Do you want to be happy everyday?

A POSITIVE ATTITUDE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
Your attitude is your thought life turned inside out. Thoughts of worry, fear and freting is a way of saying we don't need God, we can fix everything by ourselves. We either think that God isn't interested or is unable, or just too slow, but if we worry enough we will find our own solution.

It's not our circumstances that make us so unhappy, it is our attitude in them. A positive attitude will put you over, and a negative attitude will keep you under. God does not respond to need, worry, or self=pity, He only responds to faith. Faith in God will bring peace in your life, so that even when you are going through difficult situations, you can still enjoy your life and have a good attitude. Putting your trust in God, in His Love for us, will free us from worry and fear.

Perfect Love casts out all fear. God's love for us is perfect, but we must believe in that love, and believe His will for us is only good things. He is our Ever-Present Help in time of trouble, if we beieve that we can have confidence and maintain a good attitude at all times.

Through faith and patience we inherit the promises. Patience is waiting with a confident attitude. Cast not away your confidence, it has great recompense of reward. Other bad attitudes are selfishness, jealousy, unforgiveness, bitterness and dis-content, all these will lead to unhappy lives if we don't recognize them and change them. We chose our attitudes, they are not thrust upon us. We can chose to be miserable, God will honor our decision.

A person with a attitude of dis-content will never be happy. If that person could have everything they asked for instantly, they would still not enjoy what they had because of their attitude. They expect other people, or things to make them happy. Others are not responsible for our happiness, we along determine that by our attitudes. This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. We make the decision everyday if we are going to be happy or unhappy. It is a matter of our own free will.

Negative thinking limits God. A bad attitude will cut you off from the help God is so willing to give. It's not that He doesn't want to help you, it's that He can't. He is only moved by faith, He can only work by faith. It's impossible to have faith and a bad attitude at the same time. There are nine fruits of the spirit, love, joy, peace, patience and faith are part of those nine. And like any other fruit they must develope and grow. It takes time, but it's worth the effort. Imagine living every day a quiet, peaceful life patiently enduring whatever is happening around you. It's possible. It's the abundant life Jesus came to give us.

I used to deliberatly pratice patience while atanding in line in stores. I would actually chose the longest line to get into, and I would maintain a good attitude while I waited. I discovered that kindness is a sister to patience,I felt kinder to people while I waited. Also, goodness, and self-control developed in me while I was practicing patience. Now, I am never flustrated in stores, it seems no matter which line I get in, it moves very quickly. I'm not sure if it's just because of my patience attitude or if it actually moves faster. It doesn't matter, because it doesn't bother me to wait in line anymore.

This can be applied to every area, every situation in our lives, the more we practice the easier our lives will become. It's all about attitude. An attitude of trust in God, and waiting patiently for Him to move on our behalf, in our situation. His will for us is only good, and He is interested in every thing that concerns us. So whatever the situation a good attitude will put you over, a bad attitude will keep you in bondage.

Faith with patience! Faith will always bring you out and patience will make the waiting much shorter and more enjoyable.