Principles to Guarantee Success In The New Year! Joshua 1:8

I. Care To Ask God’s Thoughts

II. Continue To Accept God’s Theology

III. Courage To Attempt Great Things

IV. Commitment To Achieve Goals Tendered

Psalms 46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God:....

1. Acknowledge His Will

Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Isaiah 55:9 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Proverbs 28:26 -  He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Fool - to trick or be tricked, to hoodwink or to be hoodwinked, to dupe or be duped, to deceive or be deceived.

Hosea 10:13 - Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Obadiah 1:2 - Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Luke 18:9 - And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Corinthians 10:12 - Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

2. All His Way

Exodus 19:5 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

I John 2:17 - And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

I Peter 3:17 - For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

I Peter 4:2 - That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

I Peter 2:15 - For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

3. Abound in His Work

I Corinthians 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Hebrews 10:36 - For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

4. Aware, Humble, and Watching

II Peter 3:17 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Psalms 100:3 - Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Colossians 3:15 - And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.