I just finished up the second day of a conference that I'm currently attending. Tonight was a powerful night full of worship, the word, and prayer.
The president of my seminary, Bishop Ken Ulmer, taught about fresh anointing tonight. He opened with Psalm 92:10 which the psalmist declares that they have been anointed with fresh oil. Psalm 92 is a hymn that the people of Israel would sing on the Sabbath. The fresh anointing of oil was symbolic for a fresh authority, affirmation, and empowerment from the Spirit of God. This anointing was done at the end of the week (the Sabbath) in preparation for a new week. It was the end of one season and the beginning of a new one.
In the same way that Israel understood that they needed a fresh anointing from the Lord in each new season, we need to be seeking after the Lord's fresh anointing for our lives. In order to be passionate Christians who are going to be effective world changers for the kingdom we need to have a fresh anointing from the Holy Spirit in each season of our lives. As stated above, this anointing brings a fresh authority, affirmation, and empowerment and if we are going to be PC's we need to allow the Spirit to enter into our lives and and breathe new life into us. I pray that we would seek after the Lord and receive His fresh anointing in every new season so that we can continue to be used to be world changers for Jesus.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Mexico...
I'm pumped about going down to Mexico with Pure tomorrow night. It's gonna be an amazing time of ministry as we serve people around Helping Hands.
It's been a long time since I've been down to Helping Hands. I was 18 years old the first time I went down there. I was serving in Jr. High school ministry and it was one of those trips where everything that could go wrong did. We got lost (we as in me and my buddy who was driving) and we got separated from the group for 2 hours. Hub cabs came off. Flat tires. It took forever to get down there (like 9 hours). Oh yeah... Federal Police at gun point (on the way home). Yet despite all of those mishaps we did make it and although our schedule for the next day was completely changed it all worked out. We got to serve at an orphanage, hand out rice and beans to laborers, and serve around the mission itself. It was a powerful time of worship and teaching and the cool part is that some of those Jr. High students are now serving in Pure.
I can't wait to see what God is going to do down in Mexico and to see young adults passionately give their lives away for the kingdom. Jesus said that if we want to find our true life in Him then we need to lose our lives for His sake. This is how we lose our lives for His sake by pouring ourselves into other people's lives. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
It's been a long time since I've been down to Helping Hands. I was 18 years old the first time I went down there. I was serving in Jr. High school ministry and it was one of those trips where everything that could go wrong did. We got lost (we as in me and my buddy who was driving) and we got separated from the group for 2 hours. Hub cabs came off. Flat tires. It took forever to get down there (like 9 hours). Oh yeah... Federal Police at gun point (on the way home). Yet despite all of those mishaps we did make it and although our schedule for the next day was completely changed it all worked out. We got to serve at an orphanage, hand out rice and beans to laborers, and serve around the mission itself. It was a powerful time of worship and teaching and the cool part is that some of those Jr. High students are now serving in Pure.
I can't wait to see what God is going to do down in Mexico and to see young adults passionately give their lives away for the kingdom. Jesus said that if we want to find our true life in Him then we need to lose our lives for His sake. This is how we lose our lives for His sake by pouring ourselves into other people's lives. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
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