Success Is Found Through God

No matter how old one is, where you live, or what you do, everyone wants their life to be successful. 

Some desire success for all the wrong reasons:

1.) To acquire more things, more fame, more power, more money than anyone else (an attitude of he who dies with the most toys wins)

2.) To draw attention to themselves and their accomplishments 

3.) To prove themselves better than someone else

However there is a right way to view success and achieve it!

Identify your passions. Before you can achieve success, you will have to define what success means to you. While it may take years to realize what you want to do with your life, identifying your passions, interests, and values will help you set goals and give your life a sense of meaning. Ask yourself the following questions:

1.) Does what I want to do or be glorify God or me?

2.) What are your subjects of interest?

3.) Does the success you want set the right example for those of your household?

4.) What do you want your legacy to be-how will it help others?

5.) How would you like to be remembered by others?

6.) Will it help your community be a better place to be?

Trust that God Wants You To Succeed If Your Values Are Aligned With His

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Success is not elusive to those who go after it with the right attitude!

The first factor is understand that our Heavenly Father desires us to live a successful life. While that may not entail riches, however it does mean that we know who we are in Him and that we trust His plans for us.

The second strongest factor in being successful is self-esteem: Believing that we can be and that we deserve to be successful is important. 

Live purposefully. In order to achieve your dreams and be the person you want to be. You will have to start paying attention to your actions. Ask yourself, is what I'm doing with my life going to lead me to where I want to be in life?

• If you find yourself constantly bored, daydreaming about the future or past or counting down the minutes until the day ends, it is probably because you feel disconnected from what you're doing, or what your doing is wasteful.
• Cherish your time. Watching a lot of television, texting all day, talking on the phone constantly with friends or family, or just daydreaming will not get you where you want to be. Just talking success doesn't get it done. Time wasted can never be regained. It comes fresh to us every second of every minute and gives up opportunity to do and be our best self.
• Remember that the concept of "wasted time" is relative. Not everything you do has to be productive in the conventional sense, but it should be engaging, enjoyable, and produce good results in us and those around us.

Psalm 84:
11For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
12O LORD of hosts,
blessed is the one who trusts in you!

See you next blog,

Ted

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