Tag: Truth

~ Hold God's Way with Both Hands ~

There are only two main 'Ways' to Live Life. 
Either God's Way, or the devils way.

The Bible often refers to the devils way as 'the worlds way'. 
People have given it many different names such as Secularism, Culture, Society, Cults, Community, Atheism, and many other names.

The Truth is, if it's not God's Way, then it's the devils way.

Everybody knows that there is Good and evil, Right and wrong. 
There is No 'In-Between Ground'. There's only Two Ways to Live Life.

God Loves You very Much, and He wants You to Live the 'Right Way'.
This is for Your own Benefit, and for the Benefit of others.

So God Wrote 'His Way' of How to Live Life on 'Two Stone Tablets' and gave them to Moses.

Known as 'The 10 Commandments', (or as I like to think of them, 'God's 10 Loving Guidelines'), these are literally God's Guidance of 'How to Live Life'. 

(~ Just as a note to clarify the Commandment that says 'Honour your Mother and Father'. This is only required when the Mother and Father is Teaching the child to Live 'God's Right Way'. If a 'So Called' mother or father Teaches a child to Live in the 'wrong way', then obviously God will Not require You to Honour them). 

God Wrote down 'His Way' so we know the 'Right Way' to Live.

The 10 Commandments (or God's 10 Loving Guidelines) are the Only known writings that God Wrote with 'His Own Finger'. 

So they are obviously Very Important.

When Jesus was Physically on earth, He Lovingly summed up All of The 10 Commandments into 'One Easy to Understand' Commandment, known as 'The Greatest Commandment', (or as I like to think of it, God's Greatest Loving Guideline), which is,

“Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength”. 
(Mark 12:30). 

When You 'Do' that, You will Naturally want to Live 'God's Way', and Fulfil 'The 10 Commandments'. 

Many people Do Live 'God's Right Way', and they Enjoy Living a Very Meaningful Life and Achieve Great things for God.

There are also Many people who 'want' to Live 'God's Right Way', but they keep being 'Misled' by 'the worlds way, (the devils way). 

So How do You Avoid being 'Misled' ? 

God Revealed this to me whilst I was reading Deuteronomy in the Bible.

I was reading Chapter 9, which had mentioned how God had wrote with “The Finger of God” the Words which “The Lord had Spoken” to the people.

He wrote them on “Two Stone Tablets” and gave them to Moses.

At that point the people had 'Turned Away' from “The Way” that God had Guided them to Live, and they “Acted Corruptly” by making an 'image'  to worship, (which is Disobeying the 2nd of The 10 Commandments). 

God asked Moses to quickly go down from the Mountain to the people.
He was carrying the 'Two Tablets' as he went down.

As I read Verse 15, a sentence 'Stood Out' to me in a Very Strong way.

It was Moses speaking and he said, 
“The Two Tablets of the covenant were in my Two Hands”. 

It Really Stood Out to me that he had Specifically said “In my Two Hands”. 

Usually when someone is describing carrying something, they would say, “In my Hands”. 

But Moses made a point that the “Two Tablets were in his “Two Hands”. 

I wondered what the meaning of that was. So I asked God to Guide me.

This is what came to me,

“When You Hold God's Way in 'Both' of Your Hands, then You can't get Confused or Misled by 'Someone Else' putting 'Their Way' into Your Hands”. 

WOW, that's Powerful.

Hold God's Way in Both of Your Hands.

It doesn't mean to literally Hold it with Physical Hands.

It means to 'Hold God's Way with Both Hands'
Deep in Your Heart, Mind and Soul.
And Hold On to 'God's Way' with All Your Strength.

Think about it, if You Hold God's Way with only 'One Hand',  You will leave Your other Hand available for Anybody to put 'Their Way' of Living into it.

Then You will have a problem, because You would then have Two Different 'Ways' to Follow.

If You leave One Hand Open, you can be certain the devil will Fill it. 

And he will use 'Lies & Deception' to make it 'Seem' like that 'Way' is better than God's Way.

The devil will use 'his followers' to Trick You into Following 'the devils way'. 

He will even use people who Pretend to be Believers to 'Mislead' You.

 'Beware, the Fakes are Everywhere'. 

The Only way to Not be 'Misled' is by 'Firmly' Holding God's Way with Both Hands, and Never Letting Go.

When You Hold God's Way with Both Hands, then Nobody can 'Mislead' You by putting 'Their Way' into Your Hands.

A great way to understand this is to Imagine going in to a Maze.
(A Maze is described as 'a complex network of Paths forming a puzzle, through which you need to find the 'Right Way' to reach the Goal'). 

