Over the past several years my wife and I have changed some of our behaviors as it relates to food and exercise. We decided that we wanted to lose weight and keep it off in order to feel and look better. We started slow by getting on a system that taught us how to eat right. It wasn’t a diet, it was a training system. We had to relearn how to eat the right portions and the right kinds of food. We had to start thinking about how many servings of each kind of food we would eat each day. We also had to think about movement and motivation. Incorporating exercise into our lives and finding out what would motivate us to do this the rest of our lives. So we changed our behavior by changing our thinking and we changed our thinking by learning the truth and applying it to our lives.
So what is influencing your thinking right now? What are you feeding your mind that is influencing how you think and therefore how you behave? What’s feeding your marriage? What’s feeding your parenting? What’s feeding your relationship with God? What’s feeding your work life? What’s feeding your finances? What if the things that are feeding our minds are lies? If the sources of what we feed our minds is not truth, then our beliefs and behaviors can be destructive to our well being and relationships. What are you doing now that is hurting your marriage, your leadership at work, your relationship with your kids, your relationship with God? Often times we do what we have learned from others and many times that is filled with lies and half truths. If you really want to transform your marriage, your parenting, your leadership, your intimacy with God or your physical health, it starts with a training program. You need to start to go to the right sources to feed your mind in these areas.
Some of those sources include God’s Word, wise men and women, books from experts on marriage, parenting and relationships that follow Biblical principles. Whatever you want to transform, you must first transform your thinking by learning the truth and apply it to your life.