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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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Living In The High Calling

Posted 03-15-2024 at 10:07 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." - Philippians 1:6

Anytime that you are living outside of your calling, it is like being enslaved to the very thing that you are living according to at that moment.

You may be like Joseph in the prison, who was favored by his father and had a big dream.

Egypt represents the worldly system. Many people don't recognize...
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March 15, 2024 - Exhortation

Posted 03-15-2024 at 05:21 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

March 15, 2024 - Exhortation

There are many in the Body of Christ that are not fulfilling the purpose for which they were destined. They have had the air knocked out by them by the attacks of the enemy, and they have become lethargic, refusing to allow His Spirit, once again, to blow fresh wind into them.

God says to you, "Get ready! Get your shoes on and your loins girded, because it is time for you to run. You are entering a season of acceleration." Cast...
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Praying The Psalms - 8

Posted 03-14-2024 at 09:26 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

I bless the Lord at all times, I continually declare praise to Him. (Psalm 34:1)

I magnify Jesus and exalt His name as I proclaim it to others who have ears to hear and rejoice. (Psalm 34:2,3)

I seek the Lord and He answers me and delivers me from all my fears. (Psalm 34:4)

The angel of the Lord encamps around me and rescues me from all my troubles as I call out to the Lord. (Psalm 34:6,7)

I consider and see that the LORD is always good;...
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March 14, 2024 - Exhortation

Posted 03-14-2024 at 08:43 AM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

The Lord is not impressed with how long we have known Him, how many times we have read the Bible, or by how much we pray -- what matters to Him is if we are abiding in His Son and bearing fruit.

As we pursue God's PURPOSE for our life (Matthew 7:7,8), His Kingdom and righteousness--all things--are added to us.

We move ahead in the army of God, advancing His Kingdom. As long as we keep marching, we're CHANGING because faith moves us ahead, step-by-step. If we don't give...
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Recognizing travail and birth

Posted 03-13-2024 at 08:56 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

Isaiah 66:9 says, "Shall I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the Lord. 'Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?' says your God."

Isaiah 46:11 says, "Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, be assured I will do it."


Whatever has been birthed in you, was spoken to you, either through the Word of God or through a prophetic word or from God speaking it to you Himself...whatever it was,...
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