The Anointing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

by R. T. Kendall

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

, 1997

Anointing. While the word has several meanings in the Bible, it always revolves around the idea of the Holy Spirit and His power to change human lives. Each of us has an anointing or a special gift from God. Using it properly is the key to creating what is good, blessing and encouraging others, edifying ourselves, and pleasing the Lord.

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Top Highlights

“God made each of us as we are. He chose our parents before we were born, chose our environment, our childhood peers, shaped our interests—not to mention determining our IQ! When we come to terms with our limitations we gain not only peace but productivity in the end. We will do a thousand times more by accepting our limitations than we will by being governed by unrealistic expectations on unwarranted ambitions and trying to prove how clever we are. ‘It is he who made us, and we are his’ (Ps. 100:3). ‘But now, that is what the LORD says—he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine’’ (Isa. 43:1).” (source)

“This unrealistic expectation has its origin in our pride.” (source)

“Everybody has an anointing. The apostle Paul called it ‘gifts’ in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. The Greek word charismata really means ‘grace-gift.’ It is God’s gift, which He graciously bestows on those who don’t deserve it. The difficulty is, ambition gets into the picture and some don’t like it if their own anointing does not result in a high profile.” (source)

“‘The worst thing that can happen to a man is to succeed before he is ready.” (source)

“One of the worst things we can do is to take compliments too seriously” (source)

Product Details

• Title : The Anointing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
• Author: Kendall, R.T.
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN: 9781418514457

About R. T. Kendall

R. T. Kendall (1935– ) is a writer, speaker, and former pastor of Westminster Chapel in London, where he taught for 25 years. Kendall is currently a part of the Word, Spirit, and Power ministry. 

Kendall earned degrees at Trevecca Nazarene University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, University of Louisville, and Regent’s Park College (a hall of the University of Oxford). Before Kendall became the minister at Westminster Chapel in 1977, he served at Calvary Baptist Church.

Kendall has an extensive itinerant teaching ministry, R. T. Kendall Ministries, where he serves as the president. He has written over 50 books, including Judgment Seat of Christ and the three-volume Understanding Theology.