JWT the Weekend: THINK POSITIVE!
- Brother James Hollywood
- Feb 11, 2017
- 3 min read
Good morning Just Win Today Community. Just in case you missed last weeks word, we talked about the word ELEVATE. What was sent out to DESTROY you, God will use it to ELEVATE you. In case you missed last week's message, feel free to go back and read or reread and share the message with your friends, family, relatives, and neighbors.
Proverbs 27: 17, As iron sharpens iron, so one sharpens another.
This week I wanted to talk with you on the subject that builds off of last week's message, adding "Positivity" into Your Thoughts.
Positive: a good, affirmative or constructive quality or attribute.
Thought: the action or process of thinking, serious consideration.
Many times we defeat ourselves in our mind before the situation even begins. We tend to overthink these situations and form negative thought patterns into our mind and lose focus of the truth of the matter or some made up false judgement. I'm here to tell you to stop. You are defeating yourself before the battle begins.
I like to use an example of this repeated situation that occurred to me a lot as a kid. Some of you will think its funny, but in reality, it happens to us all. When I was younger, I used to get hit by non-moving objects. I know what you are thinking - you cant get hit by something that doesn't move. But trust me I did.
Basically I ran into the objects without paying any attention to where I was going. This same principle applies to your thought patterns. Lots of times when things start to get unbalanced or something goes the way we didn’t expect them to go, we immediately go into "overthinking mode."
"What if this, what if that, why is this, this is that, this is going to happen, if A then B, the medical report says this, my supervisor said that, the teacher or dean said this, this is going to happen because of XYZ..."
Do yourself a big favor and stop it NOW. Don’t allow your thoughts to go into extreme scenarios. Don’t defeat yourself by your thoughts. In the Bible, many people did not believe in the faith of the Most High Mighty God. Throughout the entire Bible, we saw where faith was tested and miracles happened. Keep your faith and remain positive.
the next time you are facing a hard situation, don’t beat yourself up. Stop yourself from overthinking. Just stay positive! Below are a few tips to help get you through your next situation.
1. God is in control and you're not.
2. God allows all things to happen, even those that are ugly or unpleasant in our lives, for our good.
3. Even if the worst happens to us, the eternal life that Christ provides more than compensates. Heartaches, depression, pain, and grief are sometimes our loss. Paul suffered many things for the gospel. He still goes on into...
2 Corinthians 4:17, For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far out weights them all.
We can choose to be positive thinkers. When you get up in the morning you have the choice to be happy or unhappy. It's a new day to breath and start over. Positive thinking leads to positive results
Joshua 1:9, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
If you start a task to fail, you probably will. So win or lose, be positive. God is with you. Have a blessed and prosperous day and may God be with you all.
James Hollywood
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