 Well, good evening. Are you glad to be in the house of God tonight? Come on. Are you glad to be in the house of God tonight? Stand with us all over this sanctuary and as you're standing make sure that you grab your prayer and praise tonight We want to go to the Lord in prayer We know that the Lord is able to touch and Move in the hearts and lives of his people I want you to continue to remember for the Caleb Sanders in prayer that God will continue to touch him and Give him a speedy recovery. Remember David Spears that family in prayer Know that God is able to touch a number of other needs that's represented all over this sanctuary tonight How many of you came in here tonight and you need the strength and the touch of God anybody in here tonight? Look at the hands everywhere boy We all do and I'm so glad that in the presence of God we find that we find strength We find to help we find peace and there's nothing like when the family of God comes together and Worship him and be able to hear the word of God Isn't it a privilege to be a part of the family of God today? Come on give God a great big hand tonight So let's ask God to touch and to move tonight Pastor Rogers is Preaching in Atlanta, Georgia tonight and tomorrow night. I encourage you that you pray for him That the strong arm of God would be upon him as he preaches the word of God that God will use him in a mighty way Amen. Amen. So as we pray tonight, let's believe God for great things in this house and the needs that are represented on this sheet Tonight father, we thank you today for the privilege. We have to be in your presence There's no place we would rather be than in the courts of the Lord and we're asking tonight that you would reach down your hand and Touch the hearts and lives of your people every name that's represented on this prayer and pray sheet Every prayer request that has been turned in Lord to our office for this church to pray over We bind together in Jesus name knowing that you are able Knowing that when we call upon you in faith that you hear and you answer our prayers According to your will and we're asking tonight that every single need in this house Will be met Lord, you know us every detail about our lives and we know God that our help and our Source is in you and by faith tonight We're asking that you reach down your hand let healing flow in this congregation Let peace and strength and joy flow throughout this house tonight We lift up the spears family. We lift up Caleb tonight. We lift up our pastor tonight We lift up this service tonight, and we pray for a fresh oil anointing over this house Thank you for what you're doing week after week We're so grateful for the fresh oil the fresh anointing the touch of the Lord that's upon this house And we just simply ask you Lord continue to do a work Continue to use pace assembly Continued Lord to let this be a house of revival Continued Lord to move Across this congregation, and we give you praise and glory for it Hallelujah to God can we lift our hands all over this congregation tonight all over this auditorium, and for the next few moments Let's give God some praise. We worship you tonight. We praise you tonight We're grateful to be in your house We're grateful to be in your presence father. We declare Lord your presence in this sanctuary We declare that strength is rising in this house faith is coming alive And we give you praise for it tonight in the mighty name of Jesus Hallelujah, come on give God a great big ovation tonight that he is worthy of The Lord is worthy Now when you turn to the left and to the right and for the next few moments Can there be the sound of fellowship in God's house? Let's somebody know you're glad to see him tonight praise the Lord Praise the Lord. Amen. Amen. Amen So good to see you tonight So good to see you Amen, amen Thank you for being in God's house tonight We say it every week no better place to be than in God's house This is your Wednesday night power booster and Just by you being here tonight the word of the Lord the fellowship of God's people the atmosphere of God's presence I'm gonna go and tell you you gonna make it to Sunday. Amen somebody and we're just we're so glad That you're here. If this is your first time being with us tonight. You're our very special guest Thank you so much for joining us those of you that are visiting us online. Thank you so much Many people from all over the world tune in And we're so grateful that you have tuned in to pace assembly tonight And I know that you're gonna be blessed home folks Let's give all of our guests and our online church our online campus a great big hand. Thank you so much. Amen There are a number of things taking place around the campus We want to make sure that you're aware of one in particular one thing that we've been stressing with you over the past several weeks is your the update of Your data the forms that we've been asking you to fill out We encourage you to continue to do that turn that in if you have not done that as soon as possible We'll have two more weeks that we're gonna be collecting this and so please help us in that So if you haven't done that yet make sure that you do that and I know that our office staff would greatly appreciate that This Sunday is Astor appreciation day, and it's also Pastor Rogers 25th birthday and whatever you do Whatever you do It's good listen It's gonna be an amazing day, and we want you to be here. We want you to come and Celebrate this great our great pastor. It's gonna be a great day Bishop Tim Hill is gonna be preaching the word of God. I promise you you come Sunday You're gonna leave blessed and encouraged and whenever you come Sunday I would encourage you if you're able to pick up a card Write a letter on the back table in the back as you walk in make sure that you place a card or a letter Just a word of encouragement I know that that that card that word of encouragement Goes such a long way to just build their faith and we're grateful for The gift that God has given us at our church and they are truly a gift And so this Sunday you're gonna have the opportunity to reciprocate all the blessings that they've bestowed upon this ministry For 15 years now, and I know that Pace assembly is grateful. Are we grateful tonight a man? This Sunday our young adults at 2 p.m. At Holland Farms may