When you deal with negative thoughts, you must ignore your instinct to fight and switch to a strategy guaranteed to work.  Acknowledge the presence of the negative thoughts and refocus your mind in a positive direction.

The assault of negativity will wither in the presence of God’s love.  When negative thoughts enter your mind, repeat the following six words: THE POWER OF GOD IN MY LIFE IS LOVE.  Those nine powerful words push the negativity from your mind without giving the negative thoughts attention or focus they don’t deserve.   They don’t give them even a single molecule of your psychological energy.

Those nine words shift your focus to the most powerful force in the universe, God’s love.  The power of God in the world is love, and the power of God in your life is love.  It’s time to appropriate some of that power and apply it to yourself.  It’s time to love yourself and accept yourself as you are. 

If negative thoughts are really entrenched in you mind and they relentlessly attack your peace of mind, you can pull out all stops and repeat the following affirmation:

God is love and works by love.  The power and presence of God in my life is love.  God loves me and accepts me the way I am, but He loves me too much to let me stay that way.  God loves me from the top of my head to the tip of my toes.  It doesn’t get any better than that.  There is no limit to how good my life can become when I open my heart and mind to the power of God’s love.  I will max out on his love.

Repeat these sentences twenty times to push your mind in a positive direction.  Soon you will forget about your negative thoughts, and your mind will be focused on God’s love. 

Repeating a positive affirmation twenty times may seem like a mindless way of dealing with negative thoughts.  But remember, all you are doing is asking for equal time.  Your destructive negative thoughts relentlessly hammer you dozens of times with the same negative message.  If you repeat a positive affirmation only one time, you are going to lose the battle of focus.

The war against negative thoughts is fought on the battlefield of focus.  When you focus on negativity you lose the battle.  When you focus on God’s love, you win.  Go ahead and repeat the affirmation twenty times.  A tenacious focus on God’s love will make a big difference in your life.

Excerpt from :

Zero Tolerance To Negative Thinking : Good-by Depression - Hello Positive Mind

David J Abbott M.D.