God's Power to Change Your Life (Living with Purpose)
The Bible talks about three kinds of peace. First is spiritual peace. Spiritual peace is peace with God.
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God Uses Circumstances God’s ideal way of changing us is to have us read the Bible to find out how we should live and then depend on his indwelling Spirit to enable us to do it. Unfortunately, most of us are stubborn, and we don’t change that easily. So God brings in a third tool to work on us — circumstances. Problems, pressures, heartaches, diffi
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The Bible teaches that the way we think determines the way we feel, and the way we feel determines the way we act. So if you want to change your actions, you have to go back to the source and change the way you think.
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The truth is, trying to force yourself to change by sheer will-power seldom produces lasting results. The other way to change the direction of your boat is to adjust the automatic pilot. Now, the “automatic pilot” in your life is your thoughts. Remember the question I asked in chapter 1? How did you finish the sentence “It’s just like me to be ____
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Hurt people hurt people. If someone is hurting you, that person is doing so because he or she is hurting. We need to look beyond people’s faults and see their needs. Then we can learn to love.
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God says that it is unnecessary for us to go around with a heavy load of guilt, old hurts, and memories of mistakes. In Colossians 2:13 – 14 he says he has forgiven all our sins and canceled every record of the debt we had to pay. He did it by allowing Christ to be nailed to the cross.
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We cannot control our circumstances, but we can control how we respond to them. We can control whether an experience makes us a bitter person or a better person. What matters in life is not so much what happens to us but what happens in us.
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Joy is like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it becomes.
Rick Warren • God's Power to Change Your Life (Living with Purpose)
Only one thing will keep you from changing and becoming the person you and God want you to be. It’s not the devil. It’s not other people. It’s not circumstances. It’s procrastination.