At the hospital, I can always spot prosperity believers by their desk space, because there will inevitably be Post-its taped around their monitors with little positive sayings (“You can’t change the past, but you can change the future!”) or scripture (“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!”). The nurses are harder to identify but come out like preachers if I happen to say anything negative. “As they say, you got to name it and claim it,” said one nurse as she was drawing blood. “I just know that everything is going to work out!” Control is a drug, and we are all hooked,
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