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
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
Sunday School - October 16, 2011
Posted 10-15-2011 at 04:47 PM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: The life of grace far surpasses mere mental belief in the truths of God -- it frees my spirit to fly powerfully above all things.
You are destined to be a sign, wonder, and a miracle. All you have to be is hungry enough to glorify Him! - Keith Miller
Jesus said to Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9:6, "You will be told what you must do." That promise is yours -- You will be told. Once His words resonate through you, they will alter your self-concept. God's voice will preempt the facts of your life. This is your defining moment -- your manifesto. - your mission, your destiny. - Mario Murillo
Man, made in the image of God has a purpose - man neglects his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means. - Francis Schaeffer
Do you want your Christianity to work? Then seek Jesus Himself as your source and standard of holiness. Do you want to see the power of God in your life? Then seek to know Christ's purity of heart. If we are becoming the people Jesus calls His own, we should be growing in holiness. A mature Christian will be both holy and powerful, but holiness will precede power. - Francis Frangipane
Affirmation: I shut the door on all the distractions of this life, the cares of this world, the busyness of my daily affairs and anything else that would keep me from pressing into God.
God knows exactly who you are and has a place specially made for you. There is nobody else like you and nobody can take your place. If you don't do what God asks, nobody else can. Working for God provides the opportunity to be what you truly are. - Reinhard Bonnke
"And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him." - Mark 1:10
Being a person on whom the Holy Spirit can remain has a cost. (Cost in this context has nothing to do with works. It is passion for Him and a reverence for His presence where every move we make has Him in mind.) - Bill Johnson
Ask the Holy Spirit to make you increasingly aware of any negative things you say to yourself - turn those hurtful thoughts into positive affirmations. -- Steve Munsey
The healthier and stronger a saint's spiritual life is, the less he joins the crowd (Jer. 15:17) - Watchman Nee
Affirmation: Since I am committed to prayer, I refuse to give up in the middle of battle and am determined to receive my reward.
We don't need everything figured out in our heads to move out into promises of God. When we take Him at His word we can know that God has everything lined up and ready to go. All we need to do is believe and move out where He shows us with full confidence and trust in Him. - John Belt
We've been trained to think that reality is what we can see. Actually, though, the person who is not living in faith is the one who is not living in reality. - Myles Munroe
"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." - Hebrews 11:1
You cannot overcome your flesh on your own; you have to start living from who you are in Christ. - Andrew Wommack
Jesus, by Your stripes I am healed. Empower me to believe, claim, walk in, and trust Your healing for every area of my life. Amen - William J. Seymour (September 1907)
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
You are destined to be a sign, wonder, and a miracle. All you have to be is hungry enough to glorify Him! - Keith Miller
Jesus said to Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9:6, "You will be told what you must do." That promise is yours -- You will be told. Once His words resonate through you, they will alter your self-concept. God's voice will preempt the facts of your life. This is your defining moment -- your manifesto. - your mission, your destiny. - Mario Murillo
Man, made in the image of God has a purpose - man neglects his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means. - Francis Schaeffer
Do you want your Christianity to work? Then seek Jesus Himself as your source and standard of holiness. Do you want to see the power of God in your life? Then seek to know Christ's purity of heart. If we are becoming the people Jesus calls His own, we should be growing in holiness. A mature Christian will be both holy and powerful, but holiness will precede power. - Francis Frangipane
Affirmation: I shut the door on all the distractions of this life, the cares of this world, the busyness of my daily affairs and anything else that would keep me from pressing into God.
God knows exactly who you are and has a place specially made for you. There is nobody else like you and nobody can take your place. If you don't do what God asks, nobody else can. Working for God provides the opportunity to be what you truly are. - Reinhard Bonnke
"And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him." - Mark 1:10
Being a person on whom the Holy Spirit can remain has a cost. (Cost in this context has nothing to do with works. It is passion for Him and a reverence for His presence where every move we make has Him in mind.) - Bill Johnson
Ask the Holy Spirit to make you increasingly aware of any negative things you say to yourself - turn those hurtful thoughts into positive affirmations. -- Steve Munsey
The healthier and stronger a saint's spiritual life is, the less he joins the crowd (Jer. 15:17) - Watchman Nee
Affirmation: Since I am committed to prayer, I refuse to give up in the middle of battle and am determined to receive my reward.
We don't need everything figured out in our heads to move out into promises of God. When we take Him at His word we can know that God has everything lined up and ready to go. All we need to do is believe and move out where He shows us with full confidence and trust in Him. - John Belt
We've been trained to think that reality is what we can see. Actually, though, the person who is not living in faith is the one who is not living in reality. - Myles Munroe
"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." - Hebrews 11:1
You cannot overcome your flesh on your own; you have to start living from who you are in Christ. - Andrew Wommack
Jesus, by Your stripes I am healed. Empower me to believe, claim, walk in, and trust Your healing for every area of my life. Amen - William J. Seymour (September 1907)
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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