Blog entries by Albert Finch
-
Welcome to Christian Forums, a Christian Forum that recognizes that all Christians are a work in progress.
You will need to register to be able to join in fellowship with Christians all over the world.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!
John 11:25 - "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life....."
God wants to resurrect things that have died in you. You may think that your window of occasion is past the time that anything good can happen, but remember we serve the God of the resurrection.
We are to be continually...
Colossians 1:18,20 - "And He is the head of the body, the church....to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."
The work of the Cross of Christ made it possible for Believers in Him to receive right...
Ephesians 1:20 - "His power at work in us who believe. This power in us is the same as the mighty strength which He used when He raised Christ from death...."
You have resurrection power attached to your prayer life! You can look to things that are absolutely dead and pray forth eternal LIFE...
Philippians 3:10 - "That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death."
For His sake, we cannot content ourselves merely with good works. ultimately, we will discover that study and church attendance are but forms...
Romans 8:11 - "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."
Our purpose is to utilize all of our resurrection authority that resides within us as...
John 20:14-16 - She glanced over her shoulder and saw someone standing behind her. It was Jesus, but she didn't recognize him! "Why are you crying?" he asked her. "Whom are you looking for?" She thought He was the gardener. "Sir," she said, "if you have taken Him away, tell me where you have put...
2 Samuel 5:20, "So David went to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, "The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water."
David is speaking about his experience with the Lord's breakthrough. He describes it like an outburst of waters that is...
Isaiah 60:1–2: "Rise up in splendor and be radiant, for your light has dawned, and Yahweh's glory now streams from you! Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick gloom covers the nations, but Yahweh arises upon you and the brightness of His glory appears over you!" (Isaiah 60:1–2...
"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...
"I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, my great army which I sent among you" (Joel 2:25).
Since we serve a God of restoration, we might ask the question: "What can God restore?" The answer is that...
Matthew 19:16 - "And, behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
The rich young ruler first, acknowledged Jesus as good, but not as God. This is the reason that Jesus responded to His request the way He did. Jesus was saying, "God...
It's time for the Bride to make herself ready and there is a haste of the hour to do this. It's really a time to hear what the Spirit is saying and move on HIS direction, HIS voice (Isaiah 55:11), and not the voice of the world that comes from fear or the wisdom of man – which is opposite to...
Matthew 15:6 - "Thus have you made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition."
Traditions rob believers of their healing. They steal the power from the promises of God.
One tradition says that it's not always God's will to heal you. It is God's will to heal you! It says so in His...
Isaiah 66:9 says, "Shall I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the Lord. 'Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?' says your God."
Isaiah 46:11 says, "Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, be assured I will do it."
Whatever has been...
"The armies of Heaven were following Him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean." - Revelation 19:14
The Lord in this hour is about to send His fire upon the Church. Those that are not ready may not be prepared for this fire, but it is going to consume the darkness...
Luke 1:37 - "For with God nothing will be impossible."
"What would Jesus do?" It is a question Christians are taught to ask themselves when faced with a problem. But when you ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?" in any situation, it is subject to your own interpretation and theology. So, when...
Genesis 28:12 - "And he had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it."
The word translated "angel" in the text is the Hebrew word "Mal'ak" (mal-awk'), which means to despatch as a...
2 Corinthians 3:8 - "How will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?" We live, we move, we reign over all things. "
1 Peter 1:8 - "You greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory..."
Psalm 40:8 - "I delight to do Your will, O my God."
In our hearts there is exceeding...
"...Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning" (Psalm 30:5).
Yesterday is gone and the new day has now dawned for you. You've been waiting and praying for this moment, but you didn't think it would come -- get beyond the pain and look up.
Gaze at the new dawn with...
There is a paralyzing passivity so prevalent in the Church today. As prophetic voices, we must sound the alarm: these are not days of peace! We have no armistice with the workers of darkness! We must stir ourselves out of this stupor, as Scripture instructs us to do. We must rouse to reality and...