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OUT ONTO THE WATER

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 Christ calling). God's promises are key to us entering into the vision that God has given us. If you are in a desert God is ready to take you out -- time to move on from eating manna to eating the food that God freely gives in the promised land of your DESTINY!

If we want to be co-laborers with Jesus, fulfilling His PURPOSE FOR OUR LIFE, we must step out of the comfort zone and move into the life of faith where our only source is the invisible God and the integrity of His word. He said we cannot be His disciples if we don't do this. "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me." - Luke 9:23

When the Holy Spirit shows us promises concerning our CALLING, it comes by revelation. God gives us light to see. That revelation is a seed. Just as a seed needs to be watered to grow, so we need to water these seeds of promise with our prayers. Throughout the process, prayer is required to keep things moving in the direction of promises fulfilled. This requires patience on our part. God brings forth maturity in our hearts through this process. This is why we are encouraged not to lose heart. We can expedite God's promises through our response, pursuit, and actions.

ACTIVATION THROUGH RESPONSE

When we have come to an understanding of God’s purpose for our life, we now have an occasion to respond in some way that gets us "out of the boat."

Matthew 14:28 - "And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus."

Just as when Peter saw Jesus walking on the water, as His eyes were opened to the event, Jesus gave Him an invitation to get out of the boat. Peter did what he knew to do. He took a step out on the water. He went some distance. Taking His eyes off the Lord, he began to slip, but Jesus was still there to meet Him and lift Him up. Peter's response was not perfect, but, unlike any other disciple, Peter was the only disciple with the faith to get out of the boat and step purposely onto water!

Sometimes in our own minds we justify waiting in the boat, not realizing it is just our natural mind wanting to know every detail. Thinking to ourselves, "Well, maybe I ought to just sit in the boat a little bit longer – after all, we want to have wisdom." Do you think Peter did that? No. He got out of the boat of his comfort zone before his natural feelings could jump in to dictate the next step.

Our spirit man does not need to have everything figured out. Faith is the substance that gets us out of the boat. Be encouraged to seek God on how to get out of your boat. Because once we do all that we know to do in response to God's promise, the Lord comes through for us. God has given us promises. Some have time slots of fulfillment, and others are without time frames just waiting for our response.

Hebrews 11:6 - "No man can please God without Faith." (TEV)

Without faith it is impossible to please God. We are not allowed to simply wait for something to happen.

GOD MEETS US ON THE WATER

Jesus met Peter on the water. This was the place of faith. Peter experienced something that none of the other disciples experienced because he was willing to take a step. Is it any coincidence that it was Peter who was used to preach at Pentecost? Although Peter had done some presumptuous things, he also found the groove through his persistence, mixed with shortcomings.

God's grace meets us and implements God's PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES to the present reality of bearing fruit that remains for His ever advancing Kingdom.

We need to:

Find the place of faith where we respond to what God has shown us.

Seek God about the proper response through communion, prayer, fasting, and apprehending the Ascended Life in Christ as we die to our self life and start living for the spiritual lives of others.

Then do all we know to do. It may not look exactly like the perfect response, but God will meet us on the water to help us get there.

The Holy Spirit's desire is that we live our lives in the fullness of the Lord, by seeing above and beyond what we can do, and that Jesus would receive glory and honor through His great power that works in us and through us as we become the world changers we were destined to be.

"Now to Him, who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be the glory…" - Ephesians 3:20

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Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Power Study - A 115 Freedom of the Cross Read Luke 10, 2 Corinthians 3, Matthew 27

2 Corinthians 3:17 - "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Matthew 27:32 - "Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by nsme: Him the compelled to bear His cross." In Matthew 27:32 Simon the Cyrenian was "compelled to bear His cross."

Is Jesus calling us to do the same today?

The call is still true for us today just as it was for Simon the Cyrenian. To "take up our cross" we must come to the place of death. We must die to ourselves and to our worldly dreams and fully embrace the plans and blueprints for us to bring forth the Great Commission.

Matthew 27:33 - "they were come (together) unto a place called Golgotha."

Prophetically, Simon the Cyrenian represents each of us:

We must all come to the place of the cross and die to our carnal thoughts for our lives and personal agendas that we might live for the life in Christ in others.

We must all come to our own personal Golgothas.

"Jesus then said to his disciples, 'If anyone wishes to be a follower of mine, he must leave self behind; he must take up his cross and come with me. Whoever cares for his own safety is lost; but if a man will let himself be lost for my sake, he will find his true self.'" - Mattthew 16:24-25 NEB

When we approach the place of surrender and death to self we will also come under attack from the evil one. Fortunately, Jesus has already fought this battle for each of us.

Picking up our cross is a process. If we fall down -- get up just as Jesus did. Emulate Christ -- dying to yourself and worldly dreams is a process. Even the Son of God walked through this process. It takes time and intimacy with the Lord -- which manifests itself in the Ascended Life in Christ you begin living as you are laying down your life.

The ascended life – living from Heaven – dwelling in that sense of His presence and living from there releases revelation into your life. Feel His cross – feel His blood – It is real. It is. You must have spiritual hunger, a strong prayer life, as well as time affirming and meditating on the Word to have the Holy Spirit move you into passion to disciple and equip others so they will be effective in bringing forth the Great Commission.

Luke 14:27 - "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." Luke 10:2 - "He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field." Taking up your cross is not a popular message. When Jesus shared this message, many left Him, and later reviled and cursed Him. The message of the cross was one reason why Jesus was beaten, afflicted, smote, reviled spit on, crucified, and killed.

When we die to manmade methods, ideas, and formulas, and begin to truly minister in the pattern of heaven, that requires that we change the way people think, can we begin to bear fruit that remains for God's ever-advancing Kingdom.

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Daily Meditations And Affirmations - May 20, 2025

2 Corinthians 12:9 - "…My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness…” I

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 2:20). This is the secret of living the Christian life.

Defeat is not caused by less work, but by too much work. When we are working on our behavior, God's grace cannot come to us. Likewise, in our working too much, the life of the Lord cannot be manifested in us.

The New Covenant Law is not designed for men outside of Christ. The natural man cannot obey the New Commandment that Jesus gave. There is only one commandment to rule the New Creation, and that is to love one another even as Jesus loved us (John 13:34). That New Commandment made any other commandment unnecessary, for the man who walks in Love will never do wrong.

Someone asks, "Why is the Mosaic Law called the 'law of sin and of death?" Because it was to govern spiritually dead men. The Law of the Spirit of Life (Romans 8:2) is to govern Recreated men. It is the Spirit of Love.

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Exhortation - May 19, 2025

Psalm 16:3 - "As for the saints (great, majestic, nobles, chiefs, holy ones, set apart ones) who are on the earth, 'They are the excellent ones in whom is all My delight.'"

Feelings lie! Go with what is already written about you because it's written in concrete. You cannot lose this time. You are too important to the whole scheme of things. It's not just about your destiny -- you are a part of the whole; you are a part of God's Big Plan. The fulfillment of YOUR highest destiny starts NOW!

So stand up! Roar! Shake yourself from the dust that has choked you for so long; loose yourself -- oh captive child of the Most High! Now you will take the Promised Land. Yes, Pharaoh has been hot on your trail and the Red Sea has been in your way, but God LOVES to let things get to the point of impossible before He steps in because then He can show His power best. Watch and see what He is about to do FOR YOU!

You are His superhero, reserved for this time in history! Why? Because you have what it takes to take the territory and WIN! Sit tall in a dignified place. Sit beside Him in His throne. It's time for you to co-reign, co-rule and co-create! Look up, because your recovery, your "cashing in time," your "pay off" day has come (see Luke 21:28)!

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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STANDING AT THE THRESHOLD OF GOD'S GLORY

"I know what you have done; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other! But because you are barely warm, neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth!…Buy also some medicine (from Me) to put on your eyes, so that you may see." - Revelation 3:15,18 TEV

The religious spirit is so closely akin to the Holy Spirit, the Lord announced, it would deceive the very elect if possible (Matthew 24:24). Nevertheless there are believers today who are coming out of complacency or rigid religious formality into their divine DESTINY. They reject the "lukewarm" Laodicean spirit that has so subtly deceived other countless believers and seek and pursue God's purpose for their life and a life dedicated to moving God's Kingdom forward through bearing fruit that remains.

Our adversary has worked diligently to release the "spirit of stupor" over the Church. A personal encounter with the Lord delivers us from gloom and stupor by allowing hope to permeate our hearts with visions of DESTINY.

Resurrection is becoming more than a doctrine, it is becoming a way of life. As the consumer-driven culture is losing hope in "things" and asking if there is not more to life than this, a renewed company of the elect are RISING OUT OF DEAD THINGS and pressing to the mark of the prize of their high calling (Philippians 3:13,14).

SPIRITUAL DISORDER

In 2025 there is a call for the Church to relinquish their personal agendas and programs to embrace an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit. We create spiritual disorder when we insist upon our own plans and agendas and fail to embrace His by dying to our self-life as we embrace sacrificing ourselves for the spiritual development of others. Grace is being offered to discover and advance in His CALLING on our life.

"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." - Revelation 3:20

We endeavor to lay aside every encumbrance and entanglement that has hindered us in the past and motivate us to move on to God's high CALLING.

"For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:8 AMP

PRESSING IN FOR BREAKTHROUGH

We can control the PASSION and INTENSITY with which we live our lives. To get the fruitful life that God has purposed for us, we must go out on a limb away from the ordinary and complacent. We must dedicate ourselves to discipling and equipping other Believers so they will be effective in moving the Great Commission forward.

One of the most crucial areas in which believers fall short in is PRESSING into God. Many pray briefly about decisions, then merely do what seems like common sense, not acquiring the mind of the Lord at all. But God must be sought.

If we are "in Christ", we are moving with the most pressing speed, for we are "in" the most dynamic man who ever walked the earth. When He says to us, "Follow me", He is inviting us to a high-speed chase down the roads of our life. On that chase there is no rest except eternal rest and no security except eternal security.

Beware lest your sense of unworthiness becomes a smoke screen for unbelief! Even now, the Holy Spirit is descending, hovering, and brooding over you. Shake yourself from the depression in which circumstances have kept you! You are standing at the threshold of God's glory!

Expect God to move you out of the confines and limitations of what you have experienced in the past. Expect advancement from strength to strength! Expect to go from glory to glory as God opens impossible doors for the advancement of His kingdom and His glory.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Daily Meditations And Affirmations - May 18, 2025

John 14:6 - "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."

What should be the relationship between the Lord and us? The principal relationship is that Christ should be our life, Colossians 3:4 - "When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory." Once Christ has become our life, we are able to imitate Him. If we are ignorant of this fact -- that Christ is our life -- we will not be able to die to our self-life and experience the Ascended life on earth. For this alone is the way; this is the victory. Christ is our substitute in death, so also is He our substitute in life.

Hebrews 12:1 - "Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us,"

Sin is a power that holds people. We cannot destroy its power or put it to death, but the Lord can remove it from us -- "the sin that entangles" - Hebrews 12:1. That is why the Word of God does not tell us to overcome sin, though it does tell us that we can be freed, or delivered, from sin. One cannot be delivered from sin by exercising his will, for when one is using this will power, he is unable to trust God's way for deliverance.

Hence, God is forced to wait for that day when he (she) can confess their utter inability and fully submit theirselves to God's ability. Only when one has come to the point where they stop trying in their own strength does the Holy Spirit then have the opportunity of providing victory for them.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Exhortation - May 18, 2025

2 Corinthians 4:7, "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us."

God has put you here for a reason. Don't get caught up in the humdrum of everyday life but break out of the box into a fresh, open field of God's glory. Don't settle for less and get stagnant in a place of boredom. Stir up what God has deposited in you and realize that God has put the measure of faith in your heart to bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom! You don't need more faith, just tap into what is already there. Get some high praise in your mouth and break off the lethargy of religiosity. Embrace fresh joy in the Holy Spirit!

