Sunday, May 27, 2012
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Sunday School - August 14, 2011
Affirmation: The Word says I can hear God's voice and I believe it - I do hear the voice of God!
Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible for other souls spiritually before God? - Oswald Chambers
Jesus wore the crown of thorns on His head so that you can have a sound mind free from fears, guilt, depression, anxieties and stress. - Joseph Prince
>"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? - Romans 8:32
Who do you need Jesus to be at this time in your life? Do you need Him as your physical healer? Then define Him as Jesus, My Healer. Do you need Him to be your provider? Then call Him Jesus, My Provider. If you need Him to restore a relationship then call Him Jesus, My Restorer. Invite a well-defined Jesus into your circumstance and your circumstance will begin to yield to His presence. - Garris Elkins
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility. - Jonathan Edwards
Affirmation: Nothing's wrong with God, nothing's wrong with the Word and nothing's wrong with me! I am going to receive my miracle!
How and what we communicate has the potential to change the atmosphere, creating the context for people to be released to their destiny. Therefore our communication skills must come under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Done correctly, our words are able to release the presence of God. - Bill Johnson
Our pride and self-confidence keep us from God's help; the clamor of our many ideas and desires drown the whisper of the still small voice of God. Indeed, in God's eyes, the best of human successes are still "wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked." - Francis Frangipane
"For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked." Revelation 3:17
Remember that all the things of this world are transitory. All things are passing, and yourself with them. See that you do not cling to them, lest you become entangled and perish with them. - Thomas a Kempis
By perseverance the snail reached the ark. - Charles Spurgeon
Affirmation: Extravagant worship is my lifestyle.
God is looking for a people of faith. Jesus asked the question, "Will the Son of Man find faith on the earth when He returns in His glory?" We want to be found with a faith in God that is active and living. Passivity has no value in the Kingdom of God. God calls us to be actively engaging our faith by taking steps out into the unknown. - John Belt
Spiritual discontentment is the nature of a truly Holy Spirit-governed life. It will always be pressing on to something more of the Lord. - T. Austin-Sparks
"Not that I have obtained, or am already made perfect...but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind... I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:12-14
A dead man or woman does not react to an offense. The truth is that the person who is offended by the words of others only proves that death to self has not been finished. - Alice Smith
Lord, I desire to be crucified to self so that I may live totally for You. Amen - William J. Seymour
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com (New Studies Every Day)
Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible for other souls spiritually before God? - Oswald Chambers
Jesus wore the crown of thorns on His head so that you can have a sound mind free from fears, guilt, depression, anxieties and stress. - Joseph Prince
Who do you need Jesus to be at this time in your life? Do you need Him as your physical healer? Then define Him as Jesus, My Healer. Do you need Him to be your provider? Then call Him Jesus, My Provider. If you need Him to restore a relationship then call Him Jesus, My Restorer. Invite a well-defined Jesus into your circumstance and your circumstance will begin to yield to His presence. - Garris Elkins
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility. - Jonathan Edwards
Affirmation: Nothing's wrong with God, nothing's wrong with the Word and nothing's wrong with me! I am going to receive my miracle!
How and what we communicate has the potential to change the atmosphere, creating the context for people to be released to their destiny. Therefore our communication skills must come under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Done correctly, our words are able to release the presence of God. - Bill Johnson
Our pride and self-confidence keep us from God's help; the clamor of our many ideas and desires drown the whisper of the still small voice of God. Indeed, in God's eyes, the best of human successes are still "wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked." - Francis Frangipane
"For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked." Revelation 3:17
Remember that all the things of this world are transitory. All things are passing, and yourself with them. See that you do not cling to them, lest you become entangled and perish with them. - Thomas a Kempis
By perseverance the snail reached the ark. - Charles Spurgeon
Affirmation: Extravagant worship is my lifestyle.
