Thoughts – Fire Mr. Defeat

Dear Living and Giving Readers,

This is a lovely excerpt that helps us moderate what the temperature of our thoughts are.  Enjoy!   And enjoy greater happiness, success, and joy in our lives.  By doing so, we will give even more to others.  It\’s time to \”fire Mr. Defeat\”!

Thoughts

Thoughts are the thermostat that regulates what we accomplish in life. If I feed my mind upon doubt, disbelief, and discouragement, that is precisely the kind of day my body will experience. If I adjust my thermostat forward to thoughts filled with vision, vitality, and victory, I can count on that kind of day. Thus, you and I become what we think about.

The mind is a \”thought factory\” producing thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of thoughts each day. Production in your thought factory is under the charge of two foremen. One we shall call Mr. Triumph, the other Mr. Defeat.

Mr. Triumph specializes in producing reasons why you can face life victoriously, why you can handle what comes your way, why you\’re more than able to conquer. Mr. Defeat is an expert in the opposite. He develops reasons why you cannot succeed, why you\’re inadequate, why you should give up and give in to worry, failure, discouragement, and inferiority.

Thoughts, positive or negative, grow stronger when fertilized with constant repetition.

What kind of performance would your car deliver if every morning before you left for work you scooped up a handful of dirt and put it in your crankcase? The engine would soon be coughing and sputtering. Ultimately it would refuse to start. The same is true of your life. Thoughts that are narrow, self-destructive, and abrasive…. send you off the road while others drive past.

You need only one foreman in your mental factory: Mr. Triumph is his name. If Mr. Defeat is busily engaged as the foreman of your factory, fire [him].

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Charles Rozell \”Chuck\” Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded Insight for Living, headquartered in Plano, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. He is currently senior pastor at Stonebriar Community Church, in Frisco, Texas.