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LIMITATIONS DON'T COME ON TABLETS OF STONE

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he carried a stone tablet in his hands.  As far as we know, this is the only time God ever sent us a message on tablets of stone.  That message was the Ten Commandments.  He had already written those commandments into the fabric of the moral universe, and He sent those stone tablets special delivery to make sure we received the message.  The Ten Commandments are like Mount Everest.  They have been here for a long time, and they aren't going away any time soon.  Four thousand years ago, there were Ten Commandments, and there still are only ten.

Personal beliefs are different.  They are a choice, and they change.  Personal beliefs are not commandments given by God.  No universal moral agent enforces the peculiarities of your beliefs on the rest of the world.

You have the privilege of choosing your personal beliefs.  This should liberate you and make it easier to reach your dreams.  Unfortunately, the opposite is often true.  Instead of choosing liberating beliefs, you may choose limiting ones that make your dreams impossible.

When given the choice between limiting beliefs and liberating ones, most people choose limiting ones.  This perverse and self-destructive choice is the result of living in a negative world.

Negative words and thoughts are covered in mental super glue.  The words, "no, never, can't, no way, not now, and impossible," stick in your mind at an early age.  When children are two years old, their favorite word is no, and it sticks in their mind for the rest of their life.

By the time they are twenty years old, they have heard this word thousands of times.  They become so used to hearing it, they are not surprised when it falls on their ears.  Before long, their brain shifts gears and they focus on their limitations rather than on their possibilities.

It's always easier to say no than it is to say yes.  When you say no, you don't have to do anything except move your lips and sit back in your easy chair.  When you say yes, the work has just begun.  It's time for the blood, sweat, and tears to begin.  Saying yes is hard.  Saying no is easy.

Too many people graduate from the University of Life with a Ph.D. in negative thinking.  They know their limiting beliefs by heart and can effortlessly recite them.  They know all the reasons why their dreams are impossible.  They are also experts at telling you everything you cannot do.

LIST YOUR LIMITING BELIEFS

You must identify and eliminate the limiting beliefs lurking in your mind.  Your dreams will sink in a sea of limiting beliefs unless you eradicate them.  List your limiting beliefs and write an explanation of why they apply to you.  Explain why other people get along fine without them.

Take a paper and pencil and make a list of all your limiting beliefs.  This will force you to think about your limitations in a disciplined manner.  Most of your limitations are the result of living the unexamined life.  You accept your limitations without question.  Your limitations suddenly appeared at some time in the past, and you never questioned how they got there or why they should apply to you.

When I drove in the deserts of Arabia, I frequently encountered mirages.  My eyes told me that I was surrounded by water on all sides.  Nevertheless, there wasn't a drop of water for miles in any direction.  When I drove to the water, it always disappeared.  Every time I examined a  mirage up close, it evaporated.

Limitations frequently turn out to be a mirage.  When you examine them up close, they disappear.  You need to examine every limitation to see if it's real, or if it's just a figment of your imagination.

Your limiting beliefs are not part of the fabric of the universe, and they are not the way things must be.  Limiting beliefs don't come on tablets of stone from the hand of God.  They are a choice.

The only limiting beliefs you will ever change are the ones you know about.  You need to live the well-examined life so you can discard the limiting beliefs that keep you chained to a negative past.  You need to examine every limiting belief and see how it stands up to the most powerful force in the world, God's love.

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PERFECTION IS A DISEASE AND GOD'S LOVE IS THE CURE  - Excellence is the path to my dreams unless I stop at a roadblock called perfection.  God never demands perfection.  God loves and accepts me the way that I am, and if it's good enough for God, it's good enough for me.
BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS - God's love still is the most powerful force in the universe, and it will blow the maze of sin to smithereens when my heart, mind, and will are all aligned with God's love.
THE FACTS OF LOVE -  Until I understand God's love, I will never know what God is like.  I must see myself through God's eyes and learn the facts of love.  God's love never falters or fails.  There is nothing in the entire universe that separate me from God's love.
THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD  - Jesus said that the pure in heart have a special blessing.  They are able to see God.  When I have a clean mind and a pure heart, I have 20/20 spiritual vision, and I can see God at work in my world.
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD  - God speaks all the time, but the only way to hear his voice of love is to become silent and listen.  That is why the Bible says, "Be still and know that I am God."
ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH - Jesus said I must be born again.  Once is not enough.  The first time I was  born, I was born in the flesh.  The second time I am born, I am born in the spirit.  God is a Spirit, and He is the One who makes my spirit come alive.  That is why I call him Father.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND - God's plan of love is simple.  What goes around comes around.  The love I send to others comes multiplied back to me.  God gives me as much love as I am willing to pass on to others.  When I send God's love to everyone, I become immersed in an ocean of love.
DON'T LET THE WORLD CLIP YOUR WINGS - God designed me to fly like an eagle.  I will not let the world clip my wings or force me into its mold.  I will fly like an eagle.

LIVE AS IF YOU ARE IN GOD'S PRESENCE  - The power and presence of God in the world is love.  Whenever I see love, I see God's hand at work.  When I practice God's presence, I experience his love.  I feel the power of his love flowing through me to other people.
ENOUGH FAITH - Faith isn't about size.  It's about stepping out in the direction of your dreams regardless of the consequences.  I never need to worry if I have enough faith.  Any faith at all is enough to start moving in a positive direction.
HOW TO INCREASE MY FAITH - Faith isn't something I must have before I move in the direction of my dreams.  Instead, it's something that develops after I start moving.
DOUBLE DOSE OF FAITH - Practical faith comes in two types.  Type I faith empowers you to do the things you can do and should do for yourself.  Type II faith empowers God to do the things for you that you can't do for yourself.
THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE - The most powerful force in the universe is God's love.  God is love and works by love, and by nothing else than love.  The power and presence of God in the world is love.  When I experience God's love, I experience his presence and power.
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE - God's love carries away my burden of guilt.  His love not only wipes the slate clean, it also throws the slate away.  There is no limit to how good my life can become when I max out on the power of his love.
MAX OUT ON GOD'S LOVE - There is nothing I can do to earn God's love or make him love me more.  God already loves me from the top of my head to the tip of my toes, and it doesn't get any better than that.
COMING TO MY SENSES - My five senses are eternal skeptics.  The five senses that insure my safe passage through the physical world blind me to the reality of the spiritual one.  There is a time to listen to my senses, and a time to come to my senses.
ULTIMATE REALITY CHECK - Prayer is the place I go to find out how I am doing.  If I am getting into trouble, I can probably get straightened out with prayer.  Prayer is the way I align myself with God’s program for my life.  Prayer doesn’t change God.  Prayer changes me.
TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE - Jesus used freedom as a primary test of truth.  He said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free."  Why did he say that?  He said it because truth is the only thing that leads to freedom.  Everything else ties you up in knots and puts you into bondage.
I HAVE A DREAM  - God gave me the ability to dream.   Dreams are God’s way of pointing out I have the possibility of achieving excellence in my life.
AFFIRMATIONS CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL  - Affirmations give me the power to change what is in my heart.  Affirmations do more than change the way I think; they also change the way I feel.