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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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October 14, 2023 – Exhortation

Posted 10-14-2023 at 09:41 AM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

There is an urgency of the hour for the Church to rise up and speak and command things to align according to the plans of Heaven. There are both the doors of the enemy that need to be shut and the doors of Heaven that need to be opened (John 10:9) -- there is transition and change taking place with these doors right now,

Maybe for you, the doors of delay are the pressures, unusual roadblocks, or the red tape and processes where you keep finding yourself stuck in a holding pattern....
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Letting The Holy Spirit Reign

Posted 10-13-2023 at 07:45 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

"Oh my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me, that I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, 'O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.'" Jeremiah 4:19

The Holy Spirit within us wants to use us to properly do battle against the enemy. However, we must remember, "...the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty THROUGH GOD for pulling down of strongholds." 2 Corinthians 10:4

We must allow...
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October 13, 2023 - Exhortation

Posted 10-12-2023 at 10:45 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

This is a time to free yourself ( so you gain access for the future. God is ready to bring you in so you can go to war again (Jeremiah 46:16) -- declare that you will rise in declaration of your Kingdom authority!

You've been hiding out (1 Samuel 10:22). You've been pulling away, but He knows where you are, and He's pulling you back in a new way. Quit backing away and resisting -- be pulled in and let Him adjust your Christ vision for the future. This is a time of placement.
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Come Forth

Posted 10-12-2023 at 05:42 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

"But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” - John 11:22

Today, you may be looking at dead circumstances all around you and if that is the case, right now, rise up in faith like Martha. Speak to that hopeless and lifeless situation. Speak to the Lord in faith and say with Martha, "Lord, I believe you for an 'even now' miracle."

They took Jesus to the cave where Lazarus had been buried. Jesus instructed those standing near...
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The Cost Of Living For Christ

Posted 10-12-2023 at 05:11 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

Luke 9:57,58 - "As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go. Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.'"

The reason why Jesus had nowhere to lay His head was because of persecution. The Samaritans, because of a religious prejudice, had just refused Him hospitality, and a place to stay as He journeyed to Jerusalem. Persecution is part of the cost of living a...
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