(1Thess. 5:21 – Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.)
1. Keep a good name. Proverbs 22:1 – A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 2 Chronicles 7:14 – If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; the will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2. Be alert. Resist the devil. Prov. 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 1 Peter 5:8 (GNB) – Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. James 4:7 – Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
3. Know God’s plan. Seek His will in all your decisions. Jer. 29:11 (GNB) – I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for. Rom 12:2 – And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, the ye may PROVE what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 1 John 5:14 – And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us:
4. Do the best you can in everything, but prioritize God. (Attend all worship services.) Deut. 28:13 – And the LORD shall make thee the HEAD, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: Matt 6:33 – But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
5. Keep your body fit and healthy. 1 Cor. 6:19 – What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? Rom 12:1 – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, the ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Psalms 103:2-3 – Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth ALL thine iniquities; who healeth ALL thy diseases;
6. Take the challenge. Bring all your tithes and offerings. Malachi 3:10-12 – Bring ye ALL the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in the mine house, and PROVE ME now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. And all nations shall call you BLESSED: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
7. Know God personally, as to a Friend. Read His (letters) Word and talk to Him in prayer. John 5:39 – SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me. Mark 11:24 – Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. John 15:14 – Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
8. Keep a family altar. Have a regular family worship. Psalms 55:17 – Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice. Isaiah 55:6 – SEEK YE THE LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.
9. Prepare to meet thy God. 2 Kings 20:1 – Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. James 5:16 – Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Amos 4:12 – Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet they God, O Israel.
10. Heaven is our home. Our ultimate goal is to see Jesus and our loved ones. John 14:1-3 – Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. Phil. 3:20 (ESV) – But our CITIZENSHIP is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
