Tag: Hope

~ The Titanic of Today. ~

In 1912 something happened that Shocked the world.
The Titanic, known as the 'Unsinkable Ship', Sunk.

There has been many films made about the Titanic, and when the 1997 film came out, I took a keen interest in the Ship itself and the Titanic's History.

There has been a Lot of research into what caused the Ship to Sink, and it's believed that there was Many Reasons for it. Some of these include:
Arrogance, Neglect, Stubbornness, Pride, Ego, Corruption, Manipulation and many other 'Society Led' Wrong Ways of Living.

The 1997 film gives a Very Good representation of Life in 1912. There was a Clear Division in the 'Society Classes'. Even the Ship itself was Split into 
1st, 2nd & 3rd Class Passengers based on their 'Society Status'.

The 1st Class Passengers were Treated like Royalty, and the 3rd Class Passengers were Treated like Peasants. Yet they were All travelling on the Same ship.

God 'Did Not' Create people to be Treated that way.

God Created 'Everyone Equal'. 

The Titanic film shows that Many of the 'High Society' people of that time were Living very 'Fake' Lives. It was all for 'Show'. 

The character of Rose was being Pressured into marrying an evil Manipulative man called Cal, who she Clearly Didn't Love. She was being 'Pushed' by her 'So Called' Mother to marry him just so that she could gain the wealth of his inheritance. The 'So Called' Mother had lost her own wealth  and she was 'Using' Rose so that she could stay in the 'High Society'.

There's as a scene where she puts the 'Sob Story' on, and tries to use 'Emotional Blackmail' to get Rose to 'Feel Sorry' for her so that she would marry Cal. 
She tried to make Rose feel 'Guilty' that if she didn't marry him, then the 'Family Name' would be 'Shown Up'.

To God, that is NOT 'Family'. 

God will NEVER Guide a 'True Parent' to Pressure their child into Doing Anything that is Wrong, especially just because the 'So Called' Parent Wants them to.

And God will Definitely NEVER Guide 'Anyone' to use 'Emotional Blackmail'.
That is the 'evil Schemes' of the 'wicked'. 

Even though it's a film, this type of Treatment 'Did' happen, and it went 'Unnoticed' by the rest of the 'High Society'. It went on 'Behind Closed Doors'. 
The character of Rose said that on the 'Outside' she was Everything a girl should be, but on the 'Inside' she was 'Screaming'. She later went on to say that it felt like she was 'Screaming' at the Top of her Lungs, but Nobody was Listening.

They were All to 'Obsessed' with putting on their Own 'Fake Show'. 

The reason I'm writing this is because this type of Treatment 'Still Happens Today'. It might not be about 'High Society' or 'Pressuring' people into marriage to gain wealth, but there are evil people who are Using the Name 'Family' to Manipulate people in Hurtful and Deceitful ways.

They use 'Emotional Blackmail' to 'Trick & Trap' their own 'So Called' Family.

I've Personally Seen it happen to people that I know. And I've Seen the 'Damaging' Consequences of how it Ruins peoples Lives.

I know people who were 'Mentally & Emotionally' Abused as children (and in later years as well), and even though they're now Adults, they're still 'Trapped' by 'Inferiority' and a lack of 'Self Worth'. They Believe the Lies that the evil people said about them. And they Live Miserable Lives. 

But that's NOT Who God Created Them to Be.

God Created them as 'Wonderful Individuals' with a 'Loving Heart' and a 'Very Important Purpose' in God's MasterPlan.

And the devil knows God Created them with a Special Purpose, and that's exactly why the 'evil people' Treated them so badly, and called them 'Childish & Pathetic' names.

It was the devils 'Scheming Plan' to try to Stop them from 'Being Who God Created Them To Be'. 

In the Titanic film, Rose had been 'Mentally & Emotionally' Abused. She said she saw her whole Life 'Planned Out', and she felt there was 'No Way Out'. 

But then, along came Jack.

He 'Saw' Rose for 'Who She Really Was'.
He 'Saw Through' the 'Fakeness' that she had been 'Told' to 'Put On'.  
He 'Saw' the 'Real Rose'. 

As they got to know each other, they 'Fell In Love'. 

But Rose's 'So Called' Mother saw him as a 'Threat' to her 'wicked scheme'. So she used 'Emotional Blackmail' to try to keep Rose away from Jack.

There's a very Important scene in the film where Jack & Rose go into the gym area to talk. Rose says to Jack that she can't see him anymore, and she tries to make it seem that she loves Cal.

But Jack 'Sees' Straight Through it, and he Lovingly & Powerfully says to her:

“They've got you Trapped, and you're going to die if you don't 'Break Free', maybe not right away because you're Strong, but sooner or later that 'Fire' that I Love about you, that 'Fire' is going to Burn Out”.

~ That is Exactly the 'devils Plan' for 'God's People'.

He wants the 'Fire' that God put in 'You' to 'Burn Out'. 
He wants You to die on the 'Inside' so that You won't 'Fulfil' God's Wonderful Plan for Your Life.
And the devil will Use 'Anybody & Anything' to try to put that 'Fire' Out.
He wants to Sap Your 'Joy' and 'Trick' You into going down the 'Wrong Path of Life'.   

But the 'Good News' is that God Will Always Send Someone into 'Your Life' to Show You the 'Right Way', and to 'Re-Ignite' that 'Fire' Within You.

God 'Never Gives Up' on His Own People ~ He Will 'Never Give Up' on You.

