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BAD ATTITUDES AND CONSEQUENCES – HOW TO CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE

1. INTRODUCTION
Our success or failure depends solely on our attitudes.
Studies show that 87% of people are successful because of their attitudes.

There is only one thing left for us to do: change ourselves.

We can not control many things in life. So I learned to focus on what I can control: myself. And if things change, I have to adapt.

2. WHAT IS AN ATTITUDE?
Attitude:
– how we react to a feeling;
– how we react to someone who has done something to us;
– how we react to a certain situation and the feelings that situation generates.

We must let our Spirit control our lives, not our emotions or feelings – 1 Thessalonians 5:23

3. MAN WAS MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD = GOD’S GOVERNMENT
Man controlled his life through the power of the Spirit. But with the fall of Adam and Eve, human beings lost that power and began to govern their lives through the soul.
There is nothing wrong with having feeling; God gave us feelings.

However, we can not govern our lives by feelings.
We must instead let the Spirit guide us.

Galatians 5:16-18

4. BAD ATTITUDES

It is the wrong attitudes that harm us and lead to wrong behaviors that are not of God, such as:

a) Retaliation
b) Jealousy
c) Pride and vanity
d) Disobedience
e) In relation to oneself
f) Neglecting God’s call
g) Business and employment

5. STEPS TO CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE
To win, we have to change our attitude. For that to happen, we need to:
1st – identify the bitter feelings;
2nd – identify the  wrong behaviors;
3rd – identify  the wrong conversations – Luke 6:45
4th – decide to change – Ephesians 3:18,19
5th – forget the past – Philippians 3:13
6th – pray the prayer of  “Our Father” – Matthew 6:9-13

Next Sunday, come to a Maná Church near you!