all of our young adults make sure that you're aware of that There's a $12 entrance fee into that farm and also bring some extra spending money for some Food trucks and things like that one thing in particular whenever you walked in you seen a few things It's on the platform and I do I do want to share this with you real quick. These are Christmas bells and Can you believe we're already we're fixing to be in? Thanksgiving season and Christmas season and this church does everything it can do to stay ahead of the ball game on these on these ministries Because they can sneak up on you. Can you believe Thanksgiving is here Christmas is here? 2022 is here and So we want to go ahead and get the ball rolling for these now. There's from what I've seen on here. There's four different bells There's one for girl ages from three to eight There's a list of items on there that you can pick up These are just thoughts ideas for you to be able to pick up There's boys ages from three to eight as well, and there's some ideas there some suggestions there And then there are a boy or girl newborn from from newbies all the way to age three There's some ideas and some suggestions there, and so I want everybody that will just stand right now Come on. Just stand right now. Just stand right now, and then there are some other bells That Some of you don't like shopping and I'm gonna tell you something Jason pool. I despise I Mean literally I despise shopping unless it's you know buying some shoes or something But other than that I hate shopping and there's $20. So I want you right now There's bells all over this platform If you want to help to do Christmas outreach, come on make that move right now come grab one. Come on Look at them coming. Come on. There's more of you. There's more of you. Amen. I mean I Stephen ought to start singing jingle bells right now, but but I don't want to do that Come on. There you go. Amen. Thank y'all so much And if you're and if you are gonna give cash or a check make sure that you indicate that it's for Christmas outreach and If you are getting a gift that requires batteries do not forget to include the appropriate batteries, right? Man and there'll be more instructions given. This is gonna get you started and get you going. All right Thank y'all so much. It's gonna be this is gonna be great. This is gonna be great Amen, I see some of y'all getting three or four or five. That's all right Miss Rita the question has been posed. When are they do buy? Miss Keith that would know the answer to that What's that? December 1st or December 1st or before and bring those by thank you so much And if you didn't feel comfortable getting up to come up to get one of these make sure that after service you do amen Thank you so much. Let's get ready to receive tonight's tithe and offering and while we're getting ready to read Amen give God a great big hand tonight while we're getting ready to receive Tonight's tithe and offering I do want to remind you concerning the Pace family fest We appreciate all of those that are volunteering and we had a great volunteer meeting a number of people that are getting involved on that outreach On that outreach week and thank you so much I know pastor miss Rita are encouraged to see that as you get engaged in Throwing out the net of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That's the only hope of the world So thank you so much for getting involved in that. Thank you for your giving your faithfulness and giving You know that everything that takes place at Pace assembly cannot be done without the faithful support of God's people God is our source, but God uses his people Amen to help the ministry move forward. So thank you so much There's several ways in which you can give whatever is most convenient to you. Amen. Let's pray tonight And let's ask God to bless if you're giving by check or cash make sure that you put that in an offering envelope You could put that in the bucket on the way out father. You're good and you're faithful We thank you for the privilege that we have to give and we pray tonight that you would bless the tithe and the offering Let it go forth and meet the needs of the ministry that you have established right here You've been faithful to us. You've never let us down and we were so grateful Lord that we're able to give that back to you all of it belongs to you to begin with we ask this in Jesus name and Everyone says amen. Amen. Now one more time as we get ready for the word Let's give God a great big hand clap offering a praise tonight. I Want you to take your Bibles Take your Bibles to the book of Exodus and I trust that you have a handout if you don't have a handout I trust you have your app ready to go and I encourage you to take notes along the way tonight I believe that the word of the Lord will bring help and bring strength to you tonight Amen, the book of Exodus chapter number 30 and I want us to look in verse number 22 the book of Exodus chapter number 30 in verse number 22 and as you're finding This as you're turning there now We have been having such powerful powerful services Over the last lord, I've never been in a bad service at pace from the time. I've been a kid till Till now 45 years old I've never been in a dead dry service at pace and not everybody can say that about their church Can you say man? I'm grateful that we come to a church that is alive and we come to a church That is on fire and that Experiences the anointing of the Holy Spirit on a regular basis. We're we're so grateful for that but but I do believe it and and and I'm not trying in any way to be weird or to be odd Tonight and what I'm gonna what I'm about to say I Do believe with all of my heart that every service. It's climaxing level to level from glory to glory from anointing to an even a greater anointing God is Doing something at pace assembly We're we're it's not just a feeling we are seeing it We are sensing it and a number of people that have shared with with the staff and have Called the church and have talked about something is Happening at pace assembly can somebody say a man in this house and and I believe What is taking place and and many of the things that pastor has been has been preaching And and he talked to me said hey if you just want to just flow in and preaching about the Holy Spirit and all that I'm