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Going to church, reading the bible, listening to Christian music will not advance your spiritual life. These activities may give you more understanding but until you are ready to lay down your life and take up your cross this leads nowhere.

What I am talking about is the sacrifice of self to advance the cause of Jesus Christ in the world. There is a destiny that God had for each of us that only we can personally discover. We can discover it only by detaching from the world and making ourselves available for the Holy Spirit. By detaching from the world--now you have time--the commodity that most Christians are not willing to give.

Jesus said, "Self-help is not help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, to finding yourself, your true self. (Matthew 16:25)

"God has planted eternity in the human heart." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)

"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." (Acts 20:24)

"We have been sent to speak for Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:20)

"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)

Albert Finch
www.thekeys2kingdom.com
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Daily Meditations And Affirmations - 236

Posted 10-09-2018 at 09:41 PM by Albert Finch


Psalm 50:11,14,23 - "Gather My godly ones to Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. I know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is Mine. Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High; he who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; and to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God."

The terms of covenant are simple: we pledge to thank Him and adore Him in everything; He pledges to shine forth from our lives in the perfection of beauty.
It is a sacrifice of thanksgiving, for it will cost us to praise Him when we hurt. But to do so is part of our healing and the beginning of our salvation.
This covenant of thanksgiving is the key which shuts and bolts the door to demonic oppression in a person's life.

Affirmation:

GOD IS CALLING FOR ME TO ENTER INTO A COVENANT BOND WITH HIM - A COVENANT WHERE I PLEDGE MY LIFE. I AM THANKFUL, AND HE PLEDGES HIS LIFE TO SHINE FORTH THROUGH ME.

Into Action:

I BEGIN TO THANK HIM.
I NAME THE GIFTS HE HAS GIVEN ME, STARTING WITH THE BLESSING OF LIFE ITSELF.
WHEN I THANK HIM I AM HONORING HIM.
I AM THANKFUL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT MY LIFE SEEMS TO BE.





Isaiah 43:1,2 - "Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle up thee. "


Affirmation:

JESUS IS MY WARFARE-COMPANION DURING EVERY BATTLE WITH MY ENEMY.





Isaiah 60:1 - "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee."

God will advance you forward--even into a place of glory you've not known. Go through the gate, and go beyond.

Even though things have grown icy around you and have attempted to stop your movement, the sound of movement down deep within your spirit will press through that blockade of ice and your way will open up and you'll find yourself in new waters. God's light in you will draw many fish to you. God's supply is there.



Affirmations:

I DECREE THAT MY ZEAL AND PASSION WILL ARISE IN A NEW WAY.

I MOVE FORWARD INTO THE PLACE OF GOD'S PRESENCE.

I DO NOT FEAR NEW WATERS AND UNCHARTED COURSES.

I GRAB HOLD OF THE MOMENT AND PUSH FORWARD INTO MY DESTINY.
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