Today I want to share one of the best tools I have ever learned. I used it when I was hiking recently near Kentucky Lake. The hills were steep, and I was slowing down. So, I decided to not think of myself as slow and instead think of myself as having great energy!  And the next thing Steve noticed I was passing him up! I had quickened my speed and improved my mood!

What about moods?

OK, I confess years ago I prayed for God to help me be in a better mood. Sometimes for the sake of my marriage – sometimes for the sake of me – and always for the sake of the dog!

Moods – can shape our day or crash our day. So why not pray for God to change them?

Moods:   I Can! ~ I Won’t! ~ I Will! ~ Whatever!
 

Moods that include ‘I Won’t’ or ‘Whatever’ are very damaging to our life physically and spiritually.

Moods that include ‘I Can’ and ‘I will’ are a cleanse to the entire soul.  I will show you how- keep reading.

Here is a 3-question test to see if you are in the I Won’t or Whatever category:

• Do you pray for your moods to change – let God deal with it.
• Do you criticize your progress?
• Are you gaining weight?

Moods are a choice.

They start with a thought and build to a belief. No one person or circumstance determines your mood. Your husband can bring home a large flat of flowers for your garden and you say – ‘wow, that lifted my mood’ (I am using this example in case my husband is reading this 😊).

Yet, your mood is a choice. Another person can get mad at that scenario because he bought roses instead of lilies.  It is all a choice.

God will not change your mood.

Only you can tell it to go away when you are in the ‘I won’t’ or ‘I can’t’. Only you determine your mood. Not your spouse, your kids or the dog.

Grumbling or complaining is pride in action. Pride is feeling entitled to something better. Complaints are about comparison or feeling entitled to something – even a better mood.

Pride is telling God – what is happening in your life is not good enough.

How to start having incredible days!

First, let’s throw away all complaining, comparing, and I won’t attitude.

Let’s put on the garment of praise.

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Feed Your Moods

Diet feeds good and bad moods. Choose the Happy Buffet of real food God designed.

🏃Run from fake whites: white flour, white sugar, white salt, white vinegar and white rice. All these foods are altered beyond God’s goodness. They contribute to a sickly microbiome which leads to mood swings that would make an ape dizzy.🐵

Choose Your Moods

Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything is worthy of praise, dwell on these things….. Practice these things… and the God of peace will be with you.

Rejoice in the Lord greatly.

Choose for yourself this day whom you will serve.

Rejoice in the Lord always.

Sing to the Lord a new song.

Think on these things.

Discipline Your Moods

Weight gain, poor sleep, mental fog, lack of exercise endurance, poor work habits, not willing or able to eat/cook healthy – all come down to lack of boundaries - discipline.

Discipline is our daily act of obedience and desire. Obeying God’s laws in our body and in our relationships help us to have better moods. Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness.

We have to pick ourselves us by the back of the neck and shake ourselves; then we will find that we can do what we believed we were unable to do.

Eating poorly – lack of discipline, or pretending processed foods is good for you is a lack of discipline. This leads to poor mental function and ultimately poor moods.

Choose to eat better. Choose to supplement with good pre and pro biotics.

The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in the flesh. Oswald Chambers.

Stop choosing the I won’t and start choosing the I will!  Your moods will be instantly improved.

Live everyday in the realization and
expectation of God’s goodness.

🎼Happy day - happy day - today is going to be a happy day!🎼