7 Not So Easy Steps

The 7 not so easy steps is about “How to be holy”, becoming more like Jesus. 

It doesn’t mean we gain a “holier-than-though attitude and lord it over others.  We just aspire to live closer to God.

Most of what I am going to share with you comes directly (quoted) form a book by Stormie Omartian called The Prayer that changes everything, The hidden power of praising God.  One of many of the books she wrote on praying. 

Worship is coming in contact with the holiness of God by the power of the Holy Spirit, and letting the beauty of His holiness rub off on you and make you beautifully holy and wonderfully whole.

When you bask in the beauty of His holiness, it wil exude (give off), a compelling radiance through you more profoundly than anything else can.  And it will be magnetically attractive to a world that longs for what you have, even though they can’t identify what it is.

How to be Holy in Seven Not-So-Easy Steps

1.       Go after it. “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).  We have to want it.  And we must want it badly enough to do whatever it takes to have it.

2.       Claim what God gave you. “Put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24). God has provided everything we need in order to be holy as He is holy.  Don’t let the enemy of your soul tell you that you are not perfect and because you’ve made mistakes that you can’t ever be holy.


3.       Don’t defile your body. “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him.  For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are” (1 Corinthians 3:17).  We have choices, and we have to make right ones so that we don’t pollute our lives.  Value your body, because the Holy Spirit lives there.  Value your life because it is God’s instrument to see His purposes fulfilled on earth.


4.       Copy God. “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children” (Ephesians 5:1).  Study Him.  Be in His presence as much as possible in prayer, praise, and worship.  Be fully aware of all His names and attributes so you can better understand all of who He is.


5.       Be loving and merciful.  “Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering” (Collosians 3:12). If there are any two qualities that would make you more like Christ, they would be to show love and mercy towards others.  In every situation ask yourself what is the merciful, kind, humble, gentle, and patient thing to do.


6.       Stay on the path of obedience. “A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.  The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others.  Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray” (Isaiah 35:8). The road is narrow, and we have to be watchful that we don’t stumble off it.  Read God’s Word and ask Him to help you follow it.  Communicate with God frequently each day in prayer and praise.


7.       Be like Jesus. “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:6).  In Jesus we have the perfect role model.  Study Him in the Scriputes.  Examine every word He said.  Walk with Him.  Talk with Him.  Let Him live in you and rub off on you.

Sjoe, this is a mouthful!  That was my thought when I first read it.  Doesn’t is sound wonderful though? Something to look forward to?  To grow and be more like Jesus every day?  How exciting!!!!!!!!