Mindset For Success

And because of what Christ did, all you others too, who heard the Good News about how to be saved, and trusted Christ, were marked as belonging to Christ by the Holy Spirit, who long ago had been promised to all of us Christians. His presence within us is God's guarantee that he really will give us all that he promised, and the Spirit's seal upon us means that God has already purchased us and that he guarantees to bring us to himself. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God. - Ephesians 1:13-14 (Living Bible) When we received Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirit entered our lives to begin the work of transforming us into Christ-likeness. When the Holy Spirit is in full control of our lives, He will expect our obedience to the written Word of God. But it is part of our human problem that we would like to be full of the Spirit and yet go on and do as we, please! - AW Tozer Following after the Holy Spirit leads to life and peace, but following after the old na

But God has opened the eyes of those called to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, to see that Christ is the mighty power of God to save them; Christ himself is the center of God's wise plan for their salvation. This so-called "foolish" plan of God is far wiser than the wisest plan of the wisest man, and God in his weakness—Christ dying on the cross—is far stronger than any man. - 1 Corinthians 1:24-25 (Living Bible) Heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate! The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide enough for all the multitudes who choose its easy way. But the Gateway to Life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it. - Matthew 7:13-14 (Living Bible) All religions base their belief on how to enter heaven in one of two ways: Human Achievement - a belief that humans can do enough good deeds, follow enough rules, give enough money, meditate on God enough, be a good enough person, go to church enough, etc., to enter heaven. This is the b

To those who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God]. - 1 Peter 1:1-2 (Amplified Bible) 1. God's will is that you be Saved For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life - John 6:40a (NASB) Although God is Sovereign, He works through faith so that a person must believe in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God, who alone offers the only way of salvation. However, even faith is a gift from God. Intellectually harmonizing the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man is impossible humanly but perfectly resolved in the mind of God. - John MacArthur 2. God's will is that you be Spirit-filled So be careful how you act; these are difficult days. Don't be fools; be w

If you pray to a Father who judges men by their actions without the slightest favoritism, then you should spend the time of your stay here on earth with reverent fear. For you must realize all the time that you have been "ransomed" from the futile way of living passed on to you by your fathers' traditions, not with some money payment of transient value, but by the costly shedding of blood. The price was, in fact, the lifeblood of Christ, the unblemished and unstained lamb of sacrifice. And God raised him from the dead and gave him unimaginable splendor so that all your faith and hope might be centered in God. - 1 Peter 1:17-19,21 (Phillips) As transformed followers of Jesus Christ, we clearly understand God's plan for our life through the study of His Word. Therefore, even though we are not omniscient and must take each step of life by faith in the Sovereign God of all creation, there should be no confusion about our priorities to execute this life. 1. Remember who ow