1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,480 Hey, welcome to the City Point Church podcast. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,280 Thanks for joining us. Every day is an opportunity to 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,280 take hold of. So we hope this message inspires 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,560 you and build your faith that it helps you have more of a God 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,960 perspective for your day. Enjoy this. 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,680 Is going to be the best year of your life. 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,880 Could you declare out loud today? 8 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:28,440 My heart is open. My ears are alert to grow and 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:33,800 change and never be the same. Amen. 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,280 Let's just stay up on our feet for a moment. 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,600 Who felt the presence of God in the worship? 12 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:47,560 Isn't that amazing? It's a great blessing when He 13 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,440 lets us feel His presence like that, isn't it? 14 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,600 We don't take that for granted. And you know, I believe that God 15 00:00:54,600 --> 00:01:00,280 is saying that there is barren dreams, barren women in the 16 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:06,920 house today, barren purposes, that the anointing of God is 17 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,760 going to fall upon during the service today and he's going to 18 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:17,160 breathe upon those things, life. And I, I was reminded of the 19 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:21,800 Virgin Mary. What was impossible in man's 20 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,840 eyes was not even an obstacle in God's eyes. 21 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,080 You know, let his will be done. Amen. 22 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,040 On earth, in our lives, as it is in heaven. 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,760 I believe also that there is a supernatural anointing today in 24 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,120 the service for the unbelievable. 25 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,320 For the unbelievable. I can't even put to words what 26 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,360 it is that I'm feeling with that. 27 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,400 I can't quite find the word. So I just came up with 28 00:01:54,400 --> 00:02:02,720 unbelievable. But God is going to turn some 29 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:08,840 things in some people's worlds around where it's like even you 30 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:14,120 can't recognize or pinpoint what it is that you need turned 31 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:19,000 around, but life isn't quite complete yet for you. 32 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:24,640 Maybe something's been stolen from your life or taken from 33 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:32,320 you, but God's going to breathe. I, I feel like the anointing 34 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:37,120 today in this very service is this type of anointing. 35 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,360 I've never felt this before at the beginning of the year, but 36 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,640 this is a powerful anointing of the presence of God. 37 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,640 And so my encouragement to you is, would you just be open to 38 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:50,320 receive? There's no tricks to this. 39 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,840 There's no right prayer that you don't lift your hands the right 40 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,600 way, you know? Yeah. 41 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,000 Is it like a carp or do I need to be wired like Ingles wings? 42 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:05,280 You know, like there's no right way except for the graces of 43 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,200 God. And he just lets his presence 44 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:12,920 and the Holy Spirit comes, but he's going to get, he's going to 45 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:16,520 get a key today and he's going to unlock you. 46 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,680 And it's going to be unbelievable what the Lord has 47 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,520 done. And it's going to become part of 48 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:33,080 your life testimony. It's not just going to be part 49 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:38,920 of your life, life testimony of look how good the Lord is. 50 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:48,920 It's going to be the testimony of the Spirit of God, a 51 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:55,880 testimony that breaks through religion and moves to the Spirit 52 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,800 of the God came upon me and anointed me. 53 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,560 Jesus said these words, didn't he? 54 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:07,640 Preach the gospel, share the good news to raise the dead, 55 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:14,440 bring healing to sick to declare the hour of the Lord. 56 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,320 Why don't we all just lift our hands across this place? 57 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:39,840 Holy Spirit, Mighty God, Mighty God, Mighty God. 58 00:04:48,440 --> 00:05:14,480 God of wonder, majestic God, Holy Spirit and Father, we pray 59 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,800 for our children in this place right now. 60 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:37,480 That your anointing would fall and break every yoke, cover 61 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:45,800 their lives, and I pray for every single child in this room 62 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:51,520 that they would walk forward in life with the presence of God 63 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:58,880 upon them. That they would have eyes bound 64 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,960 and set on the culture of heaven and not on the culture of this 65 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:12,280 world. That they would be anointed to 66 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:16,840 bring healing to a nation and even the world. 67 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:24,240 In this room today, we thank you, Holy Spirit, in Jesus name, 68 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,800 Amen, Amen. When we give God a shout of 69 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,920 praise, thank him. We're thanking him right now. 70 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:38,920 Thank you Jesus, Amen and Amen. Well, today is a special 71 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,880 service. We're going to anoint anyone who 72 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,280 would like to be anointed at the end of the service, and we're 73 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,400 going to worship together. But I have a message that I've 74 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:52,360 titled Anointed Alignment, Anointed Alignment. 