1. GET FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Acts 1:8 "You shall receive power after the Holy Ghost..."

Jude 20 "...building up yourselves...praying in the Holy Ghost"

2. SET THE WORD OF GOD AS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH AND FINAL AUTHORITY IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.

PS 119:105 "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."

MTT 24:35 "Heaven and earth shall pass away but my Word..."

3. OBEY THE WORD OF GOD REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.

JN 14:15 "If you love me, keep my commandments"

JN 15:10 "If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love..."

4. TITHE TO YOUR HOME CHURCH.

Mal 3:7 "I will rebuke the devourer...and pour out a blessing..."

5. HUSBANDS HONOR YOUR WIVES.

1Pet 3:7 "...that your prayers be not hindered."

6. REPENT QUICKLY FOR SINS THAT YOU COMMIT.

1JN 2:1 "If any man sins we have an advocate with the Father."

7. FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST YOU JUST AS QUICKLY.

LK 6:37 "...forgive and you shall be forgiven."

MTT 6:12 "...forgive us our trespasses as we forgive..."

8. DON'T ALLOW YOUR ANGER TO LAST MORE THAN TODAY.

EPH 4:26-27 " ...let not the sun go down on your wrath."

9. MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOUR LIFE BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND HOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS LEADING YOU, NOT ON FEELINGS, EMOTIONS, SITUATIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES.

10. DON'T MAKE MAJOR SPIRITUAL DECISIONS WHEN YOU ARE DOWN. BE 'UP' IN GOD AND IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS BEFORE MAKING MAJOR, LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS.

11.WITNESS WITH YOUR LIFESTYLE AS WELL AS WITH YOUR WORDS.

MTT5:16 "Let your light so shine before men..."

Acts 1:8 "...and you shall be witnesses..."

2Cor 4:3 "if our gospel be hid..."

12. PUT YOUR LOWER CARNAL NATURE TO DEATH EVERYDAY.

RO 8:13 "...through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body."

RO 6:11 " Reckon yourselves dead unto sin..."

13. MAKE ALL OF YOUR FUTURE DECISIONS NOW. DECIDE THAT ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS WILL BE "YES, JESUS, WHATEVER YOU WANT IS WHAT I WANT".

14. STAND FAST ON THE WORD OF GOD AND DON'T COMPROMISE WITH THE DEVIL.

JA 4:7 "Submit yourselves to God...resist the devil and he will flee..."

EPH 6:12-18 "We wrestle not against flesh and blood...stand therefore."

15. SUBMIT TO ALL AUTHORITY IN CHURCH AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT (UNLESS WHAT THEY TELL YOU TO DO WOULD VIOLATE THE WORD OF GOD OR CAUSE YOU TO SIN.

HEB 13:17 "Obey them that have the rule over you and submit..."

Titus 3:1 "...be subject to principalities and powers..."

16. NEVER, EVER QUIT WALKING WITH GOD!

JA 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures temptation..."

Heb 12:1-3 "...let us run with patience...looking to Jesus..."

MTT 10:22 "...he that endures to the end will be saved."

By Jerry Snyder copyright Feb 10, 2003