions about what the other is feeling. Lots of times, we think people have an attitude not realizing that they may have had a mountain of stuff that happened to them during the day, before they reached you. All bad moods or attitudes are not because of you or the current conflict.
  9. Forget the past and stay in the present.
  10. Build power with, not power over others.
  11. Thank the person for listening.

How do we move to a place of peace?

  1. Deal with the problem directly, the moment it happens. Don’t allow the devil to have an opportunity to create something out of nothing.
    1. Proverbs 18:19 (NKJV) says 19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle. ,
    2. Ephesians 4:26 (NKJV) says 26 “Be angry, and do not sin”:[a] do not let the sun go down on your wrath, – The whole point is you have to come to a point where you learn not to walk around angry.
    3. Colossians 3:13 (NKJV) says, 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. –

All of us have been offended. The first thing that Jesus did on the cross was say the word, “Forgive them…” We must make certain that we understand that the God in you is greater than the evil in them. Sometimes you have to say I’m sorry even when you haven’t done anything wrong. You can never hate me more than I can love you. If we receive forgiveness from the Lord for all that we have done, then we must be willing to extend the same forgiveness to others. This isn’t a message to say you got to go and kick it with the person that offended you, but know that prior conflicts  makes the awkward moments. Today is the day to say, “Lord I let that stuff go so that I can be free”. Love is greater than anything on the planet. You will never change what you will not confront. You got to deal with conflict directly and immediately. We don’t have to like you, but we sure do have to love you.

 

 

 

 

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Walking in the Anointing III, Bible Study 04/13/16

Posted on April 19, 2016 by growintheword

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Manifestation of the anointing

Synopsis of Bible study 04/13/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

 

 

Jesus had said for disciples to get into position, because He was going to give them the power of the Holy Spirit, so that they could fulfil their assignments. Know that it is the anointing that allows us the ability to fulfil our assignments with greater power and greater authority.

Matthew 28:18-19 (NKJV) says 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore[a] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, – The anointing always matches the assignment (or your calling). The greater the assignment, the greater the anointing.

Manifestation is the source of the anointing. There is a continuous flow of the anointing in the lives of those who know how to do assignment.

The anointing is not there for a moment. It is there anytime you need it. James 5:14 (NKJV) says 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.- When a person is sick, they couldn’t call on a Elder if the anointing wasn’t already on them. The anointing is always present.

Mark 6:13 (NKJV) says 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.– In this scripture, we see that the Lord gave them anointing, to cast out demons.

Mark 16:16-18 (NKJV) says 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[a] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”- When anointing is on you, at anytime you may be able to stand against the enemy.

 

The anointing causes things to grow and increase

  1. Psalm 23:5 (NKJV) says 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. – The direct result of the anointing is this: God anoints your head with oil and immediately you walk into another dimension.
  2. Psalm 1:3 (NKJV) says 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. – The scripture starts out by saying, “… like a tree planted by rivers of water”. Simply put, the anointing is represented by The tree is planted by the rivers of water. Water flows and as a result, the tree flourishes. The anointing does the same thing. Anointing flows to those who are planted where the anointing is. It is impossible to die and wither in the anointing.

You got to learn to operate in the fullness of the anointing

  1. Luke 4:18 (NKJV) says 18 “The Spirit of the Lord isupon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,[a] To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; – Here Jesus is quoting Isaiah. Jesus clearly lays out his mission statement. He explains that he came to preach, heal, liberate, and restore. In short he explained that he came to do what he was called to do.
  2. According to Luke 2:52 (NKJV) , it says 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.- Jesus lived in the house of his mother (covered) until it was time for him to walk out into the fullness of his anointing. Jesus was born anointed, but he didn’t operate in ministry until he was 30 yrs old.
    1. Why is this? Because he was in the house developing, preparing, and growing until his anointing and assignment aligned together.
  3. There are certain things you are asking God to do for you. It is not that you aren’t anointed for it, you instead are not prepared for it yet. As a result, God puts you on hold and gives you preparatory experience, so you will be ready when He is ready for you to do it. There are some things you asked God for, that God didn’t give you. He didn’t give them to you because your anointing was bigger than the assignment.
    1. The worst thing that can happen to an anointed person is for them to have a big anointing while operating in a small assignment. Never downsize your anointing, just to fit somewhere you want to go.
    2. Some of you better thank God that he told you no. Why would God say no? – It is because you are anointed to do big stuff. You got to be willing to say, “However long it takes, I always want my anointing and my assignment to line up”.

