September 13: Positive Thinking Day
Positive Thinking Day has been going since 2003. I was begun by Dr. Kirsten Harrell, a psychologist and life coach in Ohio who says she discovered the effectiveness of positive thinking while dealing with chronic pain.
I have a friend(s) who is among the most negative people I have ever met. If you ask him if he is a glass half-full or glass half-empty person, he would respond by complaining “you have a glass?” We all know people like that. Maybe you are one. If so, would it surprise you to know that you are in great spiritual danger?
Paul wrote to the Philippians “Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.” Did you catch it? Rejoicing, regardless of the circumstances is “safe for you.” A failure to rejoice is…dangerous for you!
It would be impossible to look at all the scriptures that encourage us to be happy and joyous, to look at things differently than the world does. We are told to look up, to see God in all things, to ponder God’s great love, to remember that Christ is making all things new, to long for the day when every crooked place will be made straight and every valley will be lifted up.
Following Jesus is far from easy. There is no “puppies and rainbows” walk with God. But our redeemed minds and our full hearts must express themselves in winning and winsome ways. Everyone around us should marvel at how deeply satisfied and profoundly joy-filled we are.
Use the scriptures below to fill your mind and flood your heart. Commit some of them to memory! Invite God’s Spirit to guard your mind and heart against the negative forces that threaten to undo us. Pray that God will so fill you with His Spirit, that everyone who meets you will wonder how you can have such a positive attitude. Let this September 13 be the beginning of a new season in your life, one of unparalleled positive thinking.
John 15:1-11; Habakkuk 3:17-18; Philippians
4:6, 8, 13; Jeremiah 29:11; Ephesians 4:31-32; Romans 12:2; Hebrews 13:6;
Romans 12:12; 1 John 1:9; Romans 8:28-31; Psalm 118:24; Matthew 11:28-30; 1
Thessalonians 5:16-19; Isaiah 41:10
No comments:
Post a Comment