TODAY'S LESSON: GOD'S FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY
THAT ALL OF US WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL
WHETHER IT BE AT RELATIONSHIPS,
FINANCES,
OR PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
NOBODY WANTS TO BE A FAILURE
YET IN GOD'S EYES WE'RE ALL FAILURES.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
ROMANS 3:23
HOWEVER, WE'VE ALL BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE!
(notice how I didn't say that we earned it)
For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
ROMANS 6:23
For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
EPHESIANS 2:8-9
YOU SEE, OUR IDEA OF SUCCESS
AND GOD'S IDEA OF SUCCESS
IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE THERE ARE MANY VERSES
THAT TELL US HOW TO HAVE LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY,
BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE VERSE IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE
WHICH MENTIONS THE WORD SUCCESS.
but thou shalt meditate therein day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:
for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt have good success.
JOSHUA 1:8
AS I SAID BEFORE
THE BIBLE IS FULL OF VERSES
THAT TELL US HO TO BE
'SUCCESSFUL'
IN GOD'S EYES.
HERE ARE JUST A FEW:
STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD,
A WORKMAN THAT NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED,
RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.
II TIMOTHY 2:15
BUT BE YE DOERS OF THE WORD
AND NOT HEARERS ONLY,
DECEIVING YOUR OWN SELVES.
JAMES 1:22
NOT FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER,
AS THE MANNER OF SOME IS;
BUT EXORTING ONE ANOTHER:
AND SO MUCH THE MORE,
AS YE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.
HEBREWS 10:25 TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART;
AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING. AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.
PROVERBS 3:5-6
REJOICE EVERMORE.
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.
IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS:
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD
IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU.
QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT.
DESPISE NOT PROPHECYINGS.
PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD.
ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCE OF EVIL.
I THESSALONIANS 5:16-22
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth;
IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM
ONE FINAL THOUGHT:
REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU WOULD DO A GOOD DEED
BUT NOBODY WOULD NOTICED?
NOT GOD.
HE SEES EVERY THING
AND HE ANXIOUSLY AWAITS THE DAY
THAT HE CAN SAY,
"WELL DONE, THY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT" 
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