09-12-21 "Anointing" -Desi Lugo

you want to do that god i give you praise for this great day god this great congregation of people god i thank you dear lord that you love us so greatly god you love us with such compassion god you love us beyond our ability to comprehend and i thank you for that god god i thank you dear lord that your name is exalted in all the earth i pray god that your glory would fill every valley and cover every mountain that the knowledge of jesus christ would wrap around the world i pray god that your presence your lord would prevail today over every situation over every circumstance that every man that every woman every family every marriage would feel the love of god that they would feel the presence of jesus christ that god you would direct us because this is your church we are your people we are the sheep of your pastor we belong to you god and we thank you dear lord we love you jesus because you are so glorious god you are to be exalted you are exalted you are high and you are lifted up and your train fills the temple and i pray today that you would let your presence be demonstrated among us today with signs and with wonders and with miracles oh god let there be a demonstration of the glory of god let the anointing of god flow into this house today would you lift your voice to the lord for he is worthy of shouts of acclamation and he is worthy of shouts of adoration and he is worthy of head claps of of acclaim and praise our god is worthy to be praised there is no one like him in heaven above or in the earth beneath hallelujah with our god anything is possible without god anything is achievable without god great things can be done i love you jesus i've magnify you jesus i worship you jesus would you lift your voice to god i love you jesus hallelujah would you give god your adoration and your attention right now when you pour out your praise to him for he is worthy to be praised hallelujah great is the lord great as the lord and greatly to be praised hallelujah would you shout to god would you stand to your feet right now and would you cut your hands to the lord victory for he is great and greatly to be praised in jesus name hallelujah come on why don't you keep clapping your hands this morning if you believe that anything is possible hallelujah jesus god we choose to believe it today hallelujah that could ever stand against your mind you've always been with us [Music] there [Music] with is power to conquer truth show me come on do you believe it this morning is [Music] is [Applause] [Applause] is is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] shake off despair as i sing down your [Music] [Applause] why don't you do that this morning come on there's victory in your praise [Music] [Applause] is [Music] the same me you think it's possible show me i feel like i want to redirect somebody's focus today to know that he is still on the throne and there is nothing that is too hard for him hallelujah [Music] today hey we can trust you today [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] me [Music] hands together this morning if you believe that hallelujah god this lesson is too hard for you this morning god's your record is undefeated hallelujah [Music] that's too hard my [Applause] oh [Applause] oh this morning [Music] [Music] jesus yes is [Applause] in this is [Music] for those of you that know how to receive would you begin to pray in the spirit [Music] i'm the holy ghost in house authority i this of the name of jesus to overthrow everything every demon in hell every construct and destruction in the name of jesus calls it to come down now let marriages be healed let relationships be restored that the spirit of god facilitates deliverance in the name of jesus would you give god great praise would you give god adoration right now [Music] there is a direct connection between the high praises of god being in our mouth and a two-edged sword being in our hand that when we begin to praise god and magnify god the authority to topple the demonic forces of hell is given to us and some of you have been facing amen some forces that have been against you but i'm encouraging you right now there is victory in the house and there is breakthrough in the house and nothing can stand against the people and the children of god would somebody shouted to god with a voice [Music] jesus christ is among his people today i can almost see literally him standing here the train of his temple is filling the temple or the train of his robe is filling the temple his victories outnumber his enemies i said god's victories outnumber his enemies there's nothing that can stand there's no one that can stand against the victories of our god our king and in this atmosphere show me one thing god cannot do show me one mountain god cannot move show me waters he cannot part show me a sickness god cannot heal show me a disease god cannot cure show me cancer god cannot eradicate does anybody testify right now that god's able to heal to the uttermost that god's able to save to the uttermost in this atmosphere we're going to pray not just pray for the sick if you're sick in this house we have ministry we have oil available but we're also going to pray because god is allowed i want to highlight just for a moment a young lady in this church that has grown up in this church sister loren wright has grown up literally as a child in this church has shown herself faithful to god has shown herself obedient to her parents and i'm highlighting this because god has literally brought her to a moment of transition this will be her last sunday at parkway as she goes out to san francisco california to help in the ministry there under brother mark morgan bishop mark morgan so as we're going to pray for the sick and take dominion over diseases we're going to pray for her and anoint her with oil and send her with our not only our blessing but our covering in the spirit that when she goes she's going with the prayers of people who as you pray you'll remember to call her name that god would literally cause her to become in his kingdom a force that would bring down and topple a man spirits in san francisco that opposed god so if you're in this place today and you need a touch in your body amen i'm opening these altars now those that are here stay here amen those that have faith come help us pray we're going to take this oil and we're going to anoint with oil and the prayer of faith shall save the sick and the lord shall raise them up so ministry if you're available you can come down if there's anybody that needs prayer come get some oil we're going to be praying right now church would you lift your hands amen those who'd like to come down help us pray for sister lauren you can do so we're gonna have a time of prayer [Music] and the power that's in the name of jesus let the spirit of god rest upon our sister today is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] long is are possible [Music] [Applause] we will [Music] oh [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] would you love jesus appropriately right now for he is worthy to be previously would you love him there is no doubt cause i have seen your faithfulness my fortress i have seen your faithfulness lord god would you clap your hands to the lord everybody and give god great praise i love you jesus i love you jesus when the power of god meets the expectation and faith of man can you expect any different on a sunday morning than a demonstration of god's power i don't think so as you're seated would you clap your hands to the lord to give god praise hallelujah jesus i want to thank this great congregation of people this wonderful host of believers for allowing god to be god in our midst aren't you thankful to be a part of a church that loves the move of god amen you can clap you can say yeah i'm thankful are you thankful i'm so appreciative we value the presence of god and the touch of god on our lives and i welcome you to sunday morning service and i pray the blessings of god upon each of you and before we step into our testimony and our decree there are some announcements that i need to bring to your attention number one i'm not sure if all of the kids know it or not everybody that is a kid would you raise your hand well that should be all of us because we're all kids to somebody it is national grandparents day and so if you got a grandparent that's still living i am encouraging you before the day closes to give them a call and thank them for being your grandparents we honor the important role and relationship of godly grandparents in the family model we pray that you continue to help mold and shape the lives of your grandchildren and point them always to jesus if you're thankful for your grandparents would you give god praise a handclap of appreciation for them [Applause] amen also this coming week we've got mississippi men's conference will be this friday and saturday at the campgrounds in raymond want all the men in the house to say yeah thank god if you need to we got bowls of rocks you can eat after service to kind of help that amen so we're going to be having men's conference on september the 17th and 18th and i am encouraging all of the men to make this a special moment to attend friday night and then saturday morning you can register via our website as well as the upci mississippi upci campground website i want to see as many men from our church as possible to meet me there friday evening and let's have a move of god now afterwards i'm not sure if this is important to anybody but they're supposed to be frying catfish so maybe that'll be a hook in the stomach or the mouth or wherever to get you there so it's going to be really good also next sunday night at 7 00 pm we are excited to host sister charity gail and their team come on somebody for a night of endless praise in our night of worship tickets are available can be purchased today at the table in the atrium don't miss this opportunity to invite your co-workers your neighbors your friends and family to parkway guys i'm serious this sweet lady is