I want you to live at your full potential. Here are four steps you
can take to to live your life to the fullest:
- Choose to be happy. Happiness is an attitude. Make a decision every day to be happy. Many people focus on what they don’t have instead of what they
do have. They focus on what’s wrong instead of what’s right. I believe
that all of us can be happy right where we are. We can say, “I’m in
a tough situation, but I’m going to make the most of it.” Don’t
wait to be happy one day. Every day you live negative and discouraged, that’s
a day you waste. I’m not going to waste life just because I don’t
get my way.
- Live to give. The spirit of Christianity is having an attitude and lifestyle of giving. If you’ll make it your business to make somebody else’s
day, God will make your day. Most unhappiness is selfishness—being focused
on your problems or thinking about how you might get ahead in your career. You
need to focus more on others.
- Find strength through adversity. I believe that God won’t let something come into your life unless He’s going to use it for your good. In your struggles,
learn to say, “God will make something good out of this. This is a tough
time, but I will believe and trust. I may not see a turnaround for a year or more,
but I believe it will happen.” In the darkest hour, God always opens up
a new door. So, stop thinking about your faults and weaknesses, all the mistakes
you made last week. Stop dwelling on what you’ve done wrong and start dwelling
on what you’ve done right. You may not be all you’re supposed to be,
but we all make mistakes. Just learn to be quick to repent and do better next
time.
- Let go of the negative things in your past. You can’t receive the new things God wants for you if you won’t let go of the old. I talk with so
many people who have been through a bitter divorce, and they want to live their
life angry. Maybe it wasn’t their fault; somebody hurt them. I tell them,
“Dragging the negative things of yesterday into today will only ruin today.
You choose to be angry, and over time anger becomes a habit. It’s who you
become, because you think you have to be angry.” People are hungry for hope
and encouragement. Eagles fly as high as 20,000 feet. If you want to get rid of
your past, you’ve got to come up higher. Don’t ever sink down to anger
and argue with God. Don’t try to pay somebody back. Be the bigger person.
Overlook faults, and walk in love.
What I preach every week is how I try to live. I’m tempted,
as we all are. But you have to resist and keep your mind and thoughts pure. You’ve
got to pray to not enter into temptation when you are tempted. Guard what you
watch on TV and movies. Don’t let dirty images or negative thoughts into
your mind. Guard what you allow to come into your mind and heart. PE
