Sunday School - August 14, 2011

Affirmation: The Word says I can hear God's voice and I believe it - I do hear the voice of God!

Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible for other souls spiritually before God? - Oswald Chambers

Jesus wore the crown of thorns on His head so that you can have a sound mind free from fears, guilt, depression, anxieties and stress. - Joseph Prince

>"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? - Romans 8:32


Who do you need Jesus to be at this time in your life? Do you need Him as your physical healer? Then define Him as Jesus, My Healer. Do you need Him to be your provider? Then call Him Jesus, My Provider. If you need Him to restore a relationship then call Him Jesus, My Restorer. Invite a well-defined Jesus into your circumstance and your circumstance will begin to yield to His presence. - Garris Elkins

Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility. - Jonathan Edwards

Affirmation: Nothing's wrong with God, nothing's wrong with the Word and nothing's wrong with me! I am going to receive my miracle!

How and what we communicate has the potential to change the atmosphere, creating the context for people to be released to their destiny. Therefore our communication skills must come under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Done correctly, our words are able to release the presence of God. - Bill Johnson

Our pride and self-confidence keep us from God's help; the clamor of our many ideas and desires drown the whisper of the still small voice of God. Indeed, in God's eyes, the best of human successes are still "wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked." - Francis Frangipane

"For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked." Revelation 3:17

Remember that all the things of this world are transitory. All things are passing, and yourself with them. See that you do not cling to them, lest you become entangled and perish with them. - Thomas a Kempis

By perseverance the snail reached the ark. - Charles Spurgeon

Affirmation: Extravagant worship is my lifestyle.

God is looking for a people of faith. Jesus asked the question, "Will the Son of Man find faith on the earth when He returns in His glory?" We want to be found with a faith in God that is active and living. Passivity has no value in the Kingdom of God. God calls us to be actively engaging our faith by taking steps out into the unknown. - John Belt

Spiritual discontentment is the nature of a truly Holy Spirit-governed life. It will always be pressing on to something more of the Lord. - T. Austin-Sparks

"Not that I have obtained, or am already made perfect...but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind... I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:12-14


A dead man or woman does not react to an offense. The truth is that the person who is offended by the words of others only proves that death to self has not been finished. - Alice Smith

Lord, I desire to be crucified to self so that I may live totally for You. Amen - William J. Seymour


Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com (New Studies Every Day)

Sunday School - August 7, 2011

Affirmation: I minister others into Christ, disciple them, and equip them to disciple others.

Each of us has a promised land for our lives. God's promises are key to us entering into the vision that God has given us. If you are in a desert God is ready to take you out! Time to move on from eating manna to eating the food that God freely gives in the promised land of your destiny! - John Belt

If you don't keep your mind renewed with the Word of God, you will serve anything that comes along that disturbs you, especially your body. - Norvel Hayes

"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind...." - Romans 12:2

Praise that flows from thanksgiving is described in Hebrews 13:15 as a "sacrifice." Praise should cost us something. Only then is it a proper response to the God who has given us the costly gift of His Son. - Bill Johnson

It is a stroke of satanic genius, and one of his most ancient devices, to persuade you piously to dedicate to God all that you presume to find good in the flesh, which God has condemned. -Ian Thomas

Affirmation: As I sit at the feet of Jesus I labor for the meat that He gives me which endures unto everlasting life.


One of the greatest mysteries is the wonder of Christ in us, the hope of glory. Believers who walk in the revelation of this reality walk in the fullness of truth with great power and authority and radiate the nature and character of Christ through His manifested glory. - Paul Keith Davis

In your daily routine, be sure to include a time for being quiet before the Lord and listening for Him to reveal His will for your life. - Jack Hayford

"The Lord is my light and my salvation....Psalm 27:1


Worship Him without having to know and see everything. Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need. - Francois Fenelon

I do not want merely to possess a faith; I want a faith that possesses me. - Charles Kingsley

Affirmation: I am becoming a passenger in the vehicle of His will, a vehicle in which He Himself is both captain and navigator.

What self-deception to expect to be in His heavenly kingdom in eternity, when we have resisted His claim to reign as Lord in our hearts here and now! - William Law

We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God's undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark who will carry us through tempestuous waters. - Joseph Prince

"...he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest..." - Hebrews 4:10,11

Any prayer that does not move us cannot move God. It is all a matter of power. Furthermore, as power is determined by pressure, all pressure comes with a purpose. - Watchman Nee

It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. - Lucretia Mott

Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Sunday School - July 24, 2011

Affirmation: On-going revelation and encounters with the power of God launch me into understanding of things I've never understood before.

God designed man to be led by his spirit, not driven by his environment. Man was intended to live through spiritual discernment , not physical senses. - Myles Munroe

The Great Commission is not the Great Suggestion. It is a draft, a call-up. It is a priority, the basic requirement of every church. We might ask this question: Has a church any right to exist if it does not carry out the purpose for which it exists? To be called to His service, to wear the livery of Christ, is the proudest honor a person can know. - Reinhard Bonnke

"I know your ways; you are neither hot nor cold. How I wish you were either not or cold! But because you are lukewarm, neither hot not cold, I will spit you out of my mouth." - Revelation 3:16

Become a "sponge" for new ideas that draw you closer to the Lord and His creative powers. - Steve Munsey

Heaven will be the endless portion of every man who has heaven in his soul. - Henry Ward Beecher

Affirmation: I must have my own revelation for the Father of who Jesus is. I refuse to settle for a shallow mental understanding of Him.

Learn how to demonstrate the Spirit of the Lord through your life not in word only, but in a demonstration of the Spirit that will cause people to declare that surely God is with you. - Keith Miller

Our passion and desperation for God occurs not once, but repeatedly and cyclically, as God continually turns our gaze toward eternity. The more our affections belong go God, the less satisfied we are with the world. Like Paul we begin to feel a longing to lead our hearts in pursuit of eternity. - Shawn Bolz

"Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling........so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." 2 Corinthians 5:2-4

We understand what Christ's redemption means. It is the bringing out of Christ IN YOU, until Christ in you is the One manifest -- manifest through yours eyes just as God was manifest through the eyes of Jesus; manifest through your touch just as God was manifest through Jesus. - John Lake

The level of prayer you are seeking is a prayer free from a wandering imagination and from reasoning. - Michael Molinos

Affirmation: As I study the scriptures I submit my spirit to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

How many spiritual strongholds will be shattered in your moment of Spirit-breathed passion? Have you asked the fire of God to consume you? Then break free from the spirit of intimidation and loose your passion for His presence. - Tommy Tenney

Every day brings to the Christian many hours in which he will be alone in an unchristian environment. These are the times of "testing". This is the test of true meditation and true Christian community. Has the Church served to make the individual free, strong, and mature, or has it made him weak and dependent? Has it taken him by the hand for a while in order that he may learn again to walk by himself, or has it made him uneasy and unsure. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Something is very definitely wrong if we do not know the will of God for our lives, because "He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness." (John 8:12) - Watchman Nee

Epaphras prayed that the Colossians might stand "perfect and complete in all the will of God (Col 4:12)." This is proof positive that, not only may we know the will of God, but that we may know "all" the will of God. - E. M. Bounds

Jesus, baptize me with Your Spirit that I might be empowered to serve You in all that I do. Amen - William J. Seymour (February 1906)

Sunday School - July 17, 2011

Affirmation: I reveal spiritual thoughts with spiritual words, as the Spirit leads me.

God only moves forward. And so does His call upon your life. - Dennis Cramer

There is a better fast to go on than a fast from food! We can learn to fast from our own thoughts and opinions. Many times we don't hear God because our minds are too full of our own thoughts. Jesus is our example. He lived a perpetual fast from His own thoughts and opinions. He emphasized this truth continually. - Steve Sampson

"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority (initiative); but the Father who dwells in Me does the works." - John 14:10

Does God speak to you? What are the blockages that keep you from listening to Him? - Alice Smith

You can unlock a man's whole life if you watch what words he uses most. Did you ever notice Christ's favorite words? If you have you must have been struck by two things -- their simplicity and their fewness. - Henry Drummond

Affirmation: I have an unrelenting hunger to watch the Kingdom break into this realm.

There is the danger and temptation to you, of drawing your minds into your business, and clogging them with it; so you can hardly do anything to the service of God. - George Fox

The "sword" in scripture is indicative of the Word of promise. Presently, we are attempting to battle the enemy with our promises. It is the Lord's intent to make us the promise. We are to become the Living Word (Romans 13:14). - Paul Keith Davis

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. - Romans 13:14

True Christianity sparks a flame in the human spirit. It ignites the heart with holy fervency for Jesus. - Mike Bickle

As the believer deepens in his abandonment to Christ, outward things (persecution, injustice,unfairness) are things no longer reacted to. - Jeanne Guyon

Affirmation: I am a co-laborer with Jesus in the Great Commission.

