Anointed Again in 5787 with Penny Gibbs. The Flight Deck 9-24-2026

The word for 5787, zayin, carries the picture of a weapon, a sword, and being armed for what is necessary for life, health, growth, and abundance. The sword of the Spirit is not just something carried in the hand. The sword has to go down through a person first, cutting loose the attachments that have stayed too long and made somebody a smaller version of who God called them to be.

The breaking of attachments comes after people have done the work, prayed, sought healing, taken communion, and still found something standing there looking at them. God’s sword cuts what would not move, unlocks a voice that has been under attack, and shifts the way things are seen. Hope and expectancy become a battlefield because the enemy wants a long fight to become normal. God changes that expectation and teaches His people to see, “Wait a minute. Nothing can touch me.”

The crowned vav points to the glory of God coming on what has been vav’d, staked from heaven into earth. The crown also comes on the head, bringing a paradigm shift in thinking. Old patterns may not always be wicked, but they can keep somebody walking the same worn path when God is calling them into what is possible.

Zayin also points toward habitation, Sabbath rest, business abundance, double fruitfulness, and the warning given to Ephraim. Ephraim was armed and ready, yet turned back in battle, forgot covenant, and forgot miracles. The call for this season is plain: do not turn back. God’s covenant, His miracles, and His strength must stay in view when pressure says to retreat.

The double grace and double portion image declares that what is put in the hand this year can be met by heaven’s grace. Zechariah adds the expectation of visions, angelic encounters, unfinished work being completed, and mountains becoming plains by the Spirit of God. Grace, grace is spoken over the mountains of family, church, business, and the region.

David’s three anointings reveal an anointing of identity, an anointing for a region, and an anointing of fulfillment and rulership. Identity settles what confusion tries to keep unsettled. Regional praise shifts perspective and releases God’s ambushments. Covenant gives authority to occupy the seats heaven has assigned. What was is not anymore. God brings His people into a brand new, fire-new place, where what has been out of whack comes back into order.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. Let the sword cut attachments loose The sword of the Lord does not merely fight enemies at a distance. The sword first goes through the places where weariness, sickness, fear, and old expectations have fastened themselves to a life. God can cut free what years of effort could not fully dislodge, then place that same sword in a person’s hand for others. [14:00]
• 2. Hope refuses to normalize the battle Long warfare can quietly train the heart to expect more of the same. The enemy is after expectancy because hopelessness starts agreeing with what has been attacking. God shifts the eyes of His people so that old patterns no longer define what is possible. [13:17]
• 3. Identity comes before the giant David received an anointing before he ever stood in front of Goliath. The anointing does not manufacture a fake self but amplifies the identity God already formed. Secure identity keeps a person from living out of panic, performance, or confusion. [30:31]
• 4. Praise carries regional authority Judah’s anointing joined praise with warfare and gave David authority in a specific region. Praise does more than change a mood because it changes perspective and makes room for God’s ambushments. God places His people in regions, businesses, families, and communities for kingdom purpose. [37:12]
• 5. What was is not anymore A brand new place has no previous owners and carries no obligation to repeat the old cycle. God can bring bodies, emotions, finances, and sleeping patterns back into order where they have been out of whack. The new place still requires walking it out, but it begins with refusing the old agreement.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [01:25] - Gifts to Impart and Receive
• [02:47] - Rejoicing Through Tabernacles
• [03:45] - Crowned and Anointed for War
• [06:01] - All Attachments Are Being Broken
• [08:55] - The Sword Comes Down
• [12:39] - Hope, Expectancy, and Seeing Differently
• [14:29] - The Crowned Vav and Paradigm Shift
• [18:16] - Rest, Habitation, and Zebulun Abundance
• [19:59] - Ephraim: Armed and Ready
• [22:16] - Double Grace for Double Portion
• [22:54] - Visions, Angels, and Jesus Encountering People
• [27:05] - Grace, Grace to the Mountains
• [28:26] - David’s Anointing of Identity
• [35:52] - Regional Anointing and Praise Warfare
• [41:52] - Anointing for Fulfillment and Rulership
• [45:36] - What Was Is Not Anymore
• [47:17] - Bringing What Is Out of Whack Into Order
• [52:23] - The Moment of Breaking and Alignment

1. In Ephesians 6:17, what is identified as the sword of the Spirit, and how was that sword connected with life, growth, health, and abundance? [05:27]
2. In Judges 7:20, what did Gideon’s army hold, do, and declare at the moment of battle?
3. What signs showed that long warfare had begun to shape expectations, perspective, and even a person’s sense of identity? [06:38]
4. In Zechariah 4:7, what happens to the great mountain, and what is spoken over it?

1. Ephesians 6:17 calls God’s Word the sword of the Spirit. Why might the Word need to cut through unhealthy attachments, fears, and old patterns in believers before they can use it effectively to serve others? [10:09]
2. Gideon’s army declared, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon.” What does that picture suggest about God’s power and human participation working together in spiritual battle? [10:31]
3. Psalm 78 describes Ephraim as armed and ready, yet turning back and forgetting God’s covenant and miracles. What pressures can make believers retreat even when they have already been equipped by God? [20:15]
4. Zechariah 4:7 says that mountains become plains by God’s Spirit, not human might or power. How does this shape the way believers should face a mountain in family life, work, church, or the community? [27:14]

1. Is there an attachment—such as fear, weariness, sickness, resentment, a lie about identity, or an old expectation—that has stayed long enough to make life feel smaller? What would it look like to bring that specific area before the Lord and ask Him to cut it loose? [13:37]
2. Long battles can teach the heart to expect more disappointment. Where has expectancy become negative or guarded, and what truth from God’s Word needs to replace that expectation? [12:57]
3. David was anointed in identity before he faced Goliath. In what situation is there pressure to perform, panic, or prove something? How could remembering identity as a son or daughter of God change the response this week? [29:20]
4. Ephraim was warned not to turn back. What is one faithful step that has become difficult to keep taking, and how can the group help one another remember God’s covenant and past faithfulness? [20:18]
5. Praise changes perspective and makes room for God’s action. What specific pressure or conflict could be met this week with intentional praise rather than complaint, fear, or gossip? [37:17]
6. “What was is not anymore” calls believers to refuse old agreements and walk into a new place. Is there an old label, cycle, or pattern that needs to lose its authority over the present? What practical choice could help establish a new pattern this week? [46:03]