Can Opposites Exist?

The fact is that opposites do exist. Good and bad exist as will and light and darkness. Abundance and lack exist as well as health and sickness. A better question and a more important one would be: Can opposites exist in the SAME space at the SAME time? The answer to that question is, they cannot. Love and hate can never exist in the same space at the same time. Worshiping God and mammon cannot happen simultaneously either.

I would like to spend the rest of this article on abundance and lack since many reading this are seeking wealth and financial freedom. You only have one mind and if you occupy the real estate of your mind with lack, abundance can NEVER appear.

When you look at a bill, do you think thoughts of lack or abundance? If you are like me, your mind immediately thinks of lack. You think of the depletion of your bank account. Maybe you think, “I can’t afford to pay this.” These thoughts STOP the opposite (abundance) from appearing in your life.

To think abundant thoughts in the “appearance” of lack is difficult. Believe me, it is one of the most difficult exercises that you will ever encounter. One trick that I am learning is this: When I see a bill, I multiply the amount by 10 and give thanks to God for the multiplied amount that He is providing. This may sound crazy, but I think life is like a movie. A movie has a script and it “appears” real when that script is acted out. If you don’t like the movie of your life, just change the script and the outcome of your “movie” will change. It’s a “mind game,” but if you understand the way your mind works, you will understand the beauty of this exercise.

Giving thanks in advance is equally powerful. Gratitude draws into our life more of what we are grateful for, for in giving thanks we are focusing on what we desire and we are taking our mind off what we do not desire; in this case—lack. When you thank God for the abundance in your life, you are acknowledging Him as the source of your abundance and occupying your mind with thoughts of abundance. With a mind of gratitude for abundance, guess what will eventually show up in your life? That’s right—the very things you are grateful for.

Multiplying by 10 is powerful as well. The number 10, in the Bible, signifies human failure and God’s provision. Where we fail, God provides 10 times more! We just need to believe and trust in God instead of what is “apparent” in our lives.

Your life, right now, may “apparently” be in lack. If you remain in lack that just means that you are entertaining thoughts of lack. To turn the table around, you need to change your thoughts; thinking in terms of abundance by PRACTICING the exercise outlined above. Giving thanks for the provision of 10 times the amount of your debt. Again, this will take time and practice. Don’t expect an overnight success. Your lack came for a lifetime of WRONG thinking and focus. Your abundance won’t take a lifetime to manifest, but it may take weeks or even months. It all depends on belief. Changing beliefs takes time and the amount of time it takes depends on identifying false beliefs of lack (in this case) and replacing them with the beliefs of unlimited abundance. Remember, abundance and lack cannot occupy the same time and place. The one that dominates your thoughts will win.

Won’t you begin this practice with me? Begin to change your thinking by looking at debt, multiply it by 10, and be thankful to God for His abundant provision. Opposites do exist, but they cannot exist in the same time and space, so practice changing your thinking and beliefs. Develop a heart of gratitude, and in time, you life will change.

Are YOU in a Recession?

I have decided not to participate in this recession.  I believe that you can be influenced by what the news media is dishing out and fall into a state of fear, or you can do what I am doing…trusting God!

I am participating in God’s economy.  His economy is an economy of giving and receiving.  The more you give, the more you receive.  Think about it.  If a farmer sows a single kernel of corn he gets back a whole stock of corn with several ears.  Those ears of corn contain hundreds of kernels for future sowing and reaping.

Consider an apple.  A single seed can produce a tree that contains hundreds of apples and thousands of seeds.  God has designed His creation, in such a way, that the one who sows is OVER compensated for his giving.

We live in a dog-eat-dog, competitive society that thinks that there is only so much that can be obtained.  The competitive mind believe that the pie is only so big and you have to TAKE from others to get more of what you want.

However, the mind that understands God’s law of sowing a reaping knows that there is no limit to the supply.  The supply is only limited by the sowing.  No matter what you sow, you will always reap more than what is sown. 

The fact is, we live in an abundant universe created by an abundant God.  He is so abundant that He cannot stop creating and adding to the universe.  Science has determined that this universe is expanding.  Why?  Because God is abundant and is ever-giving.  He can’t help Himself for that is who He is.  Whatever he touches grows!  He is the ultimate Giver!

Sure, you can trust in your boss, your bank, your credit cards, you parents, but I can assure you their supply will run out!  I think that has been proven already.  However, when you learn to trust in a living God who is all-sufficient and able to supply superabundantly, then you will know real abundance!  Then you will know the supply that never runs dry.  

Too many, especially in the self-improvement world, like to leave God out of the mix.  They refer to him as nature, the universe, intelligence, power, supreme thought and the like.  However, in my book, God is God.  He is my source and my supply and because of Him I will not have to participate in this “so-called” recession.  How about you?  Will you trust God to take care of you?  He will, if you ask Him!

Success starts when you recognize your true Source and acknowledge that it is God who gives us power to get wealth.  When we acknowledge Him and trust in His economy of giving to receive you will experience, what seems to be, miracles in your live. 

Do you want to participate in this recession or God’s economy?  The choice is yours.  Learn to be a giver.  Give of your time, talent, gifts, money, or whatever you can.  I assure you that your efforts will come back to you multiplied from some of the most unlikely sources.  Go ahead; give it try, you will be amazed!

Do All You Can...And Then Some

The most important words that you can remember on your climb to success are: “And then some.”

In today’s society people only do enough to get by and wonder way they get passed up for promotions or their business isn’t doing that well.  They wonder why others are excelling while they are barely making it.

In network marketing, “and then some,” is critical.  If you are in network marketing thinking that you can come home from your day job and watch TV and believe that your business will grow, think again!  The successful marketers spend several hours a week doing the following:

·      Reading self-improvement books
·      Listening to inspirational programs and music
·      Getting on team calls…staying close to the fire
·      Helping others succeed
·      Calling prospects
·      Answering emails
·      Seeing guidance from their upline
·      Introducing their products or services to those they meet.  Notice I did not say giving sales       pitches.  Just recommend the products that you promote.
·      And then some

Don’t do just enough to get by.  Do just a little more each day.  Make the extra call.  Go the extra mile for someone.  Those EXTRA steps all add up over time.  If you make 10 steps a day and I take 15 steps a day, I will be 1,825 steps ahead of you in a year’s time.  Heck, just 1 extra step a day will put me 365 steps ahead of you in a year!  One extra call a day would put you in contact with 365 more people!

When you go the extra mile in serving others, you will discover a multiplied effect.  The Bible calls it, “A good measure, shaken together and running over.”  What you give multiplies!  The more you have a, “and then some” attitude the more you will reap in rewards.  Wealth and abundance doesn’t come to those who just do enough to get by; it comes to those who go the extra mile.  It comes to those who do what is expected of them…and then some!

Emotionalized Thoughts Produce Miracles, or Not!

Thoughts are things; they are very powerful things.  Our thoughts have the power to create.  However, what makes our thoughts truly powerful is emotion.  Once a thought is emotionalized, look out, because in time, that thought WILL manifest—whether good or bad.

You can emotionalize thoughts with love or fear.  Thoughts emotionalized by love will produce miracles in your life.  Thoughts emotionalized by fear will produce devastation in your life. 

Love is most powerful, perhaps the most powerful emotion known to man.  Since God is love, when we love, we are close to the Source of all.  When love is present, so are blessings.  When love is present, so is faith.  When a thought is permeated with love it will bring forth the thing we are thinking about in a most awesome way.  Since love is the fulfillment of the law of God when we think with love that thing we think about will be fulfilled; it’s just a matter of time.

Fear is equally as powerful.  However, fear will kill you, literally!  When a thought is emotionalized with fear that thing you fear will come to pass, again in time, if that thought is not checked.   If you fear poverty, poverty will show up in your life and keep showing up in your life until that thought is changed.

Let’s say you have a thought of poverty; just a thought.  If you hold that thought in your mind for too long it will emotionalize as fear and eventually become a belief. Once you believe in poverty, poverty will always exist in your live until that belief is changed.

Now let’s say, one day, that you realize that God is abundant and that the universe created by Him is full of abundance.  You begin to think about abundance and love that thought.  As you think about abundance with the emotion of love and you begin to get excited eventually a new belief is birthed.  You begin to BELIEVE that you can be and actually are wealthy.  As you focus on that thought, over time, wealth will begin in manifest in your life.

What I am speaking about is very real.  If you want to build a huge, profitable, amazing organization, focus your thoughts on what you want and emotionalize them with love; love for God and love for your fellow man then just watch the miracles manifest.

