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Key Thought:

What does it look like to live a life fully anointed by God?



Key Quote

“God cares more about your depth than your display.” – Pastor Bil Cornelius 



Start talking. Find a conversation starter for your group.
  • What’s one thing most people would be surprised to learn about you?
  • What’s your all-time favorite smell—and why?
  • What’s one of your worst summer vacation stories?


Start thinking. Ask a thoughtful question.
  • What does it look like to live a life that’s both passionate and holy?
  • What’s the difference between being busy for God and being anointed by God?


Start sharing. Choose questions that create openness.
  • What has “being anointed” meant to you in the past—and has that understanding changed?
  • What helps you stay spiritually consistent, even when you don’t feel like it?
  • What area of your life do you feel God is trying to cleanse or restore right now?


Start doing. Commit to a step and live it out this week.
  • Which ‘holy ingredient’ do you feel God is calling you to focus on this week, and how will you apply it?
    • Choose one "holy ingredient" to focus on this week and take a small action each day to live it out and reflect on how it impacted you by the end of the week.

Scriptures

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Collect choice spices—12½ pounds of pure myrrh, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6¼ pounds of fragrant calamus, and 12½ pounds of cassia—as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil. Like a skilled incense maker, blend these ingredients to make a holy anointing oil. Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle..Anoint Aaron and his sons also, consecrating them to serve me.. Exodus 30:22-26,30 NLT

 

“Collect choice spices—12½ pounds of pure myrrh..” Exodus 30:23 NLT

 

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Matthew 16:24-25 ESV

 

“6¼ pounds of fragrant cinnamon..” Exodus 30:23b NLT

 

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Romans 12:11 NIV

 

“6¼ pounds of fragrant calamus..” Exodus 30:23c NLT

 

..the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Psalm 84:11 NIV

 

“12½ pounds of cassia.” Exodus 30:24 NLT

 

People who love the Lord hate evil. The Lord watches over those who follow him and frees them from the power of the wicked. Psalm 97:10 NCV

 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 1:9-10 ESV

 

Also get one gallon of olive oil. Exodus 30:24 NLT

 

Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. Zechariah 4:6 NIV

 

“Anoint..them to serve me..” Exodus 30:30 NLT