Changes Thru Faith (application)

                                                    

Make The Change By using Faith

Faith. This one particular principle is the most important principle of them all for the simple reason that if you cannot believe that you will accomplish a expected result without seeing any immediate gratification or reward for the efforts you are putting forth you will never complete any task you will simply get frustrated and give up. Let us examine what faith is.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The whole chapter goes on to give example and explain what faith is so I will give you an example. Imagine you are in a car or a plane traveling from point A to point B, you no where you want to go you no what type of vehicle that will transport you there but you are not sure how it works completely or what route to take but you no that car, train or plane will get you there. Faith will help you visualize and believe in the attainment of your desire. You will need to develop a capacity for faith because it will give you the power to transform the ordinary energy's of thought into the tangible and give you the ability to take action on your hope and beliefs. This applied faith will give you hope of achievement.

What is “applied faith”? It is defined as the mental attitude where you clear your mind of all fears and doubts and direct it to the attainment of whatever you desire in life, to take possession of your own mind. In developing this applied faith it is necessary to be believe that you have it and be grateful for it, next keep an open mind and be ready for “hunches” and inspiration when it presents itself. You must know and understand yourself to believe in yourself then you can forgive yourself for past mistakes to heal and move forward in life and living. Always be willing to try new things for this is how you will determine what is right for you and to take action in the face of fear to make your dreams and goals become reality. Remember that persistence is the necessary effort to induce faith.

I have to take a step backward so you will understand that you must have “hope” to activate the faith. You see hope is like the ignition source like a match or a spark plug and faith force of your desire which you make your desire's known so it all start with desire. But desire without hope means weak faith which equal's poor result, so here are some tipping points on hope:

Change your attitude by changing your physical action.

Example: change sleep patterns, read books, exercise, get a hobby, change your diet.

Physical motions can change emotions, this is most likely because the brain releases certain chemicals called ENDORPHINS; we know them as the natural pain killers but there are several type and they have an added benefit such as; While many people are vaguely aware that the blissful feelings one experiences after sex may be endorphin related, few are aware that endorphins are naturally produced by a wide range of activities like meditation, deep breathing, ribald laughter, eating spicy food, or receiving acupuncture treatments or chiropractic adjustments. Fewer still know that endorphins are actually good for health.

How you think determines how you act so you will need to build in yourself an optimistic progressive glow, a feeling that “yeah, this is great and I am all for it” and you will become 100% enthusiastic. Also note how you act in turn will determine how others react to you, you are what you think you are. Smile big; speak up especially in meetings, walk faster and more confident, practice making eye contact when talking to others. Believe you can do it, when you believe your mind finds ways to get it done; your mind will create a way if you let it.

CHANGE (principals)

Everyone seems to be looking for the “quick fix”, but we must operate from our belief systems and from deep values that assure us that in the long run the principals we use are absolutely the best policy.

Here are some principals to work on to help you figure out where you want to go and what you want to achieve and how to develop a method to get there;

1.Clearly Define you goals;

2.Develop an unshakable desire to achieve those goals;

3.Take action in the face of fear to make your goals become reality;

4.Know yourself, believe in yourself, forgive yourself for past mistakes heal and move forward;

5.When negative things and thoughts happen use logic and patient to counteract it;

 

6.Save as much as possible even in small portions and amounts;

7.Use common sense, keep it short and simple, talk less and do more;

8.Try new things;

9.Develop a pleasing personality;

10.Master all the details;

11.be persistent no matter how slowly you may have to move at first;

12;Do not be scared to fail, but remember failure is not a option;

make the change self assessment

                                                  

SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL

You will need some materials to work with so gather a few good writing pens, a notebook a ruler and some correction fluid for mistakes, everybody makes them or maybe use your computer. The most important thing is for you to be objective and honest about the question you ask and the way you answer them, if you don't be completely honest you will only be lying to yourself and you may not get the desired results you seek.

What do you you want ?; you may think this is a given but so meany people run into problem because they do not have a clear decisive idea of what they really want to acquire or accomplish so your first and foremost purpose is to decide what do you want. It is always good to have some flexibility in the way you do things but there must be concrete goal and or end game you want to attain, other wise you will end up like a fish out of water.

What are you looking for?; ask yourself what “am I looking for in... “, this can be very complicated, start by asking what am I looking to do with my life, who am I trying to please, am I trying to gain acceptance, respect, adulation from family, friends or coworker or am I doing this for myself? Am I looking for independence, or am I just following a trend?

Next, determine which type of personality do you posses. A type “a” person may exhibit such as competitive, outgoing, ambitious, impatient, or aggressive; while a type”B” personality will be more relaxed. This doesn't mean that one is better than the other but if you are aware you maybe able to adjust you thinking to overcome obstacles that will arise, and they will arise for that is the nature of all things.

This is very important, you will need to determine how much time you are willing to implement to your endeavor. Since time is the one asset that nobody has in abundance do not take this lightly. You need to establish tangible time frames for things to get done, and as you see yourself meeting these deadline your confidence will grow.

The next step is to get out your pen and paper and make to columns, at the top of the one on the left you may call it “my strengths” at the top of the one on the right label it “my weakness's”, this tool is to be known as the pros & cons of your character. The object of this exercise is for you to visibly recognize and acknowledge your strengths and weakness's so you can accentuate the positive and correct the negative by using corrective measures.

Being objective and taking this type of inventory of your character and ability's will also help you to figure out what you are willing to give up to achieve you goal because there are no free ride and free lunch's, you will have to give up something and make sacrifices if you are to move forward, this is inevitable. But armed with this knowledge you will have a good starting point of what you will need to give up. Another consideration is what do you stand to gain from success? There is nothing worse than to acquire success and then have that prosperity turn into a curse and devour you, to have it consume your very essence and then you find all you live for is the “thing” not the joy and freedom that it's acquisition should bring you so decide what do you want from success.

What if I fail? Should I have a backup plan? Ok so you may fail, but just like anything else in life you get up dust yourself off and get right back in there, it is natural to fail this is why your doing all this planning and homework now to minimize your failure but you will fail but the key is to learn from you failures and make adjustments. Almost all successful people fail time and time again but they

keep trying until they get it right. Yes, you should always have a plan “B”, I love this old saying , “Victory loves preparation”. So make plan's and prepare for anything you can imagine, can't hurt.

The purpose of this is to figure out what else you can learn and how can I grow from this knowledge. Always relish the opportunities to expand your thinking, strive to make a difference so you may have an effect on someone else as well as change your own circumstances so that life will have intrinsic meaning beyond the time you spend here

My last point I would like to make is how determined are you to do what it takes for you to achieve your objective? make a decision and stick by this decision no matter what happens, nobody like a wishy washy person so take a deep breath, take aim and fire. Good luck.