No matter whether we are using religious or psychological terms, self-confidence and denial of what we don't want are core components of the law of attraction. 

Notes:

"Creative Mechanism" was a term Maxwell Maltz was fond of.

In "The Seven Day Mental Diet" Emmet Fox writes: "In fact, this thought control is the most thrillingly interesting hobby that anyone could take up. You will be amazed at the interesting things that you will learn about yourself, and you will get results almost from the beginning."  

"Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion": https://www.amazon.com/dp/1420928163

H. Emilie Cady "Denials": https://www.truthunity.net/books/emilie-cady-lessons-in-truth-4