Reject Poverty by Changing Your Mindset: A Message by Apostle Joshua Selman
According to Apostle Joshua Selman, poverty deals with the absence of other things apart from physical commodities; it is a state of a man’s mind. It is legal, according to Apostle Selman, that in order to transform finances, relationships, and other sectors of one’s life, one has to change one’s thinking. Money cannot fight poverty, it is fighting poverty by trying to change the perspective and attitude toward prosperity, the creation of value and personal worth.
In this message, you will discover Apostle Selman’s teaching on rejecting poverty as a way of thinking following practical strategies and spiritual wisdom on changing our beliefs on wealth and prosperity.
- Orientation to the Topic of Poverty Mentality
It is widely believed that poverty is something that one ‘lacks’, whether that be cash, assets or hope. However apostle Joshua Selman explain to us that but the problem of poverty is deeper than what we perceive. That is exactly what he says, he states that poverty starts in the mind and as soon as you think and perceive yourself as poor, then you will always be poor no matter how much sources you may have.
It enforces on people their poor mentality through insolence, fear and disbelief in the possibility of success or living a good life. Getting over this kind of thinking is essential to experience the kind of life that God wanted for his kids.
- It helps to appreciate the influence of mind-set in accumulation of wealth.
Apostle Selman was fond of stressing that mindset is the genesis of reality. People think, people believe, and people act and these actions yield consequences. It as true that a person with a prosperous mind and in belief of abundance and opportunity will definitely make move that would create wealth.
This principle is mirrored in Proverbs 23:7; As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be. Apostle Selman notes that when you change your financial status it is not only about getting the money; it is all about how one approaches wealth, opportunities and how much value he or she can create.
- Wealth and Poverty of the Bible
For Instance, in his messages, Apostle Selman often quotes the Bible to establish what God says about wealth and prosperity. The Bible does not condemn wealth but rather warns against idolizing it (1 Timothy 6:10). Lastly, poverty is not in the realm of what God wants for His people to experience.
Blessed in his wealth, position and family, Abraham is just one proof of how much God prizes his children’s success. Apostle Selman reiterates the fact that where there is planting, there is bound to be harvesting and that harvesting is available to everyone who will wake up and change their mentality and practice to reflect the truths of the Kingdom.
- Principles for Shifting Your Mindset to Prosperity
According to Apostle Selman, embracing a prosperity mindset involves the following principles:
Recognize Your Worth in Christ: The first and foremost key step is knowing that you are deserving of blessings from God. Being in Christ means you are an heir of His plenty.
Embrace Gratitude: A scarcity mental attitude is a fixed attention for the things that are seen to be missing while the prosperity mental attitude is appreciation for things that are present.
Think Beyond Your Needs: As it is seen in the previous chapters, God wanted His people to respond with love, care and meet the needs of others. To change to a prosperity mindset, one has to contemplate how he will help other people to become more prosperous.
These principles when applied replace a poverty mentality with opportunities that were locked behind and unavailable initially.
- Ways out of the Poverty Mentality lovers
Apostle Selman recommends actionable steps to break free from a poverty mentality, including:
Surround Yourself with Growth-Oriented People: Environment shapes belief. Sharing ideas or even being around people that believe so differently, and see prospects will do wonders by making you develop such attitudes.
Invest in Personal Development: Skills and knowledge add value. A reading of a book, attending a seminar, and the pursuit of knowledge is another way of increasing both internal and external sources.
Practice Visualization and Positive Confession: Using the power of positive affirmations over your life and seeing yourself successful goes along way in reprogramming the subconscious mind towards wealth creation.
These are useful strategies in the development of a positive polarization that endears resources and not repels them.
- Misconceptions and Facts about Wealth and Christianity
The Gospel of Matthew has a number of verses pointing to wealth and what often is perceived by many Christians as materialism or pride. Apostle Selman addresses several misconceptions, including:
“Wealth Is Only for the Worldly”: Because we are the custodians of this Kingdom wealth, it is meant to be used for Kingdom purposes such as assisting the poor, strengthening ministries and aggression of God’s kingdom on this earth.
“Poverty Equals Spirituality”: Even though Christian believes negativity covetousness, they do not advocate for poverty. God wants us to become His stewards so that we can replenish what He gives us and be able to pass on to others.
“Success Is Worldly”: Blessing, if obtained with virtuous characteristics, is a proof of God’s benevolence, and a tool of blessing others.
These are some of the misconceptions that make believers lack the blessings of God and remain in poverty mentality.
- Useful Actions that Would Help You Change Your Mentalities
Here are some practical steps Apostle Selman advocates for developing a mindset of prosperity:
Practice Daily Affirmations: Pray and speak abundant life over your life each day. Things like ‘I am fortunate, ‘I am worthy of success’, and ‘divine prosperity is in me’ make good replacements.
Set Financial Goals: Understand your objectives that you want to achieve with your money and what you expect in the years to come. Apostle Selman has been using the example of stepping towards the dream to make believers aim high in life but take measurable strides towards the goals.
Tithe and Give Generously: Liberality is the way out of poverty mentality. When you give, you acknowledge that you trust in an generous God who supplies all of our needs.
Read Books on Financial Wisdom: Apostle Selman suggests that believers should take the time and learn things pertaining to finance. Knowledge prepares for a financially responsible decision and the opportunity for an increase in abundance.
Engage in Faith-Based Meditation: Praying about the word of God makes it easier to develop an attitude that embraces affluence since such prayers gives the faith to chase prosperity.
- Motivation for the path to Economic Liberty
Combating poverty by changing the way you think, while positive, is not for the faint-hearted or the easily impatient. Apostle Selman urges the believers remain grounded on God’s word as the desire to attain a prosperous mind is not going to be an easy voyage. Satan will bring in negative things such as fear and doubts but as we stand firm in our faith and stay committed to God , then we triumph.
The message that Apostle Selman gave is that ‘Nobody has to be poor!’ When following God’s precepts, rejection of negative beliefs and lust for prosperity are possible to enter Gods blessed life meant for each believer .