the fact that all is mind and that the thought is the thing, we shall see at once that our word is the power behind the thing, and that it depends upon the word or thought that we are sending out. (See Creative Mind and Success by the author.)
So plastic is mind, so receptive, that the slightest thought makes an impression upon it. People who think many kinds of thought must expect to receive a confused manifestation in their lives. If a gardener plants a thousand kinds of seeds, he will get a thousand kinds of plants; it is the same in mind.
THE WORD GOING FORTH.
SINCE this is true, everything depends upon our mental concepts. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”; the Bible reiterates this statement telling us many times of the creative power of thought; Jesus taught nothing else; He said “the words which I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life.”
The Centurion coming to Jesus recognized the power of the word spoken by the latter. He said, “I also am one in authority”; but his authority was on the physical plane, and he saw that Jesus had authority on a Spiritual plane, for he said, “Speak the word only.”
The Bible also tells us that the word is not afar off but in our own mouth. It is neither here nor there; it is within every living soul. We must take the responsibility for our own lives. All must awake to the facts that they have absolute control over their lives, and that nothing can happen by chance. Then they will have a broader concept
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