God wants us to reach the heights of His glory. He wants to take us into His glory world. We can do it. We can walk in the kind of success He created us to walk in. If you will take the principles I have discussed in this book and apply them to your life and ministry, you will be taken into God's glory world.
I've shown you the characteristics of the great men and women of God throughout history. They are similar to the great heroes of faith told about in the Bible. The people I have written about in this book might also have been listed in the Great Hall of Faith because:
"...through faith [they] subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
"Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
"Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection."
—Hebrews 11:33-35
Through faith, successful Christians throughout history have subdued kingdoms! Faith is the key. You can't subdue kingdoms without faith. You can't subdue anything of significance if you haven't first subdued the little things in your life!
That's why the life of David is so encouraging. David is one of the great men of faith listed in the Great Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11. God used David mightily. But David started out just a simple little shepherd boy. How could he ever amount to anything?
One of the best-known episodes of David's life was when he killed Goliath. Yes, David killed Goliath. But he never would have been able to do that if he hadn't first subdued the lion and the bear in his life. He had experience and training behind him before he ever tackled the giant.
Many Christians and preachers today are out trying to kill giants and subdue kingdoms before they've first learned to subdue the lions and the bears in their own lives.
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