REMOVE THE LIES IN YOUR MIND

By: Bo Sanchez

You have lies in your mind.

These lies have stolen much of your joy and blessings.

Here’s the problem: You don’t know they’re lies.

My friend priest told me this hilarious story.

One day, a priest saw a group of kids surrounding a dog.

Curious, he came over and asked, “What are you doing?”

One kid said, “Father, we’re arguing as to who would own this stray
dog. We all want him. So we decided that the one who can say the biggest
lie would take home the dog.”

The priest shook his head and said, “That’s wrong! Do you know that
lying is bad? It’s against the commandments of God. Do you know that
when I was your age, I never told a single lie?”

For a moment, there was silence. All the kids looked very sad. The
priest was happy. He felt his message hit home.

Finally, the smallest boy said, “Okay, no one can beat that. Give him
the dog.”

The First Lie I Ever Told

I remember the first lies I ever said.

I was in Grade 3.

One day, I opened the classroom door, not knowing my classmate was
right behind it. The door hit his forehead, and blood flowed down his face,
all the way to his white polo uniform. He looked like a victim in a horror
movie.
 That was when my teacher arrived on the scene. And she screamed,
“Who did this?”

There I was, still holding the door knob, and with a shaking voice, said,
“Not me!”

I remember how terrible I felt that day.

If you ever told a lie before, you know the feeling.

Suddenly, you don’t feel at peace. (Obviously, I’m disqualifying

chronic liars. They’ve deadened their conscience and feel nothing.)

Let me tell you why we lose our peace.

Because God is truth. And when we speak untruth, we move away

from God. You move away from the one who said, “Peace be with you.”

Lying isn’t worth it.

Inner peace leaves you.

And your relationships are affected. Because relationships are based

on trust—which is based on truth. More so, you can’t even have a great
relationship with yourself because you lose respect for yourself.

But let me talk about a different kind of lying.

When We Lie To Ourselves

One day, I was preaching about the power of our words.

I asked my audience to say out loud, “I’m beautiful!” We laughed and

had so much fun.

After the talk, I saw a young woman waiting for me at the foot of the
stage.

I noticed that physically, she was stunningly beautiful.

She had lovely eyes, but when I looked at them, I sensed deep
sadness.
 She asked me, “Brother Bo, if one says, ‘I’m beautiful’,but she feels
ugly, isn’t she lying?”

I already knew she was talking about herself. I asked, “Why do you
think you’re ugly?”

She told me her story. When she was a little child, her father would
tell her, “Dorothy, you’re ugly.” And he’d laugh the meanest laugh. He’d
tease her again and again. Most of the time, he was drunk when he did this.
And she said, “Ever since, I’ve always felt ugly. You were telling us on stage
to say, ‘I’m beautiful’! I couldn’t say it. I felt I’d be lying…”

I asked her, “Define lying.”

“When I say something that’s not true.”

“We’ve got a problem here. There are three persons involved. You,
your father, and God. You say you’re ugly. Your father said you were ugly.
But today, I announce to you that God says you’re beautiful. Who is telling
the truth? You, your father, or God? Out of these three persons, only one of
you claimed, ‘I Am The Truth.’”

She began to break down.

She said, “Bo, you don’t know what kind of life I’m living now. I live
an ugly life. I’ve had 7 boyfriends, some of them married men. I’ve given
away my body to all 7 of them and I feel so dirty. I am ugly.”

I knew what happened to Dorothy.

Words have power. And she allowed the words of her father to create
ugliness in her life. She was jumping from one lover to another, searching
for someone to tell her that she was beautiful.

I said, “Dorothy, God says you’re beautiful. Because He doesn’t look

at your mistakes. He doesn’t look at your past. He only looks at the original
beauty He created in you from the very beginning. And He also looks at the
glorious beauty of your future.”

I have this habit of praying for people on the spot. I prayed for God’s
healing on her life. I said, “Lord, dethrone this cruel lie in her mind.”
 The next time I saw Dorothy, she was a different person.

She was free from all her bad relationships. She was serving God in
her prayer group. And her eyes no longer had sadness. I saw happiness in
them. And yes, she was indeed beautiful.

Stop The Lies

You may be like Dorothy today.

You feel you’ve made mistakes in the past. And you believe you’re a
bad person. Or you failed in your school or job or family—and feel that
you’re a failure.

But I speak words of truth to you: God says you’re not a bad
person. God says you’re not a failure. Sure you’ve made mistakes. But those
mistakes don’t define you. God says you’re very good, made in His
image. God says there’s a champion in you.

Dethrone the lies in your mind.

Listen to what God is saying instead.

My friend George Gabriel told me that in Facebook and other social

networks, there’s such a thing as “Status”. Most often, he sees people type in
negative words like, “I feel lazy today,” and “I’m depressed,” and “I’m
broke.” He says that these negative words are typed in the internet forever.

