How To Have A Winning Attitude! Part Iii Series

The physician tried to reassure him. He told the man that he could be cured. He encouraged him to get out of himself, to find things that would amuse him, and cheer him up and make him laugh.

The patient said, ?Where can I go to find such a diversion??

The physician replied, ?The circus is in town tonight. Go see Grimaldi the clown. Grimaldi is the funniest man alive. He will cure you!?

The sad-faced patient looked up and said, ?Doctor, I am Grimaldi. I am Grimaldi!?

-True purpose?meaning?and joy ONLY come from knowing the Lord!

AS I CLOSE:

Friends, with all that I have shared this morning?

And all that we have understood to need in our lives?

-A WINNING ATTITUDE?

-A PURE and HOLY thought life?

-The PEACE of God?

-And His guardianship of our hearts?

Something is true of all of this?

ONLY God can provide this?not anyone else?or even ourselves!

-Allow God to be your source of inspiration and help in your need!

-He will give you a WINNING ATTIUDE!

-He will give you victory over your thought life and need for true peace!

ILLUSTRATION: (Go back to the Jar again)

Things have settled down and cleared up?only because there has not been a storm?

-What we need is that God would completely cleanse us and set us free!!!

Let me ask some closing questions:

à What comes to the surface of your life when your life is shaken?

-It is only a CHRIST-LIKE ATTITUDE that will guide you in surviving the circumstances that you will face!

à Examine your attitude?does it need to be changed?

-Spend time in prayer, and pray through each of these ?thought focuses? as you get back on track!

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Friends?the practical side to all of this is that we are Christ?s Ambassadors to the WORLD to bring this Gospel message!

-Our attitudes can either ENHANCE the message or be a DETRIMENT to it?

-Which is yours?

-We must have a good attitude!!!

*There can be nothing less!

*The Kingdom of God suffers violence, and we must be VIOLENT and VIGILANT in our battle against the flesh and in our mind and attitudes!!!

ALTAR CALL:

New HEART in salvation?

New MIND in transformation?

New ATTITUDE and thought patterns?

Romans 12:2, ?And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.?

SONG: Holiness (Take my life)