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How to Be Thankful in Tough Times
by Rick Warren
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what
you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 (NLT)
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*1. Don't worry about anything. *Worrying doesn't change anything. It's
stewing without doing. There's no such thing as born worriers; *worry is a
learned response*. You learned it from your parents. You learned it from
your peers. You learned it from experience. That's good news. The fact that
worry is learned means it can also be unlearned. Jesus says, "So don't worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is
enough for today" (Matthew 6:34 NLT).**
*2. Pray about everything. *Use the time you've spent worrying for praying.
If you prayed as much as you worried, you'd have a whole lot less to worry
about. Some people think God only cares about religious things, such as how
many people I invite to church or my tithing. Is God interested in car
payments? Yes. He's interested in every detail of your life. That means you
can take any problem you face to God.**
*3. Thank God in all things. *Whenever you pray, you should always pray with
thanksgiving. The healthiest human emotion is not love, but gratitud*e*. It
actually increases your immunities; it makes you more resistant to stress
and less susceptible to illness. People who are grateful are happy. But
people who are ungrateful are miserable because nothing makes them happy.
They're never satisfied; it's never good enough. So if you cultivate the
attitude of gratitude, of being thankful in everything, it reduces stress in
your life. **
*4. Think about the right things. *If you want to reduce the level of stress
in your life, you must change the way you think. The way you think
determines how you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act. So if
you want to change your life, you need to change what you're thinking about.
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This involves a deliberate, conscious choice where you change the channels.
You choose to think about the right things: focus on the positive and on
God's Word. Why? Because the root cause of stress is the way you choose to
think.
When we no longer worry, when we pray about everything, when we give thanks,
when we focus on the right things, the apostle Paul tells us the result is,
"The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:7 NLT).
What a guarantee! He is guaranteeing peace of mind.
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'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.'
- Jim Rohn
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