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Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. I think we all want to live in a way that people love being around us, just like people loved being around Jesus. People aren’t drawn to fake, inauthentic, self righteous, religious people. They are drawn to life-giving people who breathe energy, peace and joy into their world. Here’s some words to recharge your battery this week. Here is your dailyeword.
How is your attitude? Will you change your attitude please? I think I may have said those lines in our home to our anonymous teenager 100’s of times in the last few months. Being a parent definitely isn’t easy, and I am an advocate of watching attitude even more than action. Get the attitude right and actions will follow. It works for adults too. So how is your attitude? Do you need to change your attitude? How can we let our attitude reflect the light of God? Those are great questions to ask ourselves. We represent the King, and if Jesus really is Lord of our lives, our attitude will reflect Jesus. Jesus was real. He knew that being his best self required spending time alone with His Father. He was authentic. He asked for prayer when he faced His hardest season of life. He never was self righteous, and he was the direct opposite of religious. Although he was a Jew, and knew and participated in Jewish life, Jesus was more interested in connecting with people. Do you have someone in your world who will be real with you? Real relationships help us keep our attitude in check! If we are willing to adjust our attitude, we can be personally recharged, and then we can help recharge others in our world.