Blog entries by Albert Finch
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Jesus, make me the object of your compassion as I give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your Praise -- blessed be Your Name. (Psalm 106:46-48)
Your Word, O Lord, leads me by a straight way as your lovingkindness is everlasting for the redeemed, always delivering me out of my distresses...
It is imperative that we realize our personal identity in Christ. In Colossians 2:9 we discover this central fact concerning Christ Jesus: "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."
Our outlook on life is changed as we contemplate: "And you are complete in Him, who is the...
Focus on Jesus -- Immanuel. If you live on the surface of life by focusing on everchanging phenomena, you will find yourself echoing the words of Solomon: "Meaningless! Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!"
Live in collaboration with Him is the way to discover His purpose for your life...
John 12:21 tells us that a delegation from the Greek community came to the disciples and said, "We wish to see Jesus."
If there is an intense yearning within us, then there must be something to respond to that aspiration or we would not possess it.
"As the deer pants for the water brooks, so...
1 John 3:16 - "We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
There is something the Church seriously needs to attain to today. Somehow preaching has seeped in that makes one believe that believers have to get good first before...
The decisions we make, the places we go, the things we say -- create images in our subconscious. First, we think a thought; then we rehearse it until it begins to formulate an image. Finally, our words speak things into existence and our actions set dynamics into motion. We are to present and...
Take time to be holy. The word holy does not mean goody-goody; it means set apart for sacred use. As you focus your mind and heart on Jesus, you are being transformed; re-created into the one you were designed to be. This process requires blocks of time set aside with the Lover of your soul...
Luke 11:1 states: "Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.'"
This is our prayer, "Lord, teach us how to pray." -- we do not want to pray in our old ways, asking and begging. We...
I give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to Him and tell of the wonderful things He has done. (Psalm 105:1,2)
I glory in Jesus' holy name as I seek His face and glory in His holy name. (Psalm 105:3,4)
Jesus is the Lord my God as I am complete in Him and the New Covenant He has made with me...
Psalm 91:1 -- "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
Jesus lived a life of prayer, and when He needed dedicated prayer time He would send crowds and, most likely, potential resources away so that He could be with the...
In Song of Solomon 2, the Lover (Jesus) is wooing His Beloved to a new place in verse 10, "Rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and come away," he invites.
He then goes on to declare that "the winter is past…the flowers are springing up, and the time of singing birds has come…the fig trees are...
Genesis 1:26 - "Let Us make man in Our image, to be like Ourselves; let man have dominion...over all the earth."
It has always been the Lord's intent to have a "people" who would have dominion authority on the earth.
The word "dominion" (Hebrew - radah) means to prevail, rule, reign, to tread...
Your desire to live a riskless life is a form of unbelief. Your longing to live close to Jesus is at odds with your attempts to minimize risk. Be willing to go out on a limb with Him. If that is where He is leading you, it is the safest place to be. In order to follow Him wholeheartedly, you...
"Long before He laid down earth's foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love. - Ephesians 1:4 The Message
Today He is calling you unto Himself. He is overshadowing you with His Presence; and you will come into a new...
My soul blesses the Holy Name of the Lord and forgets none of His benefits. (Psalm 103:1,2)
He pardons all of my sins, heals all my diseases, and redeems my life from the pit. (Psalm 103:3,4)
He crowns me with lovingkindness and compassion and satisfies my years with grace and favor so that my...
"...Because His heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be His, He endured the agony of the Cross and conquered its humiliation..." (Hebrews 12:2 TPT)
Before Christ endured His final wrestling match on the Cross, He learned obedience through the things He suffered. He grew His...
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."
The entire world is poised for swift, radical...
John 15:1,2,4 - "I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of Me that doesn't bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more....Make your home in Me just as I do in you.....When you're joined with Me and I with you...
2 Peter 1:4 - "By which He (God) has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire."
Each of us has a promised land for our lives (our...
We are to desire God, to secure ourselves to Him. We are to desire His presence, to turn toward Him, and to remove anything that would stop us from being in His presence. That is what God means by seeking His face.
It is easy to pray a short prayer and go about your day. Often, it is much more...