Blog entries by Albert Finch
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We fail to reach into God enough. As Christians, we need to spend more time listening to God than anything else. When we do hear the Lord, creative power and life flow through His words.
Determine in your heart that you want to reach the highest place in God -- learning how to live each day in...
Numbers 2:9 -- "All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were.......These shall FIRST set forth."
Throughout the Old Testament, the Israelites conquered their foes with the ultimate weapon – praise and worship. We know this because of the recorded fact that – of the 12 tribes of Israel – the...
Jesus came to earth knowing the sole purpose of the Father for His life. Every born-again believer has a purpose (calling) destined by God that is connected to advancing His Kingdom in the earth.
Much of the favor of God that you experience is tied to whether or not you are living your life...
"He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of His hand He hid me; He made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in His quiver." - Isaiah 4
This is an hour where the Church can't be silent. This will be a year of the power and glory returning to the Church in a way we have not...
"Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges...you will rejoice in the Lord, You will glory in the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 41:15,16
Are we ready to dive into the bottomless treasure chest of God for our lives? When we awake spiritually hungry, the Lord is up...
"And He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, "What, could ye not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." - Matthew 26:40-41
Can you imagine Jesus in the Garden of...
Ephesians 1:4 "For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight."
It is essential that every Believer comprehends that they have been chosen by God (through their receiving Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior) and also that they have been chosen...
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:2
"And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:7
Break loose of the earth's gravitational pull...
"For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in Heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you...
John 14:12 - "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the Father."
The miracles of Jesus were a demonstration of how the authority of the Kingdom of Heaven has dominion over any condition...
Matthew 6:10 - "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
What world is more real to us? Is it this present world or the eternal?
FREEDOM IN OUR SPIRIT
When we are more aware of the ultimate eternal life with God, when the temporal world no longer makes much difference...
"He who believes in Me the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father" (John 14:12).
Are we walking with an earnest expectation of the miraculous? Are we truly expecting to see the goodness of God manifested (birthed) on earth, or are we...
Habakkuk 2:2 - "And the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it."
As we spend time in God's presence we come to a place when the Holy Spirit places a vision in our heart that He wants us to follow. Our problem is we don't know how to get fully...
Paul was not content to know he was going to inherit Heaven. He wanted to be a son of God and inherit the Kingdom on earth.
Philippians 3:12-14 - "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold...
Isaiah 59:19, "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." NKJV
God is the river, the flood, and the One Who breaks forth with an outburst through the glory of His Spirit. He is the One Who breaks forth, springs forth inside of us...
"And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body." (Romans 8:22-23)
The creation is...
"Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life -- fear of death, fear of judgment -- is one not yet fully formed in love." -- 1 John 4:18 The Message
Stop staring into that hole of loss and ask for a fresh revelation of His love to push out the fear and crushing...
"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name!....Who forgives all your iniquities. Who heals all your diseases." - Psalm 103: 1,3
God doesn't give people disease any more than we would give our own children poison.
People think that God causes all the disasters...
John 14:18,20 - "I will not leave you alone; I will come back to you. When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me, just as I am in you."
When we talk about power encounters as a means of reaching people with God's love, many different ideas may run...
Even when I am afraid, I still trust you. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:3,11
For your Word O God, I give you praise, for you have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life. Psalm 56:4,13
I will praise you, Lord, for everyone to hear, and...