Anointed to Untangle

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This service, held at the TMC, stepped away from the New Wine series for one week. Brian shared a dream he had the night before, then led the congregation through two scripture passages and an open discussion before closing with a time of anointing. The through-line connecting all of it was the idea of consecration and what it means to carry that into ordinary life. Brian opened by asking the...

Read together

1. Exodus 30:22-33 Read aloud in full as the first of two anchor passages, covering the recipe and instructions for the sacred anointing oil
2. Isaiah 32 Read aloud in full as the second anchor passage, used to explore themes of a coming righteous king, the pouring out of the Spirit, and future fulfillment
3. Revelation 5:9-10 Read aloud by a congregation member to connect the idea of priests and kings ruling on earth with the discussion of royal identity

What was said

• When you wake up from a dream that feels significant, pause and ask the Holy Spirit whether it was from him, then write down what stands out before it fades.
• Pick one area of your life where things feel tangled or stuck and pray specifically, asking the Lord to pour his anointing into that exact crack or crevice.
• Read a passage from Isaiah this week with your prophecy glasses on, asking yourself whether what you are reading has been fulfilled, is being fulfilled, or still waits for a future fulfillment.
• If you read a proverb about a king or ruler today, swap that word for leader and read the verse again with yourself in mind, including the responsibility that comes with that identity.
• Show up to the Town Square gathering at 5 p.m. today to stand with Tribe fam in praying for the remaining hostages and for the Jewish community in Jackson.

Talk about it

1. Brian talked about the culture at Tribe being one of generous worship, singing your own song to the Lord rather than only following along with what is written. What does that kind of worship feel like for you personally, and what gets in the way of it?
2. When reading Isaiah 32, the group put on what Brian called 'prophecy glasses' and looked for fulfillment, asking whether a passage had already been fulfilled, was being fulfilled now, or still had a future fulfillment. Pick one verse from Isaiah 32 and talk through where you think it sits on that timeline and why.
3. Gene pointed out that along with the rights and privileges of being royalty as sons and daughters of the King, there are also responsibilities, specifically being like shelter, streams of water, and shade to people around you. Where in your life right now is someone needing you to show up that way?
4. Lissa shared a picture during the anointing time of kings sitting at a table covered in vines, asleep, still wearing their royal garments but unable to function in their identity until something came to untangle them. What are the vines in your own life that have slowed you down or covered up who God has called you to be?
5. Brian described his dream of pouring oil over a hill of twisted rebar, broken concrete and chaos, and the oil dissolving the destruction while reviving the people caught inside it. He connected that to the responsibility we carry as anointed leaders to bring peace and order into broken situations around us. Think of a specific situation, whether at work, in your family or in your community, where you sense that is your assignment right now. What would it look like to pour that oil there?