First Steps with the Lord


If you have received the Lord Jesus Christ you truly have something worth living for (and dying for). Following are some important steps you'll need to take to allow God to begin working powerfully in your life. These things will allow God to help, heal and empower you as you grow in spiritual maturity.

Spend Time Praying!

John 15:7If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you.
1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray without ceasing.
Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Luke 11:9So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; Seek and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened to you.
Ephesians 6:18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

Find a Bible-Teaching Church Home that Loves God

1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
Hebrews 10:25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
2 Timothy 4:3-4For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
1 Timothy 6:3-4aIf anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing.
Ephesians 5:19-20Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Read, Meditate On and Apply God's Word

Matthew 4:4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
Ephesians 6:17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me."
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
James 1:22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
Luke 11:28He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."