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So the title for today's teaching is the Judah anointing.
The Judah anointing. That's what it's called.
I'm sure many have spoken about titles like this, but
just felt that that's what we need to call it.
And I'm hoping that every teaching that's brought to you
is what God desires for us that week.
So let's go with that. So the Judah anointing.
An anointing is the power of the spirit or the presence of the life of the spirit
that is given to a person or a group of people at any particular time
to accomplish a certain God purpose. That's what an anointing is.
An anointing is the presence, power,
life of the Holy Spirit
that is made available
available to
available to a person,
people at
a particular time
to accomplish a specific
God purpose.
So whenever we then take words like Judah
and put it before anointing, all we mean is this is the kind of
power, presence, life of the spirit that was upon a certain event
or a certain person or a certain people group in the Bible.
And so when the Holy Spirit is going to do the same thing with us, this is what's going to happen.
That's the sense of it.
So that's how one can define an anointing.
And so here's the other thing then. I forgot to bring my other gadget
so we'll just have to keep writing like the good old days.
Here's the other thing that if the Holy Spirit wants to do this in our midst, if the Holy Spirit wants
to empower us this way, then an anointing
falls on a people, an anointing falls on a people
when they are able to hear
and receive, when they are able to hear
and receive, and when they are willing to allow
the word to shape them.
These are some of the things that we don't necessarily
realize that just because the presence of God is in a place and he has an intent or a purpose
doesn't mean that you act, you just naturally get
encompassed by it. If the presence of God is in a place and there are
words that are being spoken by him to accomplish a purpose, it is required of me to first
hear and receive. After hearing and receiving it, I have to allow the word that
is being sent to shape me. How do I allow the word that is sent to shape me?
It is by, one,
desire for what is being said, two,
conviction and repentance, and repentance here is not sin, it is changing my mind.
That's what I mean by repentance. And three,
a hunger,
a hungry response. So these are the things
that allow the word that is being spoken to shape me. So you and I have
had this experience where we are sitting in a place and someone is speaking and the person doesn't need
to have oratorial skills, can be really monotonous speaking and yet
something begins to trigger inside. Why? Because we are hearing and receiving what
is being spoken and we suddenly recognize it's God. Second, we allow the word to begin to shape us.
And as it begins to shape us, desire gets ignited in our hearts and
conviction takes over as in, I've got a change in this area. I have to change my way of thinking.
And then as that happens, there's a hungry response. Because desire and hungry response are two things.
Desire is wanting something, hungry response is responding to what we want now that it's
being given. So these are the things that are necessary if we are to walk in this
thing called the Judah anointing, which I'm assuming is something that we need to hear today.
Any questions? This is how it works with any anointing.
Any questions?
So as I'm speaking, I'm trying to listen so that I also walk in this.
Because if I don't listen to the words that I'm speaking, then again I end up in the same place.
I have to be shaped by it too.
Any questions, friends?
Cool.
In which case, let's now
kind of define what the Judah anointing is. The Judah anointing is a forerunner anointing.
The Judah anointing is a forerunner anointing.
A forerunner anointing.
As in, it's what goes ahead. Another word for it could be
advance guard.
So it's a forerunner anointing or an advance guard.
People that walk under this, it becomes their life work, it becomes their lifestyle.
That's who they become.
If you go to Hebrews 6 20,
you'll see that this was very much a part of who Jesus was.
Hebrews 6 20.
So in Hebrews 6 19 onwards,
one more time.
One more time.
So it's a forerunner anointing.
It runs before others.
It is an advance guard.
It is a group that goes in advance of the rest.
That's the sense of it.
One of the first things that was spoken over this church by Eddie, October 5, 2008,
was, guys, this church has a forerunner anointing.
This church has a forerunner anointing. You are like Judah that is on the forefront.
That was something that was spoken in 2008.
And so it's very natural for us to behave like this.
So all we are doing is revisiting something that was spoken over us 13 years ago.
Almost to the month.
So what happens with this forerunner anointing
is your entrance, your entrance, opens the way
for others to follow. Your entrance opens the way
for others to follow.
