Keys to Life

Keys to Life
Brad Reiches
Aug 7 2006 12:00AM

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I am in Mexico this week with 23 others for our 2nd annual Mexico Missions trip at the Rancho De Sus Ninos in Tecate.  I am therefore unavailable for correspondence this week, and thank you so much for your prayers.  -Pastor Brad

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Monday, August 7, 2006
GodThoughts Wired!

"Keys to Life"

"I have given you everything
pertaining to life and godliness."

2 Peter 1:3

One of the things I emphasize in my own walk with the Lord, as well as with those who would follow me  following the Lord, ( "Be imitators of me just as I also am of Christ" - 1 Corinthians 11:1) is the reality that life with God is a two-fold proposition.  There is the "God-part," and the "our part."  The following involves the "our-part:" 

DETERMINE: 

"Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself."

Daniel 1:8

KNOW: 

"Commit your works to the Lord
and He will establish your plans."

Proverbs 16:3

BELIEVE: 

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and do not lean on your own understanding."

Proverbs 3:5

TRUST: 

"You will reap in due season
if you do not grow weary and lose heart."

Galatians 6:9

UNDERSTAND: 

"God has created you for good works,
which He prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."

Daniel 1:8

 

Determine, know, believe, trust, understand.  These are some of the most significant keys to the abundant life (see John 10:10) that Jesus has invited us to live.

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