Change Your Thoughts, Change Your World: How Life-Giving Thoughts Can Unlock Your Destiny

by Bobby Schuller

Overview

Discover the path to lasting change

Are you stressed out, exhausted, or in a rut? Do you feel troubled by negative emotions and feelings and not in control of your thoughts? In Change Your Thoughts, Change Your World, Bobby Schuller shows you how to get out of the vicious cycle of defeat and start living the victorious life God intended. You can recalibrate your mind and develop positive habits for permanent change by meditating on twelve key thoughts, among them:

• God wants me to succeed.
• I can break through overthinking by taking action now.
• My body is a gift, even though it’s imperfect.
• Every loss and challenge can be a doorway to a better version of me.
• I can relax and let go.

In clear, specific steps, Schuller shows us how to train our minds through spiritual disciplines and prayer. By learning to focus on whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy (Phil 4:8), we can change not only our own lives but also impact the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400201709
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	05/28/2019
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,217,752
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Bobby Schuller is Lead Pastor at Shepherd's Grove church in Garden Grove, California, and the host and preaching pastor of Hour of Power with Bobby Schuller, a television ministry that broadcasts around the world. Bobby graduated from Oral Roberts University in 2003, received his Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2008, and is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He resides in Costa Mesa, CA, with his wife, Hannah, and their two children, Haven and Cohen.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 You Are What You Think About 1

2 From Blame to Blessing 17

3 You Are Favored. You Have a Destiny 41

4 Self-Talk and Shame 57

5 Feelings Versus Action 75

6 Building a Vision for Your Life 95

7 Rest and Invest in You 111

8 God Loves My Body 127

9 From Obstacles to Opportunity 141

10 From Worry to Courage 155

11 Serenity 173

12 Our Greatest Need 189

Acknowledgments 203

Notes 205

About the Author 209

Editorial Reviews

05/06/2019

In this uplifting guide based on Proverbs 23:7, Schuller (You Are Beloved), host of the TV show Hour of Power, encourages Christians to focus on the power of thought to improve happiness and connection to God. Schuller believes he has improved his marriage, parenting, business, and ministry by identifying and changing his own faulty thought patterns. Comparing the mind to a garden that requires tending and care, he writes, “Small thoughts—like a new belief in God, forgiving an offender, not blaming authority figures, or being grateful every day—can also make gigantic changes in your life over time.” He explains how to replace negative thoughts with positive ones by meditating on scriptures and wrestling with their core lessons. Conversely, Schuller believes that adversity should be acknowledged, but should never dominate one’s thinking. While Schuller offer little in the way of practical steps, his methods always push readers toward reconceiving personal setbacks as “a setup for the next chapter in your story.” Each of the book’s chapters conclude with training exercises for reflection and verses for meditation. Any Christians looking for ways to deepen their Bible study will be enlightened by Schuller’s persuasive techniques for pondering scripture. (June)

Publishers Weekly