Of course there are many folk in this world who are born into poverty (as WD Favour was). But does that mean that this is their destiny? What keeps them there? Could it be their mindset? I believe so.

The poverty mindset is also found in the so called “Western Nations”, except that the outward evidence is not as severe as it is in countries like Africa. But nevertheless the same basic root is at work.

As Pastor WD Favour states in his blog post “The Cure For Poverty is Not Money”, in fact as he also comments in his post, “it is beyond money”. I wholeheartedly agree!

I am sure you have heard the saying “If you give a man a fish today, he will need more fish tomorrow, if you teach a man to fish today he can catch his own tomorrow”.

Well that may not be the actual quote, but its the general idea.

So how do we teach people in poverty to fish?

First we need to teach them to change their way of thinking.

Instead of focusing on things like:

• I cannot see my way out of this, so I have to learn to cope.
  
  
• What will I do tomorrow?
  
  

Focus on:

• There IS a better way than this, and with God’s help I will find it!
  
  
• I was born to conquer, not to cope.
  
  
• I believe God can give me the ideas I need to do something to leverage my way to a better life.
  

I believe that poverty is passed on from generation to generation when a negative and “poor me” mindset is cultivated. In the same way riches can be passed from generation to generation when the mindsets that are taught by example in the home are positive and of the “you can do it” nature.

I look forward to seeing your comments on this subject. It would be great if you created a post on your blog also about this subject.

Let’s have a Blog Action Day, every day, and while you are blogging do check out your own mindset for hidden “minefields” of negative thinking.