During a recent conversation with a friend, the topic of life change came up. Basically the conversation centered around how do you change who you are? For example how can you change from being an angry person to a kind person? Or a lazy person to a disciplined person? Or a person that loses their temper to one who is patient? Now I don't for one second think that what I will share in this post is the complete or final answer. In fact if I really knew a simple solution I would be making lots more money that I do currently :) and as a side note I would be a much better person. But I do believe that the Bible gives some great insight on how we change who we are. First we have to realize that life habits are developed over long periods of time, so if you have been in the habit of losing your temper for the past 10 years don't think that somehow you are going to break the habit in 1 day. Real life change takes time and lots of patience. So give yourself both. Second, I truly believe that real meaningful life change can only happen through the power of God working in agreement with our own desire for change. It is a partnership. Not either, or but both, and. Lastly, we can harness the power of the mind and it's ability to focus, to empower us for change. Simply put: where you focus your thoughts will dictate your desires, and your desires will always dictact your actions. This is why I believe in starting each day by spending time with God in His Word and in prayer. Not that reading the Bible and praying in some way magically changes you. Instead, I believe that when I focus my thoughts on what is good and important (God, my relationship with my wife, my children, my ministry, etc....) then those thoughts produce desires that become actions. We all focus our thoughts somewhere, the important question is where. The old saying is true, "What you think about, is what you are."
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