Thursday’s Thought

      A Mid-Week Inspirational Message

    © 2003-2009 Ron Adams

FOUR STEPS TO ACHIEVE

PLAN PURPOSELY

First one must have a plan with a purpose.

"For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if

he has enough to complete it?"

Luke 14:28

PREPARE PRAYERFULLY

Second one must make adequate preparation considering

"if the Lord wills."

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while

and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, "If the

Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."

James 4:13-15

PROCEED POSITIVELY

Third one must think in terms of "I can."

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13

PURSUE PERSISTENTLY

Fourth one must persevere.

"But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance."

Luke 8:15

~~~~~~~

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 1:12

Quotations from NASB