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Jentezen Franklin is the senior pastor of Free Chapel, a multi-campus church with a global reach. Author and worldwide speaker. He and his wife, Cherise, have five children and five grandchildren.
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The Horn as a Symbol of Aggressive Strength 0:01 The following program is sponsored in part by friends and partners of Jenson Franklin Media Ministries.0:07 Where's the anointing? Where's the anointing in the pews? Where's the anointing in our worship? Where's the anointing in our in our prayers?0:19 We need the anointing. I want the anointing in this church. I want it in this service, and I feel it. I feel his anointing. Somebody say,0:30 lord, I don't want fake horns. I want the power of0:33 the holy ghost in my life.0:38 Together, we're inspiring people to live for Jesus. If you're looking for more in life, to live with purpose and peace, to make a difference for your family and those in need around the world, Jesus is the answer.0:50 And our mission is to simply point you to him. You're watching Kingdom Connection with Jetson Franklin.1:30 Would you just lift your hands at every campus, in the prison wherever you're watching us live? Oh, I...1:43 We love you alone.2:51 Praise this name. Praise this name. I'm reading this morning from the book of Psalms chapter ninety two. But my horn3:03 you have exalted like a wild ox. I have been anointed with fresh oil. Everybody say3:15 my horn. My horn. But my horn you have exalted like a wild ox. I wanna preach on that this morning, and I love the last part of that verse. I3:27 have been anointed with fresh oil. I'm preaching today on strength over struggle. God has the ability to strengthen you.3:39 This is not just a normal saying. There are many many times that horns are mentioned in the bible. Over over over fifty times, horns are mentioned in the bible. And3:51 it's talking about animals that have horns most of the time, but it's also symbolic in the bible of aggressive power. The bible talks about the antichrist in in the book of Daniel4:03 and also in the book of Revelation, and it talks about that the antichrist, will will have ten horns and seven heads in the in the the thing that's called the beast, and I4:15 don't... There's no way you can go into all of that. But the point is it's it's it's not just horns on the head of this beast, it's aggressive power to take over the world.4:27 So when you read the word horn it has a different meaning in the Bible than it does just, what we think of. It represents aggressive strength, concentrated power.4:39 Let me give you a practical example of what I'm talking about. If you ever get to go on a safari in Africa, they will want you to see the top five. They call them the top4:51 five like lions and rhinoceros or elephant, but in that top five is the Cape buffalo. The cape buffalo has two horns and he's mighty. He's known as5:02 Black Death because the cape buffalo kill more people than any of the other top predator animals. It's because they're grumpy and they're unpredictable, they're aggressive and5:14 they're killers. They can run thirty seven miles per hour and their horns are their strength. They can flip cars. They can take a a5:26 lion and hook him in one of those horns, and there's so much muscle. There's solid muscle. They can throw a six hundred pound line up in the air like it's a paperclip or a ink5:38 pen. It it it's just amazing the strength, the concentrated aggressive strength. They said that they can they can even, when they use and shift and5:50 and throw their head with one of those horns and catch something that they can put half their body weight and muscle behind it. So they can they can weigh up to six thousand pounds, the6:01 biggest ones. And so that's three thousand pounds of power in a horn that is so hard it cannot be broken, and it it it can gore to death6:13 anything. So the horn speaks of strength, and it speaks of this strong animal and how it centers its power6:25 in its horn. Habakkuk chapter three and verse four, the prophet saw God approaching him in a vision and he said his his radiance was like a setting sun6:37 in my eyes when he came, and then he says this, and he had horns coming out of his hand. There's power, there's aggressive power in his6:49 hands is what he was saying. So I wanna I wanna mention to you some things that are aggressively power that give you strength over every struggle if you7:00 receive that power. Some of you came in here and you're you're weak and you need a touch and you are struggling and you're struggling mentally, you're struggling physically, you're struggling spiritually,7:13 you're you're really really struggling and I felt this week that God really wanted to give an infusion of strength over that struggle. And here it is, in secondThe Horn of Salvation and the Power of the Written Word 7:25 Samuel twenty two and verse three. He said, He is my shield and the horn of my salvation. The first thing I want you to7:37 understand that is aggressively strong and powerful is your salvation is a horn of salvation. Isn't that interesting wording? Why7:49 would you call it the horn of my salvation? Salvation is a strong aggressive thing. When you really get born again and saved, that horn of8:01 aggressive power will come to fight the old nature and the things that want to kill, steal, and destroy in your