Hello,
And welcome to today's Read Aloud.
Today we will be reading Chapter One from Your Word is Your Wand,
A sequel to The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scoville Shinn,
Copyright 1928.
Your Word is Your Wand.
This volume of affirmations was written by popular demand.
It is a sequel to The Game of Life and How to Play It,
Where the reader will find the principle more fully explained.
The late Florence Scoville Shinn was widely known for many years as an artist and an illustrator,
Met a physician and lecturer,
And as having helped thousands of people through her great work of healing and assisting in solving their problems.
Your Word is Your Wand.
One's word is their wand filled with magic and power.
Jesus Christ emphasized the power of the word.
By thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned and death and life are in power of the tongue.
So one has power to change an unhappy condition by waving over it the wand of their word.
In the place of sorrow appears joy,
In the place of sickness appears health,
In the place of lack appears plenty.
For example,
A woman came for treatment for prosperity.
She possessed just two dollars in the world.
I said,
We bless the two dollars and know that you have the magic purse of the spirit.
It can never be depleted.
As money goes out,
Immediately money comes in and under grace in perfect ways.
I see it always crammed,
Jammed with money,
Yellow bills,
Green bills,
Pink checks,
Blue checks,
White checks,
Gold,
Silver and currency.
I see it bulging with abundance.
She replied,
I feel my bag heavy with money and was so filled with faith that she gave me one of her dollars as a love offering.
I did not dare refuse it and see lack for her as it was important that I hold the picture of plenty.
Shortly afterwards,
She was made a gift of six thousand dollars.
Fearless faith in the spoken word brought it to pass.
The affirmation of the magic purse is very powerful as it brings a vivid picture to the mind.
It is impossible not to see your purse or wallet filled with money when using the words crammed,
Jammed.
The imagining faculty is the creative faculty and it is important to choose words which bring a flash of the fulfillment of the demand.
Never force a picture by visualizing.
Let the divine idea flash into your conscious mind.
Then the student is working according to the divine design.
Jesus Christ said,
Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.
This means that one must know the truth of every situation which confronts them.
There is no truth in lack or limitation.
One waves over it the wand of their word and the wilderness rejoices and blossoms as the rose.
Fear,
Doubt,
Anxiety,
Anger,
Resentment pull down the cells of the body,
Shock the nervous system and are the causes of disease and disaster.
Happiness and health must be earned by absolute control of the emotional nature.
Power moves but it is never moved.
When one stands calm and serene,
Has a good appetite,
Feels contented and happy and when appearances are against one,
One has reached mastery.
Then one has power to rebuke the winds and the waves to control conditions.
One's word is their wand and one transmutes apparent failure into success.
One knows their universal supply is endless and immediate and all their needs manifest instantly on the external.
For example,
A woman at sea awoke in the morning hearing the fog horns blowing.
A dense fog had settled on the ocean and no apparent signs of clearing.
She immediately spoke the word,
There are no fogs in divine mind so let the fog be lifted.
I give thanks for the sun.
Soon the sun came out for one has dominion over the elements,
Over all created things.
Everyone has the power to lift the fog in their life.
It may be a fog of lack of money,
Love,
Happiness or health.
Give thanks for the sun.
The next chapter is called Success.
And this is where the affirmations begin.
I feel like that was more of an introduction.
Success.
There are certain words or picture which impress the subconscious mind.
For example,
A man called me asking me to speak the word for his right work.
I gave him this statement.
Behold,
I have set before thee the open door of destiny and no one shall shut it.
It didn't seem to make much impression.
So I was inspired to add,
And no one shall shut it for it is nailed back.
The man was electrified and went out walking on air.
Within a few weeks he was called to a distant city to fill a wonderful position which came about in a miraculous way.
I give another example of a woman who fearlessly followed a hunch.
She was working for a small salary when she read my book,
The Game of Life and How to Play It.
The thought came in a flash to start a business for herself and to open a tea room and candy shop.
The idea staggered at first,
But it persisted,
So she boldly went forth and procured a shop and assistance.
She spoke the word for supply,
For she did not have money to back her enterprise.
It came in miraculous ways,
And the shop opened.
From the first day,
It was filled with people,
And now it is crammed,
Jammed.
They stand in line and wait.
One day,
Being a holiday,
Her assistants became gloomy and said they could not expect to do much business.
My student,
However,
Replied that God was her supply,
And every day was a good day.
In the afternoon,
An old friend came to see the shop and bought a two-pound box of candy.