a she has the voice of an angel and really can sing powerfully we're gonna have a move of god this next sunday night i want you to be there praise god it's gonna be starting at seven o'clock so please make plans to be with us it's gonna be great and also i'm excited that in october on the 8th and the 9th i want all the married couples to say something say yes or oh me no i'm just kidding don't say oh me praise god october 8th and the 9th is our unbreakable marriage conference i am encouraging every married couple whether your marriage is doing great or don't answer amen whether your marriage is struggling a little bit this is a great conference you owe it to your spouse to make time to make this event a priority and i'm encouraging you to do so praise god aren't you thankful for the goodness of god has god been good to anybody in this house would you just thank him appropriately thank you jesus for breathing my lungs thank you jesus for food in the cupboard god for gas in the tank thank you jesus it is a privilege to invite a precious man amen to come testify briefly and lead us in our decree i'm so thankful for these moments where we hear testimonies from the people of god and then we declare and decree the faithfulness of god can you clap your hands as brother donald thomas comes right now thank you pastor we've been studying in our leadership next level series class in the in the prayer room on sunday morning about uh the life of david david's often referred to as a man after god's own heart but we see in first samuel 7 and 45 heather if you'll put that up david said to the philistine the giant we often think of david as the giant slayer as well he says you come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield but i come to you in the name of the lord of hosts the god of the armies of israel not the god i don't come to you against against you in the name of saul right the leader of the army is i come against you in the name of the god of the armies of israel who you have defied you're not defying saul you're not defying a shepherd boy you're defying god and this next verse says this day will the lord deliver unto thee my thine head and i will smite thee and take thine head and give the carcass of the host of the philistines this day into the fowls of the air and to the wild beast why so that all saul's army can be glorified so that all the earth will know there is a god in israel why do we do this decree brother dylan so that all the earth will know there is a god in israel who still conquers giants giants called financial giants giants called family crisis giants giants called job giants giants called child problem giants god conquers giants today well brother thomas i don't have any giants in my life you live long enough you live long enough and you'll battle some giants so let's all stand as we decree this decree this morning and recite with me thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee and the light shall shine upon thy ways upon the authority of your word i have given and it shall be given to me pressed down shaken together and running over i am a tither i bring my tithe today into your storehouse therefore the enemy is rebuked and the curse is broken i live under an open heaven you pour out upon me such a blessing that there is not room enough to receive it we receive jobs and better jobs raises and bonuses sales and commissions benefits and settlements estates and inheritances interests and income rebates and returns checks in the mail gifts and surprises bills paid off debts demolished royalties received my whole family saved in walking with god perfect health and abundance to walk in divine favor and blessing i am blessed going in i am blessed going out all that i do will prosper in jesus name everybody said amen and you can text to give the keyword parkway church at 73256 thank you and god bless you [Music] please [Applause] [Music] but they don't know you like me too [Music] they haven't seen [Applause] [Music] oh impossible [Music] [Music] we really that hope is never gone so much oh [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] away is [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] me foreign for foreign [Music] [Applause] jesus [Music] so i believe you said therefore is [Music] [Music] you said [Applause] and i believe [Music] it is [Music] is is is this morning come on if the word of the lord said it that you can believe it that you can stand upon it that is true is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you said [Applause] [Applause] god we believe [Applause] why [Music] [Applause] [Music] when you've said it's [Music] [Music] hallelujah if you believe god's word he said it it's done i believe what god has said hallelujah what a beautiful day to worship god i know typically we stand but you may be seated as a congregation it is a privilege and i'm getting ready to bring precious people that god has connected me unto and my wife and our family and i believe they're going to be connected to this church for a long time at camp meeting i had the privilege of meeting desi and rachel lugo they are going to and they will be missionaries to vanuatu so sister rachel if you'll come up join your husband amen i am so privileged that god has connected us and uh i'm just excited i you know there's moments in our in all of our lives where you can tell god's doing something but you just don't know exactly what but i know that god how many of you would testify god has this church in the palm of his hand we belong to him we are his possession and god is orchestrating our steps it is a joy to welcome this couple to this great church would you give jesus and them a hand clap of appreciation as he comes now [Music] [Applause] greetings parkway church it is our absolute delight and honor and privilege to be here with you today we have been looking forward to this for some time and we are so excited to be in service with you on behalf of my family i am desi lugo and this is my wife rachel she's going to speak in a moment we have our three children with us desi kendall and dinah here on the front row we'll be around after service we'd be delighted to meet more of you and talk to you and i just i don't have enough words to say about the friendship that god has bestowed on us with the dylans and what an honor and a privilege it is to be here today as your pastor mentioned we are headed to the island nation of vanuatu and so just by a show of hands i'm just curious how many of you know where vanuatu is my daughter is raising her hands she doesn't count it's okay i see a couple hands up now if you knew i was coming how many of you googled vanuatu and learned within the last week where it was if you had your hand up that's probably most of you who had your hand up that's okay most people don't know where it was and we're not showing our missions video today but we've had several of you ask where is vanuatu and i thought i need to make that clear so can you put up that first picture you can see this super detailed map with a little arrow i drew vanuatu is an island nation a tiny island nation in the middle of the south pacific so if you see kind of in the middle of all that blue my little black arrow pointing to a circle that's vanuatu can you go to the next picture we'll zoom in a little more it's a chain of about 80 islands in the south pacific 750 miles west of fiji you'll see another arrow that island circled right in the middle that is the island of efate and the capital city of port vila is located on that island that is where we are moving to and we are excited to be in port vila and you got to have context for this because in port villa you know what we're going to have electricity and running water yeah this is what they call a developing nation which means that it's what when i grew up we called it a third world country today we say we don't say third world we say it's a developing nation so vanuatu is a developing nation there are a whopping two count at one two cities across those 80 islands and so we will be living in the capital city of port villa there is one other city on an island to the north of us outside of those cities it is still very tribal meaning grass hut villages with communal campfire cookings where they live just off of whatever they can grow from the land and whatever fish they catch out of the water it is a little bit of a slower pace than you have in madison mississippi we've been told to get used to island time because where we're headed they'll get to it today maybe and if not we'll work on it tomorrow maybe that's kind of how it works there we are in the process of waiting for our visa applications to be finalized god has been so good to us you all we are excited to be here but you are a special service you just don't realize it you are our last stop as we are traveling and raising our budget so we thank god for that lord willing in the name of jesus we will be ready to depart later this month our visa application has been in process we're just waiting for it to get finalized we're waiting for this call sometime in the next couple weeks and in jesus name our application will be complete our visa will be ready god is opening amazing doors for us this nation is actually closed due to covet and health restrictions again developing nation they don't have a public health care system so you understand if covet breaks out on these islands there's not a way to treat it and so they have to be very very cautious but god makes a way any of you ever have an example of where god made away from you so we're getting ready to go and then all of a sudden things get worse and they lock the islands back down and you can't get in the only way you can get on these islands is if you are a citizen or a resident of those islands and they're willing to repatriate you back so we talked to the veteran missionaries we're going to assist there peter and robin grayson and they went and talked to the department of labor which is open on tuesdays by the way the government of vanuatu is open on tuesdays