In the film, Rose makes her 'Own Personal Choice' to 'Turn Away' from her evil 'So Called' Mother, and to 'Turn Away' from the 'Fake' Society Life.
She 'Decides' to Start a 'New Life'. 

She is 'Willing' to Turn Her Back on Wealth, a Family Name, and a 'High Society Status', because she knows there is 'Something Better'. 

She Immediately feels 'Free', and Experiences 'True Freedom' for the First Time in her Life. 
Even the clothes that she then wears demonstrate how she is more Relaxed and doesn't feel the need to wear the 'In Trend' clothes of Society.
~ She's Relaxed & Free ~

Then there's a Beautiful scene at the front of the ship when Jack helps Rose up onto the railings and they look out over the Vast Ocean ahead of them. They Experience a 'Wonderful Moment Together' that feels like they're 'Flying'. 

When You 'Turn Away' from the 'worlds ways', and You 'Join Together' with Jesus, He will 'Lift You Up' and You will 'Soar on Wings Like Eagles'. 

Rose had said 'Goodbye' to her 'Old Life', and she was now 'Free'.
But some of the evil people from her 'Old Life' still wanted to 'Manipulate' and 'Control' her into 'Their Way' for Rose to 'Live Her Life'. 
Cal tried to 'Set Jack Up' to make it look like he was a thief.

When You 'Turn Away' from the world, 'BE AWARE'  that 'worldly people' will still try to 'Trick & Trap' You with 'Lies & Manipulation'. 
But the 'Good News' is that when You are Committed to Jesus, He will Always Help You to 'See Through It' and 'Strengthen' You to Defeat them.

In the film Call had Jack handcuffed to a metal pipe in the hope that he would be 'Trapped' there.
But Rose searched for him, and when she Found Him, she Set him Free.

Jack asked her how she found out that he wasn't a thief.
She replied, “I didn't,  I just Realised that I Already Knew”.

When You Follow Jesus, He will Help You 'See Things Clearly', and Help You to Realise the 'Truth' from the 'Lies'. 

As the ship started sinking, Rose was told to get in a lifeboat.
Cal still tried to Trick her by saying that Jack could get in a boat with him.
As lifeboat was being lowered, there was the Beautiful Moment when Rose realises she Doesn't want to be without Jack. She feels so much 'Gratitude & Thankfulness' to Jack for 'Setting her Free', and the Deep Connection that was made between them, that she 'Leaps' back onto the ship to 'Be With Jack'. 

Jack asked her why she did that. She replied, “You Jump, I Jump, remember”.
She remembered how Jack was Willing to Risk his own Life to Save Rose when she was hanging off the back off the ship, and she became 'Willing' to Risk her Life to 'Be With Jack'. 

When You remember how Jesus 'Gave Up' His Own Life on the Cross to 
'Save You', then You will be 'Willing' to 'Give Up' Your 'Old Lifestyle' of 'worldly ways' to 'Be With Jesus'. 

When that 'Loving Connection' is made 'With Jesus', You will Never want to be without Him.

In the film when the Titanic had Sunk, people were dying in the Icy water.
Jack did his 'Absolute Best' right to the Very End to 'Save Rose', and he Did.
Rose was 'Saved'. 

Even though Jack died, he Continued to 'Live in Rose's Heart'. 
She 'Never Let Go'. 

Jesus may have died on the Cross, but He Continues to 'Live In Your Heart'.
'Never Let Go' of the Love & Faithfulness for Jesus. 

At the end of the film it shows photos of Rose's Life after Titanic. 
It Clearly shows that she Never 'Turned Back' to her evil 'So Called' Mother or her 'Old Lifestyle' of 'High Society'.

She spent the Rest of her Life 'Being Free'. 

She was Free to Live as the 'Person Who God Created Her To Be'. 

When Rose Spoke the 'Truth' about what happened on the Titanic, she said these 'Loving Words' about Jack,

“So there was a man named Jack, and he 'Saved Me'.
He 'Saved Me' in 'Every Way' a person could be 'Saved'”. 

When You and I Talk about Jesus, and Speak the 'Truth' about His Life, 
and what He has Done for us, we can say those 'Loving Words',

“So there was a man named Jesus, and He 'Saved Me'.
  He 'Saved Me' in 'Every Way' a person could be 'Saved'” 

~ The Trust & Belief of the Blind. ~

When my Dad had a stroke over 30 years ago, it effected his left side. He was paralysed in his arm and leg, and he lost the vision on the left side. He gained slight movement in his arm and was able to walk small amounts for a while, but his vision never recovered.

He can't See anything out of the left side of both eyes, which means when he looks at things such as a book, he only Sees the words on the right side of the page. Even though he's been like that for over 30 years, I often forget that he can't See properly because he just 'Gets On with Life'.

A few years after his stroke, my Mum discovered an Organisation for Blind & Visually Impaired people and they both started to go every week. 

The Organisation ran many different Activities aimed at Helping Blind & Visually Impaired people to Gain Confidence, Build their Self Respect, and to simply Enjoy themselves doing Fun Activities.
They did a Big variety of Activities such as Cookery classes, Woodwork, Pottery, Crafts, Painting etc, as well as many Outdoor Activities.

After a while they needed more Volunteers, so my Wife (who was then my Girlfriend) and I became Volunteers, and later we became Tutors as well.

We saw Many 'Truly Inspiring' things.
There was people who were Totally Blind doing things like Rock Climbing, Abseiling, Water-skiing, Sailing and Canoeing, as well as things like Pancake Making, including Tossing the pancakes without dropping them (which is Very Talented when they couldn't See). 

