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Attitude
power
"How you can dramatically improve the quality of your life through God-given inner attitudes available to anyone!"
INTRODUCTION
The story is told of a Kansas farmer who found a baby eagle in one of his fields. The poor young eagle was not in good condition and the farmer took it back to his home to nurse it back to health. Over the next few weeks, the eagle was doing well and the farmer put it in with the young chicks in his chicken pen.
Although the eagle did well during the first weeks, it began to grow listless and seemed to be losing its strength. The farmer feared the young eagle was going to die after all, until --- one day the farmer had an inspiration.
He packed the eagle in his pickup truck and headed west for the Colorado mountains. When he arrived at the eastern edge of the rockies, the farmer took the young bird deep into the foothills. Finally, he held the eagle in his arms and pointed its head to the mountain tops where the wind was blowing and an occasional eagle cried out as it traced the currents of the mountain winds.
A strong shudder coursed through the eagle's body and it spread its wings as a new strength seemed to surge through the bird. It stood and leaped into the air, caught a strong breeze and soared into the sky.
The farmer watched the eagle with a tear in his eye as the bird cried out what seemed to be a farewell. A verse from the Bible came to the lonely figure of a Kansas farmer as he watched the eagle soar:
"...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles..."
When I first heard this story, I immediately thought of it as a parable of modern times. You see, I believe that we human beings were designed to be much more than most people imagine. The problem is that we accept the limits of the chicken coop and don't even know about the mountains and the winds. We wind up hopping through life instead of soaring.
This little booklet is designed to be a brief introduction to the wonderful world of soaring on eagle's wings!
BUT... the kind of life we're talking about doesn't come as an instant miracle cure. That's not an easy thing to hear in a culture where "fast" is "good." From the nine minute oil change to the "instant" lottery millionaire, we are bombarded with the idea that life can change for the good with a "quick fix".
The problem with the quick fix is that when it breaks down, the "chicken coop" syndrome simply gains more strength. You've seen people who have tried a multitude of fad diets only to find themselves experiencing one failure after another and winding up heavier than ever.
The basic theme of this booklet is that there is an incredible source of spiritual energy available to all of us. That unlimited energy source can make an incredible difference in our lives. Your part and my part in all of this is to decide that we will cooperate with this energy source by having a willingness to change.
Change from the chicken yard to the mountain tops is not easy but it is sure. It is not quick, but it is lasting. You must dare to trust that you have been designed for much more than you have ever imagined.
I. ENERGY FOR POSITIVE LIVING
WHAT KIND OF BEING ARE YOU?
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that I keep seeing from time to time. It said, "Pets are People Too." That bumper sticker is one of my pet peeves. (Pun intended!)
Pets are wonderful creatures. I've had a number of pets and I became very attached to them. In fact, I had a German Shepherd once who was my favorite pet of all time. I used to talk to this dog of mine and he was always very attentive to my ramblings. When I was feeling lonely and blue, he gave me great comfort. Psychiatrists testify to the fact that a pet can be a comforting, positive thing for people. The old saying is that "a dog is man's best friend." A dog named Lassie had a longer run on TV than most human actors. There have been times when I preferred the company of my old dog to that of some people and when he died, I grieved.
HOWEVER... as wonderful as a pet may be, pets are not people. Remember the old game "twenty questions?" It began with the question, "Is it animal, vegetable or mineral?" Even if the other person was thinking of George Washington, you would ask, "Is it animal, vegetable or mineral?" So poor George Washington would be classified as an animal.
It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that there is much more to a human being than our connection to the animal kingdom. While the bumper sticker about pets may be seeking to better the treatment of animals, I would personally be insulted if my dog put a banner on his doghouse which read, "People are dogs too!"
I believe it is absolutely essential that we understand what kind of beings we are before we can become all we were meant to be. That Kansas farmer's chicken yard might have had a sign saying, "Eagles are birds too," but there's so much more to being an eagle than hopping around a chicken coop!. While it is true that we human beings are technically a part of the animal kingdom, there is much more to being human than hopping around the animal kingdom!
