The Ten Spiritual

Laws of Success

That Will Unleash Your

Potential

By Dr. John N. Chacha

© 2000 by Dr. John N. Chacha

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Dedication

I dedicate this book to Bob and Joan Bowers of

Hands for Christ. May God bless you with a long

life to continue equipping the saints for ministry.

Millions of lives are being transformed throughout

the world through your unselfish giving.

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Special Thanks

• Thanks to our special partners in ministry,

Eugene and Karen Strite of SentForth Ministries

— a ministry that is touching the nations. Your

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• I wish to express my deepest gratitude to

Miriam Livermon who gave her precious time and

tremendous effort to edit and proofread the

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Table of Contents

1 Transforming Your Mind. .................................9

2 Understanding the Ten Spiritual Laws of

Success. ............................................................25

3 Creating Changes in Your Life. .......................41

4 Understanding the Keys to Financial Wealth. .49

5 Taking Appropriate Massive Actions. ..............65

CHAPTER 1

Transforming Your Mind

1

Don't copy the behavior and customs of this

world, but be a new and different person with a

fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you

will learn from your own experience how his

ways will really satisfy you.

Romans 12:2

Thinking is one of the greatest abilities that God

has given to mankind. It is one of the most vital

aspects of your life.

Your thoughts eventually determine what you

become. By making more effective use of your God-

given ability to reason and think, you can change

and improve the quality of your life. God has given

each one of us a mind that is like a big universe.

Your mind is the most powerful tool you can use to

alter the course of your life. If you become a skilled

thinker who is able to tap into this magnificent

universe, it can open a whole new world for you. If

that "mind tool" is tuned in to what God desires for

your life, the possibilities are unlimited.

You were taught, with regard to your former

way of life, to put off your old self, which is

being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be

made new in the attitude of your minds; and to

put on the new self, created to be like God in

true righteousness and holiness.

Ephesians 4:22-24

I believe that one of the major reasons for so

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much under-achievement and frustration is simply

that people do not know how to get the most out of

themselves. Many do not know how their minds

operate. Millions of people are not aware of the vast

potential buried within their minds. However, there

are basic operating principles that can be learned

and followed in order to succeed in making the

maximum use of all that available mind potential

that is just waiting to be tapped into. "A mind is a

terrible thing to waste."

Understanding Your Mind

You can't operate a machine efficiently until you

know how it works; it is the same with your mind.

Your mind is like a central processing unit in a large

computer network with your subconscious mind

being the core. Many factors influence the operation

of this powerful computer. All the data interrelate in

one way or another. New data, whether true or false,

can immediately affect or change operations in every

other area.

The way you choose to think and the way you

use your mind determines everything you become

and everything you accomplish in this life. When you

change your thought life, you change every part of

your life. Ephesians 4: 22-24 says that your "self”

can be corrupted by "deceitful desires." The "self" is

all of you—body, mind, soul, and spirit. So, what you

have put into your mind in the past has affected all

of your "self" and has made you what you are today.

If your way of thinking is not changed, your mind

is just like the mind of an unbeliever. Unfortunately,

in speaking with many believer's, their speech and

thoughts were anything but renewed. They were still

thoughts of defeat and a negative mentality.

Although our minds are a fathomless universe,

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the average person uses only ten percent or less of

his or her potential in the course of a lifetime. This

means, generally speaking, that ninety percent of

our brain power is wasted. God gave you your mind

so that you can use it to be creative and glorify Him.

Use it. Don't waste your potential.

The Power of Your Mind

There are several principles that will help you

understand the relationship of your mind and your

thought life to other aspects of your life.

1.

Your thoughts shape your character.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as

surely as haste leads to poverty.

Proverbs 21:5

A person is virtually what he thinks, his

character being the complete sum of all his

thoughts. Jesus said,

The good man brings good things out of the

good stored up in him, and the evil man brings

evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But

I tell you that men will have to give account on

the day of judgment for every careless word

they have spoken. For by your words you will be

acquitted, and by your words you will be

condemned.

Matthew 12:35-37

As a plant springs from a seed, so our actions

spring from planted seeds of thought. Even

spontaneous and unpremeditated acts are a result of

hidden seed in our subconscious minds.

A person is shaped by his or her own thoughts. A

noble and god-like character is not something

acquired by favor or chance, but directly results

from the continued effort of planting the right

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spiritual seeds and the right thinking. By the same

process, when bad thoughts are not dealt with and

eradicated from our lives, they produce such

negative effects that the result is an ignoble and evil

character which can ultimately destroy us physically

and spiritually.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever

is noble, whatever is right whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if

anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think

about such things.

Philippians 4:8

Man is made or unmade by himself; in the

armory of thought he forges the weapons by

which he destroys himself; he also fashions the

tools with which he builds for himself heavenly

mansions of joy and strength and peace.

By the right choice and true application of

thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection;

by the abuse and wrong application of thought,

he descends below the level of the beast.

Between these two extremes are all the grades

of character and man is their maker or master.

—Author Unknown

A human being, unlike any other animal, is the

master of his own thoughts and has the ability to

relinquish that power to an outside force. He holds

the key to every thought he allows in his life. So

many people blame the devil, other people or even

God, for things they have the power to change. Every

human has within himself a divine transforming and

regenerative power to make of himself what he wills.

God has given man a free will, the power to make

choices for good or evil. When the Holy Spirit works

with us, He never forces His will on us. We

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ultimately have to use our minds to make choices

whether to follow Him or not.

2.

Your thoughts affect your circumstances.

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the

wellspring of life.

Proverbs 4:23

Our circumstances affect us, depending on how

we respond to them. How we respond to them

depends on how we perceive and think about them.

The circumstances that surround a man's life

are not important. How that man responds to

those circumstances is important.

His response is the ultimate determining factor

between success and failure.

—Booker T. Washington

3.

Your mind is like a garden.

Your mind is like a fertile garden. Just as a

gardener keeps his soil free from weeds and grows

just the right flowers or fruits, you need to keep the

garden of your mind clean and pure. This can be

done by constantly cultivating and weeding out all

the wrong, useless and impure thoughts.

Plant the right seeds that will bring forth the

right kind of fruit. If you don't protect what goes into

your mind, you will soon have wild ideas and

unchecked thoughts springing up like weeds. Your

wild thoughts will begin to shape your character,

circumstances and destiny.

... my people are destroyed from lack of

knowledge. Because you have rejected

knowledge, I also reject you as my priests;

because you have ignored the law of your God, I

also will ignore your children.

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Hosea 4:6

For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his

mouth come knowledge and understanding. He

holds victory in store for the upright, he is a

shield to those whose walk is blameless.

Proverbs 2:6-7

4.

You become what you think.

... for he is the kind of man who is always

thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he

says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:7

Your thought life has brought you to where you

are today. It is not by chance that you do what you

do or say the things you say. All of these things

spring forth out of the seeds you plant in your mind

and thus in your spirit.

Life is not a big accident as some may want us to

believe. The mind will always attract that which it

secretly harbors both positively and negatively. It

can reach the height of what it most loves, or fall to

the level of its lowly desires, giving in to fears and

degradation. Good thoughts attract what is good

and bad thoughts attract what is bad

When people change their thought life, that

begins to transform their surroundings and the

condition of their lives. What you constantly imagine

will crystallize sooner or later into habit, and habit

solidifies into circumstance. Evil thoughts crystallize

into habits such as drunkenness, sensuality, and all

kinds of bestial habits.

On the other hand, beautiful thoughts of all

kinds become habits of grace and kindness. Pure

thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance, self-

control, and peace. Thoughts of courage and self-

reliance crystallize into leadership habits, which

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solidify into circumstances of success, prosperity

and freedom.

5.

Your success or failure is linked to your

thought life.

Your weakness or strength, purity or impurity are

birthed in your mind. The responsibility is yours

alone and should not be blamed on someone else.

You bring these characteristics on yourself. Others

do not bring them upon you, as you may want to

think. Your present situation can only be altered by

you; never by another.

Before you can achieve anything great in this life,

you must learn to lift your thoughts above slavish

animal indulgence. Fill your mind with God's word.

There can be no progress or achievement in your life

if your thoughts aren't transformed beyond animal

thinking by God's word. Your success will be in

direct proportion to your transformation, the

sacrifices you make, and on what your mind focuses.

Use your mind to plan and design the direction of

your life.

Intellectual achievements come when you

apply yourself in pursuit of wisdom, knowledge and

truth. You don't succeed intellectually by just

wishing, but by working hard and applying your

mind. Fight against intellectual laziness. Pursue

excellence in spirit, soul and body.

Spiritual achievements are the results of holy

aspirations. Fill your heart and mind with the word

of God. Meditate upon all that is pure and unselfish.

As a result, you will become wise and noble in

character.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever

is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if

anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think

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about such things.

Philippians 4:8

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

and on his law he meditates day and night. He

is like a tree planted by streams of water, which

yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does

not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 1:2,3

A person may rise to higher heights of success

spiritually, financially and mentally, but again

backslide into weakness, poverty and wretchedness

by allowing arrogant, selfish, corrupt thoughts and

sin to dominate his life. We must realize that

victories attained by right thought can only be

maintained by continued right thoughts and

watchfulness. Many become careless after they

succeed, rapidly falling back into failure.

Do not let this Book of the Law depart from

your mouth; meditate on it day and night so

that you may be careful to do everything

written in it. Then you will be prosperous and

successful.

