It has been said that an optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. I am aware that life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster person, but sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can. Attitude is important. A bad attitude can sabotage a person at the brink of a breakthrough.

Life is filled with challenges. There is always something, or someone, to overcome. The Bible says we overcome by the “blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.” The “word of our testimony” is a direct revelation of an attitude about life, people, and circumstances. A bad attitude reveals an entire life filled with bitterness and resentment.

Your testimony is a description of how evidence that surrounds a condition is viewed. An appraisal of the circumstance is also revealed by words.  Since “appraisal” has to do with value, your testimony is placing a value on the circumstances.  All this has its roots in ATTITUDE!

This present difficulty can be lifted with an attitude adjustment. Remember, “Quitting is a permanent solution to a temporary problem!”


--Bishop Gerald Doggett