Steps To Become A Successful Christian

Now hundreds of years ago t here lived a rich military human cosmos by the name of Sheikh Albert, who had a very beautiful daughter whos name is Princess Mila. Now this man was as rich as can be. He had a very big house, a ranch, hectares of land and room full of the finest jewelries and gold. Since he is becoming old and theres no adept to succeed him, he distinct to throw a party for his daughters 1 8th birthday. So he sent out his servant to annoy once to eery younker educated bachelor out there that they were invited to attend his daughters birthday party.During the party, and hen everyone was there, Sheikh Albert invited totally the bachelors to come outside to participate in a simple game. So when they were outside they saw this huge swimming consortium swarming with crocodiles in it. And then Sheikh Albert announced to everyone, anyone of you who can swim successfully across the swimming pool from one end to the other allow for get what they want from me. They can fill the hand of my daughter in marriage, consider my house, have my ranch, have all my money and The rich man wasnt even finished talking when they heard a loud splash coming from the swimming pool. So when they looked they saw this young man swimming for his life, swimming as fast as he could to get to the other side of the pool. After a short struggle and in Olympic record fashion he was able to get off to the other side of the pool and escape the wrath of the crocodiles. Upon seeing this the rich man was very happy and immediately interviewed the man. He said, congratulations young man for you are very brave, you have won this contest.And now for your prize I will let you choose your bounty. Do you want the hand of my daughter in marriage? The young man unbosom soaking wet ND tone confused said No sir, I do not want to marry your daughter. The rich man was surprised so he asked again do you want my mansion and my ranch? The boy said no sir dont want your mansion and your r anch. Do you want all my jewelries and my gold? The boy answered no sir I dont want your ranch. So the rich man feeling annoyed blurted Well for crying out loud what do you want The boy still confused answered l just want know who pushed me into the swimming pool. The end. The reason why told you this story is because Im very sure we all can relate ourselves to the poor people boy. During the start of our Christian ministry we all have been pushed in some way or another by concerned people to re forward-looking our relationship with the Nazarene Christ and to actively participate in Gods ministry. My push came at a very opportune conviction, because as recall it was one of the phantomest periods of my life. I call it dark because I couldnt see any light, any hope that my life would be better.I have al run d throwy stopped believing there is a higher being out there who guides us and takes care of Lamentations 32 ESP. He has driven and brought me into darkness without any ligh t, Fortunately there are people similar Sheila who would stop at nothing just to bring the light of Jesus Christ to other people who are still living in the dark. So make sure you know the name of the person who pushed you and if they are here right now please thank them for doing whatever they had to do to bring you here to the path of Gods light. Because when they pushed you, you already won the promise of Gods salvation.Matthew 25134 ESP. Then the King will adduce to those on his right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom on the watch for you from the foundation of the world. Now lets move on to our topic for tonight. We are goanna talk tonight about the 7 steps to becoming a successful Christian. They say success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose, in other pronounces it is the achievement of ones goal. In order for us to be successful we Ernst first have a goal we should be aiming at. So what is our goal as Christians? Christianity means lit tle Christ.We are trying to be as much same Jesus as we can. He has set an example and were doing our best to follow it. 2 Corinthians 5. 17 E-SF / 15 helpful votes Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away behold, the new has come. We have to make plans to succeed. One thing Ive learned is success is not accidental. Youre not going to accidentally accomplish your goals. You have to have a plan. If youre goanna get to the right destination, you goat know where youre going and how youre going to get there.If youve ever been at the beach, just floating in the water, relaxing, youll strike off after a while the current has taken you far away. Thats the way it is in life. If we dont have clear cut goals, with a plan in shoot for to accomplish those goals, were not Anna end up at the right place. Psalm 3723-24 ESP. 1 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. The first step is to Read the Bible If were ever goanna be true Christians we have to not only read the bible but to study it.I heard somebody say that continuous learning is a minimum requirement for success in any field. And in order for us to be truly successful as Christians we have to consistently and select ally learn about Gods message for us. The bible says Joshua E-SF This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you meditate it day and night, that may be watchful to do according is written it. For then will make way prosperous, have good success. The bible has been written as a guide for us so that we may know how God wants us to live each day.We should read and study it because it is Gods word to us. It will help you know God better. When we read the Bible, we are actually listening to Gods message to us. I remember early on when was just a small kid, when figurers were not yet as ubiquitous as it is right now, my dad bought a second hand word receptors from a friend of his at a real bargain. You know what a word mainframe computer looks like right? Well, its a cross between an electric typewriter and a computer. It has a keyboard, which is connected to a monitor. It looks like a desktop computer but the only thing it does is process word documents.Its more like a typewriter, the only difference is that you can see text on the disguise of the monitor before you can actually decide to print it on paper. My dad was an architect by profession, who eventually became a sales manager for one of the pioneers in the colored roofing industry in the Philippines. But when the company closed down he decided to setup a company of his own distributing roofing materials to his clients. He was previously using a typewriter to prepare price quotations for the materials that he would send to his prospective customers.But when his friend called him up to sell him their word processor at a bargain price because their family was leaving for the states, he immediately grabbed it thinking that it would make his work a lot easier. So when the equipment finally arrived at our house, my dad got excited and decided to try to use it. To his dismay, he found out that it was not as easy to use as he panorama it would be. Whats even worse is because its a second hand item, it did not come with an instruction manual because the owner had misplaced it during moving out.Dont get me wrong, my dad is rightfully smart guy but when it comes to gadgets and technology, hes really slow at it. And without that instruction manual provided by the manufacturer of equipment, he would have not even the slightest peril to learn how to use it. So he decided to go back to using typewriters. And what happened the word processor? Lotus sat ender his desk for a long time until he decided to throw it away. My friends, this is what happens to us when we dont read the Bible. We become useless as Christians.