The Lord Is My Shepherd | Jabin Chavez | City Light Church

Summary

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Episode Overview

Main Theme:
In this episode titled “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” Pastor Jabin Chavez explores the biblical imagery of God as the shepherd from Psalm 23 and 1 Samuel 16, focusing on the anointing of David. Using vivid storytelling, relatable humor, and practical application, Jabin unpacks what it means to be seen, chosen, and set by God—even amid rejection or obscurity—emphasizing the shepherding nature of God in every believer's life. He particularly relates this to "Anointing Sunday," drawing parallels between David’s anointing and the congregation’s opportunity to receive prayer and oil anointing for the coming year.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Principle of Anointing and Being Seen by God

• Scripture Focus: 1 Samuel 16, Psalm 23

• Context: God sends Samuel to anoint a new king among Jesse’s sons. David, the unlikely candidate, is chosen by God over his seemingly more qualified brothers.

• God’s Perspective Differs From Man’s

  • “The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them.” (01:44)
  • Jabin encourages listeners not to get stuck in the “natural,” but to “go spiritual”—seeing circumstances through God’s eyes, who looks at the heart rather than appearance.

• God Sees the Forgotten and Rejected

  • Jabin tells the story of David’s family background—possibly from a different father, dark-skinned, and rejected by Jesse, symbolizing how God selects and loves the overlooked.
  • Quote: “Man’s rejection is often God’s direction and God’s protection.” (09:48)
  • Reference to Psalm 27:10: “Though my father and mother reject me, the Lord brings me in.”

• Personal Application:

  • Jabin shares his own story of humble beginnings, not from “money or ministry,” but a small town and trailer parks.
  • Quote: “Thank God you’re not God. They couldn’t see it. But I serve a God named Jehovah Rohi.” (12:35)
  • God knows and sees faithfulness and private devotion, even if people do not.

Notable Moment

• Humor: “This is the first episode of the Real Housewives of Jerusalem right there. Amen.” (05:47)

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2. God Sees You—Now and Always

• God’s All-Encompassing Knowledge:

  • Even when David wrote, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” he was likely under stress or betrayal (from Absalom). Yet, he affirmed God’s constant gaze and care.
  • Quote: “Even when I can’t trace God, I can trust God, because God sees me.” (05:13)

• Our Response:

  • We must surrender all parts of ourselves—strength (humility) and sin (repentance)—because “God never calls the qualified. He qualifies the called.” (15:42)
  • God is not shocked by our ups and downs—He “anointed all of that, redeemed all of that, baptized all of that in the Holy Spirit.” (14:38–15:13)

• Encouragement to the Prodigal or the Weary:

  • If you feel far, God still sees you—like the prodigal son’s father: “Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son.” (18:31)
  • Cultural note: For a father to run was a “massive social faux pas,” but this illustrates God’s passionate pursuit and embrace.

• Quote:

  • “Because of what Jesus endured on the cross. God is just to love you, just to forgive you, just to embrace you, just to kiss you. Grace is not some weak... Mercy is not some weak thing. It's his justice.” (19:50)

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3. God Sets and Anoints You

• God’s Promotion and Timetable:

  • David was anointed in the presence of those who rejected and hated him, receiving the approval from God he never got from people.
  • “When you are anointed, you never have to force your way into anything. Because God promotes. God aligns. God lifts up.” (20:48)

• The Meaning of Anointing:

  • “Samuel put the oil on him, but the Spirit of God came upon him powerfully. That’s going to happen today.” (24:25)
  • Anointing = God smears His power, presence, and protection over you.
    • Everyone responds: “Power, presence, protection.” (25:22)
  • Reference: Acts 10:38, as God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and power.

Three Reasons Shepherds Anoint Sheep:

1. For Healing Wounds

   • “The shepherds would pour the anointing oil into the wound... It’s not that we don’t get cut, it’s that we can heal.”
   • “Your scars are no longer your trauma, they’re actually your testimony.” (26:05)

2. To Prevent Harm in Community and Relationships

   • Sheep butted heads; anointing reduced friction and damage—likened to needing God’s anointing in church conflicts, marriage, or teams.
   • Quote: “Not all friction should be the end of a relationship... Relax. Get anointed.” (27:14)

3. For Protection Against the Enemy’s Lies

   • Shepherds poured oil in sheep’s ears to prevent fly larvae; without it, sheep would “go crazy.”
   • “Everybody say, keep the flies out. ...When God anoints my head with oil…he keeps Beelzebub out.” (29:13)

• Spiritual Meaning:
  • The anointing protects your mind, keeping out negative thoughts, lies, and offenses.
  • “He anoints my ears with oil, my eyes with oil, my mouth with oil. So that the deceiver can't come in, lay his eggs, sow his seed of discord on the inside of me.” (30:10)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “It’s only weird if it doesn’t work. Yo, if it works, I’ll do whatever.” — Jabin Chavez (00:39), referring to the anointing tradition in church.
• “Man’s rejection is often God’s direction and God’s protection.” (09:48)
• “Jehovah Rohi — the Lord who sees.” (07:12)
• “Don’t get weird about grace. We all need it.” (20:32)
• “Your scars are no longer your trauma, they’re actually your testimony.” (26:05)
• “Everybody say, keep the flies out... He keeps Beelzebub out. He keeps the lies out. He keeps the hate out.” (29:13)
• Humor/Memorable Moment:
  • “This is the first episode of the Real Housewives of Jerusalem right there. Amen.” (05:47)
  • Playfully ribbing churchgoers on church “honeymoon phase” vs. reality, marriage, and team involvement (27:14–28:36).

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description & Highlights | |:----------:|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00 | Introduction to Anointing Sunday; explanation of oil anointing (Jabin’s voice, biblical reference) | | 01:44 | "The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them." (Key theme) | | 05:47 | Humor: “The first episode of the Real Housewives of Jerusalem.” | | 06:33 | Declaring “The Lord is my shepherd” — Psalm 23 context | | 09:48 | “Man’s rejection is God’s direction/protection.” | | 12:35 | Personal story: “Thank God you’re not God… I serve Jehovah Rohi.” | | 14:38–15:13| God’s call includes all parts of us—failures and successes; grace and qualification | | 18:31 | The prodigal son and God’s readiness to “run” toward the repentant | | 19:50 | “God is just to love you, just to forgive you… Mercy is not some weak thing. It's his justice.” | | 20:48 | “When you are anointed, you never have to force your way into anything.” | | 24:25 | Anointing defined—Samuel’s oil vs. the Spirit coming upon us | | 25:22 | Three aspects: “Power, presence, protection.” | | 26:05 | Wounds become testimony—healing analogy | | 27:14 | “Not all friction should be the end of a relationship… Get anointed.” (community relations) | | 29:13 | “Keep the flies out”—Protecting mind/heart from enemy's lies | | 30:10 | Final prayer and declaration for God’s anointing protection |

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Summary Table: The Anointing of the Shepherd

| Principle | Pastoral Insight | Life Application | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------| | God saw me | God finds the overlooked; sees past mistakes | You’re not defined by rejection | | God sees me (now) | God knows your strengths, sins, and future | Surrender all, not just the good | | God sets/anoints me | God promotes, protects, and positions—His way, His time | Wait on God’s timing; trust Him |

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Closing Tone

Jabin’s delivery is energetic, humorous, honest, and pastorally encouraging. He weaves personal stories, scriptural insight, and practical encouragement, continually inviting the listener to rest in the care and anointing of Jehovah Rohi—the Lord our Shepherd—who heals, protects, empowers, and sees us fully.

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For listeners who missed the episode, this summary provides both the rich theological depth and the practical application, as well as the uplifting, personal, and approachable style characteristic of Pastor Jabin Chavez.

