Attitudinal Strategy

Winning Strategy for 2014

Text: Ps. 34: 12 - 18

Introduction

•       The testimony of People’s life every year has different varieties of Adjective

•       Some live the :

•       Bad Life: Not functioning well, poor quality, distressing, ill – Bartimaeus, Lame Man at d Beautiful Gate

•       Evil Life: devilish, harmful, misfortune, producing sorrow: Jabez, Mad man of Gadarine

•       Hard Life: full of struggle, difficult, more input than output: David, Jephetha

•       Few live the Good Life: high quality, honorable, pleasant and enviable life

Strategy comes in 4 Paths

1. Verbal Strategy
2. Action Strategy
3. Spiritual/Unseen Strategy
4. Attitudinal Strategy

Introduction

•       Your Attitude Determines your Altitude - Prov. 23:7a

•       Attitude is a visible fact you cannot hide your attitude forever.

•       It is not what you do, but HOW you do it that matters.

•       Num_14:24  But because my servant Caleb has a different attitude and has remained loyal to me, I will bring him into the land which he explored, and his descendants will possess the land GNB

What is Attitude?

•       Your attitude is the outward expression of your emotional disposition toward just about everything

•        A person's perspective toward a specified target and way of saying and doing things

•       An attitude can be defined as a positive or negative evaluation of people, objects, event, activities, ideas, or just about anything in your environment

•       A way of thinking about something/somebody

•       A way of behaving towards something/somebody

•       A position of the body; demeanor, outlook or disposition

•       In scripture represented by the word spirit - Eph. 4:23

•       In Latin the word "Aptitudo" = Suitability

Facts About Attitudes

1. Our attitude can be positive or negative
2. It is not a reflex action
3. It is not a permanent trait
4. It can be controlled
5. It can be learned and unlearned
6. We can choose to alter or change our attitude
7. It’s a matter of choice
8. As a wise coach once said, “Attitudes are contagious – is yours worth catching?”
9. Attitude can be formed from a person's past and present
10. Attitude is also measurable and changeable as well as influencing the person's emotion and behavior

3 Components of Attitudes

•       An Emotional Component

•       How the object, person, issue or event makes you feel

•       A Cognitive Component

•       Your thoughts and beliefs about the subject

•       A Behavioral Component: 

•       How the attitude influences your behavior

How Attitudes are Formed

Attitudes form directly as a result of

•       Experience

•       They may emerge due to direct personal experience, or they may result from observation.

•        Social roles and social norms can have a strong influence on attitudes.

•       Social roles relate to how people are expected to behave in a particular role or context.

•       Social norms involve society's rules for what behaviors are considered appropriate.

Attitudinal Strategies

1.       The Attitude of Servitude - 1 Pet. 5:5-7; Jam. 4:6-10

•              This is having a servant’s Heart - Matt. 20:26-28

•              This is the spirit of humility

•              Humility is the springboard to greatness

•              You don’t know everything.

•              "Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it." - Plato

2.       The Attitude of Solitude - Lk. 6:12

•        This is the spirit of separation - Lk. 4:1,14ff

•       God always calls us alone - Is. 51:1-2

•       Being alone with God, in His presence - Jn. 10:9

•       Know how to fellowship with God.

•       This is the place of power.

"The man who walks with God always gets to his destination."

3.       The Attitude of Aptitude - 2 Tim. 2:15

•        This is the spirit of proficiency

•       Acquiring skill - Suitability

•       Intelligence - speed in learning & understanding.

•       It is a desire to be better.

"I kept six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names are What, Why, When, How, Where and Who." - Rudyard Kipling

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you." - Henry Ward Beecher

4.       The Attitude of Fortitude - Phil. 4:13

This is the spirit of boldness - 2 Tim. 1:6-7; Rom. 8:15

God’s power is available to us - Acts. 1:8

The "I am strong" & "I am able" mentality - Amos 3:10

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." - Mark Twain

"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have done, or what they don’t do." - Denis Waitley

5. The Attitude of Magnitude/Multitude - Rom. 15:14

•        This is the "spirit of significance" - Philemon 1: 6

•       The "I am important" mentality - Rom. 12:3; 1 Pet. 2:9-10.

•       No "small mind" mentality

•       We serve a big God; we cannot afford to be small.
This gives a sense of growth, multiplication and advancement.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Our only limitations are those which we set up in our minds or permit others to establish for us." -Elizabeth Arden

6. The Attitude of Promptitude - Prov. 22:29

•            This is the spirit of urgency

•       The spirit of diligence - Prov. 10:4

•       "On time" anointing

•       The spirit of the "opportunist".

•       No procrastination or laziness. Sense of vigilance & alertness.

    " Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it." -     Jim Rohn    

     "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." - Abraham Lincoln

     "Things come to those who hustle while they wait."

7. The Attitude of Gratitude - Ps. 92:1-2

•       This is the spirit of thanksgiving - Ps. 100:4

•       Acknowledging God’s goodness

•       The key to enter into God’s presence

•       It is the key to encounter the miraculous.

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom

"Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." - Denis Waitley

Others–

•       Excellence – Prov.12:26, 17: 27

•       Persistent – Prov.24: 16

•       Sacrifice – John 12:24 (You have to GIVE UP to GO UP)

•       Healthy Self-image Phil.1:6, Rom.12:3

Conclusion

•       Remember that our attitude reflects our suitability for a job or a position.

•       As we adjust our attitude our altitude will automatically be adjusted.

•        When you combine the 4 strategic pieces together, you will live the good life in 2014:

1.       Verbal Strategy

2.       Action Strategy

3.       Spiritual Strategy

4.       Attitudinal Strategy

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