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Secrets of Abundance and Prosperity
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You Are Limited or Excelled By Your Thoughts

by Daniel N. Brown

Many of the circumstances in a person's life are often produced
by him, or herself.

I believe we each create our own luck, whether it be good or bad.
Consciously, or unconsciously, we may have at some time or
another, produced our own conditions, desirable, or undesirable,
either in our bodily health or other circumstances.  

Many of these conditions in our lives, whether they be favorable
or unfavorable, are largely determined by our beliefs. 

You may not accept that. You might be like a lot of people that I
have encountered that make excuses. Making excuses and casting
blame only make us out to be the victim. There is absolutely no
power in playing the part of a victim. 

I know we each experience our own individual successes and
failures because of our beliefs.

Our beliefs definitely determine the quality of our lives. The
amount of money we earn is determined by our beliefs. We each
earn the income we do today because of the beliefs we maintain.
Simply because it is the amount we have limited ourselves to
earn. We possibly could earn five, ten, twenty times, or more if
we did not limit ourselves through our beliefs. 

Don't believe that's true? Surely you know people who earn much
more than you who don't have your education, your skills, or your
intelligence. So why do they earn more than you? 

It is a fact that one's belief system is ultimately responsible
for whether they live a successful life or not. So, it would do
each one of us good to get an understanding of our individual
beliefs.

It starts with our thoughts. Our thoughts are what our belief
system is composed of, and it is our beliefs that ultimately
dictate the outcome of every area of our lives. 

Your true beliefs are a sum total of all of your accumulated
experiences over the course of your life. They create your
expectations for future experiences, and your expectations are
really nothing more than your current pattern of thought. 

Your thoughts have brought you to where you are right now. But,
you are not limited to the life you now live. It has been
accepted by you as the best you can do at this moment. Any time
you're ready to go beyond the limitations currently in your life,
you're capable of doing that by choosing different thoughts.

Since there are tremendous reservoirs of potential within you,
you are quite capable of doing anything you set your mind to (as
long as it's within God's will for you). All you must do is
decide that you can. And, once you have made your mind up that you
can do it, your mind will begin to figure out how. It's amazing!

The "how" is the easy part. Unfortunately, it's the "believing" part that
trips up most people. But, believing is not that hard. It's just a thinking
process.

You are only limited by your beliefs, and it is your thoughts
that make up your beliefs. Therefore, it makes sense to choose
better thoughts. It's completely within your control. Choose
thoughts that contribute to success and not failure, or a "settle
for" attitude.

If you sincerely want to move on with your life, you can if you
decide to.  Jesus said in Mark 9:23, "All thing are possible to him who
believes." 

Make a decision today to take full responsibility for where you
are. Decide from this moment on that you will choose thoughts
that contribute to a life of success and dismiss all thoughts of
doubt, fear, and unbelief. God's Word says, "Whatsoever things
are just, honorable, pure, lovely, good report, virtue, and
praise, think on these things" (Phil 4:8).

Your thoughts are critical to the quality of your life! Jesus
said in Matthew 9:29, “According to your faith, let it be done
unto you.”