Albert Finch's Posts - Albert Finch Ministry2024-03-19T01:51:56ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinchhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3145509026?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://afministry.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=22umg666lqx8x&xn_auth=noTIME TO ARISEtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-11-07:4923022:BlogPost:5914112020-11-07T16:33:11.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"So may all Your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength..." - Judges 5:31</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a rising coming for the Body of Christ – a rising within Him, in His ways and in His love to be free in Christ. We are rising up in the glory of the Son. A "rising" can also mean a revolution or revolt – it is time to rise up and push back the powers…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"So may all Your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength..." - Judges 5:31</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a rising coming for the Body of Christ – a rising within Him, in His ways and in His love to be free in Christ. We are rising up in the glory of the Son. A "rising" can also mean a revolution or revolt – it is time to rise up and push back the powers of darkness trying to encroach and violate our lives!</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are being called to rise up and take our places in history; to rise up and seize the day. We are being called to rise to the occasion for which we were created (<strong>God's PURPOSE for our life)</strong>. Rise to believe that you can overcome, because much greater is He that lives in you – the One who has overcome the world – than the one who is under your feet! The force that is holding the world together (<strong>Colossians 1:17)</strong> lives inside of us! With the grasping of this truth comes the revelation that nothing is or can be impossible to those who believe in Him.</span></p>
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<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There are a people hearing the sound and they are rising, coming out of graves where strongholds and circumstances have kept them bound. The cry of the Lord can be heard -- "Be loosed and arise to life, to the upward call in Christ." Come out of the crucible of fire and be prepared as an <strong>agent of transformation.</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You are a container of God's glory, carrying the treasures, goods, and supplies of the Kingdom to a parched Earth. You are an exceptional vessel, with a specialized call and a matchless container God has fashioned just for you. Let your light shine, let your container fulfill its call in preparing the highway for our God!</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"Listen! It's the voice of someone shouting, 'Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God!'" - Isaiah 40:3 NLT</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Hebrews 11:1-3 - "<span>Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen."</span></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Your persistence to stand in faith and release the prophetic decrees of Heaven is far more…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Hebrews 11:1-3 - "<span>Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen."</span></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Your persistence to stand in faith and release the prophetic decrees of Heaven is far more powerful than you realize. Your faith is what conquers the kingdoms of this earth (the enemy); your faith is what pulls the promises and solutions of God into reality. Your faith is what releases the armies of Heaven into battle array—they do the fighting, and you go down in the history books of eternity as a mighty warrior, all because you stood your ground. Faith raises the dead; faith interjects the natural realm and commands it to bow at the name of Jesus. Faith is a defiant act. But it is what brings Heaven's promises into the earth.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span>What promises have you let go of that God is reminding you to pick up again and stand in defiant, bold, resilient faith with? Start striking the ground again (<strong>2 Kings 13:14-19</strong>). </span><strong>Remind yourself what God has spoken, what promises He has given you personally, and with regard to your calling in Christ—and begin waging war with your prophetic decrees again.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Matthew 5:13,14,16 -- "You are the salt of the earth......You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since the moment we first came to Christ, there has been an updraft of the Holy Spirit, a constant drawing from God lifting us upward toward…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Matthew 5:13,14,16 -- "You are the salt of the earth......You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Since the moment we first came to Christ, there has been an updraft of the Holy Spirit, a constant drawing from God lifting us upward toward the fullness of His Presence. Let's surrender to this wind of God and allow Him to carry us into our holy future (our <strong>DESTINY</strong>).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are to become history-makers and world-changers. God has determined the exact time of our births. Truly, each one of us is in the Kingdom for such a time as this (see <strong>Esther 4:14). </strong> We were placed on earth for a special assignment (our <strong>DESTINY</strong> in Christ). (Ephesians 2:10).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><u>TAKING ACTION</u></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The disciples did not just pray and sit around waiting for God to enter the "playing field" to convert the world on His own. They went out into the world so that the Holy Spirit might go into the World.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>"The Lord worked with them." - Mark 16:20</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><u>RE-CREATED AND DESTINED FOR VICTORY</u></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The cry of no hesitation has gone forth. We are to arise, walk in dominion power, and lay a hold of the promises of God. This is not a time to be weak and waffling, but rather a time to be extremely bold and brave. We are commanded to be confident, brave, and very courageous <strong>(Joshua 1:7)</strong>; the Spirit of God calls us forth to demonstrate who we are in Christ.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Listen, with your whole heart, the voice of the Lord is speaking; He delights to give you the Kingdom <strong>(Luke 12:32)</strong>. God has promised victory! You are called to be the head and not the tail. The Holy Spirit who lives within you is greater than the spirit that is at work in the world <strong>(1 John 4:4)</strong>. You are re-created and destined for victory; now is the time to shake yourself up, and declare the proclamation found in <strong>Micah 3:8, "Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord!"</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are a part of a people God has produced to penetrate the veil of the ordinary. We are a golden, holy storehouse of God's potential. We have the life in us to liberate literally the entire world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>"Truly, truly, I say to you , he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." - John 14:12-13</em></strong></span></p>
<p><br></br><span class="font-size-3">God did not create us to be casual observers of history while we live here on earth. There is nothing casual about God! He is extreme,…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>"Truly, truly, I say to you , he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." - John 14:12-13</em></strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span class="font-size-3">God did not create us to be casual observers of history while we live here on earth. There is nothing casual about God! He is extreme, and He has called us to live extreme lives as history makers who live in constant increase as we go about transforming the world for His glory and His Kingdom, just as Jesus did!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Jesus was extreme, and He branded and seared everything He touched with the Father's glory. He never settled for or experienced partial success. The Son's legacy made it possible for us to do the very same things that He did? The great and even greater miracles? That we have access to that very same fullness, the wisdom, and counsel.</span></p>
<p><br/><span class="font-size-3">His dynamic legacy of miraculous and enabling power is our privilege. Even if we're in what the world may view as a pit, if we're suffering with infirmity or disease, losing everything -- we're still living on that divine plateau that Jesus laid before us!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><em><strong>"But you shall receive power [dunamis: dynamite miraculous power, force, might, strength, enabling power through the Holy Spirit] when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." Acts 1:8</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><br/><span class="font-size-3">If you have not, it may be because you have settled for less than God has intended and made available to you all along by His precious Spirit. Many of us are content with partial victories because of a<span> </span><strong>MINDSET OF LIMITATION.</strong></span><br/><span class="font-size-3">People should beg to know Jesus when we walk into a room!</span><br/><span class="font-size-3">We are not seeing the greater manifestations of God's might and power, the greater brightness of His glory flowing in and through us, empowering us to see truly incredible transformations.</span></p>
<p><br/><span class="font-size-3">How He did blaze those incredible historic highways was by flowing in the "rich treasure of His glory" that the apostle Paul speaks about -- that treasure that fills you throughout all of your being unto ALL the FULLNESS of God (see<span> </span><strong>Ephesians 3:16, 19)</strong><span> </span>for that incredible, enabling dunamis power in all things.</span><br/><span class="font-size-3">The Spirit of God and power go hand-in-hand. Paul himself said that his speech and preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power (see<span> </span><strong>1 Corinthians 2:4).</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span class="font-size-3">Jesus blew the lid off limitation because He would not settle for a measure or for a limit. Human minds, wisdom and ability are limited. He had to seek and rely on the fullness of God's Spirit upon Him in wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, and knowledge, which enabled Him to do the things He did that radically changed the very course of history. Only the FULLNESS of God's Spirit satisfied Him. He did not move an inch without that rich treasure upon Him and the Spirit's fullness thereof flowing out of Jesus' heart; His presence manifested in everything.</span></p>
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<div class="_2m1qj"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Have your dreams died? Perhaps you're holding them too tightly for God to do anything. We need to learn how to hold our dreams loosely, opening our hands and giving them to Him, understanding that sometimes dreams must die lest they consume us or become like idols—the driving force of our lives. In order for those dead dreams to actually live again, we must allow Him to make something from nothing.</span></p>
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<div class="_2m1qj"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">According to <strong>Isaiah 61:1-3,</strong> God is more than able to make beauty from ashes. But what if we ourselves lit the match that burned them to the ground? Will God still help us? Will He resurrect our dreams if we are the ones who caused them to die? Absolutely! Because God is a God of the second chance. He takes joy and great delight in making all things new to bless us!</span></p>
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<div class="_2m1qj"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you have areas in your life where you feel dead inside? Are you struggling through personal issues, financial struggles, family problems, or a lack of passion for your career? Do you feel as if God has lost your address, forgotten about you, or is simply too busy to care? Release the tight grip and open your hand, giving Him your worries, burdens, and dead or dying dreams. Let Him breathe new life into them for you.</span></p>
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<div class="_2m1qj"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps you feel unworthy of God's resurrection power because of something you've done. Well, take heart, because if you humble yourself and repent, He will give beauty for ashes. Answer this question: Do you reject your precious children when they make mistakes? Of course not, and neither does God! He will lovingly correct you and then restore you back to health, making all things new!</span></p>
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<div class="_2m1qj"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The first step is to embrace the power of God, believing He will restore you. Ask Him to breathe new life into the dark and lifeless areas of your life. Be patient and wait in faith. Don't quit before the miracle happens! Hold on to the promise as if your life depended on it, because it does. And never take no for an answer!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In Joshua's day, before crossing the Jordan River and moving into their inheritance, God said to the people, <em><strong>"Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you" (Joshua 3:5).</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is an exhortation for us today!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In Joshua's day, before crossing the Jordan River and moving into their inheritance, God said to the people, <em><strong>"Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you" (Joshua 3:5).</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is an exhortation for us today!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>DRAW NEAR TO GOD</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The word consecrate, in Hebrew, is actually a relational term. "Qadash" means to separate or set yourself apart unto God. God's heart isn't, "Clean up your act so I can restore and bless you." He says instead, "Come to Me so I can bless you." BIG DIFFERENCE! His love is free, not earned.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>"Qadash"(set apart to Him),</strong> is actually the root word for holy (qodesh). Being "holy" isn't the result of or defined as "being good enough?"</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rather it is the nature (qodesh) we receive from our union with Him (qadash), which motivates us to good works and a refusal to sin. We must be careful, then, that when we set out to prepare ourselves for a move of God's Spirit, we do not move into a legalistic works mentality, trying to accomplish separation and holiness in our own abilities; rather, we draw near to God in relationship.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Lord desires to raise up men and women of prayer and radical devotion through which He can release a greater "Great Awakening" and shift the course of nations today. To be a part of this, however, we must be willing to comply with what God requires of us: Prepare ourselves through drawing near.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>A SEASON OF SEPARATION</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Lord is inviting you to enter into a season where you separate yourself unto Him in an extra special way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you rearrange your busy schedule over the next few weeks to pray and fast and spend more time in worship and the Word, your life will radically change. No matter what level of relationship you currently enjoy with the Lord, He wants to transform you into a more passionate and zealous Believer. As you draw into His depths, His cleansing stream will prepare you to advance in <strong>His PURPOSE for your life.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 15:5, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.</strong></em>”</span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Lord Jesus gives us this divine union by the Spirit so that we can be fruitful. All the vine has is made available to the branches -- to give us what we need to be fruitful. The perpetual flow of the Holy Spirit provides for us on a constant,…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 15:5, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.</strong></em>”</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Lord Jesus gives us this divine union by the Spirit so that we can be fruitful. All the vine has is made available to the branches -- to give us what we need to be fruitful. The perpetual flow of the Holy Spirit provides for us on a constant, daily basis.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">As we grow in the revelation of our identity as God’s sons and daughters and our true riches in His glory, we will live out of that supply. When we don’t know what we already have, we are limited, but when revelation comes, we become aware of what we already possess (see <strong>1 Corinthians 2:12)</strong>. Revelation is the key to unlocking access to what we didn’t previously know, but now by revelation from the Spirit of the Lord can know and access!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>LIVING BY HIS STRENGTH AND SUPPLY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Through the prophet Jeremiah, God said, <strong><em>“Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish” (Jeremiah 33:3 AMPC).</em></strong> Praise the Lord Jesus that through Him all things are possible to those who believe. It is no longer we who live, but He who lives through us. By His strength and supply, we are ready for all He has called us to do, and each day can be a day of “even more, Lord,” -- <strong><em>“I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am [self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]” (Philippians 4:13 AMP).</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WALKING IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">When you know how much you have in the bank, you can shop with confidence. When we (and the Church as a whole) awaken to the fullness of supply (<strong>2 Peter 1:3</strong>), a tremendous holy boldness will be released. We will walk in a deep trust and confidence not in our ability, but in His ability and supply. When we understand what Christ living through us means to us, and as we grow in the full stature of Christ in us, we are going to be bold in living and ministering out of the limitless flow of the Holy Spirit. <strong>(Acts 4:31)</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." - Ephesians 2:10</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whether or not you feel you are fulfilling your destiny, you are being prepared by the King of kings for His good purposes. You were chosen by God and have been given a divine DESTINY in eternities past. Why? The Lord is CALLING you to…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." - Ephesians 2:10</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whether or not you feel you are fulfilling your destiny, you are being prepared by the King of kings for His good purposes. You were chosen by God and have been given a divine DESTINY in eternities past. Why? The Lord is CALLING you to partner with Him to shape the future of the Kingdom of God (see <strong><em>2 Corinthians 6:1,2: "And working together with Him......now is the acceptable time.")!</em></strong> This seems almost too marvelous to be true, but it is the Word of God.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What does it mean to be "HIS workmanship"? The Greek term translated workmanship is "poiema", from which we derive the English word poem. Indeed, we are God's poem, written in ages past to be a living testimony of His presence on earth (see <strong>Psalm 139:16-17). </strong> Without exception, every Believer has been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has ordained for us.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>REVELATION OF ANOINTING</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The desperate cry of many Believers is: <em><strong>"Oh, Lord, let Your works appear unto Your people" (see Psalm 90:16-17).</strong></em> The good news is that God's anointing rests upon upright followers of Jesus, and we will fulfill His purposes on earth. God has not only ordained good works for us, but He has also provided the grace we need to perform these works (see <strong>Philippians 4:13</strong>). We all have "an unction to function." Each one of us is anointed to fulfill the purposes of God (<strong>see Acts 1:8)</strong>.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As we move deeper into this season of sensitivity and revelatory enlightenment, we must step into our CALLING and DESTINY -- fixing our eyes on Jesus and Him alone. Only in His light do we see light (see <strong>Psalm 36:9</strong>). Only in His presence do we obtain a happy, holy heart (see <strong>Psalm 16:11)</strong>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>LEADERS WITH PURE HEARTS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Divinely appointed leaders are emerging who have a single heart's goal to establish the King in His Kingdom on earth. Christ Jesus will have for Himself a people prepared to do greater works (see <strong>John 14:12).</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is not a time for any Believer or leader in the Body of Christ to be humdrum, expecting only what we have seen and experienced before. We have never been where we are going now (see <strong>Joshua 3:4)</strong>. We all must prepare for what is ahead: The call to embrace the awe of Almighty God. A wonderful, reverential fear of the Lord is returning to the people of God, releasing the wisdom of God (see <strong>Psalm 111:10).</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The hearts and lives of millions are going to be touched and transformed by the power of God during these days, as God's people return to a radical love for Christ and action regarding God's PURPOSE for their life supported by that love.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>REVELATION AND STRATEGIES</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Spirit of Truth is releasing revelatory insights for all who are willing to hear Him with a heart set to obey what He is requesting (see <strong>James 1:22).</strong> Prepare to see an acceleration of the advancing of God's plans and purposes. God will have a people of purity and power, who live, move (initiating action instead of complacency), and have a revelation of God's CALLING in Christ on their life.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As the Lord taught in the Parable of the Sower, many will depart when testing comes.</span><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many depart from Church, and many are now even departing from pursuing their CALLING in Christ when the tests come. You can never pass a test by quitting.</span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>1 Peter 1:7 AMP - "So that the genuineness of your faith may be tested, your faith which is infinitely more precious than…</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As the Lord taught in the Parable of the Sower, many will depart when testing comes.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many depart from Church, and many are now even departing from pursuing their CALLING in Christ when the tests come. You can never pass a test by quitting.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>1 Peter 1:7 AMP - "So that the genuineness of your faith may be tested, your faith which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire....."</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>OUR CONNECTION TO GOD AND ONE ANOTHER</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Cross is a vertical post that represents our connection to God and a horizontal one that represents our connection to one another. One thing that taking up our cross means is that we must have both of these in our lives. Of course, our connection to God eclipses the importance of our connection to one another and must always be kept first. But if we have this and keep it first, we will also have the other.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As John also wrote, we cannot love God who we do not see if we do not love our brother who we can see (see <strong>I John 4:20-21).</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 20:21 -- "Just as the Father has sent me forth so I am sending you."</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is certainly a command of Jesus for the Body of Christ to meet the needs (both temporal and spiritual) of new believers so they may indeed advance in the faith.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The humbling service of DISCIPLING a new believer into:</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHO HE IS IN CHRIST,</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>HIS RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD, AND</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WALKING IN THE SPIRIT</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">is the most valuable Christian service someone can minister to someone who has just had the "born again" experience.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>OLD THOUGHT PROCESSES</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In order for the church to advance into her destiny there are old thought processes that need to be dismantled:</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>1. The idea that higher spiritual advancement and development is reserved for the clergy.</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>2. The idea that spiritual training and discipling is the sole responsibility of the pastor and/or elders.</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>3. The idea that it takes years in the faith to be able to DISCIPLE other believers.</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>4. The idea that the only thing the laity is to be involved in is Church programs and listening to sermons.</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Submitting to DISCIPLESHIP training develops a "personal ministry to others consciousness" in the believer as well as promotes unity and brotherly love in the fellowship of the Body of Christ.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Isaiah 40:31 - "but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We let the Lord take our heart through a process.</span><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Just as Peter had to go through a series of events to be ready to be used in an extraordinary way, we realize that God…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Isaiah 40:31 - "but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We let the Lord take our heart through a process.