| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Deep Discipleship” Our Bible verse for today: “Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my song.” Isaiah 12:2 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Reject the joy-stealer” Going through life with a negative mindset is a killer. It’s a basic truth of human nature that we tend to attract to ourselves the things we allow our mind to dwell on. People who dwell on negative thoughts go through life downcast, dispirited, and depressed and as a result, they bring on themselves the negative experiences they believe are likely to happen. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Bible teaches us to be positive. As Isaiah expressed in Isaiah 12:2, God is our salvation; we are to trust in him and not be afraid; He is our strength; He is the song in our hearts. Therefore, we are to keep our thoughts focused on Him. A few chapters later, in Isaiah 26:3 we read, “You will keep in perfect peace the one whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you” (NIV). In Philippians 4:4 Paul urges us to, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Then he goes on in 4:6-7 and writes, “Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Then in verse 8 he tells us how to achieve this, “Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable – if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy – dwell on these things.” If you are a negative person, your default mode will be to view all of life from a negative perspective and consequently, your life will probably be filled with negative things. The good news is that you can change how you think. We are not helpless in this. We can train our minds to focus on the positive instead of the negative. We can trust that God is sovereign over all of life and that He loves us and has our best interests in mind. Negativity is a joy-stealer and it degrades your quality of life. Reject it. Jesus wants a better life for you than that, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10. Don’t let negativity steal your joy. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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