The Character to Carry the Anointing. The Flight Deck 4-16-2026

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They chase the oil but have no right vessel in which to carry it. This month is largely about the character to stay on the path between big events. You do not stop at Passover. You do not stop at the Red Sea. You do not stop at the desert. You keep moving and advancing into the deep waters when there's nothing but expanse before you. Stretching out to bridge these things is the time when I continue to build character so you can hold the outpouring that I have. You need the way of Issachar to have the anointing of Issachar. [00:42:39] (38 seconds)  #VesselForTheOil Download clip

I was just talking to him about it, being kind of overwhelmed with what's there. He said this, look at the character of the donkey. It is an honorable beast, smart, perceptive, diligent to do hard work, honorable to bear my son before birth and before death. It was one of those turns of phrases he does that kinda catch caught me there. People want the gift of the anointing but will not always embrace the character necessary to bear it and allow it to fully manifest. [00:42:05] (35 seconds)  #CharacterBeforeGift Download clip

Let me encourage you. You need the roar of the lion, but we need what the donkey brings. K? There's a nobility and a strength and a character. of the thing is is we tend to go for the the flashy stuff and we sometimes just miss the grit and the grind that is necessary. So is a car is a donkey not a racehorse? Persistent, consistent, alert and thoughtful has steady footing. They don't bolt when alarmed. They work hard, they endure, they're communicative, they're honorable, they are not flashy, not sudden, they are deliberate. [00:30:52] (57 seconds)  #HonorTheDonkey Download clip

We don't need flashy folks. We are persistent, we are consistent, we stay diligent, we are highly aware, we watch, we remember, we study the word, we watch the world, we discern the times and seasons and we know what to do. And so we connect and bridge as vertical vows. And we don't lose this either, folks. It's the lion of the tribe of Judah that is within, but we have to take on a lot of the character traits of the donkey, frankly. [00:44:51] (40 seconds)  #SteadyNotFlashy Download clip

Are you picking up a flavor here? The way that you help interpret the times is you got to know this. Oh, give me that anointing. I wanna discern the times. I could pour a whole bucket of oil on you. The question is, do you have a vessel to hold it or not? How do you test prophecy if you don't know this? Hello? Are you you See, part of the funny thing is first month, right, was about the tribe of Judah. [00:29:54] (37 seconds)  #DiscernThenReceive Download clip

Moses, Aaron, and Hur, and then Josh with the troops down below. And so the whole thing again, will you trust me in warfare? Will you have the right intercession? Will you connect heaven to earth? That's that other vav going down there. Right? And so each time is an ongoing test and it's a development of character and to what end? It's for this, do you want, can you carry, will you receive, what's next? [00:15:15] (29 seconds)  #ConnectHeavenAndEarth Download clip

And it's a test, and what happens? They fail it. A number of them go back out there because they're just so insecure. Are you getting this? Each one of these is a step saying, are you gonna trust me or are you gonna go with me? Then they get later and they need more water, so it comes out of the rock. But here's the big thing, they tested the Lord by saying, is the Lord among us or not? [00:14:37] (22 seconds)  #TrustThroughTesting Download clip

And this year, we've been focused a lot about that. And one of the easiest ways to think about is thy kingdom come, thy will be done. That's wanting to set a connection between heaven and earth and move it down. Right? So, you've seen a whole lot of that. And, this is the letter Vav, just put in the gold. It's a hook, peg, nail. It's the sixth Hebrew letter. It functions to connect things together. [00:05:27] (22 seconds)  #VavTheConnector Download clip

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