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
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Sunday School - March 27, 2011
Affirmation: I live and walk in the spirit.
Many people profess faith in God, yet they do not know Him. The reason is obvious - such a relationship costs more than most people are wiling to pay. - Shawn Bolz
Put you faith to work, preach the Word and God goes into action. That is the dynamic of the gospel. - Reinhard Bonnke
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. - Psalm 23:1
The word "want" in the 23rd Psalm carries a broader meaning than simply not lacking anything. It also carries the idea of being utterly contented in the Good Shepherd's care and consequently not craving or desiring anything more. - Phillip Keller
Every painful event contains in itself a seed of growth and liberation. - Anthony de Mello
Affirmation: There are some good people in my life who are "bad" for me because they're distracting me from the vision God has put in my heart.
Just as a new born needs nourishment and care, so do "new babes" in the Lord. God has called His Body not only to preach the gospel, but also to disciple new believers. - Patricia King
Sometimes we come to church and act is if we are afraid of disturbing God from His celestial slumber. We speak in hushed tones and express our rare episodes of praise with the spiritual equivalent of golf claps. - Tommy Tenney
"Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth." - Psalm 47:1,2
First Corinthians 12:7 says, "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit." It doesn't say, "Every man, except you." - Norvel Hayes
Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life. - Thomas Merton
Affirmation: My treasure is in Jesus. I love Jesus above all else.
God wants to bless you with the privilege of flowing in a river of godly counsel that will answer people's questions and unlock their destinies. - Keith Miller
I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer. - Martin Luther
"And in the morning, a great while before day, He rose and went out to a lonely place, and there He prayed." - Mark 1:35
The power of faith can be manifested in your life until men and angels will wonder. - Charles S. Price
Our task in life is to learn to bear God's "beams of love." - William Blake
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Many people profess faith in God, yet they do not know Him. The reason is obvious - such a relationship costs more than most people are wiling to pay. - Shawn Bolz
Put you faith to work, preach the Word and God goes into action. That is the dynamic of the gospel. - Reinhard Bonnke
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. - Psalm 23:1
The word "want" in the 23rd Psalm carries a broader meaning than simply not lacking anything. It also carries the idea of being utterly contented in the Good Shepherd's care and consequently not craving or desiring anything more. - Phillip Keller
Every painful event contains in itself a seed of growth and liberation. - Anthony de Mello
Affirmation: There are some good people in my life who are "bad" for me because they're distracting me from the vision God has put in my heart.
Just as a new born needs nourishment and care, so do "new babes" in the Lord. God has called His Body not only to preach the gospel, but also to disciple new believers. - Patricia King
Sometimes we come to church and act is if we are afraid of disturbing God from His celestial slumber. We speak in hushed tones and express our rare episodes of praise with the spiritual equivalent of golf claps. - Tommy Tenney
"Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth." - Psalm 47:1,2
First Corinthians 12:7 says, "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit." It doesn't say, "Every man, except you." - Norvel Hayes
Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful and fill it with life. - Thomas Merton
Affirmation: My treasure is in Jesus. I love Jesus above all else.
God wants to bless you with the privilege of flowing in a river of godly counsel that will answer people's questions and unlock their destinies. - Keith Miller
I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer. - Martin Luther
"And in the morning, a great while before day, He rose and went out to a lonely place, and there He prayed." - Mark 1:35
The power of faith can be manifested in your life until men and angels will wonder. - Charles S. Price
Our task in life is to learn to bear God's "beams of love." - William Blake
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Wednesday Night Bible Study - March 23, 2011
1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus.
Read Matthew Chapter 11
1. Jesus said to tell John the Baptist:
a. The _________receive their sight.
b. The _________walk.
c. The __________are cleansed.
b. The __________hear.
e. The ___________are raised up.
f. The __________have the gospel preached to them.
2. Jesus said "Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
_____________in me."
3. John the Baptist came neither ____________or
_______________.
4. Jesus was called______________and a ____________,
a friend of_________________and sinners.
5. Jesus said "come unto me all ye that ________________
and are __________, and I will give you ______________.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Book of 2 Corinthians
Chapters 1 and 2
Paul uses his experience of suffering to comfort the Corinthian believers. He had also experienced God as the source of comfort in his afflictions. He assures them that God will comfort them in their sufferings for the sake of the gospel.
Chapters 3 and 4
Paul claims to be a minister of the new covenant of grace, which is far superior to the old covenant of law. The sufferings he faced in living out his destiny in Christ were light, when compared with the glory God was storing up for him as an eternal reward.
Chapter 5
Pauls ministry is part of the divine plan where God sent His Son Jesus Christ to reconcile sinners to Himself through His atoning death on the cross. Paul reminded the Corinthian believers that all Christians, including himself, were "ambasadors for Christ." ( An ambassador is a representative or spokesman of a nation or its ruler.) Those who follow Christ are commissioned as His messengers to an unbelieving world.
Chapter 6
Paul wants them to understand that troubles and tribulations are a natural result of serving Christ.
