Acts 10:38
• The anointing symbolises Christ.
• While the anointing symbolises Christ, the essence (what is found in) of the anointing is the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit.
• The anointing is God on flesh doing things that flesh cannot do (God doing things through people).
2 Cor 4:7
• The anointing is God’s empowering presence upon a believer for ministry, kingdom service
• The anointing comes to give us advantage in life and destiny.
• You cannot claim to be anointed when your results are ordinary.

KEY ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING
1. The anointing consecrates (Isa 45)
• When a person is anointed, he is set apart to do a particular task.
• An anointed person is not common.
• Some are anointed to minister through their songs, if such a person decides to become a bishop, they will have moved out of the area they are anointed for.
• A person can be anointed and their place of assignment is the football pitch.
• Every believer needs to know the area they are receiving the anointing for.

2. Empowerment (Acts 10:38)
• This is giving power to somebody to perform certain tasks beyond human ability.
• Empowerment is a broad term.
• You can be empowered to heal the sick, give counsel, or even empowered with wisdom.
• The purpose of the anointing is to destroy the works of the devil and to do good.
• The anointing is God’s tool for the destruction of the devil’s works.

3. The anointing is for inauguration (1 Sam 10:1, Ps 89:20, 22, Is 42:1, 61:1, 10:27)
• You need an anointing to be enthroned.
• You need an anointing to start a new task.
• You need an anointing to enter a new realm.
• Preservation is in the anointing.

What happens when you are anointed?
1 Sam 16:13, 17:36, 43-46
• When you’re anointed, satan will seek your death.
• Saul wanted to kill David because of the anointing.
• The anointing makes you bold.
• The truly anointed know that they are anointed and they boldly say so (Luke 4:17-19).
• It is not pride to say you are anointed, it is spirituality.
• Be conscious of the anointing.

Things that destroy fruitfulness
1. Broken kingdom service
2. No love for God
3. Sin (Ps 45:6-7, Mat 6:33)

• You have no protection, defence or backup outside God’s will (Prov 3:5-6)
• Seek to know the will of God at all times.
• If you’re panicking, it’s most likely God is not there.
John 5:30
• The anointing brings restoration.