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 - May 20, 2012
Posted 05-20-2012 at 08:50 AM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: I receive the Spirit of Christ into my heart to empower me and I study the words of Christ to direct me. Whatever I find in me that is not like Jesus, - I crucify.
Are you tired of shallow-water Christianity, and you want the deep things of God, or the strong food that is mentioned in scripture? Are you ready for the deep, deep things of God? - Keith Miller
Tell God you are ready to be offered, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be. - Oswald Chambers
"I am already being poured out as a drink offering." - 2 Timothy 4:6
Whatever call He may require of you, He will provide all you need to faithfully fulfill it. He has destined you for success, not failure, in your calling (destiny). - Dennis Cramer
If we truly follow Jesus, He follows us. When and where the apostles moved, God moved also. Natural effort releases divine effort; the Spirit works where we work. - Reinhard Bonnke
Affirmation: I view Jesus' words as doors through which I enter God's eternal Kingdom.
If you are "in Him," then there is a place in worship to which you may go and sit with Him on high, and look down on the lesser issues below. - Tommy Tenney
The resurrection, Jesus tells us, is not merely an event; it is a Person -- and He is within us today, ever renewing and drawing us upward toward the fullness of God! - Francis Franigipane
"I am the resurrection and the life." - John 11:25
Times of difficulty give us an opportunity we don't have otherwise, and that is the occasion to demonstrate sacrificial love to Him by ministering to Him instead of attending to our pressing needs. - Bill Johnson
Examine your lifestyle and see if the cares of this life, deceitfulness of riches, or the pleasures of this life, could be choking God's Word (Luke 8:14). - Andrew Wommack
Affirmation: I embrace the life of faith which has its anchor in the unseen realm.
Unless we enter into our eternal identities, we will not become instruments for noble purposes. We will not enter into a holiness from Heaven. We will not be useful to God. - Shawn Bolz
"We are workers together with God." - 2 Corinthians 6:1
You have to move gradually from crying outward - crying out for people who you think can fulfill your needs - to the place where you can let yourself be held and carried by God. - Henri Nouwen
"Casting all your cares upon him; for he cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7
I will attempt day by day to break my will into little pieces. I want to do God's holy will. not my own. - Gabriel Possenti
Prayer: Lord, Your servant is listening. You have the words of eternal life. Speak to me Lord and comfort my soul; order my life to Your praise, glory, and eternal honor. - Thomas a Kempis
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Are you tired of shallow-water Christianity, and you want the deep things of God, or the strong food that is mentioned in scripture? Are you ready for the deep, deep things of God? - Keith Miller
Tell God you are ready to be offered, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be. - Oswald Chambers
"I am already being poured out as a drink offering." - 2 Timothy 4:6
Whatever call He may require of you, He will provide all you need to faithfully fulfill it. He has destined you for success, not failure, in your calling (destiny). - Dennis Cramer
If we truly follow Jesus, He follows us. When and where the apostles moved, God moved also. Natural effort releases divine effort; the Spirit works where we work. - Reinhard Bonnke
Affirmation: I view Jesus' words as doors through which I enter God's eternal Kingdom.
If you are "in Him," then there is a place in worship to which you may go and sit with Him on high, and look down on the lesser issues below. - Tommy Tenney
The resurrection, Jesus tells us, is not merely an event; it is a Person -- and He is within us today, ever renewing and drawing us upward toward the fullness of God! - Francis Franigipane
"I am the resurrection and the life." - John 11:25
Times of difficulty give us an opportunity we don't have otherwise, and that is the occasion to demonstrate sacrificial love to Him by ministering to Him instead of attending to our pressing needs. - Bill Johnson
Examine your lifestyle and see if the cares of this life, deceitfulness of riches, or the pleasures of this life, could be choking God's Word (Luke 8:14). - Andrew Wommack
Affirmation: I embrace the life of faith which has its anchor in the unseen realm.
Unless we enter into our eternal identities, we will not become instruments for noble purposes. We will not enter into a holiness from Heaven. We will not be useful to God. - Shawn Bolz
"We are workers together with God." - 2 Corinthians 6:1
You have to move gradually from crying outward - crying out for people who you think can fulfill your needs - to the place where you can let yourself be held and carried by God. - Henri Nouwen
"Casting all your cares upon him; for he cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7
I will attempt day by day to break my will into little pieces. I want to do God's holy will. not my own. - Gabriel Possenti
Prayer: Lord, Your servant is listening. You have the words of eternal life. Speak to me Lord and comfort my soul; order my life to Your praise, glory, and eternal honor. - Thomas a Kempis
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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