KATHERINE HICKMAN
‘Ninety-Seven Years Young’
A Voice of the Past and Present
Our lives move by way of our thoughts, feelings, and choices. Most people believe only in what is visible. They are simply observing whatever is going on around them and are not even aware of their thoughts’ power. They look to their action to make everything happen. We forget about our divine nature and lose awareness of our spiritual power. There is a spirit within you, a soul in each one of you. Look within, and tap the source. To experience the amazing power of your own mind, you have to believe. Faith played a large part in the lives of our elders. Their faith sustained them. Apparently, these strange forces, which defy explanation, have been used for centuries. The strange and powerful spiritual forces all around us and within us are hardly being used at all in comparison to our possible potential.
We are part of an alive, vibrant universe where the true reality is spirit. In the middle ages, there was a constructive and destructive power in thought, which was akin to the faith that could move mountains. When the Bible says, the kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:21), It informs us that God, our Creator, has put our minds and personalities all the potential powers and abilities we need for constructive living. The words of the Bible have a particular strong therapeutic value. Don’t worry about what’s fact or fiction in the Bible. Christianity allows for you to live a better, more disciplined life. A spiritual path is a way to keep cultivating goodness. “In all ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:6)
Believe that you can create the life that you want for yourself. The ability to possess and utilize faith and gain the release of the powers it provides skills. Like any skills, they must be studied and practiced to gain perfection. Thought disciplining is required if you are to re-educated the mind. Learn how to activate your other-self. Erase the negative thoughts and believe in the spirit within you. We have to monitor our thoughts daily to be in control. Do not block your spiritual power with negative thoughts. Assert yourself to be the creator and boss of your own thought habits. Visualizing the positive things you want in life. Saturate your thoughts with peaceful experiences, words, and ideas. Our happiness or unhappiness depends to an important degree upon the habit of mind that we cultivate.
The state of mind knows as faith and opens to one power source to communicate one’s desires into concrete or material form. Fill your mind with positive affirmations that support the presence of God. When we take time for prayer and meditation, we erase negative statements from our minds and replace them with positive beliefs that you can build with affirmation statements. While we are physical beings in a mortal world, we are also part of a greater world. Most of us are so completely integrated into our physical world that we have very little conscious awareness of our relationship with the non-physical world. The inexplicable thing about these powers is that it is a belief that makes them work. The element of faith is the only sure power by which a wish may be translated into belief and a belief in reality.
One may control and direct this power through the simple process of mixing faith with one’s thoughts. The power of mind or thought concentration varies in individuals. There are various stages of thought, degree of consciousness, thoughts concentration, and the strength of our faith, all of which deals with the intensity or degree of power we send forth. It only works to the extent you believe. You can’t keep your mind filled with negative and destructive thoughts and doubts if you have it filled with positive, powerful, and creative thoughts. Negative thoughts and actions block the gifts that flow from God.
Life does not rule out pain, suffering, and difficulty, but if a person practices Christianity, he will not lose his way. He can live with power and energy. Reliving the past, fear, grief, and disappointments keep us moving forward in life. Keep doubt, fears, worry, and all thoughts of limitations entirely out of your mind. There are a profound comfort and security in believing for a fact that God is with you. “Fear than not, for I am with thee.” (Isaiah 41:10).
When you are grateful to be you, you will only attract circumstances that make you feel even better about yourself—practice self-love. Congratulate yourself for getting through each day. Make honoring yourself an important ritual of your life. When you don’t believe in yourself, you don’t plan or act to achieve anything great. Negative feelings about yourself cause the greatest damage to your life. Remember, our thoughts are just as creative or just as magnetic in attracting trouble to us as are the constructive and positive thoughts in attracting positive results. Being positive attracts positive. Being negative attracts negativity.
In your prayer, don’t beg God for all the necessities and luxuries of life. Prayer is an attitude of praise and thanksgiving. Try praying for health, love, and joy, either personally or for others. Ask God to please heal your loved one just once. After that, thank him for his goodness. Thank God for every good thing. Let prayer energize you. May I be happy, and may I know enduring peace. Spend most of your prayers giving thanks. Pray to be worthy of that which you already have. Be silent and let the spirit within you intercede with the dictation of your heart. You will be guided, inspired, or led to the perfect action that will bring about the process that will lead you to that which you seek.
Please create what you want and translate it into existence through the power of your own mind. Use the power of positive thought as a medium backed by belief in the object’s attainment. Do not hold thoughts of the lack of something but only thoughts of receiving it. Give most of your attention to the way you prefer things to be. Be deliberately directing your thoughts and creating pleasing mental memories in your mind that produce good feeling emotions within you. It will become a reality.
Become aware of the power that dwells within you. Begin and end your days in a state of gratitude. Be thankful for everything that you are. Give thought to what is preferred consistently throughout the day. With enough attention to any subject, it can become a dominant thought. To enjoy your gifts to the fullest, your desires must be great. Think of your desires and what you want in life. You will get insights and ideas. Recognize the power of your beliefs.
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.”(John 14:27)
This Article was Last Updated On: July 20, 2021