10 laws for a better life ( part 3)

Life Law No. 8: We teach people how to treat us.

How you validate someone's behavior toward you determines how they will treat you. If you feel you deserve better, let him/her know it.

Life Law No. 9: There is power in forgiveness.

Anger and bitterness can consume you. You gain everything by forgiving those who have hurt you.

Life Law No. 10: You have to name it to claim it.

Know what you want. Once you do you can claim it. Indecision will breed inaction. Recognize the behaviors that will support it and not those that will sidetrack you.

A life situation: You are miserable about your poor health.

Fact: You don't eat healthy food. You don't exercise. You don't admit to yourself that you are making yourself sick. You are in denial about your health problem. You will get sicker if you don't do something about it now.

What to do: Admit, accept, renew. Claim your health goal. Back it up with action. Take charge. Reward yourself.

Affirm: "I will succeed in becoming healthy."

10 laws for a better life (part 2)

Life Law No. 4: You can't change what you don't acknowledge.

If you are unwilling to acknowledge a certain situation in your life, then you are not willing and able to change it. If you live in denial by not wanting to face your real life situation, then you are running away from yourself. Address the denial in your life or continue to deceive yourself.

Life Law No. 5: Life rewards action.

Thought without action is impotent. Better to just do what you say than just say and not do.

Truth: People don't give importance to your intentions. They care about what you do, not what you say.

Assignment: Don't make promises you cannot keep. If you continue to do what you do with no significance, you are in a rut.

Life Law No. 6: There is no reality, only perception.

What you see in a situation is the value you give it-this is your reality. And how you look at it will determine your happiness or peace.

Life Law No. 7: Life is managed; it is not cured.

Holding on to your life and whatever situation you may be in does not guarantee instant results. Hanging in there with determination is the key. Nobody ever said life was easy.

10 laws for a better life (part 1)

Life Law No. 1: You either get it or you don't.

Some people say, "Don't make foolish mistakes simply because they have figured out that there is a definite formula for success." Know the difference between living and existing.

Life Law No. 2: You create your own experience.

Accept and acknowledge that you are responsible for your life. You, not anyone else, are accountable for your life, whether it is a success or failure, happy or joyous, good or bad. Understand this. Diagnose your situation well that you may find the right solution. If you accept yourself as a victim, then there is no salvation for you. Accept your accountability now.

Assignment: Ask yourself:

* Why is my life causing me grief?

* Have I been foolish?

* Did I fool myself into believing my choices were not wrong?

* Must I stop my old behavior?

* Did I fail to take action?

* Am I looking in the wrong place for the answers?

Don't be a loser by blaming someone else.


Life Law No. 3: People do what works.

There is a payoff for every behavior. If you identify the pay offs you can control them, and then you can control your life.

Example: You have a family history of cancer, but you are a heavy smoker anyway. Or, you once had ulcers but you continue to drink just the same.

Reward good behavior, not bad behavior. Are you "feeding off some kind of payoffs" that may be detrimental to your mental and emotional health?

Example: You tolerate an abusive husband/wife only because you will not accept a separation/divorce.

when you get inkling to QUIT...

Being patient and persistent is what makes dreams come true. It's easy to be impatient or et frustrated when you put so much into making your dreams a reality and yet they still seem so far away. When you get that inkling to give up, remember this saying: "winners never quit and quitters never win." Just when you think you've exhausted all your possibilities, you'll find another way, a better way...and even more importantly, there's always another day.

DON'T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit - Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar. So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit It's when things go wrong that you musn't quit. Our Divine Providence didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

ANONYMOUS A WINNER'S CREED: If you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't; If you'd like to win, but think you can't, It's almost a cinch you won't. If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world we find; Success begins with a person's faith, It's all in the state of mind. Life's battles don't always go, To the stronger or faster hand; They go to the one who trusts in God Author Unknown

20 Cans of Success

1.)Why should I say I can’t  when the Bible says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13)?

2.)Why should I lack when I know that God shall supply all my needs according to HIS riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19)?

3.) Why should I fear when the Bible says God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind (2Timothy 1:7)?