preaching about that on Wednesday nights You just flow in that and whatever you want to minister on and so I really sense tonight This message because what is taking place at pace assembly and it always has been is The anointing of the Holy Spirit that is upon this Ministry and upon this house the anointing of the Holy Spirit that is upon our Pastor it is obvious and it is Visible and we're grateful for that tonight in the book of Exodus chapter now I'm gonna listen. I'm gonna try to teach if I break out a little bit and preach it I'm sorry, but Jennifer told me before he said now Jason this Wednesday night Tone it down try to try to teach and and listen y'all Pastor Rogers helped raise me and so it's hard for me just to Try to tone down and teach a little bit, but I'm gonna try so be patient with me tonight. Okay, so Exodus chapter number 30 verse number 22 Moreover the Lord spake in the Moses saying take thou also unto the principal spices of pure of pure and myrrh 500 shekels and Of sweet cinnamon half so much even 250 shekels and of sweet calamus 250 shekels and of Kaseyia 500 shekels after the shekel of the sanctuary and of olive oil oil olive and a hen and Thou shalt make it listen to this and thou shalt make it an oil an oil of holy ointment an ointment compound After the art of the apocryphthary it shall be a holy anointing Oil now want you to look with me in verse number 30 and Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons and Consecrate them that they may minister unto me in The priest's office did you hear that and thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons and Consecrate them that they may minister unto me Can I tell you our? responsibility first is to minister unto God Before you before me before anyone else can minister to man Humanity we must be able to minister To God that they may minister unto me in the priest's office Can I tell you tonight? We cannot minister without the ointment We cannot minister without the anointing of the Holy Spirit So father tonight Anoint us help us Bless us and you're gonna get all the glory and we give you praise in Jesus name. Everyone says amen You know We often talk about the anointing We pray for the anointing of God on our lives on our ministries on our activities We pray for the anointing over everything that we do here and and of course we should We recognize tonight that we need the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit and Many times our own strengths Can sometimes become weaknesses because we can so easily Abandon our reliance upon God Church we must depend on God All that's taking place in this world the climate of this society Everything happening right before our very eyes as the child of God our reliance better be Upon God he is our source tonight. Will you say man? Zachariah chapter number four verse number six a very familiar passage of scripture It says it's not by my nor by power But by my spirit Sayeth the Lord when you look that word up spirit. It's the word Ruach Well, when you begin to look at the word Ruach the primitive root of that word is simply the word touch It's not by might. It's not by power, but it's by my touch Sayeth the Lord everything we do beloved We need the touch of God pastor preached it so good this past Sunday We must minister in the power of God under his Anointing under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. What is though the anointing? We talk about it all the time about the anointing. We desire the anointing I desire the anointing. Do you desire the anointing? We pray for the anointing I pray for the anointing. Do you pray for the anointing? But but what actually is This anointing, let me first say this do not seek the anointing first Seek the anointer will you say man in this house? Now one of the things I want you to see the most simple Definition of the anointing is to be set apart. You see when God anoints something he sets it apart for his use I'm not praying for the anointing just to sit back in my chair and just Experience God's presence. I don't want to be anointed just to feel his touch We're not in that day and hour my friend. We need the anointing of the Holy Spirit to impact our World for Jesus Christ. We just say man I don't need the anointing for some goose bumps going down my neck I needed my friend to impact my family to impact the market place to be Effective in the ministry to be effective in the church somebody shout the anointing That's what we need and The most simple definition of the anointing is to be set apart Now when a new king was anointed in Israel The prophet would take a horn full of oil and he would pour it over his head And it would run right down his clothes This person was set apart to be used of God The anointing oil poured over his head for him to be set apart to be used by God now the anointing oil symbolize the special call and appointment of God and the Holy Spirit His equipping of a person for the service of God now Understand this we are anointed for a reason God is anointed pace assembly for a reason God has touched pace assembly for a reason now. We're not the only church that God has touched We're not the only church that God has anointed. There are many other churches there I'm not talking about any of the church tonight. I'm talking about three three nine four eight highway 90 pace, Florida This church this property this location God has called us here And can I tell you God brought you to pace assembly for this time this season this hour this moment for you to Impact the world your community for the kingdom of Almighty God We're here for this moment a man and God is anointed this church to equip us To impact the world and this church is doing that what you say man Now I want you to note these carefully worded instructions Moses was to collect and Blend blend these choice sizes now The first thing that he was to have was mur 12 and a half pounds of pure mur Cinnamon Six and a quarter pound of cinnamon Calamus six and a quarter pound of sweet cane Cassia 12 and a half pounds of Cassia Olive oil one gallon of olive oil and when all these ingredients came together When all these ingredients were mixed it blended into a holy Anointing oil and the end result would be a unique Special oil that would be used to anoint the tabernacle and it would be used to