Summary: <p>1. Now is a good time to take a look at where you are on Bible reading. A link to many Bible reading plans has been posted on the GL Facebook page.<br>How important is reading the Bible to you and your spiritual life?<br><br>What are some reasonable goals you have for Bible reading in 2016?<br><br>2. We listed 41 potential things we could work on in 2016 and they are listed below. Do you still recall the ones you have decided to focus on?<br><br>3. What are the situations that most often lead to your exhibiting the negative behavior that you want to move away from in 2016? Would you share these with the group?<br><br>4. What would it look like for you to respond in a Jesus way instead?<br><br>5. What are the things or persons that you usually blame for your negative behavior?<br><br>6. In blaming circumstances or other persons are you able to specify the misbelief you are telling yourself? What is it?<br><br>7. Do you believe change in your behavior and personality is possible? Do you have hope for 2016? Please explain.<br><br>8. Who is a good person to help hold you accountable to staying in the fight against these negative behaviors?<br><br>9. What are the positive behaviors that you want to introduce into your life in 2016? What are the things that you have been holding back on? Please share.<br><br>10. Will you be sharing the positive goals with your accountability partner?<br><br>Being authentic<br>Maintaining a positive attitude no matter the circumstance<br>Paying attention to our tone of your voice. Cultivate your tone of voice which is an open window through which people look into your soul.<br>Paying attention to the expression on our face<br>Not losing our composure. People cannot make you angry without your consent.<br>Breaking in and running away with a conversation while others are speaking. Always making the conversation all about us, versus asking questions that focus attention on the other person.<br>Using sarcasm, and wise cracks<br>Indifference in listening while others are speaking<br>Better to be a good listener than a good talker<br>Flattery as manipulation<br>Finding fault with the world and people in general, complaining<br>Challenging those with whom you disagree for the purpose of being on the opposite side<br>Giving advice to those who have not requested it. Free advice is worth as much as it cost.<br>Speaking of things that interest those to whom you are speaking as a form of love.<br>Seeking to be superior through words and topics unfamiliar to others. Negotiate with them on their own level.<br>Envy of those you consider successful.<br>Carelessness in personal appearance <br>We need to control our tongue, think first then speak. Don’t injure others with our words.<br>Do not strike back at others.<br>Taking the path of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.<br>Avoid controversial incidents, overlook. Don’t get into arguments about insignificant topics and this includes Facebook.<br>We must make it our practice to always see the good in others. Focus always on the good in others<br>Fix your mind positively at the beginning of each day through reading the Word and prayer.<br>Start each day with gratitude for what you have and what you will receive. "I complained about having no shoes until I saw the man with no feet."<br>Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Look for others who are worse off than you. Pity parties.<br>Meditate on what you can do towards your goals<br>Translate negative emotions into something positive<br>Remember that your strength grows out of your struggles<br>Look at life as a continual process of learning from pleasant and unpleasant experiences.<br>Realize your have been given complete control over your own mind.<br>Accept all criticism from others<br>Figure out who you want to be like and emulate them.<br>2 types of people who will never amount to anything, those who will not do what they are told and those who will do nothing else.<br>Part of natures method of disciplining people is through failure defeat and adversity, and it is your positive attitude that transforms these things into things of priceless value. No one desires to meet with these experiences.<br>Accepting full responsibility and never passing the buck.<br>Paying attention to detail.<br>Giving full attention to one thing at a time.<br>Mental attitude positive when in communication with other people<br>Giving direct answers.<br>Never puts off what he/she can do today. No procrastination.<br>Nothing can be called failure until we accept it as such.</p>