4.)Why should I lack faith to fulfill my calling, knowing that God has allotted to me a measure of faith (Romans 12:3)?

5.) Why should I be weak when the Bible says that the Lord is the strength of my life and that I will display strength and take action because I know God ( Psalm 27:1; Daniel 11:32)?

6.)Why should I allow Satan supremacy over my life when He that is in me in greater than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)?

7.) Why should I accept defeat when the Bible says that God always leads me in triumph (2 Corinthians 2:14)?

8.)Why should I lack wisdom when Christ became wisdom to me from God and God gives wisdom to me generously when I ask Him for it (1 Corinthians 1:30; James 1:5)?

9.) Why should I be depressed when I can recall to mind God’s loving, kindness, compassion and faithfulness and have hope (Lamentations 3:21-23)?

10.) Why should I worry and fret when I can cast all my anxiety on Christ who cares for me (1 Peter 5:7)?

11.) Why should I ever be in bondage knowing that there is liberty where the Spirit of the Lord is (2 Corinthians 3:17)?

12.)Why should I feel condemned when the Bible says I am not condemned because I am in Christ (Romans 8:1)?

13.) Why should I feel alone when Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me (Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5)?

14.) Why should I feel accursed or that I am the victim of bad luck when the Bible says that Christ redeemed me from the curse of the law that I might received His Spirit (Galatians 3:13, 14)?

15.) Why should I be discontented when I, like Paul, can learn to be content in all my circumstances (Philippians 4:11)?

16.)Why should I feel worthless when Christ became sin on my behalf that I might become the righteousness of God in HIM (2 Corinthians 5:21)?

17.) Why should I have a persecution complex knowing that nobody can be against me when God is for me (Romans 8:31)?

18.) Why should I be confused when God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through his indwelling Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:33; 2:`12)?

19.)Why should I feel like a failure when I am a conqueror in all things through Christ Romans 8:37)?

20.) Why should I let the pressure of life bother me when I can take courage knowing that Jesus has overcome the world and its tribulations (John 16:33)?

taken in the pamplets: 20 Cans of Success by Neil Anderson

When..

ANXIOUS
God is not like men, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done (Numbers 23:19)

Don’t worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking HIM with a thankful heart. (Phil. 4:6)

Leave all your worries with HIM, because HE cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7)

DISCOURAGE

Leave your troubles with the Lord, and HE will defeat you; HE never lets honest men be defeated. (Psalm 55:22)

Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers. (Matt.5:11)


FACING A CRISIS
Let us have confidence, then, and approach God’s throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it. (Heb.4:16)


FAITH FAILS
Why am I sad? Why am I troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise HIM, my savior and my God . (Psalm 42:5)


FRIEND FAILS
If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. (Rom 12:17)

Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God’s anger do it. For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord.” (Rom 12:19)


LONELY
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never leave you.” (Heb 13:5)

Let us be bold, then and say, “ the Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” (Heb 13:6)

NEEDING GOD’S PROTECTION
And with all his abundant wealth through Christ Jesus, my God will supply all your needs.(Phil 4:19)


NEEDING GUIDANCE
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. (Prov. 3:5)

Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way (Prov. 3:6)


NEEDING HEALING
He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. (Psalm 103:3)

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wound that you have been healed (1 Peter 2:24)

So Much To be Grateful For…

Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings each morning, thank you, Lord, that I can hear. There are those who are deaf.

Even though I keep my eyes tightly closed against the morning light as long as possible, thank you, Lord, that I can see. There are many who are blind.

Even though I huddle in my bed and put off the physical effort of rising, thank you, Lord, that I have strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden.

Even though the first hour of my day is hectic; when socks are lost, toast is burned, tempers are short, thank you. Lord, for my family. There are many who are lonely.

Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures in the ladies’ magazine, and the menu at times unbalanced, thank you Lord for the food we have. There are many who are hungry.

Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous, thank you Lord for the opportunity to work. There are many who have no work.

 

Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day, and wish my modest circumstances were not quite so modest. Thank you Lord, for the Gift of Life!