Twenty things I believe

Truths

1. 1. God is on a mission to reconcile a lost world to Himself.
   2. God alone is sovereign.
   3. God uses all things to advance His mission.
   4. God’s timing is not my timing.
   5. God's thoughts and plans are higher than my thoughts and plans.
   6. Jesus' death on the cross is sufficient payment for my sins.
   7. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
   8. The Bible is true.
   9. Heaven and hell are real.
   10. God’s way is better than my way.
   11. God wants worship and then service.
   12. God is always at work.
   13. I want to serve God where He is working.
   14. Success is allowing the Holy Spirit to work through me to accomplish the plan that God has for my life, reflecting God’s grace daily.
   15. How I react to life’s trials and temptations is important.
   16. Jesus wants a personal relationship with me and not a list of principles I follow.
   17. Satan never encourages me to do the right thing.
   18. Showing God’s grace through my life influences others.
   19. I have a story that I should update and tell often.
   20. God has shaped and continues to shape me for His work through me.

Glorify God

The Bible tell us to glorify God. We are to make others aware of God's splendor in everything we do. For example:

1.  I glorify God when my everyday life - working, playing, eating....everything I do, is for His honor and His benefit and not for me.

2. I glorify God when I share the good news about i.)  the salvation He made possible with His sacrificial death as payment for my sins, ii.) His resurrection  and iii.) His continued advocacy on my behalf with God.

3. I glorify God when others accept Him as savior and lord as a result of me sharing the gospel.

4. I glorify God when the Holy Spirit works through me to accomplish the plan for my life that God shaped me to complete.

5. I glorify God when my answer is "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."