Reframe

Intro-

You cannot have a positive life when you have a negative mind.

The third tool to change your thinking is the Reframe Principle: Reframe your mind, restore your perspective.

Groeschel, Craig. Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life (p. 123). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.

The New International Version Chapter 3

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

6 in all your ways submit to him,

and he will make your paths straight. g

The New International Version Chapter 50

20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Reframing is realizing God’s faithfulness in the past and His providence in the future.

The New International Version Chapter 1

12 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.

Cognitive bias—Mistake in reasoning based on personal experiences or preferences. (Mental filter impacts how think.)

Reframing—Creating a different way of looking at a situation or relationship by changing its meaning.