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 - November 27, 2011
Posted 11-26-2011 at 03:15 PM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: I confess that it is no long I who live, but Jesus Christ lives in me! I let the Holy Spirit produce the life of Jesus Christ in me.
"We're not out to lead people from one side of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to the other side of the SAME tree! Salvation isn't a matter of bad people becoming good people. It's a matter of dead people becoming alive!" - Joel Brueseke
If you really want to be led by the Holy Spirit, you must not only renew your mind with the Word of God, but you must also spend time worshipping Him. When was the last time you fell on your face and worshipped the Lord? -- Norvel Hayes
"And when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet." - Mark 5:22
One important consideration in gauging the success of ministry is the impact that preaching the gospel has upon a community or nation. We must judge our labors not by how flourishing we are, but by whether we are seeing a maximum impact on the society at large. - Reinhard Bonnke
Hearing from God is the highest form of listening. No one ever learned anything while talking. Likewise, in prayer there comes the time of silence when the Holy Spirit awakens your spirit. - Mario Murillo
Affirmation: When I get outside of myself and begin to think inside the Word of God, I get outside of my limitations and into the limitless power of Almighty God!
To walk in the fullness of our divine destiny or calling, we need to know the strength of God and live in the daily realm of God's dominion and strength in our inner man. - Keith Miller
You can't commune with Him without having your head lifted to see Him. You can't look at Him and then look back at your circumstances with the same perspective. - Bill Johnson
"But thou, O Lord art my ...glory, and the lifter of my head." - Psalm 3:3
James was protesting the very delusion that multitudes of Christians today fall prey to - just believing in the Lord's existence is enough to be "saved."(James 2:18-24) - Rick Joyner
It is so clear that we are not going to attain to those deep things, nor those deep places within us, by reasoning or by surface prayer. - Michael Molinos
Affirmation: The life of God is flowing up from my spirit right now, producing the life and the nature of Jesus Christ in me.
We cannot pray, "Thy Kingdom come..." unless first, we are willing to pray, "My kingdom go. - Tommy Tenney
Paul exhorts us to "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." (Rom12:15). As we demonstrate this kind of compassion, the world will know that we are His and will long to know Him. Compassion is developed as we invest time in His presence, trusting that our "times are in your hands" (Ps. 31:15) - Alice Smith
There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day which many have -- it offends nobody, requires no sacrifice, costs nothing, and is worth nothing.-- J.C. Ryle
Live in the world as if God and your soul only were in it; that your heart may be captive to no earthly thing. - John of The Cross
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
"We're not out to lead people from one side of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to the other side of the SAME tree! Salvation isn't a matter of bad people becoming good people. It's a matter of dead people becoming alive!" - Joel Brueseke
If you really want to be led by the Holy Spirit, you must not only renew your mind with the Word of God, but you must also spend time worshipping Him. When was the last time you fell on your face and worshipped the Lord? -- Norvel Hayes
"And when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet." - Mark 5:22
One important consideration in gauging the success of ministry is the impact that preaching the gospel has upon a community or nation. We must judge our labors not by how flourishing we are, but by whether we are seeing a maximum impact on the society at large. - Reinhard Bonnke
Hearing from God is the highest form of listening. No one ever learned anything while talking. Likewise, in prayer there comes the time of silence when the Holy Spirit awakens your spirit. - Mario Murillo
Affirmation: When I get outside of myself and begin to think inside the Word of God, I get outside of my limitations and into the limitless power of Almighty God!
To walk in the fullness of our divine destiny or calling, we need to know the strength of God and live in the daily realm of God's dominion and strength in our inner man. - Keith Miller
You can't commune with Him without having your head lifted to see Him. You can't look at Him and then look back at your circumstances with the same perspective. - Bill Johnson
"But thou, O Lord art my ...glory, and the lifter of my head." - Psalm 3:3
James was protesting the very delusion that multitudes of Christians today fall prey to - just believing in the Lord's existence is enough to be "saved."(James 2:18-24) - Rick Joyner
It is so clear that we are not going to attain to those deep things, nor those deep places within us, by reasoning or by surface prayer. - Michael Molinos
Affirmation: The life of God is flowing up from my spirit right now, producing the life and the nature of Jesus Christ in me.
We cannot pray, "Thy Kingdom come..." unless first, we are willing to pray, "My kingdom go. - Tommy Tenney
Paul exhorts us to "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." (Rom12:15). As we demonstrate this kind of compassion, the world will know that we are His and will long to know Him. Compassion is developed as we invest time in His presence, trusting that our "times are in your hands" (Ps. 31:15) - Alice Smith
There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day which many have -- it offends nobody, requires no sacrifice, costs nothing, and is worth nothing.-- J.C. Ryle
Live in the world as if God and your soul only were in it; that your heart may be captive to no earthly thing. - John of The Cross
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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