Don't look for your help from man, look to God. The eyes of the Lord are searching throughout the earth for those who are seeking His face! This is the bar and standard. God is no respecter of persons and will use those who make themselves available.

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Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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NEW REALMS OF ADVENTURE

Jesus prophesied, "I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father" (John 14:12).

By listening to the Holy Spirit and then casting our nets where He tells us to, we will be able to haul in a miraculous catch!

This generation, as it arises and breaks out of the box of traditional limitations, carries with it increased power and clarity with diversities of anointing, exhibiting faith coupled with humility.

The Church is our practice ground, but the world is our field of operations. As we disciple new Believers into an understanding of their Christ identity we will find ourselves doing the works of Jesus and even greater, thus making it possible for His effectiveness to be multiplied as more territory becomes part of His Kingdom. Let His Kingdom come on earth as it is in Heaven!

PROPHETIC EVANGELISM

One of the ways of "casting your nets on the other side of the boat" is prophetic evangelism, which simply means listening to the Spirit and acting accordingly to bring the Kingdom to bear on the world around you.

The priesthood of every Believer makes it possible for the whole Church to be drawn into new realms of adventure with God. Prophetic evangelism has grown stronger as the Church has matured into a clearer understanding of her role in discipling and equipping the body of Christ in their Christ identity, right standing, with God, and walking in the Spirit so that the Great Commission can be brought forth.

Bridal intimacy with her Bridegroom Jesus, along with the empowerment of God's people to be effective carriers of His Glory to a lost world is vital and essential to displace the kingdom of darkness with God's advancing Kingdom to complete the Great Commission.

We are all to be prophetic evangelists, whether we find ourselves in mega-churches and in massive stadium events – or in some back alley ministering to a homeless person, or as missionaries in the jungle, or in a Starbucks.

The same Holy Spirit keeps speaking to us everywhere we go. He will link us with others, equip us, teach us how to combine our gifts, and do signs and wonders through us. People will be unable to deny that this is God in action. The power and the love, will make Him manifest to a lost world.

ONGOING GUIDANCE THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT

Foundational to equipping the saints and prophetic evangelism -- and breaking the way for its advance is to ask, knock, and seek until we understand and implement God’s purpose for our life -- we are now positioned to advance His Kingdom throughout the earth.

WHEN JESUS GETS INTO YOUR BOAT

Prior to the Gospel account of the resurrected Jesus telling Peter, John, and the other disciples to put their fishing net on the right side of the boat, we find another story about Jesus and His disciples in a fishing boat. This story contained in Luke 5:1-11 gives us further insights into the adventure of prophetic discipleship.

The questions this story raises are: (1) "What happens when Jesus steps into your boat?" and (2) "How can you get Him to step into your boat?"

Let's answer the second question first. Obviously, you must go to the water first. He will not get into your boat if it is stuck on dry land. Water, always strongly associated with the Holy Spirit, is where your boat needs to be floating. In other words, you have got to get in His presence.

Will you say "yes" to Him? Knowing that your life may change drastically as a result, will you accept His invitation?

He will tell you to do something that you may have already tried without results. "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing…" Still, you will recognize the voice of God's authority and you will agree: "…nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net." The results will prove that you have the Lord in your boat.

When the Lord Jesus steps into your boat, His presence brings you to your knees. Your response will be humility – and change. When He gets into your boat, it will cost you your boat, your history, and everything you own.

A MESSENGER WITH A MESSAGE

Luke 5:11 says, “So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him .”

The word “forsook” means to leave behind. In one day, they abandoned their way of life and everything familiar to them to pursue Him and the DESTINY for which they were created. What had happened? What made the difference? When Peter was willing and obedient to do what the Lord asked his previous desires were replaced with a new desire.

