Many people dwell on the negative and then wonder why nothing positive ever happens to them. It's because their minds are focused in the wrong direction. You can't constantly think thoughts of worry and fear and expect to have any kind of victory in your life. The Scripture tells us, "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7).To live in victory, we must discipline our minds to think thoughts that are consistent with God's Word.
Everyday you will have negative thoughts bombard your mind. You can't avoid them. But you can choose whether you will give them life by dwelling on them. You can control the doorway to your mind, reject the negative thoughts, and choose to dwell on something good.
To meditate means to think about the same thing over and over. What are you meditating on? What's going on in your mind? Your consistent thoughts will determine what kind of life you live. If you go around full of fear all the time, you may not realize it, but you are actually believing for the negative. You're activating the enemy's power. When you do that, don't be surprised if you don't get just what you're believing for.
You could see your whole life turn around today if you'd simply start thinking the right thoughts, thoughts that are consistent with the positive principles of God's Word.
-Joel Osteen (Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now)
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