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~ Living a Hope Filled Life ~

Hope is one of Gods Greatest Gifts to us.

We all Experience problems and difficulties of some form in Life.   

It's how you 'View' these problems that determines whether you Live a Happy Life or a miserable Life.

This is where Hope comes in. 

If you View your problem in the 'Hope' that things 'Will Get Better', then you will be Living a 'Happier Life' than if you take a Negative attitude and think that things will never change.

When you spend everyday 'Living In Hope' then at least you will be feeling Good and Happy, even if you have problems.

It's always Best to ask God to 'Guide You' with which things to Put Your Hope In, and what things to 'Let Go' of, so you don't Waste Your Time Hoping for the Wrong things, but Stay Focused on the Right things.

Hope gives you Energy and Lifts your Spirit.
It gives you Enthusiasm to 'Be Happy', even in difficult situations.

Look at the options.

~ If you have a problem or difficulty and you spend everyday 'worrying' about it, being 'negative' and letting it 'get you down', it won't do anything to change your problem, it will still be there, but you will have spent all that time feeling miserable and unhappy.

Here's an Alternative Way, (God's Way). 
~ When you Live In 'Hope' that your problem 'Will Get Better' and you spend everyday being Positive with a Joyful Spirit, then even if your problem doesn't 'Fully' get solved, at least you have Enjoyed your Life and Lived Happily.

It's a Much More 'Enjoyable' Way to Live.

And a Wonderful Bonus is that when you Live a 'Hope Filled Life', then things often Do get Better.

When God sees that you are Willing to Live a Hope Filled Life, ('God's Way to Live), and Not Live the a Negative life (the worlds way to Live), and that you Try Your Best to be Positive even if you have problems, then God often releases Wonderful Blessings into your Life.
Problems become Possibilities.

Hope Helps your Mind stay 'Clear' to Find Solutions to problems.

If you're negative, worrying, and Focusing on the 'problem', it only leads to Stress and can often then lead to Health problems.

But when you 'Live In Hope', then it Removes Stress and Replaces it with a Lifted Spirit.

Hope is the 'Healthier Option' to Live Your Life.

Hope is a more Relaxing & Peaceful Way to Live.

When You're Optimistic that things 'Will Get Better', they often Do.

Living a Hope Filled Life is 'The Way' God Created You to Live.

A Life where You Believe things 'Will Get Better'. 
A Life where You 'Trust God' to Help You.
And a Life where You put 'Your Hope' in God's Word.

Hope =  Healthy ~ Optimistic ~ Positive ~ Enthusiasm

Live a Hope Filled Life.

~ Mountains, Mole Hills, and a Fence ~

 The Bible Clearly says that if you have Real, True Faith that is Alive and Living, then You will have the Power Move Mountains. 
In other words You can Conquer Your problems, You can Achieve Great things for God, You can Do the Will of God in Your Life.

   Mountain Moving Faith requires 'Firm' Action. 
It requires 'Positive Attitudes' along with 'Positive Decision Making' in All areas of 'Your Life'.

   Some people though 'Choose' to let their Faith 'Sit On The Fence'.

   They have the Attitude that they like what God has made for them with all of it's Blessings, Freedom, Joy, Peace and Love.
But they also like the look of the 'worlds way' with all of its Wants and Desires, where they just 'Do what They want', 'When They want', and they don't care about the 'Consequences'. They put Themselves and Other People before God.

 If You 'Sit On The Fence' wanting 'Both' God's Way and the worlds way,
then you will Waste your Life just 'Sat On a Fence'. 
You will Go Nowhere and Achieve Nothing that's Important.

'Fence Sitting Faith' doesn't even have the power to move a Mole Hill. 

How do you expect to Move Mountains, Solve Your problems, 
Achieve Your Dreams, Do Great things for God, 
and Overcome the demons of the devil
if You just 'Sit On The Fence' Choosing 'Both Ways'.

You Need to Make a Positive Decision 
~ Choosing 'Only' God's Way is the Only Positive Choice ~ 

Anything else will Not work.
But a Strong, Steadfast and Solid Faith produces 
Joy, Peace, Love and Freedom, that can Only come from God.

When You Choose 'Only' God, the Mountains Will Move.

~ Inside God's Kingdom ~

Living Life 'Inside' God's Kingdom is a Wonderful Way to Live.

Many people Do Live 'Inside' God's Kingdom and they Enjoy a Meaningful & Fulfilling Life.

But many people only Look at God's Kingdom from a 'Distance'. 

They Do Believe that it's a Wonderful Way to Live, and they say many Loving things about it.
They know that they want to Live 'Inside' God's Kingdom, but they Never actually 'Go In'. 

They just Look from a Distance. They get 'Distracted' by the 'worlds way' to Live, and by 'Other People'. They stay on the 'worlds' Wide Path, instead of taking the Narrow Gate 'Into' God's Kingdom.

There Really is a Big Difference in how You Experience 'Life' depending on whether You stay on the Path, or You go 'Inside' God's Kingdom.

A Great way to understand this is with a Path through a Forest.