We did some training which involved us wearing Blindfolds and being led around the building up and down stairs etc, and doing simply tasks. 
We Learned that when you can't See, you Really do need to put a Huge amount of your 'Trust & Belief' in the person who is Guiding you.

My Wife and I were Volunteers & Tutors for many years, and we saw the peoples Confidence Grow, and they Achieved Many Amazing things.

My Dad would often say that he was doing things that he had never done before he had the stroke, and probably never would have done if he hadn't have gone to the Blind Organisation.

Many of the people had Physical Disabilities and Mental Health issues as well as being Blind & Visually Impaired, but they were All Blessed with 'Doing' & 'Achieving' Many Truly Amazing & Wonderful things.

How did they do it ?

Two reasons:
~ There was Volunteers & Staff 'With Them' who they could 'Trust & Believe'.
~ The Blind people 'Trusted & Believed' the Volunteers and Staff.

If you were to go Rock Climbing and you couldn't See, then you would need someone who you could 'Trust & Believe' to Guide you where to put your hands & feet so that you 'Don't Fall'. 
If you were Sailing and you couldn't See, then you would need to 'Trust & Believe' the person Leading you so that you 'Don't Crash & Sink'. 
And if you were Making Pancakes and couldn't See, then you would need to have Complete 'Trust & Belief' in the person 'Watching Over' you to prevent you from getting burnt by the flames.

When my Wife & I were Volunteers & Tutors at the Blind Organisation, we along with the rest of the Volunteers and Staff were: 
~'The Eyes for those who could Not See'.
We were 'Their Guides', we 'Lead' them, and 'Protected' them. 
We were Always 'Watching Over' them to keep them Safe. 
And we Encouraged & Supported them so that they could Enjoy themselves, and turn their 'Disabilities' into Amazing 'Abilities'.

There was a Wonderful young man called Peter Barns. He was Blind from birth and the 'So Called' doctors said that he would Never be able to Do Anything, and he should stay at home. Even his 'So Called' parents told him he couldn't Do Anything and they gave him No Encouragement.

When he first went to the Blind Organisation, he was Very Timid and quite Scared. He had No Confidence and seemed Very Unhappy.

But we saw a Wonderful Transformation as he Grew into a Confident, Fun Loving and Happy person.

He did Many of the Activities including Rock Climbing.
The Rock Climbing was at a disused quarry. The car park was at the Top of the Rock-face and the way to get to the bottom was down a steep dirt path that had lose stones and rocks along the way.

The Volunteers needed to Guide the Blind people down the path to be able to start the Rock Climbing. I was asked to Guide Peter Barns down the path.
The path had a drop on one side that was about 100 ft down, and there was No hand rail. I knew if he slipped then he would go straight over the edge.
So I took my 'Responsibilities Very Seriously'. 
I watched 'Every Step' he took. I checked the path to make sure there was nothing for him to trip over. And I had my Arm as a Guide & Support so he knew I was there 'With Him' Every Step of the Way.

Peter along with the other people who could Not See, where all Safely lead down the path.
They put their 'Trust & Belief' in their Guides, and we 'Didn't Let Them Down'. 

If those Blind people were able to put their 'Trust & Belief' in 'Ordinary People' like us, who they could Not 'See',  then 'You' can 'Certainly' put Your 
'Trust & Belief' in Jesus Christ, the Wonderful & Powerful Son of God. 

'He will Never Let You Down'.

If Peter and the other Blind people had Not put their 'Trust & Belief' in their Guides, they would have 'Missed Out' on Many Wonderful Experiences & Activities, and their Confidence & Self Respect would Never have Grown.

There are Many people Today who are 'Missing Out' on True Joy, Happiness, New Adventures & Wonderful Experiences, just because they won't put their 'Trust & Belief' in Jesus, simply because they can't 'See Him'. 

I've been on an Amazing 'Journey with Jesus' for over 20 years, and He has 'Never Let Me Down'. 
I've Never 'Seen' Jesus, but I know He's 'With Me Always'. 

When You Properly make a Commitment to Jesus, You can be Certain that He Will 'Watch Over Your Life' Every Step of Your 'Journey With Him'. 

~ He will Not let You Fall.
~ He is Your Loving Guide through Life.
~ His Strong Arm is Always there to 'Support' You.
~ He will 'Lead You' in stormy waters to 'Safe Sailing', and Never let You Sink.
~ When You're Climbing the Rocky Mountain of Life and You can't 'See'              which Way to Go, Jesus will be the 'Solid Rock' for You to 'Hold On To'.
~ Jesus is Fully Aware of the Flames of the 'evil one' that can easily burn You,       so He 'Watches Over' You, always Ready to Prevent You from being burnt.
~ And at the same time, giving You the Freedom to Enjoy Your Life.

Jesus will 'Encourage You' and Build Up Your 'Self Respect', 
because to Jesus 'You Are Somebody Very Special'.

So even though You can't 'See' Jesus,
when You put Your Complete 'Trust & Belief' in Him,
'Jesus will Be Your Eyes'
so that You can 'See Clearly' in Your Journey of Life.

You Don't Need to See to Believe,
But when You Believe, You Will See. 

~ The Greatest Victory of Your Life . ~

There are many forms of Victories.
There are Victories in Sport such as Winning a Race or a Championship.
There's Victories in Business such as Creating a product that is Very Helpful.
There's the Victory of Achieving a Dream.
There are Personal Victories such as Overcoming a bad habit or addiction.
An there are many more forms of Victories.