The anointing on your life must remain fresh

Psalm 92:10 (NKJV) says 10 But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.- Those of us who grew up with grease on the stove for 2 wks have a greater appreciation for fresh oil. That grease that stayed on the stove was reused over and over to cook different things. Eventually, things would not taste as good, because the grease had gotten used so many times. This is why we need a fresh anointing.  A fresh anointing allows you to operate at optimum capacity. Every day you wake up, you ought to say, “Lord, touch me again with a fresh anointing”.

There were different manifestations of the anointing:

There can be no anointing where there is no Holy Spirit. When you were saved, you received the Holy Spirit, but you just haven’t allowed Him to operate at optimum capacity. The Holy Spirit is inside you.

  1. At Pentecost, everyone was filled. – When the Holy Spirit had come on the day of Pentecost, things happened. Everyone experienced it. Those that didn’t act in it, witnessed it.
  2. Divided tongues sat upon each of them. – The Heavenly Language has been something that has been controversial among the saints. The heavenly language should not be mistaken with the gift of tongues, though in its manifestation, may sound like it (for some). The anointing allows you to tap into your heavenly language.
    1. Your attacks are going to be in direct proportion to your assignment. The greater your assignment the greater the attack. Now based on the demons, witches, and warlocks that have been coming at you, you have to learn to take your prayer to another dimension (heavenly language or praying in the spirit).
    2. Some people can’t handle this concept, because your mind is larger than your spirit. When you pray in your understanding the devil can intercept you prayers. When you pray in your unknown language (heavenly language), not the gift of tongues, your prayers go to another level. As a result, when you pray, your prayers are encrypted and the enemy can’t intercept it. You have to let the Holy Spirit have complete control over you for this language to occur. This heavenly language is much like Hannah who had been praying so hard in the temple that the priest thought she was drunk.
    3. The bible says the Holy Spirit interprets your groans and your moans. Again we are not talking about tongues as in the gift. We are still talking about your heavenly language.
  3. Everyone saw it. You can’t have manifestation of the Holy Spirit in a place without everyone seeing it. When the Holy Spirit falls on a place, everyone sees it. People don’t have to like you, but they can’t deny that you are anointed. They can see it.
    1. How many of you would know somebody was high or drunk if they walked into the room? It is the same with someone anointed. When you are anointed, you walk into a place and people can tell that there is something different about you. There is an anointing on your life.
    2. How do you know that they can tell? It is because they often will say that there is something different about you. They will invite everyone to the office party and never ask you, because they assume you wouldn’t go anyway. Demons know who you are when you walk in. Your anointing intimidates them.

 

The anointing can happen in many ways:

  1. By Baptism – Baptism doesn’t save you. It is just an outside showing of what has already taken place within your heart. To prove it, consider this: When Jesus and the two thieves were on the cross, Jesus told the one thief, “…This day you will be with me in paradise…” He was never baptized, but because he confessed his sins and acknowledged Jesus as Christ our Lord, he was saved. Being saved is about a new life experience.
  2. By hearing an anointed message. This is why you got to be careful where you speak spiritually. Acts 10:45 (NKJV) says 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.- God can release a corporate anointing. He can release a word of a debt free anointing, of healing, or whatever you need. This is why it is important to come to church.
    1. The anointing flows down. This is why you got to be careful who you sit under as your Pastor. You got to make sure you know what you are standing under. Anointing will flow down, so he or she themselves must be anointed.
  3. Through being anointed by the man or woman of God- This can be done by the laying of hands on you. 1 Samuel 16:13a (NKJV) says 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah. – In the Old Testament, when the anointing was released, there was a “laying on of hands”. This was usually done by the prophet. It was a transfer of It flowed and was transferred by a person.
    1. In the New Testament, the anointing has already come. The Holy Ghost has already come (on the day of Pentecost) and He lives inside of you, so when someone lays hands on you, they are just bringing out the anointing that is already in you.
    2. Peter quoted Joel 2:27-29 (NKJV) where it says 27 Then you shall know that I amin the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. God’s Spirit Poured Out 28 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.- Basically, this scripture is saying the following is going to happen:

 

Our sons and daughters will speak a word, old people will dream dreams, visions will come to fruition, and as a result, and the Word of God comes forth. Now under the anointing in New Testament, hands are not laid on you to give you anointing, because you already have it. Hands are laid on you to release word, dreams, and visions.

