Choose: Life to the Fullest 90 Days to Thinking and Living Great

By Becca Gunyon MCC

Choosing Life to the Fullest is about waking up and thinking great, inviting Jesus into our day, and finding ourselves in His identity. Amazing repetitive thoughts are key to this process.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973679141

Becca Gunyon MCC

Becca Gunyon, MCC loves moments with her family laughing, learning, sporting, serving, growing, and walking through life’s adventure together. Writing, counseling, mentoring, speaking, parent coaching are elements of ministry that she enjoys as Executive Director of The Way Counseling.

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CONTENTS

Purpose

Endorsements

Choosing Great Thoughts + Inviting Jesus In=

Life To The Fullest

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

Day 21

Day 22

Day 23

Day 24

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Day 28

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Day 37

Day 38

Day 39

Day 40

Day 41

Day 42

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Day 46

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Day 48

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Day 50

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Day 53

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Day 57

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Day 60

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Day 62

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Day 65

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Day 67

Day 68

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Day 70

Day 71

Day 72

Day 73

Day 74

Day 75

Day 76

Day 77

Day 78

Day 79

Day 80

Day 81

Day 82

Day 83

Day 84

Day 85

Day 86

Day 87

Day 88

Day 89

Day 90

Life To The Fullest

Note From The Author

Notes

Scripture quotations marked MSG are taken from THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries.

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Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMPC), Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMP), Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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Scripture taken from the International Children’s Bible®. Copyright © 1986, 1988, 1999 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION™ © 2006 by Bible League International and used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked CSB are been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible•, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

Scripture quotations marked NLV are taken from the New Life Version, copyright © 1969 and 2003. Used by permission of Barbour Publishing, Inc., Uhrichsville, Ohio 44683. All rights reserved.

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Scripture taken from the World English version of the Bible.

PURPOSE

"The secret conversations you hold in the privacy of your own mind are shaping your destiny, little by little. With every thought that races through your mind, you are continually reinventing yourself and your future. Research indicates that the average person thinks approximately fifty thousand thoughts per day. This is either good or bad news because every thought moves you either toward your God-given potential or away from it. No thoughts are neutral."

— Tommy Newberry (The 4:8 Principle)

We can change the physical nature of our brain through our thinking and choosing. Dr. Caroline Leaf (Switch On Your Brain)

Choosing life to the fullest is about waking up and thinking great, inviting Jesus into our day, and finding ourselves in His identity. Amazing repetitive thoughts are key to this process.

My passion in writing this compilation started with thinking about my own teenage thoughts and how they affected my journey. Which led me to ask myself, would my own teenagers and students that I mentor read a daily, short, thought- changing devotion?

What is the purpose of Choose Life to the Fullest?

After studying authors much wiser than myself, I found that when we wake up and think five great thoughts our brain starts changing. These five great thoughts super-charge our brain. The opposite is true when we wake up and think five defeating thoughts, we start the day behind.

We are not victim to our thoughts, we get to choose them. As Christians, when we invite Jesus into this process, life-change happens.

For as he thinks within himself, so he is. (Proverbs 23:7 NASB)

Dedicated to my husband Dan, who wakes up every morning and writes ten things he is thankful for

Thank yous:

Thankful to Lexie Fish for editing each devotion

Thankful to Madison Smith and Owin Gunyon for editing sections

Thankful to Addi Gunyon for designing all the Instagram posts @chooselifetothefullest

Thankful to Westbow Publishing for being so wonderful to work with

Thankful to Travis Fish for designing the cover

Thankful to my husband, Dan, who encourages me to write daily

Thankful for my son, Owin, who edits my books and encourages me to live my dreams

Thankful for my daughter, Addi, who creates beauty and speaks Jesus back to me

Thankful to my son, Eben, who thanks me daily for being me

Thankful to my son, John E, who flatters me with his funny compliments

Thankful to my son, Anden, who asks me if I have thought good thoughts today

Thankful to all the teenagers that previewed and gave their opinion

Thankful to my family, our circle of closeness is a blessing- (Jim and Danise Owings, Josh and Meredith Owings, Matt and Abi Tuiasosopo, Micah Owings, JonMark Owings and all my sweet nephews)

ENDORSEMENTS

"There is nothing worth fighting for more than the faith of the next generation. After spending years in student ministry, I came