Principles of the Kingdom (God's Success Principles)

Self-Help

synopsis

Synopsis

Do you know what it takes to be successful?
--to succeed in business as well as in life itself?
In this Biblical self-help success book, the author contends that God has several principles, which if followed can lead to success either in business or in life itself. He further contends that although many of these same principles may be found among the motivational speakers and thinkers of today and yesterday, that they were originally derived from Holy Scripture, whether or not these spokespersons are aware of it. He points to Jesus' parables to show that not everyone who preaches or practices Kingdom principles will be found to be in the Kingdom at the end.

The 17 chapters of this book contain 17 articles relating to 17 of these principles.
Knowing you purpose
forgetting the past
conquering fear
believing
focusing
sowing and reaping
resting
and 10 others. (For a complete list of the principles included in this work, check the "Table of Contents.")

There are examples, positive and negative, of these principles in the lives of characters from the author's novel, Of Such Is The Kingdom, A Novel of Biblical Times. So this book and the novel make perfect companion volumes for each other..

And each chapter has a Quotable Quotes section with quotes from famous people past and present, including the Bible writers, so it makes a great reference source for quotations.

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Author Biography

I, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 1943 to a Christian family and accepted Jesus at an early age. In Jr. High School, I became interested in writing and drama. I wrote poems, articles and a few short stories, and plays. In college, I won second prize in a contest with a Biblical short story, which now forms part of my first novel, “Of Such Is The Kingdom, A novel of the Christ and the Roman Empire,” published in 2003. In 2010, I wrote the sequel, “Of Such Is the Kingdom, Part III, Power and Persecution, A Novel of the early Church and the Roman Empire.” I also wrote a Sci-fi novel, “Impossible Journey, A Tale of Times and Truth” and a non-fiction book, “Principles of the Kingdom." I graduated from Clearwater Christian College in 1970 with a B.A. degree in Bible-Literature, and from Biblical School of Theology in 1974 with a M. Div. Ordained in November, 1974, I served as assistant pastor/Bible teacher in several churches. I also served in a foreign-student ministry, where I met my wife, Berenice Carett from Venezuela. In 2014 I wrote an American historical novel, called "The Christmas Victory."

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Author Insight

Self-Indulgence

Having stressed the need for self-discipline, I turn to its opposite in order to show contrast. And I give the example of Herod from my Biblical novel as a classic example of self-indulgence. Since this is a relatively short section, I also add here the first quote from the Quotable Quotes section, which is a rather long but pointed quote from Theodore Roosevelt.

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Principles of the Kingdom (God's Success Principles)

The opposite of self-discipline is self-indulgence. Self-indulgence is thinking about how you feel at a given moment, then deciding what action, if any, to take and worrying about the consequences later. In my novel, we see that Herods indulged himself by loving and marrying his brother‘s wife and also by overly enjoying Salome’s dancing. We see what bad end these actions led to. Self-discipline is thinking first about the consequences (if you do or if you don‘t), taking the appropriate action, and feeling great about doing the right thing once it‘s done. Self-indulgence tends to build guilt after the fact which, in turn, reduces your enthusiasm for yourself and the work that you‘re doing.

Of course we need to have great dreams and be enthusiastic about them, but it is through discipline that those dreams become concrete.

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QUOTABLE QUOTES

1) ”The one quality which sets one man apart from another--the key which lifts one to every aspiration, while others are caught up in the mire of mediocrity--is not talent, formal education nor intellectual brightness--it is self-discipline. With self-discipline, all things are possible. Without it, even the simplest goal can seem like an impossible dream..”

---Theodore Roosevelt

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James Michael Becher

Principles of the Kingdom (God's Success Principles)

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Self-Indulgence

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Principles of the Kingdom (God's Success Principles)

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