LIVING A SUPERNATURAL LIFE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM

In the same way, when Jesus steps into your boat and changes your life, He will give you a message. You will become a messenger.

Now God can use you as never before. His blessings will take many forms, and you will hang in there with Him even when the going gets tough. You will go where He goes and do what He tells you to do regarding overseeing the Believers that you are discipling and equipping. You live a supernaturally natural life in relationship with Him. Walking down the road together, sitting together -- your conversations will revolve around the things that are on His heart.

You will be passionate about your calling in Christ because He is passionate and you will enjoy your journey in the company of His Spirit. Gifted with the prophetic ability to hear Him even when you cannot see Him, you too will embark upon an endless exploration of the diverse challenges of helping to bring in fruit that remains for His advancing Kingdom.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Daily Meditations And Affirmations - May 17, 2025

Revelation 4:1 - "After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven…"

You may not be aware of it, but you are a focus of angelic activity. Angels are coming and going. God is moving. Your prayers are being attended to. As a child of God, like Jacob did at Bethel, you stand under an open Heaven. An "open Heaven" simply means that there is nothing standing between you and your Father and all the resources of Heaven.

You are in a place of divine appointment in advancing in His purpose for your life. Today, it may seem as though your plans have stalled, but God's plans remain secure. Your Father has not forgotten you.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 - "Pray without ceasing."

Prayer walk around your home. Lay your hands on every window and door, commanding the atmosphere of Heaven to come. Invite the Holy Spirit to infuse each room with righteousness, peace, and joy. Command all atmospheres that do not line up with the Kingdom of God to be removed immediately, in the name of Jesus Christ. Speak over the atmosphere of your home -- "As it is in Heaven, so it will be here in my home!"

Desire to live in the atmosphere of Heaven every day. Banish emotional numbness from your life and release your heart to feel the wonder of belonging to Jesus. Enjoy the process of sensing and seeing radical atmosphere changes that will impact your entire household -- even those who are not yet Believers.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Exhortation - May 16, 2025

We are a part of a people God has produced to penetrate the veil of the ordinary. We are a golden, holy storehouse of God's potential. We have the life in us to liberate literally the entire world (John 16:33).

It is time for you to stop going around the mountain and step into the promises and inherit. It's time for the Word to become flesh in your life. When the Word becomes flesh in your life, it acts as a hammer and breaks stubborn resistance of the heart; it burns, like a fire, all that cannot endure the test. Bitterness, offense, rebellion, idolatry, wounding and more cannot endure the test. Let His fire burn it away. Let your soul be delivered of all those giants in the land (Numbers 13:33) that pose as threats against you in partaking of your portion.

There is a Caleb, Joshua and David in your DNA as a Believer; let the fire of God come and unlock it by purging any desire you may have to grovel at the Laodicean altar (Revelation 3:16) and move into your Kingdom advancing Christ calling destiny (Ephesians 4:1).

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Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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OCCUPYING OUR KINGDOM AUTHORITY

God is preparing overcomers – confident, bold, brave and mature children of God who understand their Christ identity and fully manifest His love and will upon the earth by discipling and equipping other Believers for the Great Commission. But many Believers are not experiencing this overcoming, abundant life, but instead are deeply wearied and discouraged.

Following are the three simple steps out of darkness and despair to advance toward the victorious life of an overcomer.

First: SEEK, ASK, AND KNOCK

We must ask for and seek God's guidance and divine light – for if we ask, we shall receive! As we seek, we shall surely find, as surely as the sun rises in the morning.

"Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." - Jeremiah 29:12-13

God is faithful to His Word and generous beyond what anyone can imagine! We must constantly seek to understand what God wants us to become -- His purpose for our life (our Christ dalling). 

"Matthew 7:8 AMP - "For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, the door will be opened."

What God has made us places upon us an obligation to fulfill the purpose for which we were formed. The "sound" of our Christ calling should be nothing less than the driving force behind how we live our entire life. "Now you belong to Him who was raised from the dead in order that we might be useful in the service of God." - Romans 7:4

Second: SEEK REVELATION OF HIS WORD

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 down."

