God Wants to Help Us Overcome Negativism (TMF:1120)

Friday, May 03, 2019
Peace to Live By: God Wants to Help Us Overcome Negativism (TMF:1120) - Daniel Litton
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       You see, God wants to help people overcome negativism. You shouldn’t feel that God doesn’t want to help you. He wants us to go to him in prayer and discuss these things with him. He loves us; we are his children. You may realize that you have a serious problem on your hands, but you should not let the realization of that issue stop you from talking with the Lord about it. That means you should talk to him all the more about it. God’s Word tells us we have to draw near to God first, and then he will draw near to us (see James 4:8). It’s not that God comes to us first, but we are told to come to him and he will then come to us. So, if we are not thinking negative thoughts, we want to be thinking about positive things. It seems obvious that when we don’t think negative thoughts, we can then allow our minds to be filled with good things. One way we display our positivity in life is by living through the mindset of ‘faith’ instead of ‘fear.’ Really, these are the opposites of each other.