[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Change your thinking, change your life by Joyce Meyer

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: "Donna" <whitedove57 at att.net>
To: <URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Change your thinking, change your life by
Joyce Meyer
Date: 
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:53:29 -0400

Change Your Thinking...Change Your Life 
by Joyce Meyer 

The longer I live the more I realize how strong a connection exists
between our thoughts and our words. I honestly believe that this connection
is one of the most important things we can learn in our lives. 

So many people's problems are rooted in their way of thinking, which can
actually produce a lot of the problems they experience. 

How does that happen? 

Well, a negative mind produces negative words and, consequently, a
negative life. Our words can actually become traps that cause us to
continue our cycle of negative thoughts and actions. 

Yes, we're all tempted to speak negatively, but we don't have to give in
to that temptation. 

To turn our words around, we need to start thinking about what we're
thinking about, and then make some real changes. 

Let me show you how. 

The Trap of Negative Thinking 
Because I allowed many years of negative thinking and speaking in my
life, I became an extremely negative, sour person. My philosophy became "if
you don't expect anything good to happen, then you won't be disappointed
when it doesn't." 

Have you ever felt that way? 

Because I had encountered so many disappointments, I was afraid to
believe that anything good could happen to me. I had developed a terribly
negative outlook on everything. 

If I had continued to believe those lies about never getting over my
past, I never would've gotten over my past. 

New Thoughts, New Possibilities 
With God's help I am continually reminded that my past doesn't have to
control my future.  I don't need God's help in my life to give up; I need
His help to keep going! 

I now know how important it is for me to understand the fact that my life
would not have gotten straightened out until my mouth did. 

And since the two are linked, my mouth wasn't going to get straightened
out until my mind did. 

Changing your words and thoughts is definitely not an easy thing to do,
but with God's help all things are possible.  

Be Patient with Yourself 
We have to choose to think and speak positively. It doesn't come
naturally-and it doesn't happen overnight. In fact, it takes a lot of
practice. 

There will be days when you have setbacks, but just get back up, dust
yourself off, and start again. 

When a baby is learning to walk, he falls many, many times before he
gains the confidence to walk. Failing from time to time-which you will
do-doesn't mean you're a failure. It simply means that you don't do
everything right all the time. 

Well, neither does anyone else. 

If you've been consumed with negative thinking and speaking, the pathway
to your freedom begins when you face the problem without making excuses for
it. 

In His love,
Donna


Be patient with yourself. As you change your thinking, your words will
change and so will your life! 
The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want. Ps 23:1