Advice to New Christians I wish someone told me the following things when I was walking on the clouds of the newfound joy of my salvation at age 16. This list goes beyond the typical recommendations given to young believers (read the Bible, pray regularly, get involved in a fellowship, etc.). I’m not mentioning those as they are “given There are many other points I could have added, but I wanted to keep this post to 12 statements. 1. Christians will break your heart. The greatest pain you will receive will be at the hands of fellow and professing believers. 2. Not everyone who professes Christ knows Him. The fruit of real faith is love – treating all others the same way you want to be treated. 3. God will not meet all of your expectation and will sometimes appear not to fulfill His own promises. 4. You will experience dry spells where there is no sense of God’s presence. Learn to live by faith, not feelings. 5. Build a library and read the best Christian books in print. Don’t waste your time on “pop” Christian books. Go for depth. 6. Write your goals down (goals = dreams =prayer requests). And document when a prayer/goal is answered/fulfilled. 7. Never judge another Christian unless you’ve walked in their shoes. Always think the best of others (Matthew 7:12). 8. Choose a mentor, but never choose one who is insecure, attacks others, and has an inflated ego. 9. Some of the things you struggle with now you will struggle with when you are old. Resist condemnation (Romans 8:1). 10. Many of the answers you have now will prove inadequate later in life. Always be a student and a child in the Kingdom. 11. Never give an answer to a biblical or theological question if you don’t know the answer. Learn how to say “I don’t know.” 12. Discover who you are in Christ and learn what it means to live by His indwelling life.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:19:37 +0000
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