 There is no limit to what God can do with a life that is anointed with the Holy Spirit. Do you desire to be used for the glory of God? Does everything within your heart cry out to be spent for the glory and the majesty and the purpose of Jesus Christ within the earth? Well, today on this edition of Spirit Church, I'm talking about the cost of the anointing. I don't believe it's by accident that you're watching. If you want to be used by God, you're going to need the anointing of the Holy Spirit. The anointing of the Holy Spirit is what marks us for service and what empowers us to carry out our God-given callings. Now I'm going to be talking about the cost of the anointing and I'm going to be talking about what it takes to live a life that is anointed by the Holy Spirit. We're going to get into that in just a moment, but first, Stephen Moctezuma is here with me as usual. He's going to lead you in some worship. I want you, as you worship with Stephen, to pray that God would open your mind, open your heart, and that you would be prepared to receive the word that's going to come forward right now. Worship with Stephen Moctezuma, then we're going to come right back and get into this lesson. I know it's going to bless you. Here's Stephen Moctezuma. I want to be used by God. There's a price that you must pay. There's a cost to the anointing. The scripture tells us of the Old Testament ceremony of anointing. Whether someone was being anointed as a king, a priest, or a prophet, they were ceremoniously symbolically anointed by having oil placed upon them. Oil was a symbol of God's mark. It was a mark of consecration, appointment, and position. And while the Old Testament has this beautiful picture of the ceremony of the anointing, we know that today we, like Christ, are anointed by the Holy Spirit. Acts chapter 10 verse 38 says, And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are symbolically still to this day anointed with oil. Just as in James chapter 5 verse 15, we see that there is still some significance in the faith ceremony of anointing with oil. And we recognize the importance of symbolism all throughout the Old Testament. We see symbolism pointing us to spiritual truth. And well, again, we recognize that there is power in our faith in these ceremonies that God would have us carry out, though we are symbolically anointed with oil, we are actually anointed by the Holy Spirit and with power. You have been anointed with, marked with, consecrated with, empowered with the Holy Spirit being poured out upon your life. You have been qualified for use. You have been qualified for ministry because you've had the Holy Spirit poured upon you. The Holy Spirit Himself is your qualification for ministry. However, there are things that we can do that intensify the effect of the anointing upon our lives. Now, I want to take a look at the scripture in Exodus chapter 30 because as I just said, there is truth to be found in Old Testament symbolism. In fact, you can find Christ Himself in Old Testament symbolism. You can even find the Holy Spirit in Old Testament symbolism. But I want to take a look at Exodus chapter 30 and we're going to go down to verse number 23. I'm going to read all the way up to verse 29. This is what the scripture says concerning the anointing oil. Actually, let's start at verse number 22 where the scripture says this, then the Lord said to Moses, collect choice spices, 12 and a half pounds of pure myrrh, six and a quarter pounds of fragrant cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of fragrant calamus, and 12 and a half pounds of cassia as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil like a skilled incense maker. Send these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil. Use this sacred oil to anoint the tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, the table and all its utensils, the lamp stand and all its accessories, the incense altar, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the wash basin with its stand. Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also be holy. These are the ingredients of the anointing, and the scripture says that we are to blend them like a skilled incense maker. God is that incense maker. The Holy Spirit is that incense maker, and He skillfully blends these ingredients to produce the holy anointing. He skillfully works and crafts to pull out the benefits of each one of these ingredients to ultimately produce the results of the anointing oil. This is what God does in your life. He pulls together ingredients. He pulls together situations. He pulls together everything that your life offers to him. He wastes nothing. The Lord doesn't even waste mistakes. And He pulls all of these together to craft and to create a beautiful, a pure, and a powerful anointing. We see the first ingredient that was used was myrrh. Myrrh was the first ingredient listed here. Now this was a gum that exudes from the bark of a shrub or a small tree. It was a type of tree that would have this gum-like substance sticking out, protruding from in between the bark. And it was used for medicinal purposes. It was used for, in the Old Testament, the purification of women. It was used for embalming. But it's most important to note that myrrh had a purification effect. It purified what it touched. And this is the first key to the anointing, its purity, its holiness. Ephesians chapter 5, verses 1 through 4 says, Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children, and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality or of any kind of impurity or of greed because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving, not even a hint of impurity. I am not trying to propagate the burdensome message of legalism. What I am saying to you is that the greater the purity in your life, the greater the power upon your life. The greater the purity in your life, the greater the power upon your life. When you walk holy, when you walk consecrated, when you walk pure before the Lord, you are allowing this oil, this fragrance to flow through you unabated. The power of God comes upon a life that is spent in the presence of God. The presence is the key to the power. But the presence of God brings about a purification effect. We see in Isaiah chapter 6 that when the prophet encountered the Lord, he was purified because the angel took from the altar the tongs and touched his lips with the coal and cleansed his guilt, cleansed his shame, washed away the sin. We must walk holy if we want God to use our lives. We cannot fool ourselves. Yes, I understand grace. Yes, I understand the finished work of the cross. Yes, I understand God's forgiveness and mercy. But the truth is that you cannot walk in impurity and the fullness of the power that God has for your life. Purity makes room for the anointing. Impurity crowds out the power of God. It makes you a vessel through which it becomes difficult for the power of God to flow. Number one is purity. Number two, we see cinnamon being used. Now cinnamon gave to the anointing oil a sweetness. And cinnamon has a sweet taste to it. And the scripture says in Acts chapter number eight, and we're going to read verses 15-24, it talks about someone who had bitterness and what God thought of that bitterness. This chapter eight verse number 15 says this, and for those of you who often ask, I'm reading out of the New Living Translation, that's my primary translation that I use to teach out of these videos, of course, I reference other translations. The scripture says, as soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit. When Simon saw that the Spirit was given when the apostles laid their hands on people, he offered them money to buy this power. Let me have this power too, he exclaimed, so that when I lay my hands on people, they will receive the Holy Spirit. But Peter replied, may your money be destroyed with you, for thinking God's gift can be bought. You can have no part in this, for your heart is not right with God. Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord, perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts, for I can see that you are full of bitter jealousy and are held captive by sin. The translations say that he was full of the gall of bitterness. What is the gall of bitterness? We see in Mark chapter 15, verse number 23, that when Christ was upon the cross, he was given a mix of wine and myrrh. You mix wine and myrrh together, and it gives you a bitter taste, and it was meant to numb the pain. This would not take on anything that would make him numb, or to take away or ease the pain in any way. But here's what's interesting. Myrrh was the first ingredient that I listed, or that the scripture also listed here. And myrrh, when it is mixed with wine, becomes bitter. Though myrrh is an ingredient for the anointing, though myrrh represents purity, when it is mixed with bitterness, the Lord rejects it. So those who walk in purity in other places of their lives, yet are filled with bitterness, they do not have the sweetness that comes with the cinnamon. They do not have the sweetness that the anointing requires. When they are bitter in their hearts, though they live a life of purity, if that life of purity is mingled with bitterness, it is rejected by God for use. I want you to think about that. Myrrh represents purity. But Christ rejects the gall of bitterness. Simon was rejected because he had impurity mixed with purity, the myrrh. He had bitterness about him that was perceived by the apostle, and he rejected him. We see here also that this man, Simon, who wanted to buy the power of the Holy Spirit, who wanted to buy the working of the anointing, was rebuked because he wanted to buy it. In fact, it was perceived by the apostle that Simon had jealousy within his heart. Jealousy and bitterness go hand in hand, because they both make one feel entitled to something to which they are not entitled. Jealousy and bitterness destroy the sweetness of the anointing. And though there is holiness, though you may not be in sexual immorality, though you may not have a foul mouth, though you may walk in purity in those other areas, if you have jealousy, if you have bitterness, it will destroy the anointing on your life, and God will reject you for use. He will not reject you for forgiveness. He will not reject you for salvation, per se, but he will reject you to be used by his power and for his glory. God rejects the bitter and the jealous for ministry. Jealousy manifests itself as competition. There are preachers who view the ministry as a competition to outdo one another, to promote their own names, and you will be cut off from the pure anointing of the Holy Ghost if you have jealousy or bitterness in your life. I'm sorry if that offends you, but that's the truth, and I want you to know the truth so that the truth can set you free. God won't even hear your prayers if you are filled with bitterness. Mark chapter 11 verse 25 says, But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins too. Read yourself of bitterness. Read yourself of jealousy. Read yourself of