Imagine tending to your garden, nurturing each plant with gentle care as you water them. Suddenly, a crimp in the hose disrupts the smooth flow of water, creating interruptions and reducing the effectiveness of your efforts. This scenario reflects how certain hindrances in our spiritual lives, like unconfessed sin, doubts, distractions, and actions contrary to God’s Word, can impede the abundant flow of God’s blessings and guidance into our lives, hindering our growth and well-being. It’s crucial to swiftly respond to situations or decisions that raise doubts or contradict God’s principles, much like running to a crimped hose to restore water flow.
The consequences of sin can be far-reaching and damaging, impacting not just our relationship with God but also our spiritual growth and influence. Ignoring sin’s deceitful allure, making excuses, or being ignorant of its effects can lead to spiritual drought and separation from God’s best for us. However, through understanding, repentance, and God’s grace, we can overcome sin’s destructive power and find forgiveness and cleansing in Christ. By actively seeking God’s guidance, aligning our actions with His will, and embracing Christ’s redemption, we can experience spiritual renewal, empowerment, and a restored connection with God’s abundant blessings in every aspect of life.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
1 John 2:27, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
It is marvelous that when we are regenerated, the Lord Jesus comes into our spirit in such a way that there is a union where He can be the Savior.
We are not the savior.
We do not save ourselves.
Jesus is the One saving us.
This is not just initial salvation, but constant salvation.
He wants to be the Savior in everything.
Because we are in union with Him, we can open to Him, we can turn to Him, we can draw from Him, we can say “Amen” to the inner registrations of His life in us.
It is by those inner registrations, called the anointing, that we can know Christ.
The Greek word for anointing is chrisma, the verbal form of the noun Christos, which means Christ.
Chrisma refers to the movement of the person of the Lord within our spirit.
The word “anointing” tells us the nature of the way Christ is in us–how He is in us.
After you have received the Lord, it is simply a matter of discovering what is happening inside of you.
The anointing is not something external from us.
Knowing the anointing is not a matter of trying to understand with your mind something that is apart from you.
First John 2:27 is a description of what is in me and what is in you.
It is not describing something new that we are going to receive, but what we have already received.
It is describing how Christ is living inside of us.
This verse says, “the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you.”
This means the anointing remains in you.
It does not leave you.
The anointing as the inner movement of Christ is always operating in our being.
It is the inner surveillance of the Lord Himself within us.
When we speak a word with impatience in our tone, immediately the anointing is surveying our inner being.
So the anointing is not merely a positive leading of the Lord.
It is an inner registration of what is compatible with the divine nature.
What we feel or sense is that something is not compatible with the life within us.
Of course, we are not condemned, though these kinds of registrations could be a factor to spiral a person downward.
When your nature rises up in some form or another, if you identify with that and live expecting those risings to change, or think that something better should come out of you, then you are on the road to condemnation.
But thank God, when there is a registration within us, that is the anointing that abides in us.
So whenever we say something that is incompatible with the anointing, there is a registration.
There is a leakage of life and peace.
You can sense it.
That leakage of life and peace is God’s way of saying “no” to what we just said or did.
It is a registration that says, “That is not My nature.”
Obeying the registrations of the anointing is the practical way for us to abide in Christ.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
FRIDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Tom Graham (Sandra’s Husband) – Home
Joe Shelnutt
John McClain’s Mother
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison – Riverside
Deanna Fowler
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Drew
Easton Fielder
Ed Mays
Eric Magnusson’s Mother
Eric Ward
Faith Burnette
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
June Cronan’s Sister
Junior Stephens
Kailey Bateman
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Miles Bradshaw
Nora Allison
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson
Rose Fuller – Pruitt-Monroe Nursing Home, Forsyth GA
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Susan & Alexis Tesone
Susan Mosley
Tom Witcher