Jesus lost that Father-Son relationship when He was representing you and carrying your sins at the cross so that today, you can call God "Abba Father"! - Joseph Prince

Scripture often refers to us a "vessels" of the Lord (Jeremiah 18). The one thing about being living vessels is that we leak. We need refilling with water and food, joy and love, affirmation and communication. The same is especially true with the presence of the Lord in our lives through the Holy Spirit. The way we "Walk in the Spirit" is to be continually filled with the Spirit. - Che Ahn

"Let the Spirit direct your lives, and do not satisfy the desires of the human nature." - Galatians 5:16

He who would learn to pray well, must first study God's Word, and store it in his memory and thought. - E. M. Bounds

Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. -- C. S. Lewis



Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Wednesday Night Bible Study - July 13, 2011

1. Deeds, Claims, and Promises of Jesus
Read Mark Chapter 16

1. When Jesus was risen early on the __________day of
the week He appeard first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom
He cast out________________devils.


2. Go ye unto___________the world and preach the gospel
___________________.


3. To then that believe: they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall_________________.


4. So after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received
into___________, and sat on the_______________.


5. They went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them, and confirming the word with__________.


2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Matthew Chapter 16

Matthew 16:18 - On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Where precisely are the gates of hell? Where does the devil sit in power?

The mind is the gatekeeper of the Kingdom of God. It is the place of access, transition, and power. It follows that the gates of hell are set up in people's minds. Jesus made this clear:

Matthew 16:23 - But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."

He didn't say, "Peter, you devil worshiper!" He didn't say, "You are filled with all kinds of occult practices and deceits." He said, "Your mind is filled with the things of man."

The devil is empowered by human agreement. That mental posture was a gate from which satan was released to bring Peter's destruction.

Humanity without Christ at the center is satanic in nature. When you've been given the Spirit of God, you lose the privilege of claiming, "I'm only human." Paul rebukes the church at Corinth for behaving like mere men (1 Corinthians 3:3).

The gate of hell is in our minds any time we agree with a man-centered prespective or natural wisdom that does not know God. We empower demonic forces and become a gate to release his power to kill, steal, and destroy our lives.

Affirmation

I AM A GATEWAY FOR HEAVEN'S REALITY TO TAKE OVER EVERY PART OF MY LIFE, AND THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO I INFLUENCE, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL THE SPECIFIC SITUATION IS.


3. Dunamis Life

Philippians 1:28 -- Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose, and that you will win because it is God who gives you the victory.

Peace is spirit power.

Your peace, your immovable stand upon the word of God is a sign that you are positioned correctly in perfect submission to the will of God.

The very fact that you are not frightened by your adversary is a sign that you have authority over him.

Ephesians 2:14 -- For He Himself is our peace......

2 Thessalonians 3:16 -- May the Lord himself, who is our source of peace, give you peace at all times and in every way.

Into Action

How are you developing "spirit power" in your life today?

What is the biggest enemy in your life today?


4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/2qQX2uA


5. Quiz Answers - Mark Chapter 16

1. I Am, branches, abideth, fruit, nothing
2. Abide, works, ask
3. Joy, joy
4. Hateth
5. Comforter, me


Albert Finch
www.afministry.ning.com (New Studlies Every Day)

Sunday School - July 10, 2011

Affirmation: There is no adverse circumstance in my life that I cannot overcome with the God-kind of faith.

The whole of the New Testament, after the Gospels, has this one object: to get Christians to go on, and to go on to full growth -- into their eternal vocation -- their heavenly calling (the purpose of God for their lives). - T. Austin Sparks

We should pray because prayer is the most realistic thing in the world to do. It is our acknowledgment of reality, our right response to reality, our honesty with reality. - Peter Kreeft

With God's power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine. - Ephesians 3:20

You may have a strong impression that you simply know is from the Lord. When this happens you begin to experience a new realm of God's glory and manifest presence. From that, you have a new revelation of God. He is glory, and His presence causes the atmosphere around you to begin to change. It is like experiencing a little bit of heaven. - Chuck Pierce

How can we be sad, or hang our heads, or be distressed? Oh, if we only knew how rich we are! - Smith Wigglesworth

The church condemns violence, but it condemns indifference more harshly, Violence can be the expression of love, indifference never. - Graham Greene

Affirmation: I am dead to sin, dead to my former lusts, dead to this world, but alive unto God.

Acting in love when others are not acting in love toward you -- this is of the highest value to your soul. It is worth more than all the other works of faith you may have done, no matter how great they appear. - John of the Cross

In the meditative state rivers of living water will flow spontaneously from within us just as a natural river flows spontaneously from a spring. Characteristics of spontaneous flow include a sensitivity to and willingness to follow inner promptings, awareness of creative expression flowing within, and being uncomfortable living in "boxes". - Mark Virkler

"He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water." - John 7:38

We will never fully unite with Jesus unless we face the same disillusionment process as the disciples -- one of longing and disappointment in this world. If believers who profess love for God have never been through this inward longing, their love probably has not progressed very much. - Shawn Bolz

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. - C. S. Lewis

Affirmation: My highest purpose for this day is to walk with Him.

Jesus Christ operates through you. He does not operate independently of you. Man and God become united. Unless the spirit of man is truly joined to God, there is no such thing as real Christian manifestation. - John Lake

We must love Him with total disregard to dry spells and to times of spiritual abundance, otherwise we are built on sifting sand. - Jeanne Guyon

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. - 1 John 2:17

We must experience a breaking out of old mind-sets and blindness in order to break into the revelation of what is to be ours (2 Cor4:3,4). Barbara Yoder

Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered in anything short of God and His will for us. - Billy Graham

Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Wednesday Night Bible Study - July 6, 2011

1. Deeds, Claims, and Promises of Jesus
Read John Chapter 15

1. _______________the vine, you are the____________.
He that________in Me, and I in Him, the same bringeth
forth much_________; for without me you can do ______.


2. If you____________in me, and my_______________
abide in you, you shall ______________what you will, and
it shall be done unto you.


3. These things I have spoken to you that my__________
might remain in you, and that your_______________might
be full.


4. I have chosen you out of the world, therefore, the world
______________you.


5. When the ________________is come, whom I will send
unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of __________.



2. Inheritance In Christ
Read Matthew Chapter 11

Matthew 11:12 - Until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

THE PEOPLE JESUS MINISTERED TO WERE HEALED OR DELIVERED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH. FAITH MAY QUIETLY PRESS IN, OR IT MAY CRY OUT VERY LOUDLY, BUT IT IS ALWAYS VIOLENT IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. IT GRABS HOLD OF AN INVISIBLE REALITY AND WON'T LET GO. TAKING THE KINGDOM BY FAITH IS THE VIOLENT ACT THAT IS NECESSARY TO COME INTO WHAT GOD HAS MADE AVAILABLE.
EVERY BELIEVER HAS THE POWER OF HEAVEN BEHIND THEM. BUT IT IS OUR FAITH THAT CONNECTS WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT HAND. FAITH TAKES WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND MAKES IT ACTUAL.

Hebrews 4:12 - For the Word of God is living and powerful..........

For one who has faith in the Word of God, there is nothing impossible. There are no impossibilites when there is faith..........and there are no exceptions.......


Affirmations (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go Throughout the Day):

MY FAITH IN GOD'S WORD IS NOT JUST AN ABIDING FAITH; IT IS ACTIVE - IT IS AGRESSIVE BY NATURE. IT HAS FOCUS AND PURPOSE.

MY FAITH GRABS HOLD OF THE REALITY OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND FORCEFULLY AND VIOLENTLY BRINGS IT INTO A COLLISION WITH THIS NATURAL ONE.



3. Dunamis Life

THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR

Hebrews 11:1 -- Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.

As a title deed enables me to lay claim to property that belongs to me, so my faith enables me to lay claim to God's promises that belong to me.

Observation

If I build my faith -- my title deed -- on God's word, it won't matter if the devil hits my body, attacks my finances, or tries to steal my peace. I can kick him off my property because my faith will be the proof of ownership I need.

Nothing can stand in my way!
I build my house of faith and move in!

Into Action

What are you having faith for God to accomplish in your life today?

Write out 2 scriptures that will be giving you the required revelation to bring this to pass.