75 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,800 Today for you and I, this is about aligning our life with the 76 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,120 purposes of heaven for what God wants to achieve through our 77 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,360 life. Amen. 2026 isn't just a year, 78 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,800 it's a year that has never been and will never be again. 79 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,800 We have one shot at 2026. And if Jesus doesn't come back, 80 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:22,000 which like he should, right Soon, Yeah. 81 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:29,360 See if Jesus doesn't come back, this is the year of opportunity 82 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:34,640 for you and for me to fulfill the purposes of God on our 83 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,160 lives. But there's words that I just 84 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,200 said. It's the purposes of God on our 85 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,880 lives. It's not my purpose. 86 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,560 It's not my will, it's not my endeavour, it's not my business, 87 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:55,720 it's not my family, it's not anything except for what the 88 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,360 Lord has. The will of the Lord, Amen. 89 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:03,080 And so therefore we have to come into alignment to His will, not 90 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,040 God come into alignment with our will. 91 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,000 Amen. You received that today. 92 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,760 Why don't we take our seat this morning? 93 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:15,120 The action of being anointed is an action of alignment. 94 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,680 We align ourselves with the cause of Christ, which simply 95 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:25,360 means the mission of God. And what the mission of God is, 96 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,840 is simple. It is preaching the gospel. 97 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:34,840 It's making disciples. It's being discipled and 98 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,919 declaring the majesty of God through the way we live our 99 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:45,680 lives. God's anointing flows from our 100 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:51,080 action of surrender. You know, in, in, in my life 101 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,120 when I feel like there's a lack of anointing or the anointing 102 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:00,880 levels are dropping, I have to move towards surrender. 103 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,640 I have to move into a realm where where I just surrender. 104 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:06,680 What? What does surrender? 105 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,800 Surrender might look like looking at your prayer life and 106 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,680 going because all of us, right, We would go, well, how do I fit 107 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,400 that in or how do I fit more in than what I'm doing? 108 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,000 Surrender. You know, the thing about 109 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:25,360 surrender is so inconvenient. Surrender has never lined up 110 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,200 with my regime. Surrender has has never been 111 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,400 something Mel and I agree on. You know, we don't go. 112 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,680 Oh, let's agree to surrender more. 113 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:38,080 You know what I mean? God starts to do a work in you 114 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,640 and when you get desperate enough for God to use you and to 115 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,280 move in your life and his presence and his power and his 116 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,560 glory to be on your life, when that is greater than self 117 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:53,080 comfort, then you move into the realms of surrender. 118 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,680 And I believe that in 2026 men in this church, this is the 119 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,000 greatest church on planet earth. Who knows that, right? 120 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,840 And in this church, for many, many years, we've been talking 121 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:22,600 revival. It's my throat delicious. 122 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,880 We've been talking revival. I don't know, like how long 123 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,200 you've been in this church for, but everyone that comes to this 124 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,640 church and new to the church, they just go. 125 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:40,360 There's something I can feel in the air, can't explain it, but I 126 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,320 just feel like miracles and things are just about to break 127 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,080 out. Who's been feeling that now for 128 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:50,000 many, many years, right? And I just had a testimony not 129 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,920 long ago, just a few weeks ago of someone out to just said that 130 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,320 to me. And I'm like, man, tell me about 131 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,880 it. Like, like we, we feel it all 132 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,240 the time. God has been preparing the soil 133 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:06,680 of this church for 2026 and I'm not here today just trying to 134 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:11,640 make a a big vision feel in the atmosphere to stir you up for a 135 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,560 great year. I'm talking what's true to me 136 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:19,160 and what's what's what's honest to me and and is coming out of 137 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:23,800 like the genuineness of my heart that God has been preparing the 138 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,560 soil in your life and in my life in the leadership of this church 139 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,480 in the community in the life of this community. 