Toxic Thoughts Producing Fear

Toxic thoughts call stall or kill your chances of success.  The king of all toxic thoughts is fear.  The six basic fears are:

• ·      The FEAR of Poverty
  
• ·      The FEAR of Criticism
  
• ·      The FEAR of Ill Health
  
• ·      The FEAR of Loss of a Loved One
  
• ·      The FEAR of Old Age
  
• ·      The FEAR of Death
  

I used to be captive to all the fears (at least more so than I am today).  I feared poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love, old age and the biggest fear of all: Death.

When I was young, money was always tight in the family.  Many times we could do or have things because of the lack of money.  My Dad worked two jobs just to make ends meet and provide for the family.  Even with all that hard work, there was lack in one-way or another.   As I grew and entered adulthood the fear of lack grew with me.  To make matters worse, I bought into the religious philosophy of poverty being a virtue.  I came to believe that riches were “of the devil” and I should not seek riches or wealth but be “content” with what I had.

Every time I attempted to do something to gain wealth the religious beliefs, that I held, stopped me.  I always wanted to make a go of network marketing because I knew that was a great vehicle to gain wealth and financial freedom.  My aunt and uncle were in network marketing and they seemed to always have money, nice homes and cars.  However, I never could follow though with my desires because of the lingering fear that wealth was something bad.  Thus I remained broke and unfulfilled.

By God’s mercy, about 3 years ago a chain of events took place that changed my life forever!  I believe it was God working “all things together for good.”  My wife and I became quite tight financially.  I was making good money, but no matter how much I made, it seemed to disappear.  Actually, for a college drop out, I was doing VERY well, but my pockets had holes.  I offered faithfully, yet lack was still present.  Now I understand what the “hole” was; it was the Fear of Lack.  The fear of lack kept me in lack.  I began seeking the Lord for the way.  Eventually I was introduced to Mike Murdock and that lead to many other teachers and writers on the subject of wealth and abundance.  I began a quest to study wealth from both the Biblical and secular perspective.  My studies began to open my eyes, big time.

God is rich and abundant.  Lack isn’t even in His comprehension.  Everything He touches produces MORE.  He touched 5 loaves and 2 fish and ended up feeding over 5,000 people with PLENTY left over!  The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ came that we would have life and have is MORE ABUNDANTLY.  He touched a withered had and it became whole.  The dead were raised and the blind saw.  Why, because He knew no lack.  It is IMPOSSIBLE for lack to exist in His presence.  So why was I buying into being broke as the “way it should be” philosophy?  What can a “broke” person do to augment his or her own life or the life of another? 

I have come to realize, for me, that it is okay to gain wealth.  Even the Bible says that God gives us power to gain wealth.  For the first time in my entire 53 years I am free from this fear…the fear of poverty.  I have an abundant Source within me who WANTS me to be wealthy and share my wealth with others.  Abundance is from God and is limitless. He wants me to enjoy all the riches He has for me. 

With this freedom came the freedom from criticism.  Man, was I living in that!  I was always concerned about what “they” thought of me.  I always wanted to make a “good impression.”  I never wanted to be considered a “failure” or “money lover” or anything like that.  But NO MORE!  Today I am learning not to be concerned about what others think of me.  What’s important is what God thinks of me and what I think of me.  I know God thinks that I am awesome, so why should I feel any different than He does?  If people want to judge, have at it; it only hurts them and not me.  Yes, this fear creeps in every now and then, but now I have the knowledge of what it is and bid it farewell.

Ill health was somewhat a fear of mine.  I would worry that I had some fatal disease whenever I had an ache or pain that I never had before.  However, since my study of the mind-body connection and the knowledge of the power of thoughts I exercise to keep my mind off all thoughts of ill health and on thoughts of good health.  I don’t often complain or mention my aches and pains.  I just thank God for the health I do have and move on.  Eventually, when I stop pay attention to those aches and pains, and exaggerate them by doing so, I find I am able to go on with little difficulty.

Because of time, I won’t discuss my experience of the other Big Fears.  I do experience them, but I have endeavored to deal with them in the same fashion, take my focus off of that thing I fear and focus on the things I want.  Instead of worrying about the loss of a loved one, I cherish those I love.  Instead of fearing old age, I live life to the fullest and laugh a lot!  As for death, no fear there because I believe in the One who overcame death that I could live forever.

Why do I mention this lesson on a blog concerning network marketing?  The reason is that fear will affect your success if you don’t learn to deal with it.   If you need help in dealing with fear, please contact me.  I am a life and success coach and can assist you with overcoming your fears that you may reach the level of success that you desire.