1. Believe in Jesus.

2. Put living for Jesus first in your life.

3. Read the Bible.

4. Become involved in a local Bible-believing church and seek friendships with Christ-followers.

5. Forgive others.

6. Live your life with thankfulness, not complaining.

7. Pray all the time.7. Pray all the time.

8. Love others.

9. Care for the widows and orphans.

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world,” James 1:27.

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails,” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.

“Rejoice at all times. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus,” 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, 'children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation,” Philippians 2:14.

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven,” Luke 6:37.

“And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near,” Hebrews 10:25.

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work,” 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well,” Matthew 6:33.

"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household," Acts 16:31.

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