Joshua 1:8

Right Belief and Right Mentality

All great achievers know the power of what they

believe in and the power of continuously pursuing a

given vision. They know that in order to become a

great achiever you must develop an absolute sense

of certainty in your belief system. You too, must

know what you believe and what you expect in life.

This will help you to accomplish virtually anything,

including things that ordinary people with limited

aspirations think are impossible. You must

saturate your mind with powerful principles

that are based on God's word—principles that

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will activate your faith and motivate you into

action.

One of the greatest lessons you will ever learn is

how to interpret "failures" and how to deal with life's

"defeats." Your belief system will provide you with a

base from which you will interpret the happenings of

your life. You can learn how to deal with adversity

and challenges in a way that will shape the destiny

of your life. People with a failure mentality and a

weak belief system never accomplish much in life.

People who have a faulty and negative belief

system become overwhelmed easily because of their

defeatist mentality. They tend to feel that situations

in their lives are hopeless, or that they are

personally worthless, or that no matter how hard

they try, or what they try, they will lose anyway.

These beliefs must never be entertained if you ever

expect to be an overcomer. These beliefs will strip

you of your personal power and potential. In

psychology, a destructive mind set is called "learned

helplessness." People build terminal discouragement

when they give up trying and begin to accept bad

things that happen in their lives without a fight.

They perceive their efforts as futile.

I have come across many achievers; great men

and women of God who have succeeded in spite of

running into huge problems and barriers. The

difference between them and those who give up is

their faith and what they believe about their

problems. Overcomers usually do not see a problem

as permanent or powerful, while those who fail do

see their problems as permanent and powerful. Once

you believe that there is nothing you can do to

change a situation, your mind believes it and

perceives it as permanent. Your belief then becomes

reality.

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Beliefs have the awesome potential to create or

destroy. Learn to choose the beliefs that empower

you. Create convictions that drive you in the

direction of your destiny. Learn to channel and

harness the power of faith that is within you by

focusing your attention on the things that matter. Be

positive. Change your attitude and learn to walk by

faith.

'"If you can?'" said Jesus. "Everything is

possible for him who believes."

Mark 9:23

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in

prayer, believe that you have received it, and it

will be yours.

Mark 11:24

Your attitude is the way you approach life. It is

the outward expression of your thoughts and

feelings. A person with a positive attitude is

generally optimistic and cheerful in the way he deals

with people and in the way he approaches problems

and events in his life.

I once heard someone say, "You are where you

are and what you are because of what you believe

yourself to be. Whether you are rich or poor, happy

or unhappy, fat or thin, successful or unsuccessful,

your beliefs make you this way." Your beliefs affect

your faith, your actions and your achievements. You

are what you believe.

If you change your beliefs in any area of your life,

you begin immediately to change in that area. Your

expectations, your attitudes, your behavior and your

achievements all change.

Your outer world is an expression of your inner

world, and can't be otherwise. "You are not what you

think you are, but what you think, you are."

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Ways to Control Your Thoughts

1.

Focusing

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever

is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if

anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think

about such things.

Philippians 4:8

a.

Focus. People who accomplish extraordinary

things focus continually on their desired

results. They never stop focusing and

meditating on what they want to accomplish.

They envision the end results. They focus,

focus, focus. They focus their prayers and

their discussions on how they will achieve

what they want. They focus on their trust in

God's word, in His faithfulness, and in His

power within them. To them, failure is not an

option.

b.

Clarify your vision. Successful people are

very clear about what they want in life. They

have set goals and they have organized

thoughts upon which they remain focused in

spite of distractions, failure or opposition.

Unsuccessful people are unsure of what they

want to be and do. They are constantly

changing their minds when stumbling blocks

confront them. They are disorganized and

have a habit of making simple things

complicated.

c.

Cultivate a strong desire. When you are

focused on something you want very much,

you develop a strong and intense desire for it.

You are excited and enthusiastic about it.

This begins to give birth to the faith you need

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to accomplish the thing that you most desire.

On the other hand, unsuccessful people are

usually unmotivated and unexcited about what they

are doing. They have a pessimistic attitude, and they

function at a low level of energy. Their vision is

blurry, unclear and out of focus. They are always

waiting for the right moment and the right

opportunity, which never seems to arrive.

2.

Affirming and stirring yourself up

And Saul's son Jonathan went to David at

Horesh and helped him find strength in God.

I Samuel 23:16

Do not neglect your gift, which was given

you through a prophetic message when the body

of elders laid their hands on you. Be diligent in

these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so

that everyone may see your progress.

I Timothy 4:14-15

Learn to encourage and affirm yourself. Fill your

mind with affirmative scriptures that will build up

your faith. Read books and listen to messages that

will increase your faith and enthusiasm, boost your

courage, build up your self-esteem and assert

control over those negative emotions that continually

try to pull you down. Feed your spirit with

statements that are consistent with what you want

to become. If you want to be an overcomer, then stop

feeding your spirit and mind with discouraging and

disempowering teachings. Affirming teachings will

begin to create change in your life from the inside.

You see, you must become the person you want to

be on the inside before you change on the outside.

3.

Confession

... you are snared by the words of your own

mouth; you are taken by the words of your

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mouth.

Proverbs 6:2 NKJV

The tongue has the power of life and death,

and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:21

The tongue that brings healing is a tree of

life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 15:4

An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk, but

a righteous man escapes trouble. From the fruit

of his lips a man is filled with good things as

surely as the work of his hands rewards him.

Proverbs 12:13-14

Speaking aloud reinforces what you believe. You

must learn to verbalize what you believe or what you

expect to see. Confession builds up your faith.

4.

Feeding your mind with God's word

I have hidden your word in my heart that I

might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:11

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light

for my path.

Psalm 119:105

All scripture is God-breathed and is useful

for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training

in righteousness, so that the man of God may be

thoroughly equipped for every good work.

II Timothy 3:16-17

For the word of God is living and active.

Sharper than any double-edged sword, it

penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,

joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and

attitudes of the heart.

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Hebrews 4:12

Feed your mind continually with God's word and

with images consistent with the direction towards

which you want to grow. Your mind will never grow

unless it is fed the right diet. Educate your mind to

be in tune with your goals in life. Your mind will

never be able to expand beyond what you feed it.

Many people feed their bodies more than they feed

their spirits and their minds.

Your mind is one of the most untapped resources

you have. It contains wealth and power, both

spiritual and material, beyond your wildest dreams.

Just like a fertile garden, your mind will only

produce what you plant in it.

From Thought to Reality

Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one

can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born

of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to

flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit"

John 3:5-6

You are a triune being. You are made of spirit,

soul and body. Your spirit and mind (soul) live in

your body. Your body is just a house, simply where

you live.

When God deals with you, He does it in your

spirit. Your mind, just like a powerful computer,

processes the data that you feed it. In your body,

your tongue does not speak anything except what is

already in your spirit and mind.

The Bible tells us that the physical world is here

by God's spoken word. Before anything was created,

it was an idea in God's mind. Then He released it

through His spoken word.

Similarly, the ideas that your mind produces are

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actually living things. Before you do or make

anything, it has first become a living idea in your

mind. The car you drive, the house in which you live,

the chair upon which you rest, the book you are

reading—all were first ideas in someone's mind.

Everything you see began as ideas.

As was stated previously, thinking is one of the

greatest abilities that God has given to mankind. It

is one of the most vital aspects of your life. Realizing

the importance of your thought life is the necessary

first step to becoming all you can be in life. You are a

spiritual and mental being. You must first create

things mentally and spiritually before you can see

them manifested in the physical realm.

A Harvard professor once said in a lecture, "The

greatest discovery of our generation is that human

beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes

of mind. We need only to act as if the thing in

question were real and it will become infallibly real

by growing in such a connection in our life, that it

WILL become real."

Over and over again, Jesus taught His disciples

about the power of believing—about the power of

faith. Your faith can change the state of your mind.

A person never reaches heights above his level of

thought:

• Spiritually, you will never reach higher than

the level of your faith. Your faith sets the limits

of your spiritual growth.

• In general, your life will never soar above the

level of your thought life. Your thought life sets

the limits of what you can become. Rejuvenate

your spirit and soul if you want to soar higher

in the skies of life. Remember, ideas that come

in thought-forms are the starting point of all

success or failure. Just one right idea, followed

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by right action, can change your entire life. Be

a dreamer. Think BIG. Small is not an option in

your life.

The way you choose to think and the way you

use your mind determines everything you

become and everything you accomplish in this

life.

Plant the right seeds that will bring forth the

right kind of fruit.

A mind—YOUR MIND—is a terrible thing to

waste.

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CHAPTER 2

Understanding the Ten Spiritual

2

Laws of Success

God has set certain laws and principles in

motion, and these laws will always work whether we

believe in them or not. Many people find it hard to

succeed in life because they have never taken time

to discover what makes some people successful and

others failures. Anyone can fail or succeed

depending on what law they apply and to what

degree.

In my youth, when I was in my last year of high

school, I made discoveries that helped transform my

life. Though born in poverty, with meager resources,

I discovered that through applying the right

principles to my life, I could literally change certain

things that hindered my progress.

Here are ten spiritual laws of success that will

greatly help you to overcome your circumstances

and break out of poverty.

1.

The Law of Concentration of Power

What you focus your power on, you begin to

change. You can accomplish a lot through the power

of concentration. When you concentrate on a project

or a particular area of your life, then you begin to

release massive power related to what you want

done. It becomes easier for you to achieve your

desired end. Controlled focus is like a giant laser

beam that can cut through hard steel or anything

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that seems to be stopping you from reaching your

destiny.