There are Lots of 'Ways' to Follow in a Maze, but 'Only One Way' leads to the Goal. 

Imagine the Creator of the Maze gives You a 'Guide' that shows You which 'Way' will lead You to Your Goal.

If You Hold the Guide 'In Both Hands' and Follow the Guidance, You will reach Your Goal.

Now Imagine if You only Hold the Guide with 'One Hand', and 'Someone Else' puts a Different guide in Your 'Other Hand', and tells You it's a Quicker Way and it's a more Fun Way.

It would cause 'Confusion' because You would have Two Different people saying Two Different Ways to go.

And if You Choose to Follow the 'other way', then You would be 'Misled' and end up going 'Round & Round' in Circles, and coming to 'Dead Ends'. 

That's Exactly what 'the devil' wants You to be doing in Your Life.

He doesn't want You to 'Achieve' the Wonderful Life that God has got 
Planned for You.

The devil wants to 'Mislead' You so You end up Wasting Your Life going 'Round & Round' in Circles, and reaching 'Dead Ends'. 

But God has a Better Way for You to Live.

A Life that's Full of Excitement, Joy, and New Adventures.

A Meaningful Life where You 'Achieve' Great things for God, and Fulfil Your Purpose that God Created You for.

You are Very Special to God,
and He has Many Wonderful Blessings Planned for You.

But you need to 'Hold On to God's Way with Both Hands'.

Don't risk Missing Out on God's Wonderful Plan for Your Life by Holding God's Way with only 'One Hand'.

The devils followers are Everywhere, and they will take Any Opportunity You give them to 'Mislead' You if You leave One Hand Open.

God could have Wrote 'The 10 Commandments' on just One Stone Tablet. But then Moses would of had an 'Open Hand', and 'Someone Else' could of 'Misled' him with 'Their Way'.

God has a reason for Everything He does, and its Always a Good reason.

You can Completely 'Trust His Way'. 

God's Way is the Best ~ Close Your Hands to the rest.

So 'Love the Lord Your God 
with All Your Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength', 

and

Firmly Hold God's Way with 'Both Hands'. 

~ Doing Good ~

The Bible Guides us to 'Do Good'.

It's mentioned many times, so it's obviously Very Important to God.

When You and I 'Do Good', it Pleases God.

And the Bible says that God will 'Bless those who Do Good'.

When we 'Do Something Good' that's for other people, it can often make them 'Feel Good', as well as Pleasing God.

My Wife & I recently Experienced someone 'Doing Good' for us, and it made us 'Feel Very Good'. 
And I'm Sure it would have made God 'Feel Good' and Pleased Him. 

We needed some repair work doing on our vehicle, so I looked on the internet for a mechanic who could do it.

Our vehicle is nearly 30 years old and it can be quite tricky to find parts for it, and to find a mechanic who is willing to work on it.

God Guided me to the right part that we needed (online), so I ordered it.

I found 2 mechanics who said they could do the repair work. 
They were both located at the same industrial estate, but at Different garages, about 150ft apart.

One of them said he could only fit us in next week, and the other mechanic said he could only do it in 2 weeks, as they were both Very Busy.

We needed to get our vehicles MOT done in 2 weeks  (the legal annual vehicle safety check), so we decided to go with the mechanic who could fit us in next week to make sure it was repaired in time for the MOT.

I phoned him back up and asked if we could book it in for next week. 

He said “Yes”, so I asked what day and time was best for him.
He said “Just drop it off any time after 8am on Wednesday”. 

The part arrived, and my Wife & I took it with our vehicle on Wednesday morning.

When we arrived there was Lots of cars parked outside the garages, so we needed to drive around for a while to find somewhere to park.

As we drove past the garage, we could see a mechanic watching us and looking quite agitated
He pulled out a notepad and was franticly looking through it.
Then he was on his phone looking like he was panicking.

We found somewhere to park and walked over to the mechanic who was now standing behind some machinery and seemed as though he was trying to hide.

He just stared at us.

So I Politely said, “Hello, we're booked in for a part to be fitted”. 

He then said with a Very Cold Hearted, Can't Be Bothered type of Attitude, 
“Oh I forgot about that”. 

I said, “I phoned last week to booked in, and you said to drop it off today any time after 8am”. 

The mechanic then said, “Yeah I forgot to write it down”.

He then said in a Very Abrupt and Dramatised voice, “I can't do it today, I'm too busy. I've got got 2 cars on the ramp and another 6 out there that I've got to do. I'm too busy to do it today”.

He then started muttering and complaining and walked off saying, “I'll have to see when I can fit it in”. And he went checking his notepad.

