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 - August 7, 2011
Posted 08-06-2011 at 03:31 PM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: I minister others into Christ, disciple them, and equip them to disciple others.
Each of us has a promised land for our lives. God's promises are key to us entering into the vision that God has given us. If you are in a desert God is ready to take you out! Time to move on from eating manna to eating the food that God freely gives in the promised land of your destiny! - John Belt
If you don't keep your mind renewed with the Word of God, you will serve anything that comes along that disturbs you, especially your body. - Norvel Hayes
"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind...." - Romans 12:2
Praise that flows from thanksgiving is described in Hebrews 13:15 as a "sacrifice." Praise should cost us something. Only then is it a proper response to the God who has given us the costly gift of His Son. - Bill Johnson
It is a stroke of satanic genius, and one of his most ancient devices, to persuade you piously to dedicate to God all that you presume to find good in the flesh, which God has condemned. -Ian Thomas
Affirmation: As I sit at the feet of Jesus I labor for the meat that He gives me which endures unto everlasting life.
One of the greatest mysteries is the wonder of Christ in us, the hope of glory. Believers who walk in the revelation of this reality walk in the fullness of truth with great power and authority and radiate the nature and character of Christ through His manifested glory. - Paul Keith Davis
In your daily routine, be sure to include a time for being quiet before the Lord and listening for Him to reveal His will for your life. - Jack Hayford
"The Lord is my light and my salvation....Psalm 27:1
Worship Him without having to know and see everything. Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need. - Francois Fenelon
I do not want merely to possess a faith; I want a faith that possesses me. - Charles Kingsley
Affirmation: I am becoming a passenger in the vehicle of His will, a vehicle in which He Himself is both captain and navigator.
What self-deception to expect to be in His heavenly kingdom in eternity, when we have resisted His claim to reign as Lord in our hearts here and now! - William Law
We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God's undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark who will carry us through tempestuous waters. - Joseph Prince
"...he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest..." - Hebrews 4:10,11
Any prayer that does not move us cannot move God. It is all a matter of power. Furthermore, as power is determined by pressure, all pressure comes with a purpose. - Watchman Nee
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. - Lucretia Mott
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Each of us has a promised land for our lives. God's promises are key to us entering into the vision that God has given us. If you are in a desert God is ready to take you out! Time to move on from eating manna to eating the food that God freely gives in the promised land of your destiny! - John Belt
If you don't keep your mind renewed with the Word of God, you will serve anything that comes along that disturbs you, especially your body. - Norvel Hayes
"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind...." - Romans 12:2
Praise that flows from thanksgiving is described in Hebrews 13:15 as a "sacrifice." Praise should cost us something. Only then is it a proper response to the God who has given us the costly gift of His Son. - Bill Johnson
It is a stroke of satanic genius, and one of his most ancient devices, to persuade you piously to dedicate to God all that you presume to find good in the flesh, which God has condemned. -Ian Thomas
Affirmation: As I sit at the feet of Jesus I labor for the meat that He gives me which endures unto everlasting life.
One of the greatest mysteries is the wonder of Christ in us, the hope of glory. Believers who walk in the revelation of this reality walk in the fullness of truth with great power and authority and radiate the nature and character of Christ through His manifested glory. - Paul Keith Davis
In your daily routine, be sure to include a time for being quiet before the Lord and listening for Him to reveal His will for your life. - Jack Hayford
"The Lord is my light and my salvation....Psalm 27:1
Worship Him without having to know and see everything. Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need. - Francois Fenelon
I do not want merely to possess a faith; I want a faith that possesses me. - Charles Kingsley
Affirmation: I am becoming a passenger in the vehicle of His will, a vehicle in which He Himself is both captain and navigator.
What self-deception to expect to be in His heavenly kingdom in eternity, when we have resisted His claim to reign as Lord in our hearts here and now! - William Law
We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God's undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark who will carry us through tempestuous waters. - Joseph Prince
"...he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest..." - Hebrews 4:10,11
Any prayer that does not move us cannot move God. It is all a matter of power. Furthermore, as power is determined by pressure, all pressure comes with a purpose. - Watchman Nee
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. - Lucretia Mott
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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