Blog entries by Albert Finch
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The key to unlocking the fulfillment of God's promises in your life is learning to decree God's will! While it seems simple, decrees of the Lord, give voice to and establish His will. These Godly decrees are like arrows of accuracy that breakthrough every obstacle you face. By understanding the...
Be aware that the enemy would come with distraction after distraction only to rob you, and deposit within you despondency and numbness putting you in a sense of shock and longing -- not know which way to go -- to the left or to the right.
In times of trouble, call in His presence, for where you...
Matthew 11:28 - "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
A place of rest is where God does His most significant work in us. If we are willing to learn how to rest, we will experience a depth of faith not known in a restless place.
God gives us the power and...
2 Corinthians 3:4 - "We have such trust through Christ toward God."
We need to get to a place where we are beyond trusting in ourselves. The only sure place to rest is where you are trusting fully in God.
God is the lover of our soul! Our confidence can only be placed in the rest upon the One...
"Where there is no vision, the people perish; but happy is he who keeps the teaching" (Proverbs 29:18).
God is looking for those with a Habakkuk spirit who will not only see and hear, but record and proclaim – and keep proclaiming until the people's ears and eyes open to what the Lord is saying...
Job 5:19 - "He shall deliver you in six troubles, yes, in seven no evil shall touch you."
God will deliver you from all your troubles. (Psalm 34:19, 2 timothy 4:18). When trouble comes, God does not want you to be discouraged.
He wants you to know that it is only the devil trying to steal His...
Grab hold of the strength of the Word of victory that is power to us. Anchor it in your mind, in your heart, and in your thoughts!
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work...
Seek first the Kingdom of God. Let His righteousness do rightness all around you. For, understand, when those come to oppose you – lift up His right hand, His Word, against that. For His left hand will sustain you, and His right hand will give you the direction of counsel, by His Spirit.
For He...
Joshua 3:5 - "Then Joshua said to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.'"
God was telling His people that the only way they were going to be able to defeat their enemies was to prepare themselves -- it was not a matter of strategizing their warfare...
Revelation 19:14 - "And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses."
In this passage, a wonderful picture is painted of the armies of Heaven following Christ into battle. These armies have been washed in the Blood of the lamb...
"And have compassion on some, who are doubting" - Jude 22
Jude wants us to elicit an emotional response from his readers. He wants us to graphically see and understand the seriousness of believers who have backslidden into a life of sin and disobedience. He wants us to "feel" for these...
2 Corinthians 3:6 - "The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."
People who are spiritual can only be fed with spiritual food. Jesus says He does not speak or act of Himself:
"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works."...
Isaiah 61:4 - "And they shall rebuild the old ruins. They shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations."
As imitators of Christ, we know that we were created and called to serve others.
Will you accept the call?
God grants...
Hebrews 4:12 - For the Word of God is living and powerful..........
For one who has faith in the Word of God, there is nothing impossible. There are no impossibilities when there is faith..........and there are no exceptions.......
Our faith in God's word is not just an abiding faith; it is...
John 1:12 - "But as many as received Him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name."
We need to stop laying claim to our family's genetic problems, inheritable sicknesses, dysfunctional behavior, disorders, hang-ups, curses, or any other negative...
John 11:44 - "The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, and let him go.'”
Lazarus had to be untangled before he was free to see, walk with, and touch Jesus again. Get free from everything that...
Philippians 2:13 - "for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure."
Isaiah 43:16,19 - "This is what the Lord says—he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, See, I am doing a new thing; Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I...
"That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to His death...not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ...
John 21:11,12 - "11 Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.”
When Jesus first came to the disciples on the shore, after the...
We develop a resurrection mindset, not just the future resurrection but in our thinking now. There will be an ultimate resurrection and glorification. There is a resurrection power working in us now. Our spirit has been raised from the dead already (see Romans 6:3).
"And if the Spirit of him...