Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations by Charles W. Thomas, Jr.

On Wednesday November 19, 2008 at 8:00 PM EST we will be presenting the first four of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. This is the first time that I have presented a teleseminar devoted to Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. The Wednesday night teleseminar is the first in a series of 3. We will review 4 affirmations each week for 3 weeks. I have had a lot of response to Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations and this will give me an opportunity to address some questions that people have asked.

The first 4 affirmations focus on our relationship to God and prosperity. Which makes them ideal for beginning a spiritual approach to prosperity. What does it mean to you to look to God as the Source of your wealth? How is God represented in your mental images? Where is the power of your speaking directed in conversations about money and prosperity?

Answer these questions for yourself now, and join us on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 8:00 PM EST to add your answers to the conversation.

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Love and Blessings,

Charles

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Imagination plays an important role in each of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. In fact a person’s imagination profoundly affects his or her quality of life. For the most part we experience what we imagine. And we imagine much more than our conscious thinking would have us believe. It is for this reason that I think the regular practice of Prosperity’s 2nd Affirmation is vitally important. When we repeat and seek to internalize the essence of this affirmation, "I Only Create Images of Prosperity, Abundance and Wealth", we are setting a conscious intention regarding how we are using our image creating faculty.  As we practice the 2nd affirmation, we will begin to notice more opportunities which line up with the things and experiences we desire. We begin to feel more a part of Life and less like we have to contend with Life to get what we need and want. In formulating clear images of how we feel and behave when our dreams are fulfilled, our desires realized and our needs are met, we see ourselves involved in activities and with people having a powerfully positive impact on their lives and their communities.  Effortlessly we are drawn into circumstances that enrich and enliven us. Over the next 7 days, each day consciously see yourself smiling, looking as though your are enjoying life. See yourself using the things you desire but are not yet part of your physical reality. See yourself making a difference and interacting with people with similar interests working harmoniously with you. Let your imagination run wild with images that make you feel good.  Allow every good idea that springs into your mind the opportunity to conjure powerful images of prosperity and well being for you and everyone you influence. Your ideas are the opportunities knocking on the door of your imagination.

Prosperity’s 1st Affirmation is, “I Look to God as my Only Source of Wealth and Supply”. Today I am reminded of some important implications of this affirmation. The first implication is that if I begin to believe that temporal, physical or human institutions are sources of my wealth, supply or well being, I am inviting myself to suffer or at the very least experience disappointment and disillusionment. This is a matter of faith. The materialist must place her faith in what she can see, feel and touch because she can not trust what is not available to her physical senses. To be able to trust God and look to God as your only Source of wealth, you will need to cultivate your mental and spiritual faculties such as intuition, imagination and faith.  This is an evolutionary process which begins as soon as you set the intention to expand your spiritual nature. Rev. Diane Harmony provides some very practical ideas about setting and manifesting intentions in her book and course, 5 GIFTS for Living An Abundant Life.

The second implication is that the spiritually oriented person will look to God in prayer, meditation and conversation, fully receptive, to ideas, images, associations and feelings which will guide her to actions, choices and decisions which will enrich her and others. God’s guidance to wealth and supply will never harm another or the person being guided, to paraphrase Romans 8:28, all of God’s activities work together for the Good of the people who appreciate the nature of Spirit and are moved to activation by the prompting of Spirit.

The third  implication is that the man or woman who begin his or her financial or money activities (actually any activity) by looking to God first, create powerful possibilities of financial increase which surpass his or her original intent.

What have been your insights or breakthroughs relative to Prosperity’s 1st affirmation? Please share them with us in a comment.

Today I want to embody Prosperity’s 5th Affirmation and introduce the 5th Affirmation for Forgiveness.  Yesterday I had a very provocative conversation with a long time friend about how Life is occurring for him presently.  That conversation has motivated this post. In retrospect, I would liked to have told him about the energy of Prosperity’s 5th Affirmation, “I Maintain My Highest Integrity When Connecting with God and Interacting with God’s Agents of My Wealth“. As we resonate with this energy, we realize that God is active within us and within the other people we encounter. In this context, we practice Prosperity’s 1st Affirmation by looking to God as our only Source of wealth and supply. We then begin to realize that the channels through which our Source supplies us are primarily other people, who like us, are spiritual beings having human experiences. Therefore, I believe it is empowering to view the people we encounter as agents of our prosperity and well being. We are empowered and enriched; and so are the people to whom we relate as though they were agents of our prosperity. As a 5 GIFTS Spiritual Prosperity Coach, I intend all of my relationships to be characterized by the exchange of gifts, gifts of the spirit, as well as material gifts. So I see myself and the people with whom I interact as God’s gift givers or wealth agents.

When we relate to others with distrust or the idea that the other person wants to take something from us, we have the experience of depletion and increased stress. This can show up for us as a decreasing stock portfolio, home foreclosure, physical discomfort or disease. How is your relationship with other people showing up in your life? What is the impact of your relationship with God? What are feeling or experiencing now?

You may also want to consider the 5th Affirmation of Forgiveness as a way of deepening a mutually supportive relationship with God and humanity. The 5th Affirmation of Forgiveness, “I Honor God and the People in My Life by Sensing their Innate Divinity”.

I may not have the opportunity to share these exact words with my friend but I do intend to resonate with the energy that allows me to be an agent of his prosperity and to connect with the God Energy that indwells him.