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Just as Peter had to go through a series of events to be ready to be used in an extraordinary way, we realize that God has a process for all of us. What the Lord worked in Peter was a new identity, a dependency upon the Lord so that he would not trust in His own strength.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We learn to lean on the strength of God, not taking things into our own hands.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WE WALK IN DISCERNMENT BEING AN INFLUENCE FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Philippians 1:9-11 - "And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Keep your discernment. Love and discernment work together. We do not turn on love and turn off discernment. We do not turn on discernment and turn off love. Rather, we use them both together. True discernment comes from the Holy Spirit Who pours the love of God in our hearts. Jesus comes to bring the cure. That cure can only happen because He sees what is needed.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WE KEEP OUR HEART FREE AND WALK IN LOVE</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Matthew 5:9 - "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Be willing to reconcile with others who are embittered against you. Some may be in a bitter place not wanting to reconcile. Maybe they "cut you off" because of their bitterness. Just realize you need to be willing to be a peacemaker. Pray that the Lord will tenderize their heart and fill them with the love of God. Bitterness blinds people. Walk in love and pray that God gives them the heart for repentance.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WE GET UNDERSTANDING ON SOWING SEED AND HARVEST TIME</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>2 Corinthians 9:6,7 - "But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Make an effort to understand the power of sowing and reaping.</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Realize that all God has entrusted to us we are the steward of. In that way, all that we have is seed that can be sown into the lives of others. Money is only one thing that we sow. Our time, prayers, and worship are also seed that is sown. If we want increase in our life, both in the spirit and in the natural, we need to get the revelation of seedtime and harvest. Who doesn't want a harvest in their lives? Who doesn't want to bear fruit that remains for the Kingdom? But we have to sow in order to reap.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WE ARE ALL COMMANDED TO DO THE WORK OF MINISTRY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 21:17 - "He said to him the third time, 'Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?' Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, 'Do you love Me?' And he said to Him, 'Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.' Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.'"</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One of the unique things about the Church of the New Covenant is that God has authorized and commanded every believer to do the work of the ministry, thereby, sowing our time and focus into the lives of others! God wants an entire army of workers out doing the vital work of DISCIPLESHIP of the saints and building up His Body, the Church.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many churches are so focused on the salvation message that they fail to feed and help mature the sheep who have already come to salvation. Believers should be equipped to DISCIPLE the new believers so they will be effective in equipping others for personal ministry.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><em><strong>"My children with who I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you.." - Galatians 4:19</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The true success of our ministry to others will be by how it brought forth the formation of Christ within the person God has given us to DISCIPLE.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We often assume that meekness and humility are the same, when really they are two different things entirely.</span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Numbers 12:3</strong> talk about how Moses was the most humble man who had walked the earth in his time. Usually, when we think of Moses' humility we think of <strong>Exodus 4:10</strong> when Moses said to God that he could not be used by God because he could not speak eloquently. However, this…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We often assume that meekness and humility are the same, when really they are two different things entirely.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Numbers 12:3</strong> talk about how Moses was the most humble man who had walked the earth in his time. Usually, when we think of Moses' humility we think of <strong>Exodus 4:10</strong> when Moses said to God that he could not be used by God because he could not speak eloquently. However, this is not true humility. True humility does not make you think less of yourself. We see Moses' true humility in <strong>Exodus 33:15</strong>, when the Lord said that He was going to send Moses from the wilderness to the Promised Land, yet he responded saying, <em><strong>"If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here."</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Moses had such close friendship and dependency in the Lord that he would prefer to stay in the wilderness with God than to step into the promised land without Him. This is true humility.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Humility is having a full dependency on the Lord and prioritizing God's perspective above peoples' perspective.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Humility is having a fear of the Lord in friendship with Him, which eliminates fear of man from existing in your heart.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Humility is to take the hidden road because you know that your Father's affirmation is greater than words of flattery from the masses.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHY IS GOD CALLING FOR MEEKNESS?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A good example of meekness is how Jesus carried all authority, yet He only stepped out when His Father told Him to (see <strong>John 5:19-20).</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Meekness is the ability to wield power and authority under the direct guidance and council of the Godhead.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Meekness is the ability not only to speak when God says to speak, but to also stay silent when He tells you to be silent.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Meekness is to deny your will by taking up the will of God.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is why Jesus said that the meek will inherit the earth (see Matthew 5:5). It is because the meek know how to keep in alignment with the will of God.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>John 6:15</strong> shows us a powerful picture of the meekness that Jesus walked in. It says, <em><strong>"When Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone."</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>DISCERNING OUR STEPS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Favor with man is outstanding. We should desire it. However, just because an open door or new platform before us looks glamorous does not always mean that we should step in. If we are not discerning our steps and keeping them in line with the will of God, then we could be derailing ourselves off of the path that God has for us. Many people have become limited in their CALLING simply because they were not willing to discern what doors to walk through and which ones not to.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">God is shaping both meekness and humility within His Bride, as an act of love, that we may step into the full expression of His purpose for our life as sons and daughters of God. Allowing God to shape meekness and humility within us is pivotal with stewarding the CALLING of God that is over each of our lives. Now is a time to call out for meekness and humility.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are entering a new season of a fresh start! We are in a divinely appointed time of refreshing and restoring:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you;…</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are entering a new season of a fresh start! We are in a divinely appointed time of refreshing and restoring:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and My people shall never be put to shame" (Joel 2:25-26)</strong></em>.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a new day in which you may boldly declare, <em><strong>"Old things have passed away!" (see Isaiah 48:6-7).</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>GOD OFFERS FORGIVENESS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One of the sweetest words in any language is the word forgiven! God promises that even if your sins are red like crimson – bright, obvious, glaring, unmistakable – they have been forgiven, washed white as snow, because of the Crimson Blood of Christ (<strong>see Isaiah 1:18)!</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Not just a few sins or a handful of mistakes, but each and every betrayal, sin, and offense is under the Blood of Christ. Each and every mistake is forgotten and erased. It makes no difference how twisted and tangled your life has been or now is: Through the shed Blood of Christ at Calvary, God has made all forgiveness and grace abound toward you!</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Heaven and earth may pass away, but <em><strong>"His compassions fail not" (Lamentations 3:20-22)</strong></em>. Why? Because Christ Jesus already bore our sins and iniquities!</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." - Isaiah 53:12</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>GOD FORGETS YOUR PAST</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Through our repentance, God always makes a way to free us from our past. We take this encouragement to heart -- not letting our past failures keep us from experiencing our future victories!</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We remember this vital promise:</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death" (Romans 8:1-2 KJV).</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The Lord has already lavished us with abundant, extravagant forgiveness and grace to empower us to leave behind:</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">every single past sin and failure, the days of regret,</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">doubt and fear,</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">the many missed opportunities and failed relationships,</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">the seasons of backsliding and passivity,</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">the detours of the works of the flesh.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">As we believe His Word of forgiveness and set our heart to seek the Lord, we will find overwhelming grace and mercies for each day (see <strong>Jeremiah 29:12-13).</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>AFFIRMATIONS:</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>I never give up.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>I never give in again to a mindset of guilt and failure (see Hebrews 10:35)</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>I was created to carry His glory and presence into a lost and dying world.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>God has confidence in me. (see Deuteronomy 28:13).</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>I am His choice (see Ephesians 2:10), chosen for "such a time as this". <em>(Esther 4:14)</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>GOD REDEEMS YOUR WOUNDS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Truly, it was by the stripes of Jesus Christ that we were healed (see Isaiah 53:5).</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Even the wounds that we have suffered will become great avenues of healing. When we are healed from our wounds -- then we receive grace for healing others! We bring Christ's healing and comfort to others in the areas in which we ourselves have been afflicted (see <strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11).</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>GOD BRINGS BREAKTHROUGH</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">God is even now releasing divine favor to us for accomplishing great exploits for His glory. In <strong>Psalm 84:11 (NLT</strong>), we learn how He lavishes His blessings of grace and glory:</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Matthew 7:8 AMP -- "For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, the door will be opened."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Even if you have not had revelation of God's CALLING on your life, do not lose heart! God is saying, "Try again!" It is time to regroup and try again, knowing that failure is never God's plan (see <strong>Jeremiah 29:11</strong>). You will see doors open that were closed to you previously. God is granting breakthrough.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We experience the overwhelming love and favor of God as you leave the past behind and boldly take hold of the blessings and promises of God!</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7673749069?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7673749069?