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 - February 12, 2012
Posted 02-12-2012 at 07:01 AM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: I am no accident going somewhere to happen. My life isn't just a loose web of events and circumstances. God has specific plans for me.
To be too busy with God's work to commune with God, to be busy with doing church work without taking time to talk to God about His work, is the highway to backlsliding. - E. M. Bounds
We must go on to maturity. We must set our vision on the purpose (our destiny) for which we have been made a new creation. - Rick Joyner
"For all the promises of God in Christ are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." - 2 Corinthians 1:20
As we begin to establish a communication system with Him through prayer and learning to hear His voice, we will begin to understand when God is ready to move us into a deeper level of covenant with Him. - Chuck Pierce
The Holy Ghost came to thrill you with resurrection power, that you should be anointed with fresh oil running over in the splendor of his almightiness. - Smith Wigglesworth
Affirmation: Like Abraham I stagger not at the promises of God through unbelief; but am strong in faith giving glory to God!
Why is it that so few in the body of Christ experience the life of victory that the Lord Jesus has obtained for us? -- because they have not accepted His work, or believed in His finished work at the cross, or taken His victory by faith. - Watchman Nee
Extravagance in worship always wins out with God over ritual, formality, and tradition. - James Goll
Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. - 2 Samuel 6:16
If we are overly distracted by other issues and devote our time, money and energy to mere political and social concerns, the gospel witness will decrease. - Reinhard Bonnke
All your beautiful theories do not help you die to yourself. Knowledge nourishes your "old nature" because you secretly delight in your revelation. - Francois Fenelon
Affirmation: Jesus is my Great High Priest, and He is interceding for me right now. I boldly confess that I am fear-free and that anxiety has no place in me!
Your teenager needs to hear father pray. He needs to hear mother pray for him and for herself. He needs to know that his parents trust him to God. - Ros Rinker
"And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke." - Acts 6:10
Bid the brooding Spirit of God to apply your prayer to the specifics of your day. Wait quietly. Listen carefully, Obey immediately. - Richard Foster
There is a union between Christ and the Christian that is so deep, so pure, so sweet, so real, that the very conditions of the human spirit are transmitted to His, and the conditions of Christ's spirit are transmitted to ours. - John Lake
Father, in the name of Jesus I ask You to strengthen me through Your love and wisdom. Lord Jesus, this day I choose to deny myself, take up my cross and follow You. I will fulfill my destiny through the inner strength of Your might and power. In Jesus' name, amen. - John Bevere
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
To be too busy with God's work to commune with God, to be busy with doing church work without taking time to talk to God about His work, is the highway to backlsliding. - E. M. Bounds
We must go on to maturity. We must set our vision on the purpose (our destiny) for which we have been made a new creation. - Rick Joyner
"For all the promises of God in Christ are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." - 2 Corinthians 1:20
As we begin to establish a communication system with Him through prayer and learning to hear His voice, we will begin to understand when God is ready to move us into a deeper level of covenant with Him. - Chuck Pierce
The Holy Ghost came to thrill you with resurrection power, that you should be anointed with fresh oil running over in the splendor of his almightiness. - Smith Wigglesworth
Affirmation: Like Abraham I stagger not at the promises of God through unbelief; but am strong in faith giving glory to God!
Why is it that so few in the body of Christ experience the life of victory that the Lord Jesus has obtained for us? -- because they have not accepted His work, or believed in His finished work at the cross, or taken His victory by faith. - Watchman Nee
Extravagance in worship always wins out with God over ritual, formality, and tradition. - James Goll
Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. - 2 Samuel 6:16
If we are overly distracted by other issues and devote our time, money and energy to mere political and social concerns, the gospel witness will decrease. - Reinhard Bonnke
All your beautiful theories do not help you die to yourself. Knowledge nourishes your "old nature" because you secretly delight in your revelation. - Francois Fenelon
Affirmation: Jesus is my Great High Priest, and He is interceding for me right now. I boldly confess that I am fear-free and that anxiety has no place in me!
Your teenager needs to hear father pray. He needs to hear mother pray for him and for herself. He needs to know that his parents trust him to God. - Ros Rinker
"And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke." - Acts 6:10
Bid the brooding Spirit of God to apply your prayer to the specifics of your day. Wait quietly. Listen carefully, Obey immediately. - Richard Foster
There is a union between Christ and the Christian that is so deep, so pure, so sweet, so real, that the very conditions of the human spirit are transmitted to His, and the conditions of Christ's spirit are transmitted to ours. - John Lake
Father, in the name of Jesus I ask You to strengthen me through Your love and wisdom. Lord Jesus, this day I choose to deny myself, take up my cross and follow You. I will fulfill my destiny through the inner strength of Your might and power. In Jesus' name, amen. - John Bevere
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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