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Subject: A POSITIVE OUTLOOK
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 22:46:54 -0700
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A POSITIVE OUTLOOK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL LIVING
"For as he thinks in his heart so is he. . ." ?Proverbs 23:7 (AMP)
I'll never amount to anything. . .I'm a nobody . . .nobody likes me. . .I'm
just born to be this way. . . We often hear thoughts like these roaming
around in our head.
What we believe is a collection of thoughts we have formed throughout our
lives and have come to believe as true. They may have developed due to our
environment influences, or circumstances that have happened to us.
Oftentimes, we allow other people to determine our self-worth by listening
to negative words about us from friends, foes, family members. We buy into
all these negative statements, and start to believe we won't amount to
anything. Then we begin to see the power of this belief manifest itself in
our lives by our failure to fulfill our dreams.
Other times, we tend to focus on our flaws or inadequacies, and forget to
believe that God can do things in our lives above and beyond them. Many
children don't go out for sports, or achieve in school for this very
reason.
The Bible explains that what a man thinks about himself, can determine his
outcome. Many Bible heroes and heroines prove this to be true. Rahab was a
harlot. She gave up that lifestyle and became a pivotal point in the family
bloodline of Christ. Esther exchanged her life as a peasant girl to become
a queen. I'm sure both of these women had to change the way they saw
themselves in order to rise above their previous lifestyles.
How we view ourselves will mold and shape our future for success or
failure. Negative beliefs keep us from being all that God planned for us to
be. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can work to exchange our negative
thoughts for ones of determination and truth out of God's Word , such as
God loves me and He has a good plan for my life (Jeremiah 29:11). These are
thoughts that will help us to succeed at God's will for our lives.
A positive outlook is the key to successful living. By allowing God's truth
to correct our attitudes, we can rise above our limitations.
Finally, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whataver
is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent
or praiseworthy-think about such things.(Philippians 4:8)
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