God is looking for a people of faith. Jesus asked the question, "Will the Son of Man find faith on the earth when He returns in His glory?" We want to be found with a faith in God that is active and living. Passivity has no value in the Kingdom of God. God calls us to be actively engaging our faith by taking steps out into the unknown. - John Belt
Spiritual discontentment is the nature of a truly Holy Spirit-governed life. It will always be pressing on to something more of the Lord. - T. Austin-Sparks
"Not that I have obtained, or am already made perfect...but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind... I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:12-14
A dead man or woman does not react to an offense. The truth is that the person who is offended by the words of others only proves that death to self has not been finished. - Alice Smith
Lord, I desire to be crucified to self so that I may live totally for You. Amen - William J. Seymour
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com (New Studies Every Day)
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Sunday School - August 7, 2011
Affirmation: I minister others into Christ, disciple them, and equip them to disciple others.
Each of us has a promised land for our lives. God's promises are key to us entering into the vision that God has given us. If you are in a desert God is ready to take you out! Time to move on from eating manna to eating the food that God freely gives in the promised land of your destiny! - John Belt
If you don't keep your mind renewed with the Word of God, you will serve anything that comes along that disturbs you, especially your body. - Norvel Hayes
"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind...." - Romans 12:2
Praise that flows from thanksgiving is described in Hebrews 13:15 as a "sacrifice." Praise should cost us something. Only then is it a proper response to the God who has given us the costly gift of His Son. - Bill Johnson
It is a stroke of satanic genius, and one of his most ancient devices, to persuade you piously to dedicate to God all that you presume to find good in the flesh, which God has condemned. -Ian Thomas
Affirmation: As I sit at the feet of Jesus I labor for the meat that He gives me which endures unto everlasting life.
One of the greatest mysteries is the wonder of Christ in us, the hope of glory. Believers who walk in the revelation of this reality walk in the fullness of truth with great power and authority and radiate the nature and character of Christ through His manifested glory. - Paul Keith Davis
In your daily routine, be sure to include a time for being quiet before the Lord and listening for Him to reveal His will for your life. - Jack Hayford
"The Lord is my light and my salvation....Psalm 27:1
Worship Him without having to know and see everything. Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need. - Francois Fenelon
I do not want merely to possess a faith; I want a faith that possesses me. - Charles Kingsley
Affirmation: I am becoming a passenger in the vehicle of His will, a vehicle in which He Himself is both captain and navigator.
What self-deception to expect to be in His heavenly kingdom in eternity, when we have resisted His claim to reign as Lord in our hearts here and now! - William Law
We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God's undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark who will carry us through tempestuous waters. - Joseph Prince
"...he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest..." - Hebrews 4:10,11
Any prayer that does not move us cannot move God. It is all a matter of power. Furthermore, as power is determined by pressure, all pressure comes with a purpose. - Watchman Nee
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. - Lucretia Mott
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Each of us has a promised land for our lives. God's promises are key to us entering into the vision that God has given us. If you are in a desert God is ready to take you out! Time to move on from eating manna to eating the food that God freely gives in the promised land of your destiny! - John Belt
If you don't keep your mind renewed with the Word of God, you will serve anything that comes along that disturbs you, especially your body. - Norvel Hayes
"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind...." - Romans 12:2
Praise that flows from thanksgiving is described in Hebrews 13:15 as a "sacrifice." Praise should cost us something. Only then is it a proper response to the God who has given us the costly gift of His Son. - Bill Johnson
It is a stroke of satanic genius, and one of his most ancient devices, to persuade you piously to dedicate to God all that you presume to find good in the flesh, which God has condemned. -Ian Thomas
Affirmation: As I sit at the feet of Jesus I labor for the meat that He gives me which endures unto everlasting life.
One of the greatest mysteries is the wonder of Christ in us, the hope of glory. Believers who walk in the revelation of this reality walk in the fullness of truth with great power and authority and radiate the nature and character of Christ through His manifested glory. - Paul Keith Davis
In your daily routine, be sure to include a time for being quiet before the Lord and listening for Him to reveal His will for your life. - Jack Hayford
"The Lord is my light and my salvation....Psalm 27:1
Worship Him without having to know and see everything. Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need. - Francois Fenelon
I do not want merely to possess a faith; I want a faith that possesses me. - Charles Kingsley
Affirmation: I am becoming a passenger in the vehicle of His will, a vehicle in which He Himself is both captain and navigator.
