a. There is one God and he is personal.
b. There is one reality, and it is created by God.
c. God loves each of us and has a plan for each of our lives.
d. But "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
e. "And the wages of sin is death."
f. "But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
g. God became a human being for 33 years; died on a cross, in our place, for our sins.
h. He rose again on the third day to demonstrate the defeat of sin and death and to
show that we, too, can have eternal life.
j. "To those who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave them the
right to become children of God."
k. "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the son of God that you
may know you have eternal life."
l. "All who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
m. "It is appointed unto man to die once, and then the judgment."
n. Sin has separated humans from God and they are doomed to an eternity in hell.
o. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me."
p. A person must repent of his sin, accept Jesus as savior, and ask Jesus to be the
Lord of his life.
q. After a person becomes a Christian, his goal is not "self-love" or
"self-actualization", or "self-realization." His goal is to "die
to self." "It is no longer I who live but Christ in me."
r. The goal of the Christian is to be like Jesus; to live moment by moment, relying on
God's grace, the power of the Holy Spirit to enable him to say yes to the Lord and no to
sin.
s. The Lord disciplines those he loves. He breaks us and remakes us.
t. The Sovereign God of the universe has a plan for each of our lives. It is not one we
conjured up in our own minds.
u. Fulfillment comes in surrendering our lives to God, and seeking His plan for our
lives.
v. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Not, "I can
do all things through the psychic power of my own mind."
w. Prayer is not meditating on a mantra, or guided visualization through "a
hallway that leads no where." Prayer is not repetitious affirmations and "self
talk." Prayer is not the reprogramming of the subconscious or the working out of
one's karma. Prayer is talking to God, "one who sticks closer than a brother."
"He will never leave you nor forsake you. Cast all your cares on Him for he cares for
you." Prayer is communicating to God gratitude, adoration, praise, requests,
supplications and intercessions.
x. Faith is having confidence in God, not in the occult powers of my own mind.
y. God promises that "all things work together for good for those who love him and
are called according to his purpose." "There is a way that seems right to a man
but in the end it leads to destruction." My own "inner wisdom" my own
"vision from within" will "lead nowhere" but destruction.
z. God's plan for my life is found outside of my own "wisdom". It is found in
his written word, in prayer to him as He reveals his will in conformance with His written
word (the Bible).
