In a recent interview Joel Osteen talked about how what we say about ourselves after the words “
I Am” can have a profound effect on what we achieve and who we are. It is so
true, your self talk can determine your success or failure, it is your choice if it is positive or negative. If
you make a statement about yourself such as, “I am a very successful public
speaker” chances are you will be a very
good public speaker, but if you say, “I am not a good public speaker in fact I
don’t even like to speak in public to more than two people.” That is exactly who you will be.
Your mind is the most powerful tool you have in your
resources, it has nothing to do with what you learned in school, what you read
in books, who your parents are or how much money you have in the bank. None of that matters because it all comes
down to how you answer the question and what you put after those two words…. I
am…
One way to change your self talk is to write positive affirmations,
write down what you want to be, act or do, even if what you write is as far
from reality as you can get. If you
write what you want to be instead of what you are that is what will be
manifested. Read your affirmations twice
a day when you get up and before you go to bed. Put them on the mirror in your
bathroom. Affirmations have a powerful
effect, they cause your mind to start to believe what you are telling it and it
will begin to move in the direction of making it a reality.
Osteen, who is head of the Lakeland church in Houston
with over 50,000 members is an excellent public speaker, he preaches in his
church every Sunday and is seen round the world on television. He was not always a good public speaker, in
fact he had no desire to preach in public.
He transformed himself simply by changing what he was saying about himself
after I Am.
What struck me about this was the familiarity I had
with the term I AM, it was God’s instruction to Moses at the burning bush. Here
is the verse from Exodus 3:14 “ God said to Moses, “I am
who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel,
‘I am has sent me to you.’”
The fear that Moses had was of public speaking. However he obeyed and went did what God told
him to do, the words he needed came when required. He changed the affirmation
to the positive. He went on to lead the
Children of Israel from the Egyptians
and enter the promised land and gave the world the ten commandments.
By using God’s name “I
AM” in our affirmations, we are invoking
His blessing, especially when the affirmation is in the present positive tense.
Such as I am, a successful writer of best selling books, or I am a successful
entrepreneur or whatever you want to achieve, there is no limit to what you can
accomplish for if you do this simple process you will have God on your
side. It has been said that one with God
is a majority.
Give it a try, write
down what you want to achieve as a positive personal affirmation of what your
deepest desire is, read it every day. It only takes a few minutes and you will
be amazed at the results.
Happy Thanksgiving,
today is big with blessings, open you heart and let the Universe reward you.
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