You must know, believe, and understand God.

 “Ye are my witnesses, said the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither there be after me”…Isaiah 43:10

This is the reason God created you, saved you, and called you into the ministry: that you may know, believe, and understand Him.

Your aim must be to know God: know Him personally and intimately—grow to know Him more and more as you walk day by day.

Your aim must be to believe God.

-           Believe His love for the world.

-           Believe His salvation and call.

-           Believe His promise of eternal life.

-           Believe His Word, the Holy Scriptures.

-           Believe He is with you no matter the trial or temptation: that He will never forsake you that He cares for you and is looking after you.

-           Believe He has called and commissioned you to proclaim His Word to a lost and dying world, a world reeling in desperate need.

Your aim must be to understand God.

-           Understand that He alone is God, the only living and true God, the Sovereign Lord and Majesty of the universe.

-           Understand that God is loving as well as holy and righteous—that God is merciful and gracious as well as judge sin.

-           Understand that God loves and cares for man, that He has demonstrated His love in the most supreme way possible. He has given His Son to die for sin so that whoever believes in Him might not perish but have eternal life.

-           Understand that God alone save man; therefore, He alone is to be worshipped and served by man.

Evangelism

"We have found no means so much blessed to keep religion alive as FASTING and PRAYER." - Edward Payson