THE IMAGE WE BEAR
Of all the good times and surprises I ever enjoyed with my German Shepherd, I never had the experience of seeing him retire at the end of a rigorous day and say, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee Lord, my soul to keep..."
In other words no creature in all of creation, with the exception of a human being, can turn its heart heavenward and say, "There must be more than this." That is because we bear a very special image that no other creature bears.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
There are three critical crucial truths that come from this one biblical statement. If we are to experience life as it was intended to be (positive living), we will need to affirm these three truths:
1. I am created in the image of God!
2. I am essentially a spiritual being!
3. I am created for a relationship with God!
It does not take an exceptionally insightful person to realize that we human beings have lost our way when it comes to these three truths. Notice that if you remove these truths, the bumper sticker would suddenly be correct, "Pets are people too." Without this foundation for living, human beings would simply be another species in the animal kingdom.
FINDING OUR WAY BACK HOME
One of the most significant things Jesus Christ ever said was, "I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly!" On the surface, you might ask, "What was He talking about? I already have life!"
But, look a little deeper. Jesus also said, "I am the way the truth and the life..." THE life means life the way God designed it to be. It is the life that comes from recognizing that we were created in God's image, that we are spiritual beings, and that we were made for a relationship with God.
Here is the central point of ENERGY FOR POSITIVE LIVING... In order to have energy (power) for positive living as long as we live we need to begin with a Declaration of Dependence!
You and I are limited, mortal beings. We were not designed to "run" forever. God is unlimited and eternal. The "Good News" is that He invites us to come to Him for energy for positive living.
NUGGETS OF STRENGTH
If we are to grow physically, we need to take in nourishment. The same principle applies to our intellectual and emotional life. We need nourishment and encouragement for every dimension of our lives. The same rule holds true for our spiritual growth. We need nourishment and encouragement from God himself. That "spiritual food" is found in part as He speaks to us in scripture. Here is just a sample of how the bible speaks to us about the strength, power, or energy available to us when we acknowledge our dependence upon Him.
Psalms 68:35 You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
BEGINNING / RENEWING THE POSITIVE LIFE
As you begin or renew your commitment to living positively every day for the rest of your life, make these three steps a part of your "first thing in the morning" routine:
ONE
Affirm these three central truths about who you are:
1. I am created in the image of God!
2. I am essentially a spiritual being!
3. I am created for a relationship with God!
TWO
Make a "Declaration of Dependence" in your own words before you start your daily activities.
THREE
Reflect on one of the "Nuggets of Strength" and come back to it throughout the day. Begin reading through the Psalms and dig out your own nuggets one at a time.
II. OVERCOMING NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
WHAT KIND OF DAY DO YOU WANT?
Have you ever met someone who was so negative that just talking to them gave you negative vibrations? Just being around some people makes you begin to feel negative.
I remember a bright fall day some years ago when I decided to leave my office for a brisk walk. It was a beautiful fall day! The air had that crisp fall chill, the sun was warm and the leaves were a riot of color. It was invigorating.
A neighbor was out doing some work on his storm windows. I had seen him puttering around in his yard before, but never had the chance to talk with him.
"Good morning!" I said.
He grunted, "That's what they say."
Trying to make a bit of conversation, I said, "How are you today?" As if I needed to ask.
"Terrible."
"Well, at least it's a nice day."
"It's freezing!"
Still trying, I said, "Well, the leaves are beautiful."
"Yah, well all they do is clutter up the ground. Takes forever to rake them up." The negative person sees the negative side of everything.
I gave it one last try. "Fall is such a nice time of year, isn't it."
"Means winter's coming."
You couldn't win with this fellow. He was determined to have a rotten day. He almost got me feeling guilty for having a good day! And... here's something else. I believe this man was determined to have a bad day before he ever got out of his house. I would be willing to wager that most of his days are bad days. Whether it is conscious or unconscious, I don't know, but as sure as the sun rises, his days will be numbered less because of that inner attitude!
There is a basic principle of living that I believe is absolutely essential for us to understand... IF we are to know happiness in our living.
The quality (and I believe the quantity) of our days is determined by the attitude we bring to them!
Now this is no new principle. Three thousand years ago, the Psalmist wrote: "This is [the day the LORD has made]; let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24) I highly recommend that you read Psalm 118 through frequently. The basic principle here is that each and every day we have is a gift to us from God and we can decide that we will have joy in this day and that we will be glad (happy) in this day.
If you find yourself struggling with negative emotions day after day and you desire to change those emotions to positive ones, you will need to enter a program of [1] Diagnosis and [2] Remedy.
DIAGNOSING NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
When you begin to look at the reasons why you are plagued with negative emotions, you will encounter the fact that most people are negatively oriented. Perhaps you find that surprising, but it's true. Read the newspaper, watch the news on television or just listen to a lot of people's favorite pastime, the "gripe session." Just as a stream of water will seek the path of least resistance (which is always downhill), so the human spirit unaided by God will seek the path of negative emotions.
Once you realize that negative emotions come more naturally to people than positive emotions, you must have the courage to examine your own life. The first you will need to do is examine your script!
Your script is like an inner tape library of the basic attitudes you have about life. Do you find yourself saying things like, "It will never work," "It's going to be a bad day," "I don't have the strength," "I'm just not good enough," "Things never work out for me."
Now ask yourself, "Where did I get these attitudes?" I remember suggesting this exercise to a woman who spent most of her time struggling with negative emotions. I asked her to write down as long a list as she could of her basic attitudes and beliefs about life. Among other things, she had a terrible relationship with her mother. The next time I saw her, she walked into my office with a look of astonishment on her face.
"I can't believe it," she exclaimed, "I sound just like my mother!"
"And who does she sound like," I asked.
Another look of amazement. "Like her mother!"
The next exercise she did is one that I've asked countless numbers of people to do. Take your script and write "FALSE" beside every negative and untrue statement.
The next step in diagnosis of your negative emotional condition is to ask another question. "Am I inner directed or outer directed?" Most people who are controlled by a negative script are extremely vulnerable to attitudes and circumstances outside of themselves. If they hear someone say, "Some people are born losers," they will immediately have an inner response that goes, "Yah, that's me alright!" And this takes us to the issue of how to remedy or begin to overcome our negative emotions.
REMEDIAL ACTION FOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
1. Examine your script and eliminate negative attitudes about your life!
We've already discussed this, but be aware that first few days, weeks, or even months (depending on the severity of your condition) you will need to make this a daily exercise. (Nobody said it would be easy, but it will be worth the effort.)
2. Minimize and maximize!
Minimize your contacts with people and circumstances that feed your negative emotions and maximize those things that feed the positive. Some people and situations you can not avoid, but you can minimize your exposure to them. For instance, after my contact with the grumpy guy who lived next to our church, the next time I took a brisk fall walk, I looked out the window and saw him out there in his yard. I took my walk in the opposite direction!
3. Focus on the only guaranteed day you have!
Come back with me to the verse we looked at from the Psalmist:
Psalms 118:24 This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Does he say, "Yesterday is the day the Lord has made?" Of course not, yesterday is gone. Now... does he say, "Tomorrow is the day the Lord has made?" No, tomorrow is not here.
That leaves only one day. TODAY! The Psalmist is telling us to focus on today. Today is a gift from God to you and it is filled with all the possibility and potential anyone could hope for. The advice is the same counsel Jesus Christ Himself would give one thousand years later to a crowd gathered on a green hill in Upper Galilee. "Do not be anxious about tomorrow!"
Notice that the Psalmist does not give just a description of the day. (It is a "God-given" day, not "just another day.") He gives a direction for the day. In fact it is an imperative for the day. "Let us... 1) rejoice and 2) be glad in it!"
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I do not want to minimize the struggle or the pain of negative emotions. I know personally how difficult it can be when negative feelings overwhelm you. BUT... I also know that God has a better idea. If you and I will give Him half a chance, He can lift us up and give us the strength to overcome!
One of may favorite thoughts comes from the Apostle Paul: "If God is for us, who can be against us?" This means I never need to face my day alone!
III. JOURNEY FROM FAILURE TO SUCCESS
SUCCESS COMES IN "CANS"...
FAILURE COMES IN "CAN'TS."
Last week we talked about the fact that most of us have an "inner library" of tapes that form the basic beliefs and attitudes we have about life. For many people, those inner messages are destructive. "You'll never make it." "You are not worthy." "You're not good enough." All of us, at one time or another in our lives, struggle with these negative inward themes and some people are absolutely paralyzed by them. When that happens, failure becomes habitual. A basic life attitude develops which says, "I can't!"
There is, however, another life perspective which can break the pattern of cyclical failure. I have that perspective engraved in brass on a plaque that sits on my desk. It is the first thing I see when I sit down to work... a quote from the Apostle Paul:
Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
The journey from failure to success means a switch from a "can't do" attitude to a "can do" attitude; realizing that, "Success comes in cans and failure comes in can'ts!"
AN INSPIRED ATTITUDE
The secret to overcoming failure and moving on to success is an inspired attitude. Instead of being bound to the past and a "I can't do anything," attitude, Paul says, "I can do everything!" Then he adds, "...through Him who gives me strength. In other words, the secret to success is the strength of Christ in us. That's INSPIRATION!
The word "inspiration" literally means to have the Spirit in us. Perhaps you remember Carl Lewis who took several medals in the 1984 Olympics. Everywhere he went, he was dogged by reporters. Lewis told one of them, "By the time you get to the Olympics, it's 100% in your mind. At that point, there's nothing you can do physically."
What many people did not know was that Carl Lewis had made a life-changing decision at a 1981 track meet. He came face to face with himself, and although he was blessed by tremendous physical talent, he knew that he needed inner inspiration. He decided that Jesus Christ was going to be his number one source of inspiration.
That decision was really tested when the trials for the 1988 Olympics came up. The day before he was scheduled to fly to the West Coast, his father, track coach William Lewis died from cancer at the still young age of sixty. Still grieving after the funeral, he vowed to make the 1987 trials the best in his life. He made the trip to California, took the field and posted his best time of the year. His pain was real, but so was his faith and he said, "It was my inner strength and faith in Christ that kept my grief from becoming disabling.
Carl Lewis had an inspired attitude and he knew what Paul meant when Paul wrote, "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength!"
THE SECRET OF AN INSPIRED ATTITUDE
In St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians, he tells them about a prayer he prays for them. That prayer contains the secret of an inspired attitude.
Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I kneel before the Father, {15} from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. {16} I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, {17} so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, {18} may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, {19} and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. {20} Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, {21} to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
There are three gifts of God in this prayer that can change our lives. Theses gifts are yours for the asking. They are: [1] Inner strength, [2] The love of Christ, and [3] God's dream for your life. These gifts represent God's equipment for living successfully -and- without this equipment, our Christian lives will be simply going through the motions. Speaking of "going through the motions", I am reminded of the young lad whose father drove him to church and dropped him off at Sunday School every week. One Sunday morning on the way to church, the boy asked his father, "Dad, did you go to Sunday School when you were a boy?" "Yes I did son," the man answered. "Well," says the lad, "I bet it won't do me any good either!"
The eleventh chapter of Luke's gospel has a very interesting passage on the giving of gifts and what God wants to give us. The end of that section goes this way: Luke 11:13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
It is the Spirit of God within us that is the basis of every good thing God wants to give to us. In Paul's prayer, there are three gifts I call the Christian's "basic issue".
When I joined the Air Force and went to basic training, I received a "basic issue". Everything that reminded us of our old life was shipped home and we received all GI clothing and supplies.
So also a Christian ships off all the old attitudes and asks God for the new.
INNER STRENGTH (V. 16-17)
The secret of inner strength is the presence of Jesus Christ within our lives. And Christ will dwell in our hearts - at the core of our being - but He will never force His way in. He will only come when we ask Him to. This gift of inner strength through the presence of Christ in our lives tells us how much we are worth to God. Just as Jesus was born into this world in a humble stable ... so He will also dwell in us. At Christmas we sing, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and sing the prayer, "O Holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us we pray; Cast out our sin and enter in... BE BORN IN US TODAY!"
THE LOVE OF CHRIST (V. 17-19)
This tells us how much God loves us ... with a love that goes beyond the ability of the human heart to understand. Do you have any idea how much God loves you?
I read a story about a little girl whose father was promoted to the rank of General. When she heard the news, she asked her mother, "Do you think he will mind if I still call him Daddy?"
So also, the child of God comes to the Great and Almighty God of this universe and calls Him "Father!"
GOD'S DREAM FOR YOUR LIFE (V. 20)
Can you grasp the incredible potential of this statement? The power of God, the person of Jesus Christ Himself is at work in us to do more than we can even imagine!
God has a dream for your life!
Affirm each day, throughout the day, "God has a dream for my life! God is able to accomplish His dream for my life! I can do all things through Him who gives me strength."
Failure is based on a lack of worth, a lack of love and a lack of a dream for our life. Success is based, not on what others see in you or even what you see in yourself ... but rather is based on what God sees. AND... God sees you as the object of His love, He sees the value He designed you with, and He has a dream for your life you would never have imagined!
IV. POWER TO UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL
We’ve looked at the issue of Attitude Power and how we human beings were designed for much more than we’ve dared to imagine. Now what? How do we, "get there from here?" Once we’ve determined that God put more potential in us than we have been able to tap, we will need to answer a question. What is the door God enters to unlock the potential that has been designed within each of us?" Mark this down in your spirit!
Faith is the door God enters
to unlock the potential
He has placed within you!
Social scientists of every kind agree on very little! However, they do agree on this fact. Most human beings achieve only a fraction of their potential. There are many reasons given for this. It can be a lack of education, a lack of nutrition, a lack of self esteem, a lack of medical care – or a lack of any number of things.
There is a movement which has been "on again, off again" over the past few decades called the human potential movement. The idea is to help people get in touch with and exercise their potential. I believe there is much more to the issue of achieving our potential than the human potential movement suggests. The God of the bible has much more in store for us than just plain old human potential. Since we are created in the image of God, it is divine potential we want to reach out for – not simply human potential! This is where Attitude Power" as we have used the term, takes a radically different turn than most self help material. The heart of Attitude Power is rooted in the spiritual dimension.
WHERE WE’VE BEEN
A bit of a re-cap is in order before we continue. In the last three chapters, we’ve explored the issue of how we can have spiritual power to meet every tough situation that comes our way. Three keys are important:
1. Before we can reach our potential , we need to embrace three spiritual truths. (Contained in Genesis 1:27)
i. I am created in the image of God.
ii. I am essentially a spiritual being.
iii. I am created for a relationship with God.
2. Most of us, (not all, but most) grew up and matured with at least some degree of "negative tapes" in a kind of inner library. (i.e. "You’re not good enough," "You can’t do anything right," etc.) We need to pay more attention to what God thinks about who we are than to what others say about us. God’s number one statement to us is: "I created you. I don’t make junk! I love you and I will be your strength."
3. Finally we put all of this together in terms of the Apostle Paul’s statement, "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength."
THE KEY CONCEPT OF "ATTUTUDE POWER"
Faith, we said, is the doorway God enters to activate the potential He placed within us. This translates to our key concept which is:
FAITH ACTIVATED POTENTIAL
A brief definition of faith is: "Trusting God’s ability to accomplish His purposes." Our potential is activated when we turn our hearts to God in faith. Since a picture is "worth a thousand words," here are three pictures or models of persons whose potential was activated by faith.
I. THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM
The story of Abraham takes us back to the beginnings of biblical history and it takes us back to one of God’s original examples of someone whose potential was activated by faith.
Genesis 12:1-4 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran.
The New Testament letter to the Hebrews has a comment on Abraham’s venture:
Hebrews 11:8-9 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land…
As the story goes, Abraham didn’t see the birth of his first child until he was 99 years old! Even allowing for a possible difference in how years were numbered, Abraham was well beyond eligibility for Social Security. Pure logic would have told Abraham to stay home, stay put and enjoy retirement. Instead he began a journey which would make him father of a great nation! It was "by faith" that Abraham’s potential was activated.
II. THE EXAMPLE OF RICHARD OLIVER
Richard Oliver wrote a book entitled, "How to Live Beyond a Hundred Happy, Active Years." He was well into his eighties when he wrote the book.
Richard Oliver became an LA trial attorney when he was 80. He had been sickly as a child and no male in his family had made it past age 65. He wrote, "When I was thirty, I looked to be 45. When I was 45, I looked like 45. When I was 84, I looked to be in my sixties!" When Oliver was 30, he looked up his family tree and became very discouraged. The males had a terrible cardiac history.
Rather than give up, Richard Oliver decided that his mental attitude and his faith could make a difference. He studies the life span of human beings and other mammals and concluded that humans should live to be about 120 years old. "At sixty," he wrote, "We should be middle age!" Oliver made it to what he considered a premature death at 86. However, he outlived all men in his family by twenty years.
Richard Oliver discovered a potential within which had been given by God and which was activated by his faith.
III. THE EXAMPLE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
More than 125 years ago, an underweight baby was born in a shack to a slave mother. He was known as Carver’s George after a slave owner named Moses Carver. The young lad was carried off in a raid and never saw his family again. He was returned to his owner Moses Carver years later. There did not seem to be much potential for a slave’s child back then. But Carver’s George grew up with faith in God and never accepted the word "can’t" as something that applied to him.
George Washington Carver earned a degree in agriculture at Iowa State University and went to work as a professor at Tuskeege Institute in Alabama. Carver was a brilliant botanist who combined biblical insight in his classes which blended science and religion. Carver focused on the plight of his people and turned his attention to the economy of the South as the Boll Weevil threatened to destroy the economic base of Southern farmers.
Carver worked in his workshop he called "God’s little workshop" and came up with some promising research on the peanut. "What? Monkey food!" was the response of Booker T. Washington, then president of Tuskeege. Carver took the peanut and ground it, smashed it, boiled it, and dried it. His fame spread as he taught farmers to turn the peanut into economic success. He was finally invited to Washington, DC to address congress on the virtues of the peanut, but when they saw he was an African American, his time was cut to ten minutes.
Carver began to show congress his peanut oil, milk coffee, flour, relish and other peanut derivatives. Two hours passed, and his presentation was still going on – mock oysters, fertilizer…
George Washington Carver received job offers from all over the country. He could have become a wealthy man, but he chose to stay at Tuskeege and "God’s little workshop." His greatest gift to us is the example of a person whose potential was activated by faith.
AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR LIFE’S JOURNEY
If you remember just one concept from this brief exposition of the incredible power our attitudes have, make it this:
"Faith is the door God enters
to unlock the potential
He placed within you!"
Someone reported that George Washington Carver began his incredible exploration of the peanut in "God’s little workshop" by taking the peanut in his hand and asking, "Lord, why did you make the peanut?"
You can do something like that by asking, you begin – in "Lord, why did you make me?" When faith – to see your life from God’s perspective and detach from the perspective of those around you who would hold you back, you will begin to discover the wonderful world of soaring on eagle’s wings!
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength,.
They will mount up on wings like eagles!
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