FAITH TECHNIQUES
"We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him."Romans 8:28
In my many years of ministry, people have shared with me some faith techniques that have worked to keep their focus on God instead of theirproblems.
One sweet elderly lady told me of what she did to overcome a life long habit of worry. Every time she started to worry she would write that worry down and place it in her SFGTD box. I asked her what SFGTD stood for, and she smiled and replied "Something for God to Do" Box. I've never forgotten that lesson.
One strong businessman, who you would think would be fearless to look at him, told me how he overcame his overwhelming personal shyness and fear.
When he had something to face that was scaring him, like a meeting before the Board of Directors or having to speak in public, he would put his handin his pocket and focus his attention on holding God's hand. He told me that he could walk into any situation and face any crowd as long as heknew that he was holding God's hand. He still does this to this day.
One young woman overcame her feelings of inferior self-worth by focusing her imagination in the exact opposite way from what she used to think.Thoughts used to overwhelm her that people would not like her or want her.
She began to imagine before she entered a room, a party, or the office --that she was wanted and loved there. Before she touched the door knob, she would think about how wanted she was in the room that she was entering into and how much the people wanted to love her. She said that are thought alone changed her life. Her thoughts became a self-fulfilled prophecy. We get what we suppose that we’re going to get.
One businesswoman who by her own definition said, "I have more problems than business!" She began to "Golden Key" her problems. Every time she thought of a problem she would think about God instead. This so liberated her from her problems that her creativity started to rise and soon she found herself without any problems to worry about.
A young stage actor wanting to make his mark as an actor, took the thoughtof Jesus literally in his life. Jesus said, "You are the light of the world." He asked himself sincerely, “If I am the light of the world, what watt bulb am I?” He had to admit that many times on stage he had just been a 20 watt bulb, other times a 40, other times a 60, and, on rare times, an80. He strived to be a star with a hundred watt brightness shining forthfrom him at all times. He prayed a 100 watt prayer. Every time before he went on stage he would ask himself, “What watt am I?” He would raise the light intensity coming from him with God's help. It made all the difference in the world and helped to make him a huge success.
Perhaps you too can use some of these faith techniques or invent your ownto remember that God is with you every moment of every day.