He instructs that they are not to be "unequally yoked with unbelievers."
Chapters 8 and 9
Paul reminded the Corinthians of Jesus' example of giving His life unselfishly on their behalf. The love of Christ is the controlling motive for all giving.
Chapters 10 and 11
Paul warns against deceitful teachers who would lead the Corinthian believers to follow them rather than point the church to Christ.
He lists the various tribulations he has suffered as a minister of the gospel.
Chapters 12 and 13
Paul talks of a "thorn in the flesh" - the messenger of Satan (the Judaizers who were "buffeting" him wherever he went). After pleading with the Lord three times to take this problem away, he came to the revelation that God's power is made perfect in human weakness. Therefore servants of the Lord must depend on His never-failing strength.
Affirmations (Repeat and Meditaton on These as You Go Throughout the Day):
II Corinthians 3:18 - As the Spirit of the Lord works in me, I become more and more like Him.
II Corinthians 4:1 - Since God, in His mercy, has given me this wonderful ministry, I never give up.
II Corinthians 4:6 - For God who said “let the light shine out of darkness”, made His light shine in my heart to give me the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
II Corinthians 4:10 - Every day I experience something of the death of Jesus, so that I may also show the power of the life of Jesus in my body.
II Corinthians 4:18 - My eyes are fixed, not on the things that are seen, but on the things that are unseen: for what is seen passes away; what is unseen in eternal.
II Corinthians 5:15 - He died for me so that I who live - having received eternal life from Him - might live no longer for myself, to please myself; but to spend my life pleasing Christ who died and rose again for me.
II Corinthians 5:17 - Since I am ingrafted in Christ I am a new creature altogether: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
11 Corinthians 5:18 - God has given me the ministry of reconciliation, that through Jesus Christ, I might bring others into harmony with Him.
11 Corinthians 5:20 - I am an ambasador for Christ.
II Corinthians 5:21 - God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him I might become the righteousness of God.
II Corinthians 3:6 - I am a minister of the Spirit since God has made me fit and worthy and sufficient as a minister and dispenser of the new covenant.
II Corinthians 6:16 - I am the temple of the living God.
3. Dunamis Life
What Do You Mean, 'If You Can'?
Mark 9:23 -- "What do you mean, 'If you can'? said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes.
Faith is having a knowing on the inside. Faith knows you are healed even when you don't feel it yet.
Faith knows you're safe even when tragedy happens nearby. Faith knows you have peace even when everyone around you is afraid.
Faith doesn't deny the circumstances. Faith Believes in the Higher Truth of God's word in spite of the circumstances.
Mark 4:39 -- He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?"
Into Action
List 3 times in your life that you could have (or did) applied faith to.
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/3xscupi
5. Matthew Chapter 11 Quiz Answers
1. Blind, lame, leppers, deaf, dead, poor
2. Offended
3. Eating, Drinking
4. Gluttonus, winebibber, putlican
5. Labor, heaven laden, rest
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Read Matthew Chapter 11
1. Jesus said to tell John the Baptist:
a. The _________receive their sight.
b. The _________walk.
c. The __________are cleansed.
b. The __________hear.
e. The ___________are raised up.
f. The __________have the gospel preached to them.
2. Jesus said "Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
_____________in me."
3. John the Baptist came neither ____________or
_______________.
4. Jesus was called______________and a ____________,
a friend of_________________and sinners.
5. Jesus said "come unto me all ye that ________________
and are __________, and I will give you ______________.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Book of 2 Corinthians
Chapters 1 and 2
Paul uses his experience of suffering to comfort the Corinthian believers. He had also experienced God as the source of comfort in his afflictions. He assures them that God will comfort them in their sufferings for the sake of the gospel.
Chapters 3 and 4
Paul claims to be a minister of the new covenant of grace, which is far superior to the old covenant of law. The sufferings he faced in living out his destiny in Christ were light, when compared with the glory God was storing up for him as an eternal reward.
Chapter 5
Pauls ministry is part of the divine plan where God sent His Son Jesus Christ to reconcile sinners to Himself through His atoning death on the cross. Paul reminded the Corinthian believers that all Christians, including himself, were "ambasadors for Christ." ( An ambassador is a representative or spokesman of a nation or its ruler.) Those who follow Christ are commissioned as His messengers to an unbelieving world.
Chapter 6
Paul wants them to understand that troubles and tribulations are a natural result of serving Christ.
He instructs that they are not to be "unequally yoked with unbelievers."
Chapters 8 and 9
Paul reminded the Corinthians of Jesus' example of giving His life unselfishly on their behalf. The love of Christ is the controlling motive for all giving.
Chapters 10 and 11
Paul warns against deceitful teachers who would lead the Corinthian believers to follow them rather than point the church to Christ.
He lists the various tribulations he has suffered as a minister of the gospel.
Chapters 12 and 13
Paul talks of a "thorn in the flesh" - the messenger of Satan (the Judaizers who were "buffeting" him wherever he went). After pleading with the Lord three times to take this problem away, he came to the revelation that God's power is made perfect in human weakness. Therefore servants of the Lord must depend on His never-failing strength.
