Look back on past accomplishments and victories and draw inspiration from them. Stay focused on encouraging thoughts—thoughts of hope and thoughts of faith.

People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to. They can call you slow, lazy, too old. That's all right. Just don't answer to it. Answer to "victorious," "talented," "history maker." If you'll do this, I believe and declare, today is going to be a turning point. The bondages from the past are no longer going to have any effect on you.

Father in heaven, thank You that I can set my mind on what is above, on the truths of Your Word that lift me up. Thank You for the dreams and the promises that You have given to me. I believe that You are bringing them to pass even now, because You are God and You are for me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Father, thank You that You have made this day, and every day, for me to rise up and be more than a conqueror. Thank You that I can think myself happy by filling my mind with thoughts of hope, faith, and victory as I focus on You and Your promises to me. I declare that my best days are in front of me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

If you don't cut off negative information it will depress you. Step out of the natural and say, "This may be impossible with men, but I know with God all things are possible.

want any strangers coming in. That's where you live. That's your home. You need to have that same thinking when it comes to your mind. "This is where I live. This is who I am. This is my future. I'm not going to let just any thought come in and have a permanent home. I'm going to guard the doorway to my mind and only give a room to thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, and thoughts of victory.

Don't fall into the trap of being negative, complacent, or just taking whatever life brings your way. Set the tone for victory, for success, for new levels. Enlarge your vision. Make room for God to do something new. You haven't touched the surface of what He has in store.

Don't let negative pictures play on the movie screen of your mind. You are the director and the audience. You are in charge. Take the remote control. Change the channel. If you let your imagination run wild, let it run wild in a positive direction.

If you're always thinking thoughts of lack, not enough, and struggle, you're moving toward the wrong things.

half of our happiness is determined by factors other than biology. Ten percent is connected to "life circumstances" and the other 40 percent is dependent on our life decisions. It

Rule your feelings; don't let them rule you. When you get your mind going in the right direction, filled with thoughts of hope, faith, and victory, you'll drive away the discouragement, the discontentment.

I wonder where you could be at this time next year if you would start kissing things goodbye. Kiss the offense goodbye. Quit letting people hurt your feelings. Quit letting what they say ruin your day. Tune it out.