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
November 20, 2023 - Exhortation
Posted 11-20-2023 at 03:57 PM by Albert Finch
Can you hear Him knocking? Even His knock speaks of love. It is not a time for hesitation. It is not a time for excuses. The time is a kairos time. It is an appointed time. There is an encounter with Him waiting for you. There is oil for your lamp. It is a time to gather oil. It is a time to trim your wick.
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with Me." (Revelation 3:20 )
Some believe that Elisha's burning of the plowing equipment represented an altar. God is calling you to the altar in this season. The altar is a place of sacrifice. The altar is a place where we give up and release those things that would keep us from fully embracing His call on our lives. The altar is a place where everything that is not of Him is burned up and consumed. He is a consuming fire.
Jesus is knocking, that you might welcome Him in. He wants to come and make Himself at home in your heart. He is cleaning house, rearranging things and bringing upgrades.
When Elisha received his call to follow Elijah, he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Elisha kissed his mother and father goodbye, slaughtered his yoke of oxen, then burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people (see 1 Kings 19). He made a clean break from the things that might hold him in the familiar in order to fully step into the new with a whole heart.
Can you hear Him knocking? Jesus is standing at the door of your heart in this hour, and He is patiently, but intently, knocking. His knocking is a compelling invitation. He knocks and waits for your response.
Jesus is inviting you to go with Him into the new assignment that will advance His Kingdom. It is a time of leaving the past behind to lay hold of the new.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with Me." (Revelation 3:20 )
Some believe that Elisha's burning of the plowing equipment represented an altar. God is calling you to the altar in this season. The altar is a place of sacrifice. The altar is a place where we give up and release those things that would keep us from fully embracing His call on our lives. The altar is a place where everything that is not of Him is burned up and consumed. He is a consuming fire.
Jesus is knocking, that you might welcome Him in. He wants to come and make Himself at home in your heart. He is cleaning house, rearranging things and bringing upgrades.
When Elisha received his call to follow Elijah, he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Elisha kissed his mother and father goodbye, slaughtered his yoke of oxen, then burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people (see 1 Kings 19). He made a clean break from the things that might hold him in the familiar in order to fully step into the new with a whole heart.
Can you hear Him knocking? Jesus is standing at the door of your heart in this hour, and He is patiently, but intently, knocking. His knocking is a compelling invitation. He knocks and waits for your response.
Jesus is inviting you to go with Him into the new assignment that will advance His Kingdom. It is a time of leaving the past behind to lay hold of the new.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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