Principles of the Kingdom (God's Success Principles)

We are of great value both because of our creation and also because of the price paid for our redemption. There is an old story which illustrates this perfectly. A Young boy made a beautiful toy sailboat and took it to a lake to sail, but a gust of wind blew the boat out into the lake. The boat was lost. Several weeks later, the boy saw his sailboat in the window of a toy store. When he asked for his boat, the store owner said, .I own the sailboat now. If you want it you will have to buy it back.. The boy sold all he had to buy back his boat. After paying the store owner, the boy took his boat to his heart and said, .Little boat, you are twice mine, I made you, and now I brought you.. Like that little boat, we are twice the Lord‘s - He made us, and Christ bought us back by paying the price for our sin with his own blood. It is the desire of my heart that you would know how great God‘s love is for you, and that you would receive His unspeakable gift by asking Him to be your Savior and Lord. The Bible says in Romans 5:8 that ."God commended His love toward us, in that while we were yet inners Christ died for us.." And in John 3:16, Jesus says ."For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes on Him might not perish but have everlasting life." That‘s life which begins here and now, and is also what He referred to in the 10th chapter of John as "life more abundant."  Once we accept God‘s great gift of salvation through His Son, He accepts us and we become His dear children (John 1:12). That should do something for the old self-image. Think of it—to be a son of the Most High God. And this is where the road to real success begins.