Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, whatever time of day it is for you.

My hope is that you're starting your day with the morning mindset as a part of what you do to get your mind aligned with the

truth of God and I say it that way because I know some of you work a swing shift

some of you start your day later in the day than the rest of us. But that's okay. You can start your process of

thinking and working into a day with the truth of God and I hope the morning

mindset is a part of that. We have been

camping for a bit in Romans chapter 8 verses 6 through 8 talking about the

difference between a mindset on the flesh and a mindset on the spirit.

And in the last episode, I talked about this issue of affirmations.

And that affirmations the way they're practiced in our day and age

are really nothing more than wishful thinking.

They're not really based on truth because people make up this list of things they want

to be and they start setting their mind on it and trying to focus on it and the way they say it is manifesting

that in their lives and what they mean is if I think on it hard enough and I

wish for it long enough it will come true and become true of me. Now there's a slight little kernel of

truth to that because we've already talked about how what we focus on is what

we gravitate toward and God has designed us that way. But folks, I can focus on becoming

a six foot 11 black guy who plays basketball in the NBA all I want and it's not going to become true.

I don't say that to play fast and loose with the concept. I say that to drive home a point. There is a limitation

to what a worldly form of affirmations can produce and the reason is twofold. Number one, if what you are focusing on is an

impossibility like the example that I just gave to you, then it's never going to happen. You're wasting your time,

your energy, you're wasting your focus. But secondly, if what you focus on is simply not true, as I mentioned before, your mind is smart enough

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