anoint the priest now the oil was used To anoint and as you read the scripture the moment that that anointing oil Was created was made the instructions were given and it was made These this is what took place The tabernacle and its furnishings were anointed with oil The Ark of the Covenant was anointed with this oil The table and its utensils were anointed with this oil The lamp stand and all the accessories were anointed with this oil The altar of incense was anointed with this oil The altar of birth offering and its utensils were anointed with this oil The water basin with its stand was anointed with this oil and beloved I want to tell you it became an oily mass Everywhere Everything was anointed now the purpose of the anointing oil. It was to fold first to sanctify the tabernacle and its furnishings that it would all be holy and Then to anoint the priest and to sanctify them for the ministry Anoint the priest to sanctify them for the ministry and what that tells me today is if there is no anointing there is truly No ministry Come on somebody in this house now The importance of this anointing oil it was stressed over and over twice in this chapter This anointing oil was stressed it was to be used as gods Holy anointing oil and gods alone It was never to be misused by pouring it on an ordinary person Someone not chosen and appointed by God. Are you giving this tonight? There was something special About this anointing it was to never be misused It was to never be misused by making it for ones on use the anointing oil It belonged to God and it was used beloved for his Purpose alone when you say man now There was a stern warning that was given now. I want you to hear this if the oil if the anointing Was ever misused That person was to be cut off from the entire community According to Exodus 30 and 34 How many do we see in this day and hour? Misused The quote anointing that they say they have can I tell you can be a great orator? You Can be a great singer You can be a great teacher You can be a great musician, but my friend if it's all about you Yeah, come on somebody if it's all about you if it's all about your five minutes of fame Come on somebody if it's about your 15 minutes of notoriety It's all about you and not about him Oh, God get Lord get everything get the applause Get the looks off of us and Lord let it be upon Jesus Christ. We just say man We need to get to a place. We don't need that voice We don't need boy. You done a great job today. What we need is God. I want to please you I will the kingdom of God to move forward. I want you Lord to be exalted in the house. We just say man now very important It is God who chooses Who calls? Who appoints and gives his Holy Spirit? Well, I don't like them and I don't think they deserve it. It's not up to you. I know what they were before I know some of those things they've done in their past There's no way Listen if the if the cover was taken off every life in here We would all have to run do an altar and get on our face and beg and cry for mercy But thank God for grace somebody Amen and always remember this God uses the most unlikely people in the most unlikely Situations to accomplish his will and God uses imperfect people It's God who chooses who calls who appoints and gives his Holy Spirit It is God who chooses to anoint and set apart both objects and people Now I might bust some of your theology But but some and I get the jest that you know all this is is Sheetrock in it in its chairs and its sound system and and and and some people would say you know We are the church. Yes, we are the church but there is still something holy and Set apart and sanctified about this property can somebody say mad Listen when God birthed this church, it was birthed out of prayer It was birthed out of fasting and there were people that walked the corners of this property Early in the mornings late at night and say God build a church here God let this be a lighthouse for you God let this church impact the world and because of the faithful prayers of men and women from years past and Even to this very day. This is a holy place. We just shout amen. I Believe that tonight When we say someone preached under a real anointing or That was an anointed song. Do you know what it means? It simply means that it was set apart God set it apart God had his hand on the preacher God had his hand on the song and God began to move while he was preaching God began to move while they were singing can I take it the anointing is really nothing other than the presence of God favoring his people and favoring his church and What we've experienced the last several weeks as pastor would begin to preach Right in the middle of the preaching the word of God going forth with such power and anointing that the Holy Spirit The dove begins to fly all throughout this house And he looks for places to land and the Holy Spirit moves and touches and Ministers will you say man in the Old Testament the Tabernacle and all of its furniture and Utensils that were used for worship had to be anointed before they can be used How many of you want to be used of God then you need the anointing come on How many of you want to be used of God then you need the anointing of the Holy Spirit? They didn't anoint in they didn't know in just any old with any old oil They had special oil for this anointing and God prescribed these ingredients that were to be used God said I'm gonna tell you the ingredients I'm gonna tell you how it's to be made and when you read this scripture if you Deviated from the pattern and from the recipe it was a capital offense in Israel to make it to make this oil and use it for any of the purpose and My friend if you tried to duplicate this oil when you read your Bible It was even punishable by death because he valued this Anointing oil so strong God may we value this Fresh this special anointing that you have on this church And the recipe for this oil gives us a picture of what we need in our lives to know God's anointing And this is where I want to go tonight. I'm gonna ask this question Because before we move on You need to give a real answer and a serious answer How many of you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit? Are you sure? I'm gonna ask this again How many of you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit? Just