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CONTEXT USED IN:
When referring
to the anointing, we would say,
“I really felt the external anointing this evening”
or
“The Lord is leading me to flow more in
the internal anointing.”
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EXCERPT:
BOOK:
The Way of the Anointing
CHAPTER:
Keys to Glory
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
WOAnointing 6:34-36
"Can you see something here? Can you
see the internal anointing and the external anointing? The internal
anointing dwells within you. The Spirit of God causes Jesus to dwell within
us, and in our spirits we commune with Him as friend with friend. In our
spirits we have power that is available to us, which we can tap.
35 { Conviction of Sin }
36 But when the external anointing comes, as we come
into the presence of the Father the glory begins to manifest. The power
becomes so awesome that the human body cannot contain it. The human body
cannot stand it, and you cannot stand in the presence of it. You have to
fall to the ground under the power, because human flesh cannot take this
awesome glory and power of the Father. When you come into that presence
there is a conviction of sin, an awesome conviction of sin, although you
have been walking in righteousness."
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CONTEXT USED IN:
We use this term often when giving
personal counsel or ministry. We would say to the person,
“The reason
your wife is acting like that is because of a law of judgment you made of
your mother”
or
“The reason you always face rejection due to a
law of judgment where you judged others for rejecting you.”
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EXCERPT:
BOOK:
The Way of Blessing
CHAPTER:
Dealing With Curses
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
WOBlessing 17:11-13
"{ The Law of Judgement }
12 There is something that the Bible calls the Law of
Judgement. Jesus said, "Judge not, that you are not judged. For with the
same measure that you use it shall be measured back to you again." When your
wife starts acting like everything you always hated in your mother; when
your husband starts behaving like the arrogant, horrible things you saw in
your father, sit up and take note, because the judgement you made on your
parents is coming back on you.
13 It is the law of judgement. As you speak forth
judgement on another, the Scripture says that with the same measure that you
use, the judgement that you made is coming right back at you. As you place
your judgement on others, and as you speak negatively and speak curses on
them, it will come right back at you. Be very careful."
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CONTEXT USED IN:
Many are confused by this word and feel
that they must be demon possessed when we tell them that,
“We feel
oppression on you.” But what it means is that they are either under
demonic attack, their spirit is in conflict or they have given the enemy
license in their lives through sin. And so when operating in the gift of
discerning of spirits, we would say,
“There is an oppression in your
words”
or
“I can feel that you are under oppression.”
Or
“I felt such an oppression when I read that letter!”
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EXCERPT:
BOOK:
The Prophetic Ministry
CHAPTER:
The Prophetic Gifts
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
ProphMinistry 7:45
- "The gift of discerning of spirits is
the gift that gives you the ability to detect the presence of demons, which
are spiritual beings. By the gift of discerning of spirits you can discern
and detect the presence of demonic oppression and bondage in the life of
somebody. And you can detect the presence of angels. It operates in
different ways. If you detect angels or demons in the Spirit then you are
operating in the gift of the discerning of spirits. We will look at this
more as we go on and see how this gift operates in the ministry of the
prophet."
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CONTEXT USED IN:
This term is used mostly in personal
counsel where the Lord would lead us to address such issues. Performance
orientation is a learned behavior to gain acceptance. This problem usually
stems from childhood, where a child is forced to perform in a certain way to
gain love and acceptance. Unfortunately this colors your relationship with
the Lord and others.
We will often have to address this issue by saying,
“You have a problem with Performance Orientation”
or
“The
Lord is addressing the Performance Orientation in you”
or
“Until you deal
with the performance orientation you will not be able to move into a
intimate relationship with the Lord”
or
“Your performance
orientation is causing you to perform for the Lord to gain His acceptance,
just like you did for your natural father.”
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EXCERPT:
BOOK:
The Way of Freedom
CHAPTER:
Insecurity and Self Image
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
WOFreedom 23:48-50
"{ Wearing a Mask }
49
The first wrong way of moving across is to act like you think you
should. You put up a different behavior or a performance for
everybody, when in yourself you know that you are small and weak,
and you want to be macho and put on this big front. We call this
Performance Orientation. That is a study on its own so I will not
go into it in detail, but it is a procedure that we learn to adopt
during life to gain acceptance. We act and become what we think
people want us to be in order to gain acceptance.
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People seem to think that if you act confidently, after a while
you will feel confident. Well, it might help your emotions for a
while, but while the image of your mind says that you are small,
that image will affect your emotions, and your emotions will
affect your will. You cannot, by an act of your will, change your
emotions. You have to change your thinking. You have to change the
image of your mind."
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BOOK:
Prophetic Preparation and
Training
CHAPTER:
Prophetic Rejection
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
ProphPreparation 19:9-10
{ Performance Orientation }
"Rejection
will throw you into something called Performance Orientation. I have spoken
about it many times, but I am going to mention it again very quickly.
Performance Orientation is something that a child learns right from the crib
already. We learn how to modify our behavior to gain what we want. And
usually what we want as we grow up, is acceptance and recognition. If you
want to be accepted by the status quo, you are going to have to learn to
perform for the status quo. If you are to be accepted in the church, then
you will have to learn to perform for what that church stands for. And if
the leaders of the church require certain things from you, in order to be
recognized and accepted, you will have to perform for them and be what they
want you to be."