Affirmations (Repeat and Meditaton on These as You Go Throughout the Day):
II Corinthians 3:18 - As the Spirit of the Lord works in me, I become more and more like Him.
II Corinthians 4:1 - Since God, in His mercy, has given me this wonderful ministry, I never give up.
II Corinthians 4:6 - For God who said “let the light shine out of darkness”, made His light shine in my heart to give me the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
II Corinthians 4:10 - Every day I experience something of the death of Jesus, so that I may also show the power of the life of Jesus in my body.
II Corinthians 4:18 - My eyes are fixed, not on the things that are seen, but on the things that are unseen: for what is seen passes away; what is unseen in eternal.
II Corinthians 5:15 - He died for me so that I who live - having received eternal life from Him - might live no longer for myself, to please myself; but to spend my life pleasing Christ who died and rose again for me.
II Corinthians 5:17 - Since I am ingrafted in Christ I am a new creature altogether: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
11 Corinthians 5:18 - God has given me the ministry of reconciliation, that through Jesus Christ, I might bring others into harmony with Him.
11 Corinthians 5:20 - I am an ambasador for Christ.
II Corinthians 5:21 - God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him I might become the righteousness of God.
II Corinthians 3:6 - I am a minister of the Spirit since God has made me fit and worthy and sufficient as a minister and dispenser of the new covenant.
II Corinthians 6:16 - I am the temple of the living God.
3. Dunamis Life
What Do You Mean, 'If You Can'?
Mark 9:23 -- "What do you mean, 'If you can'? said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes.
Faith is having a knowing on the inside. Faith knows you are healed even when you don't feel it yet.
Faith knows you're safe even when tragedy happens nearby. Faith knows you have peace even when everyone around you is afraid.
Faith doesn't deny the circumstances. Faith Believes in the Higher Truth of God's word in spite of the circumstances.
Mark 4:39 -- He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?"
Into Action
List 3 times in your life that you could have (or did) applied faith to.
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/3xscupi
5. Matthew Chapter 11 Quiz Answers
1. Blind, lame, leppers, deaf, dead, poor
2. Offended
3. Eating, Drinking
4. Gluttonus, winebibber, putlican
5. Labor, heaven laden, rest
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Sunday School - March 20, 2011
Affirmation: When I thank Him I am honoring Him. I am thankful, regardless of what my life seems to be.
Praise is that element of celebration that can transport us into the throne room of God. Once we are in the throne room at His feet, we need to worship and adore Him. As we worship Him in that intimate place, He begins to reveal His glory to us. - Chuck Pierce
What action steps can you begin, right now, to move toward reaching your vision and destiny in Christ? - Steve Munsey
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." - Acts 20:24
When "crazy love" is upon an individual he will be uninhibited in his expression of faith. Crazy love allows you to stand and flow in the Spirit. - Sean Smith
He creates in you the desire to find Him and run after Him - to follow wherever He leads you, and to press peacefully against His heart. - John of the Cross
Affirmation: I walk in the spirit, I shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation, and despair. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God's will for us it to "pray without ceasing." He did not say "accept the difficulties." He said to pray, continue to rejoice, and remain vocally thankful. As you do, your circumstances will be established in victory! - Francis Frangipane
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
We think we have to have something great in our life before we can praise the Lord. David praised the Lord day in and day out. - even when things were boring and mundane. - Myles Munroe
The cry for more is a belittlement of what we must be and do and undermines the grace and providence of God in our lives. - Henri Nouwen
Affirmation: I dwell in Him and He is in me because He has given me of His Spirit.
Thank God, "It is finished", and I know that because it is finished , everything is mine -- things in heaven, things on earth, things under the earth. Jesus Christ is all power over all. He is in all. He is through all. Thank God, He is for all. - Smith Wigglesworth
Embrace the value of being a servant. Contrary to the world's view, we need to understand the high honor of servanthood. If you are called to any level of leadership, you especially need to embrace the call of being a servant first. - Che Ahn
"Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last." - Luke:13:30
A yielded imagination becomes a sanctified imagination; and it's the sanctified imagination that is positioned for visions and dreams. - Bill Johnson
Dwell in me, Oh, glory of the Living Spirit. Sanctify and cleanse my spirit and make me holy. Amen. - William J. Seymour (December 1906)
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Praise is that element of celebration that can transport us into the throne room of God. Once we are in the throne room at His feet, we need to worship and adore Him. As we worship Him in that intimate place, He begins to reveal His glory to us. - Chuck Pierce
What action steps can you begin, right now, to move toward reaching your vision and destiny in Christ? - Steve Munsey
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." - Acts 20:24
When "crazy love" is upon an individual he will be uninhibited in his expression of faith. Crazy love allows you to stand and flow in the Spirit. - Sean Smith
He creates in you the desire to find Him and run after Him - to follow wherever He leads you, and to press peacefully against His heart. - John of the Cross
Affirmation: I walk in the spirit, I shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation, and despair. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God's will for us it to "pray without ceasing." He did not say "accept the difficulties." He said to pray, continue to rejoice, and remain vocally thankful. As you do, your circumstances will be established in victory! - Francis Frangipane
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
We think we have to have something great in our life before we can praise the Lord. David praised the Lord day in and day out. - even when things were boring and mundane. - Myles Munroe
The cry for more is a belittlement of what we must be and do and undermines the grace and providence of God in our lives. - Henri Nouwen
Affirmation: I dwell in Him and He is in me because He has given me of His Spirit.
Thank God, "It is finished", and I know that because it is finished , everything is mine -- things in heaven, things on earth, things under the earth. Jesus Christ is all power over all. He is in all. He is through all. Thank God, He is for all. - Smith Wigglesworth
Embrace the value of being a servant. Contrary to the world's view, we need to understand the high honor of servanthood. If you are called to any level of leadership, you especially need to embrace the call of being a servant first. - Che Ahn
"Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last." - Luke:13:30
A yielded imagination becomes a sanctified imagination; and it's the sanctified imagination that is positioned for visions and dreams. - Bill Johnson
Dwell in me, Oh, glory of the Living Spirit. Sanctify and cleanse my spirit and make me holy. Amen. - William J. Seymour (December 1906)
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Friday, March 11, 2011
Sunday School - March 13, 2011
Affirmation: I do not depend on what I can do, but on what the Spirit of the Lord will do through my situation.
Giving thanks in the midst of an adverse situation, a difficulty intended to undermine your faith and destroy you, enables you to take hold of that situation and set it apart to God and His purposes. - Bill Johnson
The prince of this world is also known as the god of this age. The enemy attempts to block heaven's will from being done on Earth through a demonic hierarchy that is positioned between us and the third heaven. - Barbara Yoder
"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. - 2 Corinthians 4:4
A witness of Jesus Christ is one who knows Him and is interested in introducing Him to others. Any person who says, " I don't need to witness; I just let my life speak,' is self-righteous. - Ros Rinker
The cliche 'charity begins at home' has done more damage than any other in the English language - Trevor Huddleston (English missionary)
Affirmation: Instead of conforming to the image of the world I begin to conform to the image of the reborn Spirit within me which is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Are we prepared to set ourselves apart for the Holy Spirit's ministrations in us? - Oswald Chambers
The most telltale symptom of surrender to slavery is grumbling and complaining. The one who complains has lost the faith; he had already given up in his heart. - RicK Joyner
So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do. - Ephesians 5:17
Faith is where you take the biggest spiritual risks in your life, especially within your calling. Exercising faith is fundamentally a risk. Each and every time you "step out" within your call to obey God you take a risk. - Dennis Cramer
In you, Lord Jesus, I place my faith. I contend for the faith that moves mountains and touches the Father's heart. Revive me with miracle working faith. Amen - William J. Seymour (September 1906)
Affirmation: I see beyond my eyes and live for the unseen. My future is not ahead of me - it lies within me.
God has given you a skill or ability the world needs. He has been waiting for your birth. - Myles Munroe
How can you hear God speak, in His soft and tender way, when your hurried thoughts create a whirlwind within? Be quiet, and He will soon be heard. - Francois Fenelon
"For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation." - Psalm 62:1
The Spirit of God is calling us forth, taking the truths of time and eternity and using them to awaken us out of complacency. If our hunger for intimacy is ever to be satisfied, we must have Him whose affectionate love is far better than the best wine of earthly experiences and possessions. - Mike Bickle
Those who draw water from the wellspring of meditation know that God dwells close to their hearts. - Toyohiko Kagawa (Japanese evangelist)
Giving thanks in the midst of an adverse situation, a difficulty intended to undermine your faith and destroy you, enables you to take hold of that situation and set it apart to God and His purposes. - Bill Johnson
The prince of this world is also known as the god of this age. The enemy attempts to block heaven's will from being done on Earth through a demonic hierarchy that is positioned between us and the third heaven. - Barbara Yoder
"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. - 2 Corinthians 4:4
A witness of Jesus Christ is one who knows Him and is interested in introducing Him to others. Any person who says, " I don't need to witness; I just let my life speak,' is self-righteous. - Ros Rinker
The cliche 'charity begins at home' has done more damage than any other in the English language - Trevor Huddleston (English missionary)
Affirmation: Instead of conforming to the image of the world I begin to conform to the image of the reborn Spirit within me which is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Are we prepared to set ourselves apart for the Holy Spirit's ministrations in us? - Oswald Chambers
The most telltale symptom of surrender to slavery is grumbling and complaining. The one who complains has lost the faith; he had already given up in his heart. - RicK Joyner
So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do. - Ephesians 5:17
Faith is where you take the biggest spiritual risks in your life, especially within your calling. Exercising faith is fundamentally a risk. Each and every time you "step out" within your call to obey God you take a risk. - Dennis Cramer
In you, Lord Jesus, I place my faith. I contend for the faith that moves mountains and touches the Father's heart. Revive me with miracle working faith. Amen - William J. Seymour (September 1906)
Affirmation: I see beyond my eyes and live for the unseen. My future is not ahead of me - it lies within me.
