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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Increase comes from God

[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Enhance your mental wellbeing [2]

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Oke Chinye
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Read: PHILIPPIANS 4:4-9

Meditation verse:

“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble,  whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely,  whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything  praiseworthy—meditate on these things” (Philippians 4:8).

Here are more ways to guarantee your emotional and mental wellbeing:  

o Be very intentional about what you focus on. It is so easy to focus on what  you have lost, times you have failed, whose fault it is and why it happened.  The human brain prefers to focus on what could go wrong.  

o Constantly audit your focus. Ask yourself ‘why am I feeling this way’?  What am I focusing on? Then change your focus if you need to. Spend your  time on things that build your confidence rather than on what diminishes  it. 

o Regulate the influence of your external forces on your mental health. Ask  yourself, ‘what is that thing in the outside world that when I see, it reduces  my self-confidence and sense of self-worth? It may be presence of certain  people or the social media handles of some individuals, which portray them  as being perfect. Distance yourself from whatever it is.  

o Be the observer and controller of your life. A thermometer fluctuates up  and down, depending on the temperature of the environment, whilst a  thermostat controls the temperature. Choose to be a thermostat.  

o Figure out what you are good at and develop yourself to become amazing  at it. Stop focusing on fixing your weaknesses. It is a losing strategy for  your mental wellbeing. Pay others to do what you are not good at.  

o Lastly, get out of the goal post of your life and play in the midfield. Action  breeds confidence. Inaction breeds fear.

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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