Hope you enjoy my notes from this powerful, anointed teaching last night by Pastor Danquah. During this meeting the Holy Spirit moved powerfully and some of the words spoken from the pulpit were prophesies for individuals in the congregation. Even though not all topics of how the enemy attacks us are covered in this teaching, know that it was targeted to the needs of those in the congregation. The anointing is powerful to help us overcome ALL attacks of the enemy, those mentioned here and any other attack. By the end of the meeting the Holy Spirit ministered to many in the congregation. 

THE OVERCOMER’S ANOINTING

Isaiah 10:27 It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. 

To overcome you need a spiritual anointing. Notice that the burden is taken away on a specific day. The yoke is destroyed from our shoulder. To free us the burden must be removed. It crumbles and comes down because of the anointing oil. On that day the yoke will be destroyed. Yokes are obstacles, hindrances to what you want to do in life. When you are sick you can’t do anything. When sickness goes away you have strength to overcome.

No mater what the burden, it bows down in the Name of Jesus.

1 John 5:4  For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 

WHATEVER – we all will have to overcome some obstacles. We have the promise of God that no matter the circumstances or situation, we will overcome – faith gives us the victory.

God intervenes on a CERTAIN day – and He helps us overcome our problems. There are certain seasons – seed time and harvest, cold and heat. 

We may be in our situation for some time, but there will come a year, month, day hour, second when God will deliver us because of the anointing. The anointing is necessary to overcome our obstacles.

Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.

There is a future where our obstacles will be overcome. God gives us a reward when we overcome. We will have the victory, the promise, and the blessing. 
God will breakthrough our door of hindrance. The door is open.

Revelation 3:8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.” 

The overcomer’s anointing makes us stronger. With no anointing on you, you can’t do anything.

The anointing makes us who we are.

The anointing makes me who I am.

We want to embrace the anointing and be an overcomer. God sets us free by releasing the anointing and yokes crumble. He has wired us to conquer every circumstance.

Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

We are created to be more than conquerors.

Jesus is our pattern in how to be a conqueror. Jesus faced challenges. He was spit upon, beaten, mocked, and crucified. He needed the overcomer’s anointing for his work.

Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

We are all anointed to perform these things that Jesus did.

Jesus was baptized by John and he came out of the water full of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit Jesus would not have been able to do what He did. If the Spirit was not on Jesus, the obstacles would have stopped Him from doing His work.

Obstacles are demonic powers to prevent you from doing God’s will. When the Lord anoints you, places His fire on you, the demons see and flee. Every enemy of yours bows down to God’s anointing.

Jesus received the cross anointing to overcome. Before He went to the cross, He spent time in Gethsemane praying to God.

Luke 22:41-43 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.

In the flesh Jesus did not want to go to the cross. But Jesus prayed to God and God gave Him the strength to go through with this plan for our salvation. God sent an angel from Heaven to strengthen Jesus and release an anointing on Him to help Jesus fulfill His assignment. 

Even God’s Son – 100% God/100% human prayed to the Father. This cup is difficult. The strength of God came on Him.

We get a desire to do something – and the flesh, weakness, and the devil attacks our plans. The Spirit of the Lord emboldens us so that we can do what God wants us to do.

Zechariah 4:6b This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord of hosts.

We conquer not by might or power, but by God’s Spirit.

Pastor Danquah told us that there were spiritual entities, beings, that we do not see. Some are wicked spirits, and there is a fight in the heavenlies twenty-four hours a day. God doesn’t let us see this battle. We must remember:

2 Corinthians 10:4-6  For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

Principalities and powers are destroyed because the anointing is your weapon. What Jesus did with the anointing, we can do. God anoints ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

Pastor Danquah looked at a few people in the Bible who did extraordinary things under the anointing of God. If these Biblical ordinary people can do these things, so can we.

THE LION ANOINTING

Judges 14:5-6 So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now to his surprise, a young lion came roaring against him. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

Young lions are the strongest lions. When the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson, he was not ordinary, he became a supernatural power.

The Holy Ghost is super.  We are natural. When the Spirit of the Lord comes upon us – we become Supernatural.

God gave Samson the power to rend the lion. 

We all face spiritual lions and bears – we can rend these enemies because the power of God goes before us. 

We can be going through our life, bothering no one, and an enemy wants to detain you.