God has given you a skill or ability the world needs. He has been waiting for your birth. - Myles Munroe
How can you hear God speak, in His soft and tender way, when your hurried thoughts create a whirlwind within? Be quiet, and He will soon be heard. - Francois Fenelon
"For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation." - Psalm 62:1
The Spirit of God is calling us forth, taking the truths of time and eternity and using them to awaken us out of complacency. If our hunger for intimacy is ever to be satisfied, we must have Him whose affectionate love is far better than the best wine of earthly experiences and possessions. - Mike Bickle
Those who draw water from the wellspring of meditation know that God dwells close to their hearts. - Toyohiko Kagawa (Japanese evangelist)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Wednesday Night Bible Study - March 9, 2011
1. Deeds, Claims and Promises of Jesus.
Read - John Chapter 1
1. ____________is the____________of God.
2. All things were made by______________.
3. In Jesus was life; and the life was the ______________
of men.
4. The world was made by ___________.
5. Since I have received Jesus I have been given the
power to become a _________________________.
6. _______________said I am the voice of one crying
in the ______________ "make straight the way of the Lord".
7. Andrew said to Simon; "we have found the __________"
which is being interpreted the ___________.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Book of 1 Corinthians
Chapter 1
Paul points out the need of cleansing the church from party divisions, man-worship, and glorying in worldly wisdom.
Chapter 2
Human beings cannot discover God's wisdom on their own. But God has given us His written Word that tells us about Him and His nature. The Holy Spirit enables us to interpret His written Word. These two gifts from God lead us to understand "the mind of Christ."
Chapter 3
Quarreling of the Corinthians over human leadership shows they are immature in their spiritual development. God, not human leaders, is the source of wisdom and spiritual growth.
Jesus is the foundation on which every believer's life should be built. Each believer is a temple of the Holy Spirit, a place where God dwells. Jesus should be the focus of our lives. In Him alone -- not human leaders -- should we place our trust.
Chapter 4
Paul gives an example of discipleship - where he discipled Timothy and now Timothy is discipiling others in the body of Christ.
Chapter 5
Paul deals with the problem of sexual sin. He advises the church to exercise discipline by expelling the unrepentant sinner.
We are not to judge non-believers and isolate ourselves from them. Rather, we are to bear our witness fo Jesus before them. But we are called to withdraw from fellow believers who continue in willful sin.
Chapter 6
Paul reminds the Church at Corinth to cleanse themselves from litigation between fellow believers. Paul declares that sexual relationships outside the bonds of marriage are a perversion of God's plan.
Chapter 7
Paul answers questions from the Corinthians on the nature and meaning of marriage.
Chapter 8
Paul discusses eating meat that has been offered to idols; ie. abstaining from eating such meat if the practice offended weaker Christians.
Chapter 9
Pauls example of the surrender of certain personal rights and liberties for the sake of winning men to Christ.
Chapter 10
Paul warns to stay away from idol worship. Our freedom in the Lord should not blind us to the fact that we must avoid certain activities that hinder our Christian witness before others. We bring glory to God when we seek the good of others, not our individual rights.
Chapter 11
The poor were being discriminated against in the Lord's Supper because they had no food to bring. This added to the problem of factions in the Church. The Corinthians were descrating the Lord's Supper by turning it into a feast.
Chapter 12
Paul addresses the issue spiritual gifts: speaking in tongues, prophecy, working of miracles etc.
Chapter 13
Love ranks above hope and faith. "Love never fails."
Chapter 14
Paul declares that prophecy is actually more important than speaking in tongues because it builds up and edifies the church. Also the importance of maintaining proper order in the public assemblies.
Chapter 15
The reality of the Risen Christ; faith's reality.
Chapter 16
Paul's closing instructions and salutations.
AFFIRMATIONS: (Repeat and Meditate on These As You Go Throughout the Day)
I Corinthians 1:4,5 - I have the grace of God which has been given to me by Jesus Christ. In union with Christ I have become rich in all things including all speech and knowledge.
I Corinthians 1:9 - God, being faithful, has joined me with His Son Jesus Christ.
I Corinthians 1:30 - By Gods act I am in Christ Jesus, for God has made Him my wisdom; He is my righteousness; in Him I am consecrated and set free.
I Corinthians 2:4 - My speech demonstrates the power of God’s Spirit in my life.
I Corinthians 2:5 - My faith stands firmly upon God, not on man’s great ideas.
I Corinthians 2:10 - By His Spirit, I have received the wisdom of God.
I Corinthians 2:12 - God has given me His Spirit, not the worlds spirit. So that I might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts of devine favor and blessings so freely and lavishly bestowed on me by God.
I Corinthians 2:14 - Since I live and dwell in the Spirit of God I receive things of the Spirit which the unspiritual man cannot understand.
I Corinthians 2:16 - I have the mind of Christ.
