This is a message from leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef.

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If you listen carefully to the preaching of the power of positive thinking, you will discover that the theory behind the power of positive thinking is a constant self-affirmation, is a constant self-elevation, is a constant self-motivation.

It's constantly reminding yourself that you can do it, that you can do it, that you can achieve it,

that you can accomplish it. You, you achieve it, that you can accomplish it.

You, you, you.

Now, that's well and good.

I'm not here to condemn anything and anybody.

But here's the problem.

The problem with this is that when you hit one of the walls in life and you're not able to elevate yourself and prep yourself up,

you're going to find yourself spending more days down than up.

Not only that, but you will subconsciously develop a dependence upon those who are constantly able to prop you up.

In other words, you have developed an addiction to that external stimuli that keeps you going,

that keeps you high, that keeps you positive.

And if you don't get your fix, you are more often down in the dumps.

I have great news for you today.

Today and the next several messages, I will introduce you to the Apostle Paul's secret for positive, not thinking, but living.

I want you to go from positive thinking to positive living. I want to explain to you and I want

to reveal to you the secrets of that man of God of how his internal positive living kept him elevated and living above the circumstances.

And we will see together 15 of those secrets for positive living. And I want to tell you that

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