The Secret!

I have been following the emerging of this new “The Secret” with great interest.
This secret, so they say has been hidden and known only to a chosen few.

It is what they call "The law of attraction", what you are consumed with in your mind, will become the way you live. I find it very interesting but I do have a few reservations.

Unbeknown to them ? is that Vincent Peale discovered that secret and wrote the book “Power of positive thinking” around 1970. I bought that book as a birthday gift for Ted and we both devoured it. Many more have shared their secret in wonderful books.

After reading it I began to read the Bible in a different light. The Bible means what it says and says what it means”. (I love to put my own name in verses I read.)

1 John 5:13-15
13 These things have I written unto you (Trudy) who believes on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.

(We figured why believe one part and not the other?)

14 And this is the confidence that I (Trudy) have in Him, that, if I ask any thing according to His will, He hears me.
15 And if I know that He hears me, whatsoever I ask, I know that I have the petitions that I desired of him.

1 John 3:20-22
20 Even if I (Trudy) feel guilty or not worthy, God is greater than my feelings, for He knows everything.
21 So my dear friends, if we don’t have to feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence.
22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.

So… go ahead and...........
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Matthew 7:7

And when the going gets rough?
Cast all your cares upon him; after all, He cares for you right? 1 Peter 5:7

But remember, seek first the kingdom of God, make Him proud; and all these things shall be added unto you Matthew 6:33

Well in short, it changed my life. Simple, when I pray, I believe with great anticipation.