THE
SECRET TO SUCCESS
“The secret to success
in life is having the right relationship with God. All our problems are the
result of having the wrong relationship with God. Get yourself into a right
relationship with God and all your life will be successful.” Sermon on the
Mount by Emmet Fox
VISUALIZE
THESE AFFIRMATIONS. THEY WILL PUT US INTO A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD. We no longer have to depend on others to be God nor do we
have to be God and we will know the TRUE SOURCE of our happiness, prosperity
and health! WE WILL BE RECONNECTED WITH OUR REAL SOURCE OF POWER!
God You are our Father. You are our Source.
Everything we need comes from You. God You provide my-shelter, food,
clothing, money and everything that I need. God I know you will provide for
me. I will go to You for everything.
God You are Perfect! God you are our Director. You
give me direction. I come to You to see what You would have me do in every
situation. God I seek to do your will for me.
God You are my shepherd. I shall not want. You lead
me and protect me and steer me on the right course. If I go astray You will
bring me back. God I rely on You alone.
God You are all faithful. I can count on You
to always to be there and look out for me.
I can rely on You at any time and You will be there. When I go wrong You
will forgive me. For you alone God are all merciful.
God You are my Creator. You alone know how I
am made and how I think. God I look to you for the solutions. God please
help me to follow You on Your Path.
God, heal me. God you are good. God you are
my strength, God you are my Rock. God you will give me the good to bring
forth to others. God without You- I am nothing.
God, I give You all the wrongs that have been done. I ask You for Your
approval of my thoughts and actions. God you are right; God you are my
judge. You will give me the right thought and action if I ask Him.
God You are my Peace; if I dwell in you. God is
everywhere; I can turn to You at any time.
God You are my teacher; teach me what I need to
know.
God - I look to You for understanding – God You are
my protector, Guide, and friend, You are Wisdom. God You are the Way. God
deliver me from evil and desire, forgive me my debts and grant me the
strength to forgive those I hold in debt. God you have the answers. God You
are in everyone and every situation. Help me to see You.
“
God is our Father, we are His children, He is the Director, we are His
agents, He is the Principal.... we had a new employer...When we took such a position …we became less interested in
ourselves…we enjoyed peace of mind…we could face life successfully…we began
to lose our fears of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.” Alcoholics
Anonymous p.63 “See to it that your
relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you
and countless others.”
Alcoholics Anonymous 164
Our defects are a result of our inability to
rely on God and the result of not having the right relationship with Him.
SOLUTIONS FOR:
IMPATIENCE: When I am impatient, I need to
wait for God and listen and look around me for what he wants me to do.
DISHONESTY: When
I am dishonest, I have taken life into my own hands and forgotten God will
provide for me.
CO-DEPENDENCY or MAKING DEMANDS ON OTHERS: If I have become dependent on anyone or anything, I have
lost faith in God and I am not relying on Him for my strength and support; I
need to give up the things I am dependent upon and go to Him. What am I
taking care of or worried about that God can take care of for me?
JUDGEMENTAL or INTOLERANT: When I am judgmental or self-righteous, I
have usurped God’s judgment. I need to pray for forgiveness and hand over
the situation or thought of that person to Him.
PRIDE: When I am proud, I have
believed I have Your Power. You God are the giver of all. When I am in
fear, I have gone astray from God. I need to look for Him. Prayer.
SELFISH, GREEDY, OBSESSED FOR MATERIAL PLEASURES: When I
am greedy or selfish, I am not seeing what You God have provided. I need God
‘s wisdom to do what is right for me. I need to turn my will over to Him
and ask for forgiveness and for His direction.
BOSSY, WANTING MY OWN WAY: I have
deluded myself to believe that I know God’s plan for everyone. Stop what I
am doing and ask and wait for His direction.
DAILY PRACTICE
CLEAN HOUSE: Rid ourselves of all
preconceived ideas of God and our expectations of what He is going to do for
us. Let go of the good and bad of yesterday. Worries, guilt, mistakes,
accomplishments, etc…Let go of concerns for how others will see us, their
opinions, their judgments, their expectations. Give up our desires for
material or worldly accomplishment. Give up riches and desire for social
prestige. Give up our intellectual pride. Give up the need to be
understood and to be right and to be needed. Our minds can not
resolve our problems. We can not rely on our own thinking to get us out of
our problems. Nor will our thinking bring us happiness or solutions. WE
need to ask God to direct our thinking. Only then can we employ our
thinking when it is divorced of selfish motives and desires. Our thinking
brings into our experience what we think and what the condition of our
hearts is.
