If you can sincerely answer "YES" to the foregoing questions, then you may know on the authority of God's Word that =you= are NOW a child of God (John 1:12), that you have NOW eternal life (John 3:36); that is to say, if you have done =your= part (i.e., believe that Christ died in your place, and receive Him as your Saviour and Master) God has done HIS part and imparted to you His own nature (II Peter 1:4). HOW TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Now that you are a child of God =your= growth depends upon =yourself=. It is impossible for you to become a useful Christian unless you are willing to do the things which are absolutely essential to your spiritual growth. To this end the following suggestions will be found to be of vital importance: =1. STUDY THE BIBLE=: Set aside at least fifteen minutes a day for Bible Study. Let God talk to you fifteen minutes a day through His Word. Talk to God fifteen minutes a day in prayer. Talk for God fifteen minutes a day. "As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby."--1 Peter 2:2. The word of God is food for the soul. Commit to memory one verse of Scripture each day. Join a Bible class. (Psa. 119:11.) =2. PRAY MUCH=: Praying is talking to God. Talk to Him about everything--your perplexities, joys, sorrows, sins, mistakes, friends, enemies. "Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." Phil. 4:6. =3. WIN SOMEONE FOR CHRIST=: For spiritual growth you need not only food (Bible study) but exercise. Work for Christ. The only work Christ ever set for Christians is to win others. "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15. "When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."--Ezek. 3:18. 4. =SHUN EVIL COMPANIONS=: Avoid bad people, bad books, bad thoughts. Read the First Psalm. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light with darkness--what part hath he that believeth with an infidel--wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord."--II Cor. 6:14-17. Try to win the wicked for God, but do not choose them for your companions. 5. =JOIN SOME CHURCH=: Be faithful in your attendance at the Sabbath and mid-week services. "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is."--Heb. 10:25. Co-operate with your pastor. God has appointed the pastor to be a shepherd over the church and you should give him due reverence and seek to assist him in his plans for the welfare of the church.