WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE THINK AND OF WHAT WE ALLOW TO SPEAK INTO OUR LIVES

We need to be careful of what we think.

We also need to be careful of what we speak into our lives.

We also need to be careful of what we allow to speak into our lives.

What we think has great power in our lives and over us.

What we think can end up leading to the fulfilling of a negative self-fulfilling prophecy. In other words, what you and I think and speak into our life, can lead us to doing some questionable things (or not optimum) or allowing some bad things, and often times, they are what we fear or do not want. We forget the power of our minds and thoughts.

If we think, "I will get upset if this (fill in the blank) happens..." Guess what? It can happen. If it does, we have already told ourselves we would get upset about it.

If we know tomorrow is going to be challenging day, we can tell ourselves, "I will be miserable." Or, "The day will be miserable." We are speaking the negative into our lives. Why do we do that? What good can come from determining ahead of time to choose to face the challenges with a negative attitude and outlook?

If we know we are going to have a challenging day tomorrow, we can choose to face the challenges with trust in the Lord and with joy.

Why do we choose to make challenges bad? While they can be not what we planned, and can make us think and feel, we do not have to define the challenges as bad. They can be different instead. Or they can be opportunities for us to trust God and see where He is working with us through the challenge.

We need to be careful what we speak into our lives. Life can be challenging enough without us adding to it and making it harder.

Let us speak the Bible into our lives, not the negative... and certainly not anything that shows we do not trust Him as much as we might think.