God doesn't work that way.  He only requires us to read His word and live by it and to discard anything that goes contrary.  Some people only  read chain letters for fun.  I wanted to share this for the benefit of people who may not be aware of what an email chain letter is. 

There really is power of life and death in the tongue.  We can speak life or death into our lives.  I learned that almost everything that happens to us is a result of what we have said; what we have allowed to be said to us; and/or what we did not speak against.  Words, your own words, really are powerful.  It has been said that action speaks louder than words.  Not in every case.  Words are very powerful.  If you tell a little girl all her life that she is cute, she will believe it and act accordingly.  Why?  Because she's heard it all her life.  Faith comes by hearing.  Written or spoken.  We even hear when we read; if not our own voice some other voice, internally.  Proverbs 4:23 warns us to be careful how we think because our lives are shaped by our thoughts.  We also hear our thoughts.

Let's go back to chain letters.  A good rule of thumb for recognizing chain letters is to ask yourself: Are the words in the email full of life and encouragement?   Do they produce faith or fear?   Fear of "if I don't do something I will have bad luck."  Words full of life are edifying (helpful) and strengthen your faith.   Other clues: Do they tell you to perform a certain action in a certain amount of time or forward the message to a certain number of people?  If the clues add up to it being a chain letter, do not feel bad or guilty if you do not forward it.  You could reply back to the sender and let them know about chain letters.  If the email is encouraging, uplifting, and does not pronounce anything negative on the reader, you can forward it.  I don't mean any harm, so I will tell you in advance, I always reply back to any negative statement made to me because faith comes by hearing.  Some well meaning people can say stuff to you that "plants" seed in your thinking.  Example, people used to always say to me "You are so little!"  as to indicate I was puny and I've even been called that.  And people would say things like, "You better gain some weight or the wind will blow you away."  I thought it was a bad thing to be little, slim.  I tried to gain weight but it never worked because it was engraved in my head that I was "so little."  My grandmother used to tell me to leave my weight alone.  I didn't realize at the time that different size frames will hold a different amount of weight.  There is a big difference in being little and being "so" little.  When people would fix my plate, being a kid, they'd fix me small portions and I'm thinking - "I want more than that." Especially cornbread dressing! (smile)  They looked at me and decided that I only needed a certain amount of food on my plate.  What they didn't know is that yes, I was finicky but I would eat a lot of foods I liked.  I've seen big people who are finicky.  Then I had those in my family who'd tell me I was going to get a middle-aged spread.  I have always said that I will never go through the middle aged spread and that is exactly what happened.

Now they didn't mean any harm.  But as you can see, words have a way of affecting how people think.  By using my own words I planted the seed I wanted.  I later began responding to people who made comments, "I may be little but I am strong." or "We all can't be the same size."  My attitude changed about my size.  Everyone has their own, what we call "healthy weight" based on the size of their frame.  The important thing is being healthy and not being a certain "size" that people or society thinks you ought to be.  I said all of that to say, we have to make it a point to produce what we want in our lives by speaking and saying those thing that you want and to speak against any negativity that someone may impose on you.  It's called "casting down imaginations." My confession is that my body maintains the proper amount of weight.  When I bless my food, I say to my body to be nourished . . . I even say to the food that "Food, you will nourish my body in the name of Jesus."  Just think about if I used that same principle in every area of my life.  I always said I have good children, we will not have teenage drama.  My children are a blessing of the Lord.  They are 18 and 20 and I have what I have been saying about my children.

If you want to build someone up, bless them or encourage them, speak only the positive and leave the negative out. The negative will always exist.  Only say out loud the good things about your children, your spouse or friends.  They don't need to hear the negative.  We cannot deny facts.  However we don't have to give it attention.  Whatever you give your attention to, you give your power to.  It affects your belief system and how you think.  It takes effort to be positive in a negative world, but it is worth it.  The adversary is seeking whom he may devour and he does it through our minds . . . the mental pictures we have in our heads about ourselves is one of the leading causes of depression.