I Corinthians 3:16 - I am the temple of god and God’s spirit dwells in me.
I Corinthians 3:23 - I belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
3. Dunamis Life
Insensitivity To Spiritual Hearing
Hebrews 5:11 -- Concerning this we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have become dull in your (spiritual) hearing and sluggish (even slothful in achieving spiritual insight).
They were not in need of hearing aids; rather their inward man had digressed to become insensitive to spiritual things.
The Holy Spirit does not communicate to our head but to our spirit. You can be a believer for years and not develop your spirit.
Scripture tells us that John The Baptist "Grew and became strong in spirit". Regarding spiritual development, Paul told Timothy to give himself entirely to it "that your progress may be evident to all."
Luke 1:80 -- And the little boy grew and became strong in spirit.
Into Action
Write three affirmations based on this teaching.
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/8bU3L7y
5. John Chapter 1 Quiz Answers
1. Jesus, word
2. Jesus
3. Light
4. Jesus
5. Son of God
6. John the Baptist, wilderness
7. Messiah, Christ
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Read - John Chapter 1
1. ____________is the____________of God.
2. All things were made by______________.
3. In Jesus was life; and the life was the ______________
of men.
4. The world was made by ___________.
5. Since I have received Jesus I have been given the
power to become a _________________________.
6. _______________said I am the voice of one crying
in the ______________ "make straight the way of the Lord".
7. Andrew said to Simon; "we have found the __________"
which is being interpreted the ___________.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Book of 1 Corinthians
Chapter 1
Paul points out the need of cleansing the church from party divisions, man-worship, and glorying in worldly wisdom.
Chapter 2
Human beings cannot discover God's wisdom on their own. But God has given us His written Word that tells us about Him and His nature. The Holy Spirit enables us to interpret His written Word. These two gifts from God lead us to understand "the mind of Christ."
Chapter 3
Quarreling of the Corinthians over human leadership shows they are immature in their spiritual development. God, not human leaders, is the source of wisdom and spiritual growth.
Jesus is the foundation on which every believer's life should be built. Each believer is a temple of the Holy Spirit, a place where God dwells. Jesus should be the focus of our lives. In Him alone -- not human leaders -- should we place our trust.
Chapter 4
Paul gives an example of discipleship - where he discipled Timothy and now Timothy is discipiling others in the body of Christ.
Chapter 5
Paul deals with the problem of sexual sin. He advises the church to exercise discipline by expelling the unrepentant sinner.
We are not to judge non-believers and isolate ourselves from them. Rather, we are to bear our witness fo Jesus before them. But we are called to withdraw from fellow believers who continue in willful sin.
Chapter 6
Paul reminds the Church at Corinth to cleanse themselves from litigation between fellow believers. Paul declares that sexual relationships outside the bonds of marriage are a perversion of God's plan.
Chapter 7
Paul answers questions from the Corinthians on the nature and meaning of marriage.
Chapter 8
Paul discusses eating meat that has been offered to idols; ie. abstaining from eating such meat if the practice offended weaker Christians.
Chapter 9
Pauls example of the surrender of certain personal rights and liberties for the sake of winning men to Christ.
Chapter 10
Paul warns to stay away from idol worship. Our freedom in the Lord should not blind us to the fact that we must avoid certain activities that hinder our Christian witness before others. We bring glory to God when we seek the good of others, not our individual rights.
Chapter 11
The poor were being discriminated against in the Lord's Supper because they had no food to bring. This added to the problem of factions in the Church. The Corinthians were descrating the Lord's Supper by turning it into a feast.
Chapter 12
Paul addresses the issue spiritual gifts: speaking in tongues, prophecy, working of miracles etc.
Chapter 13
Love ranks above hope and faith. "Love never fails."
Chapter 14
Paul declares that prophecy is actually more important than speaking in tongues because it builds up and edifies the church. Also the importance of maintaining proper order in the public assemblies.
Chapter 15
The reality of the Risen Christ; faith's reality.
Chapter 16
Paul's closing instructions and salutations.
AFFIRMATIONS: (Repeat and Meditate on These As You Go Throughout the Day)
I Corinthians 1:4,5 - I have the grace of God which has been given to me by Jesus Christ. In union with Christ I have become rich in all things including all speech and knowledge.
I Corinthians 1:9 - God, being faithful, has joined me with His Son Jesus Christ.
I Corinthians 1:30 - By Gods act I am in Christ Jesus, for God has made Him my wisdom; He is my righteousness; in Him I am consecrated and set free.
I Corinthians 2:4 - My speech demonstrates the power of God’s Spirit in my life.
I Corinthians 2:5 - My faith stands firmly upon God, not on man’s great ideas.
I Corinthians 2:10 - By His Spirit, I have received the wisdom of God.
I Corinthians 2:12 - God has given me His Spirit, not the worlds spirit. So that I might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts of devine favor and blessings so freely and lavishly bestowed on me by God.
I Corinthians 2:14 - Since I live and dwell in the Spirit of God I receive things of the Spirit which the unspiritual man cannot understand.