island time right so he went and talked to the department of labor and they said well we'll tell you what you submit the application with them and we'll begin working on this and we will grant them a work visa and then immediately after the work visa will turn around and we will grant them residency and then once they get residency then we can book an emergency flight and repatriate them back to the island so our work visa has been submitted and it's being finalized in the next day or two and then we start on our residency applications so just so we're clear this is our first term we have never been there there's a global pandemic going on right now you cannot get to the there are no flights to this island it is a closed nation but it's where god is sending us and so and yet we are being made residents of an island nation we've never stepped foot on and by the end of this month we're not going with just a work permit we're not just going as missionaries we are going as residents of this island nation under an emergency repatriation order so we can get there and do the work that god has planned for us and we are excited to go and it is because of the support of churches like you that we are able to do this and so i'm going to give the microphone to my wife rachel she wants to greet you before we turn further good afternoon i think i haven't almost afternoon is getting close and hello to everybody online it is so good to be here um when the lord asked us to leave delaware which is where we were pastoring and to go to a place we've never been it took me a minute just a minute i'm a little slow to change i tell god i'm going to obey i just need a minute just give me just a minute and the lord gave me a minute to think about it kind of process and we were very excited to be going and when i was praying yesterday about this service the lord reminded me of our common ancestor of noah and when god said destruction was coming on the whole earth he said but there's somebody that's serving me and he gave noah some instruction he said if you'll obey me i'll birth the rest of the human race out of you now god says things and it sounds real simple it's not always easy to do but he told noah if you'll go somewhere if you'll go into the unknown into a place you've never been i'm going to do a great work through you and then later on we see him call abraham and he said abraham if you'll go into a country into the unknown with me not only am i going to make you a father of many nations but i'm actually gonna birth myself out of you and i'm gonna birth salvation for the entire human race and i just felt today that there's anybody here that's hearing the voice of god and he's calling you into an unknown place there's only one answer to that and that is yes lord and i will obey because with obedience god will birth something in you in your family and in your community that a future you can't even imagine so we don't know what god's going to do all we know is we're saying yes and we're going to obey and i know that there are many people here today the lord's speaking to and no matter how afraid you feel no matter how uncertain it is and if you're like god you're asking me to step into something i have no clue about the best answer is yes and god always honors that obedience and i'm so glad to be a part of the body of christ that is always stepping forward as one we may be stepping into vanuatu but you're stepping into madison some of you are stepping into california some of you are stepping into job situations where god has a whole congregation there for you to share the gospel with because it's the body of christ we don't go to vanuatu alone you don't go to work alone you don't go out into your community alone none of us are alone because the body of christ moves in unity and we take that step together and i am so appreciative and thankful for the body of christ and that you are stepping with us and that we are stepping with you we love you in jesus name [Applause] i forgot to tell this great congregation the lord motivated me that as for the desi lugo is speaking that we are his last stop and i put these offering baskets not now but as the lord moves or perhaps at the end of the service however god moves because we are a spirit-led people and you know that there's absolutely no pressure whatsoever but i sincerely want to be a blessing to this great couple that god has connected us to so just as god moves and as he ministers we're going to be led by the holy ghost can somebody say amen amen thank you jesus final thing before i turn to the scriptures and i appreciate your patience you may have noticed that there's a little table set up out there i'm apologizing we had bookmarks with our pretty family picture and all we ran out you guys are our last stop so i don't have that but we do have out on that table some books part of our ministry has been writing my wife and i do a lot of writing a lot of discipleship sunday school curriculum etc etc one of the things my wife was blessed to do two years ago she wrote a devotional called lord i am coming these are 12 guided reflections this is designed for anyone no matter what your level of relationship with jesus you could give this to someone who knows nothing and they're just walking towards jesus you could pick this up as a seasoned christian it has scriptures it has references questions to ask yourself journaling activities etc these are available out in your foyer area we will be there after church if you would like to come by and pick up a copy of this book it's 15 we would like to sell you one she would be happy to sign it even if you don't pick up a book come by greet our family shake our hands introduce yourself we are delighted to be here my wife is a local girl you may not know that but mississippi is her home and so we're excited to be back here she's from greenville mississippi wayne ellard's church so some of you some of you seasoned people who may know that area so we have lived from coast to coast i mean that we met in bible college in california we were there for 10 years after bible college and then after that we were in st louis and then after that we were in delaware so we we've been everywhere but for her it's exciting to be here not only with friends but because this is home and she is glad to be back in mississippi and we are glad to be here with you thank you so much for partnering with us it's because of people like you that we are able to do what we are going to do and i sincerely say that with a grateful heart it is our privilege to be here and we are so thankful to have this opportunity all right how many of you are ready for the preaching of the word how many of you are ready to receive what god would have for us would you stand with me just for my opening scripture today heavenly father we thank you so much for what you're doing in this place for the manifestation of your spirit that is already present here for the way that you are moving may our hearts be open to the preaching of your word may our minds receive what you have and learn from it may our eyes and our ears be in tune with your spirit and your voice and we pray this in jesus name in jesus name exodus 29 if you can put that first scripture reference up on the screen verses four through seven exodus 29 4-7 these are the instructions for aaron's anointing as he became the high priest and it says and aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and you shall wash them with water and then you shall take the garments and put the tunic on aaron and the robe of the ephod the ephod and the breastplate and you will gird him with the intricately woven band of the ephod and you shall put the turban on his head and put the holy crown on that turban and you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him and anoint him how many of you want god's anointing on your life how many of you want god's anointing on your ministry on this church as you reach out to this community i think that's something we could all agree on we want god's anointing and so with the help of the lord if you will stay with me for just a little bit i'll tell you real briefly it was the friday morning the last morning of camp meeting this is when i got to meet your pastor that week and began to develop a friendship with him and the lord woke me up early that morning and i am not a morning person so early is probably not early for you but 6 a.m is early for me and he began to speak to me and we're on the campground staying in a friend's trailer and i'm quietly sitting on the couch typing as fast as i can notes as god was speaking to me in my prayer time and and he gave me a very specific message and he said if jason dillon asks you to come to his church you are to go to that church and this is the message that you are to preach to that congregation and i don't normally share that but i want you to know this is a special message that i have no doubt that god has specifically in mind for this body for this local congregation he gave it to me two months ago and he had not yet invited me i had just met him the day before and we began a friendship and then just a couple weeks later as we were on the phone he said if you can fit it before you leave i want you to come here and i said we will make sure that happens so i come to you today not because i'm anything special but i come to you today with a very special message that god spoke to me for this congregation it's just simply titled anointing and if you will stay with me for the next little while it's a little bit different i'm in more of a teaching mode but i want to talk to you about god's anointing and how you can have it on your life how you can have it in your ministry how this congregation can have it as you reach this community and so if you agree to be in tune and sensitive with the spirit to me today can you say amen and you can go ahead and be seated and we're going to talk just a little while about anointing now i'm i was a pastor and i am a pastor and we're going to the missions field and i know what it is