In closing, Bishop Walker shared that there were several times that people laid hands on him during his Ministry. When he was licensed as a Minister, when he was ordained, when he was consecrated as Bishop, and when he was inaugurated as Presiding Bishop. Each time, the same thing happened. He was told to kneel down and men and woman of God came and laid hands on him. While doing so, they were praying that he would get his anointing to match the assignment to where God was taking him. In other words, they were not praying for his right now, but instead, his not yet!

Know that because you are anointed, God is about to fast-track some stuff for you!

Walking in the Anointing III

Manifestation of the anointing

Synopsis of Bible study 04/13/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

 

 

Jesus had said for disciples to get into position, because He was going to give them the power of the Holy Spirit, so that they could fulfil their assignments. Know that it is the anointing that allows us the ability to fulfil our assignments with greater power and greater authority.

Matthew 28:18-19 (NKJV) says 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore[a] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, – The anointing always matches the assignment (or your calling). The greater the assignment, the greater the anointing.

Manifestation is the source of the anointing. There is a continuous flow of the anointing in the lives of those who know how to do assignment.

The anointing is not there for a moment. It is there anytime you need it. James 5:14 (NKJV) says 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.- When a person is sick, they couldn’t call on a Elder if the anointing wasn’t already on them. The anointing is always present.

Mark 6:13 (NKJV) says 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.– In this scripture, we see that the Lord gave them anointing, to cast out demons.

Mark 16:16-18 (NKJV) says 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[a] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”- When anointing is on you, at anytime you may be able to stand against the enemy.

 

The anointing causes things to grow and increase

  1. Psalm 23:5 (NKJV) says 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. – The direct result of the anointing is this: God anoints your head with oil and immediately you walk into another dimension.
  2. Psalm 1:3 (NKJV) says 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. – The scripture starts out by saying, “… like a tree planted by rivers of water”. Simply put, the anointing is represented by The tree is planted by the rivers of water. Water flows and as a result, the tree flourishes. The anointing does the same thing. Anointing flows to those who are planted where the anointing is. It is impossible to die and wither in the anointing.

You got to learn to operate in the fullness of the anointing

  1. Luke 4:18 (NKJV) says 18 “The Spirit of the Lord isupon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,[a] To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; – Here Jesus is quoting Isaiah. Jesus clearly lays out his mission statement. He explains that he came to preach, heal, liberate, and restore. In short he explained that he came to do what he was called to do.
  2. According to Luke 2:52 (NKJV) , it says 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.- Jesus lived in the house of his mother (covered) until it was time for him to walk out into the fullness of his anointing. Jesus was born anointed, but he didn’t operate in ministry until he was 30 yrs old.
    1. Why is this? Because he was in the house developing, preparing, and growing until his anointing and assignment aligned together.
  3. There are certain things you are asking God to do for you. It is not that you aren’t anointed for it, you instead are not prepared for it yet. As a result, God puts you on hold and gives you preparatory experience, so you will be ready when He is ready for you to do it. There are some things you asked God for, that God didn’t give you. He didn’t give them to you because your anointing was bigger than the assignment.
    1. The worst thing that can happen to an anointed person is for them to have a big anointing while operating in a small assignment. Never downsize your anointing, just to fit somewhere you want to go.
    2. Some of you better thank God that he told you no. Why would God say no? – It is because you are anointed to do big stuff. You got to be willing to say, “However long it takes, I always want my anointing and my assignment to line up”.

