DOMINION MANDATE DAILY DEVOTIONAL

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

SCARCITY MINDSET

BIBLE READING: 1 PETER 1:13-15

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. (Matt.13:15-2

In Matthew 14:13-21, the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand is told. In this story, the disciples viewed life through the lens of scarcity: “We only have five loaves and two fishes”. The mind is everything, what you think, you become”.

A scarcity mindset is holding many people back from leaving financial bondage. Scarcity mentality refers to people seeing life as one finite pie, so that if one person takes a big piece, that leaves less for everyone else. Most christians, have conditioned themselves to have a scarcity mentality. A scarcity mentality is what keeps many of us from achieving our goals. Abundance refers to the paradigm that there is plenty out there for everybody, because our God is a God of abundance.

Guess what, mega-successful companies and individuals practice an abundance mindset. If you want to get to the truth about what makes us different, it is our mindset. To prosper financially, you need to make the shift from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. Focus on what you" HAVE" ( A God who made all things and made them in abundance). We have been made in the image and likeness of God so we ought to think and function like God. When God made the earth, he made air in abundance, water in abundance and everything we need to survive on earth, in abundance. And He created them all from the abundance on His inside, even though He started out with nothing. (Ps.104:24-28).

So if it looks like you have nothing right now, look on your inside. You carry abundance in you just like your Heavenly Father. Let that mind be in you, then speak into manifestation that abundance that you have envisioned. If you have just been laid off, instead of thinking of how horrible it is, know that your Heavenly Father owns all jobs and speak yourself into a better position or better still, become an employer of labour.

Surround yourself with abundance-minded people. You know those people that always seem positive, who always give and they see the glass as half-full instead of half-empty? Find them and start spending time with them. Attitudes rub off and if you are surrounded by a bunch of scarcity minded individuals during the work day you will need to counteract that if you want to be able to go from "Grass To Grace". The quality of a person’s life is most often a direct reflection of the expectations of their peer group. Ask yourself if you look up to the people that you surround yourself with – if not, you may need to search for other people that are living the life you aspire to. Make an effort to create a win-win situation.

PRAYER:
Lord I receive Grace to renew my mind daily and I will never limit my mind's possibilities in Jesus name.

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