For many people, remaining optimistic and feeling positive about themselves and their lives is a constant battle - especially when circumstances are difficult and life is hard.
For others, negativity is something that only sneaks up from time to time, yet still wreaks havoc in their hearts. Regardless of the root causes, once pessimistic thoughts permeate our minds, our feelings and emotions begin to control us instead of us controlling them. Eventually it doesn't seem possible to stay positive, happy, and full of joy, and negative thought patterns shake our faith, causing us to sink emotionally, mentally, and spiritually over time. But it doesn't have to be that way. Despite what storms roll in, hearts anchored in God don't sink. When we change the way we think, we can change the way we feel and live, even if our circumstances remain the same. Intentionally embracing the opportunity to experience a transformed heart and a renewed mind opens the door for a changed life, because a positive mind will always lead to a more positive life.
In
Unsinkable Faith, author and Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker Tracie Miles offers hope for women who struggle with negativity. Each chapter explores Tracie's and other women's personal stories, showing how they rose above their circumstances by transforming and renewing their minds.
Unsinkable Faith is a breath of fresh air for anyone longing for a heart full of joy, an unbreakable smile, and a new, more optimistic perspective on life. This book will equip you to:
-Replace pessimism with positive thinking by becoming the captain of your thoughts;
-Learn how true joy and happiness are based on choice, not circumstances;
-Overcome unhealthy habits of negative thinking by intentionally implementing three easy mind-renewing steps;
-Stop feeling hopeless and pitiful, and start feeling hope-filled and powerful instead; and
-Discover that when you change the way you think, you change the way feel, and in turn you can change your life completely.
My Thoughts:
“Our thoughts have power, but it
is always up to us what thoughts we give power to.” (p.107)
Tracie Miles has grasped a profound truth in her book, Unsinkable Faith. That truth has set her free from her past,
the lies she has believed when she has looked only at her circumstances, and
the lies the enemy has whispered into her heart and mind that burden her with
guilt and shame. What is this truth? The
powerful truth of God’s word!
Tracie Miles shares stories from her own life experience as well as
those of others that have intersected her life, and tells readers some of the
many ways we can become trapped in our own thought life and rendered
ineffective in God’s kingdom. When we
begin to identify our negative thought patterns and replace them with the truth
of God’s Word, our minds become transformed and are able to rise above life’s
many and sometimes difficult circumstances and become positive, encouraging
testimonies of God’s love and power in our lives.
Each chapter illustrates practical things we can do to begin this
process of renewing our minds. At the
end of each chapter, the author gives the reader things to reflect upon, memory
verses that can be used to replace the negative thoughts, and then a personal
challenge to go deeper and apply the truths you’ve learned from God’s Word to
your own circumstances. This is a
process that, over time, will help anyone overcome their negative thought life!
PS…This is one in a series of books God has brought into my life that
has a very similar and powerful message
about the importance of renewing my mind with God’s word. As a very wise person told me once, when I
shared the many ways God kept sending me the same message, “I think God is
shouting at you!” I am listening
Lord!! Thank you Tracie Miles for being
faithful to share God’s truth!
About the Author:
Tracie Miles is a national speaker with Proverbs 31 Ministries and a bestselling author who's spent the last twelve years inspiring women to become who God called them to be. She's the author of "Your Life Still Counts" and "Stressed-Less Living," and a contributor to Proverbs 31 Ministries daily devotions.
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