The other day I was watching Joel Osteen on television and he
was talking about deleting negative things people may say about us. A lot of
times we accept negative criticism that people say to us like, “you are never going
to amount to anything in life; you’re never going to be the person you think
you are going to be when you grow up
(doctor, lawyer, etc.)”. When people
keep talking about us negatively and we listen, we start believing it. We start
saying to ourselves that I would never ever be able to do that. I don’t have
the capability to do that at my skill level. Now we’re so deep in our own
negative thoughts that down the line we’re never going to be who God called us
to be in life. Instead of receiving negative comments from people, we need to
delete them. You ask how, by saying the opposite. I will be that when I grow
up. I am at that skill level to get that job. Never give up when you’re trying
to reach your goals. When people say no never give up and keep pushing towards
that yes. I think about Abraham Lincoln, when he kept pushing towards his
dreams. He never gave up despite the failures he kept running into. Finally he
reached his dreams and became president. I bet when he was failing people
probably said, you need to stop embarrassing yourself and quit already. He
never saw himself failing, just getting better until he reached perfection.
That’s how we need to see it in our own eyes, that we’re not failing just
getting better and better every day to get closer to our dreams. The key points
from this message are:
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Don’t accept negative comments from people
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Don’t you start thinking negative about yourself
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Start deleting negative criticism and start thinking
positive about yourself and dreams
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You’re not failing, you’re just getting better
and better everyday
Even though it might be hard to put negative comments behind
you, please try and just ask God to help you. I hate to see people throw away their
dreams, based on what people say about them. Don’t allow them to have their
victory, prove them wrong and ask God to guide you towards your dreams.
Such a great post! I needed to hear this. Thanks for sharing!!
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ReplyDeleteErica
www.ericastartwalking.com
agreed!! awesome post! thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteAgree with everyone. This is such a great post. I could probably be doing some of the things in the sermon. Found you from Tell Me About Tuesday. Absolutely love your blog.
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Jessa
lifeofasportwife.blogspot.com
I really enjoyed reading this post and it is a good reminder for me to not let the negative in. And even if it does get in... get rid by hitting delete.
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Jillian
http://puzzlemecomplete.blogspot.com/2012/11/family-traditions.html
I have learned when people tend to make negative comments it is usually because of their own insecurities. It is important for us to motivate and lift one another up.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for the nice comments.
ReplyDeleteyou know, this little reminder couldn't have come at a better time. thanks for this. great post.
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What a great post. It fits the mind cleanse article I just wrote. I wanted to thank you for following dedicated 2 life. I really love the inspiring message you are sending....very inspiring! = ) Followed you on twitter. = )
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