Author: Pastor Mike

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David Day 19

You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you.”

1 Samuel 16:3

Don’t stop doing what brought you into the anointing in the first place.  Don’t let the enemy change your schedule, your routine with Jesus.  In fact, invite others to join you.  Don’t sit with people who worry when you can stand with those who worship and watch God do His thing.

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Dave Day 18

But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

1 Samuel 16:2

Here we have an example of someone who possesses an anointing but is not possessed by the anointing.  Saul will us his authority to stop anything outside his will, but the person possessed by the anointing won’t stop what God is doing.  How?  They worship rather than worry.  Just keep doing what you’re doing and keep on worshipping the Lord.  He’s the One who opens doors and shuts windows.  Just do your thing as a child of God and worship rather than worry.  God’s got this!

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David Day 17

Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.

1 Samuel 16:1

Pay attention to what God was doing and you’ll better understand what God is doing.  We’re beginning to witness what it is like for the Anointing to possess us rather than us just possess the anointing. When God’s anointing possesses us it’s about hearing what He wants and what He is doing.  God tells Samuel, “I have rejected… I will send…I have selected.”  When the Anointing of God possesses us, we possess Him and those who are possessed are those who surrender to Him to be possessed.

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David Day 16

Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”

1 Samuel 16:1

It’s an amazing thing to know and find out what God has chosen us for in this life. Sometimes that all seems almost impossible, but nothing is impossible for God.  He knows who you, where you are, and what you but He also knows why you are.  He anoints you for what He’s called you and even though the calling might change as we go through life, the anointing will be there for whatever He wants for us.  Believe that and be ready to walk with Him down life’s road.

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David Day 15

You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile. For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself       

1 Sam 12:21-22

Want wisdom!  Don’t let what’s wrong, worthless, or wasteful take you off track.  Futile is anything that does not bring us into the full heart of God.  People will disagree and disappear, but God will not ever do such a thing.  Don’t settle for the realm of the obvious, live in the revelation of marvelous.

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David Day 14

Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart

1 Samuel 12:20

It’s not who you see but who you hear that matters.  Who do you listen to?  Know who you trust for truth and that will determine who you trust for love.  No one loves you more than your Father in heaven.  Learn to trust His voice from His heart. Kings know this truth.

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David Day 13

Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.

1 Samuel 12:16

Samuel, the prophet and judge of God is setting the table for the king and kings to follow.  Dare to trust God.  Saul won’t get it but David will.  Nothing man can do is comparable with what God can and does do.  Dare to trust Him!  It will make you a king.

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David Day 12

Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the LORD has set a king over you. If you will fear the LORD and serve Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

 1 Samuel 12:13-14

It’s not about whose king but whose God.  Never let someone else take God’s place in your life or your heart.  It’s His word that saves, that gives life.  Kings come and go but God is still God for eternity.  Never confuse Who reigns over your life.

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David Day 11

When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ although the LORD your God was your king

1 Samuel 12:12

God is working with the people before David is working in the palace. You do not want to be there at man’s requests but at God’s request.  Remember this, God is working in front of you, wait till He calls.  Learn to listen to the Spirit of God and follow that calling, not the crowds.  What is is God calling you to do today?

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David Day 10

Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.           I Samuel 12:6

There’s a standard for a king.  Samuel is setting the standard for David’s kingdom.  Many have the approval of people but you want the appointment of God.  If you live for the approval of man, you will reign by the approval of man.  The accumulated wisdom of man is no substitute for the all-knowing wisdom of God.  Live in the appointment of God, which will reflect His image, not mans’.