like it was in the Old Testament and There were ingredients for this special anointing oil My friend if you want to walk in this anointing and a strong anointing It doesn't come cheap. It doesn't come on somebody. It's not free There's a price is gonna have to be paid and Before you covet somebody else's anointing. You don't know the hell they had to go through to get that anointing We look at some folks. Oh man, they can do that. They're so anointed every time they get behind the microphone Oh, they can get up they get up here and sing. They're so anointed But can I tell you the anointing call something a man now? Let's look at something this tonight You desire the anointing in this house. Well, let me give you the first ingredient to the anointing The first ingredient was liquid myrrh and and the Bible says pure myrrh Myrrh was used to prepare bodies for burial and To get its beautiful sweetness you had to crush it and there's many that I Woke the touch of God. I want the hand of God. I want God's presence to be in my life. Yes They don't want to die. Oh, I'm feeling the anointing now. Yes, Lord. Thank you God You see myrrh speaks of death And can I tell you that will never be an anointing upon your life without their first being a death? And if we want to know God's anointing first, we have to die to ourselves Somebody shout a man in this house You Won't be anointing then you've got to die to the old person that you once were You won't be anointing on your life. Then you got to die to your own agenda You won't be anointing on your life. You got to die to your desires You got to die to your dreams. You got to die to your wounds. You got to die to it You won't be anointing. I won't be anointing Then we're gonna have to depend upon God And we're gonna have to die to our own abilities and our own resources church Now hear me tonight if we don't come to this place of dying to ourselves on our own Then God may have to bring Circumstances into our lives to bring us to the place where we will die to ourselves And sometimes when problems come We're so quick to say that this is the work of the devil But sometimes church when problems come it may just be the Lord's dealing with us Because he wants to bring us to a place of anointing so that we can be used by God almighty Don't discount your trouble Discount your trouble It's far better For you to come to a place of brokenness by yourself By seeking the Lord in prayer Then he can anoint you And when listen my friend then he can anoint you and it's far less Painful than God having to allow those crushing experiences into our lives We got to pay attention. We got to pay attention to the voice of God We got to pay attention to the dealings of the Lord We got to pay attention to the conviction of the Holy Spirit my friend can somebody say man Because one way or another God's going to teach us and he's gonna train us And he's gonna love us because the Lord love us those he chasens Amen There's a story in the book of Matthew chapter number 26 of a woman who brought her alabaster box of expensive perfume and Anointed the feet and anointed the head of Jesus and the Bible says that that Fragrance come on somebody that fragrance filled the room This was the kind of box that you wouldn't want to break this box was precious But unless we love it the outer box is broken the outer boxes But come on somebody unless the outer box is broken there can be no Fragrance the perfume is locked up to itself Never to fulfill its purpose and that's why we go through the breaking at times because there is a Fragrance that is on the inside of us that God wants to come from us There's some things that have been deposited only in you my friend and You're so precious and you're so important and you're so valuable to God and and God says I need you for Service I need you. I want to use you and at times that breaking will come Amen and If you say you enjoy the breaking lie your liar pants on fire Come on somebody Unless there is a breaking in our lives the fragrance of Christ Will never be smelt Sometimes we hold our lives Sometimes we control our lives We control the things that are precious to us and we treasure it more than anything, but those things have got to be broken And I recall the scripture where it says we have this treasure in Earthen watch its vessels There's a treasure in you Come on. Just point to yourself said there's a treasure in me. Is it locked away right now? Is that treasure that's a listen? There's dreams. There's ideas. There's strategies. There's inventions There's things on the inside of you. Did you know that and Maybe the reason why it hasn't manifested yet is because you sure do love this earthen vessel a lot But God knows how to break us Man God knows how to break us to get what he needs out of us. Oh God help us Lord. I want to come to you. I Want to come to you and be broken Rather than you having to break me Lord, I want to be humble Rather than being humbled Come on somebody. Do you hear what I'm saying to you tonight now? There's a second ingredient Now this second ingredient ingredient was called sweet cinnamon and Cinnamon Was used for flavoring How many of you want the anointing? Come on, I'm asking you now because I said I said pure I said liquid Murr and pure and we're talking of death and and and at first everybody wants the anointing So I guess half of you fell off the cliff now I don't know about that now, but I'm gonna ask you again. How many of you desire the anointing? so the second ingredient for this Anointing oil there had to be sweet cinnamon and cinnamon was used for flavoring It gave off a very pleasant smell its fragrance was beautiful in the tabernacle because it counteracted the smell of the animal sacrifices So the cinnamon it speaks of sweetness somebody say sweetness and You want God to anoint you and use you? There has to be a sweetness about your life and God will anoint you and Use you if there's a sweetness about your life Now I'm sorry. I got a listen I Really have a problem with people that have been serving the Lord they say for 20 and 30 years and they're the meanest grumpious People you ever seen you walk on pins and needles all around it because you don't know the mood that they're in today You don't know if you want to go and say God If you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon your life come on How many of you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon then there needs to be a sweetness about us? There needs to be a kindness about us. Are you kind? Are you kind? Well, it's just my personality. Well, it needs to be changed Well, I've been like this my whole life. Well, then you really have a problem Not I'm not trying to be hard I'm just saying if we want the anointing and if we say that we're children of God There should be a sweetness. No one should be I know we all have bad days. I'm not talking about the bad days. I Know we all go through seasons, but for the most part you should be kind Loving gentle Come on Point at your neighbor say he really preaching to you right now The sweetness of Jesus have you ever thought about the sweetness of Jesus the sweetness of Jesus? I want you to think about that baby that was born in a manger those sweet little babies I look at I look at the Paul's little babies and they're just so sweet and they're now that you can little wiggle there They're feeding and pull their cheeks the sweetness the innocence of those little babies And we've got some babies around this church and they're just sweet Have you ever thought about the sweetness of Jesus while there was such an anointing upon Jesus was because of his sweetness? Born in a manger The sweetness of Jesus 12 years old teaching in the synagogue The sweetness of Jesus my son is 12 years old and he'll be 13 Next month, but I'm telling you my son is so kind and sweet The sweetness of my son. I enjoy that about him right now. Y'all keep your fingers crossed. Hey, man But Jesus 12 years old and he's teaching in the synagogue the sweetness of Jesus He went to a wedding with his mother and he and he turned water into wine at his mother's we Request that the sweetness of Jesus He was baptized and The voice came from heaven. This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased the sweetness of Jesus Jesus is on the boat with his disciples and a Storm came and Jesus is in about the boat sleeping But then the bottom of the boat sleeping, but then the disciples awoke him and they were afraid They thought they were going to die and Jesus stands on the bow of the boat and says peace be still the sweetness of Jesus he wept When Lazarus died the sweetness of Jesus The sermon on the mount where he said love Your enemies do good to them the sweetness of Jesus The woman that was accused in the very act of adultery with all the religious folks says Let's just own her killer But Jesus gets on his hands and knees and writes something in the dirt and says If any of you are without sin you cast the first stone and looks at her and says go and send no more Beloved, that's the sweetness of my Jesus Somebody say man, I begin to think about Jesus feeding the five feeding the five thousand There's nothing nothing more spiritual than you can do then sitting down with your family and Eating a meal the sweetness of Jesus Let me tell you something when my wife cooks a meal and we sit around our kitchen table at our home here in When we pray I always pray God, thank you for my wife preparing this great meal for us That way it shows me is the sweetness of my spouse Jesus feeding the five thousand shows us the sweetness of Jesus. He's in the garden praying To his father Lord if it be your will let this cup pass from me But nevertheless, not my will but I will be done the sweetness of Jesus I begin to think of Jesus on the cross the middle cross my friend beside two thieves And and he looked at them and and all of those that were crucifying him and mocking them And he says father forgive them for they know not what they do the sweetness of Jesus The third day he rose from the dead the sweetness of Jesus Before he ascended into heaven He says go tell my disciples and Peter to the one that denied him three times It tells me the sweetness of Jesus How many of you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon your life come on look I want to see your hand You really mean it Then there listen maybe there's something that needs to change in your life tonight But if you want an operating is true anointing you've got to die to yourself and there's got to be a sweetness about your life The sentiment also represented a heat Or or fire I recall several years ago my father was in the hospital and I had some I had some chapped lips and You just have to know this guy. He brought what he thought was anointing oil And it was pure cinnamon oil so I Left and I anointed my dad and I prayed over him and even to this day before I leave always kissed my dad on the forehead but this time my lips were chapped and I kissed my dad on the forehead and I'm telling you it done everything I could from my lips burning slap off of my face How many of you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit? There's gonna be a sweetness about you, but that's cinnamon also represents a zealousness It represents a fire that shut up in your bones somebody and if you want to operate in the anointing There needs to be a zealousness for the things of God There needs to be a fire that shut up within your bones about the things of God. Will you say man now the third ingredient? was Calamus Calamus the Calamus plant grows in my re soil and to get this plant to smell you had to beat it and The more you beat it the better it smells God's anointing is able to increase in your life the more that you pass through the difficulties of life and It's in those difficulties of life that God molds and fashions your character Amen Here's something else about Calamus. How many of you won't how many of you desire the anointing It's gonna be required. Listen, there's gonna be a requirement on your life if you want to walk in the anointing. There's got to be a death There's got to be a sweetness a zealousness a fire, but at times You're gonna walk through difficult situations and it seems that spiritually you beat down But here's the other thing about Calamus that a lot of people Don't think about do you know Calamus is still used to this very day in the medical profession? Do you know what it's used for? It's used for a purging agent and Some of the things that's hindering us from walking in the anointing That God has for us in that power that God has for us is we still have