our fingertips, but refuse to partake in them?
Now to be fair to our letter writer—he certainly isn’t alone. This kind of thinking is quite
pervasive today.
So why would I write a book with a message, sure to threaten so many people?
Because I fear what will happen to them when they are not threatened.
I take the privilege and the responsibility of my platform seriously. In fact, I consider it
sacred. I speak the messages I perceive people need to hear, not necessarily the ones
they want to hear. It pains me to see anyone anywhere experiencing poverty and lack
in their life.
When you think about it, the idea of me giving a Sunday church service is kind of
funny. I was raised atheist, and entered a church only twice in my first 30 years on the
planet. (Once by accident, and once for a wedding.)
When I found my way to the church I would eventually call home, I was unemployed,
had no car, was $55,000 in debt, and selling my furniture to eat. My health was shot;
my relationships were an absolute mess; and I couldn’t have been more unhappy. By
the time the furniture was gone, and I was eating macaroni and cheese three times a
day, I discovered a very fascinating thing...
I came to understand that success and prosperity had almost nothing to do with oppor-
tunities, chance, luck—or even training, education, or skill. It had everything to do with
consciousness, beliefs, and even subconscious programming that you aren’t aware of.
Poverty is not an absence of money and things—it is a mindset. Prosperity is not an
abundance of money and things—it’s also a mindset.
When I began studying the laws that govern prosperity, I embraced the principles out
of desperation...
I applied those principles, and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who has had a