Think Again!

118 • Think Again: Transformation That Yields a Return on God’s Investment

• I have an enemy (1 Pet. 5.8). • This is God’s work, not mine (Matt. 9.38).

• I have everything I need for life and godliness (2 Pet. 1.3). • People are not my enemies; every problem has a cosmic origin (Eph. 6.12). • No circumstances are beyond redemption (Rom. 8.37-39). • I have the power to be content in all situations (Phil. 4.11-13). • Everything I have received is by grace, not my accomplishments (Eph. 2.8-10). • God is more powerful than the devil (1 John 4.4). • I am qualified to do his work (Col. 1.11-12; 2 Cor. 3.5). • I walk by faith not by sight (2 Cor. 5.7). • God loves me and has invested in me (Matt. 13). • The Spirit leads me into truth (John 16.13).

If you have trouble coming up with objective truth, it may be helpful to pull out your list of feelings and then make a list of contrasting truths in another column. For example:

Instead of (from Gather Subjectively)

You Can Affirm (Focus Objectively)

Nobody cares about me

You like me and others do too

You have given me gifts to serve the body

I have no talent

I’m miserable

I can be content

I’m lonely

Thank you for my friends