Walking with God: Bridal Love & the Anointing - Josiah Nicotra
Walking with God Bridal Love & the Anointing Set the Scene (Pray. Love Jesus. Receive His Spirit. Welcome the Glory of The Father). The Christian life is not just mission...it is preparation, for the marriage supper of the lamb. (Rev 19:6-9). Jesus is not coming back for workers, but for a bride without blemish. (Eph. 5:27). And the anointing of the Holy Spirit is how that bride is both prepared and empowered. Without bridal love, we can operate in His gifts and miss Him. (Matt. 7:21–23). Without the anointing, we can love Jesus deeply but lack the fruit and power to walk like Him. (Gal 5:22-23 & Eph 3:14-21 & Act 1:7-8) But when both meet, the church, His bride, becomes radiant, alive, and unstoppable. Walking with God is more than a belief, more than church attendance, more than ministry. It is living in step with Him....breath by breath, moment by moment, thought by thought, desire by desire. Walking with God is union so close, I am ever presently more aware of God and who He is in an environment, in a situation, in a person, than my very next breath. Walking with God is the present reality that He is more real to me than my very wife that lays by me at night. Walking with God could be summarised to the fellowship of His Suffering, the communion of His body...for in it we are healed...or His blood, for in it we are set free...or that in Him, He is everlasting drink...that He would satiate our souls. To live in this revelation, “Walking with God”, there are many streams, but two deep streams in particular flowing within it. These streams are markers for walking with God and not just markers but the tools, the product, the foundation for which a life can walk with God how He ordained it. It can be summarised with these very two things: 1. Bridal love for Jesus (loving God with all your heart, Mark 12:28-34) — the passion and purity of a bride in covenant union with her Groom. 2. The Anointing of the Spirit (love your neighbour as yourself, Mark 12:28-34) — the fruit and power of God’s presence alive in us. The anointing isn’t for you, it is for others. For did not Jesus say that all the law and the prophets are fulfilled in these two things: Love the Lord with all your heart, and love your neighbour as yourself!? This is exactly that; Bridal love & The Anointing. When these collide, we, like Jesus, only do and say what The Father is saying and doing...we are drawn into greater depths of fellowship and union with the Triune God. Let’s journey through this further... Focal Point:From the beginning, this was God’s design, that He would journey with us, in union and in fellowship. What does that mean? It means, close, intimate, transparent fellowship. - Adam and Eve heard God walking in the garden in the cool of the day (Gen. 3:8). - Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him (Gen. 5:24). - Micah 6:8 says, “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” - Jesus said, I only do and say what my father is saying and doing, (John 5:19-20) and we will do what He does and greater things. (John 14:12-14). Walking with God is defined by only doing and saying what The Father is saying and doing. Walking with God is the lifeblood of Christianity. Not just visiting Him in moments, not just speaking of Him in words, but abiding in Him. To Walk with God is to share in His heart, t
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