“Have this mind (attitude) among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 2:5
We all have had some bad days during this year. Many families in our congregation have suffered the loss of family members. Others have suffered severe health complications, including me. The truth is you can’t choose what happens to you, but you can always choose what happens within you.
No one can choose your attitude for you; that only comes from within you. So when crazy things happen to us, we have a choice to make. We can choose to get BETTER, or we can choose to get BITTER.
Our attitude will determine how we deal with the future.
Bad attitudes = a worse future
Good attitudes = a better future
1. Your attitude can change everything.
It is not that everything will turn out perfect in your life with a good attitude; it just means you choose to look at the good.
“Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.”
-Coach John Wooden
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
-Winston Churchill
Attitude can change a…
MESS into a MESSAGE
TEST into a TESTIMONY
VICTIM into a VICTORY
2. Attitude says a lot about what is inside of us.
Show me a person with a great attitude, and I will show you someone who will do great things.
Show me a person with a bad attitude, and I will show you a person who will always struggle.
Attitude is an inward feeling expressed by outward behavior. Whatever is in us will eventually come out of us.
Attitude is like the rudder that guides our life. So goes our attitude, so goes our outlook on life. If we choose a great attitude, life gets more manageable. However, life gets more challenging when we choose a bad attitude.
3. We can’t change what happens to us, but we can choose how we handle it.
Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we respond to it.
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
-American Novelist Raymond Chandler
4. Check your attitude daily and adjust it accordingly.
I have a friend who sets a reminder on his phone every hour to have an “attitude check-in,” as he calls it. This check allows him to make required shifts in alignment with who he wants to be. According to him, it has been a game-changer for his mental health over time.
Get intentional about having a great attitude in anything you do and see what God does in you and through you!
Have a blessed week.
Pastor (Rev. Elias Limones)
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