Thanks to everyone who responded to my initial blog. It is wonderful to know that there are so many other Christians out there.
In my response, I made mention of a book I was reading. Here is an excerpt:
The first step to living at your full potential is to enlarge your vision to live your best life now, you must start looking at life through eyes of faith, seeing yourself rising to new levels. See your business taking off. See your marriage restored. See your family prospering. See your dreams coming to pass. You must conceive it and believe it is possible, if you ever hope to experience it.
To conceive it, you must have an image on the inside of the life you want to live on the outside. This image has to become a part of you, in your thoughts, your conversation, deep down in your subconscious mind, in your actions, in every part of your being.
What you keep before your eyes will affect you. You will produce what you're continually saying in your mind. If you foster an image of defeat in failure, then you're going to live that kind of life. But if you develop an image of victory success, health, abundance, joy, peace, and happiness, nothing on earth will be able to hold those things from you.
The Scripture says that God wants to pour out his "far and beyond favor." God wants this to be the best time of your life. But if you are going to receive his favor. You must enlarge your vision. You can't go around thinking negative, defeated, limiting thoughts.To experience this in measurable favor, you must rid yourself of the small minded taking in start expecting God's blessings, start anticipating promotion and supernatural increase. You must conceive it in your heart and mind before you can receive it. In other words, you must make room for increased in your own thinking, then God will bring those things to pass. Until you learn how to enlarge your vision, seen the future through your eyes of faith, your own wrong thinking will prevent good things from happening in your life. God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessings into old attitudes.
Food for thought people today is a new day. Today is the day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be glad in it.
I look forward to hearing from you.
God bless you,
J.
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