Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
Power of Spiritual Thinking - Power of Negative Thinking
May 13th, 2008Previous |
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They are stronger than we are; we seem like grasshoppers -
Numbers 13:31-33
- Negativity oftn excites stronger emotions
- Easily swayed by the negative report
- Forgot God's amazing miracles and victories
- Negative thinking is a pervasive tendency
- Majority of people inevitably practice negative thinking
- No wonder so many people reacted negatively to Jesus
- How many were confident that the resurrection would follow? Next to nil
- Negativism is deceptive to observers - seems normal
- Negatives are often mixed with positives to sound better
- Leaders have a responsibility to determine the thinking of the group
- Negativity is tragic in its results - destroys faith and unity of the group
No one remembers the names of the spies, we do know the name of those who avoided or overcame negativeness