Mindsets lead us in one direction or another. We have a choice.
The Performance mindset is rooted in fear of people and their opinions. Its opposite, the Acceptance mindset as I call it, knows we are sufficient, loved and accepted, just as we are, yet on a journey. This is the first of five mindset transformations you will find in more detail, in my published book The Identity Key.
‘… are we a character in our own carefully written play?’
The Identity Key, Martina Davis
Our upbringing, life history, background, amongst other factors will have affected the way we live. We carry a ‘performance repertoire’, which consists of the thoughts and attitudes which drive us and habits that we regularly perform in a day, resulting in actions, building our life history. This repertoire says much about what we believe, and our mindsets. Unless we realise and begin the good work of change, that will remain our story.
The key is to understand who we really are. To recognise our unshakeable foundation as children of God, loved deeply and unconditionally. We do not have to perform to make our heavenly Father love us. Being real, not focused on our performance, frees us to be… simply who we are!
In my first book, The Posture Principle, I have set out twelve ‘P’s, spiritual truths that help us to change the way we see God, and how to position ourselves to receive His love and live it out. I have explained that that is our simple calling. At the end of each of the twelve, I have given the reader practical steps to open up to God and adjust focus.
In my second book, The Identity Key, I have laid out five faulty mindsets in five chapters, together with their opposite mindsets. I have continued the analogy I’ve used throughout the series, of spiritual vertebrae building a strong backbone. At the end of each chapter I use the twelve spiritual truths from my first book, and apply both the negative mindset and the positive mindset of that chapter to them. This is a deeper lesson in how we think, and needs the reader to open up to change, and expend some energy in reflection and thought. I then use three keys: Reflect, Activate, and Question.
Each book can be read as a stand-alone, or they can be read as the first two of my Equipping Unexpected Warriors series. Here is the link to the series on Amazon – you can buy Kindle or Paperback:
Be blessed, Martina.
Martina Davis Studio 