What do you think about most often?
Where do your thoughts go when you struggle to believe the best about yourself? Negative or positive?
Are your thoughts serving you or dragging you down?
Welcome to part 2 of the personal growth series. Yesterday we learned the power of our beliefs to change our destiny. I gave you the steps to change your beliefs. Next, we’ll learn we have more power than just changing our beliefs. We can change our thoughts too.
Today is for you if…
Our beliefs BECOME our thoughts.
We Think > We Feel > We choose
Our thoughts are powerful!
And we average 25K thoughts per day. Many of which are repeats from yesterday. That can be good or bad depending on the thoughts we’re choosing.
“I become what I think about most of the time.” – Earl Nightingale.
We must direct our thoughts…our imaginations to work for us instead of against us if we’re going to fulfill the destiny Father’s laid out for us.
And you’ll enjoy life more while you’re on the road.
Choose Your Thoughts
Philippians 4:8 NIV
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
The Amplified version of the Bible says, “…think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].
Why does Paul tell us what we should be thinking?
Why should we be fixing our minds on what’s lovely, excellent and praiseworthy?
Because our thoughts are POWERFUL.
God won’t make us exercise this power over our thoughts, just as He won’t make us exercise physically.
Watch Out for Negative Thoughts
Remember, thoughts are powerful, and there are no neutral thoughts. They’re either positive or negative. They’re either serving you or not.
We become what we think about the most.
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
Once you realize your negative thoughts, go back to Choose Your Thoughts and proactively pick new thoughts that will create the results you want.
Feed Your Thoughts
The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts. – Earl Nightingale
If we want a great life, we must feed our thoughts great stuff.
What are you consuming?
Who are you hanging out with?
These will affect the quality of your thoughts.
We Think > We Feel > We Choose
So what we think will directly affect how we feel, say, and act.
Next episode, we’ll dive into the power of our words!
If you have a friend who needs a thought upgrade or is struggling, please share this series of podcasts with them. You’re helping them discover the power God gave them to live a better life.
Thanks a bunch for listening!
You got this, and Father’s got you!
Until Next Time, Live Fearlessly Free!
