By Kay Heitsch
Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to your mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out. ~ Norman V. Peale Quote ~
If you have been watching the Olympics, you saw Ilia Malinin's Olympic dreams go up in smoke.
If you are wondering how this could happen, Ilia explained that when he got on the ice for his long program, every negative thought he had ever thought rushed to his mind.
I could not help but think what would have happened if Illia had immediately replaced these negative thoughts with a Bible verse. He could have said, "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." Philippins 4:13
Ilia had put in the work. He had done everything he could to win the gold medal. I truly believe he would have won if he had been able to replace those negative thoughts with a Bible verse and ask the Lord for help.
Our Bible verse says. “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts” Proverbs 4:23 TEV
Our thoughts are very important. We need to be careful about how we think, because our lives are shaped by our thoughts.