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 - July 1, 2012
Posted 06-30-2012 at 02:07 PM by Albert Finch
Affirmation: Today I find out what is stealing my time from the Lord. I serve his interests instead of my own.
By meditation I penetrate the inmost ground of my life, seek the full understanding of God's purpose for me, of God's mercy to me, of my absolute dependence upon Him. - Thomas Merton
What our enemy has is a power stronger than ours, but what we have is authority over his power. - Watchman Nee
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you." - Luke 10:19
It is amazing what happens when you step out of the boat. Life is short and we sense that the time is right, and that time is now! Let's step out in faith and be part of a great work for God. - Aubrey Malphurs
Jesus has already signed His name to every promise in the Word. We aren't waiting for Him. He is waiting for us. - Andrew Wommack
Affirmation: I am called to be a bridge between heaven and earth and to represent the reality of all that I have been given in Christ Jesus in the heavenly places.
In Christ we are called to be priests (Rev. 5:10), and all must continually enter His presence to perform the divine service. - Rick Joyner
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood.....that you may declare the wonderful deeds of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." - 1 Peter 2:9
People who are consistent in winning people to Christ relive their own salvation! In the process of presenting the gift of Jesus with someone, you're opening to yourself a more full understanding of what you already have. - Sean Smith
The man who has the Holy Spirit within him, in however slight a degree, sorrows day and night for all mankind. - Staretz Silouan
What a shame it would be to feed people, clothe people, and even bless people, but then allow them to go to hell by failing to introduce them to Christ. - Wendell Smith
Affirmation: I press on to a renewed hunger for things yet to be seen as I pursue Jesus with reckless abandon.
Do we know the Voice? Can we be led by the Voice? Have we the faith that can follow when the path seems so strangely crooked? - George Soltau
We get no deeper into Christ than we allow Him to get into us. - John Henry Jowett
Religion by nature carries a value for form without power, information without experience. Religion does not provide an opportunity to actually know God, and is therefore cruel, powerless, and boring. - Bill Johnson
But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God."- Matthew 22:29
Do you know that God the Father releases His power to you only if Jesus brings Him the correct information from your mouth? You must come to the place that you can keep your words in order. Otherwise, you aren't going to receive anything from God. - Norvel Hayes
Albert Finch
www.afministry.ning.com
By meditation I penetrate the inmost ground of my life, seek the full understanding of God's purpose for me, of God's mercy to me, of my absolute dependence upon Him. - Thomas Merton
What our enemy has is a power stronger than ours, but what we have is authority over his power. - Watchman Nee
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you." - Luke 10:19
It is amazing what happens when you step out of the boat. Life is short and we sense that the time is right, and that time is now! Let's step out in faith and be part of a great work for God. - Aubrey Malphurs
Jesus has already signed His name to every promise in the Word. We aren't waiting for Him. He is waiting for us. - Andrew Wommack
Affirmation: I am called to be a bridge between heaven and earth and to represent the reality of all that I have been given in Christ Jesus in the heavenly places.
In Christ we are called to be priests (Rev. 5:10), and all must continually enter His presence to perform the divine service. - Rick Joyner
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood.....that you may declare the wonderful deeds of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." - 1 Peter 2:9
People who are consistent in winning people to Christ relive their own salvation! In the process of presenting the gift of Jesus with someone, you're opening to yourself a more full understanding of what you already have. - Sean Smith
The man who has the Holy Spirit within him, in however slight a degree, sorrows day and night for all mankind. - Staretz Silouan
What a shame it would be to feed people, clothe people, and even bless people, but then allow them to go to hell by failing to introduce them to Christ. - Wendell Smith
Affirmation: I press on to a renewed hunger for things yet to be seen as I pursue Jesus with reckless abandon.
Do we know the Voice? Can we be led by the Voice? Have we the faith that can follow when the path seems so strangely crooked? - George Soltau
We get no deeper into Christ than we allow Him to get into us. - John Henry Jowett
Religion by nature carries a value for form without power, information without experience. Religion does not provide an opportunity to actually know God, and is therefore cruel, powerless, and boring. - Bill Johnson
But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God."- Matthew 22:29
Do you know that God the Father releases His power to you only if Jesus brings Him the correct information from your mouth? You must come to the place that you can keep your words in order. Otherwise, you aren't going to receive anything from God. - Norvel Hayes
Albert Finch
www.afministry.ning.com
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