PRAYER OF OPENING OUR HEARTS TO GOD BY ASKING GOD
TO TAKE AWAY WHAT IS IN THE WAY:
DEAR GOD, please rid me of habits
of thought, prejudices, spiritual pride, material attachments, habits we
should renounce self pity, all negativity, my wants, judgments,
self-importance. God rid me of my resentments. (Name them-and say, “God I
hand them over to you. You know what to do with them, I do not have to worry
about them.”)
Take away my worries, fears, thoughts of the past, and
expectations of others and of today and tomorrow.
Set me free from any
limitation I have put on myself and others. God make my thinking bend to
your will. God clear my mind and heart of everything.
Open my heart, my mind
and soul to Your Thoughts.
I love you God with all my Heart, mind and
Soul. God fill my mind with your Light, fill my heart with your healing
Love, God fill my soul with hope.
PLEASE Give me strength and courage to do your
will. God what is you will for me today?
Listen for guidance. "We have seen this
day that God does speak to man" Deuteronomy
MEDITATION:
"HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE SHALL BE
PROTECTED UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY" PSALM 91
To rid ourselves of fear and attachments and defects, bad memories,
problems- worry become like a fish which dives into water- dive into
prayer/meditation, the deeper we go, the more each attachment loosens its
grip on us…and the more we have to loosen our grip on it. Dive into
yourself, deeper and deeper. For Peace of mind always go within. Go to the
Peace within. That’s where Peace is. Within. For EVERYTHING – GO WITHIN!
That’s where GOD is! That’s where strength is, peace is, where the solutions
are, the lessons, the answers. All are within us. Call on God! That’s the
proper relationship. He has the answers so we have the questions. He knows
how, we don’t; He does so go to Him! God can-we can’t so let go and let
God. MEDITATE FOR 30 minutes.
PRAYER
following meditation
The Miracle Prayer
God, you
are the source of all the world’s supply and all of the things I will
need. From you flows everything. Everything I have comes from you. (Name
everything and say “…came from you; thank you.”) And all the people who I
get things from are your agents (name any). Please God help me to master
my own kingdom, my life, and all the things that you have given me. Make me
know that you are the source of all-You are the source of everything. You
are the cause of everything. Bring me into harmony with your will. Bring
me into harmony with life and everyone around me. Bring me into harmony
this day. Let me be peaceful. Let me be slow to speak. Let me not make
judgment of anyone or anything knowing you will give me the wisdom and the
guidance through every situation today. God I know that you want what is
good for me. Grant me your strength, courage and patience. God grant me
courage. God grant me patience. Father you doeth the work in me. You are
the reason for all that is good in life. Show me what is right in front of
me that I need to do. Open my eyes. Get me out of ruts and prevent me from
getting attached or stuck today. Let me be in the flow. God lend me the
right thought to extend on everybody I meet today. Let me be thinking
Godlike and caring and loving of all mankind. Let me see things and people
the way You want me to. Let me look for You in every situation…in every
problem you are there let me find You and remind me to reach out to you.
Make me moral and align in your moral laws. Help me to be selfless. God
make me honest. God make me forgiving. God make me faithful. God make me
pure in mind and heart. God make me charitable. God make me look for the
good. God give me strength. God help me to overcome temptation. Please give
me the understanding I need in everybody and every situation. God show me
the Way to peace and happiness and joy. God you are perfect. God you make
everybody and everything (name them and say, “God you made him/her or it.”)
God, I offer all my actions to you. I offer you all the
outcomes. I surrender any desires or selfish wants through my actions,
please remove from me all selfish desires and goals. God I dedicate my Life
to You. Take all of me! I surrender my life, my actions, my whole being
without reserve to You! I surrender the results of all my actions to You.
God I offer all my actions to You. Whatever I do today, Lord, I offer it all
to You. Everything!
May I do it for You. AMEN.
REVIEW:
What do I need to leave in God’s Hands for
today?
“God take care of these: ”
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