On Joel Osteen's web site, he declares: “Your words affect your future. Speaking God's Word over your life can help you to live the life of victory that God has in store for you.” Many motivational teachers today (secular and spiritual) claim there are universal spiritual “laws” that any person can use that will affect their world—the most well-used of these laws is the “law of attraction,” or the “power of positive thinking.”
The law of attraction says you create your life through your words and thoughts. Erroneously, the “law of attraction” is often called “faith.” Wrong! Faith is not the power of the mind to affect one’s destiny. Faith is not speaking positive words. Faith is ‘belief’ in Jesus Christ’s work of redemption on our behalf. It is an assurance in Christ’s Words, believing His Words, keeping His words. And not without love—Jesus said “if a man love me, he will keep my words” (John 14:23). John said people who have faith will “love God, and keep his commandments” (1 John 5:2).
When Jesus said to the woman with an issue of blood that her faith had made her whole, He did not commend her for her positive confession but for her faith in Jesus—believing He was the source of healing! It wasn't saying the ‘right’ words, but believing in the Living Word that made her whole. (Mark. 5:25-34)
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