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TOPUCU Adult Faith-Based Workbook Lesson 4: Part 2

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it The sixth E in the formula stands for Excuses. you’ll become.” This isn’t just a fancy quote.
will eat its fruits." — Proverbs 18:21 (NIV) And you know what needs to be said here. This is truth. You have to start believing in
No excuses. Period. Now that you’re walking the new you. You have to start believing
reading positive messages and scriptures Now start enjoying the thought. Start down this path, you have to remove the in the positive thoughts that enter your
daily? Are you surrounding yourself with enjoying the fact you can actually change. word “excuse” from your vocabulary. There’s mind and rejecting the negative thoughts.
people that speak life, not death? Are you See yourself finishing strong and enjoy that an old saying that goes like this, “Losers Champions have learned this principle.
seeking out every way possible to put feeling. Celebrate it! Enjoy what it will be like have excuses; winners have reasons.” David People who reach goals and stick to
yourself in the position to allow positive once you’ve conquered this area of life that had every excuse in the world, but he didn’t resolutions have learned this principle.
thoughts to enter your mind? If not, then has been a challenge to you. give up. He refused to lose. After being sold People who excel in the workplace or in
what are you waiting for? Remember the into slavery by his brothers, Joseph could school have learned this principle. People
idea behind building block habits? This is And now comes the fun part. You need to have used any number of excuses to give who have wanted to turn away from
one of them! Lay the foundation. Make it a experience what you’ve been thinking. in to despair, but he refused to lose. You’re addictions and bad habits have learned
habit to fill your world with positivity and Start speaking what you’ve been thinking. not here to lose. So get rid of those excuses. this principle. You need to learn this
other great habits will develop from it. Yes, it will feel ridiculous to start talking Stop looking for pity. Stop looking for principle and you need to apply it,
about things that haven’t happened yet, but sympathy. Start looking for reasons. because if you don’t, The Only Person
Now entertain and think of your plan and the power in your words cannot be taken No excuses. U Cheat is U. TOPUCU.
how you’re going to accomplish it. Think lightly. And no, we’re not talking about
of the positive results that will come of this bragging to your friends and family about The final E stands for Envelope. Wrap This lessons memorization will sound easy,
transformation. Consider the P.A.T. method how you’re going to do this crazy thing yourself in positivity. Will there be people but will actually take a little work. Memorize
we discussed. Yes, the work may be painful and how you’re going to accomplish that who think you’ve lost your mind? Sure! Will “7 E's”, but you have to also memorize each
now, but the idea of failing to reach your awesome thing. Put simply, use the power of there be others who gravitate toward you word, Entrance, Entertain, Examine, Enjoy,
goal is more painful. So continue to your tongue to make positive declarations and admire your new positivity? Absolutely! Experience, Excuse and Envelope. Remember
entertain the positive “I can do it” rather than negative denouncements. Trust And eventually those who don’t get it may you need to stop negative thoughts at the
thoughts over and over. us, these positive statements will give you also come around. Make your change an word Entrance. Don't entertain them. On
belief that you can accomplish your task “around the clock” process. At times it will be the other hand you need to nurture all 7 E's
Then start examining what life would be and reach your goal. When you start saying exhausting and even frustrating, but you will when you have Positive thoughts. You can
like if you actually moved from this mental it, believing it, and most importantly acting see results if you persist. choose to be negative or positive, the choice
exercise to actually doing this thing. Would on it, you will start to see change. The main is yours. When you look at your Starter Band
you do better in school? Would you be point here is that the words you speak out In summary, “you are who you think you think positive thoughts.
a more valuable employee? Could your of your mouth must be positive. Even if you are and you’ll become who you think
relationship with God grow stronger? Might don’t believe it in the beginning, you have to
you even dare to start your own company? speak positive words.
Would you be getting in shape and seeing NOTES:
that person in the mirror you always Here’s a key. All the belief in the world with
wanted to be? Reading more? Would you no action still equals no results. So you have
be a better parent, a better son, a better to start doing the thing you’re speaking. If
daughter, a better sibling? Would you be you’re speaking positive statements about
a better friend? Would you be a better weight loss, you have to do the things that
person? The more examining you do, the lead to weight loss like eating healthier and
better chance you’ll have at accomplishing exercising more. James 2:26 says,
it! Remember Philippians 4:8 “…whatever “…faith without deeds is dead.” (NIV) This,
is true, whatever is noble, whatever is of course, pertains directly to our walk with
right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, the Lord. However the symbolism of the
whatever is admirable--if anything is statement is powerful. Thinking and speaking
excellent or praiseworthy--think about without the doing equals nothing. Thinking,
such things.” (NIV) speaking and action equals success.

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