Your entrance opens the way for others to follow.
God sends you ahead. And He's done this with so many people.
He sends Joseph ahead of the famine so that fledgling Israel,
as in Jacob and his 12 sons, do not die. He sends Joseph ahead.
Jesus is sent ahead so the rest of us can go in.
Paul is sent to the Gentiles so the rest of us can follow.
This is what an anointing looks like. Your entrance opens the way for others to follow.
This is why you need an anointing because the anointing is a supernatural ability
that the Holy Spirit gives through His presence, His power and His life
so that a particular purpose that God has in mind can be accomplished on Earth
through an individual, through a group of people, because the Spirit of God empowers you.
Otherwise you can't do this. This is way too tough. Joseph would have never survived.
He gets betrayed by his brothers and his dad and mom
turn their back on him. He gets sold as a slave. He gets falsely accused.
He's thrown into prison. Nobody survives things like this if you do not have the power of God present on you.
You just don't survive. And so this is why it's so important that
if people actually carry the power, the presence and the life of God upon a people
then they are able to do this. Then they laugh and do this. They don't even feel like
oh, suffering for the Lord, no.
Okay, so let's look at what people who carry this anointing behave like.
What's their conduct like? So the first one is that
these are people that are anointed this way. They enter behind the curtain.
Hebrews 6.20, we just read it. They enter behind the curtain.
As in they are not people who are
satisfied with a visitation
from God on Sunday. With a visitation from God
on Sunday. They
know what it is to enter behind the curtain.
We are talking about the curtain in the temple which no longer exists but the idea is
you enter behind the curtain and you live in presence. You are beginning to learn how to live
in his presence and you find that you are more aware of him
than you've ever been and it comes because you've learned how to first
delight and then discipline yourself to
enter and stay.
Joshua
was like this in Exodus 33
verse 14. Moses would go to the tent of meeting and he would meet God there and
Joshua would enter with him but after Moses would leave, Joshua would still
stand just awed at the glory of God
that was present in the tent and he would just stay there. He wouldn't leave.
One of the first things that should happen to people who are walking under this
anointing and I really believe that we are people like that just because God destined us and
invited us in different churches of different characteristics but anyone who comes into this
place will carry this. One of the things we can do to help God accomplish
what he wants here on earth through us is to learn how not to be satisfied with a visitation
from God on Sunday. Just refuse it. You should
One of the prayers I was praying I think in New York or LA was, Oh God
can you just make me aware when I haven't missed you?
Can you just knock on my door and say you haven't missed me for the last four hours
where he's absent and you don't even know it
because life is just fine without him
and yet people in love, my God, if you can't smell a perfume you panic
and yet we can go
without a whiff of his aroma for hours on end and not even realize that
he's present and you are missing. So I was telling the Lord, Father, could you just
remind me when I don't even realize you're not around for three, four hours
as in cough or do something.
So
I was in South Africa
I was in South Africa, this lady kept saying this and it just bothered me a lot
she said when giraffes cough they go behind a bush
and I'm thinking to myself, really? I'm in this safari in a bush in South Africa
and I'm saying really? And she said yeah, whenever they cough they go behind a bush
and I'm thinking of this giraffe with a long neck going behind a bush, coughing and coming out
and then I realized that she was pronouncing the word C-A-L-F
as cough. Yeah, so
when giraffes cough they go behind the bush, so that's understandable but somehow
I mean I don't even cover my mouth sometimes when I cough
till COVID began but giraffes going off into the bush to cough
Yeah, it took a while, I actually went and asked Eddie, Eddie is that true? Giraffes go behind
the bush when they cough and then that's when I realized what was happening.
So you learn to live in its presence
this is a characteristic of a Judah people
of a people who walk in the Judah anointing and the way to live in its
presence is delight and then discipline. The way to live in its presence is first
delight and then discipline. Both are important, those that only
hone in on delight there will be days when they are not very delighted and so there will be no presence
and then there are those that are disciplined and with the discipline thing they stand in
God's presence but can never engage his heart
It's delight and discipline, that's how you enter and stay
It's a great place to be, this is, I know you
know this but it's a good idea to visit again. The next one
The next one is once with the Judah anointing
carry the arc on their shoulders, they carry
the arc on their shoulders, I'll explain that
If Rosalind was here she would say, could you use another pen please?