things pinned up on the inside That hinders us from walking in the power of God's Spirit, and I don't know what it may be for you Tonight, it's none of my business, but God knows and some of us are praying for a fresh anointing And God is saying you have to get rid of the bitter places You have to get rid of the jealousy You have to deal with these issues in your life and you see that's something about the anointing when we begin to pray Father anoint me father use me father take my life and use it for your glory Then I can promise you there's some things that the Holy Spirit is going to convict you about So he can purge you from my friend so he can use you in a mighty way. Will you say man? Here's something else about Calamus. It fights off infection and it gives you energy Amen somebody The anointing will give you power to overcome Amen The anointing will give you power to overcome the anointing will give you energy to fight and some of you in here today The hand of God is upon you his anointing is upon you right now and you're in the fight You're in the struggle. I'm just here to say tonight keep hanging on this to shall pass Don't grow weary and well-doing don't give up in the middle of the battle. Don't give up in the middle of the fight I'm just here to prophesy to somebody. I see the Sun coming up on the horizon You're about to walk through it my friend. You're not camping in it You're not calling in the interior decorator in your valley in your tape You're coming out of it and when you come out of it, you're gonna be stronger You're gonna be more anointed You're gonna have more faith more favor my friend more wisdom because you stood the test and you Outlasted the trial Come on somebody give God a great big hand Tough times don't last but tough people do and when the anointing of the Holy Ghost is upon your life You can now last anything the devil throws at you Remember the weapons of all warfare are Mighty somebody say mighty They're mighty tonight. Have you been through some hard knocks? And I know that there's some that are harder than others, but they are working in you Character come on somebody some of the battles that you're facing some of the struggles that you're dealing with right now You don't understand it you see for what it is right now But God sees it from a different point of view He's developing something on the inside of you a fresh and a special anointing Amen You see God is more interested in anointing character than great abilities and I can tell you listen There's a lot of people We enjoy great abilities And I've been around some people that had amazing abilities They could sing the house like crazy. They could preach like crazy in front of everybody, but behind the scene But I said behind the scene Don't get enamored by somebody That has all these great skills and abilities God's more interested in character than special abilities and All of us have seen our fair share of people That I've had great abilities But they've had no character Amen You want the anointing of the Holy Spirit? Do you want the anointing of the Holy Spirit? now The fourth ingredient Was Kassiya This spice grows only at Elevations above 8,000 feet You got to get up to the mountain to get it. I've preached the message before about the mountains of God. There's three mountains I'll preach this one day But there is Mount Sinai. There is the Mount of Transfiguration and Then there's Mount Calvary and every individual has got to go to that mountain But if you want the fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit upon your life It doesn't come in the shallow place as my friend you got to get on the mountain and when I read about Jesus His times of prayer He always he always found that place behind a rock and Every time he would come from behind that rock something Amazing would happen You want God's fresh anointing and fresh touch You're gonna have to go higher You gonna have to fly with the Eagles and get away from the turkeys Come on somebody You want the fresh anointing you you got to fly with the Eagles and you got to get away From some turkeys and I don't know who you are But you've got listen. There's some turkeys that's been holding some of you back You've been listening to people and voices that's been telling you don't get involved in this area Don't get involved in that area. Don't be committed to this. Don't because you know what they are turkeys Turkeys Turkeys and they're gonna hold you they're gonna hold you back They're gonna hold you back. You're an eagle. How many of you saved in here tonight? You're an eagle soar like an eagle fly like an eagle my friend. Can you say man now? If you desire God's anointing you've got to look up you got to get on the mountain with God There's no shortcut to the anointing. You've got to pray Jesus lived in the anointing of the spirit He maintained a close walk with a father and prayed all times. Here's something interesting about Cassia This oil The effect of this oil fights depression It ups it up lifts mood and induces warm feelings in the body and in the mind this oil induces a refreshing feeling We've all gone through our stuff you've gone through yours. I've gone through mine and I have found when when I have been overwhelmed and Life will do that to you marriage will do that to you children will do that to you the demands will do that to you Can get overwhelmed my friend And listen and everybody in here you're gonna go through those seasons that you are totally Overwhelmed I've been there my friend. I've been there And I have found that whenever I've been overwhelmed. I had to go to the mountain I had to get to the mountain and I have found when I've been overwhelmed and when I was at the point I'm just ready to give up and quit and throw in the towel Well, I have found that as I climb as I begin to climb higher I would walk into that sanctuary and I would just begin to pray God help me God renew my mind God I need you right now. God my confidence is in you my trust is in you I don't have to understand this. I don't know how to work this out. I don't even know what to do But I stand here vulnerable I stand here God just wanting to be with you and in your presence And it's in those times my friend when I was walking through hell Some of you know what I'm talking about because you're there