True North Church

"You must continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you both to will and to act according to his good purpose."

We're to work out what God works in.

5 HABITS TO KEEP YOUR HEART HAPPY!

1. REMEMBER GOD IS WITH ME, IN ME, & FOR ME!

2. BE GRATEFUL AND NEVER GRUMBLE!

TYPES OF COMPLAINERS YOU KNOW:

1. WHINERS
2. MARTYRS
3. CYNICS
4. PERFECTIONISTS

"In EVERYTHING give thanks: for this is God's Will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 5:18


3. KEEP MY CONSCIENCE CLEAR!

"What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! What joys when sins are covered over! What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record!" Psalm 32:1-2 (LB)

4. MEMORIZE GOD'S WORD AND LIVE IT!

"Hold tightly to the Word of Life..." Philippians 2:16


6 WAYS TO GET A GRASP ON THE WORD OF GOD:

1. HEAR IT
2. READ IT
3. STUDY IT
4. MEMORIZE IT
5. MEDITATE ON IT
6. APPLY IT

"Your principles make me HAPPY, so I NEVER FORGET you Word."
Psalm 119:16 (GW)

"Lead me in the path of your commands, because that is where my happiness is found." Psalm 119:35 (NLT)


5. USE MY LIFE TO SERVE GOD BY SERVING OTHERS!

"Your faith makes you offer your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. If I have to offer my own blood as a sacrifice, I will be happy and full of joy. And you should be happy and full of joy with me too!" Philippians 2:17-18 (NCV)