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| One of the biggest principles of law of attraction | | | | receptive to what the Holy Spirit is trying to show |
| is visualization. Many proponents of the law of | | | | me. |
| attraction suggest that you write whatever it is | | | | Then came the information about the law of |
| that you want down on a piece of paper, and | | | | attraction now. I'm not advocating the new age |
| then you begin to visualize yourself having this | | | | version of the law of attraction. I do believe that |
| thing. This has come under a lot attacks by | | | | God has used it as a catalyst to open the door to |
| Christians. Most Christians think that visualization is | | | | helping me understand this Kingdom Principle of |
| demonic. Once upon a time when I was in the | | | | believing, receiving, and seeing my life changed. |
| New Age movement I practiced visualization, but | | | | As I have said before, Satan is a counterfeiter. |
| when I became a Christian, I was told that | | | | He has never had an original idea. He has always |
| visualization was demonic. No self-respecting, | | | | taken the things of God and twisted them into |
| Jesus loving Christian would ever use visualization. | | | | deception to make people to make people pull |
| But is that the right assumption? | | | | away from God. Satan is not a creator. So I have |
| The proponents of the law of attraction teach | | | | to ask myself "why" was Satan fighting this |
| that you write down whatever you want or | | | | teaching on Word Faith? Why does he hate this |
| desire. | | | | teaching so much? Why does he hate it so much |
| Example: Let's say that I wanted a new car. I | | | | that he was willing to counterfeit? I asked myself |
| would sit down with a piece of paper, and write | | | | this question and it is like a slap in the face from |
| down exactly what kind of car I wanted, and | | | | the Holy Spirit. A slap in the face that was like a |
| how I wanted it. Then every day, many times a | | | | wake-up call. It startled me. |
| day, I would visualize myself as already | | | | So I began to watch the material about the law |
| possessing that car. | | | | of attraction, and I begin to read the material |
| Compare that to what the Bible teaches. | | | | about the law of attraction, and I began to |
| Habakkuk 2:2 says "And the Lord answered me: | | | | compare it to the Bible. I prayed as I read and I |
| write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he | | | | watched. |
| may run who reads it." | | | | Matthew 7:7 says "ask and it shall be given to |
| Like the law of attraction there is a process of | | | | you, seek and ye shall find, knocking the door shall |
| writing down the vision, the thing you want. As a | | | | be open to you". |
| Christian, let's say that you do want a new car. | | | | So as I watched and read this material on the law |
| The first thing that a Christian does is pray. | | | | of attraction I began to ask questions, I begin to |
| Philippians 4:6 says "Do not be anxious about | | | | seek what God had to say about this, and I begin |
| anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, | | | | knocking at the door because I'm at a place in |
| with thanksgiving, present your requests to God". | | | | my life where I am desperate. I am at a place in |
| John 16: 24 says "Until now you have asked | | | | my life that I do not want to live another day like |
| nothing in my name. Ask and you will see, that | | | | I live today. I don't wake up with aches and pains |
| your joy may be full". | | | | and feeling like life is at a war with me. Jesus said |
| It is the will of the Father to give us our hearts | | | | in John 10:10 that He "came to give life and life |
| desire. | | | | abundantly". Where is this abundant life? Where is |
| It is the will of the Father that we have the things | | | | the joy that he said I would have? |
| that we need, and want in life. | | | | The problem is I've missed the mark. I missed |
| As Psalm 23 states "the Lord is my shepherd I | | | | the mark because I was against the teaching that |
| shall not want". | | | | God was trying to teach me. I was rebellious |
| Many would disagree with me when I say that | | | | against the Kingdom Principle. |
| the Lord wants to give us the things that we | | | | So you have a need. Go to God in prayer. Make |
| want, and not just the things that we need. But | | | | your request known Him. Tell Him what you want, |
| that is a direct contradiction to the Scripture as | | | | and keep on praying, keep on asking, until to you |
| we just seen from the passage in John. | | | | know what ever you have asked for was yours. |
| Once you understand it is the will of the Father to | | | | You know deep down inside of you that what |
| give you the things that you need and desire, we | | | | ever you have just prayed about is yours. |
| can approach him in prayer asking for those | | | | There's no doubt that the Father has heard you, |
| things. | | | | and you know this thing is in your possession |
| Now here comes the Kingdom Principle that is so | | | | even though you don't see yet. |
| important, and so rejected by many Christians. | | | | Hebrews 11:1 says "faith is the substance of |
| Mark 11:24 says "therefore I tell you(this is Jesus | | | | things hoped for, the things that are not yet |
| talking), what ever you ask for in prayer, believe | | | | seen". |
| that you have received it, and it will be yours". | | | | So you're praying and asking God for this thing |
| There is no "if's", "and's", or "but's" about it. This is | | | | and then you're sure this thing yours, you know |
| God's word as plain and simple as it can be. God's | | | | you have in your possession even though you |
| word is simple but we complicate it! When you | | | | don't see yet. It don't get much simpler than that. |
| get this revelation, this Kingdom Principle down in | | | | This goes beyond visualization. It is becoming |
| your spirit you will never be the same again. I had | | | | "pregnant" with a Holy Spirit inspired vision that |
| heard this teaching so many times throughout my | | | | what you ask for....you have received it. This is |
| Christian walk but I did not receive it. I was not | | | | not a wishy-washy pipe dream but whatever you |
| willing to receive the revelation, this life-changing | | | | have asked for is yours. It is a reality. It will |
| revelation, that is held within this passage of book | | | | manifest because it was conceived by using |
| in Mark. | | | | Kingdom Principles given by God himself. It is now |
| But I can tell you right now, as I get this | | | | written on the tablet of your heart. |
| revelation, this understanding of this passage in | | | | I realize that my rebellious attitude toward this |
| the book of Mark, God is bringing to life in me | | | | Kingdom Principle of asking, believing and receiving |
| something that has never been there before. It is | | | | is because I really don't take God at His word. I |
| no faith in me, or in my desires, or in what I | | | | didn't believe that he can do what he said he |
| want, but faith in God that is being built on | | | | would do for me. It was easy for me to believe |
| Kingdom Principles written down for us in the | | | | that he would do it for other people, but not for |
| Scriptures. | | | | me, not for Rita. |
| Like many Christians, I did not want to believe | | | | I realize that my rebellious attitude toward this |
| this. I didn't want to receive this understanding | | | | Kingdom Principle is because I really don't have |
| that God was trying to give me. I didn't want to | | | | faith and trust in God. |
| receive this Kingdom Principle that would change | | | | That's a hard hitting revelation. It's a revelation to |
| my life because I believe it was based on heresy. | | | | I never wanted to acknowledge, so I buried it |
| I believe that this was a false teaching. But you | | | | deep down inside of mem and went on with my |
| see my understanding was darkened. | | | | little mask on my face playing with the hypocritical |
| Ephesians 4:18 says "they are darkened in their | | | | Christian but not walking in the fullness of God, |
| understanding and separated from the life of God | | | | nor in the joy that He promised me, that He |
| because of the ignorance that is in them due to | | | | promised every believer. |
| the hardening of their heart". | | | | We have a body of Christ that is gone to sleep. |
| This was me. | | | | We have a body of Christ is willfully ignorant |
| Then several months ago I began crying out to | | | | Kingdom Principle's. |
| God for help because my life is miserable. I don't | | | | We have a powerless body of Christ. |
| have enough money to meet my needs, and I | | | | The devil has worked really hard to keep us |
| sure don't have any money for what I want. My | | | | powerless. He has worked really hard to keep us |
| body is going into chaos with various health | | | | ignorant and content with our loss of the fullness |
| concerns. I've lost the joy of the Lord. I've lost | | | | of God....and we have allowed him to do it! |
| my way. But I kept clinging to that one little | | | | It's time to wake up people. God has put the |
| thread, and crying out to God for help. | | | | choice right under our nose if we'll only open our |
| That's when I began to let go of my stubborn | | | | eyes and received it. This is the real law of |
| attitude toward things that God was trying to | | | | attraction. |