ambition and competition, and God will use your life. There are many men of God who should be alongside me in ministry today who I know personally. They're either completely backslidden in the world or their ministry is stagnant. Why? Because there's ambition in their heart. Because there's jealousy in their heart. Because there's competition in their heart. God will bring to a halt the ministry He has given you if you allow jealousy, bitterness, competition and ambition to take away the sweetness. Let God work on you again. Let that sweetness return. Be forgiving. Be kind. Consider others as better than yourselves. There are times where I will post something on Facebook about a book that I wrote or about a sermon that I've released, and it very rarely fails that someone will write, Well, I'm annoying to two, everyone come look at my page, don't look at his, I know better. It doesn't bother me at all because I know who I am and the Lord. But I do pity those who write such things. And I pray that God would help them recognize the immaturity. I pray that God would help me recognize the immaturity in me. We all have things that we need to rid ourselves of. We all have areas in which we can grow. But when it comes to the cinnamon, the sweetness, we need to take it seriously. We cannot be like Simon who filled with jealousy tried to buy the anointing of the Holy Ghost. We can't do that. We must remain sweet and we must remain pure. Now I want to just backtrack one second onto my first point talking about myrrh and purity. I didn't have this in my notes, but as I was talking about the cinnamon, the Lord put this in my spirit. Concerning purity, we must protect the anointing because it is precious. It is something that we must guard with our purity. When we are confronted with temptation, we must ask ourselves, Is what I am about to do worth the anointing on my life? Is who I am about to spend time with worth the anointing on my life? Is what I am about to say worth the anointing on my life? There needs to be purity. I was ministering at a conference in Florida and the power of God moved tremendously. There were miracles. In fact, there was someone there who they were healed of a problem. I believe they were paralyzed on their left side for a few years and they hadn't moved certain parts of their body in a while in certain ways. God completely healed them. It was powerful. I want to make sure I am accurate with that story, but that is the gist of it if I remember correctly. It definitely had to do with the stroke. It had to do with the stroke. This woman was not able to move without a cane and it was a really sad situation to see, but that made it so much greater when she was healed. As she was testifying, I was also asked to pray for someone who needed healing. I don't remember what this gentleman needed healing for, but I prayed for him. He felt the power of God moved through him like electricity. He was healed in that service. I handed the mic back to the pastor and I walked back to my seat and I am standing in the front row and the Holy Spirit says, you forgot something. I said, Lord, what did I forget? He said, don't you remember the covenant you and I have? I remembered that the Lord and I have a deal that at every service when he moves powerfully like that, I am to make it absolutely clear that he and he alone deserves all the glory. So at the end of the service or during the service or before the service, at some point I have to make it very clear that it has nothing to do with me, but that I've surrendered and have become a vessel for Jesus himself to move through. And so I had that covenant to verbally express the glory that Jesus deserves for everything that happened, is happening or was about to happen. And so I'm standing there in my seat and the pastor is already about halfway through whatever it is he's about to do. And the Lord says, go back up there, get that microphone and tell the people what I just told you to say. And I said, Lord, I don't know if I can do this because this is, this is, this might be out of order. I didn't want to be one of those super odd people who disrupt services. So I was debating which was the voice of the Lord. I know his voice, but there are times that we have to wrestle through different things to make sure we're discerning him properly. And I thought, Lord, if I stand up there, I'm disrupting the service, but I want to make sure this is you. So I very gently went up to the side of the platform and put my hand up so the pastor could see me. The pastor called me up and I got on the microphone and I said, I need to make something clear. And I was there in my seat convicted because I had forgotten to tell of the glory of God. And so I told the people, I have no healing power. I've never claimed to have healing power. There's only one healer. His name is not David Hernandez. His name is Jesus. And he alone deserves the glory. Well, the people gave God glory, they rejoiced, and I went back down to my seat and the next pastor came up and he talked about the importance of consecration for the anointing. And he used that as an example. He says, Brother David came up. Had he not done that, this pastor said, that anointing would have been lifted from off of him. And it's true. He does lift the intensity of the anointing. Biblically speaking, we always carry the potential of the anointing. We always carry the power of the Holy Ghost within us. But that flow can be blocked by impurity. And so we need to be overprotective of the anointing. I'd rather be overprotective