Too many of us have only a vague idea of what we ultimately want. Even when we do, we do not know how to translate this desire into the necessary short-range steps which will get us there. Various approaches have been suggested. One answer as to the nature of success suggests that,.
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Still another stresses the appearance of success as the key to becoming successful. An additional insight is given by the well-known Conrad Hilton. In what follows we shall examine several examples of success as recorded in the Bible. We shall begin with the successes of two well-known Godly servants in the Old Testament.
The two examples here are men who were successful because they served the Lord wholeheartedly. The first is Joseph. Because his father Jacob had sired Joseph in his old age, the first to whom his favorite wife Rachel had given birth, Joseph was a favorite son. Joseph proved to be a trusting, faithful young man whom the Lord blessed, much to the dismay of his brothers. It would appear that Joseph had inherited some very basic, yet important, spiritual qualities from the great spiritual patriarchs before him: Joseph also gained from his father Jacob a steadfastness that would give him the capacity both for hard work and outright rejection from others.
These were to prove to serve Joseph well. Due to their growing hatred his brothers found an opportunity to sell Joseph into slavery. Even in his slavery Joseph continued to be faithful to the Lord. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master. So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned. Testing was to come, however. But Joseph repeatedly refused her due to his spiritual insight and integrity, as well as his allegiance to Potiphar. Nevertheless, to placate his wife he had Joseph put into prison.
Poor Joseph thus once again found himself a prisoner. Even greater success lay ahead for Joseph, for God had given to him the ability to interpret dreams cf. Thus individual success can become the basis for meeting successfully the needs of others. The second person is the prophet Daniel. Daniel together with three friends was taken captive in the first Babylonian invasion of Judah in B. Moreover, the Lord had given Daniel the ability to interpret dreams, which enabled him to achieve great success in the court of King Nebuchadnezzar e.
Belshazzar was probably the grandson of Nebuchanezzar and served as co-regent with his father Nabonidus B. On the night of October 12, B. Nabonidus had prepared a great feast for his nobles, in spite of the fact that the invading Persians had camped outside the city walls. When Belshazzar ordered the sacred drinking vessels of the Hebrews that Nebuchanezzar had taken from Jerusalem during the capture of the city, as the king and his wives and concubines drank from them, the fingers of a hand appeared and wrote on the wall. Neither he nor his wise men were able to decode the message.
At that time the queen mother came into the banquet hall and learning of the situation advised Belshazzar to summon Daniel. It should be noted that the wise men probably could read what had appeared, but did not understand it. Accordingly, Daniel once again achieved great success, being proclaimed: True to his interpretation, Babylon fell to the invading Persians under King Cyrus that very night vv.
Like Joseph, Daniel was faithful and whole-heartedly committed to the Lord. In what follows, we shall explore several keys to godly success as indicated in the Scriptures. Perhaps a good place to begin our discussion of biblical keys to success is the advice of Moses to his fellow Hebrews as he drew closer to his final days;. I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.
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What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess. Simply put, Moses was telling them to demonstrate their faith in God by willingly obeying his commandments and standards for them.
Failure to do so, however, would lead to inevitable disaster vv. Acceptance and obedience would bring life and prosperity lit. I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Success begins with a life of full faith in and faithfulness to the Lord and his standards. Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do. This law scroll must not leave your lips!
You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
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It was necessary for Joshua live obediently to the Lord and his commandments, even as Moses had declared. They were not just to be read but to be so internalized and followed that they became a way of life. The combination of strength and courage is one that is echoed throughout the Scriptures e. When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son: Be strong and become a man! Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses.
Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish.
He was to be strong and show himself a man. Among these the most significant and well known, however, is his building of the Temple of the Lord 1 Kings 6: Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! Then you will take delight in the LORD, and he will answer your prayers. He wants us to live in the fullness of the blessing. He will position your name with the right people, in the right places and at the right time.
He never wants to deal with false promises, sin or misplaced priorities. God does not allow for negotiating. Think of all we would expect to do upon opening a business. Your trust requires you to believe in Him and follow Him. Thus says the Lord: No doubt about it. God wants to impart on us a clear understanding of His authority and His plan for us. This is a faithful saying: How, as a new business owner, can you become successful without working hard?
What I want you to focus on is fatigue and frustration. While working in our new business to be successful, according to Proverbs Group of business people via Shutterstock; image 2: I am recently divorced and I feel overwhelmed with all of the debt that I have incurred.
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I am constantly looking for opportunities to grow my business and to increase revenue. I need a supernatural breakthrough so that I can sustain not only my business but my household. God has blessed me by providing as my infinite source and I now need Him to guide my steps on what to do next to ensure that I am able to sustain both my household as well as my business as a single mother with 2 boys. Good morning sir, I went through your 7days prayers for business and I have a conviction in my spirit that my business will grow. I just started a business last month which I sale from home, I have no shop yet but I really want the business to grow.
