by Catherine Ponder
Another of the shocking truths about prosperity is that thoughts of your mind have made you what you are, and thoughts of your mind will make you whatever you become from this day forward. The more you realize this, the more you will come' to "know that people, places, conditions and events cannot keep your God-given prosperity and success from you, once you decide to deliberately employ prosperous thinking as your ally for success. Indeed, you will discover that the things, people and events that have previously worked against you will either begin to work for and with you, or they will fade out of your life, and new people and events will appear to help you succeed. That is the power of prosperous thinking.
Some authorities believe that one prosperous thought is more powerful than a thousand failure thoughts; and that two prosperous attitudes steadily held and expressed are more powerful than ten thousand failure attitudes! Success adores the prosperous attitude-of that you can be sure. A loving Father seems to adore the prosperous attitude, too. Surely others adore it and are attracted to it and work for it. More about these things in the next chapter.
Meanwhile, remind yourself often that God is the Source of all your supply and then make spiritual contact with Him, His rich sub¬stance and rich ideas that await your appropriation: I am the rich child of a loving Father. I now accept and claim His rich good for me in every phase of my life. My own God-given success in the form of rich ideas and rich results now appears!
Remind yourself often of these shocking truths about prosperity: That it is shockingly right instead of shockingly wrong to be prosperous.
That God created a rich universe for you and wants you to enjoy it. . That prosperity can come quickly through your deliberate use of prosperous thinking, which leads to the expression of rich ideas, rich actions and rich results. Thus, dare to ask a friendly, interested, rich, loving Father for guidance often. And with Moses, remember Jehovah God, for He it is that giveth thee power to get wealth.
Now launch forth happily and expectantly into the dynamic laws of prosperity -- the spiritual and mental laws which can and will transform your life. Solomon realized the need for exploring them when he explained, "Poverty and shame shall get to him that refuseth instruction." (Prov. 13:18) You can, from this page forward, begin freeing yourself of limitation, lack and failure. As you accept and use the simple, but powerful ideas given in this blog and in the blogs to come, you will find yourself on the royal road to success. Furthermore, you will find it a pleasant experience that produces satisfying results.
That is the power of prosperous thinking and that is the shockingly nice truth about it.