“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.”
Ephesians 4:31 (NKJV)

SEPTEMBER 3 - “NO! NO! NO!” Stomping her feet, then throwing herself down dramatically, banging her head against the supermarket floor, the twoyear - old screamed, completely aware that by throwing such a tantrum, Mother would have no choice but yield to her desire for three new toys and a bag of chocolate candy. Calmly pulling the child up from the ground, escorting her speedily out the front doors, in the privacy of their automobile, that mother knew what to do—she knew how to conquer negativity in her child’s life so that it would not ultimately master her thoughts—in fact, three or four swats would conquer it for sure! And if we, as grown adults, refuse to eliminate negative things from our lives, those negative things ultimately destroy us, and there is nothing we can do about it.

Negativity is like a virus to a computer. Once you allow it into your system, it slowly kills you. And as in the case of this mother who desired to rid her child of negativity once and for all, the quickest way to rid ourselves of negativity is to separate from those who are negative. Negativity, you see, is a spirit that transfers from person to person.

Make a practice to see things from a positive perspective. When you make the life-changing decision to see things through the window of God’s Word, that negativity soon vanishes from your life, once and for all.

Father, I thank You that I put away from me all bitterness, wrath, clamor, and evil speaking. I decide to see things through Your Word and I choose joy.

Family Scripture Reading

Revelation 20

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