Faith

Faith allows things to happen. It is the power that comes from

a fearless heart. And when a fearless heart believes, miracles

happen.

 

I am still reading Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. It is an awesome book with so many words of wisdom. Seems like I am learning something new on every page. The 3rd chapter is called Faith. So much good information.

I hadn’t thought that much about “Faith” before except in the Spiritual realm. When I think of faith I think of the scripture Hebrews 11:1 “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things unseen. “ I had not transferred “faith” into the everyday world. But it is true for day to day living, too. If you don’t have faith you really have nothing. Napoleon says “A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith. A mind so dominated may, at will, give the subconscious mind instructions, which it will accept and act upon immediately."

Our subconscious mind obeys instructions at will. If we think negative thoughts our subconscious mind will think that is what we want to happen. I remember listening to Michael Clouse explain it years ago. He basically said our thoughts and words are like the captain of a ship and our subconscious mind is like the man down in the ship carrying out the instructions. The man down below doesn’t hear the words “not” or “don’t”, or anything like that. If I were to say “I don’t want to run out of money”. All he hears is “Run out of money”. And basically says “OK”. I say “I don’t want to run out of gas.” And he hears “Run out of gas”. “OK”. He just carries out the instructions. He doesn’t analyze it or think twice about it. He just makes it happen. Needless to say, we are our own worst enemies by thinking negative thoughts. THIS is why so often our worse fears come true. We literally think our way poor or sick or….. Consequently, our thoughts and words are extremely important. This is where Napoleon comes up with the Think and Grow Rich. We are what we think about. Poor or rich, sick or well, fat or thin, etc.

Needless to say, we need to continuously have positive thoughts. We need to have faith in the belief that we can succeed in whatever we are striving for. We need to, as the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 10:5, “Take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.” We cannot have any negative, unproductive thoughts or the little guy down in our subconscious mind will have a hay day and make it happen. Scary thought. I want to only have positive productive thoughts and experiences in my life. I want to have faith in the positive.

Napoleon has a poem in his book. He doesn’t list the author, but it is so good, I can’t pass up sharing it here.

 

If you think you are beaten, you are,

If you think you dare not, you don’t.

If you like to win, but think you can’t,
It is almost certain you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost

For out of the world we find,

Success begins with a fellow’s will –

It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are,

You’ve got to think high to rise,

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the stronger or faster man,

But soon or late the man who wins

Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!

 

Do you think you can? I do. I truly believe I am and will be successful. I truly believe that I have found the way to success. I truly believe Empower Network and blogging daily will be the means for me to have the desires of my heart.

I would love for you to check out Empower Network. People are being super successful and so can you. I would love to have you join me on this awesome journey. Just click on the link and check it out. You won’t be sorry.

Until next time. Be sure and think positive thoughts and have faith.

Charyl aka Mom8isme
Empower Network