He gave her a check,
And when she looked at it,
She found it was for $100.
So it was indeed a good day.
$100 for a box of candy.
She says every morning she enters the shop with wonder and gives thanks that she had the fearless faith that wins.
Affirmations The decks are now cleared for divine action,
And my own comes to me under grace in a magical way.
I now let go of worn-out conditions and worn-out things.
Divine order is established in my mind,
Body,
And affairs.
Behold,
I make all things new.
My seeming impossible good now comes to pass.
The unexpected now happens.
The four winds of success now blow to me,
My own.
From north,
South,
East,
And west comes my endless good.
The Christ in me is risen.
I now fulfill my destiny.
Endless good now comes to me in endless ways.
I clap my cymbals and rejoice,
For Jehovah goes before me,
Making clear,
Easy,
And successful my way.
I give thanks for my whirlwind success.
I sweep all before me,
For I work with the Spirit and follow the divine plan of my life.
My spiritual sporting blood is up.
I am more than equal to this situation.
I am awake to my good and gather in the harvest of endless opportunities.
I am harmonious,
Poised,
And magnetic.
I now draw to myself my own.
My power is God's power and is irresistible.
Divine order is now established in my mind,
Body,
And affairs.
I see clearly and act quickly,
And my greatest expectations come to pass in a miraculous way.
There is no competition on the spiritual plane.
What is rightfully mine is given me under grace.
I have within me an undiscovered country,
Which is revealed to me now in the name of Jesus Christ.
Behold,
I have set before thee the open door of destiny,
And no one shall shut it,
For it is nailed back.
The tide of destiny has turned,
And everything comes my way.
I banish the past and now live in the wonderful now,
Where happy surprises come to me each day.
There are no lost opportunities in divine mind.
As one door is shut,
Another door opened.
I have magical work in a magical way.
I give magical service for magical pay.
The genius within me is now released.
I now fulfill my destiny.
I make friends with hindrances,
And every obstacle becomes a stepping stone.
Everything in the universe,
Visible and invisible,
Is working to bring to me my own.
I give thanks that the walls of Jericho fall down and all lack,
Limitation,
And failure are wiped out of my consciousness.
In the name of Jesus Christ.
Now on the royal road of success,
Happiness,
And abundance,
All the traffic goes my way.
Wary of well-doing,
For when I least expect it,
I shall reap.
Jehovah goes before me,
And the battle is won.
All enemy thoughts are wiped out.
I am victorious in the name of Jesus Christ.
There are no obstacles in divine mind.
Therefore,
There is nothing to obstruct my good.
All obstacles now vanish from my pathway.
Doors fly open,
Gates are lifted,
And I enter the kingdom of fulfillment under grace.
Rhythm,
Harmony,
And balance are now established in my mind,
Body,
And affairs.
New fields of divine activity now open for me,
And those fields are white with the harvest.
One's will is powerless to interfere with God's will.
God's will is now done in my mind,
Body,
And affairs.
God's plan for me is permanent and cannot be budged.
I am true to my heavenly vision.
The divine plan of my life now takes shape in definite,
Concrete experiences,
Leading to my heart's desire.
I now draw from the universal substance,
With irresistible power and determination,
That which is mine by divine right.
I do not resist this situation.
I put it in the hands of infinite love and wisdom.
Let the divine idea now come to pass.
My good now flows to me in a steady,
Unbroken,
Ever-increasing stream of happiness,
Success,
And abundance.
There are no lost opportunities in the kingdom.
As one door shuts,
Another door opens.
There is nothing to fear,
For there is no power to hurt.
I walk up to the lion on my pathway and find an angel in armor and victory in the name of Jesus Christ.
I am in perfect harmony with the working of the law.
I stand aside and let infinite intelligence make easy and successful my way.
The ground I am on is successful ground.
New fields of divine activity now open for me.
Unexpected doors fly open.
Unexpected channels are free.
What God has done for others,
She can do for me and more.
I am as necessary to God as she is to me,
For I am the channel to bring her plan to pass.
I do not limit God by seeing limitation in myself.
With God and myself,
All things are possible.
Giving precedes receiving,
And my gifts to others precede God's gifts to me.
Everyone is a golden link in the chain of my good.
My poise is built upon a rock.
I see clearly and act quickly.
God cannot fail,
So I cannot fail.
The warrior within me has already won.
Thy kingdom come in me.
Thy will be done in me and my affairs.
Thank you for listening.
Namaste.