life. You need to understand that when you got8:12 saved, you got a hold of something powerful. And your salvation can conquer depression. Your salvation can conquer fear. Your salvation can conquer8:24 alcohol. Your salvation can conquer drug addiction. Your salvation can conquer cancer. Hallelujah. Your salvation, I've got something aggressive and I've got something8:36 strong. And strength is coming back to you. If you've been in a battle and you feel weak, they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. And I know today, upon the Lord shall renew their strength. And I know8:47 today that there is strength in your horn of salvation. Secondly, the bible talks about another horn. In in Ezekiel chapter nine, he said8:59 I saw an ink horn. An ink horn, that's a that's a that's a container of ink that you take a feather back in that day or9:11 some something sharp and you write with it when you dip into the ink. And the prophet said I I I have, I will write prophecy with the ink9:23 horn. The ink horn, in other words it's a type, there's power in the written word of God. I wanna tell you that this Bible is9:35 aggressively strong. The words in this book when spoken and read and believed and and clung to, the power of this book can9:46 change your life. It's a shame it's not read more. How much time do we waste on other things? We must read this book because it's9:58 aggressively strong against discouragement and fear and worry and torment. Oh God, I'm worried about my babies. Just read the word and the word is aggressively strong10:10 on your behalf. I'm not worried about the Bible surviving. I'm not worried about the Bible surviving socialism. I'm not worried about the Bible surviving communism. I'm not worried about10:22 the Bible surviving wokeism. I'm not worried about any of the isms because when they are all dead and gone and when all those people who said the Bible's not the way, one day they'll have to bow their10:34 knee. This is aggressively strong.10:39 In the twenty first century, it's strong. It has not lost a bit of its power to save, to heal, to deliver, to set free.10:51 Turn to somebody and10:52 say, the Bible's gonna be alright. It doesn't matter what professor smarty pants says. The Bible's gonna be alright. I believe this old book. I believe it just like it said.11:07 It's aggressive power. Tell you another place that you find a horn in the Bible, is there was furniture in the Old Testament wilderness tabernacle11:19 and one of them was called the brazing altar and it had four horns on the corners, four different animal horns on the corners11:31 of that altar. And they would tie down the the sacrifice and hold it down to be sacrificed.The Horns of the Altar and the Power of Prayer 11:43 So there is power in prayer. There is concentrated aggressive power when you grab hold and tie yourself down.11:55 And you you say Lord, I will not let go, I'm gonna keep praying about this and I'm grabbing the horns of the altar. There's a man in the old testament that was running from from, someone who12:07 was gonna kill him and he ran into the tabernacle. And the bible said he grabbed the horns of the altar. Listen, with the enemies coming against you, that's the time the old timers used to say it like this, I got a hold12:17 of the horns of the altar. And when you get a hold of the horns of the altar it means I'm gonna pray today and I'll be praying tomorrow and I'll be praying the next day and I'll be praying thirty years from12:29 now if I have to but I will not let go. I'm tied down to this altar because this thing is powerful, it's a horn of aggressive strength against anything that's coming to12:41 destroy your life. Pray about it. Pray in Jesus, pray in faith. It's an aggressive strength of not getting up and being tied down12:53 to it. And by the way, that when the sacrifice was made they would take blood and put it on the horns of the altar, because there's power in the blood. Hallelujah. It can break every chain.13:05 There's power in the blood. I'll tell you about another horn. First Samuel sixteen, God told Samuel to stop weeping over King Saul and13:17 take your horn again and fill it with oil and go anoint the son of Jesse. And he went and he poured the oilThe Horn of Anointing and Its Proper Use 13:30 on David and a strong anointing came on David. So the horn speaks of the anointing of the Holy Spirit and it is aggressively13:42 strong. The anointing of God can make a miracle happen when you sit under it. That's where miracles happen and when the anointing came on13:54 David, he became aggressively strong and he ran out to fight Goliath and he defeated a giant that was much bigger than him. That only happened because he had the horn of14:05 the anointing on his life and he could defeat the giant that he was facing. Are you facing a giant? You know what the bible says14:17 about the anointing in Isaiah ten? It said, because of the anointing, the yoke shall be destroyed and the burden shall be lifted. The14:29 anointing will destroy the yoke. There's power and aggression in that anointing. In Rome, there's a statue14:40 by Michelangelo of Moses and he has horns coming out of his head. The reason is because he read the Latin translation and it it translates14:52 different from Hebrew into Latin. We read it in our in our, Bibles as when he came off of the mountain Moses, his face was shining, and he had15:04 to put a veil over his face