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A Christian Perspective on The Secret and The Law of Attraction

By now, you've probably heard about the best-selling book
called "The Secret." This book is also in a DVD and Audio
CD format... It's become absolutely huge!

The concept is, by using this secret, which is "The Law  of
Attraction," you can create ANYTHING you want in your life:
more money, a bigger house, more business, a new mate,
literally anything you want!

While The Secret contains many truths, it also contains
some contradictory ideas to the Word of God. For example, I
personally  disagree with the notion that a person can have
just ANYTHING. The reason is... because we were born with
different strengths skills, talents, and abilities.

God made us all unique, with a purpose, and with a certain
mission. It really isn't "all about us!" Now does that mean
The Secret and the Law of Attraction is all just a bunch of
garbage? Absolutely not!

Below, I've listed 3 points that will help the Believer in
Christ understand how the Secret, the Law of Attraction,
and God's will should all work together in our lives.

1. Clarification for the Believer in Christ 

The Secret's teaching on the Law of Attraction has brought
a lot of confusion to the believer in Christ for one very
good reason... It leaves out the entire concept of "God's
will!

If you've been trying to use the Law of  Attraction in the
way the teachers of The Secret teach, you'll soon find
yourself feeling far from God!

Should we then, not study the Law of  Attraction?
Absolutely not! The Law of Attraction is very real, and
when you read the words of Jesus, you must believe in it! 

When you study the Law of Attraction you must be careful
whom you're learning it from (most of the teachers of The
Secret do not profess to be followers of Christ)! 

Jesus' teaching on the Law of Attraction dealt with our
beliefs, thoughts, words and actions. The teachers of The
Secret teach that our words and thoughts are enough, like
there's some sort of magic in what we request from the
"Universe," and a relationship with our Saviour means
nothing. Remember John 14:6, "No one comes to the Father
but through Me!" 

The wisest man who ever lived said this;  "Dreaming instead
of doing is foolishness, and there is ruin in a flood of
empty words;  Fear God instead" (Ecclesiastes 5:7)!

2. The Secret and God's Will

If you're a Christian, you're joint-heirs with Christ
because you've been adopted into His family. This all means
you're in His will, which also means He directs your steps!

Jeremiah 29:11 says, "I know the thoughts I  think toward
you says the Lord, thoughts of  peace and not of evil, to
give you an expected end!" 

This Scripture tells us we need to seek God's will for our
lives... seek what He wants! When we're doing what we're
anointed to do, we'll experience success! 

When we seek our own thing we'll fail miserably, for
Jeremiah 17:5 says, "Cursed is the one that trusts in man!"
Whatever does not begin with God will certainly end in
failure!

When you're merely seeking after what you want, and not
what God wants, you're in the flesh, which is sin! And we
know sin separates us from God. Again, remember Jeremiah
17:5, "Cursed is the one that trusts in man" (the word
"Man" means flesh, or one's self)! 

God wants a relationship with us more than  anything else.
He wants our heart, and it  grieves Him when we chase after
selfish things instead of Him. Matthew 6:33 says, "Seek
first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all
these things shall be added unto you!" 

3. Why The Secret Works for Everyone

The Law of Attraction is a Godly principle. It's just that
the wordly teaching of it is not Godly.

Because The Law of Attraction is a Godly principle, it will
work for everyone, whether  they have faith in Christ or
not. It's a universal law containing Godly principles. It's
just that the teachers of the Secret have distorted the
biblical references by leaving God out of the equation.

I'm sure you've noticed, non-Christian people can achieve
great success in their chosen endeavors just as Christians
can. Why? Because they're practicing Godly principles. They
just don't realize it.

Just like the Law of Gravity is always working, so is the
Law of Attraction! The Law of Attraction largely determines
what we get out of life. It has been working FOR, and
AGAINST us since we were born.

The Law of Attraction basically says, "What you think about
the most becomes your reality," or "Thoughts become
things!"

So, if you ARE, or ARE NOT getting the things you really
and truly desire out of life, I challenge you to consider
what you're thinking about most of the time! What you think
about most flows out of your life! Proverbs 4:23 says,
"Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow
the issues of life."

If you read my newsletter every week, and I'm sure you do,
right? You know I write a lot about how important your
thinking is!

What is "thinking?" It's a manner of faith! Jesus said,
"According to your faith be it unto you" (Matthew 9:29),
and Proverbs 23:7 tells us, "As a man thinks, so is he!"

Conclusion

Jeremiah  17:7 says, "Blessed is the one that  trusts in
the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is!"

It's a sad thing for a believer to lose his or  her peace!
It's only when we trust Him, is  when we have perfect
peace... and it's when we  begin to trust in ourselves is
when we lose it. Once peace is gone, nothing will work.

This is why the teachers of The Secret are so  dangerous...
by leaving out God's will, they  suggest we ought to trust
in ourselves to get  the things we want.

A Christian should use the Law of Attraction to glorify God
in his or her life, not merely to obtain selfish ambitions.

By seeking His will, knowing what He wants from us, and
then trusting Him to help us as we keep  focused on that
very thing, we'll put ourselves in a position to receive.

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