Bad News: Your Turnaround!

EP109: Bad News: Your Turnaround!

How do you switch into a turnaround when unexpected news wants to ambush your life? When you put your shoulders back and refuse to cower in challenging circumstances, you are displaying trust and resolve that God’s promises never change. Maybe things didn’t turn out like you dreamed or imagined, but that doesn’t change the foundation of His goodness!

The Practical Strategy:

Choose your thoughts first:

A person IS what they think about. Our character is the sum total of all our thoughts that we choose and encourage every day, but especially during a time of bad news, our thoughts determine our future.

We tend to think cause and effect only work in the outer material world. However, cause and effect are just as absolute in the hidden realm of thought! We make or break ourselves depending on what we think about. We build and develop ourselves or destroy ourselves depending on what we choose to think about.

We hold the key to the outcome of this bad news! We hold the key to every situation to receive regenerative redemption or we can be a foolish master and reflect on our condition as being the end of us.

Make necessary adjustments:

Choosing life means we make necessary adjustments, choose a resolution and take action accordingly. When bad news hits, it’s time to recalibrate your “things to do” list and involve Godly wisdom. Be careful who we listen to and be careful what voices and opinions are allowed to be involved. This is your choice!

Engage healthy emotions:

Dread wants to come up and say, “I can’t face my day and I can’t face my future”.

Like a bad friend, dread says, “You’re alone. Nobody’s helping you. It’s not fair. Other people seem to have it easier. Nobody else has ever experienced this”.

What would happen, if you got rid of dread? You have the choice to exchange dread for joy. The deception is I have to get ultra-serious and give in to fear. But inviting joy starts by appreciating something and then anticipating a new beginning.

Rehearse the best-case scenario. Joy says, let’s not live reactive to circumstances, let’s explore and find something to smile about to turn this around.

Choosing to agree with despair means we are arguing with wisdom and justifying our choice. We always have the authority to choose. We can feel the reality of a lost dream and still have boundless hope.