When you focus consistently on changing or

improving in an area, you develop an ability to create

the change. One reason people fail is because they

never direct their focus, never concentrate their

power on what they want to achieve. They just

dabble their way through life, never deciding to

master anything in particular. They're double-

minded, majoring in minor things. Learn to focus

your power. Develop the discipline of concentration.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your

heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, ….

Colossians 3:23

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such

a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off

everything that hinders and the sin that so

easily entangles, and let us run with

perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us

fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter

of our faith, who for the joy set before him

endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat

down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1-2

2.

The Law of Persistence

Too many people give up too quickly. They are

not persistent enough. Their faith is not long-lasting.

They do not think long term, but short term. They do

not realize that sometimes, what seems impossible

in the short term becomes very possible in the long

term, when they persist. Men did not land on the

moon with one try, but through a long process.

We must discipline ourselves to consistently

think long term. No one season lasts forever. Life is a

cycle of planting, reaping, resting, and renewal. Even

a tough winter is not endless: it eventually gives way

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to spring. Do not die in your winter; hold on a little

longer for spring. You can hibernate in winter, or

you can enjoy winter activities.

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to

you; seek and you will find; knock and the door

will be opened to you.

Luke 11:9

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so

that when the day of evil comes, you may be

able to stand your ground, and after you have

done everything, to stand.

Ephesians 6:13

But when he asks, he must believe and not

doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of

the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.James 1:6

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we

profess, for he who promised is faithful.... So do

not throw away your confidence; it will be richly

rewarded. You need to persevere so that when

you have done the will of God, you will receive

what he has promised.

Hebrews 10:23, 35-36

3.

The Law of Confession

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus

is Lord," and believe in your heart that God

raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For

it is with your heart that you believe and are

justified, and it is with your mouth that you

confess and are saved.

Romans 10:9-10

From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach

is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is

satisfied. The tongue has the power of life and

death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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Proverbs 18:20-21

... if you have been trapped by what you

said, ensnared by the words of your mouth ….

Proverbs 6:2

An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk, but

a righteous man escapes trouble. From the fruit

of his lips a man is filled with good things as

surely as the work of his hands rewards him.

Proverbs 12:13-14

The tongue that brings healing is a tree of

life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 15:4

Your confession reveals what your heart believes.

Your heart conceives an idea, but through your

verbal confession that idea is born and brought into

the world. Your confession gives it life. It gives it feet

and hands.

Linguists have proven that culturally we are

shaped by our language. The words we use

consistently affect the way we evaluate, make

decisions, and even the way we think. Words shape

our beliefs and impact our actions and judgments.

It is very important that we fill our hearts with

God's word, believe it and confess it to make it alive

in us. What you constantly confess becomes a reality

to you. Winners talk differently from losers. True

winners are positive people. Losers are negative

people, full of air and negative talk. Your confession

can affect your state of mind and your way of

thinking.

I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this

mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and

does not doubt in his heart but believes that

what he says will happen, it will be done for

him.

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Mark 11:23

The words you consistently select will shape your

destiny.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as

you teach and admonish one another with all

wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and

spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to

God.

Colossians 3:16

Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will

also acknowledge him before my Father in

heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I

will disown him before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:32-33

Yet at the same time many even among the

leaders believed in him. But because of the

Pharisees they would not confess their faith for

fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for

they loved praise from men more than praise

from God.

John 12:42-43

4.

The Law of Correspondence

... for as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

Proverbs 23:7

You brood of vipers, how can you who are

evil say anything good? For out of the overflow

of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:34

Your outward life corresponds to your inner

world. What is going on in your inner life will sooner

or later be reflected in your outward life. This, then,

means that we can change our outward life by

changing our attitudes and our mind set. Our

attitudes determine our altitudes. How high you go

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in life is ultimately determined by the wings of your

inner life.

Some people can't take off and excel in life

because they have too much going on inside them.

They're filled with confusion, chaos and too many

negative beliefs. They aren't at peace with

themselves or with God. By allowing God to be in

charge of your inner life, your outward life is

automatically brought into focus. By changing how

you think, you will be able to change how you

behave and thus change your life. Your visible

actions will begin to correspond to the character of

God within you.

5.

The Law of Sowing and Reaping

Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity

and sow trouble reap the same.

Job 4:8

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will

also reap sparingly, and whoever sows

generously will also reap generously.

II Corinthians 9:6

One man gives freely, yet gains even more;

another withholds unduly, but comes to

poverty. A generous man will prosper, he who

refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

Proverbs 11:24-25

What you sow is what you reap. Too many people

are trying to reap where they do not sow. They are

trying to be successful without paying the price. You

do not get something out of nothing. This is the iron

law of the universe.

You are not where you are today by mere chance.

Even accidents are caused by something. Everything

happens for a reason, whether or not you know what

the reason is. There are no "accidents" in life. We live

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in a world that has certain universal laws. We have

to discover these laws and use them to our

advantage.

You may not believe it, but the truth of the

matter is: whatever you are reaping today is the

result of what you have sown or allowed others to

sow in your life in the past. If you wish to reap a

different harvest in any area of your life in the

future, you need to plant different seeds today. Don't

allow others to sow wrong seeds in your life, because

you will be stuck with the wrong harvest!

One of the areas where we plant seeds is in our

minds. What we think and meditate on makes us

what we are to be. When we change the quality of

our thinking, we eventually change the quality of our

lives. What you sow in your spirit and in your mind

will show outwardly.

You will reap what you sow. This book is sowing

seeds in your mind right now! You will never be the

same again. Change is coming in your life. Failure is

not an option in your life any longer.

6.

The Law of Believing

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus

is Lord," and believe in your heart that God

raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For

it is with your heart that you believe and are

justified, and it is with your mouth that you

confess and are saved.

Romans 10:9-10

What you believe, you eventually become. If you

believe in defeat, you'll become defeated. If you

absolutely believe that you're meant to be a great

success in life, your mind will be set to pursue it. No

matter what happens, you will have the will to press

forward toward your goals. Nothing will stop you.

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What you believe, you attract. What you believe,

you become.

7.

The Law of Expectations

What I feared has come upon me; what I

dreaded has happened to me.

Job 3:25

What you expect is what you get. If you expect

bad things to happen in your life, they will likely

happen. In fact, you may even unknowingly cause

them to happen.

Your expectations also affect how you perceive

what happens to you. If you're expecting bad things

to happen, you notice them and look for them. You

may even see something as bad, when, in fact, it's

good. If, however, you are expecting good things to

happen, you'll look for them and find them. You will

see blessings, even miracles, in happenings that

could have been perceived as bad, because your

expectations are your eyes of faith.

Consider Luke 7:1-10, where we read of the

centurion who sent Jesus a request to heal his

servant. What were the centurion's expectations?

...that Jesus could simply say the word, without

even coming to the house himself, and the sick

servant would be well. The centurion expected Jesus

to have power and authority. (v. 7-8) What if the

centurion hadn't had such expectations? Would the

story have ended the way it did?

We need to learn to expect the best from others

and ourselves. Stop lowering your expectations and

expecting the worst to happen. When a teacher

expects little from a student, that's what he or she

will get. Although it's unwise to have unreasonably

high expectations, it's equally wrong to expect too

little.

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As a child of God, God's word teaches you what

to expect from yourself and from Him. The Bible sets

the standard of what to expect. God expects

excellence from you, and you should expect the

same.

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly

Father is perfect.

Matthew 5:48

Our expectations shape our productivity. They

also set the stage for miracles. Our faith will not

operate if our expectations are faulty and unrealistic.

8.

The Law of Attraction

People are like magnets. They attract people or

situations in harmony with their thought life. As the

old saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together."

People of excellent spirit attract those of like spirit.

Criminals attract each other.

This law also works in many other ways.

Sometimes you may be thinking of someone and

within seconds or minutes the phone rings with that

person on the line. You may be thinking of

something, of starting a business perhaps, and then

you begin to meet people who have ideas or

information about that business.

You need to have a clear picture in your mind of

who you want to attract to your life, the kind of

people with whom you want to associate. Poverty-

minded people tend to attract poverty. Prosperity-

minded people tend to attract moneymaking ideas

and opportunities.

The people you associate with will determine the

level of your success. They will determine how high

you can go in life. You have to be careful to set a

standard for what kind of friends and advisers you

want in your life. Wrong associates can shut doors of

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opportunities for you by keeping away the right kind

of people and by attracting the wrong ones.

Remember the story of King Jehoshaphat, King of

Judah?

The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because in

his early years he walked in the ways his father

David had followed. He did not consult the Baals

but sought the God of his father and followed

his commands rather than the practices of

Israel. The LORD established the kingdom under

his control; and all Judah brought gifts to

Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and

honor. His heart was devoted to the ways of the

LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places

and the Asherah poles from Judah.

II Chronicles 17:3-6

Unfortunately, Jehoshaphat allowed the

daughter of Israel's King Ahab and Queen Jezebel to

marry his son. This was a big mistake, because Ahab

and Jezebel were the wrong kind of associates.

Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did

more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to

anger than did all the kings of Israel before him.

I Kings 16:33

There was a lot of unnecessary trouble in

Jehoshaphat's life as a result of letting these evil

people into his family. Here's what God said to him

about it:

Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out

to meet him and said to the king, "Should you

help the wicked and love those who hate the

LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD

is upon you."

