I was searching and found the thread on dream stabilization and wanted to revive it cause its a great idea so....

Convincing yourself you are god

Technique
When entering a dream, it helps to shout with conviction something along the lines of 'I AM GOD'. If you do this with conviction your capabilities within your lucid dream should be limitless and you can do or achieve anything.

Rationalization
 In your dream world everything that occurs is a product of your imagination. Since this is the case, you are the god of your lucid dreams its just a matter of actually realizing it.

Comments
 The majority of my lucid dreams have come from false awakenings and the lights are usually off. Saying 'Lights on' didn't work for the longest time because I didn't believe it would actually work. Once I realized I was the god of my dreams, well... it works
Also a note of caution, the first time I did it and realized what was going on the excitement was overwhelming and I woke up =\