than underprotective. I am overprotective of the anointing on my life. I am overprotective of the Lord's name and His reputation. I am overprotective of the call of God. So when you find yourself in a situation of temptation, ask yourself, is this worth the anointing on my life? And that you can amend to my first point on myrrh, which is purity and holiness. So number one, there's myrrh, which is purity. Number two, there was cinnamon, which is sweetness. This is speaking against ambition and jealousy and bitterness and competition. And number three, this is calamus or cane. Now this was an oriental plant. I believe they actually pegged it down some of the Bible commentaries that I read to a plant called the sweet flag. And this plant produced calamus or cane. And when the cane was powdered, they would take the stalk and powder it. It would release this very sweet aroma. And it forms an ingredient that is most often used in precious perfumes or precious fragrance. Now this was expensive. This was costly when it was used in perfumes, but this represents the fragrance that arises to the Lord in worship. Calamus represents worship. I want you to go to Luke chapter 7, Luke chapter number 7, verses 36 to 48 we're going to read. And this gives us an example of worship in action, Luke chapter 7, verse number 36. The Bible says this, one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman came from that city, heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, if this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him, she's a sinner. Then Jesus answered his thoughts, Simon, he said to the Pharisee, I have something to say to you. Go ahead teacher, Simon replied. Then Jesus told him this story, a man loan money to two people, 500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces of silver to the other. But neither of them could repay him. So he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that? Simon answered, I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt. That's right, Jesus said. Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn't offer water to wash the dust from my feet. But she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You didn't greet me with a kiss. But from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head. But she has anointed my feet with rare perfume. Worship is a key to the anointing. The scripture says in 2 Corinthians 2 verse 15, our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing. That ties right in with that verse, the selection of verses we just read. This is a fragrance that rises before the Lord. He receives it as an offering, our worship. Genesis chapter 8 verses 20 to 21, the scripture says, then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And there he sacrificed as burnt offerings, the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose. And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice. And he said to himself, I will never again curse the ground because of the human race. Even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood, I will never again destroy all living things. Noah's worship rose before the Lord and causes the Lord to respond in a way that affected all of humanity forever. Your worship is a key to the anointing. Worship marks you. Even worship that doesn't feel heavenly to you is making impact and coming before the Lord. I like to sing to the Lord. There are songs that I will sing to him. In fact, that's the key to the miracles in our ministry. I'm not the best singer in the world. But at our miracle services, that's what I do. I'll stand on the platform, forget about the people who are there, and I'll just worship the Lord as if it's just he and I. As it is when I'm praying in private at home. And there are songs that I sing to him that I know he loves because I sing them sincerely from my heart. And as I worship him, his presence manifests all around me. As the people worship him, God's presence manifests all around them and miracles happen. Worship is a powerful key to the anointing of the Holy Spirit. When you are constantly living a life of worship, not just in song and in declaration and in adoration, but in the way you live, you are walking with a fragrance around you that rises up before the Lord and people can sense that on you. People can sense and smell spiritually speaking the fragrance of the Lord on your life. When you live a life of worship, when you live a life focused on the glory of God, when you live a life that is constantly adoring your Creator, there's a fragrance, there's an atmosphere, there's a mist about you that you carry everywhere you go that distinguishes you, that marks you. And so that fragrance is worship. That is what we need. That cane is worship. In fact, the majority of my prayer life is worship. If I have an hour to pray, I will worship for 45 minutes and pray for 15. That's how powerful worship is. In fact, that's what King David did. He would just worship the Lord and in worship as he's contemplating God and meditating upon his word and adoring the Father, revelation would come forth. And that union with God would be strengthened in worship. Now there are times when you're singing to the Lord or when you're worshiping the Lord or when you're declaring his praises or when you're living a holy life, however it is that you're worshiping him, there are times as you're worshiping that you may feel that your worship is not doing a thing. But let me assure you of this, God receives it. You may not feel heavenly atmospheres around