All tagged anointing

Our Anointing; the Gift of God

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Our Anointing

I was lifted up this morning as I considered God’s anointing to be a portion of Himself. It is a gift of God... Not a gift to aid our physical condition, but rather a spiritual gift. In Matthew 17 Jesus spoke to His disciples of faith as being a mustard seed, something powerful despite its diminutive size, and it being a part of us, but when He spoke of God’s anointing it was of the Holy Spirit... a bit of Himself. Is our anointing something small like the mustard seed of faith, or is it a portal, a doorway into the infinite divinity of God?

Did not our Hearts Burn?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Anointing in the Church

We can hear a pastor preach a sermon and it thrills our hearts, but we can hear the very same message delivered by another minister and it falls flat within us; why is that so? Haven’t we all experienced such a spiritual phenomenon? When we attempt to understand why this happens, what do we blame the rise and fall of that particular message to be? Was it the condition our own faith in that particular moment, or was it the Holy Spirit moving, or not moving, over the Pastor as he spoke?

Born of Water and Spirit we are anointed

Richard Forbes
Christian , Spirit Prayer, Holy Spirit

We pray, and as we do so we ask that the Holy Spirit guide us, but when we exit our prayer closet, or other place of prayer, do we leave him behind? Those who do so don’t understand him fully, and the impact he has on our daily lives. However, if we do know him better, and we feel him surrounding us all day long, do we think that he is just hovering about us as we do whatever it is that we do in the world? If so then we misunderstand our relationship with him; he is not meant to follow us about like a puppy, but we are to keep in step with him. Do we walk in the steps of the Spirit through our lives?

Anointing Jesus in our lives, and for all eternity

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Anointing Jesus

Is Jesus the most sanctified one, and the anointed one in our lives? Have we anointed Him to be our teacher, our savior, our king, the most holy one, and so much more? Today is the third day of Holy Week, and after teaching all day, Jesus was reclining at dinner when a woman approached, and anointed Him with expensive oil. This was more than a nice gesture, she was sanctifying Him, blessing Him, and awarding Him the highest honor in her life. Although we have acknowledged Jesus for who He is, and call Him our Lord, have we actually anointed Him as such? Have we bound ourselves to Him before God?