140 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:36,760 God has been preparing the soil for a great, amazing harvest to 141 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:37,960 flourish. Amen. 142 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,760 And the Bible says that the harvest is ready, but the 143 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,320 laborers are few. But I sit here today and I look 144 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:49,200 out to this congregation and I see many, in fact hundreds of 145 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,520 people who are ready to go out and reap a harvest. 146 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,560 Is any workers in the house today? 147 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,400 People are ready to be on mission, but God's anointing 148 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:04,520 requires an alignment from our lives and His anointing requires 149 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:09,160 a surrender from our lives. From the early days of creation, 150 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:16,120 oil has been regarded as a vital part of day-to-day life. 151 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,240 So for the use of food, for the use of deodorants, which is a 152 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:24,400 good thing in summer of keeping insects off people, also 153 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,600 animals, they anointed animals in the in the day, they probably 154 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,960 still do light and lamps. It was used for that sun cream. 155 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,960 Skin care products like oil has been used throughout the ages. 156 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:43,520 And in Genesis 28, Jacob, who was later named Israel, 157 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:52,960 encountered God in a dream. Amazing story. 158 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:58,840 And when he woke, when Jacob woke up, he dedicated that 159 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:05,480 place, calling it batal, which means or translates to Bethel or 160 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,520 House of Gods. And now this is where the 161 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,600 anointing starts to come in for Jacob. 162 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,840 Jacob set up rocks and he consecrated that place, saying 163 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,120 declaim that this is the House of the Lord. 164 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,840 And he did that by pouring oil over it. 165 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,480 This was the place where God met Jacob. 166 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:36,440 Listen, anointing oil is a sign of consecration. 167 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,200 When we anoint you today, this is what we're saying. 168 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:50,760 I am a consecrated child of God with purpose and I come into a 169 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:57,160 lineman today in Exodus 2841 and you see it later in Exodus 29, 170 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:02,720 God directed Aaron and his sons to be anointed as the Israel's 171 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:08,880 high priest through the pouring of anointing oil on his head and 172 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:13,520 garments. Anointing oil as a sign of God's 173 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:18,160 appointment on their lives. In first Samuel 10, one Samuel 174 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:23,640 pulls oil on the head of King Saul, anointing him and then I 175 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,160 love what God said about King David in the Bible, love David. 176 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:34,080 In Psalms 89 verse 20 to 24 it says this says I have found my 177 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:41,080 servant David with my holy oil. I have anointed him with whom my 178 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,600 hand shall be established. Also my arm shall strengthen 179 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,480 him. Let me tell you when, when God 180 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:54,400 anoints you, God is with you. When His anoint anoint you. 181 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,880 You can know His hand is upon your life. 182 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,520 His mighty arm is on your life. It will strengthen you. 183 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,200 Verse 22. The enemy shall not outwit him, 184 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,400 nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 185 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,960 This outwitting thing of the enemy, this affliction of the 186 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,400 enemy, it ends today. Come on. 187 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:26,840 Would you declare this for your family? 188 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,320 I will beat down his foes before his face. 189 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:40,360 You know what that tells us? It tells me, stop fighting and 190 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:45,880 start praying because the fight is not against flesh and blood. 191 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,240 Amen. And when we are aligned with 192 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,880 God, God will do the fight for us. 193 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,960 I will beat down his foes. Isn't the great, great words. 194 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:03,000 I'll beat down his foes before his face and plague those who 195 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,800 hate him. But my faithfulness and my mercy 196 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:15,880 shall be with him, and in my name his horn shall be exalted. 197 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,600 Let me tell you today, Church, we aren't just anointing in this 198 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,400 place because it's a good ritual and it's it's a churchy thing, a 199 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,960 religious thing. We do this because we are 200 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:32,280 aligning ourselves with the purpose of of God that this 201 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,920 scripture would be fulfilled in yours, in my life this year. 202 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,120 Amen. You can stand on God's word. 203 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,680 God has called all these people to Kingdom purpose. 204 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:49,640 We have been chosen today. You've always wondered why do 205 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,760 they get chosen, not me. Well, let me tell you today, if 206 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,880 you're in this house, part of this church, you have been 207 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:57,520 chosen. Amen. 208 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,880 But now we must choose to be anointed unto God and to come 209 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,319 into anointed alignment with the call of God. 210 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,800 So you can be chosen, but if you don't choose to come into 211 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:14,000 alignment, the being chosen comes to nothing. 