What does righteousness mean?It means perfect standing or correct placement before God's Throne in Heaven. Nothing on earth is righteous by itself.Only God is truly righteous. The only people who are in right standing or righteous before God are those who have been forgiven their sins and have accepted the free gift of righteousness that has been given by God's grace to all who have been cleansed by the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross of Calvary. That is the only true path of righteousness for all mankind.

The God that we know and serve is the only true God who became manifest on Earth as Jesus Christ. God is three mighty and marvelous persons in one Godhead; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is the only person well able to deliver us from the flesh, the world and the devil. In Jesus Christ we are able to be redeemed through His Blood shed on the Cross at Calvary. Our God is well able to give us eternal life and freedom from guilt. His overcoming power and His ability gives us a life that is fulfilled with His goodness and blessings.

Walking by faith means that a Christian must be faithful in worshipping and obeying the Lord. Faithfulness occurs when a person is willing to remain faithful to the Lord, not for just a period of time, but for their life's journey on earth. They must be faithful in whatever the lord has given them to do. All who endure to the end will be saved. We must always be willing to continue walking by faith. The rewards for those who do are eternal life, far beyond what anyone can understand or imagine.

It is most important that we learn to walk in His Word. The Bible is our textbook of life and particularly the New Testament, showing us the way that we learn to live in God's ways. If we faithfully follow the precepts and commands of God's Word and are diligent in our prayer life, then the ways of the world, the flesh and the devil. will not lead us astray. God's Word and obedience to the Holy Spirit enables us to have true fellowship with the Father in Jesus name.

To thrive and be successful everyone and everything must have a safe and secure foundation. Every building must be built so that it will stand the test of time. Every life must be built on a firm foundation. That firm foundation is Jesus and His Word. Jesus is not only the Word of God but also the Rock of our salvation and the only one who forms the true foundation for the life of every redeemed, born again person.

To be thankful is to be full of appreciation. Always and in all things we must learn to be thankful to God for His abundant mercies towards us. We are to be thankful to Him for who He is. God is a righteous and Holy God who loves and provides for us. he has created a wonderful natural world for us to live in. He has saved us from the despair and misery that is a part of this world. he has given us faith, hope and love. He has created us to live eternally with Him as His redeemed children.

To honour someone or something is to acknowledge or to pay respect to the person or thing being honoured. God is to be honoured with the utmost respect because He alone is the supreme ruler and the heart of everything in the universe. In order to truly honour God we must also honour His Word for in so doing we also regard God's Word as giving us the greatest understanding of life that can be attained.

Diligence requires a Godly vision or goal that can only be realised through the direction of the Holy Spirit and a day by day understanding of God's Word. it requires patience, perseverance, hard work and resolution on the part of each born again Christian to achieve. Without diligence a Christian will not receive the blessings that God intended for them nor a real knowledge of the purpose for their existence.

We are saved for eternity from the decadence of our wayward lives by accepting the shed blood of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins. We are made completely free and declared righteous by Jesus before the throne of God in Heaven. Those who have made their decision to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour and are determined to allow the Word of God and the anointing of the Holy Spirit to keep them so have already inherited God's righteousness and the eternal life He provides for them from the day of acceptance and forever.

Those that read the Word and meditate on the Word and confess the Word are those whose spiritual ears are enlightened to hear the Holy Spirit"s instructions of wisdom and discernment. Their understanding of God's Word becomes heightened and are more able to hear God's instructions for their life and less likely to be distracted from God's purposes by the things of the flesh, the world and the devil.