Next Sunday's big idea is: your focus determines your reality. For what it's worth, that's also a Batterson family value. It's also what Qui-Gon said to Anakin Skywalker :)
The longer I live the more I believe that external circumstances don't determine who a person becomes. It's their internal outlook on life. You can find something bad in the best of circumstances and you can find something good in the worst of circumstances. The question is: what are we looking for? Here's a universal principle: we tend to see what we're looking for. If you're looking for something to criticize you'll find it. If you're looking for something to praise you'll find it.
That's where worship comes into play. It's looking for something for something to praise. It's choosing to focus on God's greatness not our badness. Or to put it into Wired for Worship terms: don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God.
Worship is all about focus.
Here's one practical tip:
We start every staff meeting by sharing wins.
The "old school" word is "testimony." Sharing wins gets us focused on the positive things God is doing. It has become part of our culture. It sets the tone for everything we do!
If you're pastoring, put "wins" at the top of every meeting agenda. It's positive reinforcement. You need to celebrate what you want to see more of.
It doesn't matter whether it's a boardroom, classroom, or locker room, sharing wins is one small step/one giant leap towards creating a positive environment. Sharing wins can revolutionize a church culture, family culture, or work environment.
The longer I live the more I believe that external circumstances don't determine who a person becomes. It's their internal outlook on life. You can find something bad in the best of circumstances and you can find something good in the worst of circumstances. The question is: what are we looking for? Here's a universal principle: we tend to see what we're looking for. If you're looking for something to criticize you'll find it. If you're looking for something to praise you'll find it.
That's where worship comes into play. It's looking for something for something to praise. It's choosing to focus on God's greatness not our badness. Or to put it into Wired for Worship terms: don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God.
Worship is all about focus.
Here's one practical tip:
We start every staff meeting by sharing wins.
The "old school" word is "testimony." Sharing wins gets us focused on the positive things God is doing. It has become part of our culture. It sets the tone for everything we do!
If you're pastoring, put "wins" at the top of every meeting agenda. It's positive reinforcement. You need to celebrate what you want to see more of.
It doesn't matter whether it's a boardroom, classroom, or locker room, sharing wins is one small step/one giant leap towards creating a positive environment. Sharing wins can revolutionize a church culture, family culture, or work environment.
3 Comments:
I think NCC is one big win. Yeah God for what He is doing there! H
Hello,
I have a couple of honest questions.
Does it really matter wether our thoughts are positive or negative? or Does God arrange our circumstances based on our thought process? isn't the key to worship based on doing it in "Spirit and Truth"?
I believe that thinking positive is thinking "in the Spirit". The Bible tells us "Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious--the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse." - Philippians 4:8 - The Message. The KJV actually says, "whatsoever things are of good report ... think on these things"
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