Here’s a great clip from Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. It’s a good word on the subject of discouragement. If you’ve been around Memorial these past weeks, you know we’ve concluded a series called “Be Contagious.” The central theme of this series: If you change your attitude, you can change your life. Attitude is a choice. We choose our attitude and must choose well. Dr. Peale tells a wonderful story about never being discouraged again!
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I do. But, I think we might be able to resurrect decorum. If change begins with me, then affability or civility starts with me. Culturally we’ve somehow gotten to this […]
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Figured that would grab you. Don’t get the wrong idea, I really do believe in the practice of prayer. Yet, I know there are things you will never pray away. I’m a […]
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Peale must not have ever read the Psalms. The gospel is not “positive thinking.” Come on pastor Brad. I understand as believers we should walk in the joy of the Lord, but that is far different than the doctrine of NVP. Why does one need Jesus to merely think positive?