Revelation 3:19,21 - "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore, and repent. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne."
IN THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION, JESUS DID NOT TELL THE CHURCHES THEY WERE "PERFECT IN HIS EYES." NO! HE REVEALED TO THEM THEIR HEARTS; HE TOLD THEM THEIR SINS. WITHOUT COMPROMISE, HE PLACED ON THEM THE DEMAND TO BE "OVERCOMERS," EACH IN HIS OWN UNIQUE AND DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE.
Psalm 139:23-24 - "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way."

Psalm 91:1 - "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
The Father has created a holy and intimate place in our spirit that the world cannot penetrate called the secret place of His presence. It's reserved for us, true believers in Jesus Christ. It's a place of freedom, where our love for Jesus can intensify, both in intimacy and overflowing, life-giving joy!
As we develop a friendship with God, then He can show us how to love others. As we are first filled with the power to truly love others by loving Him and byRECEIVING HIS LOVE FOR USwe will come to realize our need to DISCIPLE other new believers.
This only comes through our communion with Christ.
We need to hear the voice of the Lord! We need to hear His voice now more distinctly than ever before because we need a personal revelation of our DESTINY in Christ.
God wants us to come out away from our "usual place" and seek Him afresh and anew -- to turn from all else and seek only Him. He wants to show His love for us in a new way.
AFFIRMATIONS:
I resolve to get to know Him in a fresh way and experience new aspects of His character -- to experience new facets of His love.

As I love Him as I have never loved Him before my capacity to love others is enlarged.

As I abide in the secret place in silence I lift up my heart to Him in love and experience the communion of His presence.

John 5:35 - "John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light."
OBSERVATION:
God wants to impact my life more deeply today than I could ever think possible. He wants to fan the flame in my heart! I want to be a burning, shining lamp. Today I ask God for a new passion, new fire, and the gift of holy hunger.

Isaiah 64:1,4 - "Oh, that You would rend the heavens and that You would come down, that the mountains might quake and flow down at Your presence. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him."

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY