THE POSITIVE GAME

Mark 11:23-24 NKJV For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

I wonder if you remember the story of a little girl called Pollyanna who played the “Glad Game’, where she had to think of something to be glad about, even when things had gone wrong? As we were out walking yesterday, the thought popped in my head to make it the ‘Positive Game’, where we have to think of something positive that God has said or promised, and declare it over our lives. I realised I was needing to inject some lightheartedness into things and as I started speaking positively I began to feel brighter!😊

When circumstances look negative, or when things are not working out the way we thought, we have to start taking our faith out and polishing it up! On purpose we need to declare things over our lives that will lift our spirits, believing we can have what we say based on God’s word, just like Jesus said.

For instance we can say, ‘I declare that my future is bright because God promised not to harm me but to give me a future and a hope to bless me. I declare that my faith is going to make a difference to my decisions this week and expect the best not the worst case scenario! I declare that all things are going to work out for our good according to God’s promise. I declare God’s goodness and mercy are overtaking me, so it will be a good day. I declare I’m surrounded by the amazing favour of God wherever I go this week.”

I hope you’re entering into this.😊 Try bouncing off somebody with it. Challenge them to think of something positive to counteract the doom and glooms, to lift the atmosphere in order to deliberately put some lightness into it, so hope rises up again instead of defeat.😊

Jesus told us to cheer up because He has overcome the world and what is it that overcomes the world? - our faith, which is fired up by positive God inspired thoughts and words. Woohoo! Come on, stir it up!

As you begin this new week, I challenge you to think of something positive that makes you feel better, based on a promise of God, write it down, pin it up on the fridge if it helps, but speak it out to somebody, or text it! Go on - whether you’re by yourself or with someone - be a faith person! Don’t say anything negative for quarter of an hour (or longer if you can) but keep coming back to saying something positive, agree with God and see what happens!😊Amen.

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