These are all great Victories, but they're Not the Greatest.

In recent years I've Believed that The Greatest Victory of Anybodies Life is to 'Lead Another Person To Jesus Christ, to Save Their Soul'.

This is Definitely a Very Important Victory for Anyone to Achieve, and I Encourage Everyone to Give it a Try.

But God has recently Revealed to me that there's an even Greater Victory than that.

The Loving Lord God Revealed to me that :

'The Greatest Victory of  Your Life' is :

'To Be The Person Who God Created You To Be'. 

There is No Greater Victory than that.

The reason Why this is The Greatest Victory of All , is because the devils 'Main Goal' is to Prevent people from Being Who God Created Them to Be. 

If the devil can Stop You from Being Your Natural Self, then he can Stop You from Achieving the Purpose that God Created You for.

The more people the devil can Stop Being their 'True Self', the more people will 'Not' be Fulfilling 'Their Part' in God's Wonderful MasterPlan.

The Only way the devil can Achieve his evil scheme against God's Plan is through 'Lies'. 

The devil knows he's got 'No' actual 'Power' over God, or over God's people.

The Only weapon he can use is Lies.

The Bible makes it Clear that the devil is the 'Father of Lies' (John 8:44). 
The devil has created Many forms of Lies such as - Trickery, Deception, Manipulation, Dishonesty, Partial Truth, and many other ways that most people don't even realise are Lies.

The devil is Obviously Not going to make it Clear to You that You're being 'Tricked' by Lies to 'Prevent' You form 'Being The Person Who God Created You To Be'. 

He's going to do it in ways that he hopes You won't realise.

When the devil 'Tricked' Eve into 'Disobeying' God in the Garden of Eden, he Obviously Didn't tell her that he was 'Tricking' her so that she'd 'Disobey' God.

He did it in a 'Cunning & Crafty' way. 
He 'Tricked' Eve into 'Questioning' whether what God said was the 'Truth'.

There's a Big difference between 'Asking' God a question to give you better understanding, compared to 'Questioning' what God says.

The Truth is, there's No reason to 'Question' God, because “It's Impossible for God to Lie” (Hebrews 6:18). Therefore whatever God Says is 'Truth'. 

The devil is the 'Father of Lies', but God is the 'Father of Truth'. 

So whatever God Says 'To You' or whatever God Reveals to You about 'Who You Are', then You can be Certain that it's the 'Whole Truth'. 

Knowing that and Believing that is Very Important to 'Achieving' The Greatest Victory of Your Life.

The devil has got Billions of  'People' all around the world who he has Already 'Tricked' into 'Disobeying God' and Following the devil instead.

The devil uses those 'People' to 'Trick, Manipulate & Deceive' other People so that they won't 'Live Their Life' as the 'Person Who God Created Them To Be'.
And therefore Not Fulfilling 'Their Part' in God's MasterPlan.

The problem with this is that the devil 'Disguises' himself so that You don't know 'Who' is Tricking You. That's why so may people 'Fall for it'. 

The devil has now had Thousands of Years to Fine Tune his Deception in such a way that Most people 'Believe' that the devils way is Normal, without even realising it.

Peoples Lives are being Ruined because they're trying to Be someone who God 'DID NOT' Create them to Be.

This is happening in Many different ways including Physically, Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually.

The devil has now got an Easy Way to Spread his Lies through things like social media, internet, TV programs, films, music, and worst of all Person to Person.

People are being 'Tricked' by the very people who they Should be able to Trust.

The devil will use 'Anybody' to 'Trick' You, including 'So Called' Family & Friends'. I wrote 'So Called' because no 'True' Family or Friend would ever 'Teach, Trick or Threaten' You to Be someone who 'They' want You to Be, instead of Being the Person who God Created You to Be. 

That might sound harsh, but there are people all around the world who are being 'Tricked & Manipulated' by their own 'So Called' Family & Friends, as well as by the other evil and wicked people in the world.

But God wants to put an 'End' to it.

God's Creations are Very 'Valuable' to Him, and that includes YOU.

God wants You to 'Experience' The Greatest Victory of Your Life, by 'Defeating' the devils 'Lies & Trickery'. 

The way You do that is by 'Being The Person Who God Created You To Be.

Many people say they 'Know' who they're Supposed to Be, but they don't actually Be that Person. There's a Big difference between 'Knowing' and 'Being'. 

Victory Only comes through 'Being The Person Who God Created You to Be. 

So how do You 'Achieve' The Greatest Victory.

There's Only 'One Way' ~ Faith & Belief in Your Creator.

The reason why so many people are Not Being who God Created them to Be, is because they 'Believe' Other People about 'Who They're Supposed To Be'. 

The devil can then 'Trick' them into 'Not' Being their 'True Self'. 

So the 'Only' Way to know for Certain who You're Supposed to Be, is by 
'Only' Believing Your Creator. 
Only means Only. It doesn't mean 'Partly' Believing God 
and 'Partly' Believing People. That's what causes 'Confusion'. 

The Word of God says in (John 5:4-5) that :
“Every Child of God Defeats this evil world, and we 
Achieve this Victory through our Faith. 
And who can Win this battle against the world ? 
Only those who Believe that Jesus is the Son of God”

When You 'Believe' God & Jesus,
You 'Achieve' Victory.