4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://bit.ly/lHAJDq


5. Quiz Answers - John Chapter 15

1. I am, branches, abideth, fruit, nothing
2. Abide, words, ask
3. Joy, joy
4. Hateth
5. Comforter, Me


Albert Finch
www.afministry.ning.com

Sunday School - July 3, 2011

Affirmation: I choose people to associate with who who are an encouragement to me. I ignore the critics and keep on acting in accordance with my God-given vision.

We are called to an eternal sense of "destiny". What God has made us places upon us an obligation to fulfill the purpose for which we were formed. - Reinhard Bonnke

Jesus, I am resting, resting In the joy of what Thou art; I am finding out the greatness Of Thy loving heart. - Jean Sophia Pigott

"Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." - Matthew 11:29

Imagine bringing a problem, wrapped in a "burden bundle," to the throne of Jesus. Picture Him reaching out and offering to take it. Does the picture include your being all too glad to turn it over to Him or do you imagine yourself hesitating? Remember that trust is a part of praise. - Jack Hayford

Whatever way His voice comes to you, it all bypasses the intellectual reasoning process, and is given to your spirit. (John 10:27) - Steve Sampson

Affirmation: I am a gateway for Heaven's reality to take over every part of my life, and the lives of people who I influence.

As we receive fresh divine revelation we are empowered to use that revelation as a key for breakthrough. - Sandie Freed

God did not intend the body to relate to the spiritual or supernatural world. Our five senses are all related to the natural, physical world. God never intended man to be controlled or limited by his physical body. You were not created to be intimidated by your environment. - Myles Munroe

Encourage one another and build each other up. - 1 Thessalonians 5:1

When a materialist encounters spiritual things, he has no box in which to put them. He either has to ignore them completely or explain them by natural means, like the bystanders who said God's voice was simply thunder (John 12, 28,29). - Bill Johnson

Isn't it worth the trouble to deny myself daily in order to meet God? - Andrew Murray

Affirmation: I must dig my own well. I must go deeper. I must have my own revelation from the Father of who Jesus is.

The Holy Spirit wants to use your life to manifest, prove, and confirm the reality of the unseen realm. - Keith Miller

Abraham and Moses weren't afraid to inquire. Jesus often asked people questions to get them to consider a better way of living and thinking. God loves believers who are willing to become great question askers. - Steve Munsey

"One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; ....to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple." - Psalm 27:4

The Lord is calling you to walk by faith in His Divine presence. With a simple vision of your Lord and with intense love toward Him -- like a child would have toward its mother -- cast yourself into the gentle bosom of your Lord. - Michael Molinos

Lord, as we gather in one accord waiting upon You, pour out Pentecost and revival upon us. Amen - William J. Seymour (May 1908)

Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning

Wednesday Night Bible Study - June 29, 2011

1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus
Read Matthew Chapter 13

1. The peoples heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes _____________have closed.


2. He that soweth the good seed is_________________;
the field is _____________; the good seed are the children
of the kingdom; but the _____________are the children of
the wicked one.


3. I will open my mouth in _____________________; I will
utter things which have _____________from the foundation
of the world. (Psalm 78:2)


4. The Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant who had found
one pearl of great price, went out and sold ______________
that he had, and ________________it.


5. When Jesus came into His own country they were
_______________at Him; and He did not many mighty
works because of their______________.


2. Inheritance in Christ
Read the Epistle of 2 Timothy

Paul wrote the second letter to his young missionary associate Timothy in A.D.66 -- about two years after he wrote 1 Timothy. Imprisioned for the second time in Rome, Paul expected to be executed at any time. There is a pathetic strain of loneliness running through the episitle, and it is not surprising the he was anxious to see Timothy, his son in the gospel, and to exhort him in his ministry.

Main Themes:

a. Reminds Timothy of his godly ancestry, and exhorts him to earnestness and courage.
b. A Christian minister requires determination, prayer, and commitment to holiness and righteousness in one's daily walk.
c. He counsels Timothy to "flee... youthful lusts" and to "follow righteousness, faith, charity, and peace.
d. Shun religious arguments and strange doctrines which eat into spiritual life and overthrow faith.
e. It should be the ambition of all to be "vessels" for the Masters use.
f. An appeal to Timothy to be steadfast in view of his spiritual opportunities and training in the scriptures.
g. Avoid foolish questions and strife -- patient treatment of opposers, with the hope that they will repent.
h. As the time for Jesus' return, draws near, evil will grow stronger, even within the fellowship of the church.


Affirmations: (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go throughout the Day)

God did not give me the spirit of fear but a spirit of power, of love and of self-dicipline. (2 Timothy 1:7)

For He saved me from all that is evil and called me to a life of holiness - not because of any of my achievements but for His own purpose. Before time began He planned to give me in Jesus Christ the grace to achieve this purpose. (2 Timothy 1:9)

The Lord grants me understanding in everything. (2 Timothy 2:7)

I convince, rebuke, and exhort others in the Word through teaching and patience. (2 Timothy 4:2)

I fight the good fight of faith, finish the race, and keep the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7)


3. Dunamis Life

Grabbing Hold Of The Reality

Hebrews 4:12 -- For the word of God is living and powerful............

For one who has faith in the word of God, there is nothing impossible. There are no impossibilities when there is faith....and there are no exceptions.....

Observation

My faith in God's word is not just an abiding faith; it is active -- it is aggressive by nature.

It has focus and purpose.

Faith grabs hold of the reality of the Kingdom and forcefully and violently brings it into a collision with this natural one.

An inferior kingdom cannot stand.

Matthew 11:12 -- And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Romans 10:17 -- So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Into Action

What vision has God put into your heart?


How are you violently applying your faith?



4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray, and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/4PKYIUU



5. Matthew Chapter 13 Quiz Answers

1. They
2. The Son of Man, the world, tares
3. Parables, been kept secret
4. All, bought
5. Offended, unbelief



Albert Finch
www.afministry.ning.com

Sunday School - June 26, 2011

Affirmation: My ever praising God transforms the negative assault of the enemy into a spring of sweet waters which refreshes me.

Begin your day by walking the floor & worshiping God. You've got to stir up the gift that's within you and get your mind functioning right. (2Tim1:6) - Norvel Hayes

Exercising faith to fulfill your call will always result in permanent spiritual results - "fruit which remains" measured by the lives you have dramatically changed. - Dennis Cramer

"You did not choose me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will last, Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name." - John 15:16

When we emphasize personal salvation more than a personal Savior, we are asking people to put their trust in an experience rather than in Jesus Christ. - Ros Rinker


Man is free, for he is in the image of divine liberty; and that is why he has the power to choose. - Paul Evdokimov

Affirmation: My identity is truly in the Lord Jesus Christ and my priestly calling is to minister and intercede for others on a daily basis.

It should be our goal every day to see the Lord more clearly, to be more occupied with Him so that He will more fully occupy our heart. - Rich Joyner

Fallow ground is ground which has once been tilled but which now lies waste. It needs to be broken up and mellowed before it is again ready to receive grain. Examine and note the state of your mind - see where you are. Go deep and turn the ground up so that it will all be mellow and soft. Then it will be ready to receive the seed and bear fruit a hundredfold. - Charles Finney

"And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain..." - Mark 4:9

When you ask yourself, "Do I have enough faith?" you have already put faith as a hindrance between you and Jesus' finished work. The more you focus on your faith, the more faith slips away. But if you focus on the finished work of Christ and see God's grace toward you, God sees that as faith! - Joseph Prince

Pride has a devilish quality that keeps us from sensing our need for God's grace. - Jim Cymbala

Affirmation: The power that I have been given to testify of the coming Kingdom is the power of life, which is more precious than anything I could ever possess on this earth.

It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted in the right place. I am devoted to things, to service, to convictions, and God may say what He likes but I do not hear Him. - Oswald Chambers

The disciples remembered the "facts" of the two miraculous feedings, but they had forgotten any spiritual lessons they might have learned. Likewise some people can quote scripture or remember what the sermon was about, but they can't perceive the spiritual life in the message. - Andrew Wommack

"And He said to them, "Do you not yet understand?" - Mark 8:21

Our expectation causes us to press into God, enter His presence, knowing He will go before us and open up the way. (Micah 2:13) - Barbara Yoder
Intercessors who become weary in their warfare would do well to remember that our victory is already assured. (Rom.16:20) - Dick Eastman

Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Wednesday Night Bible Study - June 22, 2011

1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus
Read John Chapter 8

1. Jesus told the woman caught in adultery that He did not
_________her and for her to go and _______no more.


2. Jesus said: I am the ___________of the world; He that
follows me shall not walk in___________, but shall have the
_____________of __________________.


