When Your Attitude Changes, Your Life Changes
Bible passage: Exodus 15:22–27
“22. Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. 23. When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) 24. So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What are we to drink?" 25. Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them. "
William James, a pragmatist philosopher at Harvard University, is famous for his diverse studies on human nature. He once presented a famous research finding: “If a person changes just this one thing, their life will change.” What is this one thing that he said could change your life?
On the screen, we have displayed a quote from Professor William James. Can you guess the word that fits in the parentheses? “The greatest discovery of our generation is that a human being can change their life by changing their
( ).” Some might think it’s their appearance.
Others might believe it’s their education, personality, or environment - opinions will vary from person to person. However, it’s not an external condition that changes one’s life. The correct answer to fill in the parentheses is “attitude.” Life’s attitude, the attitude of the mind.