My Wife & I have been on Many Wonderful walks in the Beautiful Scottish Highlands, and we Enjoy walking in the Forests.

For many years we walked on the 'Man Made' Paths through the Forests, and a lot of them were 'Flat, Wide' Paths that were easy to walk on.

For a long time we 'Thought' we were Experiencing the Forests in 'All Their Fullness'. We could See the Trees and Hear the Birds Singing, we breathed in the Fresh Air, and it was all Very Lovely.

But when we looked 'Into' the Trees, we could see that the Forests were 'Very Deep'. There was areas of the Forests that were 'Far Away' that we were Not Experiencing from the Path.

We were only Looking at it from a 'Distance'. 

The Forest was 'Welcoming' us, and our Hearts were Leading us to 'Go In'. 

We started to look for a way to 'Go In' to the Forest, as there were no Paths going 'Into' it. 
Usually the 'Man Made' paths that we had been walking on have got trenches at the sides to drain the water away, and the Forests are usually Mature Grown and have got Lots of Bushes, Shrubs, Bracken etc, growing at the sides of the Paths.

But every so often there will be a 'Narrow' gap through the Bushes, giving an Entrance Into the Forest.

I remember the first time I noticed a gap to 'Go In'. There was a Steep Banking at the side of the 'Man Made' Path we were on. It had Bushes & Shrubs all along it and a drainage trench between the Path and the Banking.

I saw a small gap in the Bushes just wide enough to go through.

I said to my Wife, “I'm Going In”. 

I jumped across the trench, up onto the banking and climbed up through the gap. I could see the 'Deep Forest'. 
So I steadied myself on the banking and held my arm out to Help my Wife jump across. She jumped up onto the banking and we 'Went In'. 

As we walked 'Into' the Forest, we both a got a Wonderful feeling Deep in our Souls. It's difficult to put into words how Amazing it was. 
My Wife described it as , “It felt like the Trees were giving us a Big Loving Hug”. 
I agree, it Really was Very Special.

The ground felt 'Soft & Spongy' under our feet as we Stood on 'God's Natural Ground', instead of on the Hard 'Man Made' Path.

It felt Very, Very Peaceful as we simply Stood in 'Gods' Creations'.

At that point we could still see the Path that we were stood on just moments before, but there was a 'Big Difference' in how we were now Experiencing the Forest. We were now 'Inside' it.

We continued walking further 'Into' the Forest. There were fallen branches to climb over, Tree trunks to walk in between, and big branches to duck under. 
But it was 'Massively' More Interesting than walking on the Flat 'Wide' Man Made Path.

Being 'In' the Forest was Much Better than just Looking at the Forest.

There was no Path to walk on showing us were to go. 
We were 'Free to Explore'. And God was Lovingly Guiding our Steps.

We spent a Long time 'Slowly' walking around 'In' the Forest and Enjoying the Beauty of God's Creations.

We came to an area 'Deep Inside' the Forest where the Trees opened out a bit and the Sunlight Shone through and 'Lit Up' the Lovely Green Moss that covered the ground.

We Paused, and just 'Stood Quietly'. 

We got a Wonderful sense that we were in a Place where no other human beings had been for Many, Many years.
It was Undisturbed by people. 
And Nature had been 'Growing & Living' in The Way God Created it to Be.

As we Stood there Quietly, we felt a 'Deep Connection' With God.

There was No 'worldly' Noises or Distractions. 

~ It was just us and God Together ~

It was a Truly Beautiful Moment.

Ever since then, whenever we go for a walk in the Forest, we try to go 'Inside' the Forest, and not just walk on the 'Man Made' Paths.

We Always treat the Forest & God's Beautiful Creations with a Lot of Respect, as we Love Nature Very Much, and more Importantly we Love God Very Much.

We've Enjoyed Many Wonderful Moments walking 'Peacefully & Quietly' In the Forests. 

Sometimes we've spent almost a full day walking around 'Inside' the Forests, and not seen or heard another person.

There are no Paths showing which way to go, and one of the times we were in the Forest it was getting late and we knew it would be going dark soon.
So we started heading back. But we didn't know which way to go.
There was quite a few areas with a Lot of fallen branches, and the ground was Very wet and soggy. It made it Very difficult to cross.

It was getting later and nobody knew we were in the Forest.
We tried a few different routes, but each time there was something blocking our way. We reached a point where we literally didn't know where to go.

So we simply Did the Best thing to Do in situations like that, 
we 'Asked God to Guide us'. 

We 'Listened & Followed' His Guidance, and it wasn't long before we were back in an area where we knew where we were again. 
We even had time to Enjoy a Good look around before it went dark.

There have been other times when we've been walking 'In' the forest, that we've gone so 'Deep' Into the Forest that we've 'Discovered' things that we've Never seen before.

We've Experienced Many Nature Blessings 'Deep Inside' the Forests that even some of the Professional Nature People have Never Experienced.

There are some things that can Only be 'Experienced & Discovered' by getting 'Far Away' from the modern 'worlds way' of Being.

God's Word says in (Jeremiah 33:3), that He will,
“Show You Great and Mighty Things which You Do Not Know”.

And He Will, He Really Will.

