Ever hear the expression "selective hearing"? I am sure everyone has. It is true. We can selectively hear things. We each have that awesome power. What you choose to hear has a lot to do with the information you are inputting into your brain. Somehow, you have to hear only the truth.
Part of this is attached to your eyes as well. It is not good enough to close the eyes during a commercial if you leave the volume up. Probably the hardest part for me is to hear only positive comments about myself.
Ephesians 6: 10 - 18 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
An officer I worked with at Brownwood PD provided me these examples on how to withstand the attempts of the enemy to undermine us. Each day, I have to visualize myself, like a policeman, putting on all my defensive equipment to get through the day. If negativity and criticism are the two weapons doing the most damage to my determination, then I need reinforcement against them. I started listening to only Christian music.
It is so important to inject at this point that everyone falls. Everyone!!! What separates people is the ability to get up and continue on. Falling is not failure. Failure comes with giving up completely.
Listen to Kutless "What Faith Can Do".
Everytime I get a bit discouraged or when I feel pressed upon, I first ask myself if I have my armor on, and then I listen to this song to give me a boost of confidence. It works every single time.
Prayer: Lord God, give me courage to hear only Your words today, to hear what you need for me to do. I know I have allowed too much negativity into my life, and I need to armor myself against the weapons in the path You have set for me. Amen
Finally, the last part of the head..........the mouth.
This is a big one. Not only does the mouth intake food, but it spews out words.
We will tackle the idea of intake later. For now, let's talk about the words that come out ouf your mouth.
Watch your thought they become your words. Watch your words they become your actions. Watch your actions they become your habits. Watch your habits they become your character. Watch your character it becomes your destiny" — Frank Outlaw
Once you have decided to stop watching junk, listening to junk, thinking junk, you have to also stop saying junk. Ask anyone who knew me 3 years ago and they will tell you that I was always down on myself. They were right. In all the years living in a verbally abusive home, I had decided that if I criticized myself, talked badly about myself first, no one else could hurt me. As a child, this might be the only coping mechanism, but as an adult, I had to learn other ways.
Listen to "So Long Self" by MercyMe. Wow...............when you are the person getting in God's way for your success, then what do you do??
Practical 2: think about (or write down) 5 good things about yourself. Now, write down 1 not so good thing about yourself. Make a challenge to yourself. Each time you think something negative, write it down. Soon, I promise, you will see that it is usually the same thing over and over. Then, pray. God already knows what your hang up is: the thorn in the side. He has constantly put gifts in your life to overcome your hangup. It is now time to utilize all the great things about you to overcome the one thing that you don't like.
Part of this is attached to your eyes as well. It is not good enough to close the eyes during a commercial if you leave the volume up. Probably the hardest part for me is to hear only positive comments about myself.
Ephesians 6: 10 - 18 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
An officer I worked with at Brownwood PD provided me these examples on how to withstand the attempts of the enemy to undermine us. Each day, I have to visualize myself, like a policeman, putting on all my defensive equipment to get through the day. If negativity and criticism are the two weapons doing the most damage to my determination, then I need reinforcement against them. I started listening to only Christian music.
It is so important to inject at this point that everyone falls. Everyone!!! What separates people is the ability to get up and continue on. Falling is not failure. Failure comes with giving up completely.
Listen to Kutless "What Faith Can Do".
Everytime I get a bit discouraged or when I feel pressed upon, I first ask myself if I have my armor on, and then I listen to this song to give me a boost of confidence. It works every single time.
Prayer: Lord God, give me courage to hear only Your words today, to hear what you need for me to do. I know I have allowed too much negativity into my life, and I need to armor myself against the weapons in the path You have set for me. Amen
Finally, the last part of the head..........the mouth.
This is a big one. Not only does the mouth intake food, but it spews out words.
We will tackle the idea of intake later. For now, let's talk about the words that come out ouf your mouth.
Watch your thought they become your words. Watch your words they become your actions. Watch your actions they become your habits. Watch your habits they become your character. Watch your character it becomes your destiny" — Frank Outlaw
Once you have decided to stop watching junk, listening to junk, thinking junk, you have to also stop saying junk. Ask anyone who knew me 3 years ago and they will tell you that I was always down on myself. They were right. In all the years living in a verbally abusive home, I had decided that if I criticized myself, talked badly about myself first, no one else could hurt me. As a child, this might be the only coping mechanism, but as an adult, I had to learn other ways.
Listen to "So Long Self" by MercyMe. Wow...............when you are the person getting in God's way for your success, then what do you do??
Practical 2: think about (or write down) 5 good things about yourself. Now, write down 1 not so good thing about yourself. Make a challenge to yourself. Each time you think something negative, write it down. Soon, I promise, you will see that it is usually the same thing over and over. Then, pray. God already knows what your hang up is: the thorn in the side. He has constantly put gifts in your life to overcome your hangup. It is now time to utilize all the great things about you to overcome the one thing that you don't like.
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