you every time you worship the Lord, but you need to know by faith that when you worship the Lord from your heart, there is something taking place in the heavenly realm. I believe this is for somebody watching me right now. You worship the Lord and you wait to feel something when you need to recognize that worship is not about you. It's not about your feelings. It's not about getting your burdens lifted. Worship is simply the declaration, the adoration, the praise of our Father and who he is. And when you live a life of constant praise and his praises are continually in your mouth, I will bless the Lord at all times. And his praise shall continually be in my mouth, the scripture says. And when we live this kind of life, we are calling upon the Lord in such a special way that we are bonding with him. We are being united with him. We are becoming people after his own heart. We become favorite of the Lord. And the Lord takes pleasure in us when we worship him. There's a fragrance all around us. Worship is a key to the anointing. And I don't know about you, but I feel the anointing right now on this. Let us, let's just stop right now. And I got two more points, but let's stop right here for a moment. And let's just worship the Lord. Come on, lift your hands. I want you to say, Jesus, I adore you. Jesus, we love you. I can feel the anointing of the Holy Spirit right now. Jesus, we adore you. There is none like you. There is none like you. You're everything, Lord. Jesus, you are my reward. We love you, Lord. We worship you, Lord. We worship your majesty. Name of the moment, beautiful savior, glorious Lord. That is the key to the anointing. It's worship. And that has to do with the cane or the calamus. So now I want to go to number four, cassia. Now, cassia was taken from a cassia herb. And in order for this herb to thrive and to survive and to live in a way that would produce the cassia, they had to be rooted in wet areas near rivers. The Bible says in Psalm chapter one, verses one through three. Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or stand around with sinners or join in with mockers, but they delight in the law of the Lord meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither and they prosper in all they do. John chapter 15, verse five says, and this is Jesus speaking. Yes, I am the vine. You are the branches. Those who remain in me and I in them will produce much fruit. Apart from me, you can do nothing. Cassia was produced when there was roots that would go deep into the ground. When there were roots that would strike water. This speaks of abiding or the process. Because in order to grow roots, number one, it takes time. Now, when I first started preaching the gospel at 13, I wanted to rush into every phase of ministry. And I was never satisfied with where I was. Now, nowadays, I'm grateful in every season while believing for the next. But in this season now, I'm patient. Not as patient as I want to be, but I'm much more patient than I used to be. And as you grow in the Lord and the anointing, your patience also grows. I love what Pastor Phil Muncie says. He says, patience is faith in slow motion. Faith abides. Faith waits. Faith allows for the process. Even if you were handed what you want it to be handed right now, it wouldn't accomplish what you think it would accomplish. I've had people who've come to me and they say, Brother David, I want what you have. I want a television ministry. I want a radio broadcast. I want to preach all over the world. I want ministry partners. I want an office. I want a studio. I want to evangelize. I want to write books. And they list all the things that have taken me years to get to. And they'll just sit down and they want, in one conversation, me to tell them everything. And they'll say, OK, so I can do this all. And in their mind, I've had some people tell me that they're planning to accomplish all that in just a matter of months. And while I admire the faith, I must also bring correction because there's a process to this. In order to produce the Cassia, the roots had to take root in the places of moisture. And they had to grow. And there had to be a process. Allow the Lord to process you. Do not rush the process. You know you are ready for the next level when you've stopped trying to rush the process. I'm going to say that again because some of you need to hear that again. You know you're ready for the next level of ministry when you're finished with trying to rush the process. If you're trying to rush it, if you're trying to get the Lord to do something quickly with you, you've missed it. If you're trying to get him to do something quicker than he's doing it now, you've missed it. I'm not saying to have no faith for bigger things. I'm not saying to try and to act and to work in the kingdom. We need to work in the kingdom. We need to try to grow what we're doing. But if there is that inner frustration, that entitlement, that it's almost like a quiet anger that's in you when you have to wait for something, then you've not finished that process. Only when you're done rushing the Lord are you ready to move to the next level. And I know in our hearts we'll say, okay Lord, I no longer want to rush you. And then we wait for him to respond to that. But no, even that prayer is a form of trying to rush the Lord. That's how deceitful we are with ourselves sometimes. However, roots also need to go to deep places, dark places. The anointing is produced in dark places. The anointing is produced in hiddenness, being underground. King David was