Meditations for Blessings, Health and Prosperity 3

Gen. 1:28  I subdue the earth and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

Gen. 1:27  I am created in God’s own image and likeness.

Gen. 5:22  I walk with God.

Gen. 6:8  I find grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Gen. 6:18  God has established His covenant with me and my family.

Gen. 9:2  The fear and the dread of me is upon every beast of the earth and upon every fowl of the air  and upon all that moves upon the earth and upon all the fishes of  the sea; into my hand they are delivered.

Gen. 9:3  Every moving thing that lives is meat for me even as the green herb has God given me all things.

Gen. 12:2-3  God makes me a great nation and He blesses me and makes His Name great through me and I am a blessing. God blesses those who bless me and curses those that curse me and in me all the families of the earth are blessed.

Gen. 13:2  I am rich in possessions, in finances and in all material things.

Gen. 14:19  I am blessed of the Most High God possessor of heaven and earth.

Gen. 15:1  God is my shield and my exceeding great reward.

Gen. 17:1, 2  I walk before Almighty God and I am perfect. God makes His covenant with me and multiplies me exceedingly.

Gen. 17:5  God's covenant is with me and I am a spiritual father of many nations.

Gen. 17:6   God makes me exceedingly fruitful and makes nations of me and spiritual kings come out of my spirit.

Gen. 18:17  God shows unto me all that He does.

Gen. 18:19  God knows me and I command my children and my household after me and they keep the way of the Lord; to do justice and judgment.

Gen. 21:6  God makes me to laugh and rejoice so that all  that hears will laugh and rejoice with me.

Gen. 22:16,17 I obey the Lord and withhold nothing from Him and God blesses me and multiplies me spiritually and all my spiritual children and I possess the gate of God’s enemies.

Gen. 22:18  I always obey God’s voice.

Gen. 24:40  The Lord before whom I walk sends His angel with me and prospers my way.

Gen. 26:5  I obey God’s voice and keep His charges. His commandments, His statutes, and His laws.

Gen. 28:15  God is with me and keeps  me in all places that I go and brings me to His inheritance and will never leave me but will perform and do all that He has spoken in my life.

Gen. 32:28  I have power with God and with men and prevail.

Gen. 39:2  The Lord is with me and makes me a prosperous man.

Gen. 39:6  God makes me a goodly person well-favored attractive and fine looking.

Gen. 39:21  The Lord is with me and shows me mercy and gives me favor in the sight of all men.

Gen. 39:23  The Lord is with me and in all which I do the Lord makes it to prosper.

Ex. 15:2  The Lord is my strength  and song and He is become my salvation and I exalt Him.

Ex. 15:13  The Lord in His mercy ha s redeemed me; He has guided me in His strength.

Ex. 15:26  I diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord my God and do that which is right in His sight and give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes and God allows none of the diseases upon me which He allows in the world for God the Lord is my Healer.

Ex. 19:5  I obey God's voice and keep God’s covenant and I am a special treasure unto God above all people for all the earth is the Lord’s.

Ex. 19:6  I am unto the Lord a priest and a holy nation.

Ex. 20:6  God shows mercy unto me because I love Him and keep His commandments.

Ex. 23:20  God sends His angel before me and keeps me In His way and brings me into the inheritance which He has prepared for me.

Ex. 23:22  I obey God’s voice and do all  that He speaks and God is an enemy unto my enemies and an adversary unto my adversaries.

Ex. 23:25  I serve the Lord my God  and He blesses my bread and my water and takes sickness away from my presence.

Ex. 23:26  I will fulfill the number of my days.

Ex. 23:27  God sends His fear before me and destroys all the satanic forces which I confront and He makes them flee in terror from me.

Always Have A Plan B

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. Because many things don’t go as well as we would like them to, it’s a great idea to have a “Plan B.” Having fallback plans can’t help but make you feel better about the  outcome  of  any  situation,  and  it  is  a  common denominator among very self-confident people.

Anyone  who  has  had  more  than  one  failure  in her  life  can  tell  you  that  having  another  path  to  take probably saved her bacon a time or two. I’m a big one for  contingency  plans.  If  you  are  an  entrepreneur,  in the  arts  or  media,  or  you  have  all  your  eggs  in  one basket, a Plan B is essential.

Knowing that if you lose the farm you have a condo you can go to makes you feel safer in the world. I know a number of people who have motor homes, and one of the reasons they do is, as they jokingly say, it’s their “in case” home. During the last big earthquake here in Los  Angeles,  many  people  who  had  them  were  very grateful—and those of us who didn’t were envious.

With the world economy in turmoil, creating some kind of additional income stream is also a good idea. The jeweler who is also a great designer or builder, the computer  geek  who  can  also  teach  school,  or  the  PR person  who  is  a  closet  novelist  can  all  find  a  way  to thrive even if their current position disappears.

Backup  plans  don’t  have  to  be  new  ideas—I continue  to  use  aspects  of  everything  I’ve  ever  done. My days on stage playing guitar have made me a better public speaker, which makes me a good radio host. The energy  I  put  into  songs  and  poems  has  helped  them become columns and books.

The years I spent running my  own  business  give  me  the  insight  to  help  others streamline theirs. 

And all of my experiences have made me  a  confident  and  successful  therapist.  Every  talent and  ability  you  have  can  be  built  upon  and  also  used again.  Not  that  I’d  ever  again  want  to  be  on  a  tour bus with six smelly guys for eight weeks, but if I had to I could still put food on the table by humming and strumming.

There’s  another  potential  upside  here:  Sometimes your  original  plan  and  your  backup  can  work  at  the same time. I still counsel, consult, write, and speak to groups all over the world. In years when the speaking business  got  very  slow  (such  as  after  9/11  and  then the  financial  crisis),  I  spent  more  time  writing  and counseling.

When  there  was  a  lull  between  books, I  put  more  energy  into  my  radio  show  and  business consulting, and did pro-bono events. Having multiple options gives you the sense that, if any one thing went away, you’d have other gigs that would more than fill the gap.

So get a little creative. Look at your past accomplishments and your current talents. A Plan B is only an idea away. By the way, this Plan B thing works in life, but not in relationships. Having a backup mate is only going to erode your current relationship and cause heartache for everyone involved. Enough said.