Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, January 2nd.

Once a person expresses faith in Jesus, how well could you instruct them in what to do next?

Today, you'll hear some crucial truths every believer needs to know to thrive in the Christian life.

When you were saved, did anybody sit you down and

say, well, let me explain to you just what happened to you. I want to talk to you about God so you'll

understand who he is. I want to explain to you who Jesus is in his relationship to God. Did anybody say to you, now there are certain things you need to know now that you are a Christian?

And one of the things that you need to realize is it's very important that you read the Bible every day.

It's food for your soul.

It'll make a difference. You'll find a lot of information that's more than information.

It's divine guidance.

Not only that, you need to be sure to spend time praying every day,

asking for the Lord's leadership in your life, whatever the needs may be.

And you need to be baptized now that you're saved because that is the command of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And to wait on that is not a wise idea.

Because you'll always think that something and feel that something is missing,

and what's missing is you were not obedient to God at that point.

And then, of course, not only to be baptized,

but to join a church where they're teaching the Word of God, where the Word of God is preeminent

above everything else. Because what you'll be doing, you'll be filling your mind with the Word of God.

You'll be growing in your Christian life. Things will begin to

change in your life. You'll begin to have understanding. You'll have a peace. You'll have a joy.

You'll have trials and difficulties and hardships. But because you're in that book every day,

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