THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE BY JOYCE MEYER

(Joyce Meyer) SOMETIMES IT’S A LOT EASIER TO GIVE NEGATIVE CRITICISM THAN POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT, SO STAY WITH ME AND DISCOVER THAT HAVING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE WILL MAKE YOU AND EVERYBODY AROUND YOU A LOT HAPPIER. (music)

(Joyce Meyer Online) OUR ATTITUDE IS OUR THOUGHT LIFE TURNED INSIDE OUT. AS CHRISTIANS WE HEAR QUITE A BIT ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS. WE KNOW THAT THE MIND HAS TO BE RENEWED IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THE GOOD PLAN MANIFEST IN OUR LIFE THAT JESUS DIED FOR US TO HAVE. WE’LL LOOK AT THAT SCRIPTURE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LATER. YOU CAN’T ALWAYS SEE SOMEBODY’S THOUGHTS BUT YOU CAN SEE THEIR ATTITUDE. AN ATTITUDE SHOWS UP IN BODY LANGUAGE. IT SHOWS UP IN FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. OUR ATTITUDE IS THE POSTURE WE TAKE TOWARD THE LIFE WE HAVE. I’M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN: OUR ATTITUDE IS THE POSTURE WE TAKE TOWARD THE LIFE WE HAVE. NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME LIFE.

I’LL BE HONEST WITH YOU: SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN OTHER PEOPLE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE A ROUGHER WAY TO GO IN LIFE THAN OTHERS. JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES CAN’T EXPLAIN THAT BUT I DO KNOW THAT GOD’S GRACE IS SUFFICIENT. I DO KNOW THAT IF SOMEONE ADOPTS A SELF-PITYING ATTITUDE OR A RESENTFUL ATTITUDE TOWARD THE LIFE THEY HAVE, IT’S ONLY GOING TO MAKE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WORSE BUT IF THEY KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, THOSE THINGS THAT SATAN MEANT FOR HARM CAN WORK OUT FOR NOT ONLY YOUR GOOD BUT FOR THE GOOD OF MANY OTHER PEOPLE BESIDES. I BELIEVE SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO SEEM TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN LIFE WHO GO THROUGH A MUCH ROUGHER TIME THAN OTHER PEOPLE, I THINK SOMETIMES IT’S BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO USE THOSE PEOPLE IN A REAL POWERFUL WAY TO HELP A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING.

GOD IS LOOKING FOR NOT JUST WORKERS IN HIS KINGDOM BUT EXPERIENCED WORKERS. WHEN JOYCE MEYER TALK TO YOU ABOUT OVERCOMING ABUSE, I TALK TO YOU FROM EXPERIENCE. WHEN I TALK TO YOU ABOUT FORGIVING PEOPLE WHO HAVE HURT YOU, I TALK FROM EXPERIENCE. WHEN I TALK ABOUT BREAKING ADDICTIONS, I TALK FROM EXPERIENCE.