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
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
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
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
Monday, June 20, 2011
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
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
Saturday, June 18, 2011
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
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
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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
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
Saturday, June 11, 2011
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
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, June 8, 2011
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
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
Saturday, June 4, 2011
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
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
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