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 - September 2, 2012
Posted 09-02-2012 at 10:11 AM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: My job is to win the lost to Jesus Christ. There is life coming out of me wherever I go.
I cannot by "being a good person" tell of Jesus' atoning death and resurrection, nor of my faith in His divinity. The emphasis is too much on me and too little on Him. - Samuel Shoemaker
Get a vision from God and step out to do something with it. Don't be like the wicked and lazy servant who can't see beyond himself. (Matthew 25:24-30) - John Belt
"So I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground"...But the master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant!' - Matthew 25:25-26
God is searching for believers who will value His presence over their own selfish desires and wait for His purposes despite long periods of preparation. They will value Him and HIS PLANS FOR THEM above all else. - Myles Munroe
We are to use the ability of God in our life to serve and disciple those who are weak, young or unable so that the Body of Christ might be whole. - John Bevere
Affirmation: I am called to ascend into the heavenly places and be seated with Jesus and at the same time descend to the earth with the evidence of Heaven's reality.
For a small reward a man will hurry away on a long journey while for eternal life many will hardly take a single step. - Thomas a Kempis
"Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you." John 6:53
Are you willing to spend and be spent; not seeking to be ministered unto, but to minister? - Oswald Chambers
The indwelling Holy Spirit enables us to bear more of the revelation of Jesus than was possible for the original twelve disciples. - Bill Johnson
Meditation is threatening to us because it boldly calls us to enter into the living presence of God for ourselves. It tells us that God is speaking in the continuous present and wants to address us. - Richard Foster
Affirmation: God increases in me as I behold His glory - not my own shortcomings.
My purpose is to pray for believers and those who do not know God. My prayer and my faith will make a difference. - Andrew Murray
You are upset by small losses, but do not see eternal gains! Your oversensitivity makes your trials worse. Abandon yourself to God. - Francois Fenelon
"You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed." - Luke 10:41
We deal with the devil by dealing with the carnal thought systems, the strongholds, that protect the enemy. - Francis Frangipane
Faith-filled prayers that line up with God's Word and plan can bring radical change to situations. God actually looks for these kind of prayers. - Cindy McGill
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
I cannot by "being a good person" tell of Jesus' atoning death and resurrection, nor of my faith in His divinity. The emphasis is too much on me and too little on Him. - Samuel Shoemaker
Get a vision from God and step out to do something with it. Don't be like the wicked and lazy servant who can't see beyond himself. (Matthew 25:24-30) - John Belt
"So I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground"...But the master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant!' - Matthew 25:25-26
God is searching for believers who will value His presence over their own selfish desires and wait for His purposes despite long periods of preparation. They will value Him and HIS PLANS FOR THEM above all else. - Myles Munroe
We are to use the ability of God in our life to serve and disciple those who are weak, young or unable so that the Body of Christ might be whole. - John Bevere
Affirmation: I am called to ascend into the heavenly places and be seated with Jesus and at the same time descend to the earth with the evidence of Heaven's reality.
For a small reward a man will hurry away on a long journey while for eternal life many will hardly take a single step. - Thomas a Kempis
"Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you." John 6:53
Are you willing to spend and be spent; not seeking to be ministered unto, but to minister? - Oswald Chambers
The indwelling Holy Spirit enables us to bear more of the revelation of Jesus than was possible for the original twelve disciples. - Bill Johnson
Meditation is threatening to us because it boldly calls us to enter into the living presence of God for ourselves. It tells us that God is speaking in the continuous present and wants to address us. - Richard Foster
Affirmation: God increases in me as I behold His glory - not my own shortcomings.
My purpose is to pray for believers and those who do not know God. My prayer and my faith will make a difference. - Andrew Murray
You are upset by small losses, but do not see eternal gains! Your oversensitivity makes your trials worse. Abandon yourself to God. - Francois Fenelon
"You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed." - Luke 10:41
We deal with the devil by dealing with the carnal thought systems, the strongholds, that protect the enemy. - Francis Frangipane
Faith-filled prayers that line up with God's Word and plan can bring radical change to situations. God actually looks for these kind of prayers. - Cindy McGill
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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