Hey, it’s good that we’re being emotionally honest. That’s

important. Don’t deny what you feel. But I think we shouldn’t stop at
emotional honesty. I think we should also proclaim the truth.

If you feel sick, don’t just say, “I don’t feel well.” Say, “I don’t feel
well but this is temporary. Health and healing are flowing into my body.”

If you don’t have money today, don’t say, “I’m poor.” Say, “I’m
temporarily broke. Abundance is coming my way.”
 If you had a relationship that didn’t work out, don’t just say, “I have a
broken heart.” Say, “I have a broken heart but I know the best is yet to
come. Someone better will walk into my life and I will find my one true
love.”

My friend Vic Espanol told me of Dr. Masaru Emoto. I read his

fascinating work years ago, but reading it again opened my eyes to the
power of our words…

The Power Of Words Over Water

Can water be affected by our words?

Dr. Masaru Emoto, a Japanese scientist, believes so.

And he has proof.

Dr. Emoto took water droplets, exposed them to various words, music,
and environments, and froze them for three hours. He then examined the
crystal formations under a dark field microscope. And he took photographs.

The results were totally mind-blowing.

Here’s a photo of ordinary water without any prayer spoken over

it. The molecular structure is in disarray.
 The photo below is water after the prayer was said. It’s simply
breathtaking. (I now have a great respect for praying before meals! More on
this later.)

Dr. Emoto also exposed water to Heavy Metal music. Here’s how it
looks like. Looks sad if you ask me.

Here’s water exposed to classical music and folk dance music. Looks
much better, right?
 Next, Dr. Emoto stuck a piece of paper with these words: “You make
me sick. I will kill you.” Here’s how the frozen water droplets looks like
under the microscope…

Below is how water looked like with the words “Love” over it. The
difference is amazing.

This is Polluted water…

 This is water from Lourdes, France. Utterly beautiful, right?

Wait A Minute—

Aren’t You Made Up Of Water?

Yes! 72% of your body is made up of water.

Imagine how your words affect your own body.

When you say, “I’m a failure,” or “I’m hopeless,” or “I won’t get well,”
imagine how these words weaken your health.

Make a choice to say the best words out there. Say often, “I’m
wonderful,” and “I’m beautiful,” and “I’m God’s child,” and “God has a
great plan for my life!”

It’s not only water.

 Dr. Emoto also experimented with cooked rice.

He placed one cup of cooked rice in two airtight jars. On one jar, he
wrote, “I love you,” and on the other, “You fool.” Everyday for 30 days, Dr.
Emoto would say these words to each jar of rice.

After 30 days, the “I love you” rice was still white. But the “You fool”
rice was so rotten, it was black. How can you explain this?

Just as a side note: When I was a child, my mother taught me to pray

before meals. Now I realize it wasn’t just a nice thing to do. When I pray
over my meal, I know a material transformation takes place in the molecular
level of the food that I pray for. I say, “Be blessed,” to the water and food on
the table—and I expect it to be blessed.

Can Water Read Or Listen To Words?

Yes and No.

Let me explain this in the simplest way I can.

I’m taking a deep breath now, because I can’t believe I’m going to do
this: I’m going to give a mini-lecture on Physics. Me, the guy who got a D in
all my science subjects!

Do you remember Albert Einstein?

My friend Albert said that everything is energy.

Remember his formula E=mc2?

 Well, he believed that energy and matter are interchangeable. Because
in a subatomic level, the most solid matter you can think of, like a table or a
rock (or my biceps) isn’t really solid at all. Everything is a sea of vibrating
energy. Ever changing, ever moving, at the speed of light. Thus, in a mind-
boggling way, there’s really no difference between a thing and a thought. All
is energy.

Because of this, everything is interconnected. We’re all inside this

ocean of fluid energy. That means my thoughts and words can really affect
the entire material universe.

Amazing? You bet.

When you start speaking like this, people automatically think this is
New Age and reject it. Not necessarily. What I gave you are reflections
based on the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Physics. (Note: From a
scientific perspective, I probably will get an F with my explanation above. I
apologize to all the scientists out there.)

Friend, use your words to create your desired destiny.

Speak Words of Faith. Believe that your words affect your universe.

The Power Of Prayer

I have a confession to make.

For many years, I’ve never understood why we needed “intercession”.

Why do I need to ask you to pray for me?

Let’s say I need money to buy food.

Doesn’t God love me enough to give me money if I ask Him? Why do

I need to ask my friends to pray for me?

Is God moved if instead of one person praying, we come as a

group? Is God like a politician that is moved by numbers? Is God saying,
“Hmmm, you’re only one person praying. Tsk, tsk. Not enough. Come back
to me if you’re a crowd, okay?”
 Let’s say you’re sick and want healing.

Why ask the saints to pray for you? Doesn’t God love you enough to
heal you—without the backing of saints? Palakasan ba ‘to? Is God saying,
“Don’t you bring References with you?”

