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 - December 11, 2011
Posted 12-11-2011 at 08:44 AM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: I confess that God is filling me with supernatural endurance to abide until I have successfully completed the assignment He asked me to do.
The beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but also lends us His ear. So it is His work that we do for our brother when we learn to listen to him. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Faith is spelled R-I-S-K, and it is faith that pleases God. - Che Ahn
And without faith it is impossible to please Him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and the he rewards those who seek him. - Hebrews 11:6
There is no greater treasure that our salvation and the fellowship that we can now have with God, which results because He descended all the way to the cross for us. Therefore, let us voluntarily go to the cross every day, willingly offering all that we are and have. - Rick Joyner
Nothing more absurd can be imagined than wise, sublime, heavenly prayers and times of devotion added to a life of vanity and folly. - William Law
Affirmation: I confess that I wear my salvation tightly around my mind like a helmet. It doesn't matter how hard the devil tries to hack away at my mind, I still stand strong because I know what Jesus' death and resurrection purchased for me!
The spiritual life is that life of those who are reborn from above --who have received the Spirit of God. That life allows us to break out of our prison of human entanglements and sets us free for a life in God. - Henri Nouwen
Mary sat at the feet of Jesus until she knew her destiny. Once she knew the purpose of her life, then she could go do the dishes with Martha. - Chuck Pierce
Keep on growing in your knowledge and understanding. - Philippians 1:9
Praise based on faith thanks God for what He will do, before He does it. - Myles Munroe
We must wait for God, long, meekly, in the wind and wet, in the thunder and lightning, in the cold and the dark, Wait, and He will come. He never comes to those who do not wait. -- Frederick William Faber
Affirmation: God unites Himself with my spirit. This is the place where my spirit is completely possessed by God.
Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little immorality but abstaining because of being afraid of getting caught. No, Jesus is coming for a church passionately and utterly devoted to Him -- one that is free on the inside. - Mike Bickle
Imagine awakening every morning with the confidence of God's strength in you. And this strength in you according to His wealth, according to the riches of His glory, according to who He is. - Keith Miller
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13
New songs are good because you have to depend on God in order to get one. It will release the Spirit of wisdom and revelation on your life. Ask the Lord for a new song. - John Belt
I have found my heaven on earth, because heaven is God, and God is in my soul. -- Elizabeth of the Trinity
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
The beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but also lends us His ear. So it is His work that we do for our brother when we learn to listen to him. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Faith is spelled R-I-S-K, and it is faith that pleases God. - Che Ahn
And without faith it is impossible to please Him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and the he rewards those who seek him. - Hebrews 11:6
There is no greater treasure that our salvation and the fellowship that we can now have with God, which results because He descended all the way to the cross for us. Therefore, let us voluntarily go to the cross every day, willingly offering all that we are and have. - Rick Joyner
Nothing more absurd can be imagined than wise, sublime, heavenly prayers and times of devotion added to a life of vanity and folly. - William Law
Affirmation: I confess that I wear my salvation tightly around my mind like a helmet. It doesn't matter how hard the devil tries to hack away at my mind, I still stand strong because I know what Jesus' death and resurrection purchased for me!
The spiritual life is that life of those who are reborn from above --who have received the Spirit of God. That life allows us to break out of our prison of human entanglements and sets us free for a life in God. - Henri Nouwen
Mary sat at the feet of Jesus until she knew her destiny. Once she knew the purpose of her life, then she could go do the dishes with Martha. - Chuck Pierce
Keep on growing in your knowledge and understanding. - Philippians 1:9
Praise based on faith thanks God for what He will do, before He does it. - Myles Munroe
We must wait for God, long, meekly, in the wind and wet, in the thunder and lightning, in the cold and the dark, Wait, and He will come. He never comes to those who do not wait. -- Frederick William Faber
Affirmation: God unites Himself with my spirit. This is the place where my spirit is completely possessed by God.
Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little immorality but abstaining because of being afraid of getting caught. No, Jesus is coming for a church passionately and utterly devoted to Him -- one that is free on the inside. - Mike Bickle
Imagine awakening every morning with the confidence of God's strength in you. And this strength in you according to His wealth, according to the riches of His glory, according to who He is. - Keith Miller
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13
New songs are good because you have to depend on God in order to get one. It will release the Spirit of wisdom and revelation on your life. Ask the Lord for a new song. - John Belt
I have found my heaven on earth, because heaven is God, and God is in my soul. -- Elizabeth of the Trinity
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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