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The power of the PIVOT!

11/30/2020

 
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I'm from Kentucky -- you know -- where we bleed blue. 

Kentucky, after all,  means fried chicken, horses, and, of course, BASKETBALL!

There's one particular offensive move in basketball that I use a lot figuratively in the battlefield of my mind as a powerful strategy to help me
 CHOOSE 2 THINK.   

It can help you just as well to enjoy living daily with a renewed mind! 


It's the PIVOT.

In basketball a pivot helps a player:
  1. elude an opposing defensive player
  2. twist to make a pass to a teammate
  3. find a window on the court to throw the ball through the hoop OR
  4. take a step forward to drive his way toward the basket to put 'er in

But how does PIVOTING help with your thoughts in the day-to-day of it all?  
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Every day, we are bombarded with literally thousands upon thousands of THOUGHTS.  

Thoughts are not just particles floating around.  They are chemicals that hold mental real estate in our brains.  Scientific studies suggest that the lion's share of our daily thoughts are overwhelmingly  repetitive and negative. 

Our thoughts come in many shapes, sizes, stripes, and colors and may stem from those otherwise emotionally taxing states of:
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  • ​busy-ness
  • confusion
  • fear
  • condemnation
  • falsehoods
  • obsessions
  • guilt & shame
  • fantasy
  • legalism
  • distraction
  • anger

As we suit up with the armor God gives us to fight spiritual battles and to take captive our thoughts and keep a check on our emotions each day, we can employ this wonderful tactic of PIVOTING.

We can choose to: 
  1. elude an opposing negative, self-limiting or toxic thought by turning away from it completely, not engaging it
  2. swing around, finding that teammate who may need the score - we focus on others and serve 
  3. take charge and replace the toxic thought with a truthful, God-honoring thought, throwing it toward the hoop for the score
  4. OR in a more aggressive move, we run forward driving our way to what is truthful for the slam dunk

The slam dunk is the ultimate pivot RESULT that puts the lid on toxic thinking once and for all.  When we involve God in the process, we find health, wholeness, and inner healing.    
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My guests on the Choose 2 Think Podcast this week share stories of SLAM DUNKS they have made in their own lives when it comes to overcoming negative thinking and thought patterns that kept them defeated, exhausted, or stuck.

This is a special curated podcast episode where you will meet these six amazingly brave and generous  individuals:​ ​
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MAX ROOKE | Life2TheMax
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SHERRY WHITE | The Messy Christian
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​CHRISTINE FRANCOIS | Tall Tails Podcast
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​JOANN WOLLOFF | Terry's House
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​ADRIA SULLIVAN | Sanity Savers for Mom-preneurs
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​BRIAN MUTETE
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This uplifting and encouraging Episode 049 of the Choose 2 Think Podcast comes your way soon! 

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​And remember:  Change happens one thought at a time!

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