Jesus, I thank You for developing HELP eMagazine so I can be successful at life. But, help me apply myself to two pages of reading and praying each week. Even if I have been a Christian for a long time, help me see that there are areas of my life where I am still struggling. Teach me that just like my body needs food on a regular basis, so does my spirit. If I neglect my body and fail to properly feed it enough high quality food, it won’t get the energy it needs. And, it won’t get the materials to adequately build the cellular structure for my health. Jesus, I pray that You will help and empower me to start doing this reading and studying; and, I believe You have heard and are answering my prayer.

Jesus, there are Christian leaders who are trying to help large quantities of people while suffering in various aspects of their own lives. I have heard about some of them on the news. They know and teach the principles; but, they aren’t looking to You for Your help in their spiritual growth. They are trying to live the Christian life by using their own efforts. Help me see that it would be like an athlete, who was trying to play some extreme sport, not making sure they were eating a lot of high quality food. Jesus, teach me VERY important procedures for empowering me to LIVE what I learn.

Jesus, help me see that the reason I see Christian leaders and maybe even some of those Christians around me fail in their relationships with me, themselves, and You is because they have only taken one or two steps into Christianity. Teach me how to start taking very important steps that will change my life.

Jesus, make it obvious to me that no one can win at being successful in music, sports, business, or life in general by taking one or two steps in that direction. I don’t want a person piloting my plane that has only learned a little bit about flying. I don’t want a surgeon working on my brain who just saw it done on TV. I wouldn’t expect a teacher to do a good job training me, if they failed the subject themselves.

Jesus, help me see that You SUCCESSFULLY lived the life You are teaching and empowering me to live. You know what it takes to live life because You have already lived it. Plus, You are the One Who created this life in the first place. Make it clear to me that You and Your Bible are the only way for anyone to win at life.