II Chronicles 19:2

Centuries later, Jesus spoke of the choice of

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associates this way:

He who is not with me is against me, and he

who does not gather with me, scatters.

Luke 11:23

9.

The Law of Mental Equivalency

Things that happen in your life first begin to take

shape in your thought life. Your mind is a birthplace

for ideas and dreams. Success and failure are both

born in the mind before they become a reality in our

lives. Poverty begins in the mind. Low self-esteem

and other negative attitudes start as seeds in the

mind before we begin to live and act on them.

When you learn how to think in a positive,

confident way about the main aspects of your life,

you take charge of your life. You bring your life into

harmony with the law of sowing and reaping. You

sow positive seeds and reap a positive harvest. You

attract people with a positive outlook on life that

soon becomes a great blessing to you.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of

this world, but be transformed by the renewing

of your mind. Then you will be able to test and

approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing

and perfect will.

Romans 12:2

Transformation begins with your thought life.

Change your thinking and you'll change your life.

Fill your mind with the transforming Word of God

that has life in it and the ability to create change. It

is Christ who brings real, lasting change, change

that begins in your spirit and affects first your

thinking, then your body. Outward change doesn't

last unless it starts from the inside.

10. The Law of Reciprocity

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So in everything, do to others what you

would have them do to you, for this sums up

the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 7:12

If you want to be successful, you must learn to

help others succeed in their own lives. Create

prosperity for others and they will reciprocate for

having been helped. When you become a blessing to

others, they will become a blessing to you.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good

measure, pressed down, shaken together and

running over, will be poured into your lap. For

with the measure you use, it will be measured

to you.

Luke 6:38

Successful people are those who always do more

than is expected of them. They find joy in giving and

helping others. Your returns in life come back to you

as a result of your contributions to others. God

honors good deeds. When we help others without

expecting anything back, we automatically begin to

get riches, rewards and the respect of other people.

He who is kind to the poor lends to the

LORD, and he will reward him for what he has

done.

Proverbs 19:17

He who gives to the poor will lack nothing,

but he who closes his eyes to them receives

many curses.

Proverbs 28:27

If you want blessings to increase in your life, all

you need to do is increase your giving and service to

others. Giving is a key that unlocks God's blessings

into our lives. It helps us overcome the spirit of

greed that has destroyed many. True wealth is not

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found in the accumulation of plenty, but in being

surrounded with God's blessings.

Four Principles that Work in

Conjunction with the Spiritual Laws of

Success

1.

Be passionate in what you do.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with

all your might, for in the grave, where you are

going, there is neither working nor planning nor

knowledge nor wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

People who like what they do develop a

consuming passion that is energizing. It's like a

driving force that gives them the energy to do more

and to excel in their pursuits. This passion causes

them to do the impossible because they love what

they are doing. For example, this summer, I'm

writing five books because I love it. I stay up late and

wake up early. I'm not bored or tired because I have

a passion for it. Right now I'm writing this chapter

from a plane. I'm enjoying my flight because I'm

doing what I like doing—writing. Why do I enjoy

writing? Because I know thousands of people enjoy

reading my books. I have a passion for what I do.

If you don't like what you are doing, you'll never

realize your true potential. Find your calling and

walk in it. Don't spend your precious life trying to

please others by living up to their expectations,

while forfeiting your dreams and aspirations. Your

life is your life—and God gave it to you.

2.

Know what you believe.

Your belief system will affect and influence what

you do. If you don't believe in what you are doing,

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you won't give your best and you won't be happy

doing it.

Also, it is important that you develop a healthy

belief about yourself. Your beliefs about who you are

and who you can be precisely determine who you

will be. If you believe that you will always be a

failure in life and that you're an unlucky person,

that's what life will be for you. What we believe to be

true, what we believe is possible, becomes what is

true. Your beliefs shape your destiny, so be careful

to believe the right things.

3.

Have a strategy—a plan.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as

surely as haste leads to poverty.

Proverbs 21:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and

lean not on your own understanding; in all your

ways acknowledge him, and he will make your

paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Strategy is the way we organize and use our God-

given resources. It's a plan, a way of doing things.

Many people fail in life, not because they don't have

resources, but because they don't have an effective

strategy for utilizing what they have.

One way of developing a workable strategy is

finding someone else who is doing successfully what

you want to do and learn from him or her.

Discontinue a strategy or a plan that is not working.

On the other hand, there's no reason to improve

something that's already working efficiently.

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is

the LORD'S purpose that prevails.Proverbs 19:21

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4.

Clarify your values.

Values establish a moral and ethical foundation

of what you believe and what's important to you.

They help you make specific decisions and

judgments in important matters.

People without established, clear value systems

are hard to deal with because you don't know where

they stand. People of integrity are people with clear,

established values. Your values are your convictions,

your lifeline.

The word of God helps us to establish and clarify

our values. It shows us where to stand on various

issues. A true believer is one who has God's values

as his own and will stand on God's word without

compromising.

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Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes

will, When the road you're trudging seems all

uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are

high And you want to smile but you have to

sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit Rest

if you must, but don't you quit.

For life is queer with its twists and turns, As

every one of us sometimes learns, And many a

failure turns about, When he might have won if

he'd stuck it out.

Success is just failure turned inside out, The

silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never

can tell how close you are, It may be near when

it seems so far. So stick to the fight when you're

hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you

must not quit!

—Anonymous

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Creating Changes in Your Life

3

If you want to create significant and long-term

change in your life, you must take personal

responsibility for your own change. You can't depend

on someone else to create your changes. The Holy

Spirit will help bring changes in your life but, you

have to be willing to change. You must make the

move—You are your own architect. You design and

build your own life according to how you respond to

God's plan for you.

God has given you a free will and abilities. People

who depend on others for their success never go far.

It's only those who take action who get things done.

You may have faith in God and in yourself, but

remember, faith without action is dead. (James 2:17)

Many people never manage to get very far in life

because they hold too tightly to the burdens of

yesterday and the fears of tomorrow. They're afraid

of letting go. They're bound by their own

insecurities. Fifty percent of their life is filled with

yesterday and fifty percent filled with tomorrow. The

"today" is lost; lost in the panic about yesterday and

tomorrow.

Cast all your anxiety on him because he

cares for you.

I Peter 5:7

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for

tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has

enough trouble of its own.

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Matthew 6:34

God has given you twenty-four hours in a day.

You should learn to invest it wisely. Use it to design

and build your future according to His perfect plan

for you. Make appropriate changes at appropriate

times. It's not good to move ahead of God's timing,

but it's not good to be too late either.

There is a time for everything, and a season

for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

Learn to seize opportunities by developing the

right friendships and meeting the right kind of

people today. Avoid small-thinking people, those

who have small minds and negative attitudes

towards life. The people you allow in your life

influence you for the best or for the worst. Your life

is shaped by the company you keep.

You should live your life wisely; making the

necessary changes by the power of Christ who is

within you. Let every new day be a new lifetime for

you. Don't allow yesterday's failures to bind you or

stop you from moving ahead with life. Circumstances

in your life may not change immediately, but you

can change your attitude and your outlook on life.

Make a way where there seems to be no way.

Remember, when God created the world, He did

not create roads, bridges, railways, highways,

skyscrapers, satellites, cars, planes, ships—mankind

did. God gave us the ability, the brains, the desires,

the insights to create these things. Through God's

power, we can do almost anything. However, one

must believe in himself and in the power of God

working through him.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly

abundantly above all that we ask or think,

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according to the power that works in us.

Ephesians 3:20

How to Change Anything in Your Life

1.

Decide what you want.

When you're specific in what you want, it's easier

to create change. Being specific helps you to achieve

your goal faster and more easily without confusion.

People who don't know what they want in life find it

difficult to create any lasting change in their

personal lives.

2.

Get motivated.

With enough motivation, anybody can change

almost anything. I strongly believe that people refuse

to change not because they are incapable of

changing, but because they lack motivation. Change

is dependent on motivation, not capability. Through

motivation, one can create a sense of urgency. When

that sense of urgency is missing, people won't

readily change. It's easy for them to keep putting

things off until later.

On the other hand, one can be driven by such an

intense urgency that he becomes compelled to follow

through. Change can happen in an instant. I know

of a woman who was overweight. She believed it was

impossible for her to lose weight. The doctor told her

that if she did not lose fifty pounds, she was gong to

die. This bad news from the doctor created a sense of

urgency that gave her the motivation she needed.

She lost seventy-five pounds in three months!

3.

Focus your mind.

When it comes to change, your thought life plays

one of the most important roles. You become what

you think about most of the time. Your dominant

thoughts and aspirations become your reality. The

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things you think about and the way you think about

them determine your levels of health, wealth and

happiness in every area of your life. You can tell how

much someone really wants something by how much

he is willing to discipline his thinking, by how much

he keeps his mind focused only on the things he

wants and off the things he doesn't want.

Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all

day long.

Psalm 119:97

It is a proven fact that we are continually growing

and developing in the direction of our dominant

thoughts. When we change the focus of our

dominant thoughts about ourselves for a period of

time, our beliefs will change as well. This is why we

must surround ourselves with the right kind of

people, who influence our minds in the right

direction. This is why it's important to fill our minds

with the life-changing word of God.

4.

Discipline yourself to think and act in a way

that is consistent with what you want to

become.