What self-deception to expect to be in His heavenly kingdom in eternity, when we have resisted His claim to reign as Lord in our hearts here and now! - William Law
We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God's undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark who will carry us through tempestuous waters. - Joseph Prince
"...he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest..." - Hebrews 4:10,11
Any prayer that does not move us cannot move God. It is all a matter of power. Furthermore, as power is determined by pressure, all pressure comes with a purpose. - Watchman Nee
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. - Lucretia Mott
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Sunday School - July 24, 2011
Affirmation: On-going revelation and encounters with the power of God launch me into understanding of things I've never understood before.
God designed man to be led by his spirit, not driven by his environment. Man was intended to live through spiritual discernment , not physical senses. - Myles Munroe
The Great Commission is not the Great Suggestion. It is a draft, a call-up. It is a priority, the basic requirement of every church. We might ask this question: Has a church any right to exist if it does not carry out the purpose for which it exists? To be called to His service, to wear the livery of Christ, is the proudest honor a person can know. - Reinhard Bonnke
"I know your ways; you are neither hot nor cold. How I wish you were either not or cold! But because you are lukewarm, neither hot not cold, I will spit you out of my mouth." - Revelation 3:16
Become a "sponge" for new ideas that draw you closer to the Lord and His creative powers. - Steve Munsey
Heaven will be the endless portion of every man who has heaven in his soul. - Henry Ward Beecher
Affirmation: I must have my own revelation for the Father of who Jesus is. I refuse to settle for a shallow mental understanding of Him.
Learn how to demonstrate the Spirit of the Lord through your life not in word only, but in a demonstration of the Spirit that will cause people to declare that surely God is with you. - Keith Miller
Our passion and desperation for God occurs not once, but repeatedly and cyclically, as God continually turns our gaze toward eternity. The more our affections belong go God, the less satisfied we are with the world. Like Paul we begin to feel a longing to lead our hearts in pursuit of eternity. - Shawn Bolz
"Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling........so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." 2 Corinthians 5:2-4
We understand what Christ's redemption means. It is the bringing out of Christ IN YOU, until Christ in you is the One manifest -- manifest through yours eyes just as God was manifest through the eyes of Jesus; manifest through your touch just as God was manifest through Jesus. - John Lake
The level of prayer you are seeking is a prayer free from a wandering imagination and from reasoning. - Michael Molinos
Affirmation: As I study the scriptures I submit my spirit to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
How many spiritual strongholds will be shattered in your moment of Spirit-breathed passion? Have you asked the fire of God to consume you? Then break free from the spirit of intimidation and loose your passion for His presence. - Tommy Tenney
Every day brings to the Christian many hours in which he will be alone in an unchristian environment. These are the times of "testing". This is the test of true meditation and true Christian community. Has the Church served to make the individual free, strong, and mature, or has it made him weak and dependent? Has it taken him by the hand for a while in order that he may learn again to walk by himself, or has it made him uneasy and unsure. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Something is very definitely wrong if we do not know the will of God for our lives, because "He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness." (John 8:12) - Watchman Nee
Epaphras prayed that the Colossians might stand "perfect and complete in all the will of God (Col 4:12)." This is proof positive that, not only may we know the will of God, but that we may know "all" the will of God. - E. M. Bounds
Jesus, baptize me with Your Spirit that I might be empowered to serve You in all that I do. Amen - William J. Seymour (February 1906)
God designed man to be led by his spirit, not driven by his environment. Man was intended to live through spiritual discernment , not physical senses. - Myles Munroe
The Great Commission is not the Great Suggestion. It is a draft, a call-up. It is a priority, the basic requirement of every church. We might ask this question: Has a church any right to exist if it does not carry out the purpose for which it exists? To be called to His service, to wear the livery of Christ, is the proudest honor a person can know. - Reinhard Bonnke
"I know your ways; you are neither hot nor cold. How I wish you were either not or cold! But because you are lukewarm, neither hot not cold, I will spit you out of my mouth." - Revelation 3:16
Become a "sponge" for new ideas that draw you closer to the Lord and His creative powers. - Steve Munsey
Heaven will be the endless portion of every man who has heaven in his soul. - Henry Ward Beecher
Affirmation: I must have my own revelation for the Father of who Jesus is. I refuse to settle for a shallow mental understanding of Him.
