Have you recently come to Christ as your Savior? If so, it is important for you to start your Christian life right. Now that you have new life, you need to grow--for growth is as important as birth. What a tragedy it would be if a tiny baby were to remain small all of his life. It would be equally tragic if you had been born again but never grew spiritually.

These seven principles for the new Christian do not constitute a magical formula, but they are derived from God's Word and have been successfully practiced by mature Christians for generations.

If you follow these principles on the road to heaven, you'll find the journey to be a challenge and a blessing. God bless you as you step out for Him!

A prison keeper in the ancient Greek city of Philippi once asked two of his prisoners the most important question in life:  "What must I do to be saved?"

The two prisoners, whose names were Paul and Silas, knew the answer:  "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31).  The prison keeper, who is sometimes called the Philippian jailer, did believe in Jesus and he was saved.

It is probable that he then turned to Paul and Silas and asked, "What shall I do now?" And they must have told him, for within a few hours he had taken several of the most important first steps that a new Christian should take.

Perhaps you, too, have just trusted Jesus Christ as your Savior and are asking, "What shall I do now?"

If so, take these seven simple first steps and your life will take on new excitement and purpose.