Life Principles

Various principles of christian living

A spiritual gift is something God gives you to serve Him; talent is different.
Acquiring wisdom leads to understanding.
Adversity is inevitable; stress is optional.
Adversity is what life does to you; stress is what you do to yourself.
A-fortiori (Latin) -- If God did the greatest while we were unbelievers, then how much more can He do for us now that we are saved?
Arrogance: Self-justification leads to self-deception (lying to yourself), followed by self-absorption (doing whatever you want regardless of the rules), ending with self destruction (destroying yourself through your bad decisions).
Arrogant people have unrealistic expectations and unrealistic images of themselves.
As a Christian, you are never alone.
As a client nation we are custodians of the Canon of Scripture. We guard it, preach and teach it, and protect it from attacks and those who intend to create doubt.
As goes your spiritual life, so goes the future of your Nation.
As long as you are still alive, God has a plan for you.
As a Christian, at any given moment, you are either serving God or Satan.
Authority is not always fair, neither is life.
Bad decisions limit future options.
Be a crisis personality - prepare to think and lead under pressure.
Be a spiritual quiet professional.
Beware of people who seem to know God's will for your life.
Bible Doctrine in your soul is true wealth, not the assets/money you possess.
Blessings come, and blessings go, but the Source remains the same.
Capacity for happiness requires contentment with life's circumstances.
Christianity is a relationship with God.
Circumstances in life are your pulpit, use them to glorify God.
Confess your sins to God the Father, by silent prayer, so the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit is allowed to work within you.
Contentment is sharing the happiness of God and brings capacity for life, love, and happiness.
Contentment replaces eyes on material things or people.
Desperate people do desperate things.
Divine discipline is intended to get your attention and see the need for an attitude adjustment.
Divine viewpoint produces lasting happiness, a relaxed mental attitude.
Don't be impetuous and get ahead of the Lord.
Don't focus on the circumstance or problem, focus on the solution.
Don't forget the Source when you are in prosperity.
Don't humanize God.
Don't let the good things of life take you from the best things of life.
Don't let the rate of forgetting exceed the rate of learning the Word of God.
Don't let the physical take precedence over the spiritual.
Don't speculate, articulate.
Doubt is the absence of faith.
Emotions are a great servant, but a vicious master.
Emphasize your relationship with God, before your relationship with people.
Evaluate your thoughts and actions in the light of eternity.
Every Christian is given a time and a standard; redeem the time and live up to the standard.
Every problem has a solution in the Bible.
Faith alone, in Christ alone, through Grace alone.
Faith is spiritual stamina.
Faithfulness in the little things leads to faithfulness in the big things.
Fear and the spiritual life are not compatible.
Fear of dying inhibits living.
Fear sees the problem; Faith sees the solution.
Forget the past... press forward.
God calls us to be witnesses, not lawyers; His Word can defend itself.
God designed you to think, not emote.
God gave you two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Success in life depends on which end you use. Heads you win - Tails you lose.
God gave you volition; you make your own decisions.
God has a destiny for you; you must pursue it and find it, before you can live it.
God uses prepared Christians.
God wants us to be faithful, not flawless.
God's plan is perfect and God's timing is perfect.
God's Word, the Bible, is the only absolute source of truth.
Good decisions are made from a position of strength (wisdom).
Grace is God doing the work and man receiving what God provides.
Grace is neither earned nor deserved.
Grace orientation replaces eyes on people. Keep these three aligned in your life: Witness of God's Word; Witness of Circumstances; and Witness of the Holy Spirit.
Happiness depends on what is in your soul; happiness is self-contained.
Happiness does not depend on people or circumstances.
Have an attitude of gratitude.
Holding on to the past is a waste of time.
How do you handle unfair situations? Do you respond with humility or react with arrogance?
Human solutions are no solutions; Divine solutions are the only solutions.
Humility is teachability.
Humility, the lack of arrogance, opens your mind to learning.
If God does not promote you, you are not promoted.
If you are not advancing, you are regressing.
If you can trust God with your life, you can trust Him with the details; have faith.
If you choose to be lured by the details of life, human viewpoint, you are living like a fool.
If you do not adjust to the justice of God, the justice of God will adjust to you.
If you live with emotionalism, your thinking will be faulty.
In living, you apply Bible doctrine. In dying, you live Bible doctrine.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
It's never too late to: rebound; reconsider your ways; or relocate for face-to-face teaching under a qualified pastor-teacher.
It's not about you.
Jesus Christ controls history.
Jesus Christ is the key to eternal wealth.
Jesus Christ will never abandon or forsake you.
LAG - Learn and Apply the Word of God, Glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.
Learn to live, don't live to learn.
Leave your own agenda behind and walk into God's Plan for your life.
Life is a journey; God's Word is the guide.
Live each day in the light of eternity.
Man looks on the outside, God looks on the inside.
Man's adversities = God's opportunities.
Mental stability is poise and composure marked by self-assurance and thinking.
Momentum testing gives you data to assess your spiritual condition.
Must be motivated to learn in spite of subjective distractions (your own issues) and objective distractions (something outside of yourself).
Never build your happiness on someone else's unhappiness.
Never criticize someone in authority, be it pastor, parent, or leader of an organization; respect the position, not necessarily the person.
Never get in God's way when faced with unfair situations, let God handle it; don't try to vindicate yourself.