So
So people who carry a Judah anointing carry the arc
of God on their shoulders because in the Old Testament whenever they carried the arc they would
carry it on their shoulders and guys there's something called
even though God is father and elder brother and friend there is something
called relational protocol as in hey Jacob there's a way
that I expect you to relate and
conduct yourself vertically and horizontally
with people, vertically with me, horizontally with people and if this is
missing in your life you will mess up because there are certain ways I want you to do
things so you cannot for instance, one person cannot carry the arc
one person could not carry the arc, it was at least a minimum of four people
they had to carry it on their shoulders
they had to be in the front of the line
it was the first thing that went ahead of Israel, it was first it had to be carried on the
shoulders, it could not be one person it had to be four, there was this idea
of vertical and horizontal protocol as in there's a way
you have to behave with me God and there is a way you have to behave with people around you
all to say that once that walk in this Judah anointing
the way you
you have to be God dependent and
body reliant, God dependent and body reliant
you have to be God dependent and body reliant and if this isn't part of
who you are then you never, hey we have friends of yours
here, these were the guys I was telling you about
there's Tony, good to see you
hardly any applause
I hope you feel welcome
yeah, so you have to be God dependent and body reliant
the point I'm trying to make is this, it is impossible to walk in the Judah anointing as long as I am operating as a maverick
or I'm operating as a leader or I'm operating as a pastor without a dependence on you
I will not have the authority required to do anything here on earth if I walk that way
Judah was not a person, yes there was a person called Judah who was the son of Jacob
this was a tribe and the tribe was anointed
when Moses prophesied on the tribe of Judah he's talking about a people
one of the first things God requires of them is listen you will carry the ark but you will carry the ark on your shoulders
you will not carry it alone, you will carry it with others and if you do I will give you the kind of authority that no other tribe has
it is the kind of authority you see reflected in Revelation 2 verse 26 and 27
listen I'll give you the scepter so that you can wield it with authority over the nations
if you go to Deuteronomy 33 or Genesis 48 what does it say about Judah
the scepter will never depart from between your feet
and so it is impossible for me, for you, for us to operate in this
unless we decide that we will be God dependent and body reliant
not possible otherwise
I can't tell you how important this principle is
and if we choose not to walk this way then we'll end up doing what David did
we'll end up carrying the ark wrongly either on a cart which brings you into a whole lot of trouble
or you touch it when you shouldn't touch it like Ahayo and Uzza did
any questions?
you know it's so easy guys
for me as a pastor to decide that I can do this on my own
because I'm sufficiently gifted, I say that with absolute modesty
but if I go down that route I'm finished
all that giftedness will not matter
because there's something called relational protocol in the kingdom
which is how do I relate to her and how do I relate to him and how do I relate to him
and if that is out of balance it'll be like
the best way I can describe it is Emily, me, Sue
and James carrying the ark
you can imagine how lopsided that ark will be
I just threw you in Sue
because it's impossible to hold the ark in balance
unless there's a vertical relationship and a horizontal relationship
every time I have anything against you in my heart I know that I better deal with it
one of my favorite lines now is
if you need my love you should know you already have it
if you need my love you should already know you have it
that should be my attitude towards you
regardless of what you do you should know that you already have my love
because that's how the father is
you already know you have it
then the horizontal relational protocol is taken care of
one of the things I wanted to say during worship
you guys don't have to prove your love to me, I know you love me
what a relief to know that someone knows you love them, that you don't have to prove it
that you don't have to show it, that he knows your heart
but that's with God in you, but what if I could establish this horizontal relational protocol
if you need my love you should know that you already have it, what if that was what I carried
through irritation, through annoyance, through you doing me harm
through me doing you harm, if we could have that, oh my God
authority would begin to rest here
there's a direct correlation between authority and intimacy
whoever is closest to the king is the one who
wields the greatest authority, always remember that, intimacy and authority are closely
knit, you cannot wield one without the other
the closer you are to the king the greater is your authority
authority dwells where intimacy is present, intimacy with God and therefore intimacy
with each other
I labored that point a lot because we don't see any
correlation between us behaving a certain way and the Judah anointing and authority
but can you imagine the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit not being together
how authority would work then? It wouldn't
any questions guys?