Through Jesus Christ we have been given authority over the enemy and all that he would try to come against us with. The word AUTHORITY means LEGAL OR RIGHTFUL POWER, A RIGHT TO COMMAND OR ACT SO THAT GOD'S kINGDOM WILL DISCIPLACE THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS WHICH NOW OCCUPIES THE EARTH.

"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you." - Luke 10:19

This holy hunger will drive us to seek the Lord on a much more increased level. Jesus states “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God, shall be completely satisfied!" - Matthew 5:6 AMP

It is time for us to truly understand what Jesus has restored to us through the Cross which is the forgiveness of all our sins so we are always in right standing with God and always available to bear fruit that remains, thereby discipling and developing new Christians for Kingdom service. It is time for us to occupy our Kingdom authority so that we can occupy the earth and bring forth the Great Commission!

Third: CHRIST IS WISDOM

We must fully believe and act on the promise of James 1:5 (Amplified Bible): "If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him."

Asking is the key: we "have not" because we "ask not" (James 4:2). If you feel weary and discouraged, in need of wisdom and direction, simply ask for God's grace and guidance.

As we seek His PURPOSE FOR OUR LIFE and not just the benefits of "His hand," we will find that the more we know Abba Father, the more we will steward the love He is depositing in our heart as we abide in Jesus as we go throughout the day.

What does God require of us to obtain this wisdom? First we must have knowledge, then understanding (Proverbs 4:7) in order to be positioned in a place to receive wisdom.

The light and wisdom we seek from above are not to be found in human programs of education and psychology, or even in our common sense and good intentions, but only, exclusively, in the Person of Christ Jesus. "He has been made unto us wisdom." - 1 Corinthians 1:30. Indeed, "we have the mind of Christ" -1 Corinthians 2:16.

We create spiritual disorder when we insist upon living in our own self agendas and fail to embrace His command that we disciple the nations. (Matthew 28:19)

"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." - Revelation 3:20

You have a promised land for your life. God's promises in His word are key to you entering into the vision that God will be giving you. If you are in a desert God is ready to take you out! Time to move on from eating manna to bearing fruit that remains for God’s ever-advancing Kingdom.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Power Study A 87 - Notes

"Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, 'I am a warrior.'" (Joel 3:10)

The Lord is combining both the branding iron (used for marking deeply) with the pruning hook (used for cutting back and purifying) as a tool for raising up mighty warriors!

Since you are His 'firebrand,' you will rescue those who have felt weak and broken down in the battlefield, forging them into weapons. You will "hook" people out of darkness and bring them back into life. You will be the reviver of those who were spiritually dead and beyond hope -- you will be the dispenser of Holy Ghost fire to those whose flames have been extinguished.

Just like after a fire burns land and new life comes forth, now you are going to see the new life budding up from the ashes and ruins.

! It's time to be refreshed, restored, and stand to your feet again in the army of God forging ahead in your Christ calling.!

If we breathe His thoughts into our thoughts, and live in the unction of the Holy Spirit as He lived, then there will be fruit that remains for His Kingdom -- the Great Commission we will move forward. You are called wild and free and bring many to God's purpose for their life. God is calling you as a battle axe, an instrument of war in His hand, that will bring breakthrough and bring deliverance from demonic oppression and the Laodicean (Revelation 3:15) mindset that is presently vexing the church.

He wants to blow the lid off spiritual constriction in our life. If we don't give up, eventually we walk into the Promised Land (Our Destiny in Christ). The last command of Jesus while on earth says, "Go!" That's why we often see the anointing increase as we go, moving with the cloud.

Ephesians 2:22 - "In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."

As we welcome the Holy Spirit to come inhabit us, His Spirit will be poured out through us. Now is the time to find divine opportunities to manifest His glory to people who do not know Him. Determine to live with God every day and pursue His PURPOSE for your life. Engage in worship. Be filled with the Spirit. Be a spout where His glory flows out manifested by rivers of living water flowing out of you into the lives of the Believers you are presently discipling.