because he was so bright under the anointing that god had given him the ten commandments, and they had to cover his face. But in the Latin translation,15:16 it translates horns. So he put horns on Moses on his statue, but I really think God was letting us know the anointing is strong and powerful.15:28 The anointing does flip demons and devils around. We're not a bunch of defeated people. Don't cover up the anointing.15:41 We need an aggressive aggressive anointing that says I shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. And I shall anoint with oil and they15:52 shall recover from the attack of the enemy in Jesus' name. Too many fake anointings. In the old testament, in the book16:04 of Kings, the twenty second chapter, the Bible said there was a false prophet who made himself some metal horns. He made horns of16:16 iron and he faults and he gave false prophecy to the king and the Bible said that Micah showed up and said he's a false prophet. He made his own horns.16:28 He's a fake anointing. He's got horn props. Is that what most church has become now? Just horn props? Where's the anointing? Where's the16:40 anointing in the pews? Where's the anointing in our worship? Where's the anointing in our in our prayers? We need the anointing. I16:52 want the anointing in this church. I want it in this service and I feel it. I feel his anointing. Somebody say, Lord,17:01 I don't want fake horns. I want the power of17:04 the Holy Ghost in my life. Everybody take a praise break, would you?17:10 If you believe you've got a strong horn of salvation, you ought to shout about it just a minute. It'll fight that temptation. It'll fight, it'll it'll set17:22 you free from that vape. It'll set you free from whatever it is that wants to shorten your life.17:30 We act like God can't deliver anybody, that everybody's gotta go through twelve steps. And I'm not against twelve steps or whatever, but there's one step called the blood17:40 of Jesus Christ and the power of the anointing and it can still set you free too. As a matter of fact, you can use that17:48 stuff, but it's gonna take the anointing. It's gonna take the anointing. Hallelujah. He said in Exodus18:00 twenty one verses twenty eight through thirty, if an ox gores somebody, kill the ox. If you're out in the field, they had18:12 big oxes with horns and he said, if the ox... This is Exodus twenty one verse twenty eight through thirty. If the ox gores a man or a woman that they18:24 die, then the ox shall be stoned and you can't eat the meat, but the owner of the ox shall be left alone. But if the ox went forth with18:36 his horn in the past and has not... That's making it real complicated. Let me tell you what he's saying. He's saying if the owner knows that this horn has has has gored somebody before and he's18:48 aggressive and he didn't warn people and he just let that ox kill somebody else, he's misusing the anointing. He's misusing the horn to hurt people.19:02 And he shall die. If you misuse the anointing, he shall die. His ministry shall die. That's why we better be careful when19:14 God anoints us not to misuse the influence and misuse what God has given us as somehow to to to hurt people. I wanna close with19:26 this. But I I just need to tell you that's what David did when he killed Uriah. Yeah. He used his19:37 anointing to do something to to kill Uriah so he could take his wife whose name was Bathsheba for his own wife. That's19:49 misusing the anointing. My horn, thank you, Lord, shall be exalted like20:01 the horn, King James says, of the unicorn. Well, what's a unicorn? A unicorn in the sports world is somebody that can handle any situation you put20:13 them in. Okay. That was worth a better amen than that. Aaron, you know I'm preaching the truth. Ain't20:25 a unicorn in sports? Somebody that they they can be defensive in, they can be wide receiver, we'll make them quarterback too if they need to, and then put20:33 them on the basketball team. Because they're20:35 good anywhere you put them.20:38 I'm a unicorn. Praise God. Hallelujah. Whatever situation hell puts me in, I've got the power of God that says I I have20:51 a... Man, I got a horn of salvation that's on my side. And I can pray and God will flip20:58 the enemy.20:58 Watch this. First Samuel two and21:01 verse ten. He shall exalt the horn of his anointing. Everybody say he's gonna exalt which means strengthen, raise up21:13 the horn of his anointing in my life. But this is where I wanna end right here. Psalms one thirty two in verse seventeen. Therefore, will I make the21:25 horn of my anointed to bud. God said David's horn is about to bud.21:38 When the anointing comes, when God's presence comes, the horn of your dreams will bud again. Yes. Oh, feel that21:50 in this house.21:51 Throw your hands up in praise and stand up on your feet. Throw your hands21:57 up and open your mouth and say, Lord I receive today22:13 all that I need. There is the horn of my salvation.22:21 Say Jesus.22:21 Jesus. You are the horn. The power, the aggressive power that's coming against the attempts of the enemy22:33 to stop me to stop me. You are the horn of my salvation. Say this, my salvation is not weak. It's veryReceiving Fresh Strength Over Struggle 22:45 aggressively strong. Baby, you've watched this program, and you've felt the Holy Spirit while I preach. I22:57 pray you have. And I just feel faith today for what man cannot do, God can do. And, Lord, stretch