Ten Bible Principles For A Better Living

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Think Right Live Right

    ' For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.' Proverbs 23:7

    As we all know the Bible is full of hidden treasures. You can take so many things from this scripture. Yet here we are focusing on the quote: 'For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:' What does this mean? Most importantly what does it mean to you?

    Well it's as simple as it states, whatever you think in your heart so you will be. You will become that thing. That word, phrase, thought, quote, sentence. Notice it does not say for as he thinketh in his mind. Because if you just think it and cast it away then it cannot reach your heart.

    The problem with that is we don't exactly get taught these things growing up. Your mother or father doesn't spend time teaching you how to discard negative thoughts. They tell you not to talk to strangers, or not to walk across the street without looking both ways. Yet they don't think of raising their child in a spiritual manner. Besides going to church, and the occasional life lesson we are pretty much on our own to figure things out.

    When we constantly repeat things and our mind, and we believe them they end up being set into our hearts. Sometimes we don't even realize we have a repetitive thought. Getting negative things in our hearts puts up barriers, and limitations. Not only that, but it is literally what we become.

    God proved in Genesis when he said 'let there be light.' That words have power. Power beyond that we can imagine. Now that we know that words have power then what should we now know? Thoughts consist of words therefore those words have power! Now let's not forget the holy spirit gives us power, but I think it's clear that words have a power and an impact as well. We will talk more about this later in the book.

    The same applies to positive thoughts. They have the power to bring positivity to our lives and break barriers. So how can thinking differently change your life? Read on and you will find out.

    When you go get therapy they constantly tell you to change your thinking. Even science knows that changing your thinking has the ability to change your life. Our minds are at the root of everything! Don't count out your heart because one can't function without the other. Otherwise why would thinking and heart be in the same sentence?

    We must remove the bad things from our hearts, and fill it with good things. To break the strongholds, chains, bondage, affliction, and negativity we must transform our minds. Not only that, but we also know we are in a spiritual battle. We can't get it out and expect to sit down and take a break and think those things won't come back for us again. There's no time to sit down if you want to change your life, if you want to be free, and if you want to live happy you must fight til the end. Fight for your life! Sit back no longer because the devil surely doesn't take breaks.

    For a long time I had no idea that my thinking was important to me breaking free from things like: depression, anxiety, anger, verbal abuse, and self esteem issues. My mother would pound it into my thick head, but I just didn't get it! Not until I got tired of being sick and tired of being sick and tired.

    I was a skeptic just like everyone else. How is talking to myself going to help me? How is thinking positive going to help me, and how do I think positive anyways? I used to think it was so stupid. What's my mind have to do with anything? It's not me, it's my life and circumstances.

    However you will quickly learn that nobody can fix you but you. If you blame everybody else for everything you might as well stop reading now unless you're going to take responsibility for the mess you are in. It doesn't matter what people are doing. If you can change your mind you can change your life, your environment and even other people.  Doesn't that sound amazing?

    God repeatedly put people in my path to say change your thinking. Yet there I was: God isn't speaking to me. He isn't going to help! So here I am telling you that you are reading this book because God is telling you to change your thinking! If you write it off now you'll keep going around the mountain and will feel awful later that it took you ten years just to get one simple message.

    Changing your thinking can be an entire book on its own. It can be one hundred different books even. However I just want to quickly give you some guidance. I promise if you make it a habit to practice this principle and all the principles included you can change your life and move forward on to the next thing. The Bible has so much to offer don't stop looking for things in it because no matter how many times you read the Bible I can guarantee you will always find something new.

    Here are ways to apply this principle to your life:

●    When a negative thought comes whatever it may be stop instantly and cast it away

●    Think the opposite of the negative thought until you believe it

●    Repeat positive thoughts to yourself until you believe it even if it doesn't feel like it is working

●    Put everything in your heart that you ever wish to have, or achieve

       Just like repeating negative thoughts buries them in your heart, repeating positive thoughts buries them in your heart as well. It is what we believe that goes into our hearts. If you believe you are worthless, or useless then that is what you have in your heart. If you believe that everybody hates you then that is what you have in your heart. Not only that then you'll start noticing that people may truly seem to start hating you! They won't know why but you are thinking it into existence.

If you want a business then constantly say to yourself I will have a business. Just like thinking about ourselves effects everything whatever we think about other things does the same. This does not happen overnight. So at the end of this chapter I will leave you a short prayer. Constantly ask God to transform your thinking and he will.

    Remember, you have to practice this constantly. Even if you mess up constantly try again until it becomes a part of you. A part of the way you think, and a foundation on which your life is built.

    Dear heavenly father please transform my thinking. Help me transform my thinking and let it align with your word. I want all the positive things that you say I can have, and I want to believe all the things your word says about me and my life. I know that it won't be easy, but give me the strength to do this and to continue to grow and gain strength. In Jesus name amen.

Reminder: Any time you pray say "In Jesus name"

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