The Holy Spirit flows through a godly attitude, not an ungodly one. It all begins with our thinking and we determine how we choose to view a certain circumstance. We can change our attitudes by examining our thinking. We can hinder the Holy Spirit when we have attitudes such as bitterness, unforgiveness, disrespect, anger, seeking revenge or being ungrateful. Our attitudes become the behavior we display and as a believer we need to be extremely mindful of that. When I used to work in the office with a lot of different personalities I used to always tell them to look at the job with a grateful heart and know that it could always be worse. In my last days there when I really struggled myself I would recite to myself all the positive attributes of the job and it sustained me until the Lord told me it was time to move on. I had one employee who I used to be extremely close with until I realized how bad her attitude was. It was such a turn off and she repelled most of the office because of her poor outlook and attitude and it eventually cost her the job. We all know someone like that who chooses to look at the glass half empty. But as a child of God there is no tolerance for it because it shows lack of gratitude and respect to our Father in Heaven for He created us as we are and our life path is what He chose so how dare we complain or grumble to what He has given us. It is not about us and when we study the Word and meditate on His wants and desires, we will think differently, then act differently. He gave us the most precious gift we could ever receive and none of us are worthy and we know it yet we walk around with a pompous or negative attitude? Hear me...it is never "justified" and it is never "warranted" for we are to be grateful and exude a blessed attitude every single day of our daily life here on earth.
Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23
*blurbs of this are from a Joyce Meyer book I read.
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