Enjoy the Freedom of Living Your Life as 
'The Person Who God Created You To Be'. 
That Truly is 'The Greatest Victory of Your Life'.

~ When You Look Wholeheartedly ~ You Find. ~

The word 'Wholeheartedly' means:

'In a way that is Completely, Enthusiastic, Sincere and without Any Doubt.'

So when You Look for something 'Wholeheartedly', it means You're Looking for it 'Enthusiastically, Sincerely, Completely, and You have No Doubts about it'. 

An example of this would be if you lost something that's Very Important to you, then You would Look for it 'Wholeheartedly' until you 'Find It'.
You wouldn't 'Give Up' just because you couldn't 'Find It' at first, you would 'keep Looking'. 

~   ~   ~ 

My Wife & I have travelled around the Beautiful Highlands of Scotland many times over the past 15 years or so.

My Wife Really Enjoys seeing the Wildlife such as Deers, Squirrels, Pine Martins etc.
She has an Amazing ability to spot Deers from miles away. Many times she will say to me, "There's some Deers over there”, and when I look across, they will be Tiny Little dots in the distance, yet she spotted them.
She even noticed two Deers at the Top of a Big Mountain when we were stood at the Bottom of it. They looked like rocks at first, but when we zoomed in with the camcorder it was a female Deer with her Baby.

My Wife also Enjoys 'Finding' rare Plants & Flowers in the Wild as we walk around the Countryside. She will notice Tiny Little Flowers in the grass, sometimes only a couple of inches tall.

At first I used to think 'How can she see a Deer that miles away, and Tiny Flowers in the grass that most people just walk passed'.
It's Not because she's got great eyesight, because she admits she's not.

The Reason she can 'Find' them is because she 'Wholeheartedly' Looks for them. It's something that's Important to her, so she Looks for them 'Enthusiastically, Completely, Sincerely and without Any Doubt'.

I found it Very Inspiring, and when I started to Look 'Wholeheartedly' at Nature, I realised that I could 'Find' and 'Experience' things that I had not noticed before. I now Really Enjoy seeing many Beautiful things in Nature, simply because I Look 'Wholeheartedly'. 

My Wife & I have been Blessed with Many Wonderful Experiences in Nature that we never would have Experienced if we hadn't been Looking for it  'Wholeheartedly'. 

It's Not something that we feel takes a lot of Effort, it just comes Naturally because we're 'Tuned In' to  God's Natural Creations in Nature.

~  ~  ~

The Bible says in (Jeremiah 29:13) that the Lord says :

“When you Look for Me Wholeheartedly, you Will Find Me”.

Some translations say “When you Search for Me” or “When you Seek Me”.
And some say “With All your Heart”. 

So the Lord Himself is saying to 'You' :

“When You Look, Seek, Search for Me ~ You Will Find Me”. 

“And the 'Way' to Look for Me is Wholeheartedly”. 

Then You will Enjoy Many Wonderful Experiences with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

I've heard many people say things like: 
“I wish I could have an Experience with the Lord”
or
“Other people have got amazing stories about the Lord, but I've not”. 

If You feel that You haven't Enjoyed a Wonderful Experience with the Lord, maybe it's because You're not Looking for Him 'Wholeheartedly'.

Or maybe You're Looking 'Wholeheartedly', but at the Wrong things, 'worldly things'. 

Or it might be that You've been 'Taught' or 'Heard' Wrong things about How to Experience the Lord. Maybe You've been told it has to be Very Strict, or that you need to follow a set of Rules & Regulations.

'That's NOT True'.

When Jesus was Physically on earth and He spoke to people in person, He Simply said:

“Stop doing the Wrong things, and Follow Me”. 

There was 'NO' list of Rules & Regulations to follow. 

All Jesus asked people to do was:

“Love the Lord with All Your Heart, and Love Each Other”.

The people who Did that Enjoyed Many Wonderful Experiences With Jesus.

But the wicked people who 'Refused' to Stop their Wrong ways of Living, and the people who Narrow Mindedly followed Strict Rules & Regulations based on Traditions and Wrong Religious Teachings (which were 'Made Up' by People and Did Not come from God), didn't get to Enjoy even One Wonderful Experience with Jesus, even though He was 'With Them' in Person.

They 'Missed Out' on what is Truly Important because they Focused on the Wrong things.

~ They Focused on 'the world', instead of 'The Way'. 
~ They Focused on Themselves, instead of their Creator.
~ They Focused on False Teachings, instead of the Teacher of the Truth.

Unfortunately these things are Still going on Today, and they're getting worse.

~ It's Time To Stop ~

  The Truth is : 

The Lord Doesn't ask for much, just 'Your Sincere Heart'. 

It's Not worth 'Missing Out' on what is Truly Important,
because of 'Other Peoples' Wrong Ways'.
and 'Wrong Teachings'.

'YOUR LIFE' is More Valuable than that.

When 'You' Look for the Lord 'Wholeheartedly'
'You' Will Find Him.  

And He has Many, Many, Many
 Wonderful 'Experiences' Planned & Waiting
 For 'YOU' to Enjoy 'With The Lord'. 

~ A Simple Formula for Commitment. ~

Making a Commitment to God & Jesus is the most Important Decision of Your Life.

There are  many people who want to Commit their Lives to God & Jesus, but they don't know how to do it.

There are also people who have been 'put off' making a Commitment to Follow God & Jesus because other people have made it 'Seem' overly Complicated, or it's been Wrongly made to 'Seem' as though it's 'Too Much Effort', (but the Truth is, it's Not Effort, it's Easy).