The anointing on your life must remain fresh

Psalm 92:10 (NKJV) says 10 But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.- Those of us who grew up with grease on the stove for 2 wks have a greater appreciation for fresh oil. That grease that stayed on the stove was reused over and over to cook different things. Eventually, things would not taste as good, because the grease had gotten used so many times. This is why we need a fresh anointing.  A fresh anointing allows you to operate at optimum capacity. Every day you wake up, you ought to say, “Lord, touch me again with a fresh anointing”.

There were different manifestations of the anointing:

There can be no anointing where there is no Holy Spirit. When you were saved, you received the Holy Spirit, but you just haven’t allowed Him to operate at optimum capacity. The Holy Spirit is inside you.

  1. At Pentecost, everyone was filled. – When the Holy Spirit had come on the day of Pentecost, things happened. Everyone experienced it. Those that didn’t act in it, witnessed it.
  2. Divided tongues sat upon each of them. – The Heavenly Language has been something that has been controversial among the saints. The heavenly language should not be mistaken with the gift of tongues, though in its manifestation, may sound like it (for some). The anointing allows you to tap into your heavenly language.
    1. Your attacks are going to be in direct proportion to your assignment. The greater your assignment the greater the attack. Now based on the demons, witches, and warlocks that have been coming at you, you have to learn to take your prayer to another dimension (heavenly language or praying in the spirit).
    2. Some people can’t handle this concept, because your mind is larger than your spirit. When you pray in your understanding the devil can intercept you prayers. When you pray in your unknown language (heavenly language), not the gift of tongues, your prayers go to another level. As a result, when you pray, your prayers are encrypted and the enemy can’t intercept it. You have to let the Holy Spirit have complete control over you for this language to occur. This heavenly language is much like Hannah who had been praying so hard in the temple that the priest thought she was drunk.
    3. The bible says the Holy Spirit interprets your groans and your moans. Again we are not talking about tongues as in the gift. We are still talking about your heavenly language.
  3. Everyone saw it. You can’t have manifestation of the Holy Spirit in a place without everyone seeing it. When the Holy Spirit falls on a place, everyone sees it. People don’t have to like you, but they can’t deny that you are anointed. They can see it.
    1. How many of you would know somebody was high or drunk if they walked into the room? It is the same with someone anointed. When you are anointed, you walk into a place and people can tell that there is something different about you. There is an anointing on your life.
    2. How do you know that they can tell? It is because they often will say that there is something different about you. They will invite everyone to the office party and never ask you, because they assume you wouldn’t go anyway. Demons know who you are when you walk in. Your anointing intimidates them.

 

The anointing can happen in many ways:

  1. By Baptism – Baptism doesn’t save you. It is just an outside showing of what has already taken place within your heart. To prove it, consider this: When Jesus and the two thieves were on the cross, Jesus told the one thief, “…This day you will be with me in paradise…” He was never baptized, but because he confessed his sins and acknowledged Jesus as Christ our Lord, he was saved. Being saved is about a new life experience.
  2. By hearing an anointed message. This is why you got to be careful where you speak spiritually. Acts 10:45 (NKJV) says 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.- God can release a corporate anointing. He can release a word of a debt free anointing, of healing, or whatever you need. This is why it is important to come to church.
    1. The anointing flows down. This is why you got to be careful who you sit under as your Pastor. You got to make sure you know what you are standing under. Anointing will flow down, so he or she themselves must be anointed.
  3. Through being anointed by the man or woman of God- This can be done by the laying of hands on you. 1 Samuel 16:13a (NKJV) says 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah. – In the Old Testament, when the anointing was released, there was a “laying on of hands”. This was usually done by the prophet. It was a transfer of It flowed and was transferred by a person.
    1. In the New Testament, the anointing has already come. The Holy Ghost has already come (on the day of Pentecost) and He lives inside of you, so when someone lays hands on you, they are just bringing out the anointing that is already in you.
    2. Peter quoted Joel 2:27-29 (NKJV) where it says 27 Then you shall know that I amin the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. God’s Spirit Poured Out 28 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.- Basically, this scripture is saying the following is going to happen:

 

Our sons and daughters will speak a word, old people will dream dreams, visions will come to fruition, and as a result, and the Word of God comes forth. Now under the anointing in New Testament, hands are not laid on you to give you anointing, because you already have it. Hands are laid on you to release word, dreams, and visions.

In closing, Bishop Walker shared that there were several times that people laid hands on him during his Ministry. When he was licensed as a Minister, when he was ordained, when he was consecrated as Bishop, and when he was inaugurated as Presiding Bishop. Each time, the same thing happened. He was told to kneel down and men and woman of God came and laid hands on him. While doing so, they were praying that he would get his anointing to match the assignment to where God was taking him. In other words, they were not praying for his right now, but instead, his not yet!

Know that because you are anointed, God is about to fast-track some stuff for you!

Walking in the Anointing III

Manifestation of the anointing

Synopsis of Bible study 04/13/16

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

 

 

Jesus had said for disciples to get into position, because He was going to give them the power of the Holy Spirit, so that they could fulfil their assignments. Know that it is the anointing that allows us the ability to fulfil our assignments with greater power and greater authority.

Matthew 28:18-19 (NKJV) says 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore[a] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, – The anointing always matches the assignment (or your calling). The greater the assignment, the greater the anointing.

Manifestation is the source of the anointing. There is a continuous flow of the anointing in the lives of those who know how to do assignment.

The anointing is not there for a moment. It is there anytime you need it. James 5:14 (NKJV) says 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.- When a person is sick, they couldn’t call on a Elder if the anointing wasn’t already on them. The anointing is always present.

Mark 6:13 (NKJV) says 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.– In this scripture, we see that the Lord gave them anointing, to cast out demons.

Mark 16:16-18 (NKJV) says 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[a] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”- When anointing is on you, at anytime you may be able to stand against the enemy.

 

The anointing causes things to grow and increase

  1. Psalm 23:5 (NKJV) says 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. – The direct result of the anointing is this: God anoints your head with oil and immediately you walk into another dimension.
  2. Psalm 1:3 (NKJV) says 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. – The scripture starts out by saying, “… like a tree planted by rivers of water”. Simply put, the anointing is represented by The tree is planted by the rivers of water. Water flows and as a result, the tree flourishes. The anointing does the same thing. Anointing flows to those who are planted where the anointing is. It is impossible to die and wither in the anointing.

You got to learn to operate in the fullness of the anointing

  1. Luke 4:18 (NKJV) says 18 “The Spirit of the Lord isupon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,[a] To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; – Here Jesus is quoting Isaiah. Jesus clearly lays out his mission statement. He explains that he came to preach, heal, liberate, and restore. In short he explained that he came to do what he was called to do.
  2. According to Luke 2:52 (NKJV) , it says 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.- Jesus lived in the house of his mother (covered) until it was time for him to walk out into the fullness of his anointing. Jesus was born anointed, but he didn’t operate in ministry until he was 30 yrs old.
    1. Why is this? Because he was in the house developing, preparing, and growing until his anointing and assignment aligned together.
  3. There are certain things you are asking God to do for you. It is not that you aren’t anointed for it, you instead are not prepared for it yet. As a result, God puts you on hold and gives you preparatory experience, so you will be ready when He is ready for you to do it. There are some things you asked God for, that God didn’t give you. He didn’t give them to you because your anointing was bigger than the assignment.
    1. The worst thing that can happen to an anointed person is for them to have a big anointing while operating in a small assignment. Never downsize your anointing, just to fit somewhere you want to go.
    2. Some of you better thank God that he told you no. Why would God say no? – It is because you are anointed to do big stuff. You got to be willing to say, “However long it takes, I always want my anointing and my assignment to line up”.

The anointing on your life must remain fresh

Psalm 92:10 (NKJV) says 10 But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.- Those of us who grew up with grease on the stove for 2 wks have a greater appreciation for fresh oil. That grease that stayed on the stove was reused over and over to cook different things. Eventually, things would not taste as good, because the grease had gotten used so many times. This is why we need a fresh anointing.  A fresh anointing allows you to operate at optimum capacity. Every day you wake up, you ought to say, “Lord, touch me again with a fresh anointing”.

There were different manifestations of the anointing:

There can be no anointing where there is no Holy Spirit. When you were saved, you received the Holy Spirit, but you just haven’t allowed Him to operate at optimum capacity. The Holy Spirit is inside you.

