Blog entries by Albert Finch
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John 14:30 - "I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, (He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me)."
Scripture teaches us that we must be satisfied with the consequences of...
Romans 8:1 - "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
Our captivity to guilt, shame, and condemnation limits us. It keeps us from experiencing everything God wants us to receive by faith. If we don't know we're clean, we will not have confidence before God to...
Matthew 6:33 - "See ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
Some people want to float through life without putting out the effort to build up their spiritual account. They want to enjoy the heavenly blessings, but they don't want to...
What would you do with the might of His Spirit? Would you allow it to flow out of you? Would you allow it to change you, and raise you up in His own glory?
Do not let man cause you to fall, to slumber, or to come halfheartedly before His throne. But press forward, and come in boldly, for you...
I am like a tree firmly planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in due season; my leaf does not wither and I prosper in whatever I do; because my delight is in You Lord Jesus. (Psalm1:2,3)
How blessed am I since I take refuge in Jesus. (Psalm 2:12)
My Lord, You are a shield about me...
Proverbs 4:23-27 - "Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that's where life starts...avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip...ignore all sideshow distractions...look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust."
Passion takes energy. Vision takes energy. Strategy takes energy. As you...
"Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets." - Amos 3:7
Along with timing, it is key to understand the role we play as workers in God's Kingdom to see prophecy come to pass. Without understanding that prophecy requires action on our part...
Matthew 6:34 - "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
According to psychologists, human beings are driven by their base needs. In the sixth chapter of Matthew, Jesus challenges that thought pattern. He instructs us...
Luke 11:38 - "When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal."
If we are still "doing" acts of holiness to get God to move in our lives, then we are still operating under a "law" mentally that is not faith (Galatians 3:12).
The legalist...
2 Corinthians 6:4 - "In all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God; in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses."
The tribulations of which Paul spoke are not the tribulations of various diseases. He suffered tribulations with the people as Jesus did. There can be man...
Colossians 1:26-27 - "the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
God is taking you...
Will You Let His Peace Have Its Work?
"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful." - John 14:27
Will you receive it? Will you let it melt away every worry, every fear, and every stress? Will...
Colossians 3:3,4 - "for you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God...Christ, who is your life."
It requires time and thought to grasp the truth that the life Christ lives in the Father is the same life He lives in us. Christ does not live one life in the Father and another in you...
Isaiah 43:18,19 - "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."
God is resetting us in the present to create a new history under the guidance of...
"You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing...And, He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him." - Psalm 145:16, 19 NKJV.
You can trust the Lord God.
LAUNCH INTO THE DEEP
In Luke 5, we read the story of Simon Peter fishing. He had been up all night fishing and had...
Matthew 22:29 - "You are wrong because you know neither the scriptures nor God's power."
In this passage Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for their ignorance of the scriptures and God's power. What was the cause?
They didn't allow the scriptures to lead them to God. They didn't understand......not...
Philippians 2:15 - "We are seen as lights in the world."
We are the light of the world. We have taken Jesus' place. His Life in us is the source of Light. Light means Wisdom and ability to do things. He has actually come into us and lives in us and through us.
We have been translated into the...
"And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him." -- 1 John 5:14,15
You cannot ask with confidence until there is a...
2 Corinthians 10:5 - "Casting down arguments, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"
Have you ever felt condemned because of the bad thoughts you have had? You may have felt that you had to...
2 Corinthians 12:9 - "...My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness...”
It is wrong for any Christian to attempt to live the Christian life. And we are not asked to do so. The Word of the Lord says "it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Galatians...