hidden by the anointing. That same anointing that revealed David as king was also the same anointing that hid him in certain seasons. Think about this. The seasons of being hidden by the anointing are just as crucial as seasons of being exposed by the anointing. In order for a root to really have its effect, it has to go deep. It has to go to dark places. It has to go to cold places. It has to remain hidden. To produce the cassia, we must allow for the process. We must be patient and allow things to take their time. And we must allow the lonely places and the dark places to cause us to sprout into something that can be used to the glory of God. So just to recap, and then we'll go to point number five and finish this up. Number one, there's myrrh, which is purity. Number two, there's cinnamon, which is sweetness. This is speaking again against ambition, competition, jealousy, and bitterness. Number three, calamus or cane. This is a fragrant aspect of the anointing oil. This is our worship. Worship creates a mist about you, a heavenly mist about you that pulls upon the attention of the Lord. Number four, cassia. This, I believe, is symbolic for the process by which it is created, which is the roots, the moisture. It needs to be by the riverbed. And when it is there, when it is taken that time, when it is processed, when it is deep, when it is in a cold, lonely, dark hidden place, then it produces something. And that's the anointing on your life being produced. Number five, the olive oil. And this is my final point. Now the olives, in order for them to get the olives, what they would do is they would violently shake the trunk of the olive tree. And the olive would fall to the ground. And then they would take that olive and they would crush that olive until it produced oil. So that's two things. Number one, the olives were shaken from the tree. And number two, they were crushed to produce the oil. We need to be shaken from familiar places. When God gets ready to anoint you, first he shakes you out of comfort, then he shakes you out of familiarity. And he removes you from everything that you've known. When he called Abraham, he called him out. When he called Moses, he called him out. When he called the disciples, he called them away from their work. When God calls you, it's going to shake you. When the anointing gets ready to move upon your life, there is a great shaking. Maybe you're in that season right now. Everything that's been familiar is changing. Everything that was stable is shaking. And you may be saying, Lord, am I being punished? No, you're being anointed. When you're coming to a place where things are changing, when you're coming to a place where things are shaking, where that place of comfort has to become a place of trust and faith, that is God anointing you. You're in the process of the anointing. Hang in there. Because what comes next is the crushing. First, we are shaken from familiar places. We are shaken from comfort. We are shaken from the known and sent into the unknown. And then we are crushed. Our image is marred. Our flesh is crucified. God strips us of the cares of this world. God strips us of worldly mindsets. God strips us of selfishness. God puts His image in us, the pressures of this world, the circumstances of this world, the people of this world, and even the setbacks in your life are all a part of the crushing. James chapter 1 verses 2 through 4 says, My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations, knowing this, that the trying of your faith work its patience, but let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Let patience have its work. There's a crushing. There's pressure. There's discomfort. There is the shaking and the changes. And we lose familiarity. That is part of the process of the anointing. There is a price to pay for the costly anointing. Now certainly Jesus paid the ultimate price in Isaiah chapter 53 verse 10, speaking of being crushed like an olive for the anointing. Think of the greatness of the anointing on Christlikeness and think about the anointing on His person when the scripture says, But it was the Lord's good plan to crush Him and cause Him grief. Yet when His life is made an offering for sin, He will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life and the Lord's good plan will prosper in His hands. Ultimately, it was the Lord who was crushed for the anointing on your life. Now He paid a price, but we must also pay that price along with Him. I am crucified with Christ, the scripture says. Jesus told us to take up our crosses too. A crossless gospel is a Christless gospel. We want to be anointed of God. We want to be used by His power. You want to see miracles. You want to cast out devils. You want to preach the gospel. You need these five things as we see in scripture. Again, I'll just recap the mirror, purity, cinnamon, which is sweetness that's speaking against ambition, jealousy, and the like. Three, calamus. This is fragrance. This is worship. Four, cassia. Speaking to the roots, we must allow for the process. And number five, the olive oil, the crushing or the pressure that God will put you under. Well, that is it for this lesson. I want to pray with you now. Let's pray that God would give you the privilege of paying the price. I want you to think about this. Yes, there's a price to pay for the anointing, but it is a privilege to pay that price. Come on, stretch your hands toward mine. Father in Jesus' name, I pray for that one watching right now. And Lord, I ask that the anointing of your Holy