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Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Exhortation - May 15, 2025

This is not a time to be vague and dim, but we must be bright and alert, clear and committed to advancing the King in His Kingdom. The Spirit of God is fanning the flame of discontentment within the hearts of many. We can't remain satisfied and content with our lack of power and inability to bear fruit that remains for His advancing Kingdom; a cry of desperation must burst forth: "Enough is enough!" Ask yourself this question: "Am I willing to pay the price to seek the Lord for promotion?" This will be a season of swift acceleration and advancement if we put God first. If we make seeking Him and His Kingdom our top priority, He will take care of everything else (see Matthew 6:33).

There is a wonderful grace offered for us to advance in the times of adversity! The invitation is extended to all saints; however, by a lack of commitment, many will disqualify themselves. This is a time to be desperate to come to understand our Christ identity, our right standing with God, and how to walk in the Spirit. We may need a born-again Christian mentor to help us with this.

One of the marks of these overcomers will be hunger and complete dissatisfaction with business as usual. This holy hunger will drive us to seek the Lord on a much more increased level.

To embrace the new for your life, you have to be willing to step into a place that you've never been before. You cannot succumb to fear of the unknown, make excuses for not stepping out to walk on the water, or hide in your cave of reclusion. We are constantly being challenged to go further and do something different that is outside of our experience so we can become effective in bringing forth the Great Commission.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Daily Meditations And Affirmations - May 14, 2025

Psalm 32:11,33:1 "Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!…Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him."

Never underestimate the drawing power of joy. It's like a blazing fire that captures the attention of people in darkness. Joy -- the process of catching fire and burning as a result of heat which comes from the Holy Spirit!

It's time to rejoice, to rise up out of our exhaustion and implement the power of praise. When you do, you'll enter a domain of power, freedom, and the joy of the Lord. It's a domain that's alive and shines with the presence of God.

Throw off those old inhibitions. Take God at His Word. Leap. Shout. Sing. Be ready to obey the Spirit of God. Let yourself catch fire in your spirit and never stop burning!

1 Corinthians 2:9 - " But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

This is a time to call to the warrior inside of you. Spiritual eyes, senses, and hearts are being opened like never before. Regarding the very things you thought had passed you over, the things you spoke of, saying, "It's too late. It's not my time, and I have missed my season."

It's up to you how far you want to go and how high you want to reach. The warrior inside of you is bursting forth. Believe that the fire will begin to be birthed out of you in such a way that people will be drawn to your love and passion for Jesus.

Don't let anything or anyone hold you back. You were called for such a time as this to disciple, equip, and send out new Believers to bring forth the Great Commission.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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PRISONERS OF HOPE

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him." - James 1:2-5

This Greek word for "count", heggemia, in the above passage involves the concepts of "lead, rule and command". In other words, we have been given grace from God to take authority over our response to trials in order to obtain the correct divine perspective on our situation. This is why James says to ask for and expect wisdom (divine perspective) to come to us in the context of trials. This will ensure for us the positive results and outcomes that our good Father intends through any challenging situation or circumstance.

"About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened" (Acts 16:25-26).

Many people will say that this way of life is not "realistic". But is moping, complaining, grumbling, and being oppressed with an impending sense of doom and gloom honestly more "real" than having hope – when the truly good and living God is always active in our world and on our side? How has despair, worry and anxiety been working for us anyway? "Keeping it real", from the angle of some -- will only keep us in defeat!

When you magnify God deliberately enough to be able to “see and then praise Him” in the most adverse conditions…a Dunamis power of God can be released to burst into circumstances and even liberate the 'prisoners' around you.

The world is watching and we should never waste an occasion to "see" and praise God in a contradictory situation. These apostles had gone on a mission trip and were rewarded with persecution instead of the expected blessing or breakthrough. Yet, they magnified God in their prison until they saw Him. Paul and Silas' confident and optimistic spirit released the freedom of God's Kingdom not only into their circumstances, but it also loosed the observing prisoners to bring salvation to many. Paul and Silas VIEWED THEMSELVES as the "prisoners of hope" prophesied by Zechariah more than the prisoners of men.

