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What Keeps me Going
Written by: Andrew Friesen on 5/6/2009
After a great visit with friends and family in Canada, I left for my home away from home in Barranquilla Colombia. Even though I’m feeling a bit jet lagged right now while I’m sitting here in the airport drinking a Colombian coffee, I’m energized, and it’s not because of the caffeine!
What keeps me going is the original anointing. The original anointing does not come from a man or ministry, but from the original giver named Jesus Christ. This anointing is the power of God that comes upon a believer in Jesus for the purpose of testifying about Jesus.
”But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts: 1:8.
I find it rather sad to see Christians running from conference to conference and church to church like beggars seeking new anointings and fillings of the Holy Spirit. Is this in the Bible?
Mark 16:20 says that after they had received the anointing that "they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen." They were 100% equipped to fulfill their purpose. They didn't keep the fire going. The fire kept them going. They didn’t need to seek new anointings or blessings, but rather walk with Jesus 24/7 and go on being filled moment by moment. That’s why we are commanded to be filled or (go on being filled) with the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18)
The good news is that christians don’t need oil changes! “And the anointing you have received from Him REMAINS in you.” (1 John 2:27) What an experience! And what a reality! I want to encourage you in the name of Jesus. Once you have received the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, you don’t need another anointing. Receive the original anointing! Walk with Jesus everyday! And you will see the original results! Your thoughts? -Andrew
Comments
wow
By T Dawg on Mayo 6, 2009
Awesome- and then some!
I mean, how awesome is our God?
By Tim Turenne on Mayo 6, 2009
What an awesome truth that we always forget to apply and to live with.
By Cely Tiburcio on Mayo 8, 2009
Wonderful Jesus - keep on inspiring and encouraging Andrew - May God continue to bless you and your family and the ministry he has placed in your hands
Evangelist Linda
By Linda on Mayo 8, 2009 (England)
Well spoken. I pray God’s blessings on you and the meetings you are undertaking. I wll be looking forward to the news of the results;
Bill
By Bill Thomas on Mayo 8, 2009 (Strasbourg, France)
AMEN!!! However, I do enjoy Conferences for the fact that there is a level of hunger for Jesus (not the anointing of a person) that you don’t find at least at churches I have attended! The worship is on another level. The presence of God is much heavier due to the fact that there are so many hungry people together. I do believe they have their place. God absolutely does use them to fill up his children. Especially when we aren’t receiving that maybe in our secret place time with Him or in a corporate environment such as a church. I also see that these sorts of gatherings increase your level of faith and can be equipping and training grounds. We don’t always have access to people who move so freely in the Holy Spirit’s lead and with such levels of faith as you would find at your local church.
Just my 2 cents!
Blessings and FIRE!!!
Chris
By Chris Huszar on Mayo 12, 2009 (Winnipeg)