Faith in the Future

Hey, hey...

Happy Sunday...

Faith in the future is what I'd like to discuss this day...

Back in 2008, when the economy barely began to crash, very few people were experiencing it. A gentleman contacted me, one of the first I'd ever helped that wasn't in the emergency field or military. This husband, also a father, was terrified of the future because he lost his job and was trying to obtain another.

He is brilliant, as most men and women are, but insecurity tends to block our intelligence. Fear gets in the way of intellectual thinking because it is a distorted view of reality.

While working with this individual, we destressed his fear so that he could ease his moodiness and irritability and focus and organize his thoughts. He was then able to enjoy the brief time he was given by God to spend with his family.

Fearful thoughts tend to block our ability to have faith, enjoy life, and connect to God. Scary thoughts of the future played over and over in the mind can and will cause anger, anxiety, depression, despair, moodiness, irritability, and/or panic attacks.

Fear is normal in this human existence, yet some of us become so fearful of the future that we cannot think of solutions. Whether we have faith or fear the future, we are not psychic. If we were such great fortune tellers, wouldn't we be millionaires?

Some people are convinced they have to be afraid, which is a deviation from the truth. To waste energy and argue for fear is a powerful disconnection from God.

The confident people are running successful careers, companies, families, and organizations. The insecure individuals don't get the opportunity for advancement because insecurity is uncooperative with success. 

So, if you are one of those individuals who fear the future and would like to evolve your behaviors and beliefs to have faith in the future, I have an experiment for you.

I do these experiments all the time...

I'm always conducting personal, spiritual experiments, and that's how I connect, talk, and walk with God.

My experiments always help me level up little by little, and I want to help anyone else who'd like to advance spiritually, meaning in their faith, love, and trust.

So, if you want to...

Here we go...

The Experiment...

This week, starting today...

Memorize the statements below, and repeat them as often as possible. Feel these statements as you say them.

"I Trust in God! And, I know, more amazing things that I could ever imagine will happen."

"Affirm it!"

"Contemplate it!"

"Meditate upon it!"

'Visualize it!"

Memorize, and repeat, "I Trust in God! And, I know, more amazing things that I could ever imagine will happen."

Affirm it after you say, "affirm it."

Contemplate it after you say, "contemplate it."

Meditate upon it after you say, "meditate upon it."

Visualize it after you say, "visualize it."

Does this sound silly to you?

This will not only help you focus on faith by desire; it is reconditioning and retraining your mind. I've done this and still do. I've helped many create affirmations and ways of focusing, and the consistent, persistent find that it works. 

Some people never, or rarely, follow through. It's all about the desire versus default theory.

Do the exercise all day long in your mind, especially if and when the fear of the future creeps in. Trust me, it'll work. The goal is to be fully present in your mind as you do it so that you are not just saying it but really believing it and feeling it.

I've mentioned lately that we are contemplating and focusing mechanisms. Human beings are constantly affirming, reflecting, meditating upon, and visualizing. That is what we do. Some of us focus on the worst, some focus on the best, and some go back and forth between the two. This experiment, I suggest, will show evidence that we can govern our contemplation of faith over the human conditioning of fear.

It is our authority and power to choose what we will do with our beliefs and behaviors. We can do what we will by default or desire if we want to.

This experiment is to discover how great our success can be. It works! It can ease your stress and develop great faith in the future more and more as it is practiced. That is my humble opinion from my experiences.

One last thing. If you'd like to eliminate your fear and increase your faith even more, another thing you can do is not listen to and read, all day long, or even a little, the fear posts on social media and in the media. I'm just suggesting limiting it if you really care about what goes in your mind.

The scriptures don't teach us...

Trust in the Lord, except or unless...

Have faith in God, except or unless...

All things are possible with God, except or unless...

The truth is!

Trust in the Lord!

Have faith in God!

All things are possible with God!

So! Trust in God! And more amazing things than you could ever imagine will happen.

It's the law of faith, my friend.

You are brilliant, and you have common sense. Common sense is confidence! Insecurity and fear are not common sense or confidence. Insecurity and fear lead to personality disorders and phobias.

The evidence is clear!

Praying for your faithfulness and fearlessness, my dear sweet reader.

I have faith in you!

I have faith in myself!

I most assuredly have faith in God; otherwise, I couldn't have confidence in you or me.

Faith can heal the world.

God bless you, and here's to your successful experiment. 

I'll do it too...

Speak soon...