to be in church on a sunday morning and we have expectations about what we think is going to happen on a sunday morning and so i'm telling you up front i'm in a little bit of a different mode than i normally am and most certainly as i am traveling on deputation and as we speak as missionaries i want your active listening ears open for the next few minutes and so if you're a notetaker take notes you have my permission you take notes on your phone or with paper whatever if you're not typically a note taper i'm not telling you to become a note taker right this section but but i i want you and i pray in jesus name that that you will receive this because it has changed the way that i pray in my personal prayer time and i want to just take the next few minutes and i want to walk through some scriptures with you and i want to talk to you about god's anointing and what it means to have god's anointing in his life because this is something i will tell you for years in ministry that i have prayed for how many times have you prayed for anointing all of you ministers how many times you've prayed how many of you out there have you ever prayed for god to anoint you to do something we understand that this is important from scripture we know that this is a key if we're going to work in god's kingdom and so we pray for god's anointing but let's be honest when we talk about the anointing how many of you have ever made a statement like whoa that was anointed anybody know what i'm talking about it's a little bit fuzzy isn't it if we're honest if i say that was anointed and you say that was anointed we might mean different things so so what is it in scripture when someone is anointed what is it that we're actually asking for in our own prayer time when we say god anoint me for your ministry and your kingdom i've been wrestling with this throughout my ministry and spending time in prayer talking to god about it and that morning the last morning of camp meeting he woke me up early that morning he said i want to talk to you and i sat on the couch and he just began to speak to me and bring scriptures to mine and i was taking notes as fast as i could and this is what god told me so i'm going to read and i don't typically read sermons i want to be very precise with this and i'm going to give it to you as god gave it to me and what he said that morning is that all all authority comes from god and then it returns to god it comes from god and it returns to god what we call anointing is actually god's authority that has been delegated for a specific task or for a role if you want to understand the biblical idea of anointing you need to understand that the biblical sense of anointing is god's authority that has been delegated for a specific task or role when that task or that role is complete or when that authority is abused that anointing returns back to god he takes it back so it could be that he anoints a person for a task or a role and when that task or role is complete that anointing that authority comes back to god because their assignment is done or it could be that he anoints someone for a task or a role and we'll walk through some scriptures and i'll demonstrate this and when they abuse that power god will yank it right back because all authority comes from god and all authority returns to god so what this means and what we've got to understand is that by default all anointing is temporary let me say that again all all anointing is temporary it is not yours to keep you cannot hold on to god's anointing why can you not hold on to it because it's actually an invitation from god to participate with him in the power and in the function of his authority god is inviting you to participate in what he's doing in his kingdom and when he delegates his authority to someone for a specific task he anoints them for that task so when we understand that anointing is about god's authority and that it is on loan to us to do something in his kingdom then we can get aligned spiritually with what he's really trying to do because i'll let the cat out of the bag right now it's not about you it's not about your ability it's not about what you can accomplish it's not about you're a title it's about god's kingdom and his glory and if you will get aligned with him the way that he wants us to be aligned then his authority will flow through you in other words his anointing will flow through you but authority is a concept let's be real that most of us struggle with in the western world we don't like the idea of authority we're americans right this is murica i'm going to do it my way i'm going to do it the way that i want ain't nobody going to tell me what to do because it's my land my property my house my family it's built into our culture it's the air we breathe i am not mocking being a mayor i'm an american i live here too well you know for another two three weeks i live here too all right this is the way i've been raised i am not making light of that but we also have to understand built into our cultural dna is this idea that i'm going to pull myself up from my bootstraps and if i work hard enough i can build a life here and i can do great things and i can do it my way that's the american dream isn't it tell me where you find that in the bible though see it's his kingdom not yours and he will let you do it your way he's just not going to anoint it so if you want god's anointing then you need to understand the way his kingdom operates and his kingdom operates for his purposes and for his glory not your glory he's not interested in sharing it with you it's his kingdom and it's his glory and when we understand that aspect of authority then we can begin to do great and mighty things in his kingdom let me give an example of this matthew chapter 8 verses 5 through 10. this is also found in luke chapter 7. it's the story of this centurion get the picture this is the occupying army we're in the land of palestine under a military occupation and a foreign nation has forcibly taken control of their land these are the bad guys and here is a roman military officer and yet jesus is willing to talk to him matthew chapter 8 or rather jesus is willing to talk to him but watch what this centurion does the centurion doesn't even need to talk to jesus that's the real point let's look at what it says matthew chapter 8 verses 5 through 10. now when jesus had entered capernaum a centurion came to him pleading with him saying lord my servant is lying at home paralyzed dreadfully tormented and jesus said i will come and heal him jesus just said i will come to your house do you realize how shocking that is for everyone around jesus good jews don't do that and they most certainly go to the enemy's house no no but jesus said i will come to your house with you and yet watch the centurion's response the centurion answered him verse 8 and said lord i am not worthy that you should come under my roof but only speak a word and my servant will be healed and we say glory hallelujah yes the spoken word watch the centurion watch the foreign soldiers understanding verse 9 for i also am a man what under authority having soldiers under me and i say to this one go and he goes and to another come and he comes and to my servant do this and he does it and when jesus heard it he marveled and he said to those who followed assuredly i say to you i have not found such great faith not even in israel jesus turns around to the disciples who live with him by the way who travel with him who are watching him walk on water who are watching him raise the dead who are watching him feed multiple thousands of people with a handful of fish and just a few pieces of bread he turns to that group of people and he says this man has greater faith than all of you why because that man understood authority and what was his response to jesus he didn't say i know how authority works because i'm a roman officer i know how authority works because i'm in charge in this area that's not what he said he said i know how authority works because i am under authority and i have people who are under my authority do you know why that centurion had the power to tell people to go and to come because he worked for caesar and caesar was the emperor who controlled that entire area and he worked on behalf of caesar that roman sincerity that roman centurion had authority and it was delegated authority from caesar it wasn't that he as an individual actually had authority it's what he represented as an officer in that military and when he spoke he spoke on behalf of caesar and he understood that and so now he meets god face to face and he meets this miracle man who is willing to come to his home which is already crazy enough and he says don't i'm not worthy that you come to mind this is a man who represents caesar this is a man who represents the emperor himself and he's speaking to this man in an occupied territory and he says i'm not worthy that you come into my house you just speak it and it will happen because i know how authority works and in response to his faith and in response to his understanding of authority his servant was healed and jesus comments to his disciples who live with him who travel with him who are watching him do the miraculous and he says this man has greater faith than all of you because he understood authority and his concept of authority was i have authority because i'm under authority and if you want to understand the way authority works how it really works in god's kingdom then you have to understand where it comes from and it comes from god and you have to stay under god's authority if you want to operate in his kingdom and when we learn to be obedient and when we learn to be submissive to god then we can really begin to operate under his anointing if you want to understand anointing you have to understand god's authority and as i said at the beginning all authority comes from god and it returns to god it's on loan to you you do not get to keep it and as you use it it's god flowing through you it's never yours to control it's never yours to own and it's never