I thought to myself, 'Even if he can fit us in, I Don't want someone like that working on our vehicle'.

I said it to My Wife, and she said she was thinking the same thing.

While he was checking his notepad, I felt God 'Guiding' me to go to the other mechanic at the other garage that I had phoned the week before.

When the mechanic came back from his notepad, I Politely said to him, “We'll leave it and find someone else who can do it”. 

As we walked away my Wife Kindly said to him,”I Hope everything goes well with all the cars you need to repair”. 
He looked quite surprised.

We walked up to the other garage and explained to the mechanic what had happened.

He said he'll see what he can do, but he was Really Busy as well. He didn't say it in a Dramatised way like the other mechanic did, he just said it like he meant it.

We could see 3 cars being worked on up on the ramps, a van parked at the entrance, and Lots of cars in the car park, so we could see he was Very Busy.

I explained that I had phoned him the week before and he had said he could only do it in 2 weeks, so we decided to go with the other mechanic as we needed it repairing before the MOT.

He remembered I had phone, and he said in a Friendly voice, “Let me have a look at the vehicle so I can see how long it will take”. 

We walked over to our vehicle and he looked under the bonnet, then went back to the garage.

He stood Thinking for a moment. I could tell he wanted to Help us, but he was struggling with how to do it as he was so busy.

He then said, “Ok, leave it with me. When I get a gap in between jobs, I'll squeeze it in. I can't promise it will be today, but I'll do my best. If not today it will be tomorrow”. 

My Wife & I Thanked him, and said we Really Appreciate his Help.

As we left the garage, it had made us 'Feel Really Good' that someone was Willing to go out of his way to Help us, even while he was Really Busy.

We said a Big Thank You to God, and asked God to Help the mechanic whilst repairing our vehicle, and to Help him wherever he needs it with working on the other vehicles.

We went back to the house and waited for the mechanic to phone. It got to about 5.15pm.
The garage was about 30-40 minutes away from where we were, and they said they closed at 6pm.
So I phoned to see how things were going in case we needed to set off soon to get there before they close.

The receptionist checked and said it's on the ramp, but it will be tomorrow before he can finish it. 

I said, “Ok that fine, we understand he was very busy, we Appreciate him doing it for us”. 

I told my Wife and we rearranged our plans for the next few days, as we had quite a few things that we needed to do and had already planned them.
We needed to change our plans, but we were just Very Grateful that the mechanic was Kindly repairing it that week, before the MOT.

Then just after 6pm the phone rang.
It was the mechanic, and he said in a Jolly voice, “Your vehicles ready, you can come to pick it up”.

I was quite surprised and said, “Oh that's Brilliant, Thank You, Thank You Very Much”. 
I explained that it would take about 30-40 minutes for us to get there though.
He said, “That's ok, I'll be here till 7pm ish”.

When my Wife & I got there, the van that was parked at the entrance to the garage was still there.
The mechanic told us he had rearranged to do the van tomorrow so that he could repair our vehicle today.

That's 'Real Kindness'. 

He didn't have to do that. He could have said he was too busy. But he rearranged things to Help us. And he didn't charge a fortune.

That's 'Doing Good'. 

It made my Wife and I feel 'Very Good'. 
And by the Joyful look on the mechanics face, it had made him 'Feel Good' that he had Helped us.
I'm Sure it will have made God 'Feel Good'. 

'Doing Good Always Creates Good'. 

We gave the mechanic some Chocolate and a Journeying with Jesus Book as a 'Thank You Gift' for his Kindness. And we said many times we 'Really Appreciate' his Help.

(If you live in the UK, and you need any repairs on your vehicle, we Highly Recommend him. His garage is 'Auto Repairs Horwich').

When we got back to the house we Prayed and asked God to Bless the mechanic with Something Very Special. 
We Truly Believe that God will Wonderfully Bless him.

And we said a Very Big Thank You to God for Blessing us by Guiding & Helping us with what to do when the first mechanic had let us down, and for Blessing us with our vehicle being repaired in the same day and we didn't need to change our plans.

The Bible says in (Romans 8:28) that, 
“All things work together for Good to those who Love God”. 

We Sincerely Love God.
And God made Everything work together for Good, to Help & Bless us.

WOW, God is Truly a Wonderful & Loving God.

God wants to Bless 'You' with His Wonderful Loving Kindness. 

The Bible says in (Galatians 6:9) 
“Let us not become weary in Doing Good”. 

'Love God & Do Good'.

The Truth is, even when You're Busy, You can still 'Do Good'. 
And God will Bless You for it.

There are Many ways that You can 'Do Good'. 
Whether it's something big or small, 
Every 'Good Deed' is Special to God.
Simply ask God to Guide You, and Follow His Guidance.

