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“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)
how she so completely mastered her troubles. She answered that ordinary problems could be met by ordinary prayers, but that “when a big trouble comes along, you have to pray deep prayers.”
In the busy activities of daily existence thought disciplining is required if you are to re-educate the mind and make of it a power-producing plant.
It is vitally essential to re-appraise your personality assets.
“Attitudes are more important than facts.”
So if you feel that you are defeated and have lost confidence in your ability to win, sit down, take a piece of paper and make a list, not of the factors that are against you, but of those that are for you. If
This man employed a simple technique for having a peaceful mind. He emptied his mind and he received peace as a gift from God.
A primary method for gaining a mind full of peace is to practice emptying the mind. This will be emphasized in another chapter, but I mention it here to underscore the importance of a frequent mental catharsis. I recommend a mind-emptying at least twice a day, more often if necessary. Definitely practice emptying your mind of fears, hates, insecurities, regrets, and guilt feelings.
At intervals during the day practice thinking a carefully selected series of peaceful thoughts.
“Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.”
To have a mind full of peace merely fill it full of peace. It’s as simple as that.
Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. We can talk ourselves into either negative or positive results. By our speech we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful.
This is a point that I directly affect.
You must learn that the easiest way to an easy mind is to create an easy mind.
How we think we feel has a definite effect on how we actually feel physically.
It is a pity, too, for there are so many problems created by life itself that dilute our happiness that it is indeed most foolish to distill further unhappiness within your own mind.
“Where love is,” said Tolstoy, “God is,” and, we might add, where God and love are, there is happiness. So a practical principle in creating happiness is to practice love.
“The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.”
Your muscles will work with correlation when the peace of God who created them governs their action. Speak to your muscles every day and to your joints and to your nerves, saying, “Fret not thyself.” (Psalm 37: 1) Relax on a couch or bed, think of each important muscle from head to feet, and say to each, “The peace of God is touching you.” Then practice “feeling” that peace throughout your entire body. In due course your muscles and joints will take heed.
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.”
“Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow.”
Love cannot live under domination.”
(Mark 11:22-23)
So the first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it.
“A clean engine always delivers power.”
Therefore flush out your thoughts, give yourself a clean mental engine, remembering that a clean mind, even as a clean engine, always delivers power.
‘I believe I am always divinely guided. I believe I will always take the right turn of the road. I believe God will always make a way where there is no way.’”
reduce the number of worry words in your conversation.
Worry is a destructive process of occupying the mind with thoughts contrary to God’s love and care.
