The Encounter Podcast with David Diga Hernandez
Aug 4, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
There's an anointing that doesn't make your life more comfortable. It makes you dangerous. Dangerous to the kingdom of hell and dangerous to the dead, religious thinking that keeps trying to stifle…
David Diga HernandezHostIt makes you dangerous, dangerous to the kingdom of hell, and dangerous to the dead religious thinking that keeps trying to stifle the Holy Spirit.
Think about Acts 10:38, "And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.
Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him." That is what the anointing is.
It's simply the power of the Holy Spirit, and it didn't stop with Jesus.
I'm gonna walk you through four things: what the anointing is and what it's for, who you already are in Christ, how to yield to the influence of the Holy Spirit even when it costs you, and how to stay dependent upon the Holy Spirit so that the anointing's influence in your life never starts to fade.
I want you to examine your own life and stop confusing spiritual hunger with spiritual hype.
Okay, so you watch your favorite preacher on YouTube or listen to them on a podcast, or maybe at church you watch different believers being used in their gifts, and there's this yearning in your heart, "God, I want you to use my life.
God, I don't want my gifts to go to waste." And so you look to others as inspiration while also discounting yourself.
But think about this, the anointing of the Holy Spirit is simply the power of God, the power of God to preach the gospel, the power of God to pray for the sick, the power of God to flow in your spiritual gift.
The anointing is like the fuel, and your set of gifts, your calling, is like a vehicle.
There are many different vehicles that serve many different purposes, but it's the same anointing that fuels every single one.
So it's not about being called to this special group or getting inside of this spiritual club.
Romans 8:11 says, "The same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead dwells in you," meaning there is no lack in power.
And so you must begin to recognize that this is not something that you have to acquire.
The anointing is something that has been deposited in every single believer, and that anointing makes you dangerous.
It makes you dangerous, dangerous to the kingdom of hell, and dangerous to the dead religious thinking that keeps trying to stifle the Holy Spirit.
Think about Acts 10:38, "And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power.
Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him." That is what the anointing is.
It's simply the power of the Holy Spirit, and it didn't stop with Jesus.
I'm gonna walk you through four things: what the anointing is and what it's for, who you already are in Christ, how to yield to the influence of the Holy Spirit even when it costs you, and how to stay dependent upon the Holy Spirit so that the anointing's influence in your life never starts to fade.
I want you to examine your own life and stop confusing spiritual hunger with spiritual hype.
Okay, so you watch your favorite preacher on YouTube or listen to them on a podcast, or maybe at church you watch different believers being used in their gifts, and there's this yearning in your heart, "God, I want you to use my life.
God, I don't want my gifts to go to waste." And so you look to others as inspiration while also discounting yourself.
But think about this, the anointing of the Holy Spirit is simply the power of God, the power of God to preach the gospel, the power of God to pray for the sick, the power of God to flow in your spiritual gift.
The anointing is like the fuel, and your set of gifts, your calling, is like a vehicle.
There are many different vehicles that serve many different purposes, but it's the same anointing that fuels every single one.
So it's not about being called to this special group or getting inside of this spiritual club.
Romans 8:11 says, "The same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead dwells in you," meaning there is no lack in power.
And so you must begin to recognize that this is not something that you have to acquire.
The anointing is something that has been deposited in every single believer, and that anointing makes you dangerous.
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