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 Do not let this Book of the Law
depart from your mouth; meditate
on it day and night, so that you
may be careful to do everything
written in it. Then you will be
prosperous and successful.“
Joshua 1:8 (NLT)
 False Measurements of Success
• Success is not measured by how I look
 But the LORD said to Samuel,
"Don't judge by his appearance or
height, for I have rejected him.
The LORD doesn't make decisions
the way you do! People judge by
outward appearance, but the
LORD looks at a person's
thoughts and intentions.“
1 Sam 16:7 (NLT)
 False Measurements of Success
• Success is not measured by how I look
• Success is not measured by what I have
 Then he said, "Beware!
Don't be greedy for what
you don't have. Real life is
not measured by how much
we own."
Luke 12:15 (NLT)
 False Measurements of Success
• Success is not measured by how I look
• Success is not measured by what I have
• Success is not measured by popularity
‘Fools are often put in high
positions.’
Ecc 10:6
 Success is determined by
WHO I AM - CHARACTER

‘Each one should test his

own actions. Then he
can take pride in
himself, without
comparing himself to
somebody else.’
Gal 6:4 (NIV)
A Biblical definition of
success

Based on the life of the

Apostle Paul
 S – Sense of Direction

"It has always been my ambition

to preach the good news where
Christ was not known so that I
would not be building on
someone else's foundation."
Romans 15:20 (NIV)
U - Understanding

"I have learned the

secret of being content
in any and every
situation ... "
Phil 4:12 (NIV)
 C - Commitment
"However, I consider my life
worth nothing to me if only I
may finish the race and
complete the task the Lord Jesus
has given me."
Acts 20:24 (NIV)
 C - Compassion
"I may have all knowledge ... and
the faith to move mountains... and
may give away everything I have -
but if I have not love, it does me no
good."
1 Cor 13:2-3 (NIV)
E – Enthusiastic Faith

"If God is for us who

can be against us?"
Romans 8:31 (NIV)
S – Service to others
"... we carry out this
service of love for the
Lord's glory and to show
that we want to help ."
2 Cor 8:19 (GN)
 S – Staying Power -
Consistency
"We are pressured on every
side but not crushed, perplexed
but not in despair, persecuted
but not abandoned, struck down
but not destroyed."
2 Cor 4:8,9 (NIV)
Sense of Direction
Understanding
Commitment
Compassion
Enthusiastic Faith
Service to others
Staying power
"Therefore we do not lose heart, for
though outwardly we're wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed day
by day for our light and momentary
troubles are achieving for us an
eternal glory that far outweighs them
all. So we fix our eyes not on what is
seen, but what is unseen. For what is
seen is temporary but what is unseen is
eternal."