Mindset For Success

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. - Ephesians 1:3-4 (NASB) In His providential grace, God has already given believers total blessing. God's superabundant blessings belong only to believers who are His children, by faith in Christ, so that what He has is theirs, including His righteousness, resources, privilege, position, and power. The doctrine of election is emphasized throughout Scripture. The form of the Greek verb behind "chose" indicates that God not only chose by Himself but for Himself to the praise of His own glory. God's election or predestination does not operate apart from or nullify man's responsibility to believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior. Through God's sovereign will before the creation of the world and, therefore, obviously indepen

So when Judas had left, Jesus said, “Now is [the time for] the Son of Man [to be] glorified, and God is glorified in Him; [if God is glorified in Him,] God will also glorify Him (the Son) in Himself, and will glorify Him at once. Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’ I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.” - John 13:31-35 (Amplified Bible) He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. -  Jim Elliot If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. -  C. S. Lewis With Judas gone, the final events were set in motion. Rather than looking at the agony o

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end. - Ecclesiasties 3:11 (Amplified Bible) Begin with the end in mind. - Steven Covey Westminster Shorter Catechism (July 28, 1648) Q1: What is the chief end of man? A: Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Is the goal of my life to glorify God? Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.” - Matthew 25:46 (Amplified Bible) The punishment of the wicked is as never-ending as the bliss of the righteous. The wicked are not given a second chance, nor are they annihilated. Jesus indicates that the

  Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am about to come to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ And they will say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” And God furthermore said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name from generation to generation. - Exodus 3:13-15 (LSB) Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? Or who has first given to Him that it might be repaid to him? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. - Romans 11

Whatever comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. - A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy I am the Lord; there is no other God. I have equipped you for battle, though you don’t even know me, so all the world from east to west will know there is no other God. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the Lord, am the one who does these things. “Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. I, the Lord, created them. This is what the Lord says—the Holy One of Israel and your Creator: “Do you question what I do for my children? Do you give me orders about the work of my hands? I am the one who made the earth and created people to live on it. With my hands I stretched out the heavens. All the stars are at my command. For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everythi

What is the price of five sparrows? A couple of pennies? Not much more than that. Yet God does not forget a single one of them. And he knows the number of hairs on your head! Never fear, you are far more valuable to him than a whole flock of sparrows. - Luke 12:6-7 (Living Bible) O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit or stand. When far away you know my every thought. You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am. You know what I am going to say before I even say it. You both precede and follow me and place your hand of blessing on my head. This is too glorious, too wonderful to believe! I can never be lost to your Spirit!  I can never get away from my God! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there. If I ride the morning winds to the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, your strength will support me. If I try to hide in the