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Ghosted For A Glow Up

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Jun 9, 2024 • 40 min

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Summary

In part four of the Ghosted series, Dr. Dharius Daniels explores the transformative and empowering nature of the Holy Spirit through the lens of David's anointing in 1 Samuel 16. While cultural glow-ups focus on outward appearances, Kingdom glow-ups begin on the inside and impact every area of a believer's life. The sermon challenges believers to move from self-reliance and hyper-independence to God-reliance, allowing the Holy Spirit's anointing to educate, innovate, insulate, and elevate them in their divine assignment.

Themes

The Person and Power of the Holy SpiritThe AnointingKingdom TransformationGod-Reliance vs. Self-RelianceFaithfulness and FruitfulnessDivine Assignment and Calling

Pastor's Points

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The Anointing as an Educator

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The Anointing as an Innovator

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The Anointing as an Insulator

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The Anointing as an Elevator

Key Points

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The term glow up originated in the Kingdom because God orchestrates radical, revolutionary shifts from the inside out that impact every dimension of life.
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God will sometimes disconnect from a person or season in the spiritual realm before the earthly position changes, requiring believers to stop mourning over what God has rejected.
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Believers must stop pouring their 'oil'—time, energy, and resources—into places and people from which God has reassigned them.
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Human rejection or underestimation cannot prevent God's purpose; God will hold up the assignment until the anointed one arrives.
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Anointing changes your capacity, but God may keep your assignment the same for a season to allow your character to catch up to your call.
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The primary goal of the Holy Spirit's anointing is not merely emotional excitement in worship, but genuine spiritual transformation and unique kingdom productivity.
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The anointing is the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit that enables believers to be uniquely effective at what God has assigned them to do.

Sermon Moments

“Cultural glow-ups work from the outside in, but Kingdom glow-ups work from the inside out.”

“How long are you going to keep nurturing an emotional attachment to what I'm finished with?”

“Your issue is you don't know where to pour your oil, and you keep pouring it on people who can't receive it.”

“Jesse may try to hold you up, but he can never hold you back.”

“His anointing changed, but his assignment didn't. He's got a king's anointing, but a shepherd's responsibility.”

“Don't confuse an expression of appreciation for transformation—you don't get healed in a dance.”

“The anointing only falls on the authentic self. God will only help you be who He called you to be, not who you think you are.”

“Hyper-independence is a trauma response to past pain, causing self-reliance to show up in our spirituality.”

This Week

Stop pouring emotional energy and time into past relationships or seasons that God has closed.

Remain faithful and diligent in your present daily responsibilities, trusting that Samuel (opportunity) will find you.

Identify areas of hyper-independence in your life and actively invite wise counsel and community support.

Ask the Holy Spirit daily to serve as your Educator, granting wisdom beyond your natural education or background.

Tap into God's creative abundance as an Innovator when facing complex problems or limited resources at work or home.

Trust the Holy Spirit to insulate and protect your heart from external distractions, gossip, and spiritual sabotage.

Be authentic in who God created you to be, recognizing that God's oil only flows on your genuine identity.

Remember This

The Holy Spirit's anointing transforms us from the inside out, empowering us to move from self-reliance to God-reliance in fulfilling our unique assignment.

A Challenge for You

I want to pray for a shift from self-reliance to God-reliance. I want to pray that God disarms the principality of hyper-independence which is a trauma response to pain, and that you step into the ease of an anointing.

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