I also couldn’t understand “Soaking Prayer”. Someone told me, “Our

mother was sick and we soaked her in prayer for two whole hours. And God
healed her!”

At the back of my mind, I asked, “Why? Why two hours? Doesn’t God
hear us the first time we ask for healing? Is He that type of God who will
wait if we’re really insistent—and then relent to our pleading?

If so, then God is a capricious God who doles out blessings to the
strongest, loudest appeals.

But as I reflected further, I began to understand.

This understanding was a giant breakthrough for me.

The Blessings Are Already Given

I believe God has already made available all the blessings that you
need. Healing. Miracles. Abundance. They’re all there. The Bible says that
(Ephesians 1).

He’s not hiding any of that from us.

He’s not keeping it in a giant storehouse under lock and key, and
giving them out piece by piece whenever we ask for them.

I repeat: He’s made them all available to you.

Imagine yourself swimming in an ocean of blessings. That’s the

picture!

But here’s the reality: One person can be a sponge. And another
person can be a rock. The sponge absorbs the water, the rock cannot.

What makes you more absorbent? Your faith.

 That’s why prayer has a powerful effect. It increases your faith. It
makes you ready to receive blessings.

And when others pray for you, their faith increases your faith. No
mater how far they are, their words travel at the speed of light and bless
you. Something happens to you when others proclaim blessing to you. (And
note: Love is the greatest power on the planet. When I pray for you, I’m
loving you with God’s love. You receive this love. And this love heals and
performs miracles.)

That’s why Intercession is powerful. That’s why soaking prayer is

powerful. The problem isn’t in the giving of the blessing. The problem is in
the receiving of the blessing. Many times, we’re not yet ready. Our faith isn’t
ready. (Another note: Faith isn’t only the reason why we don’t receive
blessings. There are other reasons that I don’t have time to talk about today.)

But being surrounded by the prayer and love of others, we increase

our faith and receive His blessings.

And when you speak words of truth, you affect the universe.

Let me end with one last story.

Who Is Telling The Truth?

One day, a young guy and a young girl fell in love.

But the guy came from a poor family. The girl’s parents weren’t too
happy.

So the young man decided not only to court the girl but to court her
parents as well. In time, the parents saw that he was a good man and was
worthy of their daughter’s hand.

But there was another problem: The man was a soldier. Soon, war broke
out and he was being sent overseas for a year.

The week before he left, the man knelt on his knee and asked his lady
love, “Will you marry me?” She wiped a tear, said yes, and they were
engaged. They agreed that when he got back in one year, they would get
married.
 But tragedy struck. A few days after he left, the girl had a major
vehicular accident. It was a head-on collision.

When she woke up in the hospital, she saw her father and mother
crying. Immediately, she knew there was something wrong.

She later found out that she suffered brain injury. The part of her brain
that controlled her face muscles was damaged. Her once lovely face was
now disfigured. She cried as she saw herself in the mirror. “Yesterday, I was
beautiful. Today, I’m a monster.” Her body was also covered with so many
ugly wounds.

Right there and then, she decided to release her fiancé from their
promise. She knew he wouldn’t want her anymore. She would forget about
him and never see him again.

For one year, the soldier wrote many letters—but she wouldn’t
answer. He phoned her many times but she wouldn’t return her calls.

But after one year, the mother walked into her room and announced,
“He’s back from the war.”

The girl shouted, “No! Please don’t tell him about me. Don’t tell him
I’m here!”

The mother said, “He’s getting married,” and handed her a wedding
invitation.

The girl’s heart sank. She knew she still loved him—but she had to
forget him now.

With great sadness, she opened the wedding invitation.

And then she saw her name on it!

Confused, she asked, “What is this?”

That was when the young man entered her room with a bouquet of
flowers. He knelt beside her and asked, “Will you marry me?”

The girl covered her face with her hands and said, “I’m ugly!”
 The man said, “Without your permission, your mother sent me your
photos. When I saw your photos, I realized that nothing has changed. You’re
still the person I fell in love. You’re still as beautiful as ever. Because I love
you!”

This Story Is A Parable Of Your Life

Friend, the girl believed she was ugly.

The man believed she was beautiful.

Who is telling the truth?

Simple answer: The man who loved.

You may be like that woman. You feel you’re disfigured by your
failures. Marred by your mistakes. You feel you live an ugly life. But God
says you’re beautiful! Because He loves you.

He doesn’t look at your mistakes. He doesn’t look at your past. He looks

at the original beauty He created in you—and the glorious beauty of your
future.

I encourage you to speak words of truth.

Dethrone the lies in your mind.

Say, “I’m beautiful.” Say, “I’m a wonderful person.” Say, “I have a great
future.” Say, “I’m anointed. I’m strong. I’m blessed.”

Use your words to create your desired reality.

May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez