Change Your Thinking
Bible Study
December 18, 2013
Dr. Steve Dennis
TITLE: Change Your Thinking
SUBJECT: Growth
SCRIPTURE: All things are possible for him who believes. (Mark 9:23)
THOUGHT: Think "BIG" but start small.
ILLUSTRATION: When you train a horse to jump fences, you start them on the smaller fences and gradually work them up to the bigger fences.
QUESTION #1- What has been your biggest challenge in 2013?
* Release your faith in believing that whatever your biggest challenge was in 2013 will be your smallest challenge in 2014.
QUESTION #2- What has been your biggest victory in 2013? (Breakthrough)
Take Aways:
* When you are held accountable for your actions it will make you do better.
* Your biggest challenge can also be your biggest victory.
* Enter in relationships that are balanced.
* When people are being detrimental to your health it is time to cut them out of your life.
* Be able to say “NO” and not feel guilt
*In order to find your “HAPPY PLACE” and operate in it you must be able to say “NO”, REST, and TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, so you can TAKE CARE OF OTHERS.
*Get in touch with your CREATIVE POWERS by: Thanking and Praising God, Quieting yourself through MEDITATION, LISTEN and then RECEIVE.
*MEDITATION consist of God talking and you listening.
Conclusion: Meditation is very important to your growth. When you meditate you cause yourself to go from being a consumer of other people's ideas to being a producer of your own ideas.
Pastor's comments
Dr. Steve Dennis: Meditating for 15 minutes is just like getting 8 hours of sleep. It relaxes you and helps to stimulate your spirit, soul, body, and creative powers.