Top 10 Practices to Sustain Your Commitment

Confidence thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people--the one who is called, and the one who loves that one. -- Oswald Chambers

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. -- Mother Teresa

I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done. -- Hudson Taylor 

1. Worship: renew your vision of the one you love.
2. Remembrance: remind yourself of God's past faithfulness.
3. Planning: set goals and strategies toward your spiritual calling.
4. Prayer: cultivate intimacy with the one to whom you are committed.
5. Fellowship: jointly own each other's failures and successes.
6. Study: use books and the Bible to equip and inspire.
7. Solitude: reflect on your motivations for a life of faith.
8. Faith: actively trust in the character and promises of God.
9. Meditation: interpret the purposes of God in difficulty.
10. Passion: put faith in motion to see the results of your commitment.