3. Jesus told the Pharisees that they shall _____________
in the sins because they did not believe that he was the
___________________. (John 1:41)


4. Jesus said: Verily, verily I say unto you if a man keep my
words, he shall never see _____________________.


5. Jesus said: Whosoever commiteth___________is a
servant of ___________________.


6. Jesus said to the Pharisees: Verily, verily I say unto you
before Abraham was _________________.


2. Inheritance in Christ
Read The Epistle of Titus

Main Themes:

Paul wrote this epistle about A.D. 63 to his missionary associate Titus, whom he had sent to work with the church on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea. The residents of Crete were know for their depraved behavior. But Paul had confidence that Titus could handle the situation. In the second letter to the Corinthians, the apostle described Titus as a reliable, hardworking, and dependable leader.

In his letter to Titus, Paul instructed Titus to appoint leaders for the Cretan church, to discipline those who were teaching false doctrine, and to lead the believers to practice godly behavior. Nevertheless this epistle does not teach salvation by works.


Affirmations: (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go Throughout the Day)


As a priest unto God I further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth.
(Titus 1:1)

Through God's grace I give up everything that does not lead to God and renounce godless
ways and worldly desires. (Titus 2:12)

God poured out His Holy Spirit abundantly on me through Jesus Christ my Savior, so that by His grace I might be put right with God and come into posession of the eternal life I hope for. (Titus 3:6,7)


3. Dunamis Life

The Mind Of Christ


1 Corinthians 2:16 -- For who has know or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ, the Messiah, and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. (AMP)

First Corinthians 6:17 says that when you were joined to the Lord you became one spirit with Him. He came into union with you so that He can talk to your heart to heart -- His thoughs become your actions.

He wants you to walk so closely with Him that you never lack power to overcome the evil of this world, and feel His heart of compassion toward those that are hurting or afflicted with sickness and pain. He wants to be one with you, so He can reach out through your hands and fulfill His purposes in the earth.

Affirmations

I make a fresh commitment to walk in union with God.

I give my attention to His Spirit in my inner man.

I determine to yield to His voice and not the voices of the world or the flesh (senses)!

Into Action

What are you doing today to grow towards union with God?


4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray, meditate, and affirm the following: http://bit.ly/jfFG6O


5. Answers to Quiz


1. Condemn, sin
2. Light, darkness, light, life
3. Die, Messiah
4. Death
5. Sin, sin
6. I am

Sunday School - June 19, 2011

Affirmation: I base my prayers on God's word to bring me through difficulties and give me the victory that is mine.

The Holy Spirit may wake you up at 6:00 AM and tell you to go tell people about Jesus on the city block four streets down. What will your reaction be? - Norvel Hayes

Reality is not found in ritual. True faith is a river of life too powerful to be contained in the weak structures men have tried to construct. The true church is a source of power and life that no building or institution can contain. - Rick Joyner

We can mistakenly think that focusing our our lack and comparing ourselves to others is a posture of humility. Instead of focusing on God's greatness in our lives we are focusing ourselves. We are actually agreeing with the enemy by making our own problems bigger than God's promises. - Bill Johnson

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his great power." - Ephesians 6:10

Every painful event contains in itself a seed of growth and liberation. - Anthony de Mello

Affirmation: I stay in touch with God so that I am nourished in both life and vision.

If you do not forgive those who have hurt you, you will lose a measure of your capacity to love. God will use your forgiveness of others to make you like Christ. - Francis Frangipane

As our transformed heart becomes encased in the regularity of everyday life, we perceive that we are sent to make the all-embracing love of the Father known to people who hunger and thirst for love. - Henri Nouwen

"And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also." - 1 John 4:21


Most believers know precious little about priestly ministry beyond the veil. We have been mastering the art of "going to men" for God, but we've never mastered the art of "going to God" for men. - Alice Smith

God doesn't answer prayer, He answers desperate prayer! - Leonard Ravenhill

Affirmation: I cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.


God wants to break open the rivers of His counsel in the life of every believer. He wants us to walk in the boundless anointing of the Holy Spirit - all of the time. This river of life is for you, your life, your family, and your destiny. - Keith Miller

Prayer may well be defined as that force which vitalizes and energizes the Word of God, by taking hold of God, himself. By taking hold of the promiser, prayer reissues, and makes personal the promise. - E. M. Bounds

"Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me." - Isaiah 64:7

If Jesus would not rely on His perfect flesh but relied instead on the Holy Spirit, how much more ought we to depend on the Holy Spirit? - Watchman Nee

Holy Spirit, make of me a pure channel through which You will flow. Amen - William J. Seymour (May 1908)


Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Wednesday Night Bible Study - June 15, 2011

1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus
Read John Chapter 21


1. Not knowing what to do next, Simon Peter and 6 other
disciples decided to ____________________.


2. As they fished all night they caught________________.


3. Jesus_______________to them on shore and told them
what to do to ___________________.


4. This was the ____________time Jesus had appeared
to them.


5. Jesus told Peter __________times to________my sheep.


2. Inheritance in Christ
Read the epistle 2 Peter

The epistle was probably written from Rome just befor Peter's martyrdom in that city about A.D. 68.

Peter warns that false teachers from within the church will rise up in the future to lead believers astray. The church should be on guard against such heresies.

The second coming of Jesus and the final judgment (1 Thess. 4:13-17) will happen in God's own time. The fact that they haven't yet happened doesn't mean that God is slow or apathetic. Rather, He is loving and long-suffering waiting for others to respond to His offer of salvation. He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

While waiting for the Lord to return, Peter declares that believers should live as holy and godly people, continuing to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Thess. 3:6-15)


Affirmations (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go Throughout the Day):

He has granted to me His exceeding great and precious promises, that through these I might escape from the corruption that is in the world through lust and become a partaker of the devine nature. (II Peter 1:4)

I have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of God who has called me to glory and virtue. (II Peter 1:3)


3. Dunamis Life


SPEAKING FROM YOUR SPIRIT

2 Corinthians 4:13 -- We have the same spirit of faith as he (the psalmist) who wrote, 'I have believed and therefore have spoken.' We too believe, and therefore we speak.


To speak by faith is simply to speak words that agree with the word of God instead of the circumstances around you.... It's speaking from your spirit instead of from your mind.

The Bible tells us that God uses words to "call those things which be not as though they were" (Romans 4:17).

Affirmations

I speak the end result of what God's word tells me about my situation as opposed to the way it appears to the senses.

I stop "telling it like it is" and start speaking and believing the promises of God.

I put the power of God's word to work for me.

Proverbs 18:21 -- Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.


Into Action

Name two things in your life that you are believing God for that you cannot do yourself.

4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/4XUeLnq


5. Quiz Answers


1. Go fishing
2. Nothing
3. Appeared, catch fish
4. Third
5. Three, feed

Sunday School - June 12, 2011

Affirmation: I hunger for and receive revelation as a part of my everyday life. That revelation will help me cary out my earthly assignments with greater precision and wisdom.


It was in the consistent performance of Zacharias's duties that his "kairos" time of visitation came, and his prayer for a child (John the Baptist) was answered. Our faithfulness in serving in the portion God has given us and crying out to God for those barren places in our lives can be a catalyst to visitation - when we we least expect to hear from Him. - Chuck Pierce

If you want God's presence in your life, learn to be a praiser. Don't keep silent about His many benefits. Make it your purpose to find something new to sing to the Lord about every day. - Myles Munroe

"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.." - Psalm 103:2


Intercession is a daily service we owe to God and our brother. He who denies his neighbor the service of praying for him denies him the service of a Christian. Intercession is not general and vague but a matter of definite persons and definite difficulties and therefore definite petitions. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Petitionary prayer is rebellion against the world in its fallenness, the undying refusal to accept as normal what is pervasively abnormal. - Dwight Moody

Affirmation: Since I stay connected to God for the renewal of my purpose, faith, and strength - I will be able to persevere to victory.


Be open to His leading and make disciples. A baby Christian needs lots of love, affirmation, and direction. We have freely received His love and instruction, so let's freely give as He guides. - Patricial King

Your worship is not perfected when it leaves your lips. It's perfected when it enters His ears. Passion takes imperfect worship and prayers and perfects them in the ear of God. - Tommy Tenney

"Out of the mouths of babes...praise is perfected." - Matthew 21:16


God yearns and longs for us to pray more passionately than any earthly lover yearns for his beloved to turn her eyes and her attention to him. - Peter Kreeft

God does nothing but in answer to prayer - John Wesley

Affirmation: The Holy Spirit guides me unto all truth; He will inform me about what is to come.


