EMPTY OUT THE NEGATIVE

[Pages:160]EMPTY

OUT

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Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence

JOEL OSTEEN

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Copyright ? 2020 by Joel Osteen

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

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CHAPTER TWO

Power Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

CHAPTER THREE

A Fresh New Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

CHAPTER FOUR

Drop It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

CHAPTER FIVE

The Right Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

CHAPTER SIX

The Power of the Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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CHAPTER ONE

Empty Out the Negative

It's easy to go through life holding on to things that

weigh us down--guilt, resentment, doubt, worry. The problem is, when we allow these negative emotions in, they take up space we need for the good things that should be there. Imagine your life is like a container. You were created to be filled with joy, peace, confidence, and creativity. But if you allow worry in, it pushes out the peace. There's not space for both. You can't go above 100-percent capacity; you have a limited amount of

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space. If you allow guilt to take up space, that's space you don't have for the confidence you need.

The reason some people don't enjoy their lives is because their container, or their heart, is contaminated with so many things. They have 10 percent filled with worry, being stressed out over their job; 12 percent bitterness, being mad at their neighbor; 20 percent guilt, beating themselves up for past mistakes; 9 percent jealousy, thinking their coworker is more beautiful. They don't realize 70 percent of their container is negative. Yet they wonder why they don't have joy, creativity, and passion. They only have room for 30 percent of the good things they should have.

The Scripture says, "Give no place to the enemy." That's not just talking about the forces of darkness. That means to give no place to guilt. Give no place to worry. Give no place to bitterness. Those contaminants can't come in and automatically take over. You control what's in your container. You control what you think about and what you choose to allow in. We all have negative emotions, negative feelings. But you have to make the choice

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