God's Power to Change Your Life (Living with Purpose)

If you will take the energy you spend complaining and fantasizing and invest it in improving

Happiness depends on happenings. It comes from the root word hap, which means “luck” or “circumstance.” “I am happy today because things just happened to turn out right.” Joy is different. It goes deeper. Joy is an attitude, a choice. Joy is an inside job and is not dependent on circumstances. It is your choice to rejoice. That is the basic truth o

First, develop the attitude of gratitude.

We don’t have to like everyone (isn’t that a relief?), but we do have to love them.

Next comes emotional peace. First we must have peace with God — spiritual peace. Then we can have the peace of God — emotional peace. This is what most of us think about when we think of the word peace — an internal sense of well-being and order.

However, we can short-circuit God’s power in our lives by not believing that God has truly forgiven us or by choosing not to forgive ourselves. God’s power is the power to cancel our past.

If you are serious about changing your life, you are going to have to get into the Bible. You need to read it, study it, memorize it, meditate on it, and apply it. When people tell me their faith is weak, I ask them, “Are you reading your Bible regularly?” “Not really.” “Are you studying the Bible?” “Well, not exactly.” “Are you memorizing Scriptur

“Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does” (6:7 – 8).

Stop torturing yourself with “what if — ?” You are talking yourself into those unhappy feelings. Stop fantasizing and start thinking positive, truthful thoughts — the kind described in 1 Corinthians 13. If you want to rebuild a love in your life, memorize 1 Corinthians 13. Meditate on it and start acting on it.