ATTITUDES? WHO IS BUILDING YOUR DREAMS?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
THERE ARE TWO WORDS I LOVE: ALTER AND ALTAR!
*** ALTER: To change, to make a difference,
Have you ever seen how alcohol or drugs can alter a persons behavior
***ALTAR: a place on which sacrifices and gifts are laid unto God, a platform or table used as the center of worship,
CAN WE GROW BAD ATTIDES AND WRONG PERSPECTIVES?
Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
ATTITUDES?
PERSPECTIVES?
Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (MSG) A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.
ATHEIST?
I read about a committee of DEVOTED ATHEIST going to Washington DC to plead their case for an ATHEIST HODDAY. They claim 7% of the USA are atheist or at least agnostic. There are more atheist than Mormons! There are more atheist than Jews! There are more atheist than Muslims/Islamism.
Their committee said Christians have EASTER, CHRITMAS. Jews have Passover. WE HAVE NO HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE? A child screamed out of the crowd: SIR YOU HAVE APRIL THE FIRST EACH YEAR, APRIL FOOLS DAY.
Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Philippians 2:14 (MSG) Do everything readily and cheerfully—no bickering, no second-guessing allowed!
15 Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into the night
A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you don’t change it, you will not go very far.
THE GREATEST DISABILITY OF ALL, IS THE DISABILITY OF A BAD ATTITUDE.
How about these two attitudes: I CAN’T and I WON’T, vs I CAN and I WILL!
TWO ATTITUDES:
Acts 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
What are you expecting? Bad attitudes? Do you ever feel like round #1? Followed by round #2? Fight? Fight? Tis struggle will lead me to more struggles? DO WE LIVE IN A DAY OF ENTITLEMENT? You owe me? Do we walk from “bad attitudes” and then more bad attitudes? IS LIFE JUST ONE POWER STRUGGLE AFTER ANOTHER?
Are we using anger and temper fits to try and manipulate our bad attitudes on to others?
ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO MAKE EVERYONE ELSE CHANGE THEIR BAD ATTITUDES BUT YOU?
HOW ABOUT ARGUING WITH PEOPLE TO FORCE THEIR ATTITUDE TO CHANGE?
Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Dale Carnegie said: THOSE CONVINCED AGAINST THEIIR WILL ARE OF THE SAME OPINION STILL.
How about arguments within the family what are you really changing?
DO WE REALIZE WE HAVING THINKING PATTERNS AND WE TEND TO NOT BE ABLE TO BREAK OUR PATTERNS/ You count to ten? 20? 30? You tell them to do something? You scream? They scream back?
Identify how you are handling your problems and develop a new PLAN/STRADEGY?
WE FACE A REAL BAD ATTITUDE WHEN WE START THINKING NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE?
1 Corinthians 13:8 Charity never faileth:
We need BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION… God help us to change our bad attitudes with a better plan.
THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING OUR CONFIDENCE? Those with little confidence they can will seldom achieve much.
Proverbs 24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
IF YOU FAINT YOU ARE WEAK…
LOVE NEVER FAILS…
BE HONEST, HAVE WE EVER ACCEPTED THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR YOUR OWN ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR? DO YOU LOVE WHERE YOU ARE? DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING? DO YOU LOVE THOSE AROUND YOU? DO YOU LOVE WHO YOU ARE?
GOLDEN RULE: ANYTHING THAT IS WORTH DOING ARE THE THINGS WE DO FOR OTHERS…
Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
WE CAN ALLOW THE ATTIITUDE THAT SUFFERING WILL KILL US, OR WE CAN GROW THE ATTITIDE THAT LIFE CAN BE HAVE THE POWER TO OVERCOME PROBLEMS AND TRIALS.
WE HERE SO MUCH ABOUT KARMA TODAY?
Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
We think KARMA is about how other people treat us? Perhaps we need to realize KARMA COULD BE ABAOUT HOW WE TREAT OTHERS. Karma? Karma may be about what you get back for how you treat others.
ATTITUDES: THERE IS A TERRIBLE BATTLE GOING ON TODAY: THE BATTLE IS BAD ATTITUDES VS. GODLY SUBMISSION ATTITUDES THAT ALIGN WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
There grows a BAD ATTITUDE where there is little to no RESPECT and HONOR within the heart of people.