now when you're walking through hell The only refuge there is it's on the mountain of God when you say Lord It's me and you and I need that touch from you and I've been there When I've just had to sit When I sat on the platform and I just I just I don't even know what to tell you Lord. I Know what to say. I Don't even know what to say. I have nothing to say But I'm here and I just need you and in stillness and in silence He begins to refresh me and strengthen me a man You want the anointing of the Holy Spirit? Do you want the and are you willing to go through the purging? Are you are you? Because in Jesus name right now the Holy Ghost is pinpointing the things in your life that he is saying deal with I Won't be anointing But you better allow the purging right now allow it a man Now let me give you the last ingredient was olive oil when you begin to think of olives it speaks of pressing Peeling back a Crushing a Breaking But catch this today. It also speaks of maturity Because olive trees can live up to 2,000 years God anoints Maturity he doesn't anoint childishness He anoints Maturity, you know what it tells me if I want the anointing I've got to grow up if I want the anointing I've got to begin to grow up Spiritually and take the things of God seriously and all of these ingredients had to be mixed with olive oil and as it was mixed Altogether the scripture says and God called it holy and over and over again in the Bible The oil symbolizes the person of the Holy Spirit and in so many ways and so many types in Scriptures the oil represents the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is the principal character in the anointing of God All of these ingredients mixed together with oil produced the anointing oil that was called holy The Lord will combine all the good somebody say all the good See in our mind set as believers it can only be good But God will combine all the good and the difficult things in your life with the oil of his Holy Spirit And on the inside of you a sweet anointing will form in you and he'll be able to use you in incredible ways I Want the anointing of the Holy Spirit We need to ask God for his release of the anointing churches nothing wrong with the anointing And I don't know why some churches are scared of it and there's a lot of them that are There's a lot of pastors afraid of it a Lot of pastors afraid Services like this. I'm telling you I have I have preached all over and I can tell you beloved what we experience here is rare Rare, I mean it just doesn't happen in a lot of places Because people are afraid of the anointing can I tell you tonight the anointing will turn a slingshot into a 357 magnum The anointing will turn a teenage boy into a giant killer The anointing will turn will turn a shepherd into a king The anointing will turn a farmer into a prophet The anointing will turn a whale into a submarine The anointing will turn a rooster into a prophet The anointing will turn a rock into a fountain the anointing will turn a Christian killer into an apostle The anointing will turn a group of shouting saints at Jericho into a demolition crew. I'm talking to you about the anointing. The anointing will turn the wicked city of Nineveh into a revival headquarter. The anointing will turn a sea into a highway. The anointing will cause the elders to dance, the women to sing, and the youth to shout. There's nothing wrong with the anointing and church at Pace Assembly. May we be a people that crave, that hunger, and that seek the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Stand with me tonight. I'm gonna close with this. I'm gonna ask you this. How many of you believe that there's an anointing in this church? Come on. How many of you believe that there's an anointing in this church? Can I encourage us tonight? And I'll be the first one. I'll be the... I never want to take it for granted. Help us not to take the touch of God, the kiss of heaven, the anointing of the Holy Spirit that's on our pastor, that's on this church. Let us never take it for granted. How many of you want the anointing? I didn't say anointing. I said the anointing. You've got to die to yourself, to your flesh. You have to die to your flesh. The liquid murder, the sweet cinnamon. How many of you want the anointing on your life? There's got to be a sweetness about you. If you're mean and rude and hateful and you call yourself a Christian, you may call yourself a Christian. You're not anointed. You're annoying. Y'all, I'm just joking on that. Somebody said no, you're not. There's the cassia. There's got to be the purging. There's got to be the purging in our life. There's the calamus. How many of you want the anointing? Let me see your hand. You got to move from where you're at and go to a different level. You want the anointing? Then there's got to be some spirit. There's got to be some spiritual maturity about your life and it's going to come and it's here. Father, thank you for the opportunity in my weakness and my frailty tonight, God. Thank you for your word. Thank you for your word. I'm not seeking the anointing. I'm seeking Jesus. I need the anointer. I need the anointer. I want the anointing on my life. If we do it in the arm of the flesh, we reap results of the flesh. You said if we sow to the flesh, we reap the flesh. We reap a whirlwind. We want the anointing of the Holy Spirit where we see results. Bondage is broken. Captives set free. Miracle signs and wonders. That's what we want to see and we will see it. We will see it. We will, we will see it. We will see it. Come on. Somebody to declare it right now. We will see it. Come on. We will see it. Come on. Right now all over this house. We will see it in this house. We will see it. We will see it. We declare it over this house. The days of this ministry, the best days, the greatest days are ahead. The greatest season of anointing and power influence is ahead because there is an anointing upon this house and I'm gonna be a part of it. How mean you're gonna be a part of it? Are you gonna be a part of it? Come on give God a great big hand all over this house. Amen. Pray for God's touch. Seek the anointer and as you seek the anointer the anointing will come. Good to see you tonight. Looking forward to seeing you in the house of God on Sunday for pastor appreciation. God bless you tonight.