Please let the Holy Spirit direct me through you. Thank Dr Jim for this spirit led guidance. I have been an entrepreneur for 6 yrs now and God has opened many doors for us. We are looking a breakthroughs so that we can start earning some profits and also be on top of our taxes. We are also opening another business in a different field and we need Gods Favour and blessings to be upon this new venture.
Please stand with us in prayer. Thank you Laura for reaching out. I will separately email a resource I pray will help. Thanks Dr Jim Am glad I came across this, I will start tomorrow and I pray to get back to you same time next week with a testimony.
My business has been experiencing setbacks and rejections for years now but I believe with this plan and with your prayers, I will have a turn around. Keep showing the Love of Jesus. Keep pressing into His favor. Speak out loud the promises of God. Tell the devil he must stop in Jesus name! Thank you for this prayer guide, I am starting right away with this prayers. Thanks for these prayers. Appreciate so much you reaching out.
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I urge you to repent to the Lord of any however tiny your role in the debt has been, and dive deep into His Word for revelation on your next steps. Have faith — He restores the brokenhearted, refreshes the weary. Just like Joseph, I am believing that you will soon in a moment go from the prison to the palace — all to His glory! Thanks Be to God I found myself in your site Dr Jim I lost my business of about 1 million people owe me alot unfortunately I also landed into bad debts I ask God for mercy and forgiveness for any wrong decisions and sins I committed.
And am starting anew business tomorrow pray with for divine favour in Jesus name. Starting your prayer program tonight by the grace of God. Dr Jim Am Henry in Uganda east Africa i,need your help i,want to being business i,dont have money am so poor pray for me. Henry — thank you for reaching back.
I encourage you to read Isaiah 61 and claim it for you…especially verses Jim Thank you for all your awesome messages, its really inspiring. I have in business for approx 12 years and over the last 6 months my business has been under tremendous financial strain. We have had issues on practically every aspect of the business, its comes to point whereby the stress levels are affecting me in ways that its affecting my health, my family and my faith. We are a business that has never missed a tithe or an opportunity to sow, last month was the 1st time in 12 years that just could not make our tithe, i feel terrible and guilty that i did not have any money to tithe.
I will incorporate these prayer points too daily and make sure I do not kiss them until I get a testimony. Thank you Ifedolapo for your blessed proclamation over me. I partner with you for favor to fall mightily. THEN all the other things will follow. He will direct and guide you into His supernatural blessings prepared before the creation — just for you — just for this time. Came across your prayer guide when I was really feeling low about my situation.
I have a challenge with my Salon business. My competitors and detractors are almost making me close my salon by driving away my workers. I have a location advantage over them. Hence when I bring new workers they are given all manner stories. A worker once told me he suspects someone is using witchcraft to drive my workers away. Praise the Lord Cecilia! Thank yoo so much for these prayers I prayed for a long time now for my business and my family and believe that our financial breakthrew will come, at the age of 36 I gave my heart to God and at the age of 46 was baptised….
God showed me your site and Im so thankfull. So very grateful for your kind reply Annatjie. Stay tuned for I have a HUGE announcement to release soon about many, many more series of powerful prayers for all areas of life and business. Dr Jim Thank you for the prayers guidance. I have been working for 8 years and never have any raise. Last month during prayers time I felt the call to start my own business. I am now doing the financial projection to see how the business might be in the of profit and loss.
I will add those prayers point into my routine as this step is kind of difficult to project since the business will the a startup. Do you have any other prayers for starup? So good that you will interject these into your prayer and communion time with the Lord and Holy Spirit. One prayer per day for the entire month, then repeat. You can get your copy on my website home page at http: Even if you decide to unsubscribe to the blog, I encourage you to have these prayers handy and pray them every — as you faith grow so grows your business! Jim it was nice to know these prayers.
I have started a very new and small business just two days ago and I want my business to grow with blessings of Lord my God. Jim, Thank you for this beautiful prayers. I left a permanent job and got into this business. I am not financially stable. I want to know whether this prayers will work miracles for me. I am disturbed my age is going up I am already 52 years please guide me. I need your help. Are you sure that God wanted you to open the business? No one can answer this for you — it is between you and God. He will answer — but you must quiet yourself and listen.
May His favor quickly fall upon you Athena. As I read each scripture and said the prayers, I felt the anointing of God and started to weep. Thank you for your obedience to our Father in graciously sharing this information. Overwhelmed by your encouragement Joanne. I will go to your website and download the prayers. Have a blessed day. Jim, I was searching for a prayer for business prosperity in google and found you.
I am inspired now. We are just babies in the business as owners and are bit stressed about how things will go.