Dealing With Negative ThoughtsSampel

Our God is the same God yesterday as He is today, and as He will be in the future.

The greatest part of this truth is that the problems that we experience today, He has already assisted others through countless times over.

Dealing with negative thoughts isn’t new. In fact, there are numerous examples found within scripture that display moments in which someone has relied on God to shift their stinking thinking into a more positive mindset.

One of the most clear examples of this would be the transformation of Saul.

Saul was a self-professed enemy of God’s people. He took many violent actions personally as a means to further kill, imprison, and humiliate God’s people. Saul had a violent and aggressive mindset when regarding believers, and sought to make a name for himself by taking action against innocent people. It wouldn’t be far-fetched to say that at this time in his life, Saul was evil. His mind was plagued with negative thoughts about the people of God.

Yet, while traveling to Damascus, Saul was struck blind. He was questioned by the Lord, who asked Saul why he had chosen time and again to persecute Him.

The rest of Saul’s life would be spent making efforts to undo much of the wrongdoing that he had done. Now called Paul, he would travel the world preaching the gospel. Paul dedicated the rest of his life to uplifting the people of God, and educating all around him who had yet to hear the good news.

Saul was filled with negativity. He used this negativity as fuel to a dangerous fire.

But Paul was filled with the Holy Spirit. Paul used this new outlook on life to change the world, and he changed the world by first changing his own mindset.

Paul himself was very aware of this drastic shift. He spoke about his previous life many times, and assured those around him that the only way that this massive change was possible was through the Lord.

Paul learned to deal with these negative thoughts, and as such, those around him took notice.