By disciplining yourself to work towards your

goals, you can break old habits that are

disempowering and create new empowering habits.

Your present life is a direct result of your previous

thinking.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of

this world, but be transformed by the renewing

of your mind. Then you will be able to test and

approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing

and perfect will.

Romans 12:2

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful

for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training

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in righteousness, so that the man of God may be

thoroughly equipped for every good work.

II Timothy 3:16-17

Essential Conditions for Creating

Change

I learned a long time ago that if something works,

use it. Here are proven principles for changing the

direction of your life that have been used by those

who have succeeded. These principles work. Use

them.

1.

You must want and be willing to change.

There's an old saying, "You can lead a horse to

water, but you can't make it drink." Many people say

they want to change, but, unless they're really

willing to give up the old way of life, they will never

change.

When Jesus saw him lying there and learned

that he had been in this condition for a long

time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

John 5:6

You must be willing to let go of the old to allow

the birth of the new. Even the trees have to go

through fall, allowing old leaves to die and fall off

before new ones are born.

It is natural for people to fear change, especially

costly change. However, all growth, all progress, all

advancement requires change. In spite of anything

we do, life never stays the same forever. There's

always something changing. Things are either

getting better or getting worse, but never staying the

same. Our relationships are either progressing or

regressing. If change is going to occur anyway, let's

accept that fact and use it for positive results. Direct

the change toward what God wants for your life.

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2.

You must be willing to pay the price for

change.

People want things to get better in their personal

lives, but they avoid making necessary sacrifices.

Jesus wanted us to be with Him in eternity; He was

willing to pay the price. You must be willing to pay

the price for your success; no pain, no gain. Make

the efforts and the sacrifices. Aim at making long-

term improvement in your life. This may take years

of developing the right habits while avoiding the

wrong people and wrong things, but with proper

focus, you can become what you want to be.

3.

You must raise the level of your

expectations.

Except in rare cases, people do not rise above the

level of their expectations. Your expectations set the

limit of how high you can rise in life. Your faith level

determines your altitude. Whenever you sincerely

want to make a change, the first thing you must do

is to raise your level of expectation. If you demand

little from yourself, that is what you will get.

You must determine what you want out of your

life. Focus on what you want to see happen, what

you want to accomplish in your life. Begin to change

or eliminate from your life things or relationships

which don't meet your desired and God-given

standards. Learn to manage your life effectively.

Failure is not an option in your life. Go for the gold—

nothing less.

4.

Change your beliefs.

What you believe determines what you become in

life. If your beliefs are limiting beliefs, then you'll live

a limited life. You can't change your life without

changing your beliefs. You must believe that God

has bestowed abilities upon you and that His power

is within you. Wrong beliefs will sabotage your

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efforts to become what God intended you to become.

Your beliefs are your building blocks. What you

believe will begin to dictate how things are run in

your life, what is possible and what is impossible,

what you can and can't do. Your beliefs will shape

your actions, your thoughts, and even your feelings.

Given these facts then, to create any lasting change,

one must change his belief system. Godly beliefs

generate godly changes.

5.

You must change the way you do things.

Someone has wisely said, "When you do what you

always do, you get what you always get." If you're

tired of what is happening in your life, you must

stop doing what you're doing. Change your life

strategy. Begin to plant new seeds and take new

actions. Your actions determine your results. It's

your actions that put your beliefs to practical use.

If you don't know what actions to take in your

life, find a good role model, someone who is already

getting the results you desire in your life. Then tap

into that person's bank of knowledge and wisdom.

There's no need to re-invent the wheel. Take time to

learn what your role model did to get where he or

she is. Learn how he thinks, what he reads, what he

believes. You must, however, maintain your

individuality. Learn from others without becoming

their carbon copy. Take action and do what you

believe is the right thing to do.

You see, in life, lots of people know what to do,

but few people actually do what they know. Knowing

is not good enough! It's the actions that matter.

Faith without works is dead. Create change in your

life to move in the right direction. You can become

everything you ever dreamed you could become.

Failure is not an option in your life. Before you

were conceived, you outran and beat millions of

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other sperm in your mother's womb. You were

Number One. You were a winner in your mother's

womb. Even then God knew who you were. You were

born a winner. Live the life of a winner. Fight defeat

by using your shortcomings as lessons and

stepping-stones. Failure is not an option in your life.

For you created my inmost being; you knit

me together in my mother's womb. I praise you

because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was

made in the secret place. When I was woven

together in the depths of the earth, your eyes

saw my unformed body. All the days ordained

for me were written in your book before one of

them came to be.

Psalm 139:13-16

Nuggets of Wisdom

• Take Personal Responsibility to design and

build your own life according to God's plan for

you.

• Take off the burdens of yesterday and the

fears of tomorrow.

• Through God's power, we can do almost

anything.

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Understanding the Keys to

4

Financial Wealth

A good man leaves an inheritance for his

children's children, but a sinner's wealth is

stored up for the righteous. A poor man's field

may produce abundant food, but injustice

sweeps it away.

Proverbs 13:22-23

Wealth and honor come from you; you are

the ruler of all things. In your hands are

strength and power to exalt and give strength to

all.

I Chronicles 29:12

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good

health and that all may go well with you, even

as your soul is getting along well.

III John 1:2

The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and

he adds no trouble to it.

Proverbs 10:22

We live in an era where financial prosperity is an

important aspect of our lives. Yet there are those

who teach that money is not important. I strongly

disagree. Money is just as important in our

generation as it was in the time of Jesus. A lot of

things that we have been called to accomplish in our

society take money. Yes, I agree that the pursuit of

money as an end unto itself can get out of control

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and be harmful, but so can the pursuit of every

other kind of power.

One of the statements I hear people make is:

"Money cannot bring happiness in your life." True,

but that doesn't prove anything, because money was

never meant to bring happiness. Happiness is not

the function of money. Just as your eyes were never

created to hear, or your nose to see or your ears to

smell, so money wasn't created to bring happiness

into your life. Money is a medium of exchange.

Money is an enhancer of our skills. Money is a form

of power. Money helps us to make things, build

schools, feed our families, pay our bills, spread the

gospel, and clothe us. In fact, money is one of the

most multi-faceted assets you will ever have. You

can do more with money than any other human-

made thing I know. Money solves problems.

You don't cut off your ears because they don't

walk or see; that isn't their function. Their function

is to hear. You don't throw away money because it

doesn't give you happiness and contentment. Money

will never make you happy, because that isn't its

purpose. Happiness is the work of the Holy Spirit. It

is not money but the presence of the Holy Spirit that

brings joy and contentment into your heart.

We must learn to see money from a new

perspective. Money is very useful in almost every

aspect of our lives. We need to find means of

creating financial wealth so that we can accomplish

God's purpose in our lives.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes

life merry, but money is the answer for

everything.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

Fortunately, we live in a time of great

opportunities. Great numbers of people are

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becoming millionaires overnight, as they discover the

techniques for making wealth. We are surrounded

with millions of opportunities for making wealth,

but, at the same time, we are surrounded by

millions of people who have little. The question

seems to be why so many people fail to achieve

financial abundance in an era when economic

opportunity surrounds us. Many people live in

countries where they can make millions of dollars

just by starting with a timely idea, as did Bill Gates

of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple Computers. We

are surrounded by role models who have "made it"

and can show us unbelievable possibilities. You will

break the poverty mentality as you develop a new

mind set, a new mentality, and a new way of life.

Poverty is not an option in your life. Ignorance is not

an option in your life.

The most common reason that so many people

fail to become financially free and fail to master the

art of making money is simply that they think it is

too hard. They tell themselves that only experts can

handle money or make financial decisions for them.

They have no time to become trained to understand

finances, not realizing that this is some of the most

useful knowledge they can obtain to improve their

situation. You can't exclusively depend upon

someone else. No matter how competent they are,

you will always blame them if something goes wrong.

You must learn to take responsibility for

understanding your own finances. Learn to create

and multiply your finances. Know the things that

God has assigned you to do that will require

finances. Ask Him for ideas or to lead you to the

right people who will help you to become financially

independent. Develop a financial plan for you and

your family.

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1.

Understand that poverty is your number one

enemy.

Poverty is undesirable and unnecessary in one's

life. I will never wish poverty upon anyone. Misery,

debt, fear, worries and lack are the direct results of a

"poverty mentality.' I know what poverty feels like. I

have experienced it in my own life. It's a form of hell

on earth. Unfortunately, poverty is caused by our

ignorance and our blindness to the unlimited

opportunities and abundance placed before us.

God made the universe and filled it with wealth,

resources, and opportunities, so that even if we were

to populate this world with ten times the current

population, we would still have plenty of resources

and wealth for everyone. As we make new

discoveries and new breakthroughs, we are realizing

how limited our understanding is about wealth and

potential.

In order for us to fight against poverty, we need

to raise the level of people's understanding and

vision. People need to be educated on how to change

their thinking and their perspective; how to rely on

God's word; how to trust God and apply His word to

our lives.

I was young and now I am old, yet I have

never seen the righteous forsaken or their

children begging bread.

Psalm 37:25

Poverty will never help you or anyone you know.

It leads to anger, sufferings, frustration and aborted

dreams. I do not want it in my life or my children's

lives. It is unnecessary. It is bondage, a form of hell,

and a prison. It is not an option. Poverty creates

problems, while money can solve problems. When

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you have money, you can become a burden-bearer;

when you are poor, you become a burden. I would

rather be a burden-bearer.

