How You Can Become a Strong Christian
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Having received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you are saved! You are a born-again Christian and your name is written in the book of life. Your question is: "What is the next step to take?" Having become a Christian is a good step, but it is just the beginning. You ought to become a good strong Christian.
Dag Heward-Mills
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a medical doctor by profession and the founder of the United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (UD-OLGC). The UD-OLGC comprises over three thousand churches pastored by seasoned ministers, groomed and trained in-house. Bishop Dag Heward-Mills oversees this charismatic group of denominations, which operates in over 90 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Australia, and North and South America. With a ministry spanning over thirty years, Dag Heward-Mills has authored several books with bestsellers including ‘The Art of Leadership’, ‘Loyalty and Disloyalty’, and ‘The Mega Church’. He is considered to be the largest publishing author in Africa, having had his books translated into over 52 languages with more than 40 million copies in print.
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How You Can Become a Strong Christian - Dag Heward-Mills
Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
Copyright © 2015 Dag Heward-Mills
How You Can Become a Strong Christian
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EBOOK ISBN : 978-1-68398-148-0
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Contents
Chapter 1 - What It Means to be a Strong Christian
Chapter 2 - How to Have a Deeper Christian Life
Chatper 3 - How to Be a Steadfast Christian
Chapter 4 - How to Be an Unmoveable Christian
Chapter 5 - How to Be a Spiritual Christian
Chapter 6 - How to Become a Holy Christian
Chapter 7 - How to Become a Mature Christian
Chapter 8 - How You Can be a Zealous Christian
Chapter 9 - How to Become a Fruitful Christian
Chapter 10 - How to be Ready to Meet God
Chapter 1
What It Means to be a Strong Christian
Finally, my brethren, BE STRONG IN THE LORD, and in the power of his might.
Ephesians 6:10
All through the Bible, Christians are exhorted to be strong. You will see the phrase, ‘be strong’ appearing many times throughout the Bible. In order to be strong you must strengthen yourself. Most Christians are strong in their bodies, strong in politics, strong in academics, strong in business, strong in relationships but not strong in the Lord. God is emphasizing that you must be strong in the Lord.
To be strong in the Lord is to be a strong Christian. Many people come to know the Lord but never become strong in the Lord. They remain spiritual weaklings for the rest of their lives. This book will teach you how to become a good and strong Christian. There are a number of things that characterize a good strong Christian. You must aim to develop all these attributes if you are going to be a good strong believer. To be a strong Christian you must develop spirituality, zeal, maturity, holiness and steadfastness in the Lord.
There are several different areas of your life that must be developed if you are to ever be called a strong Christian. This whole book is about developing these areas that turn you into a strong Christian. The nine areas you need to develop if you want to be strong in the Lord are listed below.
1.To be a strong Christian is to develop a deeper Christian life.
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Psalm 42:7
2.To be a strong Christian is to become steadfast.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
3.To be a strong Christian is to become unmoveable.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
4.To be a strong Christian is to become spiritual.
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:1
5.To be a strong Christian is to become holy.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14
6.To be a strong Christian is to become mature.
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
Ephesians 4:14
7.To be a strong Christian is to be zealously affected always in a good thing. To be strong in the Lord is to be full of zeal.
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Galatians 4:18
8.To be a strong Christian is to become fruitful.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and BRING FORTH FRUIT, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 15:16
9.To be a strong Christian is to be in a state of readiness to meet God at any time.
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Amos 4:12
Six Reasons Why You Must Strengthen Yourself
1.Strengthen yourself so that you can overcome the wicked one.
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, BECAUSE YE ARE STRONG, and the word of God abideth in you, AND YE HAVE OVERCOME THE WICKED ONE.
1 John 2:14
The wicked one is not a weakling. It is only when you are strong that you can overcome the wicked one. If you joke with the enemy, you will have yourself to blame. Fighting Satan is to fight a seasoned warrior who has seen many battles. The devil has fought many Christians over the years. He is experienced in destroying and tempting Christians. The devil was alive when Jesus was alive. He is not a newcomer, but you are! Rise up and become stronger so that you will defeat the wicked one.
When I was in secondary school, I was bullied by wicked seniors. I went through all sorts of torture and punishment inflicted on me by people who were just a year ahead of me. During this time, I realised the depth of wickedness that existed in the heart of mankind. These thirteen and fourteen year old boys exercised ultimate power over me because they happened to be a year ahead.
Sometimes, I was asked to do what they called the ‘monkey dance.’ At other times I was asked to do the ‘Tower of Liberty’ punishment. Sometimes, I had to scrub toilets and showers till 3.00am. Sometimes I had to carry several buckets of manure over a distance of five kilometres. Sometimes I was asked to stand guard and kill any mosquitoes that flew around the bed. Other punishments which existed included eating gari (cassava flakes) and mashed bitter quinine tablets. For several months, I suffered under the hands of these wicked seniors. One day, I noticed that one of my classmates was never called, never sent anywhere, never harassed and never punished! But I knew why! He was far bigger and stronger than the seniors! This classmate of mine was bigger, stronger and older than the rest of my class and the seniors were genuinely afraid of him. He could have beaten up any of them up at a moment’s notice.
There were times the seniors would shout out: "One small boy! This meant that all juniors had to run towards the senior who had called for
One small boy!" We would all run but the older, bigger stronger boy would utterly ignore the seniors and carry on doing what he was doing. No one dared ask him anything. They were scared of him because he was so strong! But I was not strong. I was weak, beatable and punishable. I was a good prey for those wicked heartless seniors. If only I could be as strong as my big and muscular classmate.
This is where I learnt the importance of strength! When you are strong, the wicked ones are