this is about when
the last two weeks you guys would finish, terribly
I'm sorry
yeah
so what I mean by protocol is there are some simple things that come out of
God's idea of love that if a church does not buy into God is not able to do
much so when I say protocol I'm talking about this idea of
because I'm all about love you need to be this way and if you are not
this way then it doesn't matter how much faith you have, how much sacrifice you do
1 Corinthians 13 goes into effect where you're a clanging symbol
a noisy gong so learn how to love me, learn how to like yourself and then learn how to
love each other and if you do this I can be anything I want in your midst and Jacob if you're
not doing this then you as a pastor will screw up the church
yeah
it's not that we can't annoy or irritate each other
you do and I do too
but to be able to then take that annoyance and irritation and disappointment
or whatever you feel and then say but there is a greater quality that
that is so far above it that I will still deal with the annoyance
irritation correction but I will deal with it in a way that is so brilliantly God you think God
isn't annoyed irritated Jesus was you saw it with his disciples quite often
angry sometimes disturbed
sad irritated annoyed particularly with his own
capiche
okay the next one
the Judah anointing allows you to enter into territory that is given to you by God
and route the enemy route the enemy
with stubbornness and
endurance stubbornness and endurance
both stubbornness and endurance
take everything your mother and your teacher and
said about you when it comes to stubbornness and then use it as a
weapon in the kingdom remember those times when your mom said
he was stubborn now take those words and use them well
well
they route the enemy with stubbornness and endurance
guys there's a story of a guy called Eliezer Eliezer was one of
David's mighty three you read about him in second Samuel 23 verse 10
he decides that he's going to fight so he takes a sword and he goes into a field and stands there
and he begins to fight it gets to a point where the sword literally melts
into his hand but he will not give ground it says some versions say the
sword and the hand became one they had a literary comment take it away
from him because that's how he held it and he would not get weary and here's what
some versions phrase it as God accomplished a great victory through him
it was almost as if in that situation God could have done it himself but God needed him
and he was not spiritually weary there is a way you and I have to choose
to be we have to refuse to be spiritually weary I can
understand physical exhaustion but I do not understand spiritual weariness
if there is spiritual weariness it's usually because we are not walking in rest so learn to
walk in rest but there is a capacity that you have
because of Christ in you that is so huge that we got to not confuse
physical exhaustion and spiritual weariness if you're physically exhausted lean against something
but do not quit spiritually if you're physically exhausted lie down
and minister I can do that we can go on to line tonight
but refuse to
fall for this thing called spiritual weariness
it's not real it's not real
there's a reservoir of strength
when God calls us to something physical exhaustion yes Jesus went to sleep
in the boat
and his body was literally perfect
so there is something called physical exhaustion
but every time you think you're being spiritually weary know that you are a
Judah anointed people that you need to say there's something wrong in the way I'm doing things
if I walk in rest I do not get weary Isaiah 40 kicks in
those that wait upon the Lord what is resting but waiting upon every word that proceeds from the mouth of God
please understand that when I
ask some of you leaders or non-leaders to do anything
that seems demanding it is because I know there is a capacity that I have
seen that I can tap on and place a demand on you can
you can come and say I don't have time for it that's understandable but you cannot say I don't have the ability for it
you do and unless the demand is placed on it it doesn't work
questions comments thoughts
slight disagreements
those that overcome spiritual veering as bring God a victory
those that overcome spiritual veering as bring God a victory I love that you bring God a victory
he doesn't have to go looking for candidate number 21 since the last 20
he just gets his first choice right
burnout
Diana has asked a question
the question goes like this Jacob what does spiritual veering
look like now let me answer it
sometimes looks like just
burnout as in you do not have the ability to function anymore spiritually
because you have burnt yourself out
two emotional
inability to now do anything spiritually because your emotions and your spiritual
condition are no longer in sync
three the inability to forgive, release, forget and move on
four equating physical exhaustion with spiritual veering
five choosing not to inconvenience yourself
because I need my time
there's nothing wrong with my time guys
it's good to have my time but not if it's just a matter of inconvenience
not if it's just a matter of inconvenience
please don't think of time and physical exhaustion
as spiritual veering as two separate things
and one of the best ways to handle this is father I will rest and work
I will rest and work all spiritual work will be done from a place of rest
I refuse to do it any other way so that what comes out of me is what is already in me
I don't even know what is in me because it's far greater than what I have actually experimented with
that's how this works
and I will try and make my emotions and my spiritual condition match up
one of the easiest ways to do that I'm not talking about situations where
you're going through a period when things are depressive I'm not talking about that because some conditions
are chemical, clinical and spiritual I'm talking about under normal circumstances
where you are in a place where you have found how to get to a place of joy in about
20 hours and 2 minutes
where some of us it will take 20 hours to get to a place of ha ha ha
for others it will take 2 minutes but once you begin to get to this
place of joy you will find that joy is almost at the
pinnacle of all emotions you get there and all the other emotions settle
why? because it is the
thing that gives us greatest strength the joy of the Lord is my strength
everything else begins to align and so the faster you get to a place
of joy from really sad, despondent, desperate, fearful places
the quicker you will find that your spiritual condition operates really well
when joy is around and it's again a matter of delight and discipline
never a matter of just discipline
yeah
yeah and the more you are at rest
and the more the spirit of God has played the greater your physical strength is
how does a man, an ordinary man fast for 40 days?
there must be something that he had going with God both he and Moses and others
Elijah
have you been watching that Jesus thingy right? what's it called?
the chosen what does it feel like to start your day in the morning and go
healing hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds casting out demons
what does it feel like for a man from Nazareth?
then how does he get up in the morning and then go again and spend some more time with his father
and come back and then he's got to deal with John and James' mother
because she's out to crown them king
always remember guys what are we trying to do?
we're trying to show the world that there is a way to do things more excellently so that there's a model to follow
never back off from that
die trying that
and die trying that and die quietly don't write songs
next one
you like Judah have the ability to throw the enemy into disarray with your praise
your praise is a two-edged sword
Judah was always sent out in the front
Jehoshaphat also when he sent his people out Judah was at the forefront
God told Judah to lead Judah means praise
your praise becomes a two-edged sword
what does praise that becomes a two-edged sword sound like?
it has the sound of the king in your midst
it has the sound of justice
it has the sound of vengeance
it has the sound of judgment
what does it look like
when you are in a prison cell shackled
with eight gods outside and there is a friend called Silas
and you have the ability to now
begin to take up praise that is like a two-edged sword
it has in it the shout of a king
the shout of a king is not the shout of Jesus
the shout of a king is the shout of a people who recognize Jesus in their midst
so the sound of the king in your midst
it carries in it justice there is something about making things right
in your praise
God this is what is happening this is how everything is working out but you make things right
and my praise shall reflect that it carries in it vengeance
man praise carries vengeance always remember the favor of God comes after the vengeance of God
in the Old Testament his vengeance would go out and then his favor would come in
Isaiah 61 the year of Jubilee was a year when there would be favor
but there was also vengeance
Psalm 149 verses 6 to 9 with your high praises which is like a two-edged sword
you will begin to execute vengeance and judge nobles kings
hey good to see you man we will see you next time
if you have any problem with James just let us know
try and help him with soccer he is not very good
later Gaita
vengeance in it
Psalm 149 verses 6 to 9
any questions
sometimes you should shut your doors or go out on your balcony and engage in some songs like this when things are not going well
shut your door
roll up your windows in your car and begin to shout
pardon
yeah so
when I'm in fear because it's something that I am not in control of
things are not going well I'm scared that I'll not end up in a good place
I'll begin to take promises from God that he's given me for the situation
scripture verses I'll put it in a song or if I can't sing
I'll begin to speak it out loud saying this is what is happening but
this is who you are oh God this is what you promised I'll take those promises I'll look at my phone I'll start singing it out
because it should become a two-edged sword in my hand
what is a two-edged sword the two-edged sword is the word of God you have to take the word of God
