Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
: The secret for success in life is one
word: Obedience. Through obedience, we develop a consciousness
of God in our thoughts and in our thinking; in our words, in our
speech, and in our actions.
Genesis 2:8
: God planted the garden, we are to work it out
by His Word, not by our own ideas, opinions or suggestions.
Genesis 1:28 ; 2:16-17
: Be in agreement with God's Word, which
allows His wisdom, strength and ability to flow through you in
order to establish God's Kingdom on earth.
Matthew 18:18-20
: When husband and wife agree on the basis
of God's Word, this counteracts the spirit of independence of
Adam and Eve in the garden.
Matthew 16:16-19
: Hearing from God, we have the power to bind
and loose just as Adam had before the fall. Now, we can exercise
this power to work God's garden.
Matthew 6:33
; Proverbs 3:5-8
: The key to fruitfulness is to
have reverence for God and to consistently keep His commandments
in every aspect of living -- not a hearer only, but a doer of
the word, and "being" the word.
2 Corinthians 3:18
: This is a process, we move from one stage
to another until we reach maturity.
Matthew 11:28-30
; James 4:6-7
: Turn our burdens over to the
Lord; in turn, He will give us His thoughts and ability to work
the burdens and to be perfected by them.
Philippians 2:12-13
: God works through us, but we do the doing
-- God will not do it for us. Salvation is not just a change in
destination, from hell to heaven, but a change in relations. God
is now my Father -- satan is no longer.
2 Peter 1:10
: Working out God's plan is evidence that we are
children of God.
Romans 13:12-14
: The decision is ours to make; God will not
make it for us. It is our choice to put off works of darkness,
and to put on light.
Romans 5:3-5
: Tests and trials are great opportunities that
God uses to perfect us; all we need to do is to cooperate, to
choose God's way.
2 Corinthians 4:10-12
: As Jesus lived, so do we. The world
is evil. Our job is to swallow up evil with good.
1 Peter 4:1-2
: Patiently suffer rather than fail to please
God. Thus, we learn to stop pleasing ourselves and the world in
order to please God.
Galatians 5:22-23
: By faith, by choice of our will, we make
the decision to die to self, getting down into the death of Jesus.
And, by faith, we acknowledge that we are now in the Spirit, and
thus act accordingly, allowing the fruit of the Spirit to flow
through us.
2 Peter 1:2-10
: Considering all that has been discussed, all
that God has done on our behalf, all that God has given to us,
our function now is to fulfill our responsibilities by the...
pursuit of excellence in a spirit of commitment, diligence
and perseverance
study of God's principles
exercise of self-control
increasing patience and endurance
honoring and worshipping God by putting His Word first in
our lives, and the
love of God to be demonstrated by our Biblical responses to
others.
1 John 3:8
; Romans 8:29
: We are to fulfill God's purposes
for our lives which is to be conformed to the image of His Son
and to destroy the works of the devil.
Matthew 6:9-33
: We are here not for our purposes, but for
God to establish His Kingdom, His Will, His Righteousness on earth
through us.
We are to seek God and His righteousness. Right thinking and
right doing are our goals; our needs God will provide as a by-product.