  1. At Pentecost, everyone was filled. – When the Holy Spirit had come on the day of Pentecost, things happened. Everyone experienced it. Those that didn’t act in it, witnessed it.
  2. Divided tongues sat upon each of them. – The Heavenly Language has been something that has been controversial among the saints. The heavenly language should not be mistaken with the gift of tongues, though in its manifestation, may sound like it (for some). The anointing allows you to tap into your heavenly language.
    1. Your attacks are going to be in direct proportion to your assignment. The greater your assignment the greater the attack. Now based on the demons, witches, and warlocks that have been coming at you, you have to learn to take your prayer to another dimension (heavenly language or praying in the spirit).
    2. Some people can’t handle this concept, because your mind is larger than your spirit. When you pray in your understanding the devil can intercept you prayers. When you pray in your unknown language (heavenly language), not the gift of tongues, your prayers go to another level. As a result, when you pray, your prayers are encrypted and the enemy can’t intercept it. You have to let the Holy Spirit have complete control over you for this language to occur. This heavenly language is much like Hannah who had been praying so hard in the temple that the priest thought she was drunk.
    3. The bible says the Holy Spirit interprets your groans and your moans. Again we are not talking about tongues as in the gift. We are still talking about your heavenly language.
  3. Everyone saw it. You can’t have manifestation of the Holy Spirit in a place without everyone seeing it. When the Holy Spirit falls on a place, everyone sees it. People don’t have to like you, but they can’t deny that you are anointed. They can see it.
    1. How many of you would know somebody was high or drunk if they walked into the room? It is the same with someone anointed. When you are anointed, you walk into a place and people can tell that there is something different about you. There is an anointing on your life.
    2. How do you know that they can tell? It is because they often will say that there is something different about you. They will invite everyone to the office party and never ask you, because they assume you wouldn’t go anyway. Demons know who you are when you walk in. Your anointing intimidates them.

 

The anointing can happen in many ways:

  1. By Baptism – Baptism doesn’t save you. It is just an outside showing of what has already taken place within your heart. To prove it, consider this: When Jesus and the two thieves were on the cross, Jesus told the one thief, “…This day you will be with me in paradise…” He was never baptized, but because he confessed his sins and acknowledged Jesus as Christ our Lord, he was saved. Being saved is about a new life experience.
  2. By hearing an anointed message. This is why you got to be careful where you speak spiritually. Acts 10:45 (NKJV) says 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.- God can release a corporate anointing. He can release a word of a debt free anointing, of healing, or whatever you need. This is why it is important to come to church.
    1. The anointing flows down. This is why you got to be careful who you sit under as your Pastor. You got to make sure you know what you are standing under. Anointing will flow down, so he or she themselves must be anointed.
  3. Through being anointed by the man or woman of God- This can be done by the laying of hands on you. 1 Samuel 16:13a (NKJV) says 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah. – In the Old Testament, when the anointing was released, there was a “laying on of hands”. This was usually done by the prophet. It was a transfer of It flowed and was transferred by a person.
    1. In the New Testament, the anointing has already come. The Holy Ghost has already come (on the day of Pentecost) and He lives inside of you, so when someone lays hands on you, they are just bringing out the anointing that is already in you.
    2. Peter quoted Joel 2:27-29 (NKJV) where it says 27 Then you shall know that I amin the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. God’s Spirit Poured Out 28 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.- Basically, this scripture is saying the following is going to happen:

 

Our sons and daughters will speak a word, old people will dream dreams, visions will come to fruition, and as a result, and the Word of God comes forth. Now under the anointing in New Testament, hands are not laid on you to give you anointing, because you already have it. Hands are laid on you to release word, dreams, and visions.

In closing, Bishop Walker shared that there were several times that people laid hands on him during his Ministry. When he was licensed as a Minister, when he was ordained, when he was consecrated as Bishop, and when he was inaugurated as Presiding Bishop. Each time, the same thing happened. He was told to kneel down and men and woman of God came and laid hands on him. While doing so, they were praying that he would get his anointing to match the assignment to where God was taking him. In other words, they were not praying for his right now, but instead, his not yet!

Know that because you are anointed, God is about to fast-track some stuff for you!anointinganointing

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