A thought from God is not a part of your thinking process! When God drops or interjects a thought into your spirit, it has nothing to do with your thinking or rationalizing. He puts the thought into your spirit, bypassing the brain. - Steve Sampson

The inheritance is in you, something that is done for you, accomplished by God for you. A work of God wrought out for us by Himself, an inheritance incorruptible. You know your inheritance within you is more powerful than all that is without. - Smith Wigglesworth

"Who in His great mercy gave us new birth into a living hope by the resurrection. The inheritance to which we are born is one that nothing can destroy or spoil or wither. - 1 Peter 1:3,4


Let our worship "in Christ" - in "the beauty of Holiness" - remind us how His cleansing blood has touched us. Not only our tongues but our whole being - "washed in the blood of the Lamb"! - Jack Hayford

Lord, make me a tabernacle for Your Spirit like the tabernacle of old.Fill me with Your Shekinah glory. Amen - W. J. Seymour (December 1906)

Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Wednesday Night Bible Study - June 8, 2011

1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus.
Read John Chapters 19 & 20

1. Jesus said : Peace be unto you: as my Father has
__________me, even so I send _____________.


2. Then He breathed on them and said "Receive the
________________.


3. Jesus said: Whosoever sins you remit, they are
______________unto them: and whosoever sins you retain,
they are ___________________.


4. Thomas said: Except I shall see in His _________ the
print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His ____________,
I will not __________________.


5. And ________________other signs truly did Jesus in the
presence of His disciples which are not written in this_______.


6. These things have been written so that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that in that
__________you may have ___________through His name.


2. Inheritance in Christ
Read the epistle of 1 Peter

The letter is addressed to believers who had been scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Harassment from Roman officials had forced Christians to flee to these distant territories. Peter encouraged these suffering believers to follow the example of Christ. His persecution and death -- and subsequent resurrection -- provided assurance and hope of the future.

Some of the main themes of the epistle:

a. The basis of the believer's hope is Jesus Christ and His resurrection from the dead. He alone provides salvation and the promise of eternal life.

b. Jesus is the living stone who serves as the foundation for the faith of believers. Those who place their faith in Him are delivered from their sins. They become part of God's "royal priesthood, an holy nation" that bears witness of Him and His kingdom to others.

c. Believers are to use Jesus and His suffering to endure persecution for His sake with a willing and joyous spirit.

d. Respectful and humble behavior by wives might lead their unbelieving husbands to the Lord.

e. Believers are to be united in the Lord, to practice humility and love, and to resist the temptation to seek revenge against those who are causing them pain and suffering.

f. The reason for His suffering was "that He might bring us to God." He is now exalted at God's right hand. All earthly powers and authorities are subject to Him (Rev.19:1-6).

g. Peter appeals to believers to practice love and hospitality toward others, thus serving as "good stewards of the manifold grace of God."

h. It should not surprise Christians that they are called on to suffer persecution for their faith. According to Peter this is actually a badge of honor (Hebrews 12:3-11). Just as Christ's suffering was the prelude to His glorification with the Father, so it will be for all believers.

Affirmations (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go throughout the Day)

Christ personally bore my sins in His own body on the cross , so that I might cease to live for sin and begin to live for righteousness. It was the suffering which he bore which has healed me. (1 Peter 2:24)

I have received a spiritual gift to serve others faithfully, administering God’s grace. When I speak I speak words that seem to come from God; I help as though every order was done at God’s orders, so that in everything God may receive the glory through Jesus Christ since to Him belongs all glory and power for ever and ever. (1 Peter 4:10,11)


3. Dunamis Life


They Shall Be Filled

1 Corinthians 15:4,6 -- And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures. After that, He was seen of above five hundred brethern at once.


Before you can receive the fire of the Spirit, you must want it. Perhaps that is why only 120 appeared out of 500 brethern in the upper room.


Into Action


Name 3 things that you do daily to pursue the action of the Holy Spirit in your life.


4. The Deeper Life

Read, pray, and meditate on the following:
http://mltp.ly/4Ejlq8U


5. Quiz Answers


1. sent, you
2. Holy Spirit
3. remitted, retained
4. hands, side, believe
5. many, book
6, in faith, life

Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Sunday School - June 5, 2011

Affirmation: When my faith is challenged I fight the good fight of faith. I stay on course until the fight is finished.

What has imprisoned you from unleashing your God-given dreams? Only through forgiveness of offenses can we receive the faith to overcome barriers and move into a miracle-filled life. - Steve Munsey

Jesus waits for us to say what He is. Preach Him as the Savior and He saves. If you don't, He can't! Preach Him as a healer and He Heals. If you don't, He doesn't! Preach the gospel, and the gospel happens. - Reinhard Bonnke

"So then faith comes by what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ." - Romans 10:17


Eventually you may come to a place where you find yourself unable to go on with an intelligent prayer life -- you will begin to desire to lay aside such prayer. This inclination to lay aside a more outward prayer is the natural end of seeking, and hungering for something deeper. - Michael Molinos

When I feel how imperfect my prayer is, I may bow before God in the confidence that His Holy Spirit will teach me to pray. - Andrew Murray

Affirmation: I come into agreement with the Father to release me into the things He has predestined me for since before the beginning of the world.


If a person's identity is wrapped up in world pursuits (even noble ones), it will be easy to give in to a lesser love than God. Compromise occurs when we substitute God's offer with a less satisfying earthly role, lifestyle, or relationship. Substituting a person for God can be spiritually costly. - Shawn Bolz

Quietness is the incubator for the Spirit of revelation. Do you want to hear God better? Do you want to commune with Him more? Silence is golden indeed in which the Holy Spirit meets with the souls of his saints. - James Goll

"He leadeth me beside the still waters." - Psalm 23:2


When the supreme desire of your heart goes out to God, and all the spiritual energy of your nature and the powers of God come to you, there comes by the unconscious creative exercise of faith into being that which your soul calls for. Pray that you may become hungry. - John Lake

I wonder whether God could make us understand all that happened there at the cross. - A. W. Tozer

Affirmation: The deep things of God are revealed to me by His Spirit.


The question is, how much intimacy do we want? Just how passionate for Jesus do we want to be? We are the ones who set those limits,not God. - Mike Bickle

God wants you right now, in whatever area you are barren, to start rejoicing as if the fruit or yield you want to see has already come. He wants you to start thinking, speaking, and acting as if the barrenness is no more. - Joseph Prince

"Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor...." - Galatians 4:27


To hear from God is living with expectation toward Him. Expectation places a demand on the Holy Spirit. - Steve Sampson

Jesus, help me rejoice with others in the body, and comfort others when they suffer. Amen. - William J. Seymour (January 1907)


Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Sunday School - May 29, 2011

Affirmation: There is nothing more important in life than giving myself to my destiny - the purpose of God for my life.

God,I really want to see You more clearly. I really want to love You more dearly. And God, I really want to follow You more nearly, day by day. Amen - Che Anh

We deceive ourselves if we believe we can possess the inward reality without its having a profound effect on how we live. To attempt to arrange an outward life-style of simplicity without the inward reality leads to deadly legalism. - Richard Foster

"God made man simple; man's complex problems are of his own devising." - Ecclesiastes 7:30

The more we go on to learn about the Lord Jesus, the more impossible will life be, and situations become, on this earth. - T. Austin-Sparks

All the world is my parish. - John Wesley

Affirmation: I know it's not enough just to know God's will. I continue to seek the Lord until I know God's plan for accomplishing that will.

Paul mentioned in Ephesians 6:17 that the believer is to "take the helmet of salvation." This verse helps to show the need for the deliverance of the human mind. - Watchman Nee

Our new song is to be a song of all God has done for us. Truly, your most effective testimony is to brag to other people about what God has done for you this week. Tell people what He did just yesterday, or even this morning. Then your song will always be new. - Myles Munroe

"Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy." - Psalm 33:3


If your hopes are being disappointed just now, it means that they are being purified. - Oswald Chambers

Working in the vineyard, Working all the day, Never be discouraged, Only watch and pray. - Fanny Crosby

Affirmation: I am a living stone, built into the spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

God sent His Son to die for you. And Jesus gave you a blood-bought right to an abundant life full of meaning and purpose! He gave you a blood-bought right to walk in divine health all the days of your life! He gave you a blood-bought right to prosperity even when the economy goes down! - Joseph Prince

Praying sets him who prays to "walk circumspectly, redeeming the time"; enables him to "walk worthy of the vocation (destiny) wherewith he is called with all lowliness and meekness." - E. M. Bounds

"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is." - Ephesians 5:15,16

Unless I am on my knees I cannot live in His love. - Andrew Murray

To you, Oh, Lord, I sing a new song of praise, lifting up my voice in adoration and rejoicing. Amen -- William J. Seymour (January 1907)



Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Sunday School - May 22, 2011

Affirmation: I forget those things which are behind, and press toward the mark for the prize of the High calling of God in Christ Jesus.

