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
Our Magnificent Obsession
Posted 05-21-2021 at 09:31 PM by Albert Finch
Isaiah 4:1 - "In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, 'We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace.'"
In 2021 we have taken hold of the world and we have taken hold of clever ideas, but the seven women (seven churches -- see Revelation 2 and 3) are about to lay hold of their Beloved. The longing of the Church is for Him. We will want to be called by His great Name. The splendor of His beauty draws us as a partner to co-labor with Him.
OUR MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
There is coming a Magnificent Obsession that will grip our hearts. Our obsession will be to lay hold of Christ and not ever let Him go!
Like the Shulamite woman in the Song of Songs who, when she found her Beloved, held Him tight and wouldn't let Him go!
THE REVELATION OF CHRIST IN US
The unveiling of Christ within us is the most explosive truth ever to hit the Church, bigger than any movement, conference, or teaching! It fuels the flames of our passion to allow Christ to live through us and be all He longs for us to become.
The glorious truth of His coming will capture us and compel us to lay hold of the One Man, Jesus Christ. It is not only the timing of His return that must consume us, but how He finds us (operating in His CALLING on our life) when He returns. It is not if His return is near or far, but rather if we are filled with faith, hope, and love.
LAY HOLD OF JESUS CHRIST
As we trim our lamps and go outside the realm of familiarity and meet Him we encounter the Bridegroom -- our Magnificent Obsession.
He is eternal life! First Timothy 6:12 says, "Lay hold on eternal life." This means to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, to cling to!
His FULL glory pours into us. To lay hold of Jesus is to become a mature vessel of honor that He can use in the CALLING He has destined for each of us to bear fruit that remains for God's Kingdom on earth.
"...I live by the FAITH OF the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20) KJV
By His faith, we fully experience oneness with Jesus and the explosive power of his resurrection working in us. We will be one with Him in His sufferings and we will be one with Him in His death (our death to self). Only then will we be able to experience complete oneness with Him in His resurrection so that we may reach the DESTINY which Jesus has called us to fulfill! (see Philippians 3:10-12)
In 2021 we have taken hold of the world and we have taken hold of clever ideas, but the seven women (seven churches -- see Revelation 2 and 3) are about to lay hold of their Beloved. The longing of the Church is for Him. We will want to be called by His great Name. The splendor of His beauty draws us as a partner to co-labor with Him.
OUR MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
There is coming a Magnificent Obsession that will grip our hearts. Our obsession will be to lay hold of Christ and not ever let Him go!
Like the Shulamite woman in the Song of Songs who, when she found her Beloved, held Him tight and wouldn't let Him go!
THE REVELATION OF CHRIST IN US
The unveiling of Christ within us is the most explosive truth ever to hit the Church, bigger than any movement, conference, or teaching! It fuels the flames of our passion to allow Christ to live through us and be all He longs for us to become.
The glorious truth of His coming will capture us and compel us to lay hold of the One Man, Jesus Christ. It is not only the timing of His return that must consume us, but how He finds us (operating in His CALLING on our life) when He returns. It is not if His return is near or far, but rather if we are filled with faith, hope, and love.
LAY HOLD OF JESUS CHRIST
As we trim our lamps and go outside the realm of familiarity and meet Him we encounter the Bridegroom -- our Magnificent Obsession.
He is eternal life! First Timothy 6:12 says, "Lay hold on eternal life." This means to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, to cling to!
His FULL glory pours into us. To lay hold of Jesus is to become a mature vessel of honor that He can use in the CALLING He has destined for each of us to bear fruit that remains for God's Kingdom on earth.
"...I live by the FAITH OF the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20) KJV
By His faith, we fully experience oneness with Jesus and the explosive power of his resurrection working in us. We will be one with Him in His sufferings and we will be one with Him in His death (our death to self). Only then will we be able to experience complete oneness with Him in His resurrection so that we may reach the DESTINY which Jesus has called us to fulfill! (see Philippians 3:10-12)
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