Unfortunately Many, Many, Many people are 'Missing Out' on a Wonderful, Happy & Free Life, simply because they don't make a Commitment to Follow God & Jesus.

So here's a Very Simple, yet Powerful formula of How to Commit Your Life to God & Jesus. 

		             Your Life
	   (Minus) -  Worldly/Society Ways of Living
	   (Plus)     +  God's Way of Living
	   (Equals) =  a Transformed, Happy & Free Committed Life.

~ Safety Concerns or Society Concerns. ~

Many people are so Concerned about what 'Other People' say about them that they do Silly things, and they don't even realise the Dangers of what they do.

The road we live on is a route that children use on their way to school, and some of them cycle to school on their bikes.

Quite a few times I've seen a group of  3-4 children cycling passed, and they've All got 'cycle helmets'. 

That would seem like the children are using their own 'Sense' and are Concerned about their 'Safety', so therefore Protecting their heads.

The Problem though is that even though they have All got helmets, 'Non' of them actually wear them. They All cycle passed with their helmets dangling off their handle bars.

They are more Concerned about what 'Other People' might say about them, than what they are about their own 'Safety'. 

They don't wear their helmets because they know that 'Other People' can be very nasty about what they say, and they Wrongly focus on that.

I've got personal Experience of this from when I used to cycle to school. Other children would Call me nasty names and take the mickey out of me for wearing a helmet. Even Grown Adults have Laughed and Sniggered at me for wearing a helmet.

When I used to cycle to school, helmets had only just started being worn, and they were Nothing like the Stylish cycle helmets of today.

The helmet I had looked more like a deformed pudding basin than a helmet.

They were Horrible looking helmets, and what made it worse is that mine was Luminous Green. I tried to make it look better with the transfer kit that came with it, but they were Bright Orange, so it made it worse.
And to top it all off, the helmet was called a 'Skid Lid'.

I was an Easy target for Name Calling by 'Other People'. 

But even though the helmet was Horrible looking and quite Uncomfortable, and even though people Called me Nasty Names, I used to wear the cycle helmet 'Every' time I cycled to school.

The 'Reason' why I wore it, was because I 'Fully Understood' the 'Dangers' of Not wearing it.

When I was about 8 years old, I used to Race Motorbikes. It was called Grasstrack Racing, and basically it was a Club Style racing event where the officials would hire a farmers field and set up a Race Track using wooden pegs to mark out an oval circuit. We would then race around it 4 laps at a time.
We also occasionally Raced on Speedway Tracks, which is very similar but on a Fixed Gravel Race Track.

To be able to race, we had to wear 'Safety Gear' which included a Helmet.

At one of the races I saw a Very Clear Example of why it's so Important to wear a helmet. One of the riders fell off his bike, and the rider behind him couldn't stop in time and road straight over him. He was taken to hospital and had very bad cuts and bruises, but Thankfully he was ok.

But his 'Helmet' was used by the officials to show everyone why we Need to wear a helmet.

His helmet had a black 'Tyre Mark' right across the front of the helmet.

 When the other rider had accidentally road over him, the back wheel of his bike had drove straight across his head.

The doctors said if he hadn't been wearing a helmet, he would have been dead.

The Helmet 'Saved His Life'.  

So when people used to Call me 'Childish' names for wearing my cycle  helmet, even though it wasn't nice being called nasty names, I still wore the helmet, because I Understood the 'Importance' of it.

One day when I was cycling to high school with another person, he was about 20 feet in front of me, and he went to hop up a curb, but he caught his wheel and fell off his bike.

It seemed to happen it slow motion as I saw him falling to the floor, and his Head 'Crashed' hard into the tarmac.

I rushed to him as it looked like he was going to be badly injured. I carefully helped him up and he was a bit dazed, but Thankfully he was ok.

He took his 'Helmet' off and when we checked it, it had a huge Crack right the way through the helmet.

We both Knew that if he had Not have been wearing the Helmet, he would have had serious Head Injuries, and possibly even be dead.

So even though 'Other People' used to Call us names, we Knew that our 'Safety' was 'More Important'. 

Those people who used to Call us names, are Not even in our Lives anymore, but we have Still got our 'Lives'. 

Far Too Many people are so Concerned about what 'Other People' say about them, that they Lose sight of what is Truly Important.

It Doesn't matter what 'Other People' say about You. 
All that matters is what Jesus says about You, and He Loves You.

Too many people are 'Resisting' making a Full Commitment to Jesus, because they are Concerned about what 'Other People' will say.

I Learned many years ago that if 'Other People' call me for Following Jesus, then they are Not worth bothering about.

If people have got a problem with me being who God Created me to be, then I Don't want people like that in my Life.

Before I Learned the Importance of Following Jesus, I 'Wasted' too many years of my Life trying to 'Please People' and trying to 'Fit In' with them. It led to me Wrongly doing Stupid things to try to get people to 'Like Me'. 
And worse of all, I 'Wasted' far too much of my Life 'Resisting' making a Full Commitment to Jesus. 

But the Truth is, those people who I was trying to 'Please', are Not in my Life anymore, and Never will be.

But Jesus is 'With Me Always'.  

I Now Understand what is Truly Important.
Just as a Helmet 'Protects & Saves' our Physical Lives,
Jesus 'Protects & Saves' our Souls.

And there's Nothing more Important than that.