When he Children of Israel were wandering through the wilderness, the Amorites were not pleased and wanted to stop the Children of Israel. Balak appealed to Balaam to speak a curse against the Children of Israel. God prevented the curse and all Balaam could do was speak blessings over the Children of Israel.

Expect that, when God anoints you, you will be a conqueror. The tools of the powers of darkness (sickness, frustration, obstacles, powers of darkness, etc) will not be able to conquer you because of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit anointing is NOT A FEELING. It is a PERSON. When the Holy Spirit comes upon you it is so you can get the work done for the Lord. God’s anointing helps you do God’s will and helps us to wage war with the deceiver.

DESTROY YOUR ENEMIES ANOINTING

Judges 14:19 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the changes of clothing to those who had explained the riddle. So his anger was aroused, and he went back up to his father’s house.

It is not common that one man can defeat thirty people attacking him. With thirty attackers some could approach Samson from behind and from all sides. When the anointing came on Samson, he fought and defeated them all.

DAVID

King David fought the most battles and never ahd a defeat because God was with him. Every path he took people tried to make him a victim. King Saul was determined to destroy David’s life, deprive him of his bed and his family. David was forced to live in the wilderness. 

DON’T BE AFRAID – the enemies will not overcome you.

Psalm 91:1-6 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

Pastor Danquah said, if the enemy wants to destroy me, he must first conquer the Holy Ghost. I am in Jesus.  

The enemy won’t destroy our lives if we’re under the anointing and the power of the Blood. We’re safe under the Spirit of the Lord. Sickness and disease is healed through the anointing. The anointing is liberty to us and we are more than conquerors.

If you open yourself to the Holy Spirit, He will sit by you and do spiritual surgery, removing the negative from you.

1 Samuel 16:12-13 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

GIANT KILLING 

After the Spirit of the Lord came upon David, the Philistines attacked Israel. Their champion was Goliath, a giant ten feet tall (or as Pastor Danquah says, he’s 5 feet 7 inches, so the giant was twice the size of Pastor Danquah). This Giant spoke blasphemes against God. None of the Israelites were brave enough to fight Goliath.

If you depend on your own strength, you can’t fight giants.

The anointing came on David and David got angry at Goliath. It was a HOLY ANGER just like the anger Jesus had in the Temple against the money changers. 

David said, 

1 Samuel 17:26 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

David’s brothers accused him of pride. 

When someone pursues a God-given goal, many people accuse them of pride.

David vowed to kill Goliath. He did not get distracted by Goliath’s size – did not worry that Goliath was too big.  Goliath was so big, David couldn’t miss him.

Your enemy is too big to miss when you pull down your enemy by the anointing.

Saul tries to make David wear Saul’s armor, but the armor doesn’t fit. David had to fight with the weapons God endowed him with, not with another’s weapons.

Our strength is not in the flesh, it is in God. David reminded himself how God used him to kill lions and bears. He told himself that if God could help him kill lions and bears, a giant is no problem.

1 Samuel 17:37 Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” 

The anointing is personal – it is especially for you. The Holy Spirit communicates and fellowships with us and gives us confidence.

Remember the three Hebrew children who boldly went into the furnace that was heated seven times hotter than before. They boldly declared that even if God did not deliver them, they would not bow down to the idol. 

People who know God and the Holy Spirit are strong and overcomers.

Goliath laughed at David and his sling shot. 

1 Samuel 17:42-44 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

Pastor Danquah is visiting our church. He will be teaching tonight as well. 

Here are my notes from last night’s teaching:

Luke 8:22-25 Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples, and He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.” And they launched out, but as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was calm. But He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and marveled, said to one another, “Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!” 

Trouble is indispensable in life. God has not promised us a trouble-free life. The only time our lives will be trouble-free is in Heaven.  Jesus went through troubles. Even tongue-speakers like Paul have troubles. Our finances, health, and circumstances can cause trouble for us.

We can sail through troubles with the help of God. Jesus dealt with His problems without sinning. He showed us that it is possible for us to also deal with our troubles without sinning.

Psalm 23:4-6 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.  

With God’s help, we won’t be stuck in the middle of the fire. We will go through. Jesus told the disciples they would go to the other side. As they were in the boat, an uninvited enemy showed up – a storm. Their lives were in jeopardy. Peter was a fisherman. He knew it was a dangerous, demonic storm. In another translation – it says Don’t you care that we are about to die?  The disciples called on Jesus, just as we call on Jesus when we are in times of trouble.

CAUSES OF TROUBLE

1. HUMAN ERROR – When we make mistakes in our lives, sometimes those mistakes stay with us and affect our lives. We can be saved and God forgives us, but there are consequences that we still deal with because of the mistakes we made in our past.  We sometimes think we can sin in secret, but God sees us. We need to keep this in mind when we make decisions for our life – fear (awe) of God can protect us from doing things that have negative consequences.

2. CHALLENGES OF LIFE – These are inevitable. The Creator of the Universe was in the middle of the boat with the disciples, and still there was a storm. The disciples were with Jesus, doing right, and they still faced a storm. The good news is that, in the midst of the challenges of life, we have a Savior who will be with us always. Challenges can be financial, emotional, health-related. It is not easy to go through these challenges, We can pray, cast out demons, and still go through troubles. But we do not go through them alone, God will be with us.

3. SATANIC ATTACK – like Job. God knew that Job was strong, not only because of external circumstances, but he had inner strength. God permitted satan to attack Job, Job’s family and possessions. 

Job 13:15a Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. 

God wants, when everything seems challenging, to see us remain faithful in the midst of our troubles.

4. THE PLAN OF GOD – sometimes trouble leads to promotion. God permits troubles to test us so He can promote us. The devil will use a human to attack us, for the devil does not want us to be promoted and he hopes the attacks will pull us off of track. But, if we pass the test, God promotes us. Impure gold goes through a fire and comes out pure gold. 

PRINCIPLES TO ADHERE TO IN TROUBLED TIMES

1. CHOOSE NOT TO FEAR – Troubles cause us to fear. Jesus says John 14:1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.”

God is with us always. When we obey the will of God, there is no need to fear.  There are 366 passages in the Bible that instruct us not to fear (even one for leap year  )  

2. GOD’S COMMITMENT TO YOU. God will stand by us in our situation.

1 Corinthian 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

We will not be the first or the last person to deal with a troubled situation. God will help us go through it. He will deliver us. God stands by us.  He is faithful. God knows that we are capable of handling what has been thrust at us. God trusted Job and Job remained faithful (see above). Job said he would trust God, even if God chose to slay him. God will give us a way of escape so that we can bear it. God always makes a way. It may seem like we are losing, but then God opens up a way of escape.  Pastor Danquah described it like a wrestling match where one wrestler seems to be losing and then in the last bout gets a burst of strength and decks his opponent. 

Don’t give up. Press on. God has the anointing to help us. 

Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

He doesn’t deliver us from SOME, He delivers us from ALL. The Holy Spirit helps in times of trouble.

3. CHOOSE NOT TO TRUST THE FLESH – There is nothing good in the flesh. We trust in our flesh too much. The Bible tells us to FLEE fornication. It tells us to resist the devil, but does not say resist fornication.  It says FLEE fornication. Christians often trust the flesh. They have a problem and they seek out another person for advice before they go to God or the Holy Spirit for help. The Holy Spirit will tell us to do one thing and we choose to do the thing our flesh wants to do.

Spend time in prayer. If you have no words to say, only cry out, go to God. Ask God what must I do. The devil will try to put guilt on us, but God will help make a way from our circumstance. Even when we mess up, God still has a plan for our lives.

Jeremiah 17:5, 7 “Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord.”…….  “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.” 

Have confidence in God. Don’t call someone whose life is a mess. Talk to God and ask God who you should call to help you in the situation. Get a person who has successfully navigated the situation you are facing. 

4. CHOOSE NOT TO MAGNIFY YOUR SITUATION OVER GOD’S ABILITY – We tend to focus on the problem and how big the problem is instead of magnifying how big God is. God is bigger than our problems.

When we face a problem we start speaking about the problem saying things like I curse the day I was born, wish I were dead, this is too much for me to deal with. Don’t magnify our problems – magnify God’s ability to eradicate whatever the problem is. No matter how big our problem is, God is bigger. The maker of the universe is larger than any problem we face.

Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. 

God will lift up a standard and give us peace in the midst of the storm. When our lives are flooding like the boat, and we fear what we are facing will destroy us, God will come in Glory and save us for we are God’s covenant child.

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 

God is greater than any of our problems. He can help us overcome our problems because He is greater.  Jesus is with us.

