( Eccl. 12:13-14 ) The secret for success in life is one word: obedience. Through obedience, we develop a consciousness of God in our thoughts, in our thinking, in our words, in our speech, and in our actions.

( Isa. 40:8 ; 1 Pet. 1:25 ; Gen. 2:8 ; Gen. 1:28 ; Gen. 2:16-17 ) The Word of God abides forever and never changes. God planted the garden, we are to work it out by His Word, not by our own ideas, opinions or suggestions. Be in agreement with God's Word, which allows His wisdom, strength and ability to flow in order to establish God's Kingdom on earth.

( Matt. 18:18-20 ; Matt. 16:16-19 ) 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. Hearing from God, we have the power to bind the sin and loose the spirit just as Adam had before the fall. Now, we can exercise this power to work God's garden. Christ Who is the word becomes the center of our lives.

( Matt. 6:33 ; Prov. 3:5-8 ) The key to fruitfulness is to have reverence for God and to consistently keep His commandments in every aspect of living. We are to move from the natural to the supernatural by separation and detachment from the world, the flesh and the devil (being influenced and conditioned by the world's system). What possesses us in our minds/memory/imagination, controls us. We are to be possessed wholly by His Presence in our soul: for Christianity is God in the soul of man ( Luke 14:33 ; 1 John 2:15-17 ).

( 2 Cor. 3:18 ) This is a process, we move from one stage to another until we reach maturity.

( Matt. 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.

( 1 Cor. 11:31-32 ) If we judge ourselves, we will not be judged. Let this be a natural process in every encounter.

( Phil. 2:12-13 ; Matt. 6:9-13 ) God works through us, but we do the doing. We are to work out our salvation. 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. Now my responsibility is to be conformed to the image of Christ ( Rom. 8:29 ), to establish righteousness on earth, and to destroy the works of the devil ( 1 John 3:8 ).

( 2 Pet. 1:10 ; Rom. 13:12-14 ) Working out God's plan is evidence that we are children of God. The decision is ours to make. It is our choice to put off works of darkness, and to put on light.

( Rom. 5:3-5 ; 2 Cor. 4:10-12 ) 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. The world is evil, but the power of resurrection enables us to swallow up evil with good. As Jesus lived, so do we.

( 1 Pet. 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. Thus, we move from the natural to the spiritual realm, and begin to look at life from God's perspective.

( Gal. 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 Pet. 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...