Winning In Challenging Times Do you know that we are destined to win in challenging times? Instead of living a life of winning, we settle to live a life of losing. Losing becomes a habit and some are resigned to the fact that things will never change. Have you ever felt this way? Have you given up on your dreams? Good news is, our mind can be directed to the life we want to live without having to settle for less. All we need to do is to reprogram our way of thinking to change our way of living. Success and failure is dependent on our attitude. Winning in life is dependent on our way of thinking. If there is good news, there is a not so good news is. The reality is we will experience CHALLENGES, before we can become successful. Consider the following examples: • In his first year in the automobile business, Henry Ford went bankrupt. Two years later, his second company also failed. His third corporation has done rather well. • Dr. Seuss’s first children’s book was rejected by 23 publishers; the 24th publisher sold six million copies of it. • Lucio Tan started his first business a corn starch factory failed. But instead of being deterred, Tan persisted and worked even harder to succeed in business. Once you are confronted with a challenge. The issue is not the challenge. The issue is how did we respond to the challenge? Did you back out or face the challenge head on? What should be our perspective about a challenge? Challenge is an opportunity to learn, to grow, to mature. LEARN Learn new things. The reason why you are having a hard time facing the challenge, because it is just new to you. Once you know how to overcome the challenge, now it becomes easy to you. GROW Growth is good but with it comes growing pains. If you want to grow your muscles, you need to lift heavy weights and in the process will stretch and tear your muscles. No pain! No gain! Just like how James encourages their followers to respond during challenging times. 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 MATURE Once we pass the test, we will become more mature. Mature in our way of thinking and living. Challenges make us stronger. Help us to mature mentally. emotionally, relationally and even spiritually. CHALLENGES are not stumbling block but they are stepping stones to reach our goals. Rejoice, in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. youtu.be/9VKSPPHNQRU izzarain.swaultimate facebook/dyna
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