God has given us something to do, He has given us a demonstration to make. If we do not make it, then we have nor more right to the claims that we make of being sons of God than the other people. If God be God, serve Him. - John Lake

Never judge God's love for you based on your unfavorable circumstances. No, look at the cross instead! The cross is the sure symbol of God's love for you. It is at the cross that "God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8) - Joseph Prince

"Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect." - 1 Peter 3:15,16

If you rely on your own reasoning and ability rather than on the virtue of submission to Jesus Christ, you will seldom attain wisdom. For God wills that we become perfectly obedient to Himself, and that we transcend mere reason on the wings of a burning love for Him. - Thomas a Kempis

I doubt that the world will ever take Christians seriously again until they are prepared to become fools for Christ's sake. - Colin Morris

Affirmation: I allow the seed of incredible potential within me to be released and display the glory of God to the world!

If you have never used your imagination to put yourself before God, begin to do it now. It is no use waiting for God to come; you must put your imagination away from the face of idols and look unto Him. Imagination is the greatest gift God has given us and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. - Oswald Chambers

We pray feebly because we live feebly. The stream of prayer cannot rise higher than the fountain of living. We simply cannot talk to God, strongly, intimately, and confidently unless we are living for him, faithfully and truly. - E. M. Bounds

"My zeal for God and His work burns hot within me." - Psalm 69:9


The true Church has no members but those of whom it can be said, "Christ in you, the hope of glory." And no man is outside the Church except as he is described in these terms, "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." - William Law

The greatest happiness of my life is that I am loved by the Lord Jesus and can fellowship with Him every day. - Andrew Murray

Affirmation: He has chosen me in Him before the foundation of the world, that I should be holy and without blame before Him in love.

God wants us to have no activity outside of Him. He wishes us to die to ourselves and be dependent on Him as though we cannot move without Him. - Watchman Nee

We need to move to our next place of glory. For that we must receive new revelation from God. If you are in a place of confusion, listen for God's voice to receive the necessary instructions that will bring new order to your life and circumstances. - Chuck Pierce

"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into His likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." - 2 Corinthians 3:18

We serve a God who talks. And when we hear what He is saying, it brings life to our bones, and strength to our spirit man. - Steve Sampson

Sanctify me, Lord, that I might be holy as You are holy. Amen - William J. Seymour (October 1906)


Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Sunday School - May 15, 2011

Affirmation: Through prayer I know His presence continually. I am called to be His dwelling place.

The central message of Christianity is: "What are you waiting for? Believe now in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything is finished. He has already taken care of your sins! This is the very essence of the crucifixion and the resurrection. - Ros Rinker

God, Himself, has given you a generous measure of faith. He has deposited within you the precious amount, degree, size, and portion necessary to fulfill your calling with great success. - Dennis Cramer

"Give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to Him to be used for righteous purposes." - Romans 6:13

You, beloved, live and operate in the supernatural realm! The Lord Jesus is with you 100 %! You are a successful person! -- Joseph Prince

Shake the dust from your past, and move forward in His promises -- Kay Arthur

Affirmation: I was created for glory. I am commissioned to be like Him, and He is glorious!

Never tell a person something can't be done, because God may have been waiting for centuries for someone ignorant enough to believe that the impossible could be possible. - Myles Munroe

Good feelings will not free us. Ecstatic experiences will not free us. Getting "high on Jesus" will not free us. Without a knowledge of the truth, we will not be free. - Richard Foster

"You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." - John 8:32

Information overload can become a huge barrier to your God-given dreams, leaving little time for intimacy and communication with the One who seeks to bring those seeds inside you to greatness. - Steve Munsey

Am I spending time in His presence? Everything depends on this. -- Andrew Murray

Affirmation: I present my body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is my reasonable service.

The Holy Spirit is given to make us witnesses, and His own work is to highlight the work of Christ and actuate it in human lives. If we want to move in the Spirit, we need to get into that kind of activity because that is what He is doing. - Reinhard Bonnke

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses .... to the end of the earth." - Acts 1:8

Those who intentionally ignore elements of Scripture that are outside of their experience and teach others to do the same rarely have the profound encounters with God and the corresponding miracles taking place in their lives. - Bill Johnson

Deeper prayer: A simple vision of God, seeing Him and loving Him (and very gently rejecting all the images which come into your mind). Everything within you is collected, centered and fixed wholly on Him. - Michael Molinos

The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in active life. -- Malcolm Muggeridge



Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com

Wednesday Night - Walking In The Spirit - May 11, 2011

Affirmation: My ever praising God transforms the negative assault of the enemy into a spring of sweet waters which refreshes me.

It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted in the right place. I am devoted to things, to service, to convictions, and God may say what He likes but I do not hear Him. - Oswald Chambers

When we emphasize personal salvation more than a personal Savior, we are asking people to put their trust in an experience rather than in Jesus Christ. - Ros Rinker

Exercising faith to fulfill your call will always result in permanent spiritual results - "fruit which remains" measured by the lives you have dramatically changed. - Dennis Cramer

"You did not choose me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will last, Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name." - John 15:16

Man is free, for he is in the image of divine liberty; and that is why he has the power to choose. - Paul Evdokimov

Affirmation: My identity is truly in the Lord Jesus Christ and my priestly calling is to minister and intercede for others on a daily basis.

It should be our goal every day to see the Lord more clearly, to be more occupied with Him so that He will more fully occupy our heart. - Rich Joyner

Fallow ground is ground which has once been tilled but which now lies waste. It needs to be broken up and mellowed before it is again ready to receive grain. Examine and note the state of your mind - see where you are. Go deep and turn the ground up so that it will all be mellow and soft. Then it will be ready to receive the seed and bear fruit a hundredfold. - Charles Finney

"And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain..." - Mark 4:9

When you ask yourself, "Do I have enough faith?" you have already put faith as a hindrance between you and Jesus' finished work. The more you focus on your faith, the more faith slips away. But if you focus on the finished work of Christ and see God's grace toward you, God sees that as faith! - Joseph Prince

Pride has a devilish quality that keeps us from sensing our need for God's grace. - Jim Cymbala

Affirmation: The power that I have been given to testify of the coming Kingdom is the power of life, which is more precious than anything I could ever possess on this earth.

Begin your day by walking the floor & worshiping God. You've got to stir up the gift that's within you and get your mind functioning right. (2Tim1:6) - Norvel Hayes

The disciples remembered the "facts" of the two miraculous feedings, but they had forgotten any spiritual lessons they might have learned. Likewise some people can quote scripture or remember what the sermon was about, but they can't perceive the spiritual life in the message. - Andrew Wommack

"And He said to them, "Do you not yet understand?" - Mark 8:21

Our expectation causes us to press into God, enter His presence, knowing He will go before us and open up the way. (Micah 2:13) - Barbara Yoder

Intercessors who become weary in their warfare would do well to remember that our victory is already assured. (Rom.16:20) - Dick Eastman

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Sunday School - May 8, 2011

Affirmation: I experience the victory that is mine as a citizen of the Kingdom.

Do not be like the theologian who after death was given the choice between going to Heaven or going to a lecture on Heaven and chose the lecture. - Peter Kreeft

The spirit of worship dies of familiarity. Let's not fear discovering a new place of worship. It will probably be more a new place in our hearts or attitudes, rather than to a new physical site; but we sometimes need to be pointed away from the worn valleys of our familiar ways to the mountain of God's assignment. - Jack Hayford

"Teach me your way, O Lord;....I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify Your name forevermore." - Psalm 86:11,12

Let Him birth the burden and the direction of prayer in your heart. You must pray your heart and not your head. - Steve Sampson

The way to begin healing the wounds of the world is to treasure the Infant Christ in us. - Caryll Houselander

Affirmation: I exhort others into Kingdom realities.

Our grasp of what is going on around us is warped by our episodes of pain - they create "filters" that muffle what we hear and see. Your filter will disqualify you; it will mute out any promise or commission from God that exceeds your preconceived limits. This negative cloud will delay and dilute God's voice to you. - Mario Murillo

We will be much better off if we spent more time building up our inner man that the outer. The Lord has invested "the riches of His glory" in our inner man, so how much more value should we give to it? - Rick Joyner

"That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strentghened with power through His Spirit in the inner man." Ephesians 3:15,16

God sometimes speaks to us by hiding truths in phrases, stories, riddles, and circumstances. This unique language from God is an invitation to enter His great adventure. - Bill Johnson

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible. - Corrie ten Boom

Affirmation: God has called me with a holy calling, not according to my works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to me in Christ Jesus before the world began.

