Last week, I discovered a very amazing feature of itunes – PODCASTS! Until then, I was listening to some podcasts by Boundless and Passion08 (I might tell you more about them in future). But last week, my itunes habit was transformed.
I found Joyce Meyer on video AND audio. Woah this lady can really preach! I’ve never heard her preach, and I only knew how she looked like because almost every book written by her would have her face on the cover. This week, she’s been preaching about Power Thoughts. She’s so right when she said we need to have more positive thoughts in a day.
How many times a day do we think, “This is too hard, I’m so tired,” ? When I seriously try to answer that, I think it’s about five times the moment my alarm rings, another five times when I try to get out of bed, and that’s only the first ten minutes of my day! :/ And then I travel to school, and walk to class, and sit in class, and hear the lecturer. And even if it’s about three of this thought each hour, I’d have said that to myself 24 times already! And then I’ll sometimes manage a feeble “No, no, I can do this, God said His grace is sufficient for me,” after the onslaught of negativity. That’s one positive thought every five hours.
So Joyce Meyer challenged me when she said something like, “What’s the harm in thinking a positive thought 15 times an hour?” I tried that yesterday, and I tell you, it really changed my day.
One of the power thoughts she preached about was “I can do everything I need to do in my life” – it’s from Phil 3:14 which says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
So I thought about it. When I was walking to the train station, “I can do everything I need to do in my life”. When I was on the train, “I can do everything I need to do in my life”. While walking to class, “I can do everything I…well you get the idea.
And all that before the negative thoughts could get to me. It’s amazing. The more I let myself think that, the more I knew I was counting on God and actually believed (as opposed to telling myself to believe it) that He was strengthening me for everything I had to do yesterday. I want to do more of this every day now. It’s life-changing!
So two things:
1. Download Joyce Meyer TV Podcast (or Audio) from itunes store or here.
2. Think more positive thoughts today.
