Everyone Wants To Be Successful
The stress on education for successHopes of parents for their children to be successful
Dreams of youth to be successful
What Is Success?
It is not financial security Mark 8:36Fame and popularity are both fleeting 1 John 2:17a
Success is living in the will of God 1 John 2:17b
How To Have God´s Direction In All We Do
God´s Unfailing Success Formula Is Found In: Proverbs 3:5-6
There Are 3 Steps:
Receive The Son Of God
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
God´s formula for success begins with faith
- Trust equals faith or believe
- trust in the Lord occurs 152 times in the Old Testament
- It is equivalent to Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Success begins with being born again John 3:3-5
Nicodemus, though successful, needed salvationHe was a religious ruler but he was lost
So we begin at the beginning; receive Jesus John 1:12
Read The Word Of God
Lean not to thine own understanding
Human understanding is limited and very often faulty
Our learning has not brought key answers to lifeWe can be very well educated but still miss the truth 2 Timothy 3:7
The Bible gives God´s view of life
It imparts wisdom Psalms 119:99It gives understanding Psalms 119:104
It brings light Psalms 119:130
It builds faith Romans 10:17
No success apart from applying God´s Word to our lives
Recognize The Hand Of God
In all thy ways acknowledge him
God is at work in all events in our lives
- All things are of God 2 Corinthians 5:18
- All things work together for good Romans 8:28
See God´s hand in everything
This will remove anxiety and increase joyThis will also make you a positive praising person
Conclusion:
What Is Our Part In This Unfailing Success Formula?
We must begin with faithWe must make choices in faith
We must dare to take steps in faith
What Is God´s Part He Shall Direct Thy Paths
This is successful living
Knowing God´s will And Doing It!Having the leading of God every day
Listen! God Will Come through
But Will You?
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:
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1 John 2:17 but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
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Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother´s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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2 Timothy 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Psalms 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
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Psalms 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
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Psalms 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
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Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God
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2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
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Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Last updated on October 08, 2006