Spirit would saturate that one watching. Father, we yield our lives. We give you our all. Crush us, Lord, as it pleases you. Make us a fragrant offering. Purify our hearts. Rid us of jealousy, ambition, and bitterness. Father, help us to allow for the process. Give us the courage, Lord, to face the things you've called us to face. Lord, I pray that you would anoint that one watching. Come on, stretch your hands toward mine. I want to pray that the anointing comes on you now. Father, I pray for that one watching. Anoint him. Anoint her. I pray in Jesus' name. We give you the glory, Lord, for this anointing that's now flowing. In Jesus' name we pray. Lord, I pray for healing. Lord, I rebuke skin disease right now in Jesus' name. I rebuke cancer in Jesus' name. Lord, I come against diabetes and arthritis in Jesus' name. Amen to the body, Lord. You formed it. Surely you can heal it. We cast all our cares upon you. We thank you, Lord, for your precious anointing. Help us to value it and to guard it in Jesus' name. Amen. You need to value that anointing. Guard it. There are men and women who have done things that cost them the anointing. Sure, it can be restored, but it takes time for restoration. And we must fearfully and reverently honor and value the anointing on our lives. Well, I want to welcome now the new members of the Spirit Church family. There you are up on the screen. We welcome you. We thank you for joining Spirit Church. We love you and we are praying for you, as I always say, because I always mean it. And if you'd like information on how you can join the Spirit Family, then go ahead and click on the link that's just about to appear over my head. When you join Spirit Church, it's free. We do ask that Spirit Church members voluntarily tie. They voluntarily give a set monthly amount. But if you become a Spirit Church member, it's absolutely free. And what that does is it gives you an email every single Sunday on Sunday mornings. It'll show up to your inbox and you join in. You can join Steve and I. Steve will lead you in worship. I'll teach you a lesson. Pray with you. And we will work together to see the call of God fulfilled upon your life. And when you join Spirit Church, it's not just that weekly email, but you also can reply to that email to talk with our ministry staff for prayer and to have your needs presented before the Lord in a corporate manner. And so we want you to join. And one of the benefits, too, is you actually get these videos, I think it's just about a day or two before they're released on YouTube. We release them to you on Sunday mornings and the YouTube viewers get them on Monday because that's the best time to release, for us anyway, a YouTube video. So we definitely do want you to join. We want to welcome you and we love you. And you can join from anywhere in the world. Now onto your comments. And this is a list of comments from the video, A Preaching Anointing. This is from Emma Nimpton writes, Once again, Pastor David, your lessons helped me again. Thank you again, Pastor David, for helping me gain focus on preaching the gospel and how to do it effectively. Well, we cannot do it effectively without the anointing of the Holy Spirit. I am convinced of that. Thank you for your comment. The next commenter writes, Thank you, David, for this teaching and your teachings. Your channel was not recommended to me by anyone, but I believe in my hunger for a mentor. The Holy Spirit led me here. You are mentoring me. Every moment I watch any of these episodes, I feel strongly drawn to my call. Thank you. I consider it an honor if you consider me one of your mentors. And for any of you who feel that way, I'm honored. I'm your brother in Christ. But I so appreciate that. And I'm honored that anyone would think of me in that way. And so thank you for watching EncounterTV. Pan Art writes, Thank you so much, Pastor David. At the end, when you prayed for healing, I was touched by the Holy Spirit and I teared up. Thank you so much. Thank you for another wonderful teaching. All of your teachings have helped me in so many ways. I also loved your book Carriers of the Glory, Becoming a Friend of the Holy Spirit. An absolute must read. It is fantastic. And to think I almost didn't buy it. God bless you. Well, thank you for that comment. In fact, you can get the book Carriers of the Glory on Amazon.com. But you can also get them from our ministry. The audio version of Carriers of the Glory is now available. This link that's about to appear over here, you see this image of my book Carriers of the Glory. That will take you to my website to get the book. But I recommend if you want to get the audio version, go to Amazon.com and search Carriers of the Glory by David Hernandez. And you'll get the different options. You'll see it in Kindle. You'll see it in paperback. And you'll see it in audio. It's the full book, Narrated. And I love the narrator that they chose. He did an excellent job. You can also get the book from Barnes & Noble in the store. You can check your Barnes & Noble at BarnesandNoble.com. Pretty much most places books are sold online and in Barnes & Noble in the stores you can get them. I think we're also in family Christian book stores, Carriers of the Glory. And you can also get the audio version of the book on iBooks. So there's many different places you can get it. I recommend you get that book. It is the message of my ministry. It's the message of my heart. Everything within me burns to have people come into an understanding and to help them come into an understanding of who the Holy Spirit is. It is my prayer that as you read Carriers of the Glory that you experience the presence, power, and person of the Holy Spirit like never before. Joshua Flores writes, Praise the Lord. I've been drawing your videos. And there was always something for me in each video during the lecture or prayer portions. When this video hit the prayer portion, I was asking Jesus to be freed from depression and anxiety. And at the 38-minute mark, I felt all depression and anxiety leave me. In Jesus' name, Glory to Jesus Christ. And may Jesus bless this ministry. I'm so happy to hear that. And I thank God for His anointing that's on these videos. Brittany Harris writes, Thank you, Brother David, for your teachings on anointing. I used to struggle with believing that God would ever anoint my life for His Word. And you've helped me to come to understanding. Thank you. I believe God can use anyone who is surrendered to the Holy Spirit. And that includes you. Acts 4.31 comments. I believe God made you to be His light. And I bless your ministry with an eternal blessing. He knows your heart. You will bring truth to the entire world. Well, thank you so much for that comment. And I do believe God has raised this ministry to impact the world. You know, we are about souls. Help me win souls. I need you to become a $30 a month partner today. If you'd like to comment on this video, go ahead and do so. I'll be reading comments on the next video for this one. And a little piece of advice. You want the comments to be read. Make them succinct. Make them unique. And they will most likely be read on the next edition of Spiratures. But I want to talk to you now. Don't turn off the video. Look, I know this portion is not the part that feeds you. But to keep the other portions of these videos going, I need you to listen. I need you just to hear me out. Can you just do that? Just hear me out. Stick around and hear me out. This ministry is impacting lives all around the world. The three things. International events. Worldwide television. And global discipleship programs. If you're watching Spirit Church or you're watching our YouTube channel, that's one of three ministries that is funded by this organization, David Hernandez Ministries. We're believing God to raise $1,000 new, $30 a month partners to help us get into our new ministry facility and reach the next level of ministry. When we get $1,000 new, $30 a month partners, here's what we can do. Open a brand new ministry facility. In that facility, open a 24-7 prayer center. In that facility, host weekly Sunday night teaching services. Basically, it will be Spirit Church in person. It will also give us the ability to go live with the full production as often as we need to. And it will give us the option to bring in live studio audiences for tapings of Encounter TV. Also, with that next phase of ministry, we'll come more ministry events. I see the requests coming in all the time from different states and countries. Help us go to the nations. Yes, I come to churches as a guest speaker, but we want to begin to do and continue to do, as we do now. Our own ministry events, basically where we pick a venue or church, we rent that place and invite people from all over the region to join in. People are saved at those events. People are healed at those events. And believers are encouraged and imparted to at those events. And we want to do those events more often and on larger scales. We want to be able to rent the venues that can hold the thousands, but this is where I need your help. So, as a $30-a-month supporter, you will be helping us to do all those things and much, much more. You're funding basically everything for the ministry. So again, we need 1,000 new $30-a-month partners for the new facility. That'll be a prayer center, a weekly place where people can come and receive the Word of God and prayer and worship with Steve and Mark the Zoomer. It's a place where we can hold studio audiences, a place where we can broadcast live. And in addition to that, we can do more events, impact more lives, put out more content, produce more media, and preach the gospel all around the world. Don't delay. Don't say somebody else some other day. I know we're in November and December. Maybe you're watching this video years from now or whatnot, but as we record this and as we air this, we are approaching December. This is where people begin to pull their support from ministries. Let me tell you something. When you are in a financial bind, the last thing you should cut is your support of the gospel. You need to cut the cable before you cut your support to the gospel. You should cut Netflix before you cut your support to the gospel. The gospel has to come first. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and then all these things shall be added unto you. That's Matthew chapter 6, verse 33. So I'm challenging you now. Sign up to become a $30 a month partner. Click on the link that's just about to appear over my head. If you're not watching this on YouTube, those links don't appear. Instead, use the information at the bottom of the screen to manually find out how you can become a partner. Please do it today. Sign up for a $30 a month gift. Those of you who are Spirit Church members, sign up to do your tithes monthly and help us reach this goal so that we can impact the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know you want to help me do it today. Well, that is it for this edition of Spirit Church. Until next time, remember, nothing is impossible with God.