Learn how to demonstrate the Spirit of the Lord through your life not in word only, but in a demonstration of the Spirit that will cause people to declare that surely God is with you. - Keith Miller
Our passion and desperation for God occurs not once, but repeatedly and cyclically, as God continually turns our gaze toward eternity. The more our affections belong go God, the less satisfied we are with the world. Like Paul we begin to feel a longing to lead our hearts in pursuit of eternity. - Shawn Bolz
"Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling........so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." 2 Corinthians 5:2-4
We understand what Christ's redemption means. It is the bringing out of Christ IN YOU, until Christ in you is the One manifest -- manifest through yours eyes just as God was manifest through the eyes of Jesus; manifest through your touch just as God was manifest through Jesus. - John Lake
The level of prayer you are seeking is a prayer free from a wandering imagination and from reasoning. - Michael Molinos
Affirmation: As I study the scriptures I submit my spirit to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
How many spiritual strongholds will be shattered in your moment of Spirit-breathed passion? Have you asked the fire of God to consume you? Then break free from the spirit of intimidation and loose your passion for His presence. - Tommy Tenney
Every day brings to the Christian many hours in which he will be alone in an unchristian environment. These are the times of "testing". This is the test of true meditation and true Christian community. Has the Church served to make the individual free, strong, and mature, or has it made him weak and dependent? Has it taken him by the hand for a while in order that he may learn again to walk by himself, or has it made him uneasy and unsure. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Something is very definitely wrong if we do not know the will of God for our lives, because "He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness." (John 8:12) - Watchman Nee
Epaphras prayed that the Colossians might stand "perfect and complete in all the will of God (Col 4:12)." This is proof positive that, not only may we know the will of God, but that we may know "all" the will of God. - E. M. Bounds
Jesus, baptize me with Your Spirit that I might be empowered to serve You in all that I do. Amen - William J. Seymour (February 1906)
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Sunday School - July 17, 2011
Affirmation: I reveal spiritual thoughts with spiritual words, as the Spirit leads me.
God only moves forward. And so does His call upon your life. - Dennis Cramer
There is a better fast to go on than a fast from food! We can learn to fast from our own thoughts and opinions. Many times we don't hear God because our minds are too full of our own thoughts. Jesus is our example. He lived a perpetual fast from His own thoughts and opinions. He emphasized this truth continually. - Steve Sampson
"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority (initiative); but the Father who dwells in Me does the works." - John 14:10
Does God speak to you? What are the blockages that keep you from listening to Him? - Alice Smith
You can unlock a man's whole life if you watch what words he uses most. Did you ever notice Christ's favorite words? If you have you must have been struck by two things -- their simplicity and their fewness. - Henry Drummond
Affirmation: I have an unrelenting hunger to watch the Kingdom break into this realm.
There is the danger and temptation to you, of drawing your minds into your business, and clogging them with it; so you can hardly do anything to the service of God. - George Fox
The "sword" in scripture is indicative of the Word of promise. Presently, we are attempting to battle the enemy with our promises. It is the Lord's intent to make us the promise. We are to become the Living Word (Romans 13:14). - Paul Keith Davis
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. - Romans 13:14
True Christianity sparks a flame in the human spirit. It ignites the heart with holy fervency for Jesus. - Mike Bickle
As the believer deepens in his abandonment to Christ, outward things (persecution, injustice,unfairness) are things no longer reacted to. - Jeanne Guyon
Affirmation: I am a co-laborer with Jesus in the Great Commission.