Elizabeth Stanfill

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Trust In God!

Hey, hey! Happy Sunday...

Trusting God is what I'd like to ramble about this day... such an appropriate topic, wouldn't you say?

Last week, I wrote about trusting in God, the most important thing, and if you missed it, you can read it by clicking here.  

I'd like to expound on trusting in God, just to help anyone worried about what is going on right now in the news media and social media.

I say the media because that's where much false information can go viral.

There are a lot of theories out there, but there is only one I subscribe to, and that is God is in charge. With this subscription, I believe that all things are for my good: my spiritual expansion, which is my faith, love, patience, and trust.

Faith, love, patience, and trust come from God and are strengthened by God. This strength promotes confidence in this world, providing happiness, health, love, magnificent relationships, and wealth.

The opposite of confidence is insecurity, which is basically fear, aka stress. Stress is the number one cause of every illness. When I say every sickness, I am talking about medical, mental, and physical injuries, but I'll save that for another post.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5-6, Holy Bible, KJV

God is in charge! If we could but understand our loving Heavenly Father, we could and would trust Him. Like any loving Father, He allows things for our spiritual growth. The only difference between a loving Heavenly Father and a loving earthly Father is God is perfect, knows, and sees all things. That is precisely why we cannot lean on our own understanding.

I will not participate in doubt, fear, or worry because I have enough knowledge and practice to know what leads to a connection to God. A faithful and fearless life with persistent patience and trust leads to our relationship with God.

If I could do anything in all my ramblings, it would be to point anyone who wants more out of life toward their faithfulness and fearlessness.

Pointing to faithfulness and fearlessness begins with believing in and trusting in God.

Yesterday, I spoke to a woman who said she was afraid of what was to come, and then she went on and on about her fear. I politely interrupted her and reminded her that God is in charge and we could trust the Lord.

Her entire attitude changed, and she began to speak the words of faith in God. What a remarkable difference a reminder can make.

We must remind ourselves constantly that God is at the helm of it all.

I've said this many, many times, and I'm just reminding you ~wink~ we are focusing, habitual mechanisms, which is why worry becomes so forceful. We can change that worry into confidence by practice into permanence via reminders. 

I understand I repeat myself, eh-em... repeatedly. But! Repetition is the law of emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual growth and learning.

So remember to remind yourself that God is, in fact, in charge. We can, in fact, expand spiritually through faith and trust.

One last thing...

I've been to every state in the United States except Alaska. I see confident people, and the average person is satisfied and enjoying life. If you do not see that, it may be because the dramatic people are the loudest.

Fear is not normal...

Happiness is normal...

The fearful people are the loudest, especially on social media. You may or may not agree with me, and you may even get mad at me.

I'm not criticizing anyone. I'm just stating that most people are silent and enjoying life, able to see people practicing fear.

Do you ever see others and wonder why you don't live such a happy life?

No? Then you are the norm.

Yes? Then possibly, you are one of the dramatic.

I do not mean to be unkind, and I pray I do not offend. When I was young and dramatic, slowly but surely, I discovered I was not taught to pay attention to happy, successful people. Rather, I was trained in focusing on the negative instead of the positive. The affirmative is what God teaches us to focus on, and it leads to great joy.

Joy is all about practiced focus, whether we agree with it or like it or not.

That's all...

Trust in God, my friend...

Contemplate it, focus on it, and you will, without a doubt, make it permanent.

And! Meditate! Empty the mind of all doubt, fear, and worry!

One last, last thing. ~wink~

I look at my stats on how many people read my blog; it has been double the daily norm. This tells me that stress is high, and people are looking for relief.

The relief comes from your maker, my dear sweet friend. Trust in Him!

One of my favorite friends posted this scripture yesterday on Twitter, and I must give her credit. It is the truth!

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7, Holy Bible, KJV

Human conditioning can convince people we have no control over this power, love, and sound mind, but I am here to show you otherwise, my dear brother/sister of this world.

I love you, and I am ever praying for you!

Speak soon...

Elizabeth Stanfill

If you love what you read here, you may find my books by clicking books by Elizabeth Stanfill

Here are some posts that may help you with your trust in God, your desired faithfulness, and fearlessness...

Current Events & Stress

Are You in Crisis Mode?

Standing in Your Power

Getting Closer to God

The Lesson of Life

Destress with Perspective

The Most Important Thing to do

The Most Important Thing To Do

Hello, there my dear friend...

The most important thing to do is what I'd like to discuss this day...