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>UTILIZING AUTHORITYtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-24:4923022:BlogPost:5515452020-08-24T04:29:32.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Exodus 4:2-4 - "And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he did so and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said to Moses, Put forth your hand and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand."</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Moses' rod became a serpent. A serpent was the…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Exodus 4:2-4 - "And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he did so and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said to Moses, Put forth your hand and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand."</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Moses' rod became a serpent. A serpent was the symbol of royal and cultic powers. A serpent was placed on the crown of every Pharaoh because it was the mark of sovereignty. God was showing Moses that He was going to give him authority. One of the Egyptians' gods was a serpent and God was clearly showing Moses He would give him power over their gods.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>STEPPING INTO A DUNAMIS LIFESTYLE</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many Christians today never utilize their rod, leaving the wonders that God put in their hands unused. In order to step in the dunamis (power) lifestyle, sometimes we have got to throw down some things (past history, good or bad) that we have previously leaned upon.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">God has given us the privilege to witness the restoration of what the devil has stolen from people. As we step out, we see that restoration of people's peace, health, freedom, and their very lives await us.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Affirmations:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>SINCE I FOLLOW CHRIST, I AM AN AMBASSADOR OF THE ENTIRE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SPIRIT REALM TO TURN A DEAF EAR TO ME WHEN I KNOW THE POWER OF MY WORDS.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHEN I KNOW THE SPIRITUAL POWER WITHIN ME, THE SPIRIT REALM ALWAYS HEARS.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7589221486?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7589221486?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>ASCENDING HIGHERtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-23:4923022:BlogPost:5515392020-08-23T01:30:00.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Ephesians 3:19 - "And to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a place greater than knowledge where we abide in Christ's love. This is, indeed, the stronghold of God. It is a place where our knowledge of God is fulfilled with the substance of God. We cannot truly know God without, in some way, also experiencing…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Ephesians 3:19 - "And to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a place greater than knowledge where we abide in Christ's love. This is, indeed, the stronghold of God. It is a place where our knowledge of God is fulfilled with the substance of God. We cannot truly know God without, in some way, also experiencing His person. We must seek Him until we pass through our knowledge into an encounter with the almighty. We must learn how to be still and quietly listen to Him; as we hear, our call is to then ascend higher to the dwelling place of love that floods our being with Himself.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:23 - "May the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">WHEN THE WORD OF GOD IS ABIDING IN ME AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, IT WORKS ON ME FIRST BEFORE IT WORKS ON MY CIRCUMSTANCES, "SEPARATING" MY SPIRIT, MY SOUL (MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS), AND MY BODY AND GETTING MY SPIRIT INTO A POSITION WHERE I CAN HEAR GOD WITHOUT THE INFLUENCE OF MY SOUL OR BODY.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Ephesians 1:17,19,20 - "That He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the deep and intimate knowledge of Him. And so that you can know and understand what is the immeasurable and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength. Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places."</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Affirmation:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>I KNOW THE MIRACLE OF RESURRECTION FOR ME IS -- JESUS IS THE POWER AND THE POWER IS ALWAYS PRESENT -- THAT SAME POWER THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD, ENABLES ME TO RISE OUT OF MY ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND STEP INTO THE PURPOSES OF GOD FOR MY LIFE.</strong></span></p>
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<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7575159283?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7575159283?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>UNDERSTANDING OUR RESURRECTION AUTHORITYtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-19:4923022:BlogPost:5511122020-08-19T01:30:00.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Romans 8:11 (NASB) - "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have that same Spirit of God, His "Resurrection Power," indwelling within us to transform this earth into God's Kingdom now and for eternity.…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Romans 8:11 (NASB) - "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have that same Spirit of God, His "Resurrection Power," indwelling within us to transform this earth into God's Kingdom now and for eternity.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>SLAIN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After Christ arose from the dead, He actually fulfilled what He already was: Resurrection Authority! That means when the Word states that Christ was "slain from the foundations of the world," He came to this earth realm to manifest what had already been accomplished in the Kingdom of Heaven!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Revelation 13:8 (KJV) - " And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship Him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Remember that as Believers in Christ we carry that same abundant, transforming spirit of Jesus to resurrect dead souls into the light and life of Christ!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Moreover, Christians should grow in this authority by <strong>DISCIPLING new believers</strong> into their inheritance in Christ as well as begin resurrecting forgotten prophetic words, sidelined destinies, dead dreams, shattered relationships, and complete wholeness in every area of our lives!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We can now demonstrate that power to transform things that have not been fulfilled into completion by the quickened Spirit of Resurrection authority deposited into us through Jesus Christ! There is no limit to this abiding Resurrection Spirit within every Believer!</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 10:10 (NASB) - "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The celebration of Resurrection reminds us to embrace our personal "resurrection spirit" to raise the dead! Christians must now use their resurrection authority to raise souls of this earth back from spiritual atrophy and the dead sins that have blinded hopeless lives for too long!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>JESUS IS AN APPROACHABLE, TOUCHABLE RESURRECTION WITNESS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The best gift to others is a lost life resurrected into eternal relationship with a loving Father. Now, that is truly "raising the dead" lives from the enemy's grip into a living, eternal life now, and having it more abundantly!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When We Receive Jesus, We Receive The Resurrection And The Life!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies..."</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Because Jesus is our Risen Savior, we now have that same Resurrection Spirit living within each of us! We will indeed do as Christ instructed to <strong><em>"heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give" - (Matthew 10:8).</em></strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2742749047?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2742749047?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>ENTERING HIS RESTtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-16:4923022:BlogPost:5507842020-08-16T01:24:26.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Hebrews 4:1-3 - "Let us fear, therefore, lest haply a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to have come short of it....because they were not united by faith with them that heard. For we which have believed do enter into that rest.."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We speak, with Scripture, of the "rest" of faith. Faith, however, only gives rest because it rests in God; it rests because it…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Hebrews 4:1-3 - "Let us fear, therefore, lest haply a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to have come short of it....because they were not united by faith with them that heard. For we which have believed do enter into that rest.."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We speak, with Scripture, of the "rest" of faith. Faith, however, only gives rest because it rests in God; it rests because it allows God to do all; the rest is in God Himself. It is His own divine rest into which we enter by faith -- in the entire surrender to Him, to His will and His working, that we may have perfect rest, that we dare to cast ourselves upon God, and have no care.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>BECAUSE CHRIST HAS:</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">put away sin,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">has rent the veil,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and is set down on the right hand of the Heavenly throne,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">because all is finished and perfected,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we have received the Holy Spirit from heaven in our hearts to make us the partakers of that glorified Christ,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we may with confidence, with boldness, rest in Him to maintain and perfect His work in us in our individual CALLING in Christ.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And, resting in Him, He becomes our Joshua (bringing us in and perfecting our faith) and giving us a home in the rest of God with Himself, now to go no more out -- forever.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>JESUS IS OUR JOSHUA</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Let us do what Israel did in crossing the Jordan; they allowed Joshua to bring them in; they followed him.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Let us follow Jesus in the path He trod. In heaven God's will is all. On earth Jesus lived in the will of God, in suffering and doing, in meeting trial, in waiting for the Father's guidance; in giving up everything to it, He proved that God's will was His path.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>FOLLOW HIM</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We yield ourselves in the death to self, to God's purpose for our life; having faith in Jesus on the throne, as our Head and life, that He has brought us in and will make it true in our experience -- we trust Jesus, by being a partaker of His nature and life, to work all in us that the Father has PURPOSED for our individual life -- and we shall know how blessed it is to enter the rest of God.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7479999070?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7479999070?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>ENTERING HIS RESTtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-16:4923022:BlogPost:5507812020-08-16T01:24:08.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Hebrews 4:1-3 - "Let us fear, therefore, lest haply a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to have come short of it....because they were not united by faith with them that heard. For we which have believed do enter into that rest.."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We speak, with Scripture, of the "rest" of faith. Faith, however, only gives rest because it rests in God; it rests because it…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Hebrews 4:1-3 - "Let us fear, therefore, lest haply a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to have come short of it....because they were not united by faith with them that heard. For we which have believed do enter into that rest.."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We speak, with Scripture, of the "rest" of faith. Faith, however, only gives rest because it rests in God; it rests because it allows God to do all; the rest is in God Himself. It is His own divine rest into which we enter by faith -- in the entire surrender to Him, to His will and His working, that we may have perfect rest, that we dare to cast ourselves upon God, and have no care.