The Mark:

Bosun ran down the aisle with tears streaming down her face. She was searching for what she believed she could only find by a divine miracle. Searching for "the mark", the rare distinguished anointing...that thing that shakes people right down to their bone marrows. On her way to the alter, she saw a man kneeling down to pray, perambulating from side to side, with arms raised towards the heavens. Surely, he must have what she's searching for, what she didn't have...the mark. He seemed so pleased and saturated with his heart's desires. He was laughing and speaking in tongues at the same time. Surely, she must touch even the hem of his garment...

As she was running to touch his white shirt, she saw another woman. She was running around the sanctuary...praising the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Her shouts could be heard all the way to the back of the building...even without a microphone. Shouts of delirious praise, and she danced along...dancing to her freedom and victory. Surely, this woman must have the mark too. She seemed like a righteous person.
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Little did she notice the teenage boy at the corner, hidden in the shadows, not wanting to be seen. He was silent, watching all the drama that was unfolding right before his eyes. He wasn't participating in the jubilee, neither did he seem to be moved. All that was in his heart was, "Lord, please forgive me...for I have sinned. Do it one more time Lord, forgive me again. I won't go back anymore" But that same night, he received "the mark" too...he received the full anointing of a forgiven sinner, because immediately he uttered those words, the blood of Jesus wiped out the stains from his clothes...and his talents were revealed to the kingdom of darkness.

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Do you have an anointing (the mark of God on your life)? Something tells me that in my generation, the youth are lost. They are waiting for someone to lay hands on them so that they can catch the anointing. Waiting for a sign, maybe the sign of Jonah. Waiting for a pastor, a deacon, a righteous person to welcome them...yet, none is righteous by works alone. But what they do not know is that the anointing is already inside a forgiven person...it does not matter whether you were forgiven last night...or even early this morning. You carry within you greater works than Jesus had. It's inside of you.

Don't look to others for solutions to your problems. Speak the word yourself. Move the mountains yourself. Captivate what needs to be captivated, and free what needs to be liberated. You have been forgiven, now you are a king in the kingdom...you can do and undo...you can make and break. You can now operate according to the principles of God. Yes, you have it within you...you have the mark. Don't doubt it!

*And if you think you don't have what it takes, right now receive it...open your heart, ask for your Father's hands to guide you into the right and true path, ask Him to erase yesterday's sins and pain...and He will come into your heart, and He will ANOINT you too. Welcome to the family.*
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1 John 2:12-13, 20-21 "I write to you little children, because your sins are forgiven you, for His Name's sake...I write to you young men, because you have overcome the wicked one...but you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it..."

PS: "The mark" in this context stands for "the anointing."

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