212 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,760 This goes all the way back to the old faith. 213 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,200 Without works is dead. You can have the faith, but if 214 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,680 you don't have works, you don't really have the faith, Amen. 215 00:17:28,319 --> 00:17:31,920 You can be chosen, but if you don't choose to take that up 216 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:37,600 that call, it comes to nothing. And so today, Church, you have 217 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:41,560 been chosen. But I am calling out of you 218 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,280 today. Would you choose to come into 219 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:49,320 alignment for 2026 as your greatest year ever? 220 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,440 Amen. You know from the beginning oil 221 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:57,160 has been used and God has chosen oil to sanctify and to set 222 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:02,160 something or someone apart unto holiness and himself. 223 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,880 Listen to these descriptive words. 224 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:10,160 I love this scripture in Two Corinthians 214 to 16 and Paul 225 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:15,680 uses these words when referring to who we are as believers in 226 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,040 Jesus Christ. Verse 14 says this. 227 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:23,680 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph, in triumph 228 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:28,880 in Christ, and through US diffuses the fragrance of his 229 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:34,680 knowledge in every place, For we are to God the fragrance of 230 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,280 Christ. Say I am fragrance to Christ. 231 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:45,160 He for we are of to God the fragrance of Christ among those 232 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,160 who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 233 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:54,440 You are the fragrance of Jesus Christ, of the gospel of Jesus 234 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:58,840 Christ, of the answer of the world to our community. 235 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:02,880 In the shopping center. You have a fragrance upon you. 236 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:09,200 Now there is a bad fragrance and there's a holy fragrance. 237 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,560 There is a fragrance that repels people from the church, and 238 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,280 there is a fragrance that draws people to Jesus. 239 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:25,160 And you and I are carriers of the fragrance of Jesus Christ in 240 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:31,480 your house, in your schools, in your university, in the shopping 241 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,840 center. When you go to Woolies, wherever 242 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,520 you go, you have a fragrance upon your life. 243 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:44,400 And would you allow this year? Would you say God, this year my 244 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,040 life will line up with your purposes? 245 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,280 That when I walk into a room, people smell Jesus on me. 246 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,760 That when I walk into a room and anointing flows and the flames 247 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,760 get bigger. That when I walk into the room, 248 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,760 the living water of God would flow out of me, and those plants 249 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,640 and those seeds would sprout and grow in people's lives. 250 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,680 Would you and I declare in our? Today and right now that I will 251 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:17,800 be anointed today because I have the fragrance of heaven all over 252 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,840 me. I will repel insects, I will 253 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:25,200 repel the enemy, I will repel darkness and I will walk in 254 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,800 lights. I will walk unhindered by the 255 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:32,880 shackles of this world because I am anointed and I am a child of 256 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:33,880 God. Amen. 257 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:46,520 I'm lost for, for we are to God the fragrance of Christ among 258 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,720 those who are being saved, among those who are perishing. 259 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:55,320 Verse 16 To the one, we are the aroma of death leading to death, 260 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,680 but that's not us. And to the other, the aroma of 261 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,800 life leading to life. Amen. 262 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:07,360 Who carries the aroma of life today leading to Jesus Christ? 263 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,040 See, Paul understood what it was to live with the Holy Spirit 264 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,280 inside of him and listen all over him. 265 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:24,360 I wonder today if you're prepared to surrender to a point 266 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:37,120 where as children of God, we are no longer just defined by people 267 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:42,040 who have the Spirit of God in us, but today would you 268 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,920 surrender whatever this is taking? 269 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,880 I believe the Holy Spirit's even speaking to people now that we 270 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,680 would have the Holy Spirit saturated all over us as well. 271 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:59,160 I love that you're going to heaven, but would we take as 272 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:04,920 many people as we can with us? See, the Spirit of God in you is 273 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:09,560 the evidence of your salvation, but the Spirit of God on you is 274 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:14,000 for a purpose for others. When you are anointed like we 275 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:21,040 are today into an era into when you a new year into a purpose, 276 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:27,160 those purposes is always, always full stop for other people. 277 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,640 Otherwise God will just take you back right now. 278 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,840 But the reason why he doesn't take you and I to heaven soon as 279 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:39,160 we get saved because he goes now that I'm in you, I can get 280 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,040 through you, but that happens in surrender. 