Transcript

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Go to the word of God. I'm going to just share a quick thought, very quick thought. And then we're going to have a beautiful time of worship, ministry. And this is Anointing Sunday. And what that means is for those of you who would like to receive prayer, we're going to anoint you with oil. We're going to ask God to bless this coming year and bless your life, bless your family blessings. We believe that as God anoints you today, we're going to anoint you. But as David said, God anoints my head with oil. And so we're going to anoint you with oil as a point of contact. But really, it's the Lord we believe that's going to do the work. Amen. And so it's going to be a powerful time. I want you to open your heart to that. If that totally freaks you out, you don't want anyone to pray for you, don't worry, you don't have to. But I want to say this. Maybe the anointing with oil thing weird to you. I just want to say it's only weird if it doesn't work. Amen. Yo if it works, I'll take what I'll do whatever. And the anointing of oil is a Bible principle, and we'll look at it today. This is the anointing of David as he is leaving being a shepherd and he's becoming king. There is a prophet, a priest named Samuel, who is being called now to replace Saul with David as king. And the Lord said to Samuel, you've mourned long enough for Saul. I rejected him as king of Israel. So fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I've selected one of his sons to be king. And when he arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab. So he. He's now looking at the sons. And he looks at the firstborn Eliab. And he thought, surely this is the Lord's anointed. The Lord said to Samuel, don't judge by his appearance or height, for I've rejected him. The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them. That one little phrase is all you need today that will help you all year. The Lord doesn't see things the way I see them. Don't go natural, go spiritual. God sees things different than I do. People judge outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. And Jesse told his son Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said this is not the one the Lord has chosen. Jesse summoned Shimea. Samuel said, neither is this the one the Lord has chosen. In the same way, all seven. Lord didn't choose any of these. Samuel asked, are these all the sons you have? I know. I heard from God. There is still the youngest. Jesse replied, but he's out in the fields watching the sheep and the goats. Send for him at once. Samuel said, we will not sit down to eat until he arrives. So Jesse sent for him now. Notice what Samuel notices here. He looks different than his brothers. He's dark and he's handsome. He has beautiful eyes. He doesn't look like the first seven brothers. We'll unpack that in a moment. This is the first episode of the Real Housewives of Jerusalem right there. Amen. Samuel said, huh, somebody some ain't tracking here. The Lord said, this is the one. Anoint him. So David stood there among his brothers, among the people who hated him. In front of his father, Samuel took the flask of olive oil, anointed David. The spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Verse 14 is interesting. So I think it's important for us to realize now, the spirit of the Lord left Saul, and the Lord sent a tormenting spirit filled with depression and fear. I just want you to notice, when you reject God, you reject the work of the Holy Spirit in your life. Another spirit will fill that void. God said this to Israel in Deuteronomy, said, if you reject me as God, you're just going to get other gods and they will not be kind. So anytime we reject God, there's no such thing as an atheist. Because whether you believe in him or not, accept him or not, another spirit will begin to influence your life. And this is why surrender to God is so important. Because we are spirits. Don't let this flesh and blood fool you. You're a spirit. We are spiritual people being influenced by the supernatural. And this is why we want to invite the Holy Spirit into our life. Amen. I want to talk about the Lord is my shepherd today. The Lord is my shepherd. High five three people, preferably a stranger, and tell them the Lord is my shepherd. Come on, tell them the Lord is my shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd Online. The Lord is my shepherd. Excuse me. David said that. The very David that we just read about wrote towards the end of his life, the Lord is my shepherd. I have all that I need. Or as the King James says, I shall not want. In other words, because of who my shepherd is, every need will be taken Care of. Now we read in the English language, the Lord is my shepherd. But David wrote this in the Hebrew language, and the Hebrew phrase that he wrote is Jehovah Rohi, the one who sees me. The Lord who sees David at the end of his Life writes Psalm 23, possibly now under the attack of one of his sons. Absalom is Life is going through a lot. There's a lot of issues going on. He's coming towards the end of his rule and reign, but he declares over his life, God saw me. And God sees me. He is the God who sees that even when I can't see God, God sees me. And even when I can't hear God, God sees me and hears me. And even when I can't trace God, I can trust God, because God sees me. I want to remind you that it is much more important that God sees you than you see God.