I Corinthians 2:16 - I have the mind of Christ.
I Corinthians 3:16 - I am the temple of god and God’s spirit dwells in me.
I Corinthians 3:23 - I belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
3. Dunamis Life
Insensitivity To Spiritual Hearing
Hebrews 5:11 -- Concerning this we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have become dull in your (spiritual) hearing and sluggish (even slothful in achieving spiritual insight).
They were not in need of hearing aids; rather their inward man had digressed to become insensitive to spiritual things.
The Holy Spirit does not communicate to our head but to our spirit. You can be a believer for years and not develop your spirit.
Scripture tells us that John The Baptist "Grew and became strong in spirit". Regarding spiritual development, Paul told Timothy to give himself entirely to it "that your progress may be evident to all."
Luke 1:80 -- And the little boy grew and became strong in spirit.
Into Action
Write three affirmations based on this teaching.
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/8bU3L7y
5. John Chapter 1 Quiz Answers
1. Jesus, word
2. Jesus
3. Light
4. Jesus
5. Son of God
6. John the Baptist, wilderness
7. Messiah, Christ
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Sunday School - March 6, 2011
Affirmation: I am a child of the Most High God, and heir of God, a Joint-heir with Jesus and have the right to enter the holy of holies.
The more you believe and confess that God's favor is on you, the more you will see His favor work for you. - Joseph Prince
Receive His love. Press, and keep pressing into His heart, until you have pressed the image of His invisible nature into the substance of your soul. - John of the Cross
Ask God for the rock to pour out a river of counsel in your life. Imagine rivers of oil - not just a little vial, but rivers. - Keith Miller
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." - Psalm 119:105
Jesus alone can make atonment because he is the atonement - the "at-onement" of God and man. - Gonville Beytagh
Affirmation: I don't let up in prayer until I have the assurance in my spirit that every barrier is broken and ever area of bondage has been abolished.
What is Christianity but Christ living His resurrected life through the members of His body which is the Church. - William Law
In prayer, fire is the motive power. Religious principles which do not emerge in flame, have neither force nor effect. Fervency is the soul of prayer. - E. M. Bounds
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." - James 5:16
He didn't bring us out of Egypt to camp out in the wilderness, but to take us into the promised land of ever-expanding life. - Bill Johnson
Because many are more eager to acquire much learning than to live well they often go astray, and bear little or no fruit. - Thomas a Kempis
Affirmation: As a follower of Jesus I treat everything else as lesser in comparison to Him, the greater.
Our calling is a heavenly calling, unto a heavenly life: not after this life, but NOW. - T. Austin-Sparks
In the process of finding your impact you will find yourself, because nothing defines you as completely as your God-given mission. - Mario Murillo
At times our whole nature is infilled and inspired by the life from God - This should be the normal life of the Christian who is joined to God every day and all the time. - John Lake
Jesus said, "In the same way that you, Father, gave me a mission in the world, I give them (my followers) a mission in the world." - John 17:18
Jesus, I desire all that Your Spirit has for me. I trust Your Word. Humble me so that I may receive all. Amen. - William J. Seymour (December 1906)
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
The more you believe and confess that God's favor is on you, the more you will see His favor work for you. - Joseph Prince
Receive His love. Press, and keep pressing into His heart, until you have pressed the image of His invisible nature into the substance of your soul. - John of the Cross
Ask God for the rock to pour out a river of counsel in your life. Imagine rivers of oil - not just a little vial, but rivers. - Keith Miller
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." - Psalm 119:105
Jesus alone can make atonment because he is the atonement - the "at-onement" of God and man. - Gonville Beytagh
Affirmation: I don't let up in prayer until I have the assurance in my spirit that every barrier is broken and ever area of bondage has been abolished.
What is Christianity but Christ living His resurrected life through the members of His body which is the Church. - William Law
In prayer, fire is the motive power. Religious principles which do not emerge in flame, have neither force nor effect. Fervency is the soul of prayer. - E. M. Bounds
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." - James 5:16
He didn't bring us out of Egypt to camp out in the wilderness, but to take us into the promised land of ever-expanding life. - Bill Johnson
Because many are more eager to acquire much learning than to live well they often go astray, and bear little or no fruit. - Thomas a Kempis
Affirmation: As a follower of Jesus I treat everything else as lesser in comparison to Him, the greater.
Our calling is a heavenly calling, unto a heavenly life: not after this life, but NOW. - T. Austin-Sparks
In the process of finding your impact you will find yourself, because nothing defines you as completely as your God-given mission. - Mario Murillo
At times our whole nature is infilled and inspired by the life from God - This should be the normal life of the Christian who is joined to God every day and all the time. - John Lake
Jesus said, "In the same way that you, Father, gave me a mission in the world, I give them (my followers) a mission in the world." - John 17:18
Jesus, I desire all that Your Spirit has for me. I trust Your Word. Humble me so that I may receive all. Amen. - William J. Seymour (December 1906)
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Wednesday Night Bible Study - March 2, 2011
1. Deeds, Claims, and Promises of Jesus.
Read Luke Chapter 8
1. In the parable of the sower the seed is______________.
2. After rebuking the wind and calming the raging of the
water, Jesus said unto them: Where is your____________.
