ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE

ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE There is an old song By Johnny Mercer First written in 1944-called- “ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE” And the lyrics include something like this: “You've got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mr. In-Between” I BELIEVE very strongly In applying this philosophy To our lives And I believe very strongly That that was what Jesus Was referring to WHEN he said the following words: “If your hand causes you to sin Cut it off It is better for you To enter into life maimed- Than with two hands To go into Gehenna- Into the unquenchable fire” Mark 9:43 I believe this is EXACTLY-what Jesus was referring to ELIMINATING the negative-the bad habits From your life And BUILD UP your positive qualities In Christ I don't believe-for one second That Jesus was talking literally The gift of God Is a life-giving presence That is ALWAYS with us And Jesus REMAINS faithful to us Even when we have been Unfaithful to him ACCENTUATE the positive Accentuate the PRESENCE OF GOD And the presence of Christ In your life “You make known to me The PATH OF LIFE You will FILL me with joy In your presence With eternal pleasures At your right hand” Psalm 16:11 “For what you have done I will ALWAYS praise you In the presence Of your FAITHFUL PEOPLE And I will HOPE In your name For your name is good” Psalm 52:9 Accentuate the positive Accentuate the GOOD NAME Of God and Jesus For what is more positive WHAT is more life-sustaining Than God and Jesus in your life The greatest thing about God OTHER than his love for us Is that he leaves us TOTALLY FREE to choose However-sometimes the misuse Of our freedom The misuse of our lives The misuse in the choices That we make LEAVES US with significant suffering Dear Lord-we ask you To HELP US To accentuate the positive In our life=namely you And your most HOLY SON And eliminate our negative behaviors Dear Lord=we ask that We be just like you And ACCENTUATE the positives in our life Robert P. Wallman 5-19-16 Ps INSPIRED by a song by Johnny Mercer lyrics-that was recorded by Bing Crosby And Perry Como-twice-among others The song was ORIGINALLY INSPIRED by a sermon by a man called FATHER DIVINE The sermon was entitled=”ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE-ELIMINATE THE NEGATIVE”