40 days in the wilderness....Day 9

It was a quiet day. If I'm being honest, not much inspiration today. Not an A-HA moment. I know there are bound to be days like today but I'm still surprised when it happens.

I listened to the last of the sermon series taught by Pastor James MacDonald. If you've not heard him teach, tune in to Walk In The Word (online). You will not be disappointed. The series was called Lord, Change My Attitude (Before It's Too Late).

This is what the series looks like:

Week 1: Replace a Complaining Attitude

Week 2: With a Thankful Attitude

Week 3: Replace a Covetous Attitude

Week 4: With an Attitude of Contentment

Week 5: Replace a Critical Attitude

Week 6: With an Attitude of Love

Week 7: Replace a Doubting Attitude

Week 8: With an Attitude of Faith

Week 9: Replace a Rebellious Attitude

Week 10: With a Submissive Attitude

Week 11: Lord, Heal Me

Powerful, powerful messages. In Week 11 he said " Our attitudes reveal who we really are -- our real selves"

Scripture says "out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks".

He defined wilderness attitudes as the following:

*Complaining

*Coveting

*Criticizing

*Doubting

*Rebelling

Yikes! That is hard to take. ALL of those are attitudes I need to work on!

He said, "Turn on these attitudes"

*Thankfulness

*Contentment

*Love

*Faith

*Submission

I spend a lot of time in the wilderness. My attitude needs adjusting often. Sometimes moment by moment I must make a choice of where I'm going to be. There's no question where I want to be but that doesn't mean it's easy to get there and stay there. I've been well aware of my complaining. I had myself convinced that it wasn't me but instead the circumstance surrounding me. But through a LOT of prayer and study God helped me (very lovingly) to see that is was ME. God is a gentle correcter.

James says "The circumstances of life bring us, continually, to a fork in the road. We continually have a choice to make". Isn't that so true? There is not a single attitude on that wilderness list that I don't have total control over and look at the beautiful choices I can replace that wilderness attitude with......thankfulness, contentment, love, faith, submission.....those are beautiful choices. But even more beautiful than that? I'm not alone, EVER!

Hope you had a God day!

XOXO