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>BECAUSE CHRIST HAS:</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">put away sin,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">has rent the veil,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and is set down on the right hand of the Heavenly throne,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">because all is finished and perfected,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we have received the Holy Spirit from heaven in our hearts to make us the partakers of that glorified Christ,</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we may with confidence, with boldness, rest in Him to maintain and perfect His work in us in our individual CALLING in Christ.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And, resting in Him, He becomes our Joshua (bringing us in and perfecting our faith) and giving us a home in the rest of God with Himself, now to go no more out -- forever.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>JESUS IS OUR JOSHUA</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Let us do what Israel did in crossing the Jordan; they allowed Joshua to bring them in; they followed him.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Let us follow Jesus in the path He trod. In heaven God's will is all. On earth Jesus lived in the will of God, in suffering and doing, in meeting trial, in waiting for the Father's guidance; in giving up everything to it, He proved that God's will was His path.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>FOLLOW HIM</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We yield ourselves in the death to self, to God's purpose for our life; having faith in Jesus on the throne, as our Head and life, that He has brought us in and will make it true in our experience -- we trust Jesus, by being a partaker of His nature and life, to work all in us that the Father has PURPOSED for our individual life -- and we shall know how blessed it is to enter the rest of God.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7479999070?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7479999070?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>WHERE IS THE LIMIT TO YOUR FAITH?tag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-11:4923022:BlogPost:5504272020-08-11T06:29:17.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In <strong>Ezekiel 37,</strong> the Prophet Ezekiel was carried in the Spirit to a valley of dry bones. These bones represented the house of Israel, but also speak of structures, as well as anything that has been dead for so long it no longer even resembles its former appearance. God led Ezekiel to walk around the dry bones, and in verse 2, the Bible makes three things very clear:</span><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1. Ezekiel had to walk around the bones…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In <strong>Ezekiel 37,</strong> the Prophet Ezekiel was carried in the Spirit to a valley of dry bones. These bones represented the house of Israel, but also speak of structures, as well as anything that has been dead for so long it no longer even resembles its former appearance. God led Ezekiel to walk around the dry bones, and in verse 2, the Bible makes three things very clear:</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1. Ezekiel had to walk around the bones very many times.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2. The amount of bones was enormous, so much so that they couldn't be counted.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3. The bones were very dry.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The amount of detail that the Prophet goes into about the bones speaks to the fact that he was in the midst of a situation that he could not easily escape, walk through, or just gloss over. God specifically had him going around in circles so that he could get a detailed look at the condition of the bones he was in the midst of.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>CONFRONTING OUR IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the same way, many of us have been in the midst of situations we could not escape.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Every time it seems like we get free, it seems like we're right back in the same place we started out! Season after season, over and over again, we're made to go around the same problems and issues!</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Walking around a dead situation long enough can sometimes dampen even the most brilliant and powerful faith! However, it's just these times where God comes to us and asks us like He asked Ezekiel, "Can these dry bones live?"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After you have heard the darkest and most depressing news, do you still believe that God is able?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">God's question to Ezekiel was never about the bones. What God was really asking Ezekiel was, <strong>"Where is the limit to your faith?"</strong> After seeing all the death and devastation, God needs someone who will rise up and declare, "MY GOD IS STILL ABLE!" That is what God is looking for TODAY! God needs your voice to declare His power! Someone around you needs to hear that God is still able to save, heal, deliver, defend, provide, heal, and bring victory!</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The answer our generation gives to the question of "Can these bones live?" is going to determine the level of breakthrough that we experience.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>START PROPHESYING!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When God saw Ezekiel's faith arise to the challenge, the answer was simple: START PROPHESYING!</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He told Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones and command them to listen to the Word of the Lord! Right now creation is moaning and groaning, waiting for the Word of the Lord to bring forth God's manifestation, but it can't because the sons have not arisen to declare the Word of the Lord!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As Ezekiel began to prophesy and declare God's will, the release of faith and authority began to cause a shaking! Right now God is shaking things loose in the heavenlies and in the earth! As the Bible says in <em><strong>Haggai 2:6, "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land...'"</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>THE WIND OF DESTINY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Right now, God is releasing a fresh wind upon us, the wind of destiny, to blow us into our PURPOSE and into our CALLING! Winds are the vehicle of the spirit realm. From Moses to Elijah, even to the Day of Pentecost, the winds of God have all played a part in bringing God's will into the earth!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Ezekiel 37:9 - "Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man.."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Declare today that the four winds are about to bring you in to your place of purpose, power, prosperity, and passion as you are delivered into your DESTINY!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Declare that the winds of destiny are being released over you right now!</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Declare that the north wind is bringing forth God's presence and rain!</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Declare that the east wind is blowing to bring judgment to the forces of darkness in your life and release you into righteousness!</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Declare that the west wind of God is bringing forth God's mercy and God's miracles in your life!</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Declare that the south wind is releasing God's blessing and provision as you walk according to His purpose for your life!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is your finest hour! Receive the winds of your God-given DESTINY and rejoice!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Mark 3:14-15 says, "Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, and to have power to heal sickness and to cast out demons."</strong></em></span><br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Luke 9:1 says, "Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He gave it to…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Mark 3:14-15 says, "Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, and to have power to heal sickness and to cast out demons."</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Luke 9:1 says, "Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He gave it to them. He just said, "Here, take it." And they took the impartation He gave them, and they healed the sick and ministered to everyone they met.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 20:21-22 says, "So Jesus said to them again, 'Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.' And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'"</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">God sent Jesus out with an immeasurable anointing of the Holy Spirit. And Jesus was saying to the disciples, "Now I'm going to send you out like My Father sent Me." That means Jesus imparted an immeasurable anointing to them.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Every Believer has received a measure of impartation and anointing, but God has even more -- He wants to increase in you, because you're His temple, you're His workmanship; and He wants to manifest His glory, His nature, His character, and His power through your life.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>IMPARTATION IS AN INFUSING</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul says in <em><strong>Romans 1:11 -- "I long and I ache to see you that you may receive an impartation."</strong></em></span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Not just on, but IN. Paul says (paraphrased), "The impartation is going to be spiritual. It doesn't come from me. I'm just going to be a vessel, a signpost, and when I lay hands on you, I know what's going to happen. That's why I ache to see you. When you receive this, it's going to help you in what God has for your life".</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>PRE-ORDAINED FOR GOOD WORKS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In <em><strong>Ephesians 2:10 it says, "We are His workmanship."</strong></em> He's doing a work in you and has ordained good works for you, but it's never by your might, never by your ability, never by your power, but by the power of the Holy Spirit.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do you want impartation like that from the Lord?</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">God wants to give you a download for your life – an impartation of new levels, new mantles, a new anointing, and a new way of looking at God's calling on your life!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>James 1:17 says, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."</strong></em> Every good gift is from the Father.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">In <strong>Romans 1:11</strong>, Paul is describing a spiritual gift – from Spirit to spirit. Not from a man, not a natural blessing, but from the Lord.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>INTO ACTION:</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Ask the Lord for a direct blessing from Him to You. A divine impartation that is life-changing and life-establishing for you! Ask Him, and then by faith receive what He gives!</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>God's Word says "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened" (Matthew 7:7-8).</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>HAVE YOU BEEN ASKING?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Have you been asking? Are you asking for an anointing for purpose? Watch out, you will receive fiery impartation of the Word of God for your life that will burn like fire in your bones! If you want this, align yourself and say, "I'm hungry. I'm so hungry for You, Lord Jesus."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Matthew 7:9-11 says, "Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!"</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ask Him for a good gift!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>HOLY HUNGER IS SATISFIED THROUGH DIVINE IMPARTATION</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Psalm 63:1-4 says, "O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory."</strong></em></span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">You have a holy hunger that can't be satisfied by the natural. It can only be filled by the Holy Spirit and His mighty flow for your life. Ask right now for a mighty outpouring, a divine impartation from Him to you.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Psalm 63:5 declares, "My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ask God to pour out a mighty anointing upon you – to release the rich, abundant anointing of the Holy Spirit. To saturate you with such rich anointing that you can't help but be joyful, can't help but speak of His lovingkindness. We need the oil of the Holy Spirit, we need fresh oil every day. We need the perpetual ceaseless flow of His precious oil in and through our lives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Let <em><strong>Psalm 92:10 be released right now: "But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil!"</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>ASK RIGHT NOW</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ask for divine impartation! The world needs to see a people who are not walking in the power of man or what religion can give but from the power of the precious Holy Spirit.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God." - 1 Corinthians 2:4-5</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ask God right now, regardless of where you are, for your own personal divine impartation. Are you hungry? Just ask Him.