The Secret to Spiritual Success, Part 1

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