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He is our good shepherd.

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Like the shepherd that's looking out over the sheep, looking for the wolves, looking for the lions, looking for the bears, looking for the enemies, bringing the sheep back into the fold. This is what God does.

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He is our shepherd.

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And we will have everything that we need because he is the God who. Who sees us. Everybody say, the Lord is my shepherd. Come on, one more time. Put a little smile on your face. The Lord is my shepherd. He sees us. He knows us. He loves us. He protects us. He guides us. He is our shepherd. He is a good shepherd. He is a faithful shepherd. He is Jehovah Rohi, the God who sees. And I want to give you three little thoughts as we are about to enter a time of prayer. The first is that God saw me. God saw me. Before I knew God and before I saw God, God saw me that while many things were unplanned and many people did not know what the next move was, God was already ten steps ahead. God saw me. Let me prove it to you. Samuel's worried, who will the next king be? But. But God tells Samuel. Samuel, don't even worry. Acts 13:22. I've already. I've already found a man. I've already found David. A man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do. I have found. Which reminds me that God is always looking, searching and finding those he can use in their generation. Now, now I'm calling him a man. Don't get it twisted. He's just a teenager, but to me he's a man. To his father he's a kid, but I see him as a king. To his brothers, he's a boy, but to me he's a man. I already see him in his future, and I already see what he's going to become. And God. God saw me. God saw you. David, the least likely to lead. David, the forgotten son. David, the one born. Controversy. Samuel sees David and he goes, you don't look like the first seven brothers. His skin is dark. He's got a. He's got a different face than his brothers. His eyes are different. What's up with this, Jesse? And Jesse says, I don't want to talk about it. This is why David would write, I was born in sin. What. What did he mean by that? This was not a theological statement David was making. David was saying, I come from a different father than my brothers. For whatever reason, Mrs. David, I don't know what happened. I don't know if it was a lonely cold night in Jerusalem. I don't know what happened. But she ended up hanging out with somebody different. And the eighth son is born, and the nurse cries out, it's a boy. And Jesse looks over and he has dark skin and he has different eyes. And from that day, Jesse began to reject David. This is why David would Write in Psalm 27, Though my father and mother reject me, the Lord brings me in. This is why Jesse would take the youngest son and throw him out into the fields. Because every time he saw David, he felt the betrayal and the embarrassment of what was. But God saw him. Jesse didn't love him, but Jehovah Rohi loved him. Jesse didn't accept him, but Jehovah Rohi accepted him. I want to remind you that man's rejection is often God's direction and God's protection. Can I get a witness on a Sunday that just because they didn't love you, you are not bound to one person. You are not bound to one person's approval. One person's acceptance, one person's word over your life. God is protecting me. God is directing me. Oh, to be found by God, to.

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Be loved by God, to be seen by God. I serve Jehovah Rohi. He is my shepherd. See, While Saul, the Bible says, was head and shoulders above the rest, at.

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Least 7 foot tall, dark David was hidden with God.

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While his brothers were the obvious choice.

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David was hidden with God.

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While Jesse assumed it would have been.

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One of the other brothers, David was hidden with God. David on the back side of the hill country, singing, worshiping, honoring God. No man saw David, no man heard David. But Jehovah Rohi saw him. Oh, to be hidden with God. Oh, to Abide in the vine oh, to not Jesus. God saw me. God saw your devotion. God saw your rejection. God saw your misunderstandings. God saw your desire to stay pure. God saw your childhood. God saw the pain. God saw the curses that were spoken over you. But God found you. And like a good shepherd, he's been pushing back wolves and he's been pushing back lions, and he's been pushing back bears, and he's been pushing back Goliath, protecting you for this moment.

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Jehovah Rohi. Can we give that God praise today? Come on. The Lord is my shepherd. Hallelujah.

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God saw me three different times in 2025. I was out preaching and the preacher was trying to introduce me to come up to preach. And three different preachers kind of had the same introduction. You know, they kind of put their foot in their mouth and they went, you know, we kind of just can't believe that what's happened with Jabin, like, we remember him when he was younger and oh, my God, like, this is crazy.

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Thanks.

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You know, like, it's church and he's traveling all over the world. He just didn't never thought it, like, thank God you're not God. They couldn't see it. But I serve a God named Jehovah Rohi. We don't come from money. We don't come from ministry. We both come. My wife and I come from trailer parks. We're from a town of 1700 two trailer parks. We were from them. Come on, somebody. But there is a God named Jehovah Rohi. And he saw our prayers and he saw our faithfulness, and he saw our forgiveness, and he saw us do everything we could in our 20s to honor God. And I am telling you that good shepherd will look out on you and he will protect you. And he will anoint you, and he.

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Will raise you up in a generation to do something awesome for God. You are not forgotten. Jehovah Row. He sees you. Somebody shout. The Lord is my shepherd. Come on, shout it out. Be seated.

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You're scaring the new people. Number two. Hallelujah. Number two. Man, I feel the Holy Ghost on me right now. Number two. God sees me. Not only did God. Not only God saw me, but God sees me. God sees you right here, right now. When God anointed David, when God found David, God knew everything about David. David and who David would become. The good, the bad and the ugly. And there was a lot of that. If you're interested in David, read First and Second Samuel. He was David. David was never just even. He was always a 0 or a 10. I mean, he was either. He was either God's man or he was a mess. And yet God called all of that. See, when God calls you, he knows everything about you. He calls all of it. And when you surrender your strength to him, that's called humility. When you surrender your sin to him, that's called repentance. But all of it has to be surrendered because unsurrendered strength is pride, unsurrendered sin is rebellion. And I have to give God every part of me. Not. Not just the. Not just the bad parts, not just the good, every part. I have to give him my heart. And God already knows that about. See, we're so shocked by our mistakes. We're so shocked when we. When we do something bad or good. But God. God is not surprised. See, when God called David, he saw the worship and the adultery. He saw the offerings and the murder. He saw the amazing way he would lead a nation and the terrible way he would lead a family. But he called all that. He anointed all of that. He redeemed all of that. He baptized all of that in the Holy Spirit. Why?

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Because God never calls the qualified. He qualifies the called. And if you've been called, God can do something with every part of who you are. And by the way he calls every part of who you are and every part of you needs to be given to God. Say Amen. God sees you.

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Where are you with God right now? Are you being honest about it? If you feel like you're walking with the Lord right now, wonderful. Stay close, stay close, stay close. But if you feel like you've walked away from him, it's time to come home, friend. Not as a January New Year's resolution, but for the rest of your life. This is not an experiment. Christianity is not a January, Easter, Christmas experiment. Christianity is a death to your old life and a resurrection into something radically new. Come on. Say yes to Jesus. If you feel like you've been walking with the Lord, I want to remind you Hebrews 6:10. God is not unjust as to forget your work. God does not forget your work or your love. Your work or your love which you've shown. God's seen the work you put in. God saw that fast. He saw that fast. He saw you hungry with that migraine. I talked to a brother today. He came up to me. He said every day I'd get home from work. I'd just go to my room. He said I couldn't be around food. I couldn't be in the kitchen. I couldn't be social. I'd just go to my room and read. I said, God. God saw your work. God saw your love. God sees every tithe. God sees every tear you cried, every prayer you prayed. God saw the fasting. God sees your devotion. God sees you parking in that ridiculous dirt lot. God saw you get stuck in the dirt. Amen. I didn't tell you to park there, by the way, but you did that. And so don't ask me to pay for the aaa, but listen. God saw it. God saw it. Amen. God sees. God saw you forgive your spouse. God saw you pray over your child. God saw you trust him in financial famine. God sees it. God sees the work and the luck.

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Don't give up. He is Jehovah Rohi.

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And he sees your faith. But maybe you feel far from God. I want to tell you, God sees you too. That prodigal son, he comes to his senses. He says, I got to get home. I got to get back to my father. And as he returned home to his father while he was still a long way off, his father saw, that's Jehovah Rohi. That's the good shepherd waiting, calling, waiting for him. And look at the emotion of your shepherd. Not where have you been? Not, you idiot, not. You did it again. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son. And a massive social faux pas. In the Hebrew culture, men did not run. It was. It was a sign of weakness. It was a sign of panic. It was. It was some. It was something that you would not do publicly. But the Father, Jehovah Roh, he runs. The good shepherd runs. The Father runs and he embraces him and he kisses him. This is the God that you serve. Who is God? He's the God of love and compassion. Who is God? He's a God who embraces you and kisses you. Who is God?

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He is a God who's looking to bring you home.

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And I can hear somebody in the room.

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But isn't he holy? He is. He sure is. Isn't he just? He sure is.

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But let me remind you of First John 1:9.

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He's faithful and just to forgive you, just to do it. God is justified in forgiving the sinner. It's not mercy, it's justice to forgive you.

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Why?

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Because of what Jesus endured on the cross. God is just to love you, just to forgive you, just to embrace you, just to kiss you. Grace is not some weak. Mercy is not some weak thing. It's his justice. Because of what Jesus endured. For us and as us. And because of us, God can now justifiably love us and bring us in. It's his holiness that forgives us because he's honoring a covenant that His Son made on the cross.

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That's not in my notes. Number three. Every time I preach about mercy, people get weird. Talk about grace, people get weird. Don't get weird about grace.

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We all need it.

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Number three. Worship team, please come. God sets me. God sets me. God sets you into place. God anoints you. God positions you. God does this. David stood there among his brothers, among the men who hated him, among the Father who rejected him. God anoints him. God gives him the approval that he never got from man. That is such a powerful truth about following God. And notice Samuel anoints him, but the Spirit of God came upon him. When you are anointed, you never have to force your way into anything. Because God promotes. God aligns. God lifts up. When I'm anointed, God makes a way. Even in my mistakes. When I'm anointed, I never miss the opportunity of a lifetime. When I'm anointed, I never have to be anointed in a hurry. When I'm anointed, there's. There's a weird way that. That somehow God keeps lifting me up. Why? Because I'm not forcing my way into something. I'm allowing God to exalt me. He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princess, placing them in seats. God does that. You could try to do that. It's going to be a really bad life. But all the earth is the Lord's and he has set the world in order. When I surrender my life to God, I let God promote in his time. And it's filled with so much peace. So David is towards the end of his life and he's remembering his life. And he grabs a pen and paper and he writes, you anoint my head with oil. Wait, but we. But we just read 1st Samuel 16 Samuel anointed him. God did it. Like today, we're going to anoint you with oil. In the name of Jesus. We're going to bless your year. But God's going to anoint your head with oil. See, Samuel put the oil on him. But the Spirit of God came upon him powerfully. That's going to happen today. The Spirit. The Spirit of God's going to come upon you today. People are going to be healed. Today. People are going to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Today. People are going to be set free from addictions today. People are going to be. People are going to receive breakthroughs today. Fear is going to leave you today. Why? Because David was smart enough at the end of his life to go, God did this. God anointed me king. God did this. God anointed me. I didn't do this. I didn't wheel my way into this. God did this. You anoint me. This word anoint means to smear, Simba. That's all it means. Relax. So when God anoints you, he takes the Holy Spirit of God and he smears the power and the presence and the protection of God over you. The anointing is his power, his presence and his protection. Everybody say power, presence, protection. That's what happens when God anoints you. He puts his power on you. How God Acts 10:38. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. So the shepherds again. We're going back to the shepherds. David is king, but he was a shepherd. He remembers how as a shepherd, he would anoint the sheep with oil. There was three reasons that a shepherd would anoint with oil. Number one, you would anoint the wounds so the sheep would get cut, the sheep would get wounded, the sheep would get bit. Whatever it was, the sheep would. Would get caught in the fence, whatever it was and where the wound was. The. The shepherds would pour the anointing oil into the wound to heal the wound. It's not that we don't get cut, it's that we can heal. So many of us get mad when we get cut, and we're, like, shocked that we get cut. Life is life, y'. All, and life be life. But what do you do with it? You need to ask God to anoint you with oil to heal you. Once you're healed. You still have the scar, but you no longer bleed. Remember Jesus? Raised from the dead. What did he do? He showed them his scars in his hands and in his side and in his feet. He still had the marks, but he no longer bled. God could. So he. Oh, you still have the marks. You still remember the pain. You still remember what you went through. You still remember the divorce. You still remember the recession. You still remember the bankruptcy. You still remember the death. You still remember the betrayal. You still remember your upbringing. But now. But God has so anointed you that you're now healed of it. And now your scars are no longer your trauma. They're actually your testimony.

