…by focusing your thoughts on what you want or need, your mental energy will bring those things to you.
True: acknowledges that we all have big wishes and needs.
False: Human-centered: appeals to our desire to control our lives, avoiding suffering and increasing happiness. Puts the responsibility for well-being on us (mainly on our thought life). It also assumes we know what’s best for our well-being, which isn’t always the case.
Grace Alternative
Shifts the responsibility for our well-being from us to God.
Through faith in Jesus, we can be confident that all of our needs will be met even beyond what we can think or imagine for ourselves. Focusing all our mental energy on that truth produces confidence, peace, and contentment.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Phil. 4:8, NIV.
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