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Get ready, here it comes! Let the Rock pour out rivers of oil for you that your path drips with fresh oil and anointing (see</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job 29:6)!</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Isaiah 4:1 - "In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, 'We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace.'"</em></strong></span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have taken hold of the world and we have taken hold of clever ideas, but the seven women (seven churches -- see Revelation 2 and 3) are about to lay hold of their Beloved. The longing of the…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Isaiah 4:1 - "In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, 'We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace.'"</em></strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have taken hold of the world and we have taken hold of clever ideas, but the seven women (seven churches -- see Revelation 2 and 3) are about to lay hold of their Beloved. The longing of the Church is for Him. We will want to be called by His great Name. The splendor of His beauty draws us as a partner to co-labor with Him.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>OUR MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is coming a Magnificent Obsession which will grip our hearts. Our obsession will be to lay hold of Christ and not ever let Him go!</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Like the Shulamite woman in the Song of Songs who, when she found her Beloved, held Him tight and wouldn't let Him go!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>THE REVELATION OF CHRIST IN US</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The unveiling of Christ within us is the most explosive truth ever to hit the Church, bigger than any movement, conference or teaching! It fuels the flames of our passion to allow Christ to live through us and be all He longs for us to become.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The glorious truth of His coming will capture us and compel us to lay hold of the One Man, Jesus Christ. It is not only the timing of His return that must consume us, but how He finds us (operating in His <strong>CALLING on our life</strong>) when He returns. It is not if His return is near or far, but rather if we are filled with faith, hope, and love.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>LAY HOLD OF JESUS CHRIST</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As we trim our lamps and go outside the realm of familiarity and meet Him we encounter the Bridegroom -- our Magnificent Obsession.</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He is eternal life! First <strong><em>Timothy 6:12 says, "Lay hold on eternal life."</em></strong> This means to take hold of, to grasp, to seize, to cling to!</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">His FULL glory pours int us. To lay hold of Jesus is to become a mature vessel of honor that He can use in the CALLING He has destined for each of us.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"...I live by the FAITH OF the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20) KJV</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">By His faith we fully experience oneness with Jesus and the explosive power of His resurrection working in us. We will be one with Him in His sufferings and we will be one with Him in His death (our death to self). Only then will we be able to experience complete oneness with Him in His resurrection so that we may reach the DESTINY which Jesus has called us to fulfill! (see <strong>Philippians 3:10-12)</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Revelation 4:1 - "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, 'Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.'"</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">John is describing the ascended life.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 3:13 - "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but…</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Revelation 4:1 - "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, 'Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.'"</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">John is describing the ascended life.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 3:13 - "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Lord has called us to ascend into heavenly realms encountering the Lord and that is the normal Christian life -- learning to live in realms of glory and learning to navigate realms of glory to where they have full and complete impact on how we think and how we see.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We don't live on earth -- we are seated in heavenly places and we are to live from the ream of God's glory towards earth. What that has become is a point of theology instead of a point of experience. And all of theology is an invitation to an encounter.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WHAT REVELATION MEANS IS TO LIFT THE VEIL</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The truth has always been what He has done -- revelation lifts the veil so that you can see what that truth is.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We love concept so much that we stop at the concept of truth and not realize that with revelation comes the responsibility to PURSUE THE ANOINTING so that we can display the effect of that truth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>1 Corinthians 12:5,7,31 - "Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. But covet earnestly the best gifts.."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul is lifting the veil on what they need to understand. In 1 Corinthians 14:1 it says to pursue earnestly spiritual gifts.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">What gifts? -- the ones he just unveiled in Chapter 12. It shows that the revelation of the gift didn't release the gift -- it showed just what is available. The revelation of truth shows what is available. And with revelation is the invitation to pursue for personal encounter -- we get into the secret place and look for the anointing so we can display that truth.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WE ARE WIRED FOR THE GLORY -- WE ARE DESIGNED FOR THE GLORY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>John 7:37 - "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink."</strong></em></span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">The release of the Spirit upon you is connected with Jesus' position of being glorified. Everything the Holy Spirit does has only one aim -- to make us like Jesus.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">1 John 4:17 --"As He is so are we in this world" -- resurrected, ascended, and glorified. In that position, so are we in the world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>TRANSFIGURED MIND -- RENEWED MIND</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">These scriptures reveal intent -- the weight of what already exists in our Holy Spirit account.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Matthew 17:2 -- "And was transfigured before them: and His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The word for transfigured in <strong>Matthew 17:2 and Mark 9:2</strong> is the same Greek word for renewal in <strong>Romans 12:2.</strong> (Strongs 3339)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That transfigured mind in the visual is what the renewed mind looks like in the invisible -- it is altogether brilliant.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this transfigured moment- Jesus is the prototype of the glorious people in this moment. The impact of who you are and what you carry.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Moses was known for authority and Elijah for power (<strong>Luke 9:28-30</strong>) -- these are the two realms that Jesus released over his disciples. This is the prototype of what will happen with every believer who is to come to power and authority to effect and bring about change.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>JESUS PAID THE PRICE</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jesus became sin so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him -- Moses and Elijah came to talk to Him about His upcoming death that was to make that possible.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">God is wanting to re-calibrate the hearts of people. <strong>Psalm 93</strong> shows Asaph when he came into the sanctuary and experienced the glory.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Everything outside the Glory is subject to distortion -- be mis-represented -- our passion, desire, and ability is to live in the glory.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We were designed with glory -- recognition and favor, realms of presence.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p></p>LIVING UNDER AN OPEN HEAVENtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-04:4923022:BlogPost:5497402020-08-04T07:00:00.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jesus said to Nathanael, <em><strong>"You will see greater things than these...I say to you, you will see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. - John 1: 50,51.</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most Christians see the heavens closed. Few see with open vision either into the heavenly realms or into their own hearts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Romans 14:17 -…</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jesus said to Nathanael, <em><strong>"You will see greater things than these...I say to you, you will see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. - John 1: 50,51.</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most Christians see the heavens closed. Few see with open vision either into the heavenly realms or into their own hearts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Romans 14:17 - "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Kingdom is contained by the presence of the Spirit of God. Releasing the treasure that you carry is the big challenge for the Christian life. We have been called from eternity towards time. What faith means is that <strong>we live FROM HEAVEN TOWARDS EARTH.</strong></span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Christianity in its present state is that we live from earth towards heaven. Our focus is to call out to God to fix a problem. Yet He has equipped and assigned us to function in His authority to deal with the problem.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>LEARNING TO SEE DIFFERENTLY</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Kingdom is invisible and we have to learn to see differently. That's why Paul said, "What you see is temporal, what you cannot see is eternal." The Lord is trying to engage us -- He is trying to get us to reach into the invisible, because where your heart is your treasure is (<strong>Matthew 6:21).</strong> Wherever you sow yourself is where your heart will be.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Repent means to go back to God's perspective on reality.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>QUESTION TO ASK MYSELF:</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Do I think that I can have the Spirit of God resting on me and have the heavens closed over me?</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most believers go into dark situations and contend and pray and fight for an open heaven.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">What does that mean?</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We see the sky over us as dark. What does revelation do -- it reveals what already exists. It is not dark over you if you are abiding in Christ. Why? -- because the Spirit of God that is dwelling in you yearns with envy -- He will allow no darkness to separate.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>AN OPEN HEAVEN IS ALWAYS OVER US</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Over us is an open heaven -- it is always there. It doesn't mean that we are always ready to take advantage of it -- it does mean that we recognize it -- <em><strong>"the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us desires to Jealousy."(James 4:5)</strong></em> The more we abide and walk in His presence the more He trusts His presence to rest upon us, which increases our perception of the Open Heaven around us.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The more your mantle increases, the more your responsibility increases. The more your responsibility increases, the greater representation from heaven goes with you. Heaven follows those who live a lifestyle of risk and carry a mantle of authority and responsibility.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p></p>IDENTIFYING WITH THE LOSTtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-08-02:4923022:BlogPost:5495742020-08-02T03:03:21.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"Before she went into labor, she had the baby. Before the birth pangs hit, she delivered a son...So I open the womb and not deliver the baby? Do I, the One who delivers babies shut the womb?" - Isaiah 66:7-9</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Soul travail is an impassioned deep level of intercession (prayer) that affects the spiritual atmosphere so that the lost can hear the gospel and make a decision to receive Jesus Christ…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"Before she went into labor, she had the baby. Before the birth pangs hit, she delivered a son...So I open the womb and not deliver the baby? Do I, the One who delivers babies shut the womb?" - Isaiah 66:7-9</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Soul travail is an impassioned deep level of intercession (prayer) that affects the spiritual atmosphere so that the lost can hear the gospel and make a decision to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We literally push back the blinding oppressing power of the enemy so that the gospel penetrates the heart. Effective witnessing can never be done without a burden, anguish, and true weeping for souls in prayer first!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>BURDEN US WITH HIS HEART</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We cannot have believers being stirred up to win souls out of duty or obligation because it's the Christian thing to do.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But we can cry out and say:</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Holy Spirit come and burden me with his heart. Holy Spirit come and put inside of me the desire of God! Holy Spirit come and break me like You are broken for souls to be saved. Help me to travail for souls."</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>LET JACOB BE OUR EXAMPLE</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We need to be wrestlers with God for souls. We need to become like Jacob <strong>(Genesis 32:24-30</strong>) and say, "I'm going to get a hold of you Lord God. I am going to wrestle with You, O God. I am going to labor right here in the spirit until You bless me with the burden for souls.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The apostle Paul talks about travail: <em><strong>"My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you." - Galatians 4:19.</strong></em> Paul had already labored and travailed for their spiritual birth and once again he is in labor until Christ is formed in them.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>OVERCOME WITH THE HEART OF GOD</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a fire -- there is an anointing that can fall on us so that we are literally overcome with the heart of God. There is grace available from the Lord to bow before Him on our face, weeping, crying out, and there is grace for us to be touched by the Holy Spirit to labor and travail for souls. And God can take us out of our comfort zone and compel us by His Spirit to go into the streets to share the gospel with the lost.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We will not be operating from a sense of duty and obligation. Jesus never ministered to people because it was something he had to do or because it was His job. Rather He reached the lost because of His great love for them.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WE HAVE A GREAT PROMISE OF HOUSEHOLD SALVATION AND REVIVAL</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31)</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Travailing in warfare prayer can break satan's power -- through the ministry of binding and loosing we can truly help push back the blinding power of deception keeping souls from making a decision for the gospel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In order for Jesus to be the greatest intercessor, to be the greatest High Priest, and to have the ministry forever of intercession (<strong>Hebrews 4:14, 5:1-10),</strong> He had to really relate and identify with where we're at. He had to identify with us.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We need to identify with the lost too. When we allow the Holy Spirit to take us into a place of identification, we will actually identify with the plight of the lost to the point that our heart and emotions become involved. At this point we need to persevere and allow ourselves to move into prayer in a deeper and deeper way, travailing for the salvation of souls.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In Joshua's day, before crossing the Jordan River and moving into their inheritance, God said to the people, <em><strong>"Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you" (Joshua 3:5).</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is an exhortation for us today!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>DRAW NEAR TO GOD</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The word consecrate, in…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In Joshua's day, before crossing the Jordan River and moving into their inheritance, God said to the people, <em><strong>"Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you" (Joshua 3:5).</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is an exhortation for us today!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>DRAW NEAR TO GOD</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The word consecrate, in Hebrew, is actually a relational term. "Qadash" means to separate or set yourself apart unto God. God's heart isn't, "Clean up your act so I can restore and bless you." He says instead, "Come to Me so I can bless you." BIG DIFFERENCE! His love is free, not earned.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Qadash"(set apart to Him), is actually the root word for holy (qodesh). Being "holy" isn't the result of or defined as "being good enough?"</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rather it is the nature (qodesh) we receive from our union with Him (qadash), which motivates us to good works and a refusal to sin. We must be careful, then, that when we set out to prepare ourselves for a move of God's Spirit, we do not move into a legalistic works mentality, trying to accomplish separation and holiness in our own abilities; rather, we draw near to God in relationship.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Lord desires to raise up men and women of prayer and radical devotion through which He can release a greater "Great Awakening" and shift the course of nations today. To be a part of this, however, we must be willing to comply with what God requires of us: Prepare ourselves through drawing near.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>A SEASON OF SEPARATION</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Lord is inviting you to enter into a season where you separate yourself unto Him in an extra special way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you rearrange your busy schedule over the next few weeks to pray and fast and spend more time in worship and the Word, your life will radically change. No matter what level of relationship you currently enjoy with the Lord, He wants to transform you into a more passionate and zealous Believer. As you draw into His depths, His cleansing stream will prepare you to advance in His PURPOSE for your life.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7152601279?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7152601279?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></strong></span></p>DEMONSTRATING PASSIONtag:afministry.ning.com,2020-07-27:4923022:BlogPost:5489252020-07-27T01:04:05.000ZAlbert Finchhttp://afministry.ning.com/profile/AlbertFinch
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Acts 14:3 - "Therefore they stayed there a long time speaking boldly in the Lord who was bearing witness to the word of His grace granting signs and wonders done by their hands."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br></br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There has to be a demonstration of this King we serve. The evidence of His resurrection is in the power of your words and the power of the actions that follow your words.…</span> <br></br></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Acts 14:3 - "Therefore they stayed there a long time speaking boldly in the Lord who was bearing witness to the word of His grace granting signs and wonders done by their hands."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There has to be a demonstration of this King we serve. The evidence of His resurrection is in the power of your words and the power of the actions that follow your words.</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Throughout the book of Acts it says, <em><strong>"They spoke boldly and God confirmed the situation and confirmed the Word."</strong></em> That boldness actually draws God into a situation. He is looking for courageous words to bring Him into a situation.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>THE COLD AND COMPLACENT</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There are those who are backslidden in their heart. They are cold, they are complacent -- they don't have a passion for God. They know enough religious routine to be at the right services, they know what tithing is all about, they know what to do as far as moral standards go -- but they are so far removed from the divine <strong>PURPOSE of God in their life</strong> that they are hiding in effect in the back pews of churches.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">They are waiting to hear real stories of actual events that demonstrate the power of the scriptures. That is why testimonies are so important.</span> <br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The testimonies draw people into a sense of <strong>God's PURPOSE in their lives.</strong> They give boldness and courage where there was previously only complacency.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>HEAVEN IS WATCHING</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Hebrews 12:1 -- "With so many witnesses in a great cloud on every side of us, we too, then, should throw off everything that hinders us....and keep running with perseverance the race that lies before us."</strong></em></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So we have a cloud of witnesses that are waiting to see if we will actually discover the momentum of prior generations that stood in the face of absolute adversity and adverse circumstances and conflict in body, in soul, and in spirit.</span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>COURAGE IS FOR EVERY DAY</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">God is releasing a supernatural courage in the earth right now.</span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is time for courage to enable us to live a sword that never leaves our hands again -- it never gets put on the mantle. Every day is a day of conquest -- every day is a day for King Jesus to be glorified -- it is called courage.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Revelation 19:10 - "The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A testimony prophesies what is possible again. It declares another miracle is now available.</span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">It illustrates to all who will listen, the nature of God and His covenant with mankind.</span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">All He looks for is someone who will add…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Revelation 19:10 - "The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A testimony prophesies what is possible again. It declares another miracle is now available.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">It illustrates to all who will listen, the nature of God and His covenant with mankind.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">All He looks for is someone who will add his or her faith to the testimony given.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">Because He is no respecter of persons He will do for you what He did for another. Because He is the same today as yesterday, He is willing to do again what He did long ago.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>STAYING HEAVENLY MINDED</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Revelation 4:1 - "After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, 'Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."'</strong></em></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">That voice is still calling to all who will hear. There is a door open in heaven and the spirit is beckoning us to come up there.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">The ultimate quest of every Christian is to walk the earth from a position seated with Christ Jesus in the heavenly places.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">Therefore, our prayer must be the one that He taught His disciples, for His kingdom to come, and His will to be done, on earth as it is in heaven (<strong>Matthew 6:10).</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">We can never be too heavenly minded. The true good that we are able to do on earth will be dependent on the degree to which we have attained the heavenly treasures.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Matthew 6:33 - "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you."</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Ephesians 5:26 - "So that He might sanctify her (the church), having cleansed her by the washing of the water with the Word."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">More than once the Word of God is referred to as water. The blood deals with sin, but it's water that addresses impurity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Exodus 38:8 - "He made the laver and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the women who…</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Ephesians 5:26 - "So that He might sanctify her (the church), having cleansed her by the washing of the water with the Word."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">More than once the Word of God is referred to as water. The blood deals with sin, but it's water that addresses impurity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Exodus 38:8 - "He made the laver and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It's not an accident that the laver of water was made from the mirrors of the women, as the Bible tells us that the Word of God is like a mirror.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>2 Corinthians 3:18 - "And all of us, as with unveiled face, because we continued to behold in the Word of God as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever-increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When we come to God's Word, we will reproduce what we see.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Proverbs 23:7 - "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Affirmations:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHATEVER MY HEART IS SET UPON WHEN I COME TO THE BIBLE, WILL DETERMINE MUCH OF WHAT I SEE IN THE BIBLE.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For example, if I come to God's Word with evangelism on my mind, the Bible will open up new Scriptures that I never previously considered to be evangelistic. What I carry to this watering hole will determine much of what I see and reproduce. (<strong>Genesis 30:37-39)</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>MY DESPERATION FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS ON MY HEART MAKES ME AVAILABLE FOR THINGS THAT OTHERS SEEM TO CONTINUALLY MISS.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>BY KEEPING A PURE HEART, THE JOURNEY TO GOD'S WORD IS A JOURNEY WHERE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME.</strong></span></p>
<p><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is easy to go to sleep reviewing negative ideas and pictures in our mind and wake up in the morning with a poisoned and negative spirit instead of falling asleep loving and receiving from Jesus, our Lord and Savior.</span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>CONTINUOUSLY DECLARE GOD'S WORDS</strong></span></p>
<p><br></br> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We declare truth over any negative circumstance in our lives and we see Jesus present in inner…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is easy to go to sleep reviewing negative ideas and pictures in our mind and wake up in the morning with a poisoned and negative spirit instead of falling asleep loving and receiving from Jesus, our Lord and Savior.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>CONTINUOUSLY DECLARE GOD'S WORDS</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We declare truth over any negative circumstance in our lives and we see Jesus present in inner healing scenes. And since we do this continuously, this becomes ALL that we see.</span> <br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We do not see sickness.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We do not see lack.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We do not see pain.</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We see Jesus, everywhere. We behold the glory of the Lord. We have reached that blessed state because we see God, everywhere, all the time (see <strong>Matthew 5:8</strong>).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Morning Star has arisen in our hearts, and our hearts are full of ONLY His light (see <strong>2 Peter 1:19).</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WHATEVER WE FIX OUR EYS ON GROWS WITH US AND WHATEVER GROWS WITHIN US WE BECOME</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditates day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." - Psalms 1:2-3</strong></em></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Focus, repetition, and intensity are steps we take to move truth from our heads to our hearts. The command to look intently (see <strong>James 1:25</strong>) and to meditate continuously (see Philippians 4:8) would be examples of using focus and repetition.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Repeating healing prayers pours divine light continually into our beings, until we are entirely sanctified -- spirit, soul, and body (see <strong>1 Thessalonians 5:23</strong>). We become the radiance of His glory because we have bathed ourselves in His glory continuously. Darkness, sickness, and demons have now fled because of the light of His glory.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>PRAY AND MEDITATE MORNING AND EVENING</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">We pray RESTORATIVE prayers when we awaken and are lying in bed in the morning. We pray the same prayers as we lie in bed preparing to fall asleep (see <strong>1 Chronicles 23:30)</strong>. In doing this we are <em><strong>"renewing our mind" (Romans 12:2</strong></em>) with the truth of God's divine reality. Any previous lies of the enemy which filled our heart in the past are being swept away by these cascading waves of truth which come crashing down again and again (as we affirm and meditate on the respective scriptures), until every demonic stronghold in our mind is demolished and we are fully set free and completely filled with:</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">God's light, God's truth, God's glory, and God's reality.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Once your spirit and soul are healed, delivered, and set free, God's light, which is growing within you, will penetrate your body (see <strong>Philippians 2:12-13</strong>). As it does, your body will be transformed allowing you to ultimately experience the fullness of His covenant blessings overtaking you. You have pressed through satan's lies until you are conscious of ONLY one reality: God's reality.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"Work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." - Philippians 2:12-13</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><a href="http://afministry.ning.com">http://afministry.ning.com</a></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As we begin to see NEW growth spring forth in what was previously considered "hard places", doors connected to the ways of man begin to be shut and new doors that are connected and hinged upon the ways of God begin to open.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way." - Psalm 25:9</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>HUMILITY IS A…</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As we begin to see NEW growth spring forth in what was previously considered "hard places", doors connected to the ways of man begin to be shut and new doors that are connected and hinged upon the ways of God begin to open.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>"The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way." - Psalm 25:9</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>HUMILITY IS A KEY</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Prophetically walking through "NEW doors" often requires us to lay aside and unload some things that we have carried in times past – right, wrong or indifferent. Holding onto these often good things of our past will actually limit our ability to step into the NEW things God has prepared for you in this season.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In regards to this transition, it is helpful to recognize and fully appreciate that not only has God prepared new pathways and permissions for us in this season, but He has also been preparing us for these NEW pathways and the necessary permissions to proceed in these NEW directions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">These NEW pathways are a place of promotion that God has prepared. Holding onto various things connected with our past season, in our own understanding, not only becomes burdensome but they can also potentially grant an access to the enemies of our past, as we are unable to enter into the promise of our future.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is often in our letting go that we are then able to lay hold. We see this truth in <strong><em>1 Peter 5:6 - "Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As the "Winds of Change" begin to blow question is: Will He find faith on the earth to believe and rejoice in the hope of what He has promised to do in your life? The strength to "build again" is coming in the joy of the Lord through an impartation of understanding that is being granted to those who make the choice to rejoice and "believe again" (see <strong>Nehemiah 8:8-10).</strong></span></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"...yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressi</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ble and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith..." - 1 Peter 1:8b-9a</span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For many, in the areas that you have faced previous winds of adversity and opposition, there is a significant change and shift coming – and for some it has already come. With this change, you will find that in the area of your past opposition God was actually allowing you to become rooted and grounded in love in a new way that has positioned you to flourish as a tree planted by His river in this new season (see <strong>Ephesians 3:14-20 and Psalm 1:1-3).</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>DREAMING WITH GOD</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Part of being a prophetic people often means that, in most cases, we are seeing, hearing, and therefore living ahead of our time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For some this can create frustration; for others it unlocks within them a door of divine DESTINY that causes them to begin to dream in their current season of preparation in a way where they prophetically begin to REACH FORWARD IN FAITH to those things which are ahead, as they press in and press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God on their lives, found in the revelation of Jesus Christ (see <strong>Philippians 3:13-14).</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dreaming with God in this way releases a fresh resolve and conviction of faith to flourish in the hearts of God's children, where they begin to believe for, resurrect, and re-present previous petitions connected with past promises before the courts of Heaven.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Personal prayer and a plan of action takes us on a new posture – a posture of fruit bearing that remains for God's advancing Kingdom through our Christ calling -- that unlocks the fulfillment of the very thing that you have been praying into and for.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Joshua 6:2 - "And the Lord said unto Joshua, See. I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When the children of Israel entered the Promised Land ten cities stood as obstacles in their way. The first of these cities was Jericho. Israel was not yet an army -- they were simply a group of desert wanderers with a promise. They had no army. Their…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Joshua 6:2 - "And the Lord said unto Joshua, See. I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When the children of Israel entered the Promised Land ten cities stood as obstacles in their way. The first of these cities was Jericho. Israel was not yet an army -- they were simply a group of desert wanderers with a promise. They had no army. Their resources had worn thin from years in the desert.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>THEIR ONLY WEAPON OF WARFARE WAS THEIR OBEDIENCE TO GOD</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Joshua 6:20 - "So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city."</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Church stands in a similar posture. We are facing a Jericho that is standing in the way. The world systems are unstable. Financial fear is trying to lure the people of God into its fear. There a lot of walls standing in the way of promise. God is positioning His Church to bring down those walls just as He did in Jericho.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Those walls will not fall by human wisdom and reasoning. Another church program will not do it. Only the shout of grace will bring it down. The shout of grace in obedience to God was the weapon of supernatural warfare for Israel. When we shout "grace" we are making a statement that unless God shows up we won't be able to move ahead.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>STANDING BEFORE OUR JERICO WALLS</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Today as we stand before the walls of our Jericho, we shout out loud the word, "Grace."</span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">With that shout of grace will come the dismantling of the walls of those encampments that stand in the way of the promise of God:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Gather your mounting bills and shout grace over them.</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Shout grace into your future.</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Shout grace over a wayward child.</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Shout grace over every obstacle that stands in the way of your vision and calling.</strong></span><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Stand on the high places of your city and shout grace over the broken and lost.</strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Once we shout the grace of God -- we walk straight ahead and see the glory of God. Under our feet will be the remains of fear and impossibility.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Zechariah 4:7 - "What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'"</strong></span></p>
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