sometimes Rehma sometimes Logos and you begin to wield it
it brings great joy it brings great
release
there are times when you don't have to sing a single
word like Marcus is saying
where you can absolutely be confident
resting in the word that word will go to work and there are other times where I have to take the sword and fight
let the Holy Spirit lead you because at the end of the day who is the author of the word
and who is the ultimate swordsman the spirit of God
sometimes not a word you are so confident that like
the guys did around Jericho you don't say a word and you go around the city
knowing that the city will fall
the next one is you are sent with
authority to, Judah is always sent with authority to prepare the way
and be a voice Judah is always sent with authority to prepare the way
and be a voice to prepare the way it was said of John the Baptist in Mark
chapter 1 verse 6 and 7 that here is a voice crying out in the wilderness prepare the way
so there are times when the voice needs to go out
remember guys you are a spirit word being you are a spirit you are a spirit
word being therefore take give voice
to the words of the spirit
in you
you are a spirit word being
put voice to the words of the spirit in you use it as a sling use it as a sling
use it as a sling
because your voice is a forerunner that goes ahead of you
this is a strange thing about God and scripture proves it Amos talks about it
I will always speak before I do I will let you know before I do
creation how did creation happen he spoke
words are forerunners for God and it should become forerunners for the people of God
you know the story about Eddie's son Paul right
Eddie's son
was Paul something O'Neill
they gave him a middle name I don't remember it but they used to call him by the middle name
and God had specifically told them to call him Paul and
Paul didn't speak for the first three years of his life or something and then his
elder brother Edward one day when they were talking and
Paul was not speaking Edward goes up to him and he's only older by two years from then he goes up to him
and says what's wrong with you don't you know your name is Paul the moment he says that Paul
starts talking and Eddie then went and literally
repented before God for using a name for the child that was
their middle they gave him a middle name but God had told them to call him
Paul and Paul said now you can't keep Paul quiet
our words are forerunners
God uses words as a forerunner your voice is a
forerunner that goes ahead of you opening the way for God to move
preparing what must be established the thing is guys deep calls to deep and my
silence will smother what the deep is saying to deep as in the Spirit of
God says something write it down speak it it's a God pattern
Judah does this
I will stop in 14 minutes
yeah
and if I don't then you get
James's sweater hoodie
guys Judah has a remnant
mentality Judah has a remnant mentality Judah oh my Lord thank God
can you put the clock back on so I okay 1247
Judah has a remnant mentality
a remnant mentality is basically it functions
as a seed it functions as a seed
a remnant is
a subset of a
larger aggregate
a remnant is a subset of a larger aggregate that is
anticipated in the future and the Judah has a remnant mentality it doesn't matter that nobody is going with you
it doesn't matter that you don't have what it takes that people are saying really you think you can do something what
good comes out of Nazareth it doesn't matter
the attitude of that of a remnant that we are seed we function as seed
if we fall into the ground something will happen in the future a remnant is a subset
of an aggregate that awaits that is much larger and that is anticipated in the future
and this mentality is important it's not a survivor mentality it is not
I'm a survivor that old Destiny child song no this is something very different it's this
thing where you know that you have in you the potency to create
something that in the future will become huge
yeah it will become huge it will multiply
multiply
and you pay the cost for others you pay the cost for others
Isaiah 53 verse 10 it is said of Jesus that Jesus went ahead of us that he paid a price
but this he knew that the will of the father will prosper in his hands and that he will see hundreds and hundreds and hundreds
who will come after him into the kingdom because of what he did I live near
the river the Fraser River every day you will see this
little tugboats smaller than about the same size as this pew
hauling in something as big as this church
and they'll turn and they'll somehow pull this
in houses that I've seen floating down that river pulled by a little tugboat
because that tugboat has the engine that is required to bring the rest in
that is what this mentality is be encouraged church that God has
asked you to be part of this be encouraged that right in our foundations we were told that we had
the anointing that was upon Judah that this was a church that would stand at the forefront pay the cost man it's
worth paying the cost
yeah
yeah yeah one of the ways I would define remnant for the sake of the
kingdom is very this way a remnant is a seed with the potency to develop a
