MISSION: POSSIBLE a presence in Every Nation Matthew 28:20 NKJV ‘..and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age’ MISSION: POWER

JESUS WITH US ALWAYS John 16:7 KJV Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

JESUS WITH US ALWAYS John 14:16 KJV And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Jesus is with us always, in the person of the Holy Spirit JESUS WITH US ALWAYS Jesus is with us always, in the person of the Holy Spirit

JESUS WITH US ALWAYS Mark 16:20 KJV And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

JESUS WITH US ALWAYS Mark 16:20 NIV Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it

JESUS WITH US ALWAYS Mark 16:20 AMP And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen (so be it).

JESUS WITH US ALWAYS when Jesus said in Mt 28 ‘..and lo I am with you always…’, He was telling the disciples that it would be His ever abiding presence, in the person of the Holy Sprit upon them; that would empower them to be effective in ministry

DON’T GO BEFORE… Act 1:4 KJV And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

DON’T GO BEFORE… Act 1:8 KJV But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth

DON’T GO BEFORE… ‘Power’ dunamis [doo'-nam-is] force (literally or figuratively); specifically miraculous power (usually by implication a miracle itself): - ability, abundance, meaning, might (-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle (-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work.

MINISTERING IN POWER Jesus wants us to minister in power Jesus wants us to be like Him and do the works that he did (Jn 14:12)

HOW JESUS DID THE WORKS Luke 4:18 KJV The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

JESUS DID NOT ATTEMPT MINISTRY BEFORE… Jesus did the works because of the Spirit of the Lord (anointing) upon Him Jesus never attempted ministry before the anointing Jesus commanded the disciples not to attempt ministry before receiving the anointing

WHAT IS THE ANOINTING The presence of God upon our lives, enabling us to do the works of God (Jn 14:12) The power of God transmitted through the Holy Spirit (Ac 1:8)

THREE LEVELS OF ANOINTING The presence of God among us (Mt 18:20) The presence of God inside of us (1 Jn 2:27) The presence of God upon (Lk 4:18)

PURPOSE OF THE ANOINTING Luke 4:18 - preach, heal, preach deliver, bring recovery of sight, set at liberty Act 10:38 - do good, healing the oppressed

PURPOSE OF THE ANOINTING Isaiah 10:27 - to remove burdens and destroy yokes Acts 8:5ff - to open up cities and nations to the impact of the gospel

PURPOSE OF THE ANOINTING Luke 10:19 - to exercise dominion and authority over the power of darkness 1 Corinthians 2:4,5 - that peoples faith and focus should not be on us, but on God

ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING The anointing is measurable Elisha’s double portion Act 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING The anointing is transferable Mark 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING The anointing can be hindered Mark 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. AMP And He was not able to do even one work of power there, except that He laid His hands on a few sickly people [and] cured them

ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING The anointing can be lost – Saul The anointing can be regained – Samson The anointing works more when we are flexible to God’s move – Matthew 9:16,17

ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING The anointing will turn you into another man 1Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man

ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING You can be refilled with the anointing Psalms 92:10 - fresh oil Ephesians 5:18 - be filled with the Spirit

ASPECTS OF THE ANOINTING The level of the fullness depends on you John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink