Sermon Notes
Join us this week as Pastor Greg Laurie continues our Timeless series with a brand new message called “The Secret to Spiritual Success, Part 1.”
Application
- Only God can change the human heart, but at the same time, only I can believe.
- If we choose to follow God, He will give us everything we need to succeed.
To spiritually succeed, you must study and love Scripture.
- Success or failure in the Christian life depends on how much of the Bible we get into our hearts and minds on a daily basis and how obedient we are to it.
- Hungry children are healthy children.
- “Revive me according to Your Word.” Psalm 119:25
- A successful Christian will always be a Bible-studying Christian.
- “The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.” —Martin Luther
- It is in Scripture and Scripture alone that we find absolute truth; and it is from this truth that we find our worldview.
- The early church focused on Scripture.
To succeed spiritually, we must trust the authority of Scripture.
- There is no fake news in the Bible, just Good News!
- Scripture is perfect, meaning “whole, complete, sufficient.”
- The Bible is God’s infallible Word!
The Word of God transforms us.
- The Bible is for people who have some sense of desperation about where they are in life.
- The Bible is for people who don’t have all the answers; and this is why we need to memorize Scripture.
The Word of God gives us incredible wisdom.
- God’s Word is perfect, it transforms us, and makes us wise.
- The Word of God is right, and anything that contradicts it is wrong!
- Keeping the Word of God makes you happy.
- You can have a happy life without sin.
- The Bible tells me God sent a Savior!
Scripture
- 2 Peter 1:3
- Joshua 1:8
- 1 Peter 2:2
- Acts 2:16–17
- Acts 2:42
- Psalm 19:7–11
- Psalm 19:7
- Psalm 119:11

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