Affirmation: I persist in prayer with God until the substance of God's Kingdom is not merely a doctrine but a functional reality in my life.
As you respond by faith to your calling, initially you might feel insecure,vulnerable,fearful, and weak. Most men of God in the Bible who responded to there respective calls initially felt the same way. - Dennis Cramer
"God has given to each man a liberal measure of faith." - Romans 12:3
God has given you potential. Unless you make demands on it, you will die with it. - Myles Munroe
Like Paul, we must resist people-pleasing. Once satan identifies this weakness in people, he uses it against them to keep them ineffective. - Sean Smith
Now let us do something beautiful for God. - Mother Teresa
Affirmation: I determine that I am going to seek manna from heaven the first thing every day. I am drawn to the One who is the true manna.
The more a pastor teaches and preaches on the gifts of the Spirit, the more they will come into manifestation. - Norvel Hayes
True faith is not altered by disappointment; it is strengthened. It will always turn the bitter waters of disappointment into the sweet waters of advancement (Ex. 15:26). When disappointment results in complaining the destroyer of our faith has been released and our vision will become clouded. - Rick Joyner
"The Lord showed Moses a tree, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet." - Exodus 15:25
Silence before the Word leads to right hearing and thus also to right speaking of the Word of God at the right time. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer is an exercise of the spirit, as thought is of the mind. - Mary F. Smith
Affirmation: I am renewed in the spirit of my mind: and I put on the new man, which after God has created in righteousness and true holiness.
Leave the broken, irreversible past in God's hands, & step out into the invincible future with Him. - Oswald Chambers
Imagination often opens the door to faith. If God shows us a shattered marriage whole or a sick person well, it helps us to believe that it will be so. - Richard Foster
"My life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus"...- Acts 20:24
God is a dreamer and He is looking for people who will dream His dreams with Him. They think outside of man-made boxes and dare to forge ahead. - Bill Johnson
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but it's donation -- C. S. Lewis
Albert Finch
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Sunday School - April 3, 2011
Affirmation: I realize that I am put here to do the will of God on earth as it is in Heaven.
We must be a burning and shining people who know where we are headed, fixing our eyes on our destiny, if we are going to awaken broken and disillusioned hearts! - Sean Feucht
When God give us less than we desire, it is not because He is teaching us poverty; He is teaching us thankfulness. - Francis Frangipane
You must develop an attitude where praise becomes your protection all the time as you bring God around you.Sometimes you are making melody to the Lord. Sometimes you may need to praise God in your mind. Whatever you are doing, you are just going through the whole day with God. - Myles Munroe
"I will praise thee forever...- Psalm 52:9
Silence is the simple stillness of the individual under the Word of God. We are silent after hearing the Word because the Word is still speaking and dwelling within us. We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is love that causes us to rise up from spiritual sleep and open ourselves to God. Love is the call; and love is the transforming power. - John of the Cross
Affirmation: My assignment as a believer on earth is to destroy the works of the devil.
It generally takes about five exposures to the Gospel message before a person accepts Christ; this is most easily done in the context of a friendship. - Che Ahn
At times there seems to be a stone wall in front of us. Everything seems as black as midnight, and there is nothing left but confidence in God; fidelity and confidence to believe that He will not fail, indeed cannot fail. - Smith Wigglesworth
"He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure." - Psalm 40:2
The heart of abiding faith "leans into God," anticipating His voice, looking for His next move. Like Jesus, we are to be able to say, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me." (John 4:34) - Bill Johnson
If I am to experience God's presence, I must engage in more definite and persevering prayer. - Andrew Murray
Affirmation: I mind the things of the spirit and do not walk after the flesh.
"A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized that prayer is listening. - Soren Kierkegaard
Silence those negative voices. Forget the cutting remarks of relatives. Dismiss the crippling theories of misguided counselors. Rebuke your self-doubt and turn off the broken record of your past failures. Let God redefine you. He alone decides your true potential. - Mario Murillo
"Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. - 2 Corinthians 5:17
How different would most of us be if we just spent as much time cleaning up, beautifying, and feeding our heart as we did our body? Rick Joyner
Tomorrow God isn't going to ask: What did you dream, think, plan, or preach? -- He's going to ask -- What did you do? - Michel Quoist
Albert Finch
http://afministry.ning.com
We must be a burning and shining people who know where we are headed, fixing our eyes on our destiny, if we are going to awaken broken and disillusioned hearts! - Sean Feucht
When God give us less than we desire, it is not because He is teaching us poverty; He is teaching us thankfulness. - Francis Frangipane
You must develop an attitude where praise becomes your protection all the time as you bring God around you.Sometimes you are making melody to the Lord. Sometimes you may need to praise God in your mind. Whatever you are doing, you are just going through the whole day with God. - Myles Munroe
"I will praise thee forever...- Psalm 52:9
Silence is the simple stillness of the individual under the Word of God. We are silent after hearing the Word because the Word is still speaking and dwelling within us. We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is love that causes us to rise up from spiritual sleep and open ourselves to God. Love is the call; and love is the transforming power. - John of the Cross
Affirmation: My assignment as a believer on earth is to destroy the works of the devil.
It generally takes about five exposures to the Gospel message before a person accepts Christ; this is most easily done in the context of a friendship. - Che Ahn
At times there seems to be a stone wall in front of us. Everything seems as black as midnight, and there is nothing left but confidence in God; fidelity and confidence to believe that He will not fail, indeed cannot fail. - Smith Wigglesworth
"He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure." - Psalm 40:2
The heart of abiding faith "leans into God," anticipating His voice, looking for His next move. Like Jesus, we are to be able to say, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me." (John 4:34) - Bill Johnson
If I am to experience God's presence, I must engage in more definite and persevering prayer. - Andrew Murray
Affirmation: I mind the things of the spirit and do not walk after the flesh.
"A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized that prayer is listening. - Soren Kierkegaard
Silence those negative voices. Forget the cutting remarks of relatives. Dismiss the crippling theories of misguided counselors. Rebuke your self-doubt and turn off the broken record of your past failures. Let God redefine you. He alone decides your true potential. - Mario Murillo
"Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. - 2 Corinthians 5:17
How different would most of us be if we just spent as much time cleaning up, beautifying, and feeding our heart as we did our body? Rick Joyner
Tomorrow God isn't going to ask: What did you dream, think, plan, or preach? -- He's going to ask -- What did you do? - Michel Quoist
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
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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