Day 8: Attitude

We talked about thought… now comes attitude.

Have you ever noticed that email messages don’t seem to always convey “how” someone says something? That has prompted me on more than one occasion to stop the email conversation and pick up the phone or see someone in person.

Think of these phrases from our culture:

“Don’t cop an attitude with me…”

“I have at-ti-tude” (as if a good thing)

“Whatever”

“Don’t use that tone with me, young lady”

 

What is your attitude when you:

-         Are caught in line at a store with a slooooooow clerk?

-         Your children don’t hear you … again!

-         Your parents ignore you.

-         Your friends have been talking about you behind your back.

-         You are too busy at church.

-         God doesn’t seem to be answering prayer.

 

If you are like me, you don’t always like your reaction to the above situations. God can change our attitude.

 

Philippians 2:3-5 (HCSB) ³ Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. ⁴ Everyone should look out not [only] for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. ⁵ Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,