"Adoration" is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask for nothing but to cherish Him. We seek nothing but his exaltation. We focus on nothing but His goodness. In the prayer of adoration we love God for Himself, for His very being, for His radiant Joy. - Richard Foster

Every member in the body of Christ has a ministry. No one who is born again is without a calling. We all have a function, or ministry, as a member of the body of Christ. - Markus Bishop

"Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these different graces of God, put yourselves at the service of others." - 1 Peter 4:10

Self is God's greatest enemy, because self always declares independence from Him. What is self? Whatever man possesses or is able to do without seeking, waiting on, or depending on God. - Watchman Nee

Spirit of God, pour out upon Your sons and daughters in our generation to prophesy in Jesus' name. Amen - William J. Seymour (January 1908)


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Sunday School - May 1, 2011

Affirmation: Wherever I go, and to wherever my influence extends, I bring the Kingdom of God into that place.

The great need of our time is for Christians to know what God has called them unto. - T. Austin-Sparks

When you lose anything to the locusts (Joel 2:25-26), you can still get it back. You can appropriate the promise that says everything the locust has eaten, God will restore. Then you can use your faith to start expecting it. Every time you speak of it, It will get closer. - Myles Munroe

"And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten....And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord , your God." (Joel 2:25-26)

Fasting reminds us that we are sustained "by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:A4). Food does not sustain us; God sustains us, In Christ, "All things hold together" (Col 1:17). Therefore, in experiences of fasting we are not so much abstaining from food as we are feasting on the word of God. Fasting is feasting! - Richard Foster

One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever. - Luis Palau

Affirmation: When I come to rest in Him, He will then move through me, and I will actually find rest and refreshment as He does it.

The Holy Spirit does not draw us so we can hang up a "Do Not Disturb" sign and sit in our little comfort zone singing love songs to Jesus the rest of our lives. As fellow heirs with Christ, we are drawn into intimacy, then empowered in ministry to bring others into their destiny in Christ Jesus. - Mike Bickle

You can never pray the prayer of faith if you look at the person who is needing it. There is only one place to look and this is to Jesus. - Smith Wigglesworth

"Holy brethren, who share in a heavenly call, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession." Hebrews 3:1


We can never just cry to God. We must also act. Prayer always leads to entering the fray. The movement of prayer is from God to neighbor. - Charles Ringma

Worldliness is that which cools my affection toward God - John Wesley

Affirmation: I put on, as the elect of God, Holy, and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

If you knew the length, breadth, height, and depth of His perfect love for you, would you still remain anxious, stressed, and worried? - Joseph Prince

In witnessing we work against the Holy Spirit when we try to make everybody feel happy. - Charles Finney

"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." - Luke 9:62


Paul allowed "crazy love" to rise up within his heart, which freed him from insecurity and fear of man. - Sean Smith

Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt. - St. Francis of Assisi


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Wednesday Night - Walking In The Spirit - April 20, 2011

Affirmation: The Kingdom of Heaven is in my neighborhood because I live there and the Kingdom of Heaven is in me.

I have purposed to try to live in such a way that nothing ever gets bigger than my consciousness of God's presence. - Bill Johnson

When bad situations hit us and we allow the facts to settle in our hearts, we end up feeling greatly troubled. But when we let the truths of God's Word settle them all, we will sense the Holy Spirit bearing witness to the truths that we are believing. He is the Spirit of truth. He is not the Spirit of facts and does not bear witness to facts. - Joseph Prince

"When the Spirit of truth comes he will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come." - John 16:13

When the battle is over and the victory has been won, do not say, "Look at what I have done through the Lord," but rather kneel at the foot of the cross and say, "Is it not wonderful that His grace and His faith should be manifested in me!" - Don Milam

I can do little, yet I am resolved through the grace of Christ, I will never give over the work, so long as I have legs to go. - John Eliot

Affirmation: I claim and assert now my authority over poverty, pain, suffering, and trouble as a son of the King of the universe.

Like a brave soldier, who, as the conflict grows more stern, exhibits a superior courage than in the earlier stages of the battle; so does the praying Christian, when delay and denial face him, increase his earnest asking, and ceases not until prayer prevails. - E. M. Bounds

Before you get to the church service, you are supposed to be praising God. Even before you get into the car, you are supposed to have had your own private praise service so that when you get with the rest of God's family, you are ready to ascend into God's presence with everybody else. - Myles Munroe

"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord." - Psalm 122:1

What an evangelism tool - imagine walking in such a deep flow of the Spirit of counsel that you receive words of knowledge for others. - Keith Miller

When His church is in a low state, and oppressed by her enemies, and cries to Him, He will swiftly fly to her relief, as birds fly at the cry of their young. - Jonathan Edwards

Affirmation: I put on the new man which is in the image of Christ who is bringing me to a full knowledge of himself.

A reason we may not pursue witnessing the Gospel to others is the fact that many of us want guaranteed results. Jesus never gave us such a guarantee. He never had one when He died on the cross. All that He is asking is that in obedience and love, we share the greatest news ever known. - Che Ahn

Your deepest aim should be to turn a deaf ear to self, while listening to God in silence. Say little and do much - without wondering if you have been noticed or not. - Francois Fenelon

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:3

There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we may be thinking, discussing, seeing, calculating, meeting all the demands of external affairs. But deep within, behind the scenes, at a profounder level, we may also be in prayer and adoration, song and worship, and a gentle receptiveness to divine breathings. - Thomas Kelly

You must not think to go to heaven on a feather-bed if you will be Christ's disciples, you must take up His cross; and it will make you passionate. - Thomas Hooker



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Sunday School - April 17, 2011

Affirmation: I persist in prayer with God until the substance of God's Kingdom is not merely a doctrine but a functional reality in my life.

As you respond by faith to your calling, initially you might feel insecure,vulnerable,fearful, and weak. Most men of God in the Bible who responded to there respective calls initially felt the same way. - Dennis Cramer

"God has given to each man a liberal measure of faith." - Romans 12:3

God has given you potential. Unless you make demands on it, you will die with it. - Myles Munroe

Like Paul, we must resist people-pleasing. Once satan identifies this weakness in people, he uses it against them to keep them ineffective. - Sean Smith

Now let us do something beautiful for God. - Mother Teresa

Affirmation: I determine that I am going to seek manna from heaven the first thing every day. I am drawn to the One who is the true manna.

The more a pastor teaches and preaches on the gifts of the Spirit, the more they will come into manifestation. - Norvel Hayes

True faith is not altered by disappointment; it is strengthened. It will always turn the bitter waters of disappointment into the sweet waters of advancement (Ex. 15:26). When disappointment results in complaining the destroyer of our faith has been released and our vision will become clouded. - Rick Joyner

"The Lord showed Moses a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet." - Exodus 15:25

Silence before the Word leads to right hearing and thus also to right speaking of the Word of God at the right time. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Prayer is an exercise of the spirit, as thought is of the mind. - Mary F. Smith

Affirmation: I am renewed in the spirit of my mind: and I put on the new man, which after God has created in righteousness and true holiness.

Leave the broken, irreversible past in God's hands, & step out into the invincible future with Him. - Oswald Chambers

Imagination often opens the door to faith. If God shows us a shattered marriage whole or a sick person well, it helps us to believe that it will be so. - Richard Foster

"My life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus"...- Acts 20:24

God is a dreamer and He is looking for people who will dream His dreams with Him. They think outside of man-made boxes and dare to forge ahead. - Bill Johnson

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but it's donation -- C. S. Lewis


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Wednesday Night Bible Study - April 13, 2011

1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus.
Read Matthew Chapter 1

1. From Abraham to King David are _______generations.
From King David to the Babylonian captivity are _____
generations.
From the Babylonian captivity to Christ are __________
generations.


2. Mary was found with child of the _______________.


3. Isaiah 7:14 says: "Behold a _________shall conceive,
and bear a son, and shall call His name _____________.


4. The name Jesus means: He who______________.


5. Joseph was led by________________________.


2. Inheritance in Christ
Read the Book of Philippians

Chapter 1
Paul's personal disclosure of his inner life and his attitude toward the church -- his chief concern is for the faithfulness of the church in the midst of her persecutions, to remain loyal to Christ.

Chapter 2
Paul encourages the Philippians to seek the mind of Christ and live holy and righteous lives in the midst of a selfish world.
Christ was God's Son -- fully divine -- but He came to earth in the form of a man -- fully human -- to bring salvation and eternal life to all who believe.