WHAT CAN WE DO? SEEMS WE BRAG ABOUT BAD ATTITUDES?
Mahatma Gandhi: The future may depend on what attitudes we have today.
HOW CAN WE CHANGE OUR MARRIAGE? FAMILY? CHURCH? NATION?
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
3 BUCKETS---WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDES DO YOU CARRY?
Let me tell you the story of 3 buckets. There were 3 buckets that lived on the farm.
The shiniest, beautiful newest bucket was constantly complaining and fussing. The newest bucket was nothing but a PESSIMIST. The new bucket said to the other two buckets: MY LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT SINCE I LEFT THE FACTORY. I WAS JUST THROWN AROUND IN THE STORE. Finally the little poor family bought me, I thought I was worth so much more than to be a WELL BUCKET. All I can say is my life is nothing but back and forth to THE WELL. I leave the house empty and to the well I go. On top of all of that my stupid owners never fill me up. I come to the well empty and I never leave full. The farmer NEVER APPRECIATES ME LIKE HE SHOULD! I HAVE NOT HAD A HAPPY DAY IN ALL MY LIFE. JUST CALL ME EMPTY AND NOT FULL, HEAVY! Poor old me.
The second bucket was so happy. He had a few dents from years of service. Bucket 2 said, I was created for this. I go to the well empty and I return to the house full of life giving water. The farmer, his wife and kids use me. Sometimes I have a dipper in me and they all drink out of me. I may come to the well empty but I always leave full. Momma uses my water to cook with, do the dishes and even warms me for the family bath. I am happy on this farm. My family needs me. I have found my purpose.
The 3rd bucket was tattered and well worn. This one bucket was very old and through the years was heavily used. Slowly as the daily use took all the wear and tear, the old bucket was banged around and gradually rust started gathering around the handles and eventually rusting on the bottom and a slow leak developed in the bottom. The family would still use the old rusty bucket occasionally, especially the little kids went to the well with the adults. While the adults would pick the new shiny buckets, the kids would grab the old faithful leaking bucket and do their part. One day the 3 buckets were having a discussion about their jobs on the farm life.
Bucket #1 was complaining about how sorry the owners were and how they never, ever had appreciated him.
Bucket #2 was thankful for the wonderful opportunity to go to the well and bring back water for the family. Bucket number #1 complained about how stupid the old rusty bucket was. #1 told #3 you are old and useless and only the kids carry you and you leak all the way to the house. You are a stupid old bucket. #3 said: I may leak a little, but I want you to look at the path to the well? Look along the path where I am carried home? There are flowers blooming all along the path. Have you ever noticed Momma cuts those flowers and puts them in a vase in the middle of dining room table? Everyone gathers around the table and eats and laughs and enjoys the flowers. WHY? I served this family for years and years, now I am honored to water the flowers along the path to the well. I love my past bringing water to this family, and I love they never THREW ME AWAY. I have no reason to complain. Yes, for years I came empty to the well, I always left full. The young kids feel honored to still have me around. I give beauty and smiles.
Does the circumstances define your attitudes or does your attitudes define you?
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
If we would all search for the place inside of us will bring great joy, we might just find that JOY will overcome the hurt, bitterness, pain and suffering from within… You can never buy JOY or HAPPINESS? You cannot find that place over the rainbow? You can never find OZ, OZ IS ONLY OZ TO THOSE THAT DON’T LIVE IN OZ!
WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE WILL WE CARRY? WEAK AM STRONG…
DO WE REALIZE THAT STORMS, TRIALS, PROBLEMS AND HURT BUILD THE STRONGEST PEOPLE?
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
JEUS LOOKS BEYOUND OUR FAULTS… AND SEES OUR NEEDS… CAN YOU SEE BEYOND OTHERS MISTAKES AND FAULTS?
CONCLUSION: To find joy and happiness will never be about finding perfection. The father never throws the marred clay away. I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A COMPLETE DO OVER, BUT I CAN RE-WRITE A NEW ENDING!
WINSTON CHURCHILL once said: The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
IF YOU DON’T LIKE SOMETHING CHANGE IS. IF YOU CAN’T CHANGE IT, CHANGE YOUR ATTIITUDE…
DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR ATTIITUDES? New doors? Old doors?
Will you acknowledge all you can control is your thinking patterns and your attitudes? Can you be positive?
I have a lesson that I teach it is your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude!
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
