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When I personally mentor a saint serving in the ministry, the one instruction that is foundational to
all that I teach is this premise:

Don’t practice what you preach - - preach what you have already practiced! If you are
preaching what is yet to be an established reality in your life, (thus you are only practicing); or worse
yet, if you only learn bits and pieces of God’s Word to repeat nifty sounding ideas and catch phrases
to others … you may become a popular pulpiteer - - but you’ll make a very poor minister indeed!

If you never become that silver tongued orator in the pulpit … yet you preach but a single Truth
of God that has become firm reality in your own life experience - - and in fact you walk in that reality
of Truth with God: Then you my friend may very well turn your world inside out with the Gospel
of Christ!
THAT ONE SINGLE thing in your life message will profoundly change the lives of others in lasting
ways!

Truly successful edification requires that you always do the following:
1. Always begin your studies with a prayer: Thanking The Lord for His Holy Spirit Who is your
Teacher. Throughout your study sessions, especially when you find yourself drawing mental “blanks”
or finding that you have to re-read passages or sections … pray for the Holy Spirit to give you special
assistance in these areas.

2. Always seek understanding – How to apply what you are studying!

3. Always share with others … Friends and family members, especially spouse, parents, children – the
new understandings you gain.

4. Then … always apply to your own life FIRST - - what you learn through each study lesson and course.
5. As application becomes “INTEGRATED Truth” (changing your life’s reality), always teach
others.
No matter how spiritually mature you are; no matter how long you have been a student of God’s Word …
you are about to embark on a new journey of discovery in Truth!

REMEMBER, GENUINE TRUTH IS GOD’S REALITY … or to say it another way: “Truth is: Reality
according to God”! This only comes from God’s Word and only as we are faithful to continuing in
God’s Word for all things in life!

As he spake these words, many believed on him.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my
disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:30-32
As you become ever-greatly blessed, may you become an ever-greater blessing to others as you progress
through your chosen course of studies!

And we would be honored if your choice of distance learning Bible Colleges is the True Hope Bible Institute!

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