A Consistent Positivity in Our Speech, Part 3 (TMF:2068)

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Peace to Live By: A Consistent Positivity in Our Speech, Part 3 (TMF:2068) - Daniel Litton
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       God help us from negative people. What should be our responses as we sit down and mediate about things? We should hear, “It’s amazing all the good that this person or that group is doing for others! They are making a big difference.” We should hear, “A lot of people mean well in our society. How blessed we are to live in the United States.” It should be said, “It was nice how so and so helped me the other day. People sure are kind toward one another.” If we hear mostly negative, or if we hear a mixed bag of the negative with the positive, statements that fluctuate based on a person’s mood, then we see more and more disobedience to God. It all starts in the mind, in the thoughts we think. If we aren’t thinking faith-filled thoughts, then there is no way we can speak positively when the time arises. It’s up to us to make the change—to put aside the negative character traits and embrace the positive ones. God isn’t going to do it for us. No, we have to do it through his power, his enabling.