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CONTEXT USED IN:
This is a very common problem in many
people and we address is often in personal ministry and counsel. Bitterness
hinders your spiritual walk and when bitterness is held and built up over
years, it forms a deep root that colors everything you say or do. We would
address this issue by saying:
“You have a root of bitterness in you
relating to your mother”
or
“Until you deal with that root of
bitterness you will not break free of the oppression you are under.”
Or
“You have a root of bitterness that is defiling many and bringing a
curse into your home.”
Or
“Before we minister healing to the
hurts of the past, we need to address that root of bitterness and let go of
the anger.”
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EXCERPT:
BOOK:
The Way of Freedom
CHAPTER:
Freedom From: Hurts, Anger and
Bitterness
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
WOFreedom 7:51-53
"Just have a closer look and you will
start seeing some signs of the root of bitterness existing. Bitterness is
always negative. It never says anything positive. It is always negative,
always sees the evil, always sees the bad. It is always suspicious. All of
these things come as a result of that root of bitterness in the life of a
person.
52 The clearest sign of a root of bitterness in
somebody though is that the root of bitterness always needs something to
spew out at. It always needs someone to be angry with. You will soon see in
the life of a person who carries this root, that they always have to have
somebody to be mad at, and they tend to be mad at only one person at a time.
53 If you have somebody with a root of bitterness that
is mad at you, there is only one way to get that anger diverted away from
you. Get them to be mad at somebody else. It is amazing. They hate you so
that they want to kill you, until they get mad at somebody else, and then
you are okay. Then you are fine. You are their friend again, because they
are mad at somebody else."
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CONTEXT USED IN:
Each temperament has a strength and a
weakness, which we will often refer to as “Temperamental strengths”
or “Temperamental Weaknesses” Here is an example in
context for each temperament:
“Your
analytical mind is preventing you from
entering into the revelation of the spirit.”
“Your expressive goal orientation tends to get
you into trouble, because you act without thinking.”
“When you swing to driver, you tend to become
very pushy and demand perfection.”
“Everyone likes an amiable, because they love
people!”
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EXCERPT:
BOOK:
The Apostolic Appointment
CHAPTER:
The Apostolic Preparation
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
ApostolicAppt 16:12-16
"Let me give you the four
temperaments very quickly in a nutshell. The analytical
temperament is a person who is non-assertive, non-emotionally expressive. A
total perfectionist and a good planner, somebody who likes to rely on proven
ways of doing things. He is very hesitant to make decisions. When you give
them a plan they will give you ten reasons why it will not work. That is the
analytical.
13 { Basic Temperament Types }
14 The amiable is a people person, somewhat
emotionally expressive, but still unassertive. They do not push their way
and they like to be with people. They like to spend a lot of time helping
people and like talking with people and fellowshipping with others. He is
Mr.
Nice Guy, Mr. 'I'll give you the shirt off my back'. That is the amiable.
15 The expressive is an excitable, highly
assertive person who is always striving after goals. He relies totally on
having a new, exciting goal to go for, and if they do not get one they
become discouraged and depressed. And when they get a goal they become so
excited they do not have time to sit down and think about everything that
could go wrong, they just go off like a bull in a China shop, impulsively
off in their direction and doing their thing.
16 Then there is a driver temperament, who is a
typical manager, boss type. He is a very assertive person, but not
emotionally expressive at all. He is very work oriented and does not care
about people. He will trample all over people and do not care about their
feelings at all. They just want to get the job done. They take charge, they
dictate, they command. They are the boss! All of us fall into one or more of
those categories and mixtures thereof."
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CONTEXT USED IN:
Many believe that because they feel
called to one of the fivefold ministry that this revelation places them in
the full office of that calling. We teach that until you have been trained
by the Holy Spirit and placed in that office by the laying on of hands, you
are not in that particular ministry office. We will often give the
correction,
“You are still in the throes of preparation and have not
entered into the training that will qualify you for office”
or
“You are not functioning in prophetic office yet.”
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EXCERPT:
BOOK:
The Prophetic Office
CHAPTER:
The Prophetic Office
AUTHOR:
Les D. Crause
ProphOffice 1:18
- "Firstly, there is a difference between
a ministry and an office. There is a difference. And sometimes the
difference is not that obvious. In actual fact the two overlap a lot, so
that at times it is difficult to tell the difference between a prophetic
ministry and a prophetic office. But to put it in simple terms, it is like
this. The ministry is what a prophet does. The office is what the prophet
is. Ministry relates to the job, to the task of the prophet. Ministry is his
job description."
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ONLINE ARTICLE:
Anointed and Appointed
AUTHOR:
Colette Toach
"Can you identify a time when the Lord anointed you for
ministry? It could have been through a prophetic word, it could have been
through a personal revelation directly from the Lord. Either way, you KNOW
the Lord had called you. But what now? Does this now mean that you must
begin functioning in the office the Lord has called you to? Not at all, what
this means is that from this day, the anointing that was poured upon you,
will now begin forming you into the image of Christ and will be preparing
you to take the throne of office!"
ONLINE ARTICLE:
Anointed and Appointed
AUTHOR:
Colette Toach
"You see, it takes more than the appointment of man to
set you in office. It takes the appointment of the Holy Spirit and being
released by a prophet or an apostle of God who is already in office.
Until you can recall a specific time and date where the
Lord set you into office and appointed you to the throne, as it were, then
you are not functioning in office and cannot wear the title of that office.
You have not yet arrived and still have a path of training and preparation
to walk."
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