forest and God at the end of the day distills everything down to a remnant he always starts with a remnant
always comes down to one man Abraham one man Jacob the other one
the one man Jesus the one man Paul everything
starts from that tiny little remnant but in that remnant you have everything that is
required for an entire body to come across it's the same thing with the fetus right it starts from one cell
and then grows into something that is the potency of what
God does say mustard seed it's brilliant
this is who you are guys and you pay a cost when you pay a cost
other Timothes and Titus emerge next point God resources the
Judah people he resources them he resources them he resources
them he doesn't send you out without resourcing you the
only problem is you only see your provision as you walk towards it
that is just God's
just a predictable not good habit where
you only see your provision as you walk towards it but he always
resources you you do not see it till you start walking towards it but as you
walk towards it it appears and he always resources I mean
don't know what to do in New York it doesn't matter walk towards it don't know how
to fund New York doesn't matter walk towards it as you
walk towards it it comes therefore this church has never had a budget
this church cannot have a budget you cannot have a
budget if you're a Judah anointing church
because there are no limits
yeah
people who
walk under the Judah anointing have a different spirit they have a different
spirit anyone can have this guys but
if this is the table you're eating from you don't even have to go looking for this table because
it's there in front of you it's not some special thing that God is
giving us it is just that this is something God gave us and we are just making sure that we
don't walk away from this table and instead sit at it a different spirit is
one that follows fully these are some things that a different spirit does
one that follows fully as in there's no half measures here one that waits for God
one that waits for God won't go rushing into things because they know
that walking in rest is the easiest way to accomplish a lot without doing much
walking in rest is the easiest way to accomplish a lot without doing much
why would you want to do it any other way
third they don't
amend what they're given they don't amend what they're given
whatever God tells them to do there's no amendment this is it do it this way can't amend it
can't change it neither circumstances nor culture allow you they don't
because the road is long
because the road is long they don't faint these are some of the things of people that have
most excellent spirit they run and they're not weary because of these things
that they walk in but in the process they are last
in the eyes of people who think they are very foolish
but they are first in line
with God and they are despised
by Saul's daughter
I was going to say they are despised by Michael but then we might come to wrong
conclusions so I'll call him
David was like this last in the line his dad didn't even
call him up man for the parade how do you not call all your sons up
doesn't even call him up last in the line first with God
despised by Saul's daughter so
who talks about Michael nobody
nobody
last two points
no Michael's better Michael's better
in Hebrew it's pronounced Michael
next one
I love this about us as a people as you as a people they lap up water like
dogs they lap up water like dogs
it's one place where being called a dog is a good thing they lap up water like
dogs they're like Gideon's 300 you lap up water like dogs
chapter 7 verse 5 and what is lapping up water like dogs mean
it's eager alertness
obedience without understanding
willingness
to be
stretched that's what it looks like
and the
last one disengaged from other distractions disengaged
from civilian distractions to use Paul's words from Timothy
that's what it looks like to be to
lap up water like dogs and I see this so about you I mean can you imagine
what would have happened if this was not who you were but this is how
you are and you've been like this for 16 years now
let's embrace this anointing because greater things await us
eager alertness
obedience without understanding nobody here wants to
know why how when where I mean we jump
into things foolishly and even those connected with us now do
that people move from Houston to New York New York to LA who does that who
leaves Vernon and comes to Vancouver four of them
disengaged from civilian distractions
the last point yes the last point is
they come against the empty traditions of men and the empty superstitions of the
spirit world they come against the empty traditions of men and the empty
superstitions of the spirit world they come against the empty traditions of men as in there's no
traditions or cultural hangups.
Two or three times in New York and LA
I was asked the question,
hey, so is your church Indian?
Because like attracts like,
so everybody expected that the church I raised
must be Indian.
And I said no, and then I told them a little secret
that in the beginning when we started,
I made sure that no Indian knew I was starting a church.