Jesus lost that Father-Son relationship when He was representing you and carrying your sins at the cross so that today, you can call God "Abba Father"! - Joseph Prince
Scripture often refers to us a "vessels" of the Lord (Jeremiah 18). The one thing about being living vessels is that we leak. We need refilling with water and food, joy and love, affirmation and communication. The same is especially true with the presence of the Lord in our lives through the Holy Spirit. The way we "Walk in the Spirit" is to be continually filled with the Spirit. - Che Ahn
"Let the Spirit direct your lives, and do not satisfy the desires of the human nature." - Galatians 5:16
He who would learn to pray well, must first study God's Word, and store it in his memory and thought. - E. M. Bounds
Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. -- C. S. Lewis
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
God only moves forward. And so does His call upon your life. - Dennis Cramer
There is a better fast to go on than a fast from food! We can learn to fast from our own thoughts and opinions. Many times we don't hear God because our minds are too full of our own thoughts. Jesus is our example. He lived a perpetual fast from His own thoughts and opinions. He emphasized this truth continually. - Steve Sampson
"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority (initiative); but the Father who dwells in Me does the works." - John 14:10
Does God speak to you? What are the blockages that keep you from listening to Him? - Alice Smith
You can unlock a man's whole life if you watch what words he uses most. Did you ever notice Christ's favorite words? If you have you must have been struck by two things -- their simplicity and their fewness. - Henry Drummond
Affirmation: I have an unrelenting hunger to watch the Kingdom break into this realm.
There is the danger and temptation to you, of drawing your minds into your business, and clogging them with it; so you can hardly do anything to the service of God. - George Fox
The "sword" in scripture is indicative of the Word of promise. Presently, we are attempting to battle the enemy with our promises. It is the Lord's intent to make us the promise. We are to become the Living Word (Romans 13:14). - Paul Keith Davis
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. - Romans 13:14
True Christianity sparks a flame in the human spirit. It ignites the heart with holy fervency for Jesus. - Mike Bickle
As the believer deepens in his abandonment to Christ, outward things (persecution, injustice,unfairness) are things no longer reacted to. - Jeanne Guyon
Affirmation: I am a co-laborer with Jesus in the Great Commission.
Jesus lost that Father-Son relationship when He was representing you and carrying your sins at the cross so that today, you can call God "Abba Father"! - Joseph Prince
Scripture often refers to us a "vessels" of the Lord (Jeremiah 18). The one thing about being living vessels is that we leak. We need refilling with water and food, joy and love, affirmation and communication. The same is especially true with the presence of the Lord in our lives through the Holy Spirit. The way we "Walk in the Spirit" is to be continually filled with the Spirit. - Che Ahn
"Let the Spirit direct your lives, and do not satisfy the desires of the human nature." - Galatians 5:16
He who would learn to pray well, must first study God's Word, and store it in his memory and thought. - E. M. Bounds
Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. -- C. S. Lewis
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Wednesday Night Bible Study - July 13, 2011
1. Deeds, Claims, and Promises of Jesus
Read Mark Chapter 16
1. When Jesus was risen early on the __________day of
the week He appeard first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom
He cast out________________devils.
2. Go ye unto___________the world and preach the gospel
___________________.
3. To then that believe: they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall_________________.
4. So after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received
into___________, and sat on the_______________.
5. They went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them, and confirming the word with__________.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Matthew Chapter 16
Matthew 16:18 - On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Where precisely are the gates of hell? Where does the devil sit in power?
The mind is the gatekeeper of the Kingdom of God. It is the place of access, transition, and power. It follows that the gates of hell are set up in people's minds. Jesus made this clear:
Matthew 16:23 - But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
He didn't say, "Peter, you devil worshiper!" He didn't say, "You are filled with all kinds of occult practices and deceits." He said, "Your mind is filled with the things of man."
The devil is empowered by human agreement. That mental posture was a gate from which satan was released to bring Peter's destruction.
Humanity without Christ at the center is satanic in nature. When you've been given the Spirit of God, you lose the privilege of claiming, "I'm only human." Paul rebukes the church at Corinth for behaving like mere men (1 Corinthians 3:3).
The gate of hell is in our minds any time we agree with a man-centered prespective or natural wisdom that does not know God. We empower demonic forces and become a gate to release his power to kill, steal, and destroy our lives.
Affirmation
I AM A GATEWAY FOR HEAVEN'S REALITY TO TAKE OVER EVERY PART OF MY LIFE, AND THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO I INFLUENCE, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL THE SPECIFIC SITUATION IS.
