Recipe
for Success
Some of you may be great cooks who don’t need a recipe to
make something delicious. Others, like
me, need a recipe to boil water! For
those of us needing instruction, here is a recipe for success in drawing nearer
to God. First, you need
ingredients. These will include reading
your bible daily. I suggest first thing
in the morning. To me, that tells God
that you are putting him first in your day and your life. That also keeps life from getting in the
way.
The next ingredient is prayer. Just talk to Him like you would a
friend. The next ingredient might sound
weird to some of you but it will make a huge difference. Find a Christian radio station in your area
and start really listening to the words.
The next part of the recipe is not about adding anything, but really
about taking things out. Take a good
look at your life and find the things that aren’t pleasing to God and REMOVE
them! Yes, this might mean that you
won’t be watching your favorite TV shows or listening to the music you normally
listen to. It might mean you will have
to throw away that smutty book you are currently reading.
The final ingredient, and this is the one that will make
your heart grow, is to start showing love to those around you. When Jesus was here on earth he said this: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The
second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment
greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31
We all remember the part about loving the
Lord, right? Do we really pay attention
to that last part about loving our neighbor?
While He was on earth, Jesus spent much of His time caring for
others. He healed diseases and sickness
among the people, drove out evil spirits and raised the dead, just to name a
few of His many miracles. As you can
see, He was always watching for the needs of others and then caring for those
needs. This is how we should pattern our
lives as well. We should always be
watching for the needs of those around us and then working to meet those needs.
“Carry each
other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians
6:2
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