So because you could be anything else,
but because sometimes it can get very clannish
where if you start with an Indian core,
then Indian culture will take over.
And thank God we started with a non-Indian core.
And now it's not Indian.
The only Indian here is Evan.
Oh.
Anything to burn you.
Yeah.
Hey, this time is not my name.
This time is Karen and Diana's.
Go ahead, Karen.
The empty traditions of men and the empty traditions of men.
The empty traditions of the spirit world.
The empty traditions of men
and the empty superstitions of the spirit world,
they come against both.
They come against both. Do not tolerate the traditions of men or the cultural hangups.
Because these are the things that usually are behind every ideology and system.
Either the empty superstitions of the spirit world or the empty traditions of men are always behind the ideologies and the systems of the world.
Paul talks about it. Elemental spirits of the world. Stoic here.
And because they don't do this, they have the ability now to go up and repossess nations, repossess places that are desolate one life at a time.
That is how Judah works.
I know you know the story, but in 2 Kings 17, 26-28, 2 Kings 17, 26-28, a king captures Israel.
He's got a problem though. Lions are ravaging the land.
So he takes Israel and then he brings his people and settles them in Israelite land.
But there are lions ravaging the land. And so he says, the only way to get rid of these lions is to find some priests from Israel and send them to the land so that they can teach the people who now live in the land the law of their God.
This is how you resettle things.
When you send the people of God into places one life at a time to resettle so that the lions no longer devour.
2 Kings 17, 26-28. Fascinating story.
Yeah, I'm done. Made it. I can take the jacket back.
Hey, this is a good church.
I'm saying it after not being here for two weeks, returning here is really good.
A church is made up of its people. It's a good place to return to.
I find it very refreshing coming here.
It's a good church. Let's just pray that God will now anoint us with...
God will refresh us in the Judah anointing right now. Let's just pray that.
Can two or three people just pray into that and I'll conclude.
Pray loudly.
Go for it guys. You let your voice be a forerunner.
Father, I'm reminded of the verse that says,
I am more control of the chief of your house.
Now I feel like Father, you let us into this house.
Maybe we can enjoy it a little bit.
May your presence not only go before it, but also be a part of each house that will be a piece of that.
Father, may we also do what we need to do in order to walk in this place that lives well in the land that we brought it to.
To be able to be a Judah people. To be able to walk in that anointing.
Father, we know that you've made the way. So now we want to step into it.
Step in and hear and obey. To delight ourselves in your word.
To delight ourselves in this place and the pasture that you've brought us.
Father, we know it will benefit us and it will benefit others.
Father, thank you that you have done what you said you would do.
And may we do what we need to do to live fully in this place.
Father, thank you for this amazing opportunity to listen to you.
And you are sending us today to walk in your ways with delight and discipline.
Thank you.
May you understand each point and may it not be that difficult to walk in it, Father.
That we would go forth knowing that you have a purpose in hearing this word today.
So help us to be, help us to listen with faith and follow your instructions.
Amen.
Father, let us walk forward foolishly into what you're calling us to.
Remembering that you own the cattle on the Thousand Hills.
That you own everything. That you made everything and you own everything.
And that should give us no cause for apprehension or worry to just walk forward foolishly into what you called us to do.
Thank you. Anyone else?
Father, I just rise on behalf of the symbol. Thank you Father.
And especially say thank you for the ones who have run for us.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hallelujah.
And we just say we carry that church and we want to run for it.
Father, I pray that you would send your Spirit and that we would leave with a fresh heart.
And that you would have spoken with us.
And that we would have spoken with you today.
Hallelujah.
Yeah, yeah.
Hallelujah. Amen.
Let me read from Genesis and then then.
Genesis chapter 49.
Reading from the message.
Father, we just receive these words now from Genesis 49, 8 to 10.
And we receive it just as a gift from you.
And we pray like others have prayed that we be responsible before you and walk well before you.
And like Jane was praying.
Leave with a fresh understanding of this anointing that you put into this church long ago.
Genesis 49, verse 8 to 10 from the message.
Amen.
Bless you guys as you go.