GETTING RID OF SPIRITUAL MENTAL BLOCKS THAT HINDER PROSPERITY
GETTING
RID OF SPIRITUAL MENTAL BLOCKS THAT HINDER PROSPERITY
Culled from the book, 25 Reasons Why Every Christian Must Prosper
By Anthony A. Akangoziri
Available at Amazon and
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There are certain
beliefs, ideas and dominant thoughts that hinder people from venturing into the
world of prosperity. Some people are crippled by certain negative thoughts that
have been programmed in their mind over the years. They unconsciously believe that
things are meant to remain for them as it has always been in their family and
that there’s nothing anybody can do about them. These are the things I call mental blocks.
If one has a mental
block about something, he unconsciously believes that he cannot do anything
about it. Something in his mind prevents him from believing in the possibility
of doing something about it.
GET
RID OF YOUR MENTAL BLOCKS
We must get rid of certain
mental blocks in order to prosper in life, and there are many of them.
Prov.23:7 says:
“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he”.
We must develop a
positive mental attitude towards wealth. It’s obvious that before one becomes
wealthy in the physical, he has already become that in the mind. Physical
wealth is a manifestation of what we have already become. If there’s poverty in
one’s mind, he can never be rich. Mental blocks are disempowering beliefs built
over a period of time in our sub-conscious mind, that certain things are not
achievable because of certain factors beyond our control.
Mental blocks are
self-limiting beliefs that stop us from venturing into unknown possibilities.
In other words, they’re the imaginary giants that prevent us from entering into
our land that is flowing with milk and honey.
Mental blocks are a set
of beliefs that prevents us from utilizing our inherent abilities or
capabilities.
It’s important to note
that before we can achieve any meaningful success or prosperity in this life,
we must get rid of them. This is where the real battle is, and if we can win
the battle of the mind, then we have won the battle of life.
Get rid of the
following mental blocks if you want to prosper:
“Money
is Evil”
Is money evil? No! It
is the love of money that leads to evil. Obviously, one may love money without
having a dime (Read I Tim. 6:10).
“My
Family Has Always Been Poor”
You may be right! But
that’s the way they’ve always thought and spoken, and it’s not possible to
expect a different result. What you believe and frequently affirm has a way of
becoming a reality. This is the law of attraction. God saved you to break away
from whatever has been holding people down in your family including poverty.
“Nobody
Has Ever made it in my Family”
You are a different
person, so think differently, talk differently and you’ll have different
results. Decide to be the first person to make it your family.
“There’s
Nothing I Can Do”
You can do something.
In fact you’re doing something as you’re reading this book and you can still do
something more. One thing you will do is to discard this mental block and
you’ll see clearly what next to do.
“There’s
No One to Help Me”
This is one of the
commonest excuses we hear every day. When you think enough, help will come.
Moreover, what greater help do you expect besides God who has promised to help
you? He said, “Fear not, for I am with you; be
not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I
will hold you with my righteous right hand” (Isa. 41:10).
Your help comes from
God and not from man. However, when your trust is in Him, He can send any man
to help you.
“Everybody
Cannot be Rich”
It’s true! But who is
everybody? It’s only after you’ve convinced yourself that you cannot be rich
that the matter becomes so bad. The “everybody”
can be anybody; but definitely, not you. When you read and believe God’s word,
you’ll discover that you are different from “everybody”.
Therefore, stop saying
that you’re not destined to be rich. Oh! I’ve heard that over and over! But
when such people eventually made it I asked them, “But you are not destined to
be rich, how come?” They’d grin and say, “Pastor, you may not understand”. I
understand very well. It is a matter of attitude – mental attitude. Change your
thoughts and your world will change.
“Witches
Are After my Life”
If witches were strong
enough to stop you from being saved; they cannot stop you from being rich! I
decree, “Let every power that is holding you down fail in Jesus’ Name”.
Often times, our
greatest enemies, and the ones we need to fight daily, are within. One of such
enemies is our thought pattern. However, I’m not ruling out the activities of
witches, but I’m saying that they’re not strong enough to hold you down (Read I
Jn.4:4).