3. After Jesus cast the demons out of the madman of
Gadara He told him to ______________to his own house
and____________how great things God had done unto him.
4. Jesus said to the woman with the issue of blood:
"Daughter be of good confort; your__________has made
you____________, go in peace."
5. Before he raised the ruler of the synagogue's daughter
from the dead He told him:__________not____________
only and she shall be made whole.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Ehpesians Chapters 4-6
Chapter 4
Paul encourages them to express through their actions the underlying unity that exists in the body of Christ -- this calls for patience and humility.
God in His wisdom has given many different abilities to the people in His church. They exercise their abilities as apostles, prophets, evengelists, pastors, and teachers. All these abilities are needed if the church is to function properly.
Chapter 5
Paul calls on the Ephesians to "put on the new man" and walk circumspectly, filled with the Holy Spirit.
Chapter 6
Paul urges the Epesians to put on the spiritual armour and to get ready to "stand against the wiles of the devil."
Affirmations: (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go Throughtout the Day)
Ephesians 3:19 - Since I am coming to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, I have the richest measure of the Divine presence and am filled and flooded with God Himself.
Ephesians 3:20 - God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that I ask or think, according to the power that works in me.
Ephesians 4:6 - I trust the one God and Father of us all, who is above all, pervading all, and living in me.
Ephesians 6:16 - Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith we shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God.
Ephesians 6:18 - I pray on every occasion as the Spirit leads; keeping alert and never giving up; praying always for all God’s people.
3. Dunamis Life
PRODUCING THE MIRACLE
John 15:7,8 -- "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples."
Some are willing to spend hours in prayer asking for a miracle instead of planting the word of God in their hearts, which in time would produce the miracle. Prayer is what water and fertilizer are to a seed. They help the word release it's life.
But if you haven't planted the seed, it doesn't matter how much water and fertilizer you apply, the soil still won't produce fruit. It's the seed that has life.
Matthew 13:23 -- "The one who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word and understands it; who accordingly bears fruit"........."
Hebrews 4:12 -- For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword..........
INTO ACTION
Write three affirmations based on this teaching.
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following:
http://mltp.ly/2B2eY8E
5. Luke Chapter 8 Quiz Answers
1. The Word of God
2. Faith
3. Return, show
4. Faith, whole
5. Fear not, believe only
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Read Luke Chapter 8
1. In the parable of the sower the seed is______________.
2. After rebuking the wind and calming the raging of the
water, Jesus said unto them: Where is your____________.
3. After Jesus cast the demons out of the madman of
Gadara He told him to ______________to his own house
and____________how great things God had done unto him.
4. Jesus said to the woman with the issue of blood:
"Daughter be of good confort; your__________has made
you____________, go in peace."
5. Before he raised the ruler of the synagogue's daughter
from the dead He told him:__________not____________
only and she shall be made whole.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Ehpesians Chapters 4-6
Chapter 4
Paul encourages them to express through their actions the underlying unity that exists in the body of Christ -- this calls for patience and humility.
God in His wisdom has given many different abilities to the people in His church. They exercise their abilities as apostles, prophets, evengelists, pastors, and teachers. All these abilities are needed if the church is to function properly.
Chapter 5
Paul calls on the Ephesians to "put on the new man" and walk circumspectly, filled with the Holy Spirit.
Chapter 6
Paul urges the Epesians to put on the spiritual armour and to get ready to "stand against the wiles of the devil."
Affirmations: (Repeat and Meditate on These as You Go Throughtout the Day)
Ephesians 3:19 - Since I am coming to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, I have the richest measure of the Divine presence and am filled and flooded with God Himself.
Ephesians 3:20 - God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that I ask or think, according to the power that works in me.
Ephesians 4:6 - I trust the one God and Father of us all, who is above all, pervading all, and living in me.
Ephesians 6:16 - Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith we shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God.
Ephesians 6:18 - I pray on every occasion as the Spirit leads; keeping alert and never giving up; praying always for all God’s people.
3. Dunamis Life
PRODUCING THE MIRACLE
John 15:7,8 -- "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples."
Some are willing to spend hours in prayer asking for a miracle instead of planting the word of God in their hearts, which in time would produce the miracle. Prayer is what water and fertilizer are to a seed. They help the word release it's life.
But if you haven't planted the seed, it doesn't matter how much water and fertilizer you apply, the soil still won't produce fruit. It's the seed that has life.
Matthew 13:23 -- "The one who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word and understands it; who accordingly bears fruit"........."
Hebrews 4:12 -- For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword..........
INTO ACTION
Write three affirmations based on this teaching.
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following:
http://mltp.ly/2B2eY8E
5. Luke Chapter 8 Quiz Answers
1. The Word of God
2. Faith
3. Return, show
4. Faith, whole
5. Fear not, believe only
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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