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
Possessing The Gates
Posted 12-03-2023 at 11:50 AM by Albert Finch
*We have an enemy who wants open access to our lives...and we have angelic hosts to guide, guard, and protect us here on the earth (Psalm 91:11, Psalm 34:7). As we become more aware of both, while living in this day and time, living a lifestyle of victory becomes our daily norm.
"The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them." - Psalm 34:7
Distraction can be a hindering spirit sent to draw us away from our God-given assignment and is a decoy sent to interrupt the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Distraction can be described as a diversion sent to lead us off course, or something dividing our loyalties away from the will of God. Distraction is a ploy by the enemy to delay the carrying out of your next assignment in fulfilling God’s purpose for your life.
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." - John 10:10
Psalm 91 – “Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.”
NEHEMIAH'S DISTRACTION
In Nehemiah Chapter 6, Nehemiah had all but finished the wall of Jerusalem, except for installing the doors to the gates of the city. When the enemies of Judah realized that Nehemiah had completed the restoration process, they plotted against Nehemiah to stop his progress.
In Nehemiah chapter six, scripture says there was an entrance left open for the enemies of Judah to pass through and enter the city.
When we leave an open door for our adversary to enter in wherever he pleases, he is more than willing to oblige us by occupying our unguarded territory with his presence. One of the keys to closing off unwanted spiritual warfare is to check the gates of our city! When access to the enemy is denied, there's no room for him to wreak havoc. We are careful to protect our ear gate, eye gate, heart gate, and mouth gate -- not giving the devil an occasion (Ephesians 4:27).
POSSESSING THE GATES OF OUR ENEMIES
To possess the gates of our enemies means to conquer and defeat our adversaries by the power of the Holy Spirit. The word "possess" is the Hebrew word "yaras" which means to drive out previous tenants, cast out, succeed, to expel, and to utterly dispossess. God has given us all power and authority over the enemy, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against us (the Church) (Matthew 16:18-19).
VOCALLY AFFIRM YOUR BREAKTHROUGH
We occupy a place of authority by making declarations of breakthrough, thereby, casting out the works of darkness wreaking havoc and disarming the enemy at the gate!
In 2024 it is the time to affirm and exercise your Christ identity and possess the gates of your enemies. Blessing and multiplication are your portion. What the enemy meant for evil, God is turning around for His good.
Isaiah 59:19: "... When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him."
"Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the Heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore, and your descendants shall possess the gates of their enemies." - Genesis 22:17
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
"The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them." - Psalm 34:7
Distraction can be a hindering spirit sent to draw us away from our God-given assignment and is a decoy sent to interrupt the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Distraction can be described as a diversion sent to lead us off course, or something dividing our loyalties away from the will of God. Distraction is a ploy by the enemy to delay the carrying out of your next assignment in fulfilling God’s purpose for your life.
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." - John 10:10
Psalm 91 – “Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.”
NEHEMIAH'S DISTRACTION
In Nehemiah Chapter 6, Nehemiah had all but finished the wall of Jerusalem, except for installing the doors to the gates of the city. When the enemies of Judah realized that Nehemiah had completed the restoration process, they plotted against Nehemiah to stop his progress.
In Nehemiah chapter six, scripture says there was an entrance left open for the enemies of Judah to pass through and enter the city.
When we leave an open door for our adversary to enter in wherever he pleases, he is more than willing to oblige us by occupying our unguarded territory with his presence. One of the keys to closing off unwanted spiritual warfare is to check the gates of our city! When access to the enemy is denied, there's no room for him to wreak havoc. We are careful to protect our ear gate, eye gate, heart gate, and mouth gate -- not giving the devil an occasion (Ephesians 4:27).
POSSESSING THE GATES OF OUR ENEMIES
To possess the gates of our enemies means to conquer and defeat our adversaries by the power of the Holy Spirit. The word "possess" is the Hebrew word "yaras" which means to drive out previous tenants, cast out, succeed, to expel, and to utterly dispossess. God has given us all power and authority over the enemy, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against us (the Church) (Matthew 16:18-19).
VOCALLY AFFIRM YOUR BREAKTHROUGH
We occupy a place of authority by making declarations of breakthrough, thereby, casting out the works of darkness wreaking havoc and disarming the enemy at the gate!
In 2024 it is the time to affirm and exercise your Christ identity and possess the gates of your enemies. Blessing and multiplication are your portion. What the enemy meant for evil, God is turning around for His good.
Isaiah 59:19: "... When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him."
"Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the Heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore, and your descendants shall possess the gates of their enemies." - Genesis 22:17
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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