10 Ways To Change Your Attitude

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16 Jun 2008 07:04 PM

Yesterday we looked at changing our attitude which sounds easier to do than it is. So here are 10 practical suggestions for changing our attitude towards life and circumstances.

1. Focus on God and who He is, rather than ourselves and the circumstances. This is what Stephen did when he was being stoned for preaching about Jesus, Acts 7.

2. Remember who you are: 'children of God,' I John 3:2, 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood...a people for God's own possession,' 1 Peter 2:9. 3. Remember Christ lives in you, Galatians 2:20, so you don't have to try and cope with everything on your own but can draw on His power, strength and enabling.

4. Ask Him for His help and wisdom. God promises those who need wisdom will receive it, James 1:5. But it doesn't happen automatically. We need to ask and we need to ask in faith.

5. Immerse yourselves in God's Word. The quickest way to change our attitude is to get back to God's Word which has the power to transform us, Romans 12:2.To change our hearts and minds, to change us from the inside.

6. Find one close friend you can trust. Share your difficulties with them and meet together to pray with and for each other.

7. Put yourself in a position to help others and seek to be a blessing to them. Often what happens is that when we set out to help others, we end up being blessed in the process.

8. Continue to meet with God's people on a regular basis and do not neglect getting together for worship and to learn more of God. It is very difficult to be a Christian in isolation and not what God wants for us, Hebrews 10:25.

9. Read through the book of Proverbs. It is filled with lots of wisdom which will help us in whatever problems we face in life. The advice in Proverbs is as varied as the problems we face, Proverbs 3:2-3,5-6,9-10, Proverbs 9:10, Proverbs 10:1,9, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 23:12,17-18, Proverbs 28:20,27, Proverbs 29:20 are a few worth reading. There are many others. Try and memorize some of those verses or other bible verses to encourage you when times are tough.

10. 'Give thanks in all circumstances,' 1 Thessalonians 5:18. Notice it does not say for all circumstances but in. So there is something in every circumstance that we can thank God for. We have to look for it and find it.

Bible verses taken from the New American Standard Version, except for 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which is from the New International Version

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PDeverit (283) 18 Jun 2008 05:45 AM

I like this post. I would have to disagree with only one point.

I believe in what Jesus taught:

[3] The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? [7] They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

and here's the important part:

8] He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so

I don't believe that that tidbit from the Mosaic Law was the only thing from the Bible that was "from the beginning not so".

Specifically, passages that instructed the taking of women captives as war booty, the taking of slaves, execution of witches, etc. The one about hitting kids is yet another such passage.

I respect and agree with what the most Reverend Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus, President Gordon B. Hinckley of the Mormon Church, The General Conference of the United Methodist Church, Father Gregory Popcack, etc, etc, etc, about:

"If we really want a peaceful and compassionate world, we need to build communities of trust where all children are respected, where home and school are safe places to be and where discipline is taught by example."

The much-touted biblical argument in support corporal punishment is founded upon proof-texting a few isolated passages from Proverbs. Using the same method of selective scripture reading, one could also cite the Bible as an authority for the practice of slavery, adultery, polygamy, incest, suppression of women, executing people who eat pork, and infanticide. The brutal and vindictive practice of corporal punishment cannot be reconciled with the major New Testament themes that teach love and forgiveness and a respect for the sacredness and dignity of children and which overwhelmingly reject violence and retribution as a means of solving human problems. Would Jesus ever hit a child? NEVER!"

etc..

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad, and that's my religion." Abraham Lincoln

Dale Harcombe (10321) 18 Jun 2008 07:35 PM

I believe in what Jeus taught too. Sorry, I',m not sure which point you are disagreeing with. I agree that bible passages need to be read in contex, which is the way I think Proverbs should be read Too, also while reading other passages of the bible. We need the full counsel of God. Old and New Testamenr