Attitude "Interprets" Your World...The way we think about a situation before we enter in greatly affects its "reality" for us.
...Other people don't create your spirit, they only reflect it.
Ways to help develop and maintain a sanctified attitude...
1. Start a Habit of Seeking the Joy
- an action repeated becomes an action realized (Read Philippians 4:4)
2. Surrender the Moment
When things don't go your way... when you feel you're being treated unfairly...
Whatever it is we are holding on to so tightly, whatever seems to be saving us from despair, is usually the thing that is keeping us from intimate fellowship with our Lord. When we let go, our hands and hearts are free to embrace him fully (read Philippians 2:6).
3. Serve the Body
- it takes sacrifice and loving service to "build one another up."
- take sacrificial action-whether through compassionate service or the service of tough love (which is also compassionate) - read Romans 14:18-19.
4. Support the Team
- a successful team boils down to two things: mutual respect among team members and a common vision about where the team is going (read Romans 15:5).
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus - Philippians 2:5
* taken from: Craig Jutila, "Leadership Essentials For Children's Ministry" Group Publishing Inc. Loveland, CO. 2002.