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 - February 5, 2012
Posted 02-05-2012 at 09:59 AM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: I confess that I am led by the Spirit of God! He safely guides me to the place where God wants me to be!
Who is the Lord that you should honor and obey Him with all of your time money and talents? - Mike Bickle
As God's people we learn to live on the basis of hearing God's voice and obeying His word. - Richard Foster
"The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works." - John 14:10
If we are "in Christ", we are moving with the most pressing speed, for we are "in" the most dynamic man who ever walked the earth. When He says to us, "Follow me", He is inviting us to a high-speed chase down the roads of our life. On that chase there is no rest except eternal rest and no security except eternal security. - Peter Kreeft
Affirmation: I confess and meditate on God's word day by day. That word is equipping, outfitting, and furnishing me with all the spiritual gear I need to take the adventurous trip God has planned for my life.
The reshaping of our values and our desires is the key work of the Holy Spirit. This reshaping brings us into conformity and harmony with God's purpose for our lives (our DESTINY). - Henri Nouwen
Divine favor comes to those who have chosen to keep the main thing the main thing - knowing and loving God. - Bill Johnson
"Let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me." - Jeremiah 9:24
Children are pure in praise. They have nothing else on their mind. Therefore, when they sing. "This is my story, this is my song..." they mean what they say in all simplicity. They are pure in thought, motive, and act. This kind of praise stills the enemy of our souls. - Myles Munroe
Affirmation: God is helping me walk out of the problems that have tried to grip my mind and my life. I declare this by faith in Jesus' name.
Not to advance in the spiritual life is to go backward. - Brother Lawrence
Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking when they should be listening. But he who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God either. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"My children with who I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you.." - Galatians 4:19
The true success of our ministry to others will be by how it brought forth the formation of Christ within the person God has given us to disciple. - Rick Joyner
To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart, and there to stand before the face of the Lord, ever-present, all seeing, within you. - Theophan the Recluse
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Who is the Lord that you should honor and obey Him with all of your time money and talents? - Mike Bickle
As God's people we learn to live on the basis of hearing God's voice and obeying His word. - Richard Foster
"The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works." - John 14:10
If we are "in Christ", we are moving with the most pressing speed, for we are "in" the most dynamic man who ever walked the earth. When He says to us, "Follow me", He is inviting us to a high-speed chase down the roads of our life. On that chase there is no rest except eternal rest and no security except eternal security. - Peter Kreeft
Affirmation: I confess and meditate on God's word day by day. That word is equipping, outfitting, and furnishing me with all the spiritual gear I need to take the adventurous trip God has planned for my life.
The reshaping of our values and our desires is the key work of the Holy Spirit. This reshaping brings us into conformity and harmony with God's purpose for our lives (our DESTINY). - Henri Nouwen
Divine favor comes to those who have chosen to keep the main thing the main thing - knowing and loving God. - Bill Johnson
"Let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me." - Jeremiah 9:24
Children are pure in praise. They have nothing else on their mind. Therefore, when they sing. "This is my story, this is my song..." they mean what they say in all simplicity. They are pure in thought, motive, and act. This kind of praise stills the enemy of our souls. - Myles Munroe
Affirmation: God is helping me walk out of the problems that have tried to grip my mind and my life. I declare this by faith in Jesus' name.
Not to advance in the spiritual life is to go backward. - Brother Lawrence
Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking when they should be listening. But he who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God either. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"My children with who I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you.." - Galatians 4:19
The true success of our ministry to others will be by how it brought forth the formation of Christ within the person God has given us to disciple. - Rick Joyner
To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart, and there to stand before the face of the Lord, ever-present, all seeing, within you. - Theophan the Recluse
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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