Peace Taker #8- Thinking Negatively, Part 1 (TMF:687)

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Taker #8- Thinking Negatively, Part 1 (TMF:687) - Daniel Litton
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       Number eight: Thinking negative thoughts in our minds. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope” (Romans 15:13, ESV). We all know that when there is a good amount of negativity in our minds, then it becomes more and more difficult to be hopeful. We shouldn’t forget perhaps the most famous verse in the New Testament for the Christian: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28, ESV). This verse can fill us with hope, which will in turn give us more peaceful mindsets. And this verse isn’t dependent upon whether we are a generally positive person in our lives, or if we lean more toward being negative most of the time. The promise is that God will work good in our lives in all things. Indeed, this is a tremendous promise for us. I, myself, have struggled with negativism from time to time in my own life, and I can tell you from experience that you can change how you think. You can change from thinking negative thoughts, about whatever situation it is, to thinking positive thoughts.