But You need to be Willing to 'Get Away' from the 'worlds way' for Him to Show You them.

For many years my Wife and I 'Thought' that we were Experiencing the 'Fullness of the Forest' as we walked 'Through' them on the 'Man Made' Paths.

We Believed that we were 'In' the Forest because the Path went 'Through' it.
And that's true to some extent.

But we could Only Go where the 'Man Made' Paths Took us.

There were 'Limits' to what we could 'Experience' from the Paths.

We could See & Hear things, and it was Lovely, but we were Not Experiencing the 'Fullness of the Forest'. 

We only 'Truly Experienced' that when we went 'Deep Inside' the Forests.

~  ~  ~

In a similar way, that's what the 'Kingdom of God' is like.

Many people 'Think' they are Experiencing the 'Fullness of God'. 
But really they're only looking from a 'Distance'. 

They might read the Bible, say Prayers, watch Godly programs, maybe even go to Church, they might even Preach.

These things are all Very Good, and to an extent Yes they will be Experiencing God.

 But if it's done in the 'worlds way' of Doing things, if it's just 'Surface Level Faith' and especially if it's done for show, then they will Not be 'Experiencing' the 'Fullness of God'. 

There's 'Only One Way' to Experience the 'Fullness of God'. 

And that is by forming a 
'Direct Relationship with Jesus Christ', God's Son.

Jesus Himself said, “No one comes to the Father except through Me”. 
(John 14:6). 

Jesus is the Gate 'Into' God's Kingdom.

Many people 'Think' they're Following Jesus, but they're 'Following People'. 
You can't Follow Jesus Through 'Other People'. 
 It needs to be a Personal 'One on One' Relationship.

The Disciple's of Jesus each had their Own 'Personal' One on One Relationship with Jesus.

They didn't go Through the 'Other Disciples' to have their Relationship with Jesus.
They each had a Deep & Meaningful 'Direct' Relationship with Him.

And by Doing that, they 'Experienced the 'Kingdom of God'. 

When 'You' have a 'Direct One on One' Relationship with Jesus, then when You read the Bible, You will have a Better Understanding of the Character of God, and You'll gain more Wisdom from God's Word.

When 'You' are 'Fully Committed' to Jesus, then when You Pray, You will have a Better Connection to God, because 
Jesus 'Is' our 'Connection to God'. 

When Jesus is 'Your Solid Foundation', then if You watch Godly programs or go to Church, then Jesus will Help You 'Learn & Grow' in Your Faith.

He will also 'Shine His Light' so 'You' can see who are the 'True Followers' of Jesus, and who are the Fakes.

There are Many Wonderful Preachers and True Believers who Do Great things for God.
But unfortunately there are Many 'Deceivers' who Pretend to be Believers.

That's why it's so 'Important' to have a 'Direct' One on One Relationship with Jesus Himself.
Jesus will NEVER Deceive You.

So I Encourage 'You' to 'Step Off'  the 'People Path', and go 'Deep Inside' the 'Kingdom of God'.

It might Seem like You're 'Close to God' when You are around 'Other Believers'. And if they are 'True Believers' then to some extent, Yes You probably will be. But just Beware that there are 'Deceivers in Disguise'.

There's nothing wrong with spending Some of Your time with other 'True Believers'. 

But when 'You' are on the 'People Path', You can only go where the 
'Path' Takes You.
There are 'Limits' to How Much of God You will Experience from the 
'People Path'. 

Over the past 20 years I've seen 'Many' people spend so much of Their Time on the 'People Path' that they reach a point where they 'Truly Believe' that they 'Need' People.
But the 'Truth' is, they Only 'Need' God.

It's only when You 'Get Away' from the 'Noises & Distractions' of  'Other Peoples Ways', and You go 'Deep Inside' the Kingdom of God, where it's just 'You and God Together', that 'You' will then Experience the 
'True Wonders of God'.

You' will Experience a Freedom to Explore 'God's Way', that You have Never Experienced before.

“He Will Show 'You' Great & Mighty Things that You Do Not Know”. 

It's when You are 'Deep Inside' the Kingdom of God, that 'New Discoveries' are made.

God might even Reveal things about His Kingdom to 'You' Personally that nobody else has ever known. 
WOW, that's Exciting.

From my own Personal Experience, God has Revealed Wonderful things to me when I have been spending 'Quality Quiet Time' with God.

Try to find a Place and a Time when You can Regularly be Alone With God, away from All the 'worldly & people' Noises & Distractions.

The world is 'Loud' and 'In You Face'. 

But God is 'Quiet' and 'Gentle'. 

He communicates with us in a  “Still Small Voice”, 
(1 Kings 19:12).

God wants to have a Deep & Meaningful 'Close Relationship' with 'You', where You can Enjoy 'The Wonders of His Kingdom'. 

He wants 'You' to Personally Experience & Discover 
His 'Tender Love', His 'Gentle Peace', and His 'Wonderful Joy'. 

So 'Step Off' the Wide 'People Path',
and Step Deep 'Inside God's Kingdom'. 

God Will 'Welcome' You with a Big Loving Hug.