I just wish I knew back then what I know Now, and I wish I had made 
my Full Commitment to Jesus a Lot sooner than I did.

I could have been Free and Enjoying the 
True Meaning of Life a Lot Sooner.

Please Don't make the same Mistake I made. 

~ There's Power In You. ~

A few weeks ago my Wife and I were talking about how much Power God has 'Given' to All of us.

Power to 'Trample on devils and demons', Power to 'Achieve Great things for God', and Power to Do things that people will say are impossible, but 'With God All Things Are Possible'. 

While we were talking, my Wife said one of the most Inspiring & Powerful sentences I've ever heard. 
(I'm not just saying that because my Wife said it, I Truly mean it). 

When I thought about how to put it into an Inspiring writing, there was Nothing I could add that would make it any better. 
The sentence 'Speaks for Itself' :


“If Everyone just Believes in the Power that the Bible says we've All got Within us, 
then the devil Wouldn't stand a chance”.

~ The Immense Power of Intense Focus. ~

Many years ago I used to get Very painful cramp in my legs.
Quite often I'd get the cramp in places like my hamstring, around my shin area and in my feet & toes. Sometimes I would wake up and the pain was  so severe that I couldn't stand up.

I tried All sorts of things to get rid of it such as gently moving my legs, trying to stretch it, rubbing it, my Wife even tried massaging it, but no matter what I did it took a Long time before the cramp went away, and it would sometimes come back again soon after, and ache for a long time.

Then one day I heard about the Importance of 'Intense Focus' on Jesus.
It wasn't actually about getting rid of pain or cramp, it was a general guidance of how 'Intense Focus' can Help with many things.

The next time I got cramp in my leg, I Decided to 'Give it a Try'.

I Imagined Jesus stood 'With Me' in the room. I Didn't think about the pain. I just 'Focused Totally' on Jesus. I Didn't even think about Jesus Healing me or anything like that. 
I simply 'Focused' on the 'Loving & Gentle' Character of who Jesus is.

Within a short space of time, probably less than a minute, the pain had 'Gone'.
There wasn't even any sign of pain or aching. It had all 'Gone'.

I lay there with tears of Joy in my eyes as I said 'Thank You' to Jesus for His 'Amazing Power' and His Wonderful 'Healing Love'. 

I was Truly Grateful that I had been Blessed with Experiencing the 
'Immense Power' of God's Son.

The next time I got cramp, I 'Immediately' Focused on Jesus.
The cramp 'Immediately' disappeared.
There was not even any aching when it had gone.

But the next time I got cramp, while I was 'Focusing on Jesus' and the pain was going, I lost my 'Focus' and thought about the cramp.
Straight away the pain 'Shot' back into my leg.

I realised what is meant by 'Intense Focus on Jesus'. It means 'Focusing Entirely' on Jesus, and 'Nothing Else'.

There Really is a Lot of Power in Your Thoughts.

Through 'Intense Focus' on Jesus, and 'Only Jesus', He Healed my pain.

He has also done something to Help in my legs as I haven't had cramp for a 'Very Long' time.

Jesus Really Does have 'Immense Power', but You need to Trust Him Completely with 'Intense Focus' to Experience His Power.

I've also seen the 'Negative' side to 'Focusing' on the 'Wrong' things, and the consequences of it.
Many years ago my Wife and I were travelling to visit a garden for a Relaxing day out and then staying the night.
The women who was driving us there had a Very Negative Attitude about driving on busy roads

There was some roadworks on the route we were travelling and it was diverted through a town centre.

The women 'Focused' on her Fear of busy roads and became Very Panicky. She 'Negatively' expected that other drivers were going to drive into her and crash.
The traffic was actually very slow moving and non of the other drivers were being aggressive or anything bad, but the women was Panicking the entire way through the town centre. She kept Assuming the worst and wouldn't listen to any advice to help her.

The Truth is , there was Nothing to be worrying about, Nothing bad happened. But the women Continued 'Focusing' on her Fear, even after we had got out of the town and onto quiet roads.

By the time we arrived, the women had worked herself up so much that she got out and was Physically Sick. She got a Very bad headache and felt so ill that after being Sick again a few more times, she decided to go home.

She 'Missed Out' on a Relaxing day out, all because she 'Intensely Focused' on her Fear.

These are just two examples of 'Intense Focus', both Positive and Negative, and the Effects of them.

I've seen Lots of other things that demonstrate the Power of what You 'Focus' on, either in a Good way, or a bad way.

I saw an elderly couple who had wanted to move house for many years because the place they lived was horrible.
They were Blessed with a Wonderful opportunity to move, but when problems cropped up they 'Focused' on the problems and all the things that 'Might' go wrong. They became so Fearful of the Unknown that they 'Gave Up'. 

Many years later they're still living in the Same place.

They 'Missed out' on their Dream because they 'Focused' on the problems instead of the Possibilities.

But I've also been Very Inspired by a Lot of people who have Achieved Amazing things by 'Intensely Focusing' on Jesus, and allowing Him to Guide them through 'problems & difficulties'. 

These Wonderful people of 'Great Faith' understand the Importance of what they 'Focus' on, and they Choose to 'Focus' on Jesus.

God has Blessed 'You' with the Ability to Choose what You 'Focus' on.

~ Choose Wisely, because there is a Lot of Power in it ~

The 'Intensity' of what You 'Focus' on, will determine the 'Immensity' 
of the outcome, both Negative and Positive.

0% Intensity = 0% Immensity.
100% Intensity = 100 % Immensity.

It makes a Lot of Sense to have 
0% 'Focus' on the Negative ways of the world,
and 100% 'Focus' on the Positive ways of Jesus.

There Really is 'Immense Power' through 'Intense Focus'.

~ A Story of Two Trees. ~

Here's a story I wrote about two Pine Trees who lived next to each other in a forest. 
One tree was Good, he was Nice and Kind and Always tried to help others. 
If any other tree had something wrong he'd send his Own Nutrients to Help the other trees get Better.

Now the other tree was bad, he followed worldly ways of living.
He was selfish, stubborn and arrogant. He wanted All the Nutrients for himself and didn't care about Anyone else.

One day the wind started to blow and the rain fell heavily.
The bad tree started moaning saying “I don't like this bad weather 
it's horrible, wind and rain, blowing us here and there”,
he went on and on, moan, moan, moan.
The Good tree said “This isn't 'bad weather' the rain waters our roots so we can Grow and the wind blows us to Strengthen our trunks and branches”.

As the wind and rain got stronger the Good tree stood there bending and swaying with the wind. He Enjoyed the Refreshing rain tickling his branches.
He was Enjoying dancing to the 'Rhythms of Nature'.

However the bad tree stood there stubbornly saying “I'm not moving, 
I'm getting wet and I don't like it'” 

Suddenly a Big gust of wind blew and with a Mighty Crack the bad tree fell to the ground, his trunk had Completely Snapped.

The Good tree blew in all directions with the wind.
A few of his dead branches blew off in the strong gusts, but the Good tree was Grateful as he needed to get rid of those branches.

When the storm had passed the Good tree stood still 
all Refreshed from the Lovely rain.

All that was left of the bad tree was a broken stump.
 
He had perished in the storm, 
his stubbornness didn't allow him to be flexible. 
The sad thing is, even when he was alive he was still dead as following worldly ways doesn't bring life.

However the Good tree was Full of Life 
because he knew where Life Truly comes from.
 
He greeted the storm with open branches
 as he knew God his Creator would Strengthen him 
and Protect him through Any storm.

~ Give God Your Best. (Part 5~Listening) ~

Listening is a Very Important part of how You Learn & Grow.

What You Listen to effects how You Think.
How You Think effects how You Behave.

The devil wants You to Listen to Negative Junk that the 'world' Talks about. 

But 'You' Don't have to Listen to it. 
God has Blessed You with Freedom of Choice, which means it's 'Your' Choice what You Listen to.

Worldly people will try to make You Think You're 'Missing Out' on something if You don't Listen to certain things like the News, social media, celebrity gossip, worldly music and the latest trends etc.

But It's a Trick.

The devil wants You to Listen to it, because that's where a Lot of his Followers are doing their Talking.

Switch It Off. Don't let is Corrupt You.

You're Worth More Than That.


Instead Listen to God. He's trying to Communicate with You.

If You feel You can't hear God Communicating to You, it's probably because You're Listening to the wrong things.

My Wife & I 'Wasted' years of our Lives Listening to 'worldly' Junk, and we 'Missed Out' on All the Loving & Wonderful things that God was trying to Communicate to us.

We couldn't hear the 'Still Small Voice of God' because we 'Chose' to Listen to the 'world'. We 'Missed Out' on what is Really Important & Meaningful.

But we No longer Waste our Time 'Listening' to the the 'world', and we've been Truly Amazed by what we can Now hear from God.

It's not a Sound that we hear in our ears, it's Something that comes from Deep Within. Sometimes it's like a Voice Inside. Sometimes it's a Deep Knowing.

The best way I can describe it is that it's like being Truly in Love with someone.
I can't put into words 'How' I know for Certain that I Truly Love my Wife, 
I just Simply Know it.
That's how it is when I hear from God. It's beyond words, I just Simply Know it's from God.

This only comes from being Completely Open to God so that I'm Receptive to Him when He Communicates to me.
It's by being 100% Faithful & Committed to God and 'Only' God.
I Don't want the 'world' anymore, or the 'worlds ways'.
I Only want God, and God's Ways.

Through this Way of being, God has Revealed things to me Personally that I could Never have known by Listening to the 'world'.

There are no words that are good enough to explain the Wonderful feeling it gives me to be able to hear from the Creator of the Universe. 
It's Simply beyond Anything I could ever have Imagined when I used to Listen to the 'world'.

And it's Available to You.

Simply Choose God over the 'world'.

You'll be Truly Amazed at what God will Reveal to You when You are Genuinely Open and Receptive to God, and 'Only' God.

He will Communicate to You in many Wonderful Ways.
'Be Open to them'.

If You think You can't hear from God, then You've been Misled.

If You're Capable of Listening to the Lies & Corruption that the 'world' tells You through it's Many Deceiving ways, and You Chose to Believe it, then You are Certainly Capable of Listening to the Truth that God is trying to Communicate to You, and You Can Chose to Believe it.

Simply be Open to God, like a Flower Opens to the Sun and is Receptive to the Wonderful Power that's transmitted through the air in Unseen Ways, to give Life to the Flower.

Give God Your Best Listening, and be Receptive to the Warmth of His Love, that Gives Wonderful Power to Your Life.

' YOU' are Worth far More than what the 'world' can give You.

Let God Nourish Your Soul.

Let Him 'Set You Free' from the Traps of the 'world'.

And Let God Reveal to You 
the Wonderful and Marvelous Person 
that He Originally Created in ' YOU'.