{"id":3401,"date":"2018-09-22T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T07:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2018-07-05T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T22:26:58","slug":"positive-mental-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/positive-mental-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Mental Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Positive-Mental-Attitude.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Key That Unlocks The Secret Of Success<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It seems, at least to me, that most folks in the world today are looking for, searching for, and\/or hoping for great personal success, mostly great financial success to come crashing into their lives, almost as if it was falling out of the sky.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They all too often never seem to want to connect any really hard and long-suffering commitment and effort to the accomplishment of this fantasized desire for great success.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They just want it&#8230;IF&#8230;it is readily available, is free, and doesn\u2019t require much work!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Permit me to tell you that if you put specific conditions on what success has to be in your life other than it has to be in accordance with God\u2019s Laws and does not violate your fellow man\u2019s rights,&#8230;then there will be no success in your life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do not try to tell God what to do with you!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sorry friend, a great fact of life in America and under the restrictions of a Free Enterprise Economy is that <b>there ain\u2019t no such thing as a free lunch!<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The reasoning is quite simple&#8230;if someone in fact gets something for nothing,&#8230;then some other person had to give something up and get nothing back for it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That simply is not how God designed this balanced world in which we live to operate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>His instruction to us is that we are first to give to another and to God Almighty,&#8230;before we should ever expect to receive anything for ourselves.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b> Freely giving of our love, assistance, companionship, help, encouragement, edification, and the like are to first come from ourselves towards other people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Nowhere in God\u2019s Word does It say you are to get before you give.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Now, no matter, how much you desire something or how much you think you deserve something, God specifically instructs us to <b>work first<\/b> and then <b>reward yourself later.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b> He further tells us to labor six days and rest only on the seventh day of the week.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b> I would like to point out that His instructions are not suggestions, but rather they are commands.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b> During my own lifetime, I have found that the best way to discern if a person who says they are under the authority of a higher power is actually telling the truth is to watch them and see (observe) if they are obedient to the commands of the higher authority.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Enough said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If a person truly desires to accomplish something great and lasting in their life, then it becomes imperative that whatever work is required to achieve their desire&#8230;it must be done correctly in the right manner and way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Under those conditions and pretexts, one can safely and correctly conclude that <b>the work needs to be performed God\u2019s way.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Now hear me well, work done God\u2019s Way is always work done the correct way,&#8230;and work that is done the correct way is work that produces end results that always will last for the long term.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b> My simple advice to you, the reader or listener, is that if you truly desire long-term success to be accomplished in your lifetime, then insure and insist that all of your work efforts be performed God\u2019s Way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That means through a consistent and persistent (non-sporadic) totally committed work ethic.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That means showing up on time six days out of every week to perform correct work habits.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That means being obedient to and in submission to the authority figures in your life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That means being thankful and grateful for the work you have been given to perform.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That means giving a full day\u2019s work in exchange for a full day\u2019s pay.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Above all, that means working in the service to and in recognition of the Lord so that your good example shows to all of the people around you who are always watching you work!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Every great structure, organization, cause, or any other achievement must be built upon the correct foundation,&#8230;if it is to last.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The foundation must be the first thing to be constructed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>The better the foundation, the better will be the results of what is built upon it.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All the greatest human accomplishments occur through a team effort,&#8230;not just one person\u2019s talent and abilities.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Possessing and employing proper people skills is an absolute \u201cMUST\u201d if you desire to establish and train up an effective operating team effort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b> These are the type of skills that very few people are ever fortunate enough to possess at the instant of their birth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The people and organizational skills needed to build a team of workers are almost always learned and developed skills. That, of course, means that they are taught skills.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>That, of course, means that anyone can learn them if they so choose to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Science and mathematics are great fields of education that can support and corroborate the Divine Creation of mankind and the things on and in the earth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Mathematics and its rules can help define practically all of the activities, events, and phenomenon that God has put into place and under which mankind continues to operate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Most people today would first deny that they understood very much about either subject or their curriculum.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Is it any wonder that the majority of our<\/b> <b>population knows very little, if anything, about our God and His Universe.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Well I do know, without a doubt, that if you truly do desire to become successful in your own chosen field of endeavor, then you are going to have to do things the right way, i.e. God\u2019s Way or else your efforts will all be for naught.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>People skills<\/b> (learned skills) are of paramount importance when working with people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Proper preparation<\/b> and <b>proper positioning<\/b> in order to give success a chance of happening are also critical. <b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>One will never go through the effort required to achieve mastery over these three areas of life unless and until they possess and employ a good and proper deep-rooted Positive Mental Attitude&#8230;.until they always, under all situations and circumstances, possess and employ a Positive Mental Attitude.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This fact of life can and will be supported and established first by God\u2019s Word.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In the Bible, in<b> The Book of James, Chapter 1, verses 2&#8211;8<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>NKJV: <\/b>It reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Profiting from Trials<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(2)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMy brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>trials,<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(3) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(4) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>perfect and complete, lacking nothing.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(5) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>him.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(6) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>wind.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>(7) <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>from the Lord;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">(8) \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Just always remember that within every event, circumstance, or adversity that happens to you,&#8230;during the course of living your life,&#8230;there always lies the seed of an equal or greater benefit to you,&#8230;as long as you always look for that seed with a positive mental attitude.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Now let\u2019s continue to support this discussion with some mathematics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Always keeping in mind that the laws of mathematics are God\u2019s laws and are always in place, correct, and working&#8230;either in your behalf or against you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is the wise man or woman who knows the laws and puts them to work for their own benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>COINCIDENCE, HAPPENSTANCE, OR TRUTH?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>IF<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>EQUALS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>123456789011121314151617181920212223242526<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>THEN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>K &#8211; N &#8211; O &#8211; W &#8211; L &#8211; E &#8211; D &#8211; G &#8211; E<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>11<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>14<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>15<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>23<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>12<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>5 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>4 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>7 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>5<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>= <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>96%<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>H &#8211; A &#8211; R &#8211; D &#8211; W &#8211; O &#8211; R &#8211; K<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>8<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>1<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>18 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>4<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>23<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>15<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>18<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>11<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>= <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>98%<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Both are important, but fall just short of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>100%<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>BUT<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A &#8211; T &#8211; T &#8211; I &#8211; T &#8211; U &#8211; D &#8211; E<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>1<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>20<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>20<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>9<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>20 21 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>4<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>5 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>=<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>100%<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">God\u2019s Word and the laws of mathematics confirm that a <b>positive mental attitude <\/b>is the first and most important of all character traits that must be included in the laying of a proper and lasting foundation for your personal success!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">May I suggest to you that you get about developing one,\u2026that you get started at developing it today! <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Peace and Love to All of You&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Poppa<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Bear<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Key That Unlocks The Secret Of Success It seems, at least to me, that most folks in the world today are looking for, searching for, and\/or hoping for great personal success, mostly great financial success to come crashing into &hellip; 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