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Well, I’m over 40 and not a millionaire, not married, and just a very average person. But I am NOT a failure. I know you didn’t want the “Jesus” rubble, but it’s true. My some, now 21, is a great, mighty man of G-d. He supplies my needs every day I lack nothing (financially, emotionally, mentally, and physically). I am content with life!!!! Why? Because of Y-shua. He has provided for me a great job, a nice house to live, food on the table, quality relationships with people; but above all I have a real relationship with Him. He has healed all of my heartaches, He has kept me in perfect health (in spite of being type I diabetic for 33 years), and He keeps me satisfied. My personal opinion i am a SUCESS!!!!!
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Thanks for peoples feedback.I found an article that deals with this..... What does putting God first really mean?
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True success?
Contentment in knowing who Jesus Christ is and what He had done in my life and for my life.
I’m not a wealthy woman, never have been. Never held a position or done anything noteworthy or that could be recorded in the annuals of history.
But I am blood washed, spirit filled, living in the grace and mercies of a loving God.
I’m content because I know who I am in Christ Jesus. I don’t have to be something to prove anything.
Good question.
Contentment in knowing who Jesus Christ is and what He had done in my life and for my life.
I’m not a wealthy woman, never have been. Never held a position or done anything noteworthy or that could be recorded in the annuals of history.
But I am blood washed, spirit filled, living in the grace and mercies of a loving God.
I’m content because I know who I am in Christ Jesus. I don’t have to be something to prove anything.
Good question.
I am not rich, I do not desire awards for being a great teacher, I do not have hundreds of friends, I do not have stunning beauty.
I do have God in my life, a loving and Godly husband, a wonderful family that I love so much, satisfaction from doing my job to the best of my ability, some very close friend, a wonderful Church family.
I feel like one of the hugest successes in the world. God fills my life with joy each and every day and I am so grateful to Him.
I do have God in my life, a loving and Godly husband, a wonderful family that I love so much, satisfaction from doing my job to the best of my ability, some very close friend, a wonderful Church family.
I feel like one of the hugest successes in the world. God fills my life with joy each and every day and I am so grateful to Him.
As I read in here success is viewed as Christians could or should see it (that's another decision we have made). But the world insists on telling us on how to be "successful" even in teaching us the Church "lacks" LEADERS and astrong "leadership" (a thing I completelly regret).
Do you lack Christ as Lord and OUR LEADER?
Secular success is another lie to make us SECULAR (it's me who solely deserve being called secular in CC). Je! Je!
Rich and poor people considered themselves nothing, some commited suicide or abandoned themselves into drugs, alcohol, and sexual perversion (just to find the meaning of success).
Very achieving person were discontented, unhappy, because it wasn't enough what they got -for secular approval and admiration- and I am happy a knew a professor who threw his several diplomas under his closet, as if they were old newspapers (I tell you, because I saw those papers on the floor of his house, when I was in my 20's)
How many people, today, will be tempted when Satan came and would ask them: "Worship me" (serve me) and I will you this and this"... That reminds me of the "Matrix" movie. Someone in there wanted to "enjoy" life (even knowing that it wasn't real life) but he wanted to enjoy this worldly pleasure (just by telling the enemies where they are and killing the people who worked as a team).
Is it success? Getting money or pleasures by betraying friends? (I' happy I have few of them).
I, personally, don feel I live to "worship God" (I haven't seen HIM nor The Lord Jesus). My interaction with God is through HIS human beings, those who are instruments of HIS kindness and goodness.
In fact, without knowing, I felt successful when "seeing" faces, hearts and persons I DON KNOW who they are but, by faith, the turned SUCCESSFULLY to GOD, leaving the cult of Mammon, the cult of the Self and it Selfishness, while I see myself to far from the place I want to go.
I feel success when a COACH in here is happy when he helps others to achieve their goals (and that is how parents could be helping people to be "good" people). That is a good new I heard and would join to imitate.
Success seems to be a concept, and idea (or and idealization). I hope Christ, the Lord Jesus -one of these days- tell each of us: "¡Siervo!... Entra en el gozo de tu Señor..."
That's real success! Being hugged be the Lord Jesus and receiving God's approval one day aftere a day.
Do you lack Christ as Lord and OUR LEADER?
Secular success is another lie to make us SECULAR (it's me who solely deserve being called secular in CC). Je! Je!
Rich and poor people considered themselves nothing, some commited suicide or abandoned themselves into drugs, alcohol, and sexual perversion (just to find the meaning of success).
Very achieving person were discontented, unhappy, because it wasn't enough what they got -for secular approval and admiration- and I am happy a knew a professor who threw his several diplomas under his closet, as if they were old newspapers (I tell you, because I saw those papers on the floor of his house, when I was in my 20's)
How many people, today, will be tempted when Satan came and would ask them: "Worship me" (serve me) and I will you this and this"... That reminds me of the "Matrix" movie. Someone in there wanted to "enjoy" life (even knowing that it wasn't real life) but he wanted to enjoy this worldly pleasure (just by telling the enemies where they are and killing the people who worked as a team).
Is it success? Getting money or pleasures by betraying friends? (I' happy I have few of them).
I, personally, don feel I live to "worship God" (I haven't seen HIM nor The Lord Jesus). My interaction with God is through HIS human beings, those who are instruments of HIS kindness and goodness.
In fact, without knowing, I felt successful when "seeing" faces, hearts and persons I DON KNOW who they are but, by faith, the turned SUCCESSFULLY to GOD, leaving the cult of Mammon, the cult of the Self and it Selfishness, while I see myself to far from the place I want to go.
I feel success when a COACH in here is happy when he helps others to achieve their goals (and that is how parents could be helping people to be "good" people). That is a good new I heard and would join to imitate.
Success seems to be a concept, and idea (or and idealization). I hope Christ, the Lord Jesus -one of these days- tell each of us: "¡Siervo!... Entra en el gozo de tu Señor..."
That's real success! Being hugged be the Lord Jesus and receiving God's approval one day aftere a day.
Success for me means serving God faithfully, and that I have a wonderful family, friends, and church. I think that every time we are able to plant seeds for the cause of Christ, that is another form of success.
Walking with God really is the only thing that matters in this life. I am comfortable financially, a good marriage and children. But that is not my idea of true success. For me, pleasing God would probably the definition of whether my life is a "success."
There are only 14 references to the word "success" in the Bible, none of them in the New Testament.
"Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!" Psalm 118:25.
To me, that says a lot. We need to seek transformation and not be conformed to the world, in the New Testament.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:2
Success is a worldly standard. I think it also fades quickly. Not that it is wrong to set short term or long term goals and work towards them, but just that we must understand that whether we achieve those goals or not, is not the be all or end all. Instead, God can use everything we do for his good, even failure.
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,for those who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
Walking with God really is the only thing that matters in this life. I am comfortable financially, a good marriage and children. But that is not my idea of true success. For me, pleasing God would probably the definition of whether my life is a "success."
There are only 14 references to the word "success" in the Bible, none of them in the New Testament.
"Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!" Psalm 118:25.
To me, that says a lot. We need to seek transformation and not be conformed to the world, in the New Testament.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:2
Success is a worldly standard. I think it also fades quickly. Not that it is wrong to set short term or long term goals and work towards them, but just that we must understand that whether we achieve those goals or not, is not the be all or end all. Instead, God can use everything we do for his good, even failure.
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,for those who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28