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
Daily Meditations and Affirmations - July 13, 2024
Posted 07-13-2024 at 01:46 PM by Albert Finch
"And hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us." - Romans 5:5
There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Jesus never proclaimed a cause -- He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the Lord Jesus and the compassionate love of others that you bring into His Kingdom.
"Hope does not disappoint" because when you were born again in Christ the love of Jesus was poured into your heart so you have the hope of having the same love that Jesus has. The love of Jesus must be activated and used and developed -- by not using it (by expressing it in the lives of others) it becomes dormant.
Jesus says we are to abide in Him -- to abide in Him is to abide in His love. See His love flowing into your heart as you go throughout the day. Bask in It! Give His love back to Him and then receive more love from Him. Do this all day long. Now see it flow into the lives of others as you actively pursue helping them with their spiritual life so they may be effective in advancing His Kingdom.
AFFIRMATIONS:
The desire that God has put into my heart -- to be a spiritual mentor -- is like a tree of life. I act on this hope every day for I know that hope deferred makes the heart sick. (Proverbs 13:12)
I have the mind of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 2:5)
I continually ask, seek, and knock concerning the things God has prepared for me as a spiritual mentor because Jesus says I will receive, find, and it will be opened for me. (Matthew 7:7,8)
I curse those things that don’t bear fruit for God in my life. (Mark 11:12)
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Jesus never proclaimed a cause -- He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the Lord Jesus and the compassionate love of others that you bring into His Kingdom.
"Hope does not disappoint" because when you were born again in Christ the love of Jesus was poured into your heart so you have the hope of having the same love that Jesus has. The love of Jesus must be activated and used and developed -- by not using it (by expressing it in the lives of others) it becomes dormant.
Jesus says we are to abide in Him -- to abide in Him is to abide in His love. See His love flowing into your heart as you go throughout the day. Bask in It! Give His love back to Him and then receive more love from Him. Do this all day long. Now see it flow into the lives of others as you actively pursue helping them with their spiritual life so they may be effective in advancing His Kingdom.
AFFIRMATIONS:
The desire that God has put into my heart -- to be a spiritual mentor -- is like a tree of life. I act on this hope every day for I know that hope deferred makes the heart sick. (Proverbs 13:12)
I have the mind of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 2:5)
I continually ask, seek, and knock concerning the things God has prepared for me as a spiritual mentor because Jesus says I will receive, find, and it will be opened for me. (Matthew 7:7,8)
I curse those things that don’t bear fruit for God in my life. (Mark 11:12)
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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