Basic Principles

of the Anointing
The Wilderness
Luke 4:1
Times when we go
through a spiritually or
materially dry place for a
period of time.
Moses – in the desert for
40 years

David as a shepherd and

being chased by Saul

Jesus spent 30 years

before starting ministry

Paul spent 13 years in

obscurity
Moses – in the desert for
40 years

David as a shepherd and

being chased by Saul

Jesus spent 30 years

before starting ministry

Paul spent 13 years in

obscurity
God is preparing you
away from the view of
people
Dry times—alone with
God
Times to learn patience
and how to wait on the
Lord
Times to get life sorted
out and to learn from God

Times in which God tests

your motives and
attitudes
Walking in Holiness
1 John 2:15-17

Hebrews 5:14, Matt. 5:48

Ephesians 1:4

1 Tim. 6:11, 1 John 2:6

1 John 4:4, 1 John 5:4,5

1 Cor. 10:13, 1 John

1:7-9
Dying to Self
Luke 9:23

Genesis 22:1-19

Romans 12:1,2
Romans 12:1,2
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters,
in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies
as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to
God—this is your true and proper worship.
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this
world, but be transformed by the renewing
of your mind. Then you will be able to test
and approve what God’s will is—his good,
pleasing and perfect will.
Faithfulness
Luke 16:10-12, “Whoever can be trusted
with very little can also be trusted with
much, and whoever is dishonest with very
little will also be dishonest with much.”

1 Cor 4:2, Prov 28:20

Hebrews 3:1-2, 13:8, 11:1,6
God’s Promotion Principle
1 Peter 5:6, 7

Humble yourselves, therefore, under

God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you
up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on
him because he cares for you.
Developing Discernment
—good judgement
Takes a Life-Time!
wisdom comes from God
sensitive to the HS
know your strengths and
weaknesses
keeping to God's
priorities

redeeming the time

know how to break the

hold of satan

see with eyes of faith

Hebrews 5:14
Your Preparation Never Ends!
Phil. 3:12

Not that I have already obtained all this, or

have already arrived at my goal, but I press on
to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took
hold of me…one thing I do: Forgetting what is
behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the
prize…
2b. Some Helpful
Questions
 2b. केिह सहायक प्रश्नहरू
Kēhi sahāyaka praśnaharū
What preparation work is God doing in
your life?

Are you resisting his work in you?

- rebellion, habitual sin, pride,

ambition…?
Are your motives pure?

Are you submitted to the Lord and to

those who are over you spiritually?

What do you value most?

Are your ministry activities the things
that keep you walking with God, rather
than your own personal relationship with
Him?
3. The Good (the Power) of
the Ingredients is Released
through Crushing
3. Brokenness
बखत
Bakhata
The goodness of the
ingredients is released
when they are crushed!

Breaking them open,

releases their flavour /
fragrance.
The goodness of the
ingredients is released
when they are crushed!

Breaking them open,

releases their flavour /
fragrance.
1 Cor. 1:27-29
Rom. 6:11, Phil.
2:5-11
Jacob – Genesis 32

Isaiah – Isaiah 6

Jesus – on the cross

David – rebellion of
Absalom, death of
Bathsheba's child

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

2 Corinthians 4:7ff
Mary anointed the feet of
Jesus, John 12:1–8.

The jar had to be broken

before the perfume could
flow out.

The perfume was worth a

year’s wages.
“When you meet someone
who has suffered; been
limited, gone through
things for the Lord, willing
to just be satisfied with
Him and nothing else,
immediately you scent the
fragrance.
There is a savor of the Lord.
Something has been
crushed, something has
been broken, and there is a
resulting odor of
sweetness.”
Watchman Nee
"जब तपाईं पीिडत व्यिक्तलाई भेट्नुहुन्छ; सीिमत
भयो, प्रभुको लािग चीजहरू माफर्त, उहाँसँग सन्तुष्ट
हुन र अरु केही पिन छै न, तुरुन्तै सुगंधलाई िचन्ता।
त्यहाँ प्रभुको स्वाद छ। केिह कुचल गिरएको छ, केिह
भत्काइएको छ, र िमठासको पिरणामस्वरूप गंध
छ।"
Watchman Nee
Brokenness is…
The experience of pain, suffering and
despair used by God
It remove our self-sufficiency
It deepens our dependency upon Him.
It prepare us for service in His
Kingdom.
भ्रामक भगवान द्वारा प्रयोग गरेको दुखाइ, पीडा र
िनराशाको अनुभव हो
यसले हाम्रो आत्म-क्षमता हटाउँ छ
यसले उहाँमािथ हाम्रो िनभर्रता बढाउँ छ।
यसले हामीलाई उहाँको राज्यको सेवाको लािग
तयारी गछर् ।
“Brokenness is God’s way of dealing
with the sin, pride and self that
attempt to fill our body, soul and
spirit. These prevent us walking in
humble obedience and giving glory to
God in all we say and do.”
"भ्रामक भगवान, पाप, घमण्ड र आफुले हाम्रो
शरीर, आत्मा र आत्मा भनर् प्रयास गनेर्
परमेश्वरको व्यवहार हो। यी हामी नम्र
आज्ञाकािरतामा िहंिडरहेका छौं र हामी सबैले
भन्नुहुन्छ र गछौर्ं।"
John 12:24 Jesus says:

‘I tell you the truth, unless a

grain of wheat falls to the
ground and dies, it remains
only a single seed. But if it
dies, it produces many seeds.’
There is nothing stronger than a man
who has been touched by God. He has
nothing left to prove or fear.
In them is an emptiness that only God
can fill.
Outwardly there is a weakness which
only God can make strong.
मािनसलाई परमेश्वरको द्वारा छोएको छ भन्दा धेरै
बिलयो छै न। प्रमािणत गनर् वा डराउनुको लािग
उहाँसँग कुनै बायाँ छै न।

ियनीहरुमा एक खालीपन हो िक केवल भगवान भर

सकते हो।

बािहर आउनु एक कमजोरी हो जुन केवल परमेश्वरले

बिलयो बनाउन सक्नुहुन्छ।
If we want to be used by God we will
have to let go of many things we
used to think of as valuable or
important.

We need to die to ourselves in order

for us to know the power of God as
He intended.