2.

Develop a new attitude!

But remember the LORD your God, for it is

he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,

and so confirms his covenant, which he swore

to your forefathers, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 8:18

Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who

fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his

commands. His children will be mighty in the

land; the generation of the upright will be

blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and

his righteousness endures forever.Psalm 112:1-3

Financial prosperity is the result of a correct

mindset—not just about money, but about an active

way of thinking and living in accordance with

spiritual principles. Financial prosperity should be a

normal way of life for those who have acquired the

appropriate skills and are operating according to

God's principles and assignment for their lives. God

wants us to tap His infinite intelligence that makes

prosperity possible. Remove limitations that have

been placed into your mind through wrong

teachings. Free yourself from the lies and bondage.

Remember, poverty begins in your mind and is

then manifested outwardly. I heard a speaker once

say: "Every man or woman is free to rise as far as he

or she is able or willing; but it's only the degree to

which he or she thinks that will determine the

degree to which he or she will rise. Wealth always

starts in the mind with a prosperity consciousness."

There is no reason for prosperity to be a

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controversial issue. God is the source of our

prosperity. He has nothing against wealth, just as

long as we use it correctly and don't make money

our god.

3.

Develop the ability to create more financial

wealth.

The LORD will open the heavens, the

storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your

land in season and to bless all the work of your

hands. You will lend to many nations but will

borrow from none.

Deuteronomy 28:12

There are many proven ways that a good financial

mentor can show you how to create wealth without

hurting yourself or your family. There are probably

hundreds of ways that are available for you to

double your income while you give more time to your

family and help more people.

Develop new skills and acquire new information

that will help you. New knowledge opens new doors.

If you want to go to a higher level, acquire new

knowledge and let it open new doors for you.

Meeting new people can unlock some of the hidden

treasures and reveal new opportunities in your life.

Failure is not an option. Status quo is not necessary.

You can make it. You can succeed. You can have

financial power. You can be a blessing to the

nations.

4.

Increase the level of your financial wisdom to

increase your wealth.

One man pretends to be rich, yet has

nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has

great wealth.

Proverbs 13:7

He who ignores discipline comes to poverty

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and shame, but whoever heeds correction is

honored.

Proverbs 13:18

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the

man who gains understanding, ... Long life is in

her right hand; in her left hand are riches and

honor.

Proverbs 3:13,16

God's word instructs us that if we increase our

wisdom, we will increase the level of our wealth, not

only in finances, but also in other areas. Wisdom

and knowledge will provide you with the ability to

handle wealth. Wisdom will guide you to the right

people, the right investments, the right timing. You

will know what kind of counselor to listen to, when

to say "no" and when to say "yes."

Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who

fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His

commandments. His descendants will be mighty

on earth; The generation of the upright will be

blessed. Wealth and riches will be in his house,

And his righteousness endures forever.

Psalm 112:1-3

5.

God wants you to increase what you have.

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and

bread for food will also supply and increase your

store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of

your righteousness.

II Corinthians 9:10

He will love you and bless you and increase

your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your

womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new

wine and oil—the calves of your herds and the

lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to

your forefathers to give you.

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Deuteronomy 7:13

May the LORD make you increase, both you

and your children.

Psalm 115:14

The LORD will indeed give what is good, and

our land will yield its harvest.

Psalm 85:12

God not only wants you to increase what you

have, He requires that you multiply it. It is an

offense to hide your talents and not put your

finances to work. God requires you to be a profitable

servant; one who will put your skills to work to

acquire financial wealth to bless others.

What you do with your money matters to God

because everything you own belongs to Him. You are

a steward of God's wealth. You are to use every

opportunity available to you to multiply what He has

entrusted to you. Avoid negative people who want to

hold you back from multiplying what you have. Be

obedient to God's word. In fact, God has promised

financial blessing to those obedient to His

instructions, laws and principles.

His lord said to him, "Well done, good and

faithful servant; you have been faithful over a

few things, I will make you ruler over many

things. Enter into the joy of your lord."

Matthew 25:23

Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently

obey the voice of the LORD your God, to

observe carefully all His commandments which I

command you today, that the LORD your God

will set you high above all nations of the earth.

And all these blessings shall come upon you and

overtake you, because you obey the voice of the

LORD your God: Blessed shall you be in the city,

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and blessed shall you be in the country. Blessed

shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of

your ground and the increase of your herds, the

increase of your cattle and the offspring of your

flocks.... And the LORD will grant you plenty of

goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase

of your livestock, and in the produce of your

ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to

your fathers to give you. The LORD will open to

you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the

rain to your land in its season, and to bless all

the work of your hand. You shall lend to many

nations, but you shall not borrow.

Deuteronomy 28:1-4,11,12

6.

It is biblical for you to have enough finances

to do God's work.

It is God's will for you to have sufficient energy,

health and provision for your entire journey in this

lifetime.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all

things and be in health, just as your soul

prospers.

III John 1:2

He even wants you to leave behind an

inheritance for your children's children. He wants

you to impact your generation through His blessings

for you. He wants you to have enough finances to

establish His kingdom throughout the nations. You

need to stop limiting yourself and your vision. Jesus

not only came to save us from sin, but also to

release a new level of provision and abundance in

our lives. He came so that we may have life in

abundance.

The thief does not come except to steal, and

to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they

may have life, and that they may have it more

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abundantly.

John 10:10

You can have a financial turnaround and

breakthrough in your life. You don't have to spend

all your life struggling. You don't have to spend

thirty years trying to pay off your home. You can buy

and pay off your home in less than six years. You are

responsible for your financial success. Nobody else

is responsible for it except you. Nobody else can live

your life for you. You are responsible for your own

life. Your failures or successes are your own

responsibility. They are your own making. It is you

that God holds accountable.

7.

Respect God's blessings in your life.

I have noticed that the people we respect tend to

be drawn close to us while the people we do not

respect tend to avoid us; the same is true with

animals. A dog or a cat will run away from anyone

who mistreats it. I have observed the same thing

happening with money. When we do not respect and

use our money wisely, it runs away from us. When

we respect it and treat it right, it's drawn to us.

People who mistreat and misuse money will always

have a hard time keeping it.

Money is a tool that we use to do things for us,

build God's kingdom and build people's lives. Any

tool that is mishandled or misused will not serve you

well. When money is misused or mishandled, you

lose its power for accomplishing God's will.

We can use money to fight against ignorance,

disease, and poverty. Through money we can buy

wonderful things, pay for our education, build

churches, preach the gospel and be good providers.

It's difficult to understand why anyone who realizes

its value would misuse or mistreat this powerful tool

that God has provided.

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For wisdom is a defense as money is a

defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that

wisdom gives life to those who have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

How to Attract Financial Blessings

1.

Find a financial mentor.

Poverty and shame will come to him who

disdains correction, but he who regards reproof

will be honored.

Proverbs 13:18

If you want to attract finances, get a good

financial mentor, one who can give you reliable

advice and help you understand how money works

and how you can increase your financial blessings.

When you get a financial adviser, remember that

your decisions are still your own.

2.

Find a good job that pays well.

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent

hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 10:4

A sluggard does not plow in season; so at

harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

Proverbs 20:4

Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay

awake and you will have food to spare.

Proverbs 20:13

For even when we were with you, we

commanded you this: If anyone will not work,

neither shall he eat.

II Thessalonians 3:10

You will never attract financial blessings if you

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are lazy. Laziness is the enemy of prosperity. It's

possible to be lazy in one or several areas of life, and

yet be active in other areas. I have never met a lazy

person who is successful in an area in which he is

lazy. If you are lazy financially, you will be poor

financially. Laziness opens the door to the enemy.

It is important that you understand how to work

smart. If you work hard in the wrong direction, you

will be working against yourself. I have seen many

hard-working people who aren't making it financially

because they are working against themselves. It isn't

how hard you work that matters, but how smart you

work and what you do. If your job, business or

investments aren't advancing you, then they're

working against you. The best thing to do is find out

what will work for you and move yourself forward

towards your goals.

3.

Plant your seed.

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and

harvest cold and heat, summer and winter, day

and night will never cease.

Genesis 8:22

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will

also reap sparingly, and whoever sows

generously will also reap generously.

II Corinthians 9:6

A seed is not very big, but it must be planted

before any fruit can be produced. I have heard it said

that "you can count the seeds in an apple, but no

one can count the apples in a seed." Perhaps it is

safe to say that most of the successful businesses

around us came from a planted seed—a small

beginning. Here are a few examples:

• Mary Kay Ash. With a few thousand dollars and

several shelves of her cosmetic products, she

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started her business. She focused on her

future. Today she is worth over 300 million

dollars and her business is worth two billion.

She knew how to sow seeds and how to bless

others. When you bless others, others will

bless you and open doors of opportunities for

you.

• McDonald's hamburger chain. It started with a little

hamburger stand that became popular in a

town. From a humble beginning, it has become

the most successful hamburger chain on the

earth.

If you keep your seed in your hand or on your

shelf, it will never become a harvest. You must be

willing to invest whatever God has already given you

and expect Him to bring the harvest.

4.

Learn to tithe and share your blessings.

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,

that there may be food in my house. Test me in

this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will

not throw open the floodgates of heaven and

pour out so much blessing that you will not

have room enough for it. I will prevent pests

from devouring your crops, and the vines in

your fields will not cast their fruit," says the

LORD Almighty.