281 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,760 Amen. You're willing to surrender 282 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,600 today. Amen. 283 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,600 Both of these verses I have just read. 284 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,800 Well, I've read 1, so why don't I read the second one first? 285 00:22:52,800 --> 00:23:01,880 John 227 But the anointing which you have received from Him 286 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:08,880 abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you, but 287 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:13,920 as the same anointing teachers you concerning all things and is 288 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:18,560 true and is not a lie. And just as it has taught you, 289 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,480 you will abide in Him. Amen. 290 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:28,960 The abiding in is the surrender to abide in in order for Mel and 291 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,480 I to deepen our relationship. Where where Mel says I'm in grey 292 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,360 and I and I say I'm in Mel. We are. 293 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,640 We are like one. It requires time. 294 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:44,280 It requires a date night, it requires us going to the movies 295 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:49,240 and seeing Avatar 3D. That's what we did last week. 296 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,320 Both of these scriptures are referring to the Holy Spirit who 297 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,720 is our fragrance and our anointing. 298 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,960 Listen, we are the catalyst of the love of gods, which is known 299 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:09,360 by the aroma or the anointing on our lives through our anointed 300 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:12,960 alignment. The Holy Spirit is the power in 301 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,560 the anointing and we are filled with the Holy Spirit. 302 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:22,560 And today we remind ourselves of this listen to this God 303 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,880 instructs us to anoint to heal the sick. 304 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:30,520 James 514 to 15. It says is any among you sick? 305 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,560 Let him cool on the elders of the church. 306 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,920 Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the 307 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:49,810 name of the Lord and the prayer of faith will say the sick isn't 308 00:24:49,810 --> 00:24:51,730 that amazing what what we just read. 309 00:24:53,130 --> 00:24:57,720 It doesn't say this. It doesn't just say and the 310 00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,760 prayer of faith will save the sick. 311 00:25:05,990 --> 00:25:10,270 It says first anoint who does the saving? 312 00:25:14,630 --> 00:25:20,190 See, when we partner with God and we are walking in anointing, 313 00:25:21,350 --> 00:25:24,070 then the prayer of faith has substance. 314 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:30,280 You know, many, many believe in God and they're not going to go 315 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:38,040 to heaven. It's one thing to have a belief 316 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:42,320 in something. It's another thing to place your 317 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:47,440 faith in that something. They're two different words. 318 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,880 The enemy believes in Jesus Christ. 319 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,480 He believes he's real. He believes that he he came to 320 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:04,320 earth and went to the cross, but we won't find him in heaven 321 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:09,840 because he no longer has faith in Jesus as his Lord and Savior. 322 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,800 When you and I are walking anointing, and then someone 323 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:20,760 comes and we lay our hands on the sick, they recover. 324 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,600 Many, many people pray for people and nothing happens. 325 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,760 So the great question is, is where is your surrender line at? 326 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,760 Because you need to get anointed. 327 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,440 Again, I'm not talking about do you have the Holy Spirit in you, 328 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,760 I'm talking about do you have the Holy Spirit on you? 329 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:47,040 Is He dripping off your life? Is he smelt by people around 330 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,200 your world? Can you see the difference if 331 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,520 something's in something? You know, I watched Star Wars 332 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,680 the other day. There's a very graphic scene, so 333 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:01,520 we won't go there. But the animal was was warm on 334 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:06,160 the inside, but in the snow, it wasn't till you got on the 335 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,640 inside that you felt that warmth. 336 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,240 Let me tell you, the Spirit of God is in you and He's 337 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:18,160 empowering you if you allow Him to work through your life. 338 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:23,720 But we also need the Holy Spirit on us so He's evident to the 339 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,080 world around us. And when we lay our hands on 340 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:32,360 people that anointing transfers to them and we see a healing 341 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,360 happen. I love Clark Taylor, when he 342 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:37,200 used to pray for people, he used to always pray for an 343 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:42,880 impartation. See, his prayers was moving, was 344 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:50,440 moving beyond a mystical concept of prayer into Holy Spirit. 345 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:55,520 You have anointed me to bring healing to this vessel. 346 00:27:55,880 --> 00:28:00,400 So I pray for an impartation as I lay hands on them. 347 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,960 Can you see the difference here today? 