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Hi, my friends. Today, day 14, we are talking about how to cultivate a positive mindset.

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And it's so critical that when we're pursuing our dreams that our mind and thoughts are

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positive versus negative. Philippians 4.8 says, Finally, brothers, whatever is true,

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whatever is honorable, whatever is just, pure, lovely, commendable, if there is any excellence,

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if there's anything worthy of praise, think about these things. You know, it's said that

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our thoughts create our reality. What we focus on, we empower. And so I want to ask you,

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are your thoughts positive or negative? You see, are we thinking about what's the best

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that can happen? What if this works out? What if, you know, God answers my prayers? Or are

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we tending towards a negative of what if I fail? We talked about that yesterday, you

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know, fear of failure, what if it doesn't work out? And we have to be catch our thoughts,

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take them captive, and then focus on the positive. We empower ourselves to take action when we're

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focused on things going well, working out and taking, you know, positive steps forward.

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Now, that doesn't mean that we just, you know, ignore the chance that things might not happen

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well. But it's inviting and partnering with God to focus and have gratitude on the things

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that he is bringing into our life, even the difficulties. Now, today, we're reflecting

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on our mindset and considering how we might need to shift our thoughts to be more positive

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and encouraging. And our activations for today, we're talking about, you know, writing down

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three positive thoughts or affirmations that we can repeat daily. For me, again, I think

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I mentioned this before, but I write down that I can do all things through Christ who

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strengthens me, I can do hard things. I have another sign that I have on my wall that says,

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what is the best that can happen? And then when my mind starts to go negative, I stop

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it, I catch it. You know, is it my internal judge? Is it my is it fear? You know, where

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is this thought coming from? And I identify that negative thought. And then I flip it

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into something positive. And we talked yesterday about fear of failure and flipping things

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into feed. But how can you also flip your negative thought into positive one? And so

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often, even when something is challenging or difficult, oh, God just embeds a hidden

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gem in there or something positive that we can find a hidden gift or a hidden gem, even

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in the difficulties and challenges of life. And so again, our activation for today is

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how can you shift your mindset to be more positive and encouraging? Well, let me pray

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for you today. So God, thank you. Thank you that all things work out for our good and

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for your glory. Thank you that we can trust you. Thank you that you call us to have positive

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thoughts, to think about the things that are true and good, honorable, and help us to remember

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to flip negative thoughts into positive ones, to embrace gratitude and to trust that even

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in the difficult moments, even in the times of trials, that we can find something good

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in them. God, empower us with these positive thoughts to take action. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Okay, my friends, see you tomorrow. Have a good day.