{"id":36918,"date":"2022-09-13T13:16:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-do-you-know-when-gods-anointing-is-upon-you\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:16:16","slug":"how-do-you-know-when-gods-anointing-is-upon-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-do-you-know-when-gods-anointing-is-upon-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you know when God&#039;s anointing is upon you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>There are likely as many proofs of <strong>spirit begettal or of God&rsquo;s anointing<\/strong> as there are people experiencing it.&nbsp; To some, the Lord may show His approval through answered prayer.&nbsp; Others may experience peculiar&nbsp;incidents that demonstrate clearly that God is now dealing with them and supervising their lives.&nbsp; The most evident sign is the <strong>shift in focus<\/strong> in the individual&rsquo;s life.&nbsp;What once was predominant (such as success in work, financial prosperity for himself and family, worldly fame or acceptance by others, etc.) no longer appeals to the consecrated heart.&nbsp; Rather,&nbsp; <strong>pleasing God in every way possible<\/strong> becomes the deep, primary goal.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>change of heart is clearly visible<\/strong>&nbsp;to others and is the <strong>most evident sign<\/strong> of God&rsquo;s anointing: &ldquo;You will <strong>know them by their fruits<\/strong>,&rdquo; (Matthew 7:20).&nbsp; &ldquo;Hereby we know that we have <strong>passed from death unto life <\/strong>because we <strong>love the brethren<\/strong>&hellip; we ought to lay down our lives<strong> <\/strong>for the brethren&rdquo; (1 John 3:14,16).<\/p>\n<p>Henceforth, the Lord shapes the Christian and prepares him for His good pleasure. <strong>All events in the life<\/strong> of the believer now serve to change and <strong>mold him<\/strong> in accordance with God&rsquo;s purposes for him: &ldquo;&#8230; the very hair of [his] head are numbered,&rdquo; (Matthew 10:30).&nbsp; For&nbsp; God&nbsp; &ldquo;&#8230; will <strong>purify <\/strong>the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord offerings in righteousness&#8230; [and] They will be mine, says the LORD,&rdquo; (Malachi 3:3,17).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are likely as many proofs of spirit begettal or of God&rsquo;s anointing as there are people experiencing it.&nbsp; To some, the Lord may show His approval through answered prayer.&nbsp; Others may experience peculiar&nbsp;incidents that demonstrate clearly that God is now dealing with them and supervising their lives.&nbsp; The most evident sign is the shift &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/how-do-you-know-when-gods-anointing-is-upon-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do you know when God&#039;s anointing is upon you?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}