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You're Anointed
Contributed by Rob Watts on Oct 20, 2025 (message contributor)
Summary: I want every born again, spirit-filled believer to say "I'm anointed to live this life." If you believe that as I do, give God some praise tonight.
• Acts 19:11-20
o 11 God worked unusual miracles through Paul.
o 12 People would take handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched Paul’s skin to those who were sick. Their sicknesses would be cured, and evil spirits would leave them.
o 13 Some Jews used to travel from place to place and force evil spirits out of people. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus to force evil spirits out of those who were possessed. These Jews would say, “I order you ?to come out? in the name of Jesus, whom Paul talks about.”
o 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
o 15 But the evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I’m acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
o 16 Then the man possessed by the evil spirit attacked them. He beat them up so badly that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
o 17 All the Jews and Greeks living in the city of Ephesus heard about this. All of them were filled with awe for the name of the Lord Jesus and began to speak very highly about it.
o 18 Many believers openly admitted their involvement with magical spells and told all the details.
o 19 Many of those who were involved in the occult gathered their books and burned them in front of everyone. They added up the cost of these books and found that they were worth 50,000 silver coins.
o 20 In this powerful way the word of the Lord was spreading and gaining strength.
• I want every born again, spirit-filled believer to say
o I’m anointed to live this life
o If you believe that as I do
o Give God some praise tonight
o Because if you believe that as I do
o You believe that ultimately you are going to be victorious in every test
o And in every challenge that comes your way
o Because you are anointed to live this life
o The anointing is God’s power that is flowing on you
o And in you
o And all around you
• God’s empowerment that enables you to live a life
o Not enabling you to life your life
o But to live the life that God has predestined for you to live
? Now let me take a moment to talk about that word predestined
? Surveyors term that means boundaries
? God has set up boundaries that have been there since the foundation of the world
? He has placed them there for your life
? He has predestined them for you
o The anointing is there to help you
o Not to serve out your agenda
o But God has an agenda
o And when you get in alignment with His agenda
o He anoints you to accomplish what He had predetermined for you to do
o God does not anoint you to do your own thing
o And then ask Him to come over and anoint it
? That’s what we do in the church a lot
? We program and then ask God to come and bless what we’re doing
? We need to be doing what God is blessing
o God is here to get His will accomplished
o And when you get with Him
o He will get with you
o When you get with Him
o The provision will be there
o The power will be there
o Anything that you need will be there
• The anointing is the enabling power of God
o That quickens you
o And empowers you that you might have the power to perform the things that you can’t do in your own strength
o You have to understand that the anointing
? When looked upon from the outside
o Will cause people to judge you
o And think that you are a strong person
o That it is easier to live your life than it actually is
o It’s easy to be you
o But the anointing of God is a helper
o A paraclete
o One who stands along to help you
o So that you are able to lift more load
o Than what is naturally possible
o Because God comes along and adds His super to your natural
o And makes you able to operate in supernatural power
o People who stand on the outside will think that you are just strong
o It creates a challenge
o Because if they think that you are strong
o They don’t think that you need anything
o When in reality it is not your strength
o But God’s
o And beneath His strength
o There is just a small
o Frail human being
o Who is intimidated
