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FAVOR IS A SAVER - PREACHED IN ANCHORAGE CHURCH, DUBAI ON 20 NOV 2020

When you are FAVORED, things start happening differently. Things happen out of the box. When everyone around you calculates differently about what can happen to you and wait for the most unfavorable thing to happen to you, God moves things in your favor and causes you to have success in your endeavors in His appointed time.

This sermon kindles our understanding about the inevitable need for the presence of God in our lives and how that presence catalyses FAVOR in our lives. Pastor John talks about how we can be benefited in unusual ways by God’s favor and how it reflects as favor experienced in the eyes of men. You are sure to experience diving deep into God’s Word as you watch this powerful sermon preached by Rev. John Samuel at Anchorage Church, Dubai on 20 Nov 2020. 

Pastor teaches based on Isa 66:2, that you find favor when you are humble, repentant and revere God’s Word. 

Favor saves you from a lot of labor.  Favor can change you 

1. From the status of a PRISONER to the status of a RULER - Joseph ( The key here is, God being present with you) 
2. From STRIVING to THRIVING - Ruth (The key here is, making the right choice)
3. From SHAME to FAME - Esther (The key here is, submitting to the plan of God)

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Preached  in Anchorage Church, Dubai on 30 Oct 2020

John the Baptist was sent into the world as a sign to ‘the then’ expected messiah, ‘the then’ expected salvation, ‘the then’ coming best friend Jesus The Christ.

John the Baptist lived, baptized many, cried out in the desert about that ‘coming’ and announced about the GRACE that was to come, typically prepared the way, died and gone. But, Jesus our Bestie who came just after him, still lives, does His ministry through the Holy Spirit and will live for ever. He did go to His Father after His earthly assignment but not to be gone forever, but waiting to be invited in to the hearts of people who believe in Him, so that He can come and take aboard in your life boat for good.

Here in this thought provoking, deep-dive sermon, Rev. John Samuel talks about how each of us who is saved by grace is the greatest sign for the glorious things to come. Here, the man of God kindles our thoughts and ignites the fire in our hearts of how we need to be ‘go-getters’ with the  Holy Spirit in times as these.

If John the Baptist was the sign for the ‘then times’, the church is the sign for the ‘now times’.
Priest John came as a preparer for the KING JESUS. Priestly anointing precedes the Kingly anointing. You are priests & kings, literally engaging in the priestly service unto God and working in the Kingdom as servants with King's heart with Kingly authority. You are today's priests (true worshippers) in the world, as a sign to the KING OF KINGS Jesus Christ, who is to come again. Maranatha! John the Baptist came as a sign to denote that ‘barren-ness’ cannot exist anymore. He came as a profound statement, ‘THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD’. His birth into this world portrayed that, God is personally working on the ‘REPROACH REMOVAL’ for His children. This applies to the ones who trusted in the Lord, who fervently prayed to the Lord.

John came late. It was embarrassing for his parents Zechariah & Elizabeth. But still he was gifted to them by God after such a long wait. God did not disappoint them or let them go through shame for ever. God will not disappoint you. In your lives too, even if it’s a long wait, it’s coming now. Don’t give up, take heart, the solution coming to you will be glorious. God wants to take glory though that solution that He wants to give you. Every solution that you receive will serve to be the sign for the next upcoming glorious deed of the Lord in your very lives. 

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According To His Riches Preached on 18 Sep 2020

Every time we read or hear the phrase “ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES”, we tend to connect it to material blessings. But that’s not necessary. God blesses us truly according to His riches. And His blessing is wholesome. Blessing is not just materialistic. The way God wants to bless you is in a holistic manner. 

Having said that, we have to get a deeper understanding of how God’s blessings work. What does, ‘blessing in a holistic way’ mean ? What other areas in life does this apply to? The blessings, ‘ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES’ style ? 

Eph 3 : 16

16 According to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 
18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 
19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

(a) Inner Strength with power through His Spirit - you have the power to do things according to His riches in glory. Your anthem will be, ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’. This itself means the anointing that is in you will strengthen you with power from above. Jesus is the anointing that is in you. 

(b) If God is not liberal about blessing you with strength in your inner being - in other words, give you the Spirit to strengthen you within according to His riches in glory, then you may not have FAITH which is the only place of dwelling for Christ in your hearts and you might not get to know the depth of His love.  Even to the minimum understanding of what love is, we need the Holy Spirit. 

Even if you have to walk in God’s ways and remain in him and do what He says, you need the spirit of God helping you do it. Otherwise its impossible. You don’t get the Holy Spirit to abide in you by walking in God’s statutes, but its the other way around. He helps you from inside, giving you the inner man more strength according to His glory. 

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Free of Shame - Preached in Anchorage Church, Dubai on 23rd Oct 2020

God says, in Josh 5:9 “Today, I have rolled away the reproach from you”. This specifically means there is no more shame, no more disgrace, no more oppression. 

