Mindset For Success

But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power to testify about me with great effect, to the people in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth, about my death and resurrection." - Acts 1:8 (Living Bible) One definition of a witness is a public affirmation by word or example of religious faith or conviction. Sometimes our vision of a missionary is limited to those who travel to foreign countries to share the good news of Jesus Christ; however, your mission field actually begins in your own home and emanates to wherever the Sovereign God of the universe directs your path. Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter. - Charles Spurgeon place of employment - it is not a job, it is a calling golf league school volunteer on the phone with a service provider while driving caring for a loved one waiting in line on a hospital bed while waiting for God's direction ...take a few minutes to consider other mission fields you may n...

God has given us everything we need to live a godly life through his divine power. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to Himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share your divine nature and escape the world's corruption caused by human desires. In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God's promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are amo...

For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. - Ephesians 3:14-19 (ESV) For His divine power has bestowed on us [absolutely] everything necessary for [a dynamic spiritual] life and godliness through true and personal knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. - 2 Peter 1:3 (Amplified Bible) At the point of salvation, God, in His divine power, has given us ALL things pertaining to life and godliness. You have all that you need to execute life in His strength. For in C...

Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God. - Romans 6:13 (Amplified Bible) Have I fully yielded ALL to God? My father was a worship leader at the church we attended for many years. As a teacher, he would seek to engage people in the hymns they were singing by sharing the back story of the author and the life events that inspired the writing of the hymn. The old hymns are loaded with such solid theology. I am sincerely grateful to have had a role model in my father, that lived out these truths on a daily basis and fully yielded to God in all that he did. The way he lived on Monday through Saturday was no different than the way he lived on Sunday. Is the way I live on Monday through Saturday the same as Sunday? The following is an example ...

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths but do not speak; eyes but do not see. They have ears but do not hear; noses but do not smell. They have hands but do not feel feet but do not walk, and they do not make a sound in their throat. Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. - Psalm 115:1-8 (ESV) “You may worship no other god than me.“ You shall not make yourselves any idols: no images of animals, birds, or fish. You must never bow or worship it in any way; for I, the Lord your God, am very possessive. I will not share your affection with any other god! “And when I punish people for their sins, the punishment continues upon the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of those who hate me; but I la...

Therefore see that you walk carefully [living life with honor, purpose, and courage; shunning those who tolerate and enable evil], not as the unwise, but as wise [sensible, intelligent, discerning people], making the very most of your time [on earth, recognizing and taking advantage of each opportunity and using it with wisdom and diligence], because the days are [filled with] evil. Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is. - Ephesians 5:15-17 (Amplified Bible) At what point would you abandon your moral standards for personal gain? When does our desire eclipses the standards, we say we hold? People say they oppose dishonesty and corruption - until that means confronting their boss and likely losing their job. People have high moral standards - until an unholy relationship kindles their lusts and they rationalize their compromise.  People are honest - until just a little dishonesty saves them a lot of money. People cla...

But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods. Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel. But he responded, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded." Daniel spoke with the attendant who had been appointed by the chief of staff to look after Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. "Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water," Daniel said. "At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king's food. Then make your decision in light of what you see." The attendant agreed to Daniel's suggestion and tested them for ten days. At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his thre...