GOD'S LOVE CHANGES WHO YOU ARE
How does God's love do its miraculous work?
1. First, it changes the way you think.
2. Second, it changes the way you feel.
3. Third, it changes the way you live.
When you change the way you think, feel, and live, you actually become a new person. You look at yourself and your world in a completely new way. This isn't just a makeover or a tidying up of your life. It's a totally new you that starts in your head and works its way down into your heart. Whoever you were in the past, you are not that person any longer. You are a new person with a new life.
First, you experience God's love intellectually, and that changes the way you think. You need to change the way you think about many things. When you look at your limitations, you need to change the way you think. When you look at your failures, you need to change the way you think. When you look at your past, you need to change the way you think. When you look at the present, you need to change the way you think. When you look at the future, you need to change the way you think. When you look at who you are and what you can do with your life, you need to change the way you think. When you look at your depressing and distorted thoughts, you need to change the way you think.
When God's love rolls through your mind, powerful positive new thoughts start to change your life. Your self-image immediately is transformed by the fact that you are made in the image of God. You don't need to prop up a weak self-image or create and project an image that will be loved by all. Instead, you need to live an image-oriented lifestyle based on the fact that you bear the likeness of God. When God created the world, He pronounced his creation good, and that includes you. There were no exceptions. God doesn't make mistakes, and you are not a mistake. God thought enough of you to create you in his image, and your self-image can't get any better than that.
Your new thoughts about who you are also increase your self-esteem. God loves and accepts you the way you are. He isn't holding back his love until you are perfect. He loves you now, and his love for you is eternal. If God loves you as you are, then it's high time for you to start feeling good about yourself. If God accepts you as you are, it's time for you to accept yourself, If it's good enough for God, it should be good enough for you.
Once you start thinking differently, the emotional healing begins, and God's love changes the way you feel. Your emotions are the direct result of the thoughts that you put into your mind. When you think healthy new thoughts, you experience positive new emotions that are consistent with God's love.
God designed your mind so that it would function best when it's under the influence of his love. When your mind is full of thoughts that are consistent with his love, your mind is exactly the way God meant for it to be.
God designed your heart so it would experience healthy emotions when it's dominated by his love. When your heart is full of emotions that are consistent with his love, your emotions are exactly the way God meant for them to be.
Once you start thinking new thoughts and enjoying new positive emotions, another miracle happens. You start taking new actions. You even start doing things you could never do before.
New actions mean a new life, and that's exactly what happens.
Excerpt from :
Maximum Strength Positive Thinking : What to Say When You Talk to Your Mind
