{"id":12895,"date":"2024-06-12T16:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shreveministries.org\/wp2\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2024-06-13T00:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:00:44","slug":"change-or-choose-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shreveministries.org\/wp2\/2024\/06\/change-or-choose-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Change or Choose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the years, I have learned some important lessons. But I think one of the main ones was to stop giving other people so much control over my life. We spend years letting others control our existence. We don\u2019t follow our heart because someone is speaking into our ear, sowing seeds of doubt and fear into us. We close doors of opportunity waiting for someone to give us the okay to walk through them.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You need to take complete responsibility for your surroundings and for your current circumstances. You must allow God to be the author and finisher. That is the first step to making any changes in life.<\/div>\n
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If you are not happy with how things are going, you can do something about it. The Bible says – \u201cThe joy of the Lord is your strength.\u201d Maybe you don\u2019t have the strength to change because you have no joy. It\u2019s time to stop complaining and reclaim your joy. Take back what the enemy has stolen from you. Refuse to walk in self pity and doubt.<\/div>\n
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I read a quote the other day that really changed my perspective on complaining about things that I can change.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIf you aren\u2019t changing it, then you\u2019re choosing it.\u201d Wow? That got me in so many ways.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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Maybe some or all of the following fit your situation. It is a choice to stay in a town where you feel stuck. It is a choice to stay in a job that you hate. It is a choice to stay in a relationship that makes you miserable. You can choose to be miserable or you can choose to be happy. It\u2019s up to you.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Stop blaming other people for your life not going as planned. Maybe your circumstances aren\u2019t completely your fault, but if you don\u2019t choose to change the things that you don\u2019t like, then staying in that place of inaction IS your fault.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Once you realize that this life is yours and only yours (under submission to God, of course), then you can stop giving other people power over it. Instead of living a life of reactions, try to live a life of action.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Take control. Don\u2019t just sit back and wait to respond to what happens to you. Instead, decide what you want and go after it. Do everything that you can to get it! You can change the temperature of your life.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Don\u2019t just be reactive; be PROACTIVE!<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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