really about you it's about who you represent and just as that roman centurion understood i am an officer in this military and i represent caesar we have to understand if we're going to work in god's kingdom and operate in his anointing that i work for the king of kings and the lord of lords and it's his name and his kingdom that needs to be glorified and as long as i am obedient and submissive to him and i am under that authority then i can operate in it that's how anointing really works in god's kingdom let me give you a case in point who was the most anointed person in all of history this is not a trick question it's jesus christ luke 4 16-21 so he came to nazareth where he had been brought up he was in his hometown and as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day so it's a worship service and he stood up to read and he was handed the book of the prophet isaiah and when he had opened the book he found the place where it was written the spirit of the lord is upon me because he has anointed me jesus is making a public proclamation of his authority and he's making a public a proclamation of why he has authority because the spirit of the lord is upon me it's settled on me why because i am anointed and watch this it's not just a general anointing even jesus proclaims you're anointed for a task what is his anointing for he's now going to spell it out he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives the recovery of sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are oppressed to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord jesus is publicly declaring i am a man under authority and now i have the authority to do these things then he closed the book and he gave it back to the attendant and he sat down in the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on him thinking what on earth is this man doing and so you can imagine he sits down and everybody's staring at him and i imagine this is my imagination there's probably a long pregnant pause he's making sure he's got everybody's attention and then he began to say to them today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing in other words he's saying isaiah was talking about me and i am anointed i have the authority to do these things so as jesus listen carefully to what i'm saying as jesus god became human he was fully god and he was fully man if you struggle with that you need to go re-read first second and third john john makes it very plain yes he's god but he was also a human being and so jesus was god become human and he came for a very specific task he was anointed for his ministry and so because he was anointed for this very specific task he exercised authority like no one else scripture even says it matthew 7 verses 28 and 29 and so it was when jesus had ended these sayings this is the end of what we call the sermon on the mount you can go back and read that later and so at the end of the sermon on the mount the people were astonished at his teaching why are the people astonished at jesus teaching verse 29 for he taught them as what as one having authority and not as the scribes the scribes are the religious leaders who have learned the law they've memorized the law they're the ones whose job it is to make very careful copies of the scriptures remember there's no printing press everything's written down by hand not everybody knows how to read and write this is a specialized training that these specific religious leaders have and their sole job is to internalize the scriptures to know them forward and backward to make copies of the scriptures to be interpreters of the law when called upon in court as necessary by the sanhedrin these are the experts on the scriptures and yet masses of people are coming out into the countryside to listen to this judean country boy explain the scriptures and they're astonished at what he's saying and he teaches like nobody else and he does not teach like the religious leaders and the congregation the crowds the multitudes are the ones saying he has authority everywhere jesus went they recognized that he operated different than everybody else around him and when jesus spoke he spoke with authority why because he was anointed for that specific task jesus who was both fully god and fully human lived in perfect obedience and submission to the father even now listen to this statement because this makes us uncomfortable even when as a human he did not want to do what was assigned to him it's easier for us to imagine jesus as a man on a mission coming here to save the world but go read your scriptures and read them slowly and carefully there were times when he did not want to do what was assigned to him i'll give you scripture for it luke 22 verses 41 and 42 this is the garden of gethsemane understand understand we're down to less than 24 hours before his public execution and he knows what is coming and as he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw he knelt down and he prayed father if it is your will take this cup away from me nevertheless not my will but your will be done let me put that for you in plain 21st century language god i don't want to do this he's going to be executed the next morning for a crime he didn't commit and in a last desperate plea scripture says he prayed so hard he sweat drops of blood and he is begging god this is god become human and as a human he's begging him anything but this anyway but this i don't want to do this i don't want this oh jesus help us to hear it but not my will nevertheless if you could take this cup away from me god some other way let it happen but if this is what you have to do then your will not mine you know what this tells me if jesus christ struggled to be obedient to the will of god then it's perfectly okay for you to be human and to struggle when god tells you to do something and not want to do it jesus did not want to go to calvary but look at the example not my will not what i want what you want the most anointed person in history the man with the most spiritual authority in all of human creation still struggled at the end to do what god wanted to do but he submitted himself and he said i will do what you want and i will do it the way you want to do it you want to understand authority you have to be under authority you have to be obedient you've got to be submitted well what about when the authority over me is corrupt because this is my prayer time remember i'm being very candid with you today this is me early in the morning sitting there talking to god about this and i went there i said well god what about you know when authority over me is corrupt what about when there's an abuse of power what if what if the situation is not right because i don't want to be submitted under something like that and this is what god told me he said i like order and structure god sets up and he ordains kings and government as an outflow of his authority you want to know that god likes order and structure just look at the created world around you do you realize if our planet was just a little bit farther from the sun we'd all freeze to death if it was just a little bit closer we'd all burn up our planet hangs suspended in space flying through space in a circular motion around our sun at exactly the right position to sustain life on this earth don't tell me that god doesn't like order and precision and structure all you have to do is look at the created world around you and he said to me i like order and structure and so human kings and government human authority that's an outflow of my authority this is why by the way the new testament instructs us to pray for government leaders regardless if they are scripture so let me read to you a few scriptures that i know we just all love romans 13 1-2 let every soul every soul be subject to the governing authorities every soul be subject to the governing authorities for there is no authority except from god and the authorities that exist are appointed by god therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinances in other words the instructions the commands of god and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves this is romans 13. do you understand this is the apostle paul writing about human authority writing about the roman government writing to a group of christians saying we are to be subject to it because all authority comes from god first timothy 2 1-3 therefore i exert first of all that supplications and prayers and intercessions and what giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and all who are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life and in all godliness and reverence for this is the good and acceptable in the sight of god our savior we are to be thankful for the authorities over us and pray for them first peter chapter 2 verses 13 through 15. you don't like paul all right let's go to peter instead therefore submit yourself to every ordinance of man for the lord's sake whether to the king as supreme or to governors as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good for this is the will of god what is the will of god that we are submitted to authority i don't like these scriptures any more than you do but it's what the bible says and if you want to be a disciple of christ his clear command is that we pray for the leadership that's over us whether they're christian or not and keep in mind paul and peter were not under christian leadership they're under a government that opposes them and eventually is going to execute them for the gospel they preach and yet these men could write you pray for that leadership and you submit to it because it's the will of god and it's what pleases him see we often talk about corrupt politicians we talk about corrupt leaders corrupt government etc but what we're really looking at is authority that's been exercised without obedience to god when authority listen to this when authority is exercised without obedience to god it's abuse when authority is exercised without obedience to god it's abuse so we should not be surprised at corrupt