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Change Your Thoughts Why evaluating your thoughts is crucial to healthy leadership

 

How often do you consider the impact of your thoughts? Thoughts are powerful. Your perception of truth is what is true in your life. Our thoughts become our reality. Satan understands this human tendency and he seeks to exploit it by replaying negative and untrue thoughts in our minds over and over.

 

·        "You're not good enough."

·        "You're a failure."

·        "No one really cares about you."

·        "You can't do it."

·        "God is ashamed of you."

·        "People will never trust you."

·        "You're stupid."

 

When we hear things like this in our heads enough, we start to believe them; we adopt them as our reality. Even though these statements are complete lies, we believe them as if they were true.

 

Romans 12:1 (NLT) says, "Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect."

 

Notice, changed thinking comes first. Once the way we think is changed, we'll be able to know God's will for our lives. So focus on these bits of God's truth and allow him to change your thinking:

 

You're not __________. 

 

There will always be people who __________. get it. 

 

Sheep bites won't __________. you. 

 

God __________. in you. 

 

There are people in your church who __________. and __________. you. 

 

It's __________. it! 

Discuss

1.      When are you most likely to experience negative thoughts?

2.      How does belonging help in dispelling negative thoughts?

3.      How do you normally handle negative or unhelpful thoughts? How might you handle them in a more helpful or healthy way?

4.      Who in your life helps you have a realistic view of things? Who in your life might help you keep your negative thoughts in check?