Chapter 3
Paul warns against the corrupting influence of the Jewish Christians who were teaching that the Jewish law must be kept before they could be Christians. Paul instructs that true righteousness comes only through faith in Jesus Christ.
We are to leave the past behind us.
We are to "Press Toward" the destiny God has called us to.

Chapter 4
Paul makes a personal appeal to steadfastness, unity, helpfulness, moderation, freedom from anxious care, prayerfulness, and avoidance of high thinking.


Affirmations (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go Throughout the Day):

Philippians 1:6 - God which has begun a good work in me, will carry it on completion until the day of Jesus Christ.


Philippians 1:11 - I am filled with the fruits of righteousness, which comes through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.


Philippians 2:5 - I have the mind of Christ Jesus.


Philippians 2:13 - God is always at work in me to make me willing and able to obey His own purpose.


Philippians 3:3 - I worship God in the Spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in anything external.


Philippians 3:9 - I am completely united with Christ, no longer counting on being saved by being good enough or by obeying God’s laws, but by trusting Christ to save me: for Gods way of making me right with Himself depends on faith - counting on Christ alone.


Philippians 3:10 - I know Christ and the power of His resurection and the fellowship of His sufferings.


Philippians 4:7 - The peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep my thoughts and my heart quiet and at rest as I trust in Christ Jesus.


Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.


Philippians 4:19 - God will supply all my needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.


Philippians 3:14 - I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.


3. Dunamis Life

Tearing Down Strongholds

2 Corinthians 10:4 -- For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

A stronghold is a satanic force that starts as a thought, then lays its foundation in a person's mind, builds itself up and makes its abode there.

You can't simply cast down a stronghold as you would cast down an evil thought or imagination. You need the word of God to become like a hammer in your life in order to tear down that stronghold and get it out of your system.

Hebrews 4:12 -- For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword.........

Proverbs 4:17 -- My son, attend to my words........

Proverbs 18:10 -- The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous run to it and are safe.

Questions To Ask Myself

What stronghold in my life needs to be demolished?

How can I get rid of a stronghold? By having a strong tower!
What word or words of God am I going to use for my strong tower?


4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray, and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/3bhduWc


5. Quiz Answers - Matther Chapter 1

1. Fourteen, fourteen, fourteen


2. Holy Spirit


3. Virgin, Emmanuel


4. Saves


5. The anger of the Lord



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Sunday School - April 10, 2011

Affirmations: The Word dictates what is in my heart. God gave me vision so I would not have to live by what I see.

Having faith in God means having faith that God is always what He has been. Whatever He does once shows what He is like forever. - Reinhard Bonnke

Unless we enter into our eternal identities (our destiny), we will not become instruments for noble purposes. We will not be useful to God. - Shawn Bolz

"We are workers together with God." - 2 Corinthians 6:1

The inner sense of compassion is one of the clearest indications from the Lord that this is a prayer project for you. - Richard Foster

The man of prayer finds his happiness in continually creating, searching, being with Christ. - Roger of Taize

Affirmations: The Lord wants me to rooted in Him, not rooted in my idea about Him.

We are all involved. To each of us comes this call: "Come follow me! Ye shall be witnesses unto me!" Each Christian has a story worth telling, and an opportunity to approach another person in a unique way. - Ros Rinker

Rather than the cry for security, we need to hear more of the cry for revelation. This cry is necessary simply because we are safer in the realm of God's way with us than in being encumbered in the way of the world. - Charles Ringma

"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him." - Ephesians 1:17

The further we go in Christ, the simpler we become, and the clearer our focus that Jesus is all. - James Goll

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger. - Albert Schweitzer

Affirmation: I thank God that he grants me according to the riches of His glory, that I am strengthened with might, by His Spirit, in my inner man.

When the worship leader or pastor steps up to a microphone and says, "It's time to pray," or "It's time to worship," we should know that in that moment the eternal law of sowing and reaping is activated. - Tommy Tenney

We are all anointed for the discipleship of new believers as we follow the Spirit's leading. - Patricia King

"It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." Philippians 2:13

God does not see us in ourselves - He sees is in Christ. He does not see us, He sees Christ in us. If we really believed that, we would be delivered from ourselves and would indeed be triumphant Christians. - T. Austin-Sparks

All life is growth. This is especially true of the spiritual life. It continually grows. To stand still, to look back is death. - Herbert Slade


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Sunday School - April 3, 2011

Affirmation: I realize that I am put here to do the will of God on earth as it is in Heaven.

We must be a burning and shining people who know where we are headed, fixing our eyes on our destiny, if we are going to awaken broken and disillusioned hearts! - Sean Feucht

When God give us less than we desire, it is not because He is teaching us poverty; He is teaching us thankfulness. - Francis Frangipane

You must develop an attitude where praise becomes your protection all the time as you bring God around you.Sometimes you are making melody to the Lord. Sometimes you may need to praise God in your mind. Whatever you are doing, you are just going through the whole day with God. - Myles Munroe

"I will praise thee forever...- Psalm 52:9

Silence is the simple stillness of the individual under the Word of God. We are silent after hearing the Word because the Word is still speaking and dwelling within us. We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is love that causes us to rise up from spiritual sleep and open ourselves to God. Love is the call; and love is the transforming power. - John of the Cross

Affirmation: My assignment as a believer on earth is to destroy the works of the devil.

It generally takes about five exposures to the Gospel message before a person accepts Christ; this is most easily done in the context of a friendship. - Che Ahn

At times there seems to be a stone wall in front of us. Everything seems as black as midnight, and there is nothing left but confidence in God; fidelity and confidence to believe that He will not fail, indeed cannot fail. - Smith Wigglesworth

"He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure." - Psalm 40:2

The heart of abiding faith "leans into God," anticipating His voice, looking for His next move. Like Jesus, we are to be able to say, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me." (John 4:34) - Bill Johnson

If I am to experience God's presence, I must engage in more definite and persevering prayer. - Andrew Murray

Affirmation: I mind the things of the spirit and do not walk after the flesh.

"A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized that prayer is listening. - Soren Kierkegaard

Silence those negative voices. Forget the cutting remarks of relatives. Dismiss the crippling theories of misguided counselors. Rebuke your self-doubt and turn off the broken record of your past failures. Let God redefine you. He alone decides your true potential. - Mario Murillo

"Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. - 2 Corinthians 5:17

How different would most of us be if we just spent as much time cleaning up, beautifying, and feeding our heart as we did our body? Rick Joyner

Tomorrow God isn't going to ask: What did you dream, think, plan, or preach? -- He's going to ask -- What did you do? - Michel Quoist


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Wednesday Night - "Walking In The Spirit" - March 30, 2011

Affirmation: Jesus calls me to a higher love, to embrace the burning and passionate heart of God.

We are working with God to determine the future! Certain things will happen in history if we pray rightly. We are to change the world by prayer. - Richard Foster

He is truly great, who is great in the love of God. He is truly learned, who renounces his own will for the will of God. - Thomas a Kempis

"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ...that I may win Christ." - Philippians 3:8

All throughout Scripture, God invites us to experience Him as we read the stories of His encounters with past saints. He invites us to "taste and see," responding to the invitation to know and be known by Him. - Bill Johnson

The purpose of revelation is restoration, the renewal in us of that likeness to God which man lost by sin. - Stephen Neill

Affirmation: My vision protects me from being misguided by good alternatives - It allows me to say no to lesser prospects, even if there are certain benefits to them.

A life without vision is a life that is destined to be a life without purpose. We must pursue a revelation of our God-given destiny. - John Belt

If you touch God, you can cause other people to touch Him also; but if you touch only the soul, you cause people to touch only you. - Watchman Nee

Importunate prayer is a mighty movement of the soul toward God. It is a passion of soul. It is the ability to hold on, press on, wait, and not give up. - E. M. Bounds

"Many scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" - Mark 10:48

Faith is able to move mountains, and it will move every on that stands in its way. True faith makes the road; it does not follow one. That is why true faith is true freedom; no shackle can be put on it. - Rick Joyner

I love to be alone in my cottage where I can spend much time in prayer. - David Brainerd

Affirmation: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Man needs to be saved from his own wisdom as much as from his own righteousness, for they produce one and the same corruption. - William Law

Jesus said to Peter -- "Feed My sheep." You have to be the nourishment for other souls until they learn to feed on God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and His sheep as well as for Himself. - Oswald Chambers

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations"... - Matthew 28:19

The transition from the earthly to the heavenly, from the natural to the life of faith, is a difficult passage - you believe that heaven can do what no one else can do. - T. Austin-Sparks

Faith is an active creative force. - J. H. Oldham



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