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
Albert Finch Ministry - Daily Devotional - August 7, 2019
Posted 08-07-2019 at 11:38 AM by Albert Finch
Ephesians 1:3 - "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,"
One of the most difficult areas of prayer comes when you want to pray for someone, but you don't know just what to pray except, "God bless_______." Actually, that prayer means very little.
Ephesians 1:3 tells us that the Father has already released every blessing to us in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. So, a better way to pray would be, "Father, give them revelation and understanding of all the blessings You have provided for them."
Think about what happened when you were saved. God didn't have to do something at that time to "save" you. He did the "saving" 2000 years ago. You just had to receive Jesus as Savior. The same thing is true with all the other benefits Jesus bought and paid for with His Life's blood at Calvary!
One of the most difficult areas of prayer comes when you want to pray for someone, but you don't know just what to pray except, "God bless_______." Actually, that prayer means very little.
Ephesians 1:3 tells us that the Father has already released every blessing to us in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. So, a better way to pray would be, "Father, give them revelation and understanding of all the blessings You have provided for them."
Think about what happened when you were saved. God didn't have to do something at that time to "save" you. He did the "saving" 2000 years ago. You just had to receive Jesus as Savior. The same thing is true with all the other benefits Jesus bought and paid for with His Life's blood at Calvary!
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