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12 Principles of Success (Sermon by Dr. Matthew Thomas)

Message by Dr. Matthew Thomas
Pentecostal Church, Itarsi, India


1. If you don’t use what you got it will rot
2. Don’t let a setback make you sit back, arrange for a come back
3. The seed you sow is the only seed that will grow
4. What you don’t overcome will overcome you
5. You can be exempted, when you are tempted
6. If you need a lift use your gift, if you don’t use your gift, you will drift, sift, rift
7. Change your convictions and make them your addictions
8. You will never survive if you compromise
9. Don’t allow the failures of the past to dictate you future
10. What you feed on in your heart will determine whether or not you will fall apart
11. To prepare God’s way there is a price to pay
12. You will never know what manner of person you can be until Jesus gives you an identity
13. Discover that you can recover

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