Blog entries by Albert Finch
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Galatians 5:17 - "For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want."
Living in the Spirit means that I trust the Holy Spirit to do in me what I cannot do myself.
Each time I am...
The Lord challenges many in coming out of familiar places into new territory. It is part of the reality of coming into that "Promised Land" that so many are hoping and praying for as Believers in Christ.
It is up to US to take that step of faith out of our familiar comfort zones and into that...
"I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land." - Psalm 143:6
As we continue on into 2020 we lean into the secret place, spending more time with God, there is a new hunger for communion, compelling us to "throw away" everything that carries no heavenly or eternal...
Matthew 9:17 -"Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins. Or else the wineskins burst, the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."
A wineskin is essentially a container or a vessel that stores liquid. Jesus said rivers of...
"If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended to Heaven but He who came down from Heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in Heaven." - John 3:12-13
Time is where we live but we can walk in the Spirit where God...
Song of Solomon 4:16 - "Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden, and eat His pleasant fruits."
This is a new day, let the Son arise with healing in His wings and let the wind of God take you to a...
Acts 3:1 - "Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer."
Peter and John were at the Gate Beautiful when they encountered a lame man begging alms. He was living in a state of survival...begging just to survive. He lived with no victory, no breakthrough...
We have an enemy who wants open access to our lives...and we have angelic hosts to guide, guard, and protect us here on the earth (Psalm 91:11, Psalm 34:7). As we become more aware of both, while living in this day and time, living a lifestyle of victory becomes our daily norm.
"The angel of...
Deuteronomy 31:6 - "So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”
Choosing to be open to exposure will require that you look at things differently and pay attention to...
2 Peter 1:3 -- "seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence."
Zechariah 9:12 - "Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; This very day I am declaring...
Psalm 95:1 - "Come, let's shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!"
Praise is a weapon given to us by God – a weapon that we need to utilize. Sometimes people can be shy about praising aloud, but God wants to hear YOUR VOICE! Praise is a declaration of the power, might...
Philippians 1:20 - "My expectation and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially right now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die."
Here are some practical ways to partner with God and...
1 Chronicles 14:11 -- "So they went up to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there. Then David said, 'God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a breakthrough of water.' Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim [meaning Master of Breakthrough]."
Breakthrough is the...
Romans 6:16 - "16 Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But...
Jesus not only redeemed us from sin, He also redeemed us from sickness. So it is God's will to heal you. Never doubt it, because healing is in His redemptive plan.
The Bible says that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established (Matthew 18:16). The following texts...
"that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless." - Ephesians 5:27
The worst "drug" many Christians are taking today is the drug of the wrong narrative. This wrong narrative says we are in the...
Acts 4:13 - "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus."
2020 is a year where you will be baffling the minds of many. You are emerging from the depths and from...
"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." - Philippians 1:6
Anytime that you are living outside of your calling, it is like being enslaved to the very thing that you are living according to at that moment...
Luke 15:28 - "But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,"
In the parable of the prodigal son, if the elder son had considered his brother, he would have rejoiced at his return even as his father did. Rather he was totally self-centered and became angry.
How...
Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,"
You can't win a victory as long as the problem is...