Godly Thoughts

Emotions Make Great Masters

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”  – Romans 15:13 When we get emotional, when we feel tired, or when we’ve been really stressed out for a long time, it’s easy to allow emotions to keep us from making the right decisions. Emotions like sloth, jealousy, anger and fear can cloud our thinking and cause us to make bad decisions. Those are terrible slaves, aren’t they? But emotions can make great masters. I mean, some of the greatest leaders alive are very emotional people! They are passionate: they are overflowing with joy, laughter, hug, and energy. And they’ve mastered their emotions. But mastering your emotions doesn’t mean shoving them down. Mastering your emotions means they work for you, not against you use them to lead people,

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Godly Thoughts

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” – Romans 12:2 You know, if you dwell on good, Godly, positive things and if you’re a hopeful person, your life is going to change dramatically. Changing just one single pattern of thinking in your life will make a remarkable difference. And you know your world is not changing overnight —  it takes time. It’s like shifting the direction of a sailboat just one degree. Man, nobody on that boat is going to feel you turn that boat one degree. But hours later, that boat will be miles from where it would have been had it not changed that one degree. If you change your negative thoughts into the Godly thoughts that Jesus teaches

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