politicians or corrupt governments or corrupt fill in the blank because we live in a broken and a sinful world and so if you take god out of the equation and you hand someone authority and power what are they going to do with it they're going to be selfish with it they're going to abuse it it does not make it okay but it shouldn't surprise us that we deal with corrupt government because you've taken god out of the equation of course it's going to get corrupt if we are left to ourselves we want authority oh let's be real we all want authority any of you want authority and if you want to be in charge and if you want power of course we do but if we are left to ourselves we want that power and authority but we want it without submission and obedience because those are ugly words i like authority i like power i like being in charge submission what's that word obedience that's for somebody else that's why i'm in charge right so they have to be obedient to me see if we're left to ourselves we get selfish real quick that's that's our broken nature all right that's the way we are as humans and this goes all the way back to our original sin at the very beginning of our story a serpent comes and deceives eve and she is convinced to rebel in other words she's convinced to disobey what god has instructed her to do and how does this serpent entice eve to disobey god he entices her with power and authority says you see that forbidden fruit you're not really going to die in fact if you eat that go read it this is genesis chapter 3 verse 15 or 5 genesis 3 5. i didn't give you the reference it's okay you don't need to put it up but what the serpent tells eve is you will be like god what's the hook how does he convince eve to disobey and rebel against god he says if you do this action you will be like him in other words you will have his power put plainly you won't need him anymore because you have his power you'll be your own god then you don't have to be submitted then you don't have to be obedient you can do whatever you want however you want and since adam and eve forward we all struggle with this in our heart i want to do it my way and i want to be in charge and i don't want to be dependent on anybody else for anything else it goes all the way back to that original sin and i'm not condemning anybody i'm just pointing out to you we all struggle with this this is the human condition and so if we are left to ourselves we don't want to be obedient and we don't want to be submitted we just want power this is the plain spoken truth i want authority but i don't want to be under authority so i'm sitting there and i'm talking to god about this as i'm taking notes and it's making me think about my concepts of anointing and this is what god said to me specifically for this church and i don't say this lightly he said you tell my people you don't need to pray for anointing i said god did you say that correctly it surprised me i wrote it down word for word to make sure i got this right and god said yes you tell my people you don't need to pray for anointing pray to be obedient and submissive when you are obedient to my voice i will anoint you it really is that simple and so parkway i come to you today with a word of encouragement that you want anointing and you want god moving in your life and he spoke to me to tell this congregation you tell them they don't have to pray for anointing they need to pray to be obedient and submissive and if they'll be obedient to my voice i will anoint them see we often use the word anointing in kind of a fuzzy way when we pray and so we make these fuzzy prayer requests and i do it too by the way so i'm throwing no stones and then we get fuzzy results sometimes something or someone is anointed and other times it's not anybody feel like that in your own prayer time in your own walk with god as you try to follow after him anybody have that experience right sometimes you feel like wow that was anointed and other times you feel like what just happened because we don't know what we're doing and we're not precise and we're not deliberate in the way that we're talking to god about it so you don't need to pray these exact words but pray something like this father help me to be obedient and submitted to your voice help me to function under your authority don't let it be about me let it be about your glory this is the prayer i prayed right before coming to this pulpit not because i'm anything special but it's changed the way i think about operating in the spirit and being sensitive to the spirit i don't need to pray that god anoints me i need to pray that i'm obedient and submitted because if i'm in tune with what god wants to do and i'm obedient to him and i'm submitted to him and i do what he tells me to do in the way that he tells me to do it by default it'll be anointed by default his spirit will operate and it'll flow through me it will flow through you you don't have to pray for anointing you have to pray that you're obedient and that you're submitted and when we are obedient and submitted to god as a natural outcome his spirit will flow through you because now you're in tune with what he wants to do now it's not about you it's about him and his kingdom the key to tapping into the anointing of god is our posture in other words our submission and our obedience to him do what god tells you to do the way that he tells you to do it and you will work with his power and authority and so if you only remember one thing that i say today this is the important takeaway the key to tapping into the anointing of god is our posture in other words our submission and our obedience to him if you do what god tells you to do in the way that god tells you to do it you will be anointed you will operate in his power and his authority and when it's explained this way it's pretty simple isn't it but simple does not mean easy those are not synonymous terms it is a simple concept it is not easy to do if you will be obedient and you will be submitted his authority will flow through you god wants his spirit to be active in this church he wants his spirit to be active in your community and in your neighborhood and when you're on the job and when you're talking to your neighbors he wants to flow through you but he needs you to be obedient and submitted to him so you got to do what he tells you to do the way he tells you to do it and when you get that right it'll flow out of you i have more notes and i want to bring this to a close i'm going to try and go very very fast i just want to give you some backup i want to show you this now from another angle just so you can see how this fits together and you'll realize that this fits with every single bible character you can think of so there are three elements to what we call this anointing can you put up my first infographic i'm a teacher forgive me i have a venn diagram the three elements that overlap are divine authority position and ability and when these three overlap it's what we often refer to as god's anointing and so there's three elements in it i'm gonna go quickly how about the divine authority element remember i said that all authority comes from god and it flows back to god and so that means that all anointing starts with god and it ends with god when we talk about anointing in ministry when we talk about anointing in god's kingdom the biggest element of this equation is the divine authority that god has granted an individual to perform a specific task or a function or you could say a role in his kingdom when god authorizes someone to do something he anoints them in other words he delegates his authority to them that's what it means to be anointed by god it means to have god's authority delegated to you for a specific task or purpose the difference between someone doing something in a regular way and someone doing something in an anointed way is that god-given delegated divine authority they're operating in when you operate in that delegated divine authority you're operating with anointing when you operate without that authority you're operating on your own behalf that's the difference the second part of it is position position does not equal god empowered authority position is the human side of the authority equation so what we call anointing that divine authority that's the spiritual god side of the equation the human side of the authority equation is your position so when someone is given or you could say when someone is elected in our government system to a position that human that is the human public recognition of their authority and responsibility we elect a president that president now operates with authority it's the human side of the equation you with me so far god will honor human authority that's why i read you those scriptures from peter and paul where he says to pray for those who are in leadership over you because god wants things to work in an ordered and structured way so god will honor human authority but remember that all authority comes from god and it returns to god so therefore all positions of authority are temporary hear me again all positions of authority are temporary they have a starting point and they have an end date the end date might be the end of someone's life take for instance a king like in the old testament but all authority is temporary because it all belongs to god so it comes to you and at some point it's going to leave think of any position of authority from a president all the way down to you as a parent you have authority over that child but you're not really going to be able to make that child do whatever you want their entire life are you see all positions of authority have a start and an end date that end date may be the end of someone's life depending on the position say like a king but if the leader in that position does not stay obedient and submitted to god the position will be corrupted and the leadership will become abusive and it doesn't matter if it's inside the church or outside the church again think scale of authority from president all the way to parent we all know of