God wants to prove Himself glorious in your lives. He doesn’t take glory in the sufferings of His children. He doesn’t take glory in the oppression and disgrace of His children. Rather, He takes glory in delivering them from it. While He delivers them, He also manifests His sovereign will and power to the enemy that keeps them bound. He proves Himself solicitous over His children’s welfare in front of the enemy. When His children feel shameful, He feels bad. He wants to relieve His children of such hurt. In all this, what He expects is COMPLETE DEPENDANCE ON HIM. Time and again He checks if His children depend on Him, trust in Him and believe in HIS WORD, HIS PROMISE.

This is a very powerful prophetic message preached by Rev. John Samuel of Anchorage Church - Dubai, to the church at large, the people of God around the world, who have put their entire trust in God in these perilous times. You might go through certain afflictions and persecutions now, probably a life of slavery to the pharaohs of the current age, but hold on there, TRUSTING IN YOUR SAVIOR all the more fiercely, the LORD will come through mightily for your deliverance. 

PROPHETIC : This deliverance will happen by a DISTINCTIVE IDENTIFICATION as the RIGHTEOUS of God, for He is going to show forth an IDENTIFIABLE DISTINCTION between them and the unrighteous.  He will royally differentiate between the ONES WHO SERVE HIM and the ONES WHO DO NOT. Its coming. Await the show. 

If SHAME & DISGRACE is like a grave, YOU ARE WALKING OUT OF IT. If your SAVIOR HAS WALKED OUT OF THE GRAVE, you too are, if you believe in HIS RESURRECTION POWER WORKING IN YOU. 

If you believe you will see the glory of God. Is it a long wait ? Like Zechariah and Elizabeth prayed and prayed, waited and waited for so long? Just for an offspring? But get to understand this, when God remembered them, He just did not give yet another son to them, but JOHN THE BAPTIST - A SIGN OF AN UPCOMING SALVATION - FULL & COMPLETE. Elizabeth's reproach rolled away that day. Take heart. Don’t give up. Your wait is never a waste. Your faith will be well rewarded. HOLD ON TO JESUS. He has awarded you HONOR in the place of SHAME. 

Listen to this full message and see yourselves blessed by the power of the prophetic. This is a message for the NOW time. Share it with many others and make yourself o channel of blessing.

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Preached in Anchorage Church on 25 Sep 2010

The heavens are open over us. This means that the Lord wants to bless us. Bless us with Power from above. The happiest news that we should cherish today is the presence of the Lord with us. He has come to dwell with us; He has come to make His permanent abode with us. He wants to show the world that He is with us. He is present in us and He hovers over us. He fights your battles for you. He takes glory in defeating your enemies for you. The very knowledge of His unending presence with you should pump into you new energy , make you shout for joy, sing and dance. 

This doesn’t stop with dancing and singing and shouting, but it energizes you to move in power. The heavens are open over you, but its a choice that you should make, to be heaven conscious. When you are heaven conscious, then you will start working on bringing heaven on earth. Anyone who has banks on the presence of God never lacks anything, especially peace, joy and power. And this should make us sing Happy Songs. 

On the other hand, the exciting truth that we have to know and realize is GOD REJOICES IN OUR PRESENCE. This simply means He considers it joy to be amongst us. He loves to be with us. He loves to talk to us, guide us, take care of us, abide with us and make His presence known. He sings HAPPY SONG over us. We are His children, and like a dad singing for His children, like a mother singing in deep love and joy over her children, the Lord sings over us. 

Pastor John teaches this deep truth from Zephaniah 3:17, about how the Lord rejoices over His remnant. The remnant is you and me who believes in Jesus. The remnant is the ones who are set apart for the Lord. The remnant is the separated. The remnant is ones who are in the world but not of the world. 

This gives us the true joy, endless peace and rejoicing-within just knowing that He rejoices over us. 

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https://youtu.be/zvxQ41jkZvg

We serve a ‘NO COMPROMISE’ God. He doesn’t compromise about blessing His children, taking care, providing, protecting, sustaining and guiding them.

He expects us also to have a ‘NO COMPROMISE’ lifestyle about remembering, claiming and owning His promise over us. In other words, He expects us to stay in the ‘NEW COVENANT’ without any compromise. There’s nothing that you can do about the new covenant that you have been covenanted with. It’s God’s sovereign doing through Jesus Christ, His only son.    All that you are expected to do is STAY PUT IN FAITH always claiming what Jesus has done for you.

Listen to this soul transforming, mind renewing & confidence boosting sermon by Rev. John Samuel preached in Anchorage Church, Dubai. It’s going to bless you for sure and if you are blessed make it a blessing to many others by sharing this sermon.

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Jesus is your protection. He is the shelter / the tent / the tabernacle / the booth that covers you. Remain in Jesus and stay under His protection. He is the covering over your head.

Sukkot - the feast of booths is a reminder of God's protection over His people. In this season, especially with the COVID-19 scenario, you are expected to remember and own the protection that God has given you. Here in this sermon, Pastor John talks about blood handling Corona. He shares on how the church family fought the pandemic by the counsel of the Holy Spirit. 

We overcome our enemy by the blood of the Lamb and by the Word of our testimony. We need to keep claiming the power in the blood of Jesus and the power that dissipates while declaring the finished work of Jesus on the cross. 

This sermon video teaches certain deep truths about how Jesus identifies Himself as the source of the living water and how His presence inside someone can affect other people around them.

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https://youtu.be/wqrZ-dFTs0M