"…and He shall speak peace to the nations; His rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the Blood of My covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double." (Zechariah 9:10b-12a).

POWER OF CONFIDENT EXPECTANT OBSERVATION

In the mysterious quantum world, inanimate matter behaves differently depending on if it is being observed and who is observing it. Particles are activated in various ways by the power of observation. What if the living God's invisible power can simply be activated for good by the anointed observation of His sons and daughters?

Jesus said that unless we are born again we cannot see the Kingdom of God (see John 3:3). But the implication is that if we are born from above, we are enabled to perceive the Kingdom of God, thereby acknowledging and anticipating the presence and activity of the Holy Spirit. The Kingdom of God is in the Holy Spirit (see Romans 14:17).

We are challenged in the New Testament to see God at work in the midst of our trials so that incredible positive outcomes are secured. Isn't this what Paul and Silas "saw" in the darkest hour with bleeding backs and bound in the prison stocks? The Holy Spirit is promising us that in these days we are going to begin to "see" the invisible God at work in ways that we have not recognized before. This spiritual insight is what distinguishes this "Holy Spirit optimism" from the mere "power of positive thinking".

ASPECTS OF RISING HOPE:

⦁ The invisible God becomes activated when we "see" Him. • Look for the silver lining (redemptive purpose) in every cloud (trial). • Good things are always going on, even when we're in a test of hope or faith. • If we see what God is doing through our Christ calling and thank Him for this, He will cause His blessings to multiply and will go to work in those yet untouched or unmoved arenas. • Offer to God the "little" breakthrough we do have and trust Him to miraculously bless and multiply it. • Praise and gratitude pave the way for the release of greater power.

God wants a confident and expectant people who will have a courageous and childlike spirit that praises Him greatly for all His goodness, smack in the face of the evil despair, pessimism and cynicism of this world.

As we DISCIPLE others into God's PURPOSE for their lives we set them upon and keep them advancing along a pathway that involves developing an understanding of their Christ identity -- ask, seeking, and knocking (Matthew 7:7) until they begin implementing and bearing fruit that remains through their Christ calling as they disciple, equip, and send out other Believers, flourishing in the ascended life, thereby, moving the Great Commission forward.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Exhortation - May 13, 2025

"And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay." (Mark 2:4)

These men "broke open" the roof. You too are an "unlocker." You have been called, as a Believer, to break open things in the Spirit. These men were used to break open the roof to unleash the power of God to save and heal their friend.

It is your time to press into God's purpose for your life and unshackle the potential you possess in your Christ identity to bear fruit that remains by saving and healing those bound by satan -- through cultivating, nurturing, and discipling new believers into their Christ identity -- therby living the ascended life in Christ -- crucifying the self lifestyle inside the Word.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379

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Daily Meditations And Affirmations - May 13, 2025

Genesis 50:20 - "You (the schemes of the enemy) intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."

We are in uncharted territory, but the King is leading the way forward into "streams in the desert," making a way where there seems to be no way. It's normal to feel like the way ahead is uncertain, but the Lord would have you know, HE is our certainty and safe place.

We are born for such a time as now, and these are our finest days. The Lord is equipping us for the season ahead of Kingdom advancement and discipling and equipping of the saints. There is an urging from the throne room to seek the Lord and cast off everything that prevents close connection to God's heart.

God is holy, and He is calling us to Himself in deeper surrender. Lukewarm connection to God will not allow access to the hidden manna God is giving His people in this season. Authentic connection which includes understanding our Christ identity, right standing with God, and walking in the spirit coupled with surrender by laying aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us (Hebrews 12:1), and dying to our self-agendas -- we are prepared for something brand new, something unheard of, so we decree new beginnings and vision to move the Great Commission forward.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

Statement Of Faith https://www.nf127.org/statement-of-faith

Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379