situations of abuse what is that really a reflection of that's power someone has over another person that they're operating in an incorrect manner so when we're not submitted and obedient to god we very quickly lean that way it's very quick for us to abuse power look at king saul god anointed him to be the leader of israel and then god took that anointing back why did he take it back because he was rebellious and he wouldn't listen and he was going to do it his own way and so god took saul's anointing his authority as king his spiritual authority and he put it on david but watch this even though david was anointed as the king saul was still king for decades until he died so now you've got a scenario where you have someone in the position but without god's anointing and what do you have you have an incredibly abusive leader third part of it ability don't confuse anointing with ability they work hand in hand they go together but they are distinct and often times god will grant us ability for a certain task watch this after he anoints us to do it go look at gideon in the old testament the more that we function in that role or task the more our ability will grow this is natural it's the way that god designed us he wants you to learn he wants you to grow he wants you to develop and so oftentimes god will anoint someone and then the ability comes afterwards it's not always that way but you often see that in scripture but however you have to be careful that as ability grows we do not become dependent solely on our abilities now watch the weird inverse relationship that happens in god's kingdom the greater your ability is the more reliant you have to be on god in order to operate in anointing why why is it why is it that the greater the ability someone has the more reliant they have to be on a spirit i'll be real candid with you i've been teaching and instructing and working in ministry for a long time i've got education in this that's not important right now i've got lots of qualifications lots of ministry experience i could stand up here and talk for hours on the word of god give me a book and we can go i've got lots of training and my develop my abilities have developed over time but that doesn't mean i'm anointed because i'm operating in my own ability the greater your ability the more reliant you have to be on god because if you operate outside of submission to what he's asking you to do you quickly quickly start relying just on your own ability and it doesn't matter if i'm a preacher or i'm a teacher or i'm a musician or i'm a servant somewhere else in god's kingdom the greater my ability the easier it is to just rely on my abilities the more tempting it is just to show up and coast through it and my ability which comes from god turns into an idol in my life and i very quickly can turn inward look what i can do look what i can accomplish look at how talented i am you want a biblical example of that how about king nebuchadnezzar how'd that one work out look at everything i've built as he strolls around the top of his palace grounds looking out over his kingdom and it was a kingdom and it was impressive and from heaven god looked down at that little ant and he said oh your ability your kingdom all right and now he's a wild animal crawling around on all fours eating grass out in a field lost out of his mind because god was not going to tolerate that from a man in that level of position it literally turned to an idol as nebuchadnezzar makes a copy of himself and says to everybody you now worship that so the greater your and i want you to develop abilities go to school kids all right get an education develop what you can do in god's kingdom but the greater your ability becomes the more reliant you have to be on the leading of the spirit not the less reliant you know why gideon at the beginning was able to do some amazing things because he had no clue what he was doing he was so desperate and terrified he had to rely on what god told him to do and so god used him in mighty and wonderful ways but the story of gideon ends tragically you go to the end of that story and now we're years later and now gideon's in charge and he's the judge of israel and it quickly becomes corrupt why because he quit being reliant on god telling him what to do god gave him the ability and he grew into an amazing leader and then he relied just on his own leadership and it fell apart the more your ability the more you have to be relying on god i'm almost done thank you for staying with me let's go to that next picture so let's talk about when this scenario this divine authority this position and this ability triad when it gets all messed up what if you've got divine authority and you've got a position but you don't have ability well that's gideon like we talked about at the beginning if god anoints you for a task or a role you'll be given the position at some point human authority and yet you don't have the ability so now what well it should follow very quickly god often anoints us for work that's beyond our ability so we'll be dependent on him as we're getting started gideon's in a desperate place and he has no clue what to do and he's freaking out and so he's very reliant on god but as we begin to work he grants us ability that grows over time and if the ability doesn't follow then something's off maybe the person is missing some instruction that god has given them maybe they're being disobedient maybe there's some other thing that they need to get together if it's not corrected quickly god will remove the anointing and this is a terrible place to end up you just think in your own life have you ever met someone who's in a position of authority who has no ability who's not anointed that's a really bad place to be all the adults in the room have you ever seen that someone in a position of authority with no ability and no anointing from god yeah it gets bad quick so that can happen so you see how when one of these three elements is not right things go sideways real quick okay we'll go to the next picture what if you have design authority and you have position or excuse me you have ability but you don't have a position yet that's a very real world scenario case in point david this combination usually happens when someone enters a new role or ministry that god called them to case in point god anoints david to be the next king god grants them the authority and as they're obedient to him their ability grows case in point david fights with goliath we just read about it earlier today and then he grows into this mighty warrior when the story starts david is not a mighty warrior his ability grows and he's obedient to god so he retains god's authority but sometimes people are slow to recognize what god is doing david had to wait decades and so that recognition and the human position the human side of that authority lags behind and this is a frustrating place to be and when you find yourself in this place where you have ability and god has told you to do something and he's anointed you and given you authority for task but you don't have the position to be able to do it you must hear me you must stay submitted that's why i talked about obedience and submission if you are not careful it's very very easy to get cynical and critical in this scenario it would have been very easy for david to get cynical even when god authorizes you to do something when he gives you the ability to do it he still expects us to be submitted to the leadership that's over us david would not remove saul from power touch not my anointed david knew he was abusive david knew he had lost his position david knew he was supposed to be the king but he wasn't going to remove saul you cannot ignore the chain of command i.e the current leadership that's over you and yet still expect that god's going to anoint you to do things your own way it doesn't work that way god will yank that back from you so fast you won't know what hit you if you find yourself in this scenario you have to be in regular conversation with god you've got to be in prayer about it you got to talk to god about your frustration because you are going to be frustrated if you have ability and god has asked you to do something but you don't have any human authority to carry that out and somewhere in your walk with god this will happen to you at least once and it's a test of your spirit and your posture because god wants to know will you stay submitted to the authority that's over you and usually when you're called to something great there's a lagging period often a long period god anoints david to be the king of israel that's as big as it gets in his day and he has to wait decades for this to actually come to fruition ask god to give you wisdom and grace when you approach the leadership that's over you ask god to help you stay humble and submitted because even if the leadership over you is in disobedience to what god wants god will correct the situation or he'll move you somewhere else where he can then allow you to operate the way he wants you to but you do not take matters into your own hands when you take it into your own hands it'll just blow up in your face you're frustrated because you've got this ability and god's stirring things in your heart and he wants you to do fill in the blank in his kingdom but you don't have access and authority you don't have a human position to do it yet and so you're getting impatient with god and you say god i'm just going to go ahead and do this not going to end well this is not my notes but go look at abraham and sarah you're going to end up with an ishmael on your hands if you decide you're just going to fix it help god out by doing it now in your own timing sometimes god anoints you for something sometimes he gives the ability for something and then he says now wait are you going to stay submitted are you going to stay obedient to the leadership that's over you if you want to operate in his anointing and you've got to stay submitted and you've got to stay obedient and then finally last picture and i know i'm going along today and