forth your hand to heal today every person23:09 watching this broadcast that needs a healing touch. You're the God that said, by my stripes, we are healed. There is none beside you. You are a healing God, and you are23:21 a saving God. So right now, if you're watching this program, and you really wanna get back to God, you wanna you wanna surrender everything to him, maybe you're going through a crisis, and23:33 it's got your full attention, And you know the answer deep down in your heart. It's Jesus. Call on him. Call on him. He can still help. He can still deliver.23:46 Say these words, Jesus, I pray right now for forgiveness of sins. I repent. I turn myself around, and I come back to23:58 you. Wash me. Cleanse me. Forgive me. God, we ask You today for what man cannot do. In Jesus' mighty Name.24:09 Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. I believe it. And I believe that You're experiencing the power of prayer. It's not how long we pray, but even while I've been praying, I could sense24:21 that God is doing something right where you are. If you prayed that prayer, take a moment and call, go online. If you'd like, let us know about the decision you've made. We'd love to24:33 hear from you and help you take the next steps with your walk with God. A lot of free resources that'll bless you, help you in your brand new journey with Jesus Christ.24:48 On October seventh, Southern Israel experienced the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Children, families, and entire communities were attacked by terrorists who murdered,25:00 kidnapped, and shattered lives. Today, twenty five hundred children in Eshkol are trying to return to school, to safety, and to life, but the threat is not25:13 over. Terrorists across the border continue to threaten civilian areas with anti tank missiles. In partnership with the Jewish National Fund, Jenson Franklin25:25 Media Ministries has built hundreds of safe rooms, fortified the Kingdom Play School, and constructed bomb shelters and a resilient center that protect families in Eshkol every day.25:36 Now, protect the children coming into school.25:46 I was a former teacher in the school behind this wall. It houses approximately two and a half thousand children, two thousand five hundred. These children come to school here every day. And you can only25:57 imagine what it must feel like as a parent to send your children to school knowing that the school's within reach of anti tank missiles, that playgrounds are no longer safe,26:09 school buses are not safe, and this wall has changed all of that.26:13 I'm very happy that they built this wall. I never thought that anybody would just care about us because we're just some kids from a random country, but it's actually so nice to know that there's people that care about26:22 us.26:23 Today as you stand with Israel in her hour of need, you are not only helping protect these precious children, you are helping fulfill biblical prophecy. Your gift creates a hedge of protection for over26:35 twenty five hundred children in Eshcol and their families. Stand with the children of Eshcol. Stand with Israel.26:52 This November, we will be faced with one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. If ever there has been a time that God's people, the Christians, need to stand up and27:04 be counted, it's right now with some of the most critical political decisions that could affect not only your generation but generations to come. I would be remiss27:16 if I didn't remind you that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people and especially God's people to remain silent. This isn't just27:28 about left wing or right wing or even Democrat and Republican. This is about doing the right thing. This is about standing up for biblical belief. This is about standing up27:40 for the next generation and making sure that our children have freedom, that they're not in a socialist nation or a communist nation. I know that I'll be at the polls27:52 casting my vote, and, you know, both parties are flawed. You can always find something that you disagree with, but I'm a tell you something. I will never be able to vote for28:04 someone who is not pro life, pro Israel, pro religious freedom, and really just love this nation. This will continue to be one nation28:16 under God only as long as God's people stand up and make their voices heard and vote. I challenge each of you to vote, vote early,28:28 and remind everyone you know about just how important these midterms are. Thank you for listening, and may God continue to bless America is my prayer.28:42 This program has been sponsored in part by friends and partners of Jenson Franklin Media Media Ministries. We hope you've enjoyed this teaching by Jenson Franklin, and thank you for your continued support of this28:53 ministry. Your prayers and financial support make these programs possible. For more information about this message and other ministry29:01 resources, visit us29:01 online at Jenson Franklin dot TV. Visit us online at jensen franklin dot tv.In this video 0:00 The Horn as a Symbol of Aggressive Strength7:20 The Horn of Salvation and the Power of the Written Word11:40 The Horns of the Altar and the Power of Prayer13:20 The Horn of Anointing and Its Proper Use22:40 Receiving Fresh Strength Over StruggleComments No comments yet. Start the conversation.
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