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Thinking Positively
Romans 8:32 'If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us?' (The Message)
 There is no place for fear in the heart of a Christian. Oh sure, we will often be confronted with fear; it will come to visit and try to set up house in our hearts, where it once reigned supreme. But now that you and I are 'born again' children of God, we must recognise that fear no longer has any legal right to make its home in us. Keeping fear out of life will involve learning to think positively. Many books have been written about the power of positive thinking – some call it 'possibility thinking'. The most of all volumes on the subject is definitely the Bible. It is unique. It isn't filled with usual pseudo spiritual psycho-babble, or lightweight self-help advice. In fact, it doesn't talk about self help at all. Just the opposite. It says that I am beyond help – without God. It tells me that only the death of Jesus on the cross was enough to banish my old, rebellious past and give me a new start, with a clean heart. Once I accept what he's done for me, though, I can think positively, because my future is bright in Christ. Positive thinking can't save me – Jesus alone does that. But positive thinking follows my salvation; it's a natural result of a life that's been powerfully freed from a bondage to fear. You can't help but be positive in your outlook if you're spending time with Jesus every day. If you take time to meditate on the amazing things God has done, in the Bible, in the world and in your own life, you won't be able to stop yourself – you'll become a positive thinker. The more you study God's book, the Bible, the more you'll expect the best instead of anticipating the worst. Think about it: if God did give his only Son for you, won't he also be willing to give you anything else you need, through him? Now, that's a positive thought for the day!
Prayer: 'Jesus, please help me today to think more on the positives of what you've done, and promised to do, in my life than I do on the negative situations and words around me.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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