Stop Doing This so you can Start Doing That

We often hear of things we need to do in order for us to create a better opportunity and future but there are things to stop doing that will create a prosperous future. In other words, no one can go back and start a new beginning but we can start today and make a new ending.

Stop running from problems!
It's not easy to face things but through Christ you can overcome challenges and experience the development of spiritual muscle. Building a habit of facing adversity creates a momentum towards maturity that brightens the light of witness beyond the average. The pain in the change from one level of maturity to another must be deemed worth it if I am going to grow.

Stop looking to others for happiness!
You have to possess the true source of happiness in your own life first - Jesus Christ. When he is your source of satisfaction, then stability and spiritual equilibrium becomes a place of solid footing for your life. Healthy communication with the Lord and daily practice of his principles results in an inward satisfaction being filled by God himself.

Stop letting others bring you down to their level!
Don't lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs. Many times we can spend wasted moments in being drawn into conversations, arguments, and debates that accomplish nothing in a positive way. Actually, the opposite happens and we drop to their level and lose the distinctiveness of Christ that sets us apart from those without him.

Stop being unthankful!
Regardless how good or bad you have it, learn to wake up each day thankful for your life.  Somewhere in the world a person is desperately fighting for theirs.  Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, try thinking about what you do have.

Philippians 4:4-6
⁴  Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
⁵  Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
⁶  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Once you stop the bad - now fill the vacuum with good! You will be glad you did. Your way will become prosperous.

Joshua 1:8
⁸  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.