348 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,760 And you know this is available for you. 349 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:12,200 And so this is the call in 2026 that we walk in a new level of 350 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,360 anointing, and the prayer of faith will save the sick, and 351 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:19,800 the Lord will raise him from the dead, and if he has committed 352 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,480 sins, he will be forgiven. Wow, the power of the Holy 353 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,520 Spirit. We align ourselves remembering 354 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:30,280 that the Holy Spirit dwells in US and calls us to stand in 355 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:31,760 faith also. Why? 356 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:38,200 Because we know this crazy power can flow through us also when we 357 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,320 step out in faith. He wants some crazy power in 358 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,080 their lives. Amen. 359 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:49,120 You know Jesus Christ is more accurately rendered as Jesus the 360 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:55,760 Anointed One or Jesus his Anointed, the anointed of God. 361 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:04,600 In Luke 418 Jesus quoted Isaiah 61 one and publicly announced 362 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:10,720 himself as the divine Messiah. Jesus said in Luke 418 the 363 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,400 Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Why? 364 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:23,400 Because He has anointed me. Jesus lived in anointed 365 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,120 alignment with the Father and Spirit. 366 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:31,880 Today God might be calling you to give your life to Him and 367 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,760 align yourself with these purposes for your life. 368 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,760 Let me tell you, Jesus is love for you today. 369 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,240 He will forgive you of everything. 370 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:47,160 We just read that when the anointing comes, even when we're 371 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:54,800 praying for like a sick person, if there's sin in your life, you 372 00:29:54,800 --> 00:30:02,280 will be forgiven. And today, no matter who you 373 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,560 are, where you've come from, what your years have been to 374 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:10,200 now, 2026 can change it all for you. 375 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:15,840 Or I should say, Jesus in 2026 can change it all for you. 376 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,480 I'm wondering here today, if you don't know Jesus Christ as your 377 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,120 Lord and Savior, would you come into alignment with the Kingdom 378 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:30,640 of heaven, the only Kingdom that exist? 379 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:41,120 Jesus is so gracious and wonderful, so loving and kind, 380 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:47,920 that when he touches someone's life, his grace and peace 381 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,120 delivered through the Holy Spirit, Father, Son, Spirit, 382 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,840 this is the true Trinity. It's what the Word of God 383 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,720 teaches us and the Spirit of God delivers grace. 384 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:09,400 It's a gift and he pours this on your life and more than that, 385 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:15,440 the Holy Spirit enters your life, which is an interesting 386 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:22,440 concept because the reality is believer or non believer, you 387 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:27,760 only have a breath because of the Holy Spirit. 388 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:34,160 He sustains us. But when you give your life back 389 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,760 to the Father through Jesus Christ and accept him as your 390 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:42,760 Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit brings life back into you real 391 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,720 life. I'm not talking about living as 392 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,920 in waking up in the morning. I'm talking about living with 393 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:54,480 joy in your life, with peace in your life, with revelation in 394 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:59,400 your life and with purpose in your life, with an anointing 395 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:05,320 upon your life and with the Holy Spirit in you, with the love of 396 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:09,240 God all around you, with forgiveness pouring over you 397 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,920 every single day, every moment of your life. 398 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,760 Forgiveness just flows and flows and flows over our lives. 399 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:25,960 This is the graces of God, but it does require a surrender. 400 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:31,600 It requires an alignment moment. And today, if you don't know 401 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,200 Jesus as your Lord and Savior, I'm going to give you this 402 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:39,280 opportunity right now for you to bring your life into alignment. 403 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:44,600 You know what, You might never have done this before, just 404 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,800 right now. A simple decision will bring you 405 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,960 into alignment. But maybe you're here and you've 406 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:56,640 done this many times and you're hearing this and you're like, 407 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,520 Pastor Gray, I really need to get into alignment. 408 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:04,560 I need to get into an understanding that isn't shaky, 409 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:10,400 that I am a child of God, a belief that isn't shaky, that I 410 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,000 will go to heaven if I was to die right now. 411 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:18,160 You know, if you can't answer that question, you need to get 412 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:22,200 back into alignment with God. If you were to take your last 413 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:26,960 breath today, would you go to heaven or not? 414 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:33,680 If you can't answer that simply, you know, I think, I think I 415 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,080 think I will. You need to come back into 416 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,400 alignment with God. Because let me tell you that 417 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,880 when you know, you know that you know. 418 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:42,640 Amen.