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Beauty For Ashes

Isaiah 61:1-7

 Beauty for ashes starts with the anointing.
Beauty for ashes comes by the work of God's Spirit.
Beauty for ashes is God's will and wish for you.
Jesus came that men may have beauty for ashes.

Isaiah 61 is a prophetic picture of the Messiah's ministry.
It is full of promises of what can be ours as a result of what is the future coming of Jesus the Christ at the time it was written.
This passage of scripture starts by informing us the Spirit of God was upon Jesus Christ.

It was the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus that enabled Him to set the captives free, preach good news to the poor, bind up the broken-hearted, and release from darkness those who are in spiritual prisons.
Good news to the poor is that they don't have to be poor anymore because Jesus Christ came.
2 Corinthians 8:9
That is beauty for ashes!

Jesus was binding up the broken hearted. To be broken hearted is an emotional hurt.
Jesus has made provision for your emotional well being.
You can be whole emotionally!
This is beauty for ashes!

Jesus releases men who are in darkness from prison. This is refering to the spiritual prison of the enemy.
He does this by translating men out of darkness into God's kingdom.
Colossians 1:13
This is beauty for ashes!

With God's Spirit upon Him, Jesus could proclaim the year or season of God's favor and the day or times of vengenace of our God.
With God's Spirit upon Him, He could comfort all that mourn in Zion (God's assembly) and give them the crown of beauty instead of ashes.

Beauty for ashes is a privilege for God's people.
May God comfort you.
May God give you beauty for ashes.
May God give you beauty for ashes.

Beauty for ashes is for those who show up in Zion.
Isaiah 61:3
This is part of the reason you should go to church and also be a part of a local church.
Zion is the assembly of God's people.
Hebrews 12:22
Zion is the gathering of the saints.
Zion is where God's blessing is released upon people.
Zion is where God's people are strengthened.
Psalm 20:2

If you keep showing up in Zion with the right heart and attitude you will be blessed and become a wonder to your world.
If you keep going to Zion, you will be serviced, empowered, and strengthened.
In Zion, there's transformation.
In Zion, you can have beauty for ashes.

Beauty for ashes is:
1) God giving you better than what you've had.
Isaiah 60:17
2) God replacing your darkness with light.
John 1:5
3) God giving you a new beginning.
Isaiah 43:18,19
4) God turning your captivity around.
Psalm 126:1
5) God beautifying your life.
Isaiah 61:3
6) God giving you the grace to rise out of the ashes of your past.
Isaiah 43:18

 Olutosin Ogunkolade, a Teacher-Pastor shares this message.

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