3. Dunamis Life
Philippians 1:28 -- Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose, and that you will win because it is God who gives you the victory.
Peace is spirit power.
Your peace, your immovable stand upon the word of God is a sign that you are positioned correctly in perfect submission to the will of God.
The very fact that you are not frightened by your adversary is a sign that you have authority over him.
Ephesians 2:14 -- For He Himself is our peace......
2 Thessalonians 3:16 -- May the Lord himself, who is our source of peace, give you peace at all times and in every way.
Into Action
How are you developing "spirit power" in your life today?
What is the biggest enemy in your life today?
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/2qQX2uA
5. Quiz Answers - Mark Chapter 16
1. I Am, branches, abideth, fruit, nothing
2. Abide, works, ask
3. Joy, joy
4. Hateth
5. Comforter, me
Albert Finch
www.afministry.ning.com (New Studlies Every Day)
Read Mark Chapter 16
1. When Jesus was risen early on the __________day of
the week He appeard first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom
He cast out________________devils.
2. Go ye unto___________the world and preach the gospel
___________________.
3. To then that believe: they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall_________________.
4. So after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received
into___________, and sat on the_______________.
5. They went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them, and confirming the word with__________.
2. Inheritance in Christ
Read Matthew Chapter 16
Matthew 16:18 - On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Where precisely are the gates of hell? Where does the devil sit in power?
The mind is the gatekeeper of the Kingdom of God. It is the place of access, transition, and power. It follows that the gates of hell are set up in people's minds. Jesus made this clear:
Matthew 16:23 - But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
He didn't say, "Peter, you devil worshiper!" He didn't say, "You are filled with all kinds of occult practices and deceits." He said, "Your mind is filled with the things of man."
The devil is empowered by human agreement. That mental posture was a gate from which satan was released to bring Peter's destruction.
Humanity without Christ at the center is satanic in nature. When you've been given the Spirit of God, you lose the privilege of claiming, "I'm only human." Paul rebukes the church at Corinth for behaving like mere men (1 Corinthians 3:3).
The gate of hell is in our minds any time we agree with a man-centered prespective or natural wisdom that does not know God. We empower demonic forces and become a gate to release his power to kill, steal, and destroy our lives.
Affirmation
I AM A GATEWAY FOR HEAVEN'S REALITY TO TAKE OVER EVERY PART OF MY LIFE, AND THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO I INFLUENCE, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL THE SPECIFIC SITUATION IS.
3. Dunamis Life
Philippians 1:28 -- Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose, and that you will win because it is God who gives you the victory.
Peace is spirit power.
Your peace, your immovable stand upon the word of God is a sign that you are positioned correctly in perfect submission to the will of God.
The very fact that you are not frightened by your adversary is a sign that you have authority over him.
Ephesians 2:14 -- For He Himself is our peace......
2 Thessalonians 3:16 -- May the Lord himself, who is our source of peace, give you peace at all times and in every way.
Into Action
How are you developing "spirit power" in your life today?
What is the biggest enemy in your life today?
4. The Deeper Life
Read, pray and meditate on the following: http://mltp.ly/2qQX2uA
5. Quiz Answers - Mark Chapter 16
1. I Am, branches, abideth, fruit, nothing
2. Abide, works, ask
3. Joy, joy
4. Hateth
5. Comforter, me
Albert Finch
www.afministry.ning.com (New Studlies Every Day)
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Sunday School - July 10, 2011
Affirmation: There is no adverse circumstance in my life that I cannot overcome with the God-kind of faith.
The whole of the New Testament, after the Gospels, has this one object: to get Christians to go on, and to go on to full growth -- into their eternal vocation -- their heavenly calling (the purpose of God for their lives). - T. Austin Sparks
We should pray because prayer is the most realistic thing in the world to do. It is our acknowledgment of reality, our right response to reality, our honesty with reality. - Peter Kreeft
With God's power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine. - Ephesians 3:20
You may have a strong impression that you simply know is from the Lord. When this happens you begin to experience a new realm of God's glory and manifest presence. From that, you have a new revelation of God. He is glory, and His presence causes the atmosphere around you to begin to change. It is like experiencing a little bit of heaven. - Chuck Pierce
How can we be sad, or hang our heads, or be distressed? Oh, if we only knew how rich we are! - Smith Wigglesworth
The church condemns violence, but it condemns indifference more harshly, Violence can be the expression of love, indifference never. - Graham Greene
Affirmation: I am dead to sin, dead to my former lusts, dead to this world, but alive unto God.