No person, circumstance, or situation is too great for the Plan of God.
Norms and standards in your soul are designed to protect you.
Nothing can be added to the work Christ completed on the cross.
Occupation with Christ replaces eyes on self and circumstances.
Once you allow yourself to get sucked into a frantic search for happiness, your life will spin out of control; you will be frustrated and miserable.
Only in time can God demonstrate grace through suffering.
Patience is a learned character asset.
Poise is thinking under pressure.
Prevailing power of persistent prayer.
Priority or Passion? Do you live by priorities or follow your passions?
Problem Solving Devices: Rebound; Filling of the Holy Spirit; Faith-Rest Drill; Grace Orientation; Doctrinal Orientation: Personal Sense of Destiny; Personal Love for God; Impersonal Love for Mankind; Sharing the Happiness of God; and Occupation with Christ.
Production in the Christian life is both visible and invisible; the invisible is often the greatest.
Promises, the shield of faith, will protect you.
Protocol means doing a right thing in a right way. A wrong thing done in a wrong way is wrong. A right thing done in a wrong way is wrong. Only a right thing done in a right way is right.
Recall the doctrine, recite the verse, reap the reward.
Religion demands that people do good things to please God; religion is steeped in legalism.
Religion is the devil's ace trump.
Renovate your thinking through wisdom in your soul.
Resolve is determination on steroids.
Respond or React. Responding requires humility; humility forgives and forgets.
Reacting is arrogance which judges and criticizes.
Ritual without reality is meaningless.
Satan can control you through your thoughts and emotions.
Satan never quits; the cosmic system never rests.
Solve your problems by learning and applying the Word of God, not by depending on others.
Speak to the living; bury the dead [focus of a memorial service].
Speak, write, teach God's Word to your children.
Spiritual assets/skills are acquired, not inherited.
Spiritual skills must precede production skills.
Spiritual values are what hold a nation together.
Stay focused on God, not circumstances, to stay oriented to His plan for your life.
Stay off the My Way Highway.
Store up treasures from the Word of God.
Studying the Word of God needs to be a daily habit.
Testing comes at your weaknesses.
Testing is a means to an end; testing gets you where you need to go.
Testing is to strengthen your faith.
The Bible is the light that makes the right path clear.
The Christian way of life is unique. To understand and live it, you need the unique resources God provides: the Holy Spirit and the Bible.
The Christian way of life isn't doing, it is thinking.
The darker the outlook, the more difficult the adversity, the greater the problem, the more He is glorified when we keep trusting Him.
The decisions you make determine the life you will lead.
The details of life can't bring happiness.
The Lord delivers through adversity, not necessarily from adversity.
The object of faith always has the merit.
The only way to grow as a Christian is to study, learn, and apply God's Word.
The real you is what you think, not how you look.
The same power that sustained Jesus Christ on the cross is the same power the Christian has to sustain the spiritual life.
The secret to a full and meaningful life starts with authority orientation learned at home.
The solution to people testing is a function of impersonal love and spiritual self-esteem.
The Supreme Court of Heaven is open 24/7; let God handle the justice, He has all the facts.
The Word of God is the Mind of Christ.
There are no accidents in the Plan of God.
There is no adversity too great for the Plan of God.
There is real danger in experimenting with things the world offers.
Think in an organized way; an organized mind can handle pressure.
Three checkpoints for knowing the will of God: Where does God want me to be? What does God want me to think? What does God want me to do?
Timing is patience expressed.
Tomorrow is not guaranteed; don't waste today. Redeem the time.
Unhappy people take their unhappiness with them wherever they go.
Use Scripture. It worked for the Lord Jesus Christ, it will work for you.
When fear knocks on the door, faith needs to answer.
When we fall asleep in the arms of the Lord, it is with the assurance that we will awake to a new morning that never ends, to a realization of eternal life.
When you choose to leave your own agenda behind and walk into God's Plan, you will have the best life imaginable, more contentment and happiness than you ever thought possible.
When you don't have enough on the inside to equal the pressures from the outside, you will be crushed.
When you think with divine viewpoint, you do not think the way the world thinks.
Winners execute, losers emote.
Wisdom and understanding are the keys to happiness.
With rebound, positive volition, and application of Bible Doctrine, you can turn suffering for discipline into suffering for blessing.
Without a sense of God's destiny in your life, you will never find the purpose of why you are here.
You are a product of your own volition, your decisions.
You are either going to be born twice, or die twice.
You are not the victim of your circumstances; you are the victim of your own decisions.
You are what you think, not what you think you are.
You can either believe in Christ for eternal life, or reject Him for eternal condemnation - the choice is yours.
You can have an invisible impact by executing the Plan of God.
You cannot apply what you do not know.
You can pass people testing, or you can be a people test.
You can trust God; can God trust you?
You can't build your happiness on someone else's unhappiness.
You can't live the spiritual life in the energy of the flesh.
You can't lose your salvation; once saved, always saved.
You defend God's Word not by telling people they are wrong, but by simply giving them the Truth.
You don't have to tell God your problems, thank Him for the solutions.
You trust God with your life; trust Him with the details.
Your choices = your life.
Your destiny is God's special plan for your life.
Your most important decision is to accept or reject Jesus Christ as your Savior.
Your relationship with God must come first in your life.