How are you doing? I'm ever praying that you are leveling up by connecting to God...

The other day I had a dream that God came to me and said, "You are helping a specific individual by the words that you write. You will guide this person to levels that are needed to be obtained to do work I have sent this person to do in this life."

I'm a dreamer, and my dreams are, oftentimes, more real than my awake life. If I told you some of the dreams that I have had, you may think me crazy, or you may resonate because I know there are people out there like me.

Anyway, I believe in my dreams. I believe it when I have a dream about God coming to me. Why do I believe it? Because I've had so many dreams very similar to this one.

About a week ago, I had a dream that I was at the veil between this life and the next, and it was a very bright white with gold glitter. It was so bright that it should have blinded me but didn't.

Why am I telling you about my dreams? I am telling you because I know that the veil between this life, and the next, is very thin when we are connected to God, and when we are sleeping. One of the reasons I believe this is because of my dreams. Another reason is when we are asleep, our negative emotions are weakened by unconsciousness, and negative emotions disconnect us from God.

When we are without negative emotions, we are more aware of and connected to God.

I trust in my dreams because I trust in God. I could write a book alone, about all the people, who have passed from this life and have come to me in my dreams.

I have learned the most important thing to do is to trust in God.

With this trust comes guidance, and inspiration. With this guidance, and inspiration comes confidence in life, others, and the self.

This is what I'm leading up to with all this talk...

The most important thing we can/could do, in this life, is to learn to trust in God.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5-6, Holy Bible, KJV

The greatest, most permanent stress relief comes from a calm, and confident belief, which cannot come from anyone or anything else than God.

When we learn to live in a calm, and confident way, connected to God, all negative emotions that fall under anger, anxiety, depression, and despair, fall away. Sound impossible? I understand that some may believe it is impossible to live without these negative emotions. Trust me, I was the angriest, most anxious, depressed person I knew, wallowing in despair quite often. Now, I have not one ounce of negative emotion in any part of my being for more than a millisecond, because when and if I do, I remember and go back to trusting God, knowing He is in charge. This did not happen overnight, I practiced it for years, into permanence, replacing the fear with faith.

If I can live without negative emotions, anybody can.

The only way to get there is to practice connecting to and trusting God and making it permanent.

I'm not just talking about attending church every Sunday and saying your prayers morning and night. I am talking about keeping God at the forefront of your mind so that you know deep down in your soul that you can trust Him because you know He is in charge.

Dang... I ramble.

I do not apologize, defend, or explain my rambles. I do, however, want to remind myself, and others, that repetition is the great law of learning. Therefore, practice, practice, practice, into permanence, trusting God.

Like the scripture says above, "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." In other words, practice keeping Heavenly Father in every thought, and guidance and inspiration will come more and more every hour of every day.

I know that this is so... I am a witness, and that's why I think the veil is so thin with me. This is why I believe I am blessed in my dreams. My dreams, and experiences, are blessings from God that let me know He is real.

I know with all my heart and deep down in my soul that God is real.

Our Heavenly Father directs our paths. It is easier to know this when we acknowledge Him, and when we talk and walk with Him. This voluntary action increases our trust in Him.

Shall we practice trust in God?

Here's an exercise for you...

Meditate upon, and memorize the first part of the scripture given above, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."

When you wake up, first thing in the morning, contemplate this phrase.

Throughout the day, especially when you are feeling negative emotions, remind yourself, and repeat this scripture.

In the evening, as you lay your head on your pillow, to retire for the night, think about this verse.

Do this the entire week, and watch yourself lift in beliefs, behaviors, and blessings. It is my humble opinion, that if you do this, even for just this week, your trust in God will level up like you've never seen it level up before.

This exercise will help you, if you want it to, do the most important thing you can/could do, and that is trust in God.

This trust is the path to all the open doors we are praying for, to all the answers to the questions we have been asking.

It is my humble opinion that if anyone would do this type of spiritual exercise for the rest of their life, and make it a permanent habit of contemplation, he or she will be put directly on the path they're supposed to be on.

This habit could be greater than any degree that you can/could obtain.

This type of practice can be greater than any title that you can/could obtain.

Degrees and titles become insignificant with time, ask any retired person. But becoming connected to God with powerful trust is eternal.

Connection to, and trust in God is eternal.

That is all...

I hope and pray you have a beautiful and brilliant week my dear reader...

God bless you...

Speak soon...

Elizabeth Stanfill

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