Malachi 3:10-11

One of the reasons God's people seek financial

prosperity is so that we will have the means to bless

others. We can spread the good news to others

across the nations. God says we do this through

tithing.

Tithing is the giving of ten percent of your income

to the work of the Lord. It is a God-established

system that helps destroy the spirit of hoarding and

greed. When we give, we release God's blessings into

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our lives. We create a financial river flowing through

us to others. Giving can break generational curses

on our families. When you tithe, you create a

financial flow for several generations after you.

Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the

firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will

be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim

over with new wine.

Proverbs 3:9-10

Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your

fields produce each year.

Deuteronomy 14:22

Be aware, dear brothers and sisters, that giving

ten percent does not of itself guarantee wealth

overnight. In finances, as with everything else in our

lives, God looks on the heart. Be sure that your

giving is motivated by your love and compassion for

others, by your desire to honor Him, obey Him, serve

Him, and advance His kingdom.

As your heart is turned to the most perfect Giver

of Gifts, as you pour out the blessings He has

poured out upon you, you will one day wake up and

realize that you are wealthy beyond anything you

could ever have imagined.

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give

you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

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In a Nutshell

Money can help fulfill these desires:

• to provide for your family.

• to build schools, businesses, churches,

hospitals.

• to accomplish God's purposes.

• spreading the Gospel

• training believers

• solve problems.

• fight poverty, disease, ignorance.

To defeat poverty:

• develop a prosperity mind-set.

• work hard and creatively.

• live by God's principles.

• use your money wisely.

• tithe.

• bless others.

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Actions

I can do everything through him who gives

me strength.

Philippians 4:13

The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but

the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

Proverbs 13:4

Have you ever wondered why some people are

more successful than others?

• Why do some earn more money, have happier

relationships and families, live in nicer homes

and generally appear to get much more joy and

satisfaction out of life than others?

• Why do some people accomplish more in one

lifetime than others would in ten?

• Why do some people do so much with so little

and others do so little with so much?

The answers to these questions can help you find

the keys to a successful life. I believe that if you

want to succeed, your first job is to create a

blueprint—a clear picture of where you're going and

what you want in life. What do you want to become?

Create an image and set a standard by which to

measure and compare everything you do on your

way to what you want to become.

Many people experience nothing but failure in life

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because they don't know how to make specific plans

for their lives. They have no idea of where they're

going or how to get where they desire to go. It's

difficult for such people to take action in their lives,

because they have no idea what kind of action to

take.

Why Is Taking Action Important?

Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in

slave labor.

Proverbs 12:24

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent

hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 10:4

One important distinction between successful

people and average people is the ability to take right

actions at the right time. Sometimes just one right

action at the appropriate time can make a difference

between success and failure in a person's life.

There are those who are slow in taking important

actions in their lives, and there are others who are

afraid of taking any actions at all. Both types of

people tend to become failures in the long run. They

fail to understand that as we travel along the road of

life, a successful journey requires a series of

decisions and actions.

Maybe you've heard the story of an old man who

owned a restaurant in a small town. His business

was dying because the small town was dying, too. He

decided to sell his chicken recipe to other

restaurants across the country.

At every restaurant, the owners rejected his

recipe. They said it wasn't good enough, that it

would never work, and gave many other reasons.

Although he ran out of money, he never stopped

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trying, because quitters never win and winners never

quit. He slept in his car at night and kept on

pursuing his dream.

He was rejected 1,009 times, but he never lost

hope. He believed his recipe was the key to his

success and that it could work. Then someone said,

"Yes." His name was Colonel Sanders, the man who

originated Kentucky Fried Chicken, which became

franchised all over the world.

Colonel Sanders was a man of action. He found

success not only because he had a goal, but also

because he took massive directed action towards

that goal. He was persistent and didn't allow

rejection from others to discourage him from

reaching his goals.

Many people give up easily when they meet a

small obstacle along the way. Their actions are not

backed up by unshakable faith. Faith doesn't give

up. Enthusiasm backed by conviction doesn't give

up. You will never succeed until you decide to take

massive actions, even in the middle of crisis or

discouragement.

Who Is in Charge Here?

There is absolutely no one who has final

authority over your destiny but you. You are the

architect of your destiny. God can show you the

blueprint for your life. He can reveal His will for you.

You can choose to shape your life according to His

plans for you. You must believe in yourself the way

God believes in you. Respect yourself and become

your own best friend. You are the greatest treasure

you have. God has placed His power and abilities in

you. Learn to access them. Make God your partner,

He believes in you. He loves and cares for you. He

wants you to be all you can be for His glory.

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One of the greatest things you'll ever build in life

is a healthy self-image, a good opinion of yourself.

You must never let anyone take this away from you,

no matter who it may be. You are a child of God. In

His word, God has stated very clearly that He loves

you; that you are made in His image; that through

His Son Christ Jesus you can do all things. Have

faith in God. Believe His word.

You must take massive actions.

Refuse to let anyone derail you from your main

assignment in life. Don't allow anyone or anything to

break your focus. You must believe in your goals,

and you must strive to reach them. If you don't

believe in what you're doing, it will be hard to be

self-motivated. If you don't believe in what you're

doing, then whatever it is, it's not worth your doing

it.

How Do We Take Action?

To take appropriate actions in the right direction:

1.

Know what you want.

If you don't know what you want, it will be hard

to take the appropriate actions. People who are

indecisive seldom make the right decisions at the

right time. They rarely take a bold step of faith.

But when he asks, he must believe and not

doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of

the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That

man should not think he will receive anything

from the Lord; he is a double-minded man,

unstable in all he does.

James 1:6-8

2.

Take precise massive actions.

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Take massive actions towards your goals. Once

you know what you want and what to do, there is no

need for inaction. Talking with people about your

goals doesn't help until you act on them. It is actions

that produce results.

Without precise, massive actions, a great vision

will remain just an unfulfilled dream. No worthwhile

vision or goal has ever been achieved without hard

work in the right direction. When we work hard and

smart, we're able to turn today's impossibility into

tomorrow's reality. There's nothing impossible when

we are fueled by enthusiasm, passion and faith in

God.

3.

Change your approach, if you are not

achieving the right results.

Sometimes things don't work out the way we

anticipated, so it's unwise to continue doing

something that is not producing the desired results.

It's better to take a small loss and start all over in a

new direction than to continue moving in the same

direction, hoping that things will turn out all right.

4.

Force yourself to excel.

But just as you excel in everything—in faith,

in speech, in knowledge, in complete

earnestness and in your love for us—see that

you also excel in this grace of giving.

II Corinthians 8:7

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,

faithful in prayer.

Romans 12:12

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He

will serve before kings; he will not serve before

obscure men.

Proverbs 22:29

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If you wish to excel and be an overcomer in life,

you must never be afraid of encountering many

barriers and obstacles on the way. The biggest of the

challenges you will face is deeply rooted in mind and

body. Your mind may want to seek the easy way out

of difficulties and your body may crave for comfort

and ease.

Self-discipline is the key to success. You must

know what you want, keep your focus, and go for it.

Force yourself to excel.

Self-denial leads you to overcome barriers and

excel. It's natural for our human nature to prefer the

easy way out of situations, but we must learn to

drive ourselves hard, if necessary, to move forward

toward our goals. When we know that our success is

sure, then our sacrifices will seem insignificant

compared to the future outcome.

Learn to ask yourself important questions, such

as:

a.

What can I do today that will help make a

difference in how I live my life in the future?

b.

How can I shape my destiny?

c.

How can I expand my knowledge and wealth

and live a meaningful life of service to others?

d.

How can I serve the Lord effectively and help

others to serve Him?

5.

Master your body.

There are many people who have everything they

ever dreamed of, but not the physical health to enjoy

it. This is mostly due to the fact that they have not

yet mastered their bodies. They don't exercise or eat

right. As Thomas Moffett, a seventeenth-century

physician, said, "We are digging our graves with our

teeth." In fact, one of every two Americans dies of

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coronary disease; one of three dies of cancer. When

we fill our bodies with high-fat, non-nutritious foods

and poison our systems with cigarettes, alcohol, and

drugs of all kinds, yet somehow expect to have

healthy bodies, we deceive ourselves. We must learn

to take actions to improve our health. Exercise

regularly. Live as actively as possible, using all of

your muscles as much as possible, including your

brains.

6.

Set proper goals for your life.

... in all your ways acknowledge him, and he

will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:6

Suppose one of you wants to build a tower.

Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost

to see if he has enough money to complete it?

For if he lays the foundation and is not able to

finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

saying, "This fellow began to build and was not

able to finish." Or suppose a king is about to go

to war against another king. Will he not first sit

down and consider whether he is able with ten

thousand men to oppose the one coming against

him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he

will send a delegation while the other is still a

long way off and will ask for terms of peace.

Luke 14:28-32

If your life is without goals, you will be like a ship

without a rudder and without destination. You'll

drift through life, sure to end up hitting the rocks or

losing your way.

Goals help to provide a sense of direction. With

them you are like a ship with a rudder, guided by a

captain with a map, a compass and a destination.

You will know where you're going and what to do to

get there. Be willing to chart the course to get to

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your desired destination.

7.

Develop a desire to succeed.

Let your burning desire to succeed overcome

your fear of failure. Fear of failure is the number one

reason people sell themselves short and settle for far

less than they are capable of achieving. Let your

passion for success overshadow your fear. Failure

doesn't have to be an option in your life. Have faith

in God. You must absolutely believe that it is

possible for you to achieve your goals according to

God's will and plans for your life.