STOP
THE BLAME GAME
The major problem we
have in this part of the world is that we don’t always want to take
responsibility for whatever happens to us. We always believe that the causes of
our failures and frustrations are witches and wizards; and some “prophets” are always available to
convince us that some ancestral spirits in our father’s house are responsible
for our problems. We have been made to see every uncle as a household enemy that
is responsible for our failure and, as a result, are subjected to all manner of
fasting and “spiritual works”. But we
must be willing take full responsibility for how we live in order to succeed in
life.
In success and
prosperity, our actions and inactions matter so much. We must shift the blame
to ourselves from the enemies that may not exist after all. There are things
you have to get out of your life, and there are virtues you have to imbibe into
your life. The plain truth is that there are certain things you are doing now,
and if you keep doing them, you’ll never experience genuine prosperity.
Similarly, there are certain things you must do, and if you don’t do them,
you’ll never prosper no matter how much of fasting and deliverance you engage
in, period! Maybe no one has spoken to you like this before, stop playing the
blame game.
ENGAGING
YOUR MENTAL FUNCTIONS
Your entire world swings around your
thoughts. Whatever you habitually think of has the tendency to become a
reality. Negative mental attitude repels success. It repels wealth and
achievement. It is a repellant!
On the other hand, positive mental
attitude attracts. It attracts success, wealth and other good things. So change
your thoughts and your world is changed.
Understand this: the power to think is
one of the greatest faculties in man, so use it profitably.
Life is not determined mainly by outward
circumstances, but by the thoughts we habitually engage the mind
You create your world by your thought.
Your life is what your thoughts make of it.
The state of
your mind determines the state of your life. Positive mental attitude is the
pace-setter for all achievements. Every failure, frustration and
non-achievements are traceable to our thoughts-our mental attitude.
We need to
practice what I call mental regulation. This is keeping our thought processes
in good condition because all the paraphernalia needed to build our life and
careers are processed therein. Regulate your mind and thoughts and begin to see
things optimistically. Real optimism is being aware of problems but recognizing
that there are solutions in God. It recognizes difficulties but believes that
they can be overcome. It sees the negative but accentuates the positive. It
expects the best from the worst situation.
Remember this:
things are always different when you think differently. Since your mental
attitude has a direct bearing on your performance and achievement, it must be
based on sound input. Always identify yourself with a successful and prosperous
image.
In the following chapters, we’ll see twenty-five reasons why every Christian must prosper. But before then, I’ll like you to pray these prayers seriously:
1. 1. O Lord, I thank you for your plan for my life. I thank you for creating me in the midst of plenty.
2. 2. O Lord, open my eyes and give me understanding to this fact in Jesus’ name
3. 3. Every mental block that has clogged my mind, receive fire now and be flushed by the blood of Jesus.
4. 4. I move out from where the enemy has kept me to where God has purposed for me in Jesus’
5. 5. Every power that does not want my situation to change for good, be disgraced now in Jesus’ name.
6. 6. Let every satanic hindrance to my prosperity be destroyed now in Jesus’ name
7. 7. I release the fire of the Holy Ghost to scatter every evil alter attacking my prosperity in Jesus’ name.
8. 8. Every foundation of poverty in my family, be destroyed now in the name of Jesus.
9. 9. Every evil power in my father’s house delaying my breakthrough and prosperity, be destroyed in Jesus’ name.
10. 10. Poverty shall not be my identity. I resist every manifestation of poverty in my life in Jesus’ name .
11. 11. Every generational curse of poverty in my family, I am not your candidate, I revoke you by the blood of Jesus, in Jesus’ name
12. 12. Agents of poverty surrounding my life, disappear now in the name of Jesus
13. 13. Let every power that blocks my opportunities to make money and become rich be destroyed in Jesus’ name.
14. 14. Any power blocking my opportunities to become great in life, be destroyed in Jesus’ name.
15. 15. Every
power assigned to frustrate my business, be destroyed today in Jesus’ name.
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