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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Monday, January 23, 2006
Choice of feelings
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You create your feelings and you are responsible for them. By controlling those feelings in a positive and purposeful way, you can profoundly change your life for the better.
If you blame another person for your feelings, what you’re really doing is giving that person control over an important part of your life. If you avoid taking responsibility for your feelings, those feelings can quickly overwhelm you and leave you powerless.
The way you feel can affect every corner of your life. By taking positive control of your feelings, you put yourself in a powerful and influential position in your world.
Keep in mind that every feeling you experience is a feeling you have chosen. Though much of what comes your way is beyond your control, the way you feel about it all is completely up to you.
If your life seems to be stuck, that’s a sure sign that you’re holding on to feelings that are no longer appropriate. Know that you can let those feelings go and be gloriously free to move quickly ahead.
Feelings are powerful and can bring much richness to life, and the power they have is the power you choose to give them. Choose your feelings wisely, and life will be rich indeed.
Ralph Marston
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Matthew 9:14-17
“Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
“And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
“But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.”
“Nor do men put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.” Matthew 9:14-17 (NAS)
Isaiah 66:1-2
“Thus says the LORD, “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?”
“For My hand made all these things, thus all these things came into being,” declares the LORD. But to this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.” Isaiah 66:1-2 (NAS)
Daily Bible Reading
Today’s reading (to read the entire Bible in a Year):
New Testament — Matthew 15:1 - 15:20.
Old Testament — Genesis 47-48.