"For I know the plans I have for you,"

declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and

not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a

future...."

Jeremiah 29:11

You must build your faith and deepen your

conviction that your goals are attainable. Your faith

is one of the most important ingredients of your

success. Your faith becomes the catalyst that

activates your spiritual powers.

Whatever your spirit and mind can conceive and

believe, you can achieve. However, we must set

realistic goals. Unrealistic goals are a form of self-

delusion.

8.

Collect the right information.

People who succeed are people with right

information. People who fail are people who act on

wrong information or have wrong timing. You need

essential information to succeed.

My people are destroyed for lack of

knowledge. Because you have rejected

knowledge, I also will reject you from being

priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the

law of your God, I also will forget your children.

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Hosea 4:6

Almost all mistakes that we make in our financial

life, career or personal life will be the result of having

insufficient or incorrect information. We must take

responsibility to learn what we need to know along

the way to the top. Ignorance is dangerous. It's a

form of handicap. Ignorance should be your number

one enemy. Fight it.

We live in a new world, a new time when new

ideas and concepts change the world almost every

minute. With new concepts, new discoveries are

being made. New revelations are increasing

knowledge and information.

With all the information available, we should

expect everybody to be successful, right? Wrong! It

isn't just the knowledge alone that makes people

successful. To succeed in life, you need to be a

person of action. Action is what produces results.

Knowledge is only potential until someone uses it to

take effective action. The literal definition of the word

"power" is "the ability to act."

One of the most important tools you need is to

know is where to find the information you want, or

where to get the right kind of help when you need it.

There are some core skills or abilities that you may

need to develop in yourself through study. However,

there are other skills that you may acquire by hiring

someone who has them. You don't have to know

everything. You can employ someone temporarily,

such as a consultant or a specialist, with the right

knowledge and skills you require. You don't have to

personally do it all to succeed in life. Just know how

to get things done and be willing and able to pay for

it.

Be careful not to use people without considering

their needs and feelings. People are the best

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resources you will ever have. Be a people-person.

9.

Decide never to give up.

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let

nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully

to the work of the Lord, because you know that

your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

I Corinthians 15:58

Is failure an option in your life? You won't get far

until you make up your mind—in advance -that you

will never give up in the pursuit of your destiny.

Back your goals and plans with persistence and

determination. Never consider failure as an option.

Never think about giving up. Quitters never win.

Decide to hold onto your dreams even when things

seem dim or uncertain.

As long as you refuse to quit or give in to your

fears, you will eventually be successful. Just don't

give up! Keep on keeping on. Failure is not an option

for you.

Those who win usually go through many trials.

Develop the ability to persevere in the face of the

inevitable obstacles and difficulties. Your faith

becomes purified as you resist any urge to give up.

You develop a militant, persistent mentality.

The Bible says:

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and

you will find; knock, and it will be opened to

you. For everyone who asks receives, and he

who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will

be opened.

Matthew 7:7-8

Sometimes it takes tough faith to overcome the

most difficult obstacles. The longer you persist and

hold onto God's word, the more you'll become

convinced and determined that God is able, through

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you, to fulfill your goals. Tough faith can overcome

any obstacle. Nothing can stop you, if you believe

God.

10. Take personal responsibility for your actions.

Some people are programmed to believe that

someone else is responsible for their lives. Just as

children are dependent upon their parents to take

care of everything they need, some people condition

themselves to depend on others for their basic

needs. This form of learned helplessness cripples

them and keeps them from becoming what they were

born to become. They passively go through life

hoping that someone else will do things to help them

succeed.

You must take responsibility for your own life.

Use your free will to make decisions. Be the architect

of your own destiny. Don't be a parasite by being a

burden to others. Instead, be a burden-bearer for

the weak and the helpless.

Always remember that there is nothing for free.

Everything has a price tag. Even failure has a price.

At the counter of success, there are no bargains.

Everything has a fixed price. Success must be paid

in full and in advance. You can't buy success on

credit. Those who try to buy success on credit end

up in disappointment and full of debt. That is the

law of life. There are no exceptions.

This is why it's important that you cut yourself

away from the wide, sluggish river of people who are

drifting without purpose and direction. Set yourself

apart with the winners and the big thinkers.

11. Educate yourself.

You are spirit, mind (soul), and body. Physical

food is important to the growth and upkeep of your

body. Spiritual food is important for your inner man

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and the development of your faith. Likewise, your

mind must be fed and educated for it to grow. Many

people are suffering from anemia of the mind, due to

lack of mental food. Their minds are too weak to

make crucial decisions or produce creative ideas.

They are, in essence, mentally handicapped.

Nothing can take the place of learning. Learning

is the foundation of growth and accomplishment.

Without proper learning, we don't grow in the right

direction.

Get to know yourself and what you need to learn.

Avoid those who look down on education and who

take pride in ignorance. We must resolve to educate

our minds with knowledge which will help us to

become more effective in our mission in life.

Ignorance is too costly in our generation. Knowledge

is power. Lack of it is a great liability.

12. Develop the wings of faith.

Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart,

daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you."

And the woman was healed from that moment.

Matthew 9:22

He replied, "If you have faith as small as a

mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry

tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it

will obey you."

Luke 17:6

When you have faith in God and in your

potential, you have wings to fly to higher heights.

Those who have faith, soar like eagles.

Faith is an element without which you cannot

succeed, especially in spiritual aspects. People who

have shaped history have been people with wings of

faith, trust and confidence. Others let frustrations,

despair or doubt get the best of them. These things

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disempower your ability to fly.

We live in an age where many people are capable

of achieving great things almost overnight. Some of

these achievements would have been unimaginable

in earlier times. With the increase of knowledge and

high technology, there's no limit to what we can

learn or do. Failure is not an option for those who

are willing to develop their wings for flight.

Success comes to those who:

• are willing to change their lives for the better.

• reshape their perceptions of who they are and

what they can be.

• make things work for them, and not against

them.

• are willing to help others succeed.

13. Be committed to your dreams.

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to

have taken hold of it But one thing I do:

Forgetting what is behind and straining toward

what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win

the prize for which God has called me

heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14

Let us not become weary in doing good, for

at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we

do not give up.

Galatians 6:9

Yet he did not waver through unbelief

regarding the promise of God, but was

strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

being fully persuaded that God had power to do

what he had promised.

Romans 4:20-21

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Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him

and he will do this:

Psalm 37:5

Those who succeed have a belief in the power of

commitment. If there's one single ingredient that is

important for success, it's commitment. If you

observe successful people in any field, you'll find

they all have one thing in common, commitment.

You can be bright and have all the resources you

need, but if you aren't committed to what you're

doing, you'll never succeed.

It was commitment and persistence that enabled

Beethoven to compose his most famous

masterpieces after losing his hearing. He never

allowed his deafness to hold him back from his

passion.

John Milton wrote Paradise Lost while totally

blind.

Abraham Lincoln was forced to borrow money for

train fare to his own inauguration. He was broke,

but so what?

Great Christian leaders have or develop an

unshakable faith in God and in their ability to

overcome obstacles and reach great heights through

the power of Christ. They work wiser and smarter.

They use their mental and spiritual powers, rather

than just depending on physical power to achieve

their goals. We live in a time when brainpower

matters more than physical strength.

When asked how he managed to make such a

significant contribution to the world of science, Sir

Isaac Newton replied: "By thinking of nothing else."

He was committed to his studies and experiments.

He knew his destiny and he pursued it with passion.

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Nuggets of Wisdom

• Successful people use unshakable

faith to take right actions at the right

time.

• Refuse to let anyone keep you from

your main assignment in life.

• A healthy self-image as a child of

God is a treasure without equal.

• A great vision will remain an

unfulfilled dream until it is

implemented by action.

• Never be afraid of obstacles and

barriers along the way.

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Document Outline

- The Ten Spiritual Laws of Success

- Table of Contents

- 1 Transforming Your Mind

- Understanding Your Mind

- The Power of Your Mind

- Right Belief and Right Mentality

- Ways to Control Your Thoughts

- From Thought to Reality

- 2 Understanding the Ten Spiritual Laws of Success

- Four Principles that Work in Conjunction with the Spiritual Laws of Success

- 3 Creating Changes in Your Life

- How to Change Anything in Your Life

- Essential Conditions for Creating Change

- 4 Understanding the Keys to Financial Wealth

- Keys to Wealth

- How to Attract Financial Blessings

- 5 Taking Appropriate Massive Actions

- Why Is Taking Action Important?

- Who Is in Charge Here?

- You must take massive actions.

- How Do We Take Action?

- To take appropriate actions in the right direction:

- Learn to ask yourself important questions, such as:

- Success comes to those who:

Table of Contents

Transforming Your Mind.

Understanding the Ten Spiritual Laws of

Creating Changes in Your Life.

Understanding the Keys to Financial Wealth.

Taking Appropriate Massive Actions.

The Ten Spiritual Laws of Success

Table of Contents

Understanding Your Mind

The Power of Your Mind

Right Belief and Right Mentality

Ways to Control Your Thoughts

From Thought to Reality

Four Principles that Work in Conjunction with the Spiritual Laws of Success

How to Change Anything in Your Life

Essential Conditions for Creating Change

Keys to Wealth

How to Attract Financial Blessings

Why Is Taking Action Important?

Who Is in Charge Here?

You must take massive actions.

Learn to ask yourself important questions, such as:

Success comes to those who: