Positive Affirmations

Send us Fan MailToday’s topic is affirmations. Yes, affirmations—positive statements spoken in specific terminology to help you overcome negative, possibly self-sabotaging thoughts. It has often been stated that the French psychologist and pharmacist Emile Coue is the father of affirmations because he introduced the treating of patients by using optimistic psychotherapy. In other words, he had patients repeat positive statements over and over to retrain their negative thinking. Eventually they became positive and gained a healed mindset.  In the field of psychiatry this is called autosuggestion. However, I’d like to introduce you to the real father of affirmations.  Genesis 1 records the history of creation.  Several times in the passage it says that God saw what He had done and said it was good.  And verse 31 states, “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good.  So, the truth is that the Lord God Almighty himself affirmed what He had done in a positive manner—not once, but over and over again. We need to do likewise. In fact, Romans 12:2 tells us to be released from worldly conformity; to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. In other words, we need to affirm within the battlefield of the mind—what is good and acceptable and pleasing to God. If that means repeating positive affirmations, then so be it. In fact, say this popular affirmation with me, like you mean it. “God is good, all the time.And All the time, God is good.” Now don’t you feel better. Certainly, you do!    God bless you.  Subscribe to enjoy all episodes of God’s Toolbox.