I Honor People by Looking for Their Innate Divinity 

Father, show me the Christ in everyone I meet or think about today…

It has been a long time since I made a blog post here. My original intention was to use this blog as a resource for my live classes and workshops, “Living an Affirmative Life (Using Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations)” and “Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations”. Occasionally something would come to my attention which I thought relevant to Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations and I would post it here. However,today I have decided that I would post here, if not daily, at least 4 times per week for the next 2 weeks. You may hold me accountable. There are 2 reasons for this 1) I want your help as I clarify my ideas for taking Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations to the next level and 2) I want to make this blog more of a resource to the people who are taking the e-course “Introduction to Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations”

Thank you for taking this journey with me as we create powerful new possibilities for prosperity and abundance in our lives and in the lives of the people we influence.

Blessings,

Charles

I saw this article by Jeanie Marshall on Empowering Questions http://www.empowering-personal-development.com/ask-questions.html. After reading it, I realized how powerful it is to ask yourself an empowering question and then craft an affirmation from the answer you receive. This is a way to create powerful affirmations specifically tailored to your development and growth. One principle of coaching is to ask empowering open ended questions. Why not be your own coach in the times that you find yourself in a disempowering situation or conversation? 

There is a school of thought that proposes that we exist as a network of conversations. We are often unconscious of the impact of oft repeated conversations. However, once we become more conscious, we may not know how to upgrade the conversation. Why not ask yourself or other people in the conversation an empowering question? Empowering questions can be a powerful tool to help transform disempowering conversations into spring boards of transformation.

Read Jeanie’s article http://www.empowering-personal-development.com/ask-questions.html and return here to share your thoughts and insights.

Empowering you to live an affirmative life…

We had a very interesting class on May 21^st.  We discussed many things but focused on Prosperity’s 8^th Affirmation, “I always give generous and fair compensation for value received”. As we discussed this affirmation and the commandment upon which it is based, Zenell blessed us with what I call Zenell’s Corollary “I receive generous and fair compensation for value given”  I have described the effect of this idea in my explanation of how I approach my ‘Love Offering’ based classes and workshops. I like doing these periodically as an exercise in expanding my consciousness of generosity and to give others an opportunity to be conscious of the quality of their giving. When, I as the provider and the participants as receivers, are both expressing from an authentic spirit of giving, we all have rich experiences of giving and receiving. I look at this as a barometer of the spiritual value of what I am offering to my clients and participants.

Zenell’s Corollary is a very powerful tool to help us distinguish our own sense of worth. Are you receiving compensation aligned with what you think you are giving in your business or work environment? Are there any blocks to your ability to receiving monetary blessings? In our discussion we identified many disempowering conversations which may be inhibiting our ability to allow financial good into our life. Did friends or family ever ask, “Who do you think your are to deserve…”? “Why do you think you are so cute…”? “Don’t you know we can’t…?” Once you become aware of beliefs you have taken on which are based on these kinds of conversations, you are free to release them. Use Zenell’s Corollary often to affirm your worthiness to receive money and to assess the quality of what you are giving to Life.

“I receive generous and fair compensation for value given”

Between now and our next class meeting, review Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations and create your own corollaries for as many as you can. Share what you discovered with the class. If you are not receiving the e-course Introduction to Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations click on the Click Here! Link   to start receiving the lessons. If you don’t receive the lessons or you are having difficulty please let me know (charles@prosperingtimes.com). 

While you are visiting the blog post a comment regarding Zenell’s Corollary or share your own corollary to any of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations.

Here is an affirmation to use to focus on the 5 GIFTS for an Abundant Life:

I Am Grateful – I Am Intentional – I Am Forgiving – I Tithe Faithfully – I Surrender to the Presence and Power of God within Me!

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I Am Faithful to God and Honorable In Serving Humanity            Paraphrasing of Prosperity’s 5th Affirmation

I Am a Drum Major for Prosperity

“James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.” - Mark 10:35

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a sermon that is now known as his “Drum Major for Justice” sermon. He based it on the scripture taken from Mark 10:35-45. His premise is that James and John were exhibiting an innate human urge for attention and the desire to be recognized as important. Dr. King called this the “Drum Major” instinct, our desire to be acknowledged as being important, to be out front. I believe that it is this “Drum Major” instinct that can motivate us to make enduring contributions to the evolution of society or intoxicate us to a frenzy of self serving acquisitions and personal glory-seeking.

 When James and John asked Jesus to seat them to His right and left in His time of glory, He did not condemn them for their vanity or desire for power. Instead he taught them what it takes to be a leader or person of importance in His Kingdom. “…But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all” (Mark 10:43-44).

What does this mean to us during this time of apparent economic uncertainty and political divisiveness? Dr. King demonstrated a high order model of prosperity characterized by a life committed to the Jesus Christ teachings of love, justice and service.

During this season when we reflect on Dr. King’s accomplishments and celebrate his courage and selflessness, we are encouraged to follow his example and become “Drum Majors for a High Order Prosperity” by transforming our natural human instincts to conscious intentions inspired by spiritualized Judgment, represented by James and unconditional Love represented by John and put into practice so courageously by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dear God, in Jesus’ name, sanctify our natural gifts and instincts as we transform ourselves, our families, our communities and our world into living examples of Your will being done on earth as it is in Heaven. Let our experience of Life be that of a “High Order Prosperity” that enriches all of humanity.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2