Upgrading your Attitude
Eight Attitude Updates that We Desperately Need
Introduction
We all like being around people with a good attitude. It makes us feel good and feel safe being around them. Without a doubt we know our attitude can bring blessings to our lives or real problems when we let it get out of bounds. Our Heavenly Father, revealed the attitude He wants us to have through His Son, Jesus. Jesus taught a summary of the attitude we should have that is so tight and powerful that entire books have been written about one paragraph of instruction.
This list is called the Beatitudes, the blessed attitudes, the beautiful attitudes, but for this description, I am going to call it the “Daditudes” because I want you to see how these attitudes should positively impact our families.
Jesus definitively states that you will be live the “blessed” life if you have these attitudes. Blessed is a state of being that is beyond happiness but overflowing with joy, peace, and tranquility.
Full Disclosure. To be totally real, I began writing this in 2011 when my kids were little and I would pray these daily so I would have the right attitude. The days I didn’t focus on these are days I would slip up and allow a wrong attitude to take over. If I am the only reader of this, then my family will be better off and that’s all that really matters, but I hope it is a blessing to you and your family too.
Jesus taught these eight attitudes that will bless us and cause us to be a blessing to others.
Matthew 5:1-12
“Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
What are these attitudes?
- Begin at the Bottom – v3
- Brokenness IS the Pathway to Joy & Forgiveness v4
- Gentleness Brings Success in our Families – v5
- Hunger for what’s Right satisfies. -v6
- Mercy because we need it too. -v7
- Purity brings God’s presence into our family’s life. -v8
- Peacemaking makes us like God. -v9
- God rewards those who suffer unjustly.
Hope you begin this journey!
Bill Stevens
(c) 2019 Bill Stevens, Loveland, CO. No copy or reproduction of this without express written permission from the author.
