does this include liek saying " i am good looking" or "I will have a nice car" or "I will be rich" stuff like that?
i dont fully understand this concept, i heard an example where a father tells his son he is the smartest of all the kids and he turns out to be a very successful person in life
does this include liek saying " i am good looking" or "I will have a nice car" or "I will be rich" stuff like that?
i dont fully understand this concept, i heard an example where a father tells his son he is the smartest of all the kids and he turns out to be a very successful person in life
When you start to have a self fulfilling prophecy taking over negatively, what do you do to stop thinking negatively, and prevent the negative prophecy from occuring?
Matthew 5:11-12
11.Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
It states in many places in...
It is a snowy day and you decide to walk to the main road in fear that the bus will not take the regular route because of the snow. On the way, you see the regular girl on the bus who you've never spoken too at the next stop. After passing her and just within sight of the main road, the bus...
...prophecies? If so which ones? I know only about these fishy ones. Are there any other stories similar to these that you think I should know about? If so, please post a link.
Story 1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2854189.stm
Story 2...
When I was in seventh grade, I noticed I had trouble catching my breath after running in soccer. I didn't think much of it because I'm very athletic, and can run very fast. Over the years it has gotten much worse. I've tried conditioning, not a lot, but have seen no improvement whatsoever, it...
A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself. I believe in it somewhat because if you have positive thoughts about yourself and about things that might happen, then positive will more then likely...
I grew up a protestant, but feel very spiritually lost right now and am looking for a new direction. No sarcastic answers please, thank you. :)
Skeptic- You're probably right. But I'm hoping I'll find it in religion.