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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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Daily Meditations and Affirmations - June 23, 2024

Posted 06-23-2024 at 06:48 PM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

"...that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body." - 2 Corinthians 4:10


We have to develop a godly mindset and habits to express what God's grace has done in us. It is not just a question of being saved from hell, but of being saved so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body through our Christ calling so we can bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom by discipling other Believers into their Christ identity.


Discovering...
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Sunday School - June 23, 2024

Posted 06-23-2024 at 09:45 AM by Albert Finch (How Do I Advance My Spiritual Life?)

Ephesians 1:5,6 - "Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved."

Since we are adopted in Christ Jesus a low opinion of ourself or self-hatred is not from God, but from the enemy.

Prayer is not trying to get God to do something for you by making Him feel sorry for you. It is coming to Him knowing...
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