Pastor Danquah described the three Hebrew boys in Daniel who refused to bow to the image of the King – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They said that even if God would slay them in the fire, they still would not bow and worship the statue of the king.  The king was enraged and had a fire built to seven times ordinary strength. The soldiers who threw the boys into the fire, died instantly. The king watched the fire and saw four people walking around in the fire. Pastor Danquah said they were walking like royalty (and he demonstrated how African royalty would walk). The king realized that the fourth one was like the Son of God.  The king ordered the boys removed and there was no smell of smoke or fire on them – the only thing burned off was the ropes used to tie up the boys.

Jesus is with us in the middle of the fire. The power of God will remove all those things that try to bind us.

The devil will make our circumstances look huge, but God is ALL POWERFUL.

5. CONFESS YOUR PROMISED VICTORY, NOT YOUR PROBLEM - 

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

We overcome our problems by the word of our testimony.  There are two steps – 1) God does something for you 2) You testify about it.

God heals you, you testify. 

We also have the testimony of the Scriptures – what the Bible says about our problem. We need to speak what the Bible says over our problems. No matter the circumstances, our feelings, our confession should be what the Word of God says.

Psalm 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. 

Speak God’s Word to your circumstance. Imagine your victory. Speak victory, not defeat. Speak into your future that your yesterday will die.

Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me,” says the Lord. 

6. GET HELP FROM THOSE WHO HAVE MASTERED THE STORM BEFORE – don’t reinvent the wheel. Seek counsel from winners, don’t seek advice from losers.

Hebrews 6:11-12 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Follow the ones who are victorious, don’t be slothful.

7. CHOOSE TO EMPHASIZE FAITH TO MASTER YOUR SITUATION – faith, not doubt. The anointing will rise up to help you step out of your comfort zone. Peter stepped out of the boat. He told Jesus to tell him to come, and when Jesus said, “Come,” Peter stepped out of the boat. Pastor Danquah said that probably Thomas said, “You’re a fisherman, you can’t walk on water. Come to your senses. Don’t step out of that boat.”  Peter closed his ears and listened to God. He took a bold step on the Word of God and walked on the water. 

Peter was the son of two sinners, but he exercised his faith and did what Jesus did. God is waiting for us to exercise our faith. 

Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

It doesn’t take huge faith to move mountains – just small faith. 

Matthew 17:20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 

Small faith, when activated, becomes huge. Release your faith and God will bring us out of trouble.

1 John 5:4-5 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—ourfaith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Notice it doesn’t say WHOsoever, but WHATsoever. Faith overcomes the world.

8. RID YOURSELF OF ALL HINDRANCES OF FAITH -

Mark 11:22-24 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

We want mountain-moving faith. One of the biggest hindrances to faith is lack of forgiveness. We must forgive and remove bitterness from our hearts. 

Mark 11:25-26 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.

If we harbor resentment, God will not listen.

Pastor Danquah also said that certain people who hinder us must get out of our life.

9. TRUST GOD. THE LOVE OF JESUS WILL SEE YOU THROUGH THE SITUATION.

Pastor Danquah sang, “Love lifted me. Love lifted me. When nothing else could help, love lifted me.”

When we are in the pit of sin and our life is a mess, His love lifts us up. The love of Jesus can help overcome wickedness.

Isaiah 43:1-2 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are mine.  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.

His love lifts us. Feel His love surrounding you and His blessing on you.

10. TRUST GOD TO BRING YOU OUT OF YOUR TROUBLES AS YOU PRAY FOR SOMEONE – So often we pray for ourselves and our situation. We need to pray for others. God delivered Job when Job prayed for his friends who tried to discourage him. God turned Job’s life around when he prayed for others. Pray for one another

11. PUT ON PATIENCE, DON’T GIVE UP

Hebrews 10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

We need patience. It is only a matter of time when God will show up – He will show up at the perfect moment. 

12. PRAISE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE STORM -King Jehosephat was instructed to send the praise team before his army into a battle. 

God’s thoughts are higher than ours. Praise God all the time, not just when things are going well.  Praise God in the midst of our trials.

When praise goes up, God sends angels with the blessing. Let His Name be praised in the dance. 

Many believers used to go to clubs and dance before they were saved. Now that they’re saved, they don’t dance in praise to God. We must dance, sing, and praise God in our circumstances. David danced unto the Lord. He did not care about appearances – that a king was dancing wildly before God. He was just praising God. 

Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 

The joy of the Lord is our strength.

Tonight Pastor Danquah will continue his teaching. I’m looking forward to what he will share.

Have a blessed day.

Heather