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Look how God put me back together. You anoint me with oil. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ya ba ba ba ga. Come on. Does anybody know who I'm talking about? He's a healer. He's a healer.

[A]

Hallelujah. Why you yell so much? I'll ask you that the next time I go to a Knights game with you. Why you yell so much? Be seated. Be seated. I'm not done. I'm not in a hurry. It heals. Number two, watch this. You anoint with oil. You anoint the forehead of the sheep with oil. Because sheep fight, You know? You stick around anywhere long enough, you're going to fight. You come to church first, three to six months, this place is heaven on earth. It's perfect. I've never been to a church like this. This is amazing. That pastor is a man of God. Until I tick you off. And then you're going to need the anointing. Can you believe that pastor said oh, my God. Can you? Can you believe he said that? Or you leave. Can you believe he didn't say that? Can you believe what? You're gonna need the anointing because not all friction should be the end of a relationship. You could go joining kids team and you don't like how Candace does the snacks. Relax. Get anointed, you join the host team. I don't like how Gabe puts down the chairs and I wish him easy. You get married, eventually, you're going to need the anointing of God on your marriage. What did you say? What did you say? You want to talk about? You want to have a marriage counseling session right now?

[B]

He's perfect.

[A]

Well, wait a little while. You're going to need the anointing. You know what I'm saying? We never fight. You're gonna need the anointing. And by the way, it's worth it. Because spiritual family is worth it. It's worth it. It's worth it. It's worth it. Third reason you anoint with oil. The shepherds would grab the ears of the sheep, tilt them over, and they would take anointing on their pour it into the ears of the sheep. Because the flies would go get in the ears of the sheep and lay their eggs in the ears of the sheep and in their ear canal. And what would happen is it would itch so bad that the sheep would begin to lose their mind and they'd begin to ram rocks and ram hard things because it would itch and they couldn't get to it and they would literally go crazy. The sheep would go crazy because of the flies. But when the shepherd would anoint the ears, it would keep the flies out. Everybody say, keep the flies out. Keep the flies out. So we get to the New Testament, and they call Satan Beelzebub, the Lord of the flies. But when God anoints my head with oil, Hallelujah. Everybody feel this right now. Anybody feel that in your spirit right now. When God anoints me with oil, he keeps Beelzebub out. He keeps the lies out. He keeps the hate out. He keeps the lust. Now somebody can stand. He keeps the anger out. He keeps the frustration out. He keeps the offense out.

[B]

He anoints my ears with oil, my eyes with oil, my mouth with oil. So that the deceiver can't come in, lay his eggs, sow his seed of discord on the inside of me. So God anoints me with oil to protect me.

[A]

Everybody stand.