Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Healthy Living”
Our Bible verse for today: “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)
Our thought for today: “Change how you think and you can change your life.”
How we think determines what we say and what we do. Ultimately it will also determine what we believe to be true – about the world, and about others, and about ourselves.
What does that have to do with healthy living? Everything. As Rick Warren put it, “You may think transformation of your health begins with physical effort, but the truth is, if you want lasting change in your life, you need to refocus your mind. When you trade old thinking for new thinking, that’s when transformation starts to happen.”
World-class athletes have a secret to their success that we average people typically don’t employ. They call it “visualization”. They create and maintain a vivid image in their mind of the physical condition they want to achieve; or of them using the perfect golf swing; or hitting the homerun; or throwing the touchdown pass; or being awarded the gold medal. In their mind they see that image, they meditate on it, they enter deeply into it, and they experience it in their mind long before it ever becomes a physical reality.
Although most of us will never be world-class athletes the concept of visualization is the same principle behind setting any goal. We envision the thing that we want to achieve and then we keep that image before us as we continue to make progress in that direction.
Prayerfully consider the changes which need to occur in your life. Set goals to achieve those changes. Then develop new daily habits which bring you step-by-step closer to that new reality. Doing that is a crucial element in your growth and transformation. Then visualize those changes happening and you are well on the road to success. Change how you think and you can change your life.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 