POSITIVE LIVING

  Introduction

       A.  Positive living comes from biblical thinking, which is God’s will for our lives.

       B.  We can’t live positively by concentrating on the “things” of the world.

       C.  Let’s observe three facts about positive living.

   I.  Positive living comes from understanding positive principles.

       A.  The divine law of sowing and reaping.  Galatians 6:7-8 (862)

             1.  It always occurs just as it has been planned.

             2.  The mind is the “soil” and the “seed” must be positive.

             3.  Aspects of principle.

  II.  Positive living comes from right thinking.

       A.  We are what we think.  Proverbs 23:7

       B.  We must think right about:

             1.  God.  Acts 17:29 (818)

             2.  Self.  Genesis 1:26-27 (1)

             3.  Others.  Matthew 7:12 (708)

             4.  The church.  Matthew 16:13-18 (717)

             5.  Salvation.  1 John 5:11-13 (902)

III.  Positive living comes from doing right. 

       A.  According to God’s word.  Matthew 7:21-29 (708)

Conclusion

       A.  We choose what we are to become.  We are what we are because of the product

             we have produced with God’s help.