Florence Scovel Shinn: The Power of the Spoken Word

The Power of the Spoken Word is a self-help book by Florence Scovel Shinn, published in 1945.

Florence Scovel Shinn was a thought leader and metaphysical writer who became famous through her books and positive affirmations in the early to mid-1900s.

Her teachings are as relevant then as they are today.

Here are some examples of affirmations from her book, The Power of the Spoken Word:

– “All that is mine by Divine Right is now released and reaches me in great avalanches of abundance, under grace in miraculous ways.”

– “I now exercise my fearless faith in three ways – by thinking, speaking and acting. I am unmoved by appearances, therefore appearances move.”

– “As the needle in the compass is true to the north, what is rightfully mine is true to me. I am the North!”

– “When in doubt play trumps, do the fearless thing.”

– “All enemy thoughts are wiped out. I am victorious.”

– “Divine ideas never conflict. I am in perfect harmony with the working of the law, for I know that Infinite Intelligence knows nothing of obstacles, time or space. It knows only completion.”

-“God’s plans for me are built upon a rock. What was mine in the beginning, is mine now and ever shall be mine.”

– “I am harmonious, poised and magnetic. I now draw to myself my own.”

– “As I am one with God I am now one with my heart’s desire.”

You can read through them all and choose the ones that resonate with you the most.

Then, write them down and speak them out loud to yourself daily to see remarkable improvements to your life.

The book emphasizes the importance of affirmations and how they can change your life. Here are some more key points from the book:

• The importance of affirmations: By paying more attention to how we speak, and hence how we think, we can change our circumstances for the better.
• Words have power: Florence Scovel Shinn lays a path showing how words have an enormous power and that God’s gift to man is “power and dominion over all created things; his mind, his body, and affairs…All unhappiness comes from lack of power…by your word you contact this power.”
• Fear is man’s only adversary: Fear robs you of all power, for you have lost your contact with the Universal Power House. Fear is inverted faith.
• It is faith turned upside down. When you are fearful you begin to attract the thing you fear: you are magnetizing it.

– “I do not limit God by seeing limitation in myself. With God and myself all things are possible.”

These affirmations will help you in areas such as forgiveness, prosperity, success, wisdom and happiness.