BEING THE BLESSING

[FAITH]

O that God would stir our hearts with passion; that we would encounter Him with such abandon, that we could all say: "God, I'm as hungry for You today as I was at any other time in my life!"

Psalms 42:1-2, "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

Revelation 2:4, 5a" --"Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works."

"You have left your first love." We can all think of those days when we were hungrier and more radical for God, devouring our Bible every day. Maybe it was in those first few months that we were a Christian. But now, because of some hard trials, valleys, and disappointments, we realize that we're still walking with God, still reading the Bible and going to church, but there's something missing.

Jesus Christ is challenging us, so let's be honest. We need to FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS AGAIN--revisit First Love.

If you have not been meditating and experiencing the love of Jesus flowing into your heart, then you have not properly been loving your fellow believers. Your love is manifested in your passion to disciple new believers into their Christ identity so they can bear fruit that remains for God’s Kingdom.

 

REPENT AND DO THE FIRST WORKS

 

There's something about when we begin to remember and allow the Holy Spirit to move in the imagination, taking us back to the greatest times of God's power coming in our lives. It's important that we follow through those times and step into the calling of God over our lives. Jesus said to "Remember therefore from where you have fallen."  When Jesus uses the term “first works” He is implying that there are more numbered works to be forthcoming.
There are times when Christians get so hopeless and disappointed -- so discouraged because they have become stagnant in their spiritual growth because they have been living into themselves and not allowing the Holy Spirit to live through them into the lives of others.  

 

TAKE HOLD OF GOD AFRESH

 

If there is luke-warmness, you have to take responsibility for it. It's not always the church's fault. You've got to STIR YOURSELF UP by asking, seeking, and knocking (Matthew 7:7) until you come to understand God’s purpose for your life so you can start bearing fruit that remains for His Kingdom here on earth. You need to say, "I don't just want to go to where the blessing is, I want to be the blessing. I don't just want to go to the revival, I want to carry the revival. I want to be what starts the revival!"

We've got to be at a place where we stop and say, "Soul, what are you doing, and why are you so complacent?  I've got to remember from where I have fallen.  I've got to get back that love and that passion and that fire -- I've got to get it back! I've got to step out into the Destiny Jesus has for me.   Something's wrong here.  I'm not going to stay here anymore murmuring and going around this mountain.  I am going to do something about it!"

 

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY:

https://afministry.ning.com/

DRE 75     DW74      ZZ – 2305        10-12-2023