When it comes to 'Doing Good',
And You Do what Jesus Would,
Then You'll be 'Doing Good'.

~ Treating Others with God's Love ~

My Wife and I recently needed to call the RAC (Vehicle Breakdown & Recovery Service) as our vehicle had some warning lights on the dashboard.

Thankfully we had only drove about 2 or 3 miles, so we very slowly drove back to the house.

When I phoned the RAC, whilst I was waiting for them to answer, the RAC had an automated recorded message playing for everyone who phones them to hear before they can speak to anyone.

It said, 'The RAC will not tolerated any Abusive Behaviour or Offensive Language towards the mechanics and phone staff'. 

The fact that they need to put that message on obviously shows that they get a Lot of Abusive Behavior & Offensive Language towards them.

I thought to myself, 'Why would Anybody be Abusive towards the RAC, when they're coming out to Help people'. 
It doesn't make sense.

When the RAC answered, the man spoke in a Very Miserable & Downcast tone of voice.
I realised it was probably because they get so many Nasty people phoning up being Abusive to them.

He asked what our issue was, so I explained the warning lights had come on, and that we had managed to drive it back to the house.

It was quite late at night by the time I phoned.

The man took our details, and then he said, “It will be tomorrow before the mechanic can come out to you as we're very busy. There's a lot of people who have broke down on motorways and country lanes that need our help, and they take priority over people who are at home”. 

He said it in a tone of voice that indicated he was Expecting me to Complain and be Abusive towards him.

He then said there are 2 options for when they can come out, either 
7am–12pm, or 9am–3pm.

I checked with my Wife which would be best, and we decided for the 9am-3pm.

The man booked us in for that, and I said to him, “Is there anyway at all that someone could come out tonight”. (as we had planned a few things). 

He said “No”, and repeated that people who are stranded on motorways etc take priority.

Again he said it in a tone as though he Expected that I would have a go at him.

So I said in a 'Friendly' voice, “Ok, that's understandable, Thank You Very Much for your Help”. 

The man's voice changed to a more Relaxed sounding voice as he gave me the details we needed. 
And he said in a more Uplifted tone, “You have a good evening”. 

After I got off the phone, I told my Wife what the automated message had said about Abusive Behaviour, and how the man sounded Very Miserable.

I said, “It doesn't make sense that people are being abusive to the RAC when they're the people who are Helping them get their cars working”.

My Wife agreed, and said, “That's how bad the world has got”.

The next day the RAC arrived at about 11am. There was 2 mechanics, one of them was a trainee.

My Wife & I 'Purposely' were Very 'Polite & Friendly' to them.

The mechanics tested a few things and found the problem.

We continued being Polite & Friendly with them, and even though they had found the problem and in effect their job was completed, they both stood there for quite a while chatting with us.

When they were ready for leaving we said, “Thank You Very Much for your Help”, and we said to the trainee that we Hope everything goes well for him with his training.

As they walked to their van, they seemed to be in a Happy mood.

It Really doesn't take a lot to make a 'Positive Difference' in somebodies Life.

By Simply being Polite & Friendly, it can 'Lift a Persons Spirit' in ways that you might not even realise.

The Truth is, when You meet someone, or speak to somebody on the phone, You won't know 'Who or What' they have had to put up with that day.

They might have had other people being Abusive or Offensive to them, and by 'You' being Polite & Friendly to them, it could literally 'Brighten Their Day'. 

Be a Bright Friendly Light, in a dark miserable world.

Don't be as bad as 'the world' by being Abusive or Offensive.

The Truth is, there's No Excuse at All for being Abusive to Anybody.

And there is No Valid Reason to use Offensive Language with Anyone.

Even if things don't go how you want them to, or you have to change your plans because of a problem, there's No Excuse to take your frustration out on other people, No Matter who they are.

The devil is Always trying to cause Conflict between people.
Abuse & Offensive Language are pert of his weapons.

Don't Use Them.

As 'Followers of Jesus', You and I can 'Do Our Part' to Help make the world a 'Better Place' to Live.

Little Things Really Do make a Big Difference.

Simple things like a Friendly Smile, some Kind Words, and a Sincere Thank You, are Wonderful Ways that 'You' can Spread God's Love.

Whoever You are, Wherever You are, if You have got the 'Love of Jesus' in Your Heart, and You are Willing to Share It, then You 'Can & Will' make a Loving Positive Difference in the world.

Jesus said, “You are the Light of the World”. 

So Turn Your Light Up to its Brightest,
and Help to
'Light Up the World'.

~ 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.