Acting in love when others are not acting in love toward you -- this is of the highest value to your soul. It is worth more than all the other works of faith you may have done, no matter how great they appear. - John of the Cross
In the meditative state rivers of living water will flow spontaneously from within us just as a natural river flows spontaneously from a spring. Characteristics of spontaneous flow include a sensitivity to and willingness to follow inner promptings, awareness of creative expression flowing within, and being uncomfortable living in "boxes". - Mark Virkler
"He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water." - John 7:38
We will never fully unite with Jesus unless we face the same disillusionment process as the disciples -- one of longing and disappointment in this world. If believers who profess love for God have never been through this inward longing, their love probably has not progressed very much. - Shawn Bolz
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. - C. S. Lewis
Affirmation: My highest purpose for this day is to walk with Him.
Jesus Christ operates through you. He does not operate independently of you. Man and God become united. Unless the spirit of man is truly joined to God, there is no such thing as real Christian manifestation. - John Lake
We must love Him with total disregard to dry spells and to times of spiritual abundance, otherwise we are built on sifting sand. - Jeanne Guyon
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. - 1 John 2:17
We must experience a breaking out of old mind-sets and blindness in order to break into the revelation of what is to be ours (2 Cor4:3,4). Barbara Yoder
Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered in anything short of God and His will for us. - Billy Graham
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
The whole of the New Testament, after the Gospels, has this one object: to get Christians to go on, and to go on to full growth -- into their eternal vocation -- their heavenly calling (the purpose of God for their lives). - T. Austin Sparks
We should pray because prayer is the most realistic thing in the world to do. It is our acknowledgment of reality, our right response to reality, our honesty with reality. - Peter Kreeft
With God's power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine. - Ephesians 3:20
You may have a strong impression that you simply know is from the Lord. When this happens you begin to experience a new realm of God's glory and manifest presence. From that, you have a new revelation of God. He is glory, and His presence causes the atmosphere around you to begin to change. It is like experiencing a little bit of heaven. - Chuck Pierce
How can we be sad, or hang our heads, or be distressed? Oh, if we only knew how rich we are! - Smith Wigglesworth
The church condemns violence, but it condemns indifference more harshly, Violence can be the expression of love, indifference never. - Graham Greene
Affirmation: I am dead to sin, dead to my former lusts, dead to this world, but alive unto God.
Acting in love when others are not acting in love toward you -- this is of the highest value to your soul. It is worth more than all the other works of faith you may have done, no matter how great they appear. - John of the Cross
In the meditative state rivers of living water will flow spontaneously from within us just as a natural river flows spontaneously from a spring. Characteristics of spontaneous flow include a sensitivity to and willingness to follow inner promptings, awareness of creative expression flowing within, and being uncomfortable living in "boxes". - Mark Virkler
"He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water." - John 7:38
We will never fully unite with Jesus unless we face the same disillusionment process as the disciples -- one of longing and disappointment in this world. If believers who profess love for God have never been through this inward longing, their love probably has not progressed very much. - Shawn Bolz
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. - C. S. Lewis
Affirmation: My highest purpose for this day is to walk with Him.
Jesus Christ operates through you. He does not operate independently of you. Man and God become united. Unless the spirit of man is truly joined to God, there is no such thing as real Christian manifestation. - John Lake
We must love Him with total disregard to dry spells and to times of spiritual abundance, otherwise we are built on sifting sand. - Jeanne Guyon
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. - 1 John 2:17
We must experience a breaking out of old mind-sets and blindness in order to break into the revelation of what is to be ours (2 Cor4:3,4). Barbara Yoder
Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered in anything short of God and His will for us. - Billy Graham
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
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