i appreciate you hanging with me what if it's a situation where someone has the human position and they have the human ability but they don't have the divine authority if god removes his authority from the equation then you end up with a leader who's in a position and they have ability but now they're only functioning on their own effort that leader could be incredibly gifted but they are not working under god's anointing so this happens when a leader either decides to do something their own way now i'm talking in the church and they're going to do it their own way and god says all right fine you can do it your own way i'm just going to take my authority off of you so now all you have is human authority in other words the position you're in and all you have is whatever ability you've accumulated to this point and if you want to do something your way god will let you do it go ask jacob if you want to do something your way god will let you do it you're just not going to function with his anointing with his authority or the other scenario where that can happen is when someone stays in a position or a role too long god tells them your time is up i'm transitioning you away from this i have something else for you to do in my kingdom and they grasp onto it and they hold on to it and god says all right and he removes his hand from them and so they've still got the position and they've still got whatever ability they've accumulated up to this point but god's no longer operating through them and so when we do that god will remove his authority from us this is what happened with king saul he has the position and he does have some ability as a leader and as a king he's learned how to be a king he's a bad one but he's learned how to be a king and god has taken his hand off of him and he said i am taking my authority from you because you won't submit to me and you won't be obedient to what i'm telling you to do i'm going to put it on this man instead and he puts it on a young man teenager and you watch saul slowly descend into anarchy over the rest of his life because now he has a position and now he's got some ability but god's not in this scenario and it happens because we're not obedient to what he's asking us to do because again god's anointing only flows through obedience and submission so i'm coming to a close will you stand with me i know this was very different for a sunday morning but i come as a word of encouragement to you and we're gonna have a prayer time in just a few moments so you get ready for this because god wants to demonstrate his power and his authority in this place today he wants signs and wonders and he wants the supernatural to flow and so if the musicians can come they can go ahead and get ready but we have to understand if you want god's anointing in your life it flows through submission and obedience to what he's asking you to do you must be submitted to the leadership that's over you you need to be obedient to what god tells you to do in the way that god tells you to do it don't confuse volume or passion or delivery style or ability for god's anointing the biblical example of anointing is divinely delegated authority it's authority that comes from god to an individual for a task or a role anointing is temporary it's contextual it's for something you're not just generically blanketly anointed god anoints you to do something in his kingdom and so when that's done he's going to take it back from you and that's not a bad thing it just means that god has something else for you to do now it descends on us and it lifts and if you just think about your own experience in god's kingdom you know this to be true you watch anointing descend on something and then you watch it lift and if you want to be in tune with what god wants and i believe he has amazing things in store for parkway not just for pastor dylan not just for the men on this platform but for this congregation and he sent me today to tell you you can have this my anointing is available for anybody in my kingdom and there's no secret special formula in fact it's very simple i just need you to be submitted and i just need you to be obedient you don't have to pray for my anointing you just pray that you're obedient and submitted and if you will be obedient if you will be submitted to me if you will do what i tell you to do when i tell you to do it the way i tell you to do it i'll flow through you because it'll be about me and my kingdom it'll be about my glory it'll be about touching the hearts of your neighbors it'll be about touching your co-worker it'll be about what i am doing and drawing in them will you be a vessel that god can flow through today the hammer has no power on its own it's in the person who operates it you have no power on your own you have no real authority on your own it all belongs to god it will all return to god we're departing literally in weeks to go to the other side of the world to do something new and amazing in our ministry and it has nothing to do with us other than the fact that we said i'll go i am not specially qualified to be a missionary there's not something unique about me that's different than any of you or my wife rachel or our children the difference is god said will you go and we said yes it's that simple parkway can you be obedient to what the spirit is leading you to do can you stay submitted to your leadership if you'll be submitted and you'll be obedient god's spirit can flow through you god can do amazing things through you when it's not about you when it's about his kingdom look at every single bible character and when god moved on them and when god did amazing things it's when they were obedient and submitted look at samson who starts out so incredible and falls so far from grace and at the end of his life he begs god one last time will you put it back on me and god anoints him he gives him that power and authority once again because samson was finally submitted but he had to be broken he had to be broken to the point of death he had to be blinded and shamed and shackled and tied up as a prisoner but when he finally got in the right position god could use him again you don't have to do that it doesn't have to be that way in your life and in your ministry it's an open invitation to participate with him and so now we're going to turn to a time of prayer i'm going to pray a quick prayer and then i'm going to release this congregation and if you want to come down here and pray you can do it if you want to stay in your pew you can do it more specifically if god directs you to go pray for someone today you go do it you want to operate in his anointing you really want to have his power and his authority flow through you then you just simply submit and you're obedient to what he tells you to do when he tells you to do it the way he tells you to do it heavenly father i thank you for the truth of your scriptures lord we thank you for the biblical examples that you give us sometimes it's loud sometimes it's in a still small voice even with a simple message god help us to have our posture correct may we be like the example you give us in jesus where he said not my will but your will be done lord help us to be obedient to what you ask us to do i pray in the name of jesus that your power manifests itself in this place today that your spirit sweeps across this congregation that you begin to demonstrate the supernatural right now as we pray and we submit to you may your anointing rest on this congregation may it descend in this place today in jesus name all right i'm done praying but now you go pray you seek after god he sends him to his spirit what would he have you do this morning come on church it's time to seek after him and spend some time in his presence can we be obedient and submitted to him and allow his power and authority to flow through us [Music] hallelujah church would you yield to the holy ghost as god directs you as god leads you would you yield to the holy ghost that we would be submitted and obedient i bless this congregation today to walk in the authority of the holy ghost i bless every family bless every marriage [Music] my [Music] hallelujah god so i surrender to you today jesus [Music] these precious young people god god every saint of god every man every woman in the name of jesus i [Music] in the name of jesus [Music] [Music] i surrender to you jesus [Music] i want us right now to lift our hands because god has put into this the dna of this church today that we are going to be obedient and we're going to surrender and today i really feel comforted by the holy ghost that god has literally injected us today with the understanding and the knowledge that to be used in god's kingdom we've got to make sure we stay under his authority this is the hallmark of a disciple of jesus christ i am obedient i am surrendered to whatever thus saith the word of god father i pray that you would take what has been preached and spoken today let it feel this building let it fill this people let our dna oh god be stamped and forever marked eternally marked god that we're gonna seek to be surrendered and obedient to the will of god i bless the people of god today with grace and peace and with provision today i honor them and i bless them these are your people and they are a great people and i thank you for what you're doing in the name of jesus to those of you that have been blessed today by the ministry of this precious man and his family as god leads you to i ask you to be a blessing to them they're headed to venezuela too we're going to be praying for them god willing in about two years when they return i want them to circle back through here so we can be a blessing to them again i love you i bless you it's a beautiful day may the lord bless every step that you make every decision that you make in jesus name god bless you in jesus name [Applause] [Music] my [Music] i give you everything and nothing left foreign

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Length: 118min 4sec (7084 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 12 2021