HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL

TEXT- JOSHUA 1:8

INTRODUCTION

TODAY THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF BOOKS, MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND SEMINARS DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT OF SUCCESS.

WITHIN THE BUSINESS WORLD TODAY BUSINESSES ARE CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR NEWER WAYS TO BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL.

AS PAUL AND GAIL COWLEY STUDIED A PLAN SUBMITTED TO THEIR ADVERTISING AGENCY BY CABLE SYSTEMS THEY COULD MAKE ONE OF TWO DECISIONS.

THEY COULD OK THE PLAN AND COMPROMISE THEIR CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OR THEY COULD TURN IT DOWN AND LOOSE AN $86,000 ACCOUNT.

LATER THAT AFTERNOON PAUL MET WITH THE MANAGER OF CABLE SYSTEMS AND INFORMED HIM OF THEIR DECISION TO TURN THEM DOWN.

THE REASON WAS BECAUSE CABLE SYSTEMS HAD ADDED PLAYBOY T.V. AND NEITHER PAUL NOR GAIL COULD ENTICE PEOPLE TO WATCH SOMETHING THAT THEY FELT WAS IMMORAL.

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD JUST TURNED DOWN NEARLY $100,000 IN THE END THEIR AGENCY STILL CAME OUT AHEAD.

TWO WEEKS LATER THEY WERE OFFERED AN EVEN LARGER CONTRACT THAT DIDN'T VIOLATE THEIR MORAL STANDARDS.

OUR TEXT THIS MORNING IS FOUND IN JOSHUA 1:8 AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL."

TODAY WITHIN BOTH THE BUSINESS AND RELIGIOUS WORLD MANY SEEM TO THINK THAT COMPROMISE IS THE SECRET TO SUCCESS.

YET, HERE IN OUR TEXT GOD TELLS JOSHUA THAT THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IS NOT COMPROMISE BUT RATHER STRICT OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD.

THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE US TO EXAMINE SEVEN KEYS TO BEING SUCCESSFUL BY USING EACH LETTER IN THE WORD "SUCCESS".