Open Heaven 4 April 2024 – What Is The Anointing?

Open Heaven 4 April 2024 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – What Is The Anointing?

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Open Heaven 4 April 2024 TOPIC: What Is The Anointing?

MEMORISE: “Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;” – 2 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV)

READ: Isaiah 61:1-3 (KJV)

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 14-16

Open Heaven 4 April 2024 MESSAGE

Many people seek to understand what exactly brings about miracles. When they see a man of God lay hands on a sick person and get healed, they want to know what passed from his hand into the sick fellow’s body that caused the healing. When they say someone fell under the anointing, the question is, what is the anointing?

The anointing can be described as ‘heavenly electricity’ generated by the Holy Spirit. In other words, just like we have electricity here on Earth that powers most of our appliances, the anointing is the electricity of heaven. When you see an anointed fellow, that fellow has connected himself to the generator of the anointing in heaven, which is the Holy Spirit, and he now has the heavenly electricity flowing in him. Acts 1:8 says you will receive power when the Holy Ghost comes upon you. That connection with the Holy Ghost makes the anointing flow through you. You must note, however, that the anointing is not the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the generator of the anointing. The Holy Spirit is God Himself.

Also Read: Open Heaven 3 April 2024 – You Too Can Work Miracles

How do you connect with the Holy Spirit to receive the anointing? The first thing you must note is that He is called the Holy Spirit because He cannot be near anything that is unholy. If you want to connect with the Holy Spirit, you must be holy. God will not anoint a sinner. Amos 3:3 says that two cannot walk together unless they agree. The Holy Spirit cannot work in you if you are not holy.

Also, just as you connect with a man when you speak his language, you connect with the Holy Spirit in tongues. The more you speak in tongues, the more heavenly electricity you generate into your body, and the more anointed you will be. You see, how anointed you are depends heavily on how much faith you have. Jude 1:20 says you build your holy faith by speaking in the Holy Ghost. So, the more you talk in the Holy Ghost, the greater your faith will be. The greater your faith, the more anointing you will have to do the impossible. You must also note that there are some levels of anointing that you cannot reach if you don’t add regular fasting to your regular prayers (Matthew 17:21).

Open Heaven 4 April 2024 ACTION POINT

Build up your faith by speaking in tongues regularly, and seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit if you are yet to receive it.

Open Heaven 4 April 2024 HYMN 8 – I Need Thee Every Hour

1 I need Thee every hour,
Most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine
Can peace afford?

Chorus
I need Thee, oh, I need Thee;
Every hour, I need Thee;
Oh, bless me now, my Savior!
I come to Thee.

2 I need Thee every hour,
Stay Thou nearby;
Temptations lose their power
When Thou art nigh.

3 I need Thee every hour,
In joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide,
Or life is vain.

4 I need Thee every hour,
Teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises
In me fulfill.

5 I need Thee every hour,
Most Holy One;
Oh, make me Thine indeed,
Thou blessed Son.

Open Heavens 2024 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical churches in the world, and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and PC. Open Heaven for Today 2024

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