 
# It's....Simply About God

Your 'No Fuss Guide' to knowing and working with God

Frances Munro

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Copyright 2013 Frances Munro

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# It's Simply About God

Your 'No Fuss Guide' to knowing and working with God

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One - About God

Chapter 2 - How God is Relevant to the World

Chapter 3 - How God is Relevant to You

Chapter 4 - Spiritual Self Assessment

Chapter 5 - Your Spiritual Tools

Chapter 6 - How to Help Yourself

Chapter 7 - Life's Ups and Downs

Chapter 8 - Prayer Maker

Chapter 9 - Specialist Spiritual Work

Chapter 10 - The Inspiration that is God

Conclusions of a Life Traveller

Glossary

About the Author

# Introduction

In this book I will introduce you to a wonderful Power that can literally change people's lives.

Many imagine they know everything about God because it's a subject that invites discussion sometimes controversy and , unfortunately, some very inflexible views and blinkered thinking. There are some that will dispute the concept of a Spirit Energy actually existing and helping us achieving a better life, irrespective whether you are a churchgoer or not. These people are rules by their minds and not their souls, otherwise they would be very aware.

You may say, "Ah, but I know about God and I pray to Him when I need help, or someone I know needs help" I will counter that at least you are talking to God sometimes, but God is much more than that. God is there all of the time, but I have to admit that in our modern lives God has taken a back seat to the pronunciations of the men of science who say that there is no God.

Scientists believe that they have proven that there is no such thing as God, but conversely, they haven't proven that there isn't one either! My belief and instinct tell me that there is one, and He is thriving and well.

There are more people in the world that believe in some sort of Deity or God than those that don't. I do not for one minute believe that all of this mass of people are misguided. Many of them believe in a God with a fervour that is breathtaking in its commitment.

So, I want to share with you the understanding of 21st Century God..... The Ultimate Power that has evolved to meet modern needs head on. I intend to show you how to recognise and work with this Power so that you can become an achiever at whatever level you need in life.

I shall share with you the knowledge I have of God and guide you to those tools that you already have at your fingertips but maybe don't notice.

So come with me, let me lead you gently by the hand on a revealing journey and see how you can claim your full and guided power in life.

Many only suffer life, because they do not realise their full power let alone achieve their full potential. That's because life becomes dull, and even arduous when people act out accepted routes; they get so entrenched in the workings of a financially demanding existence, that they don't have the freedom to enjoy fully, because they bought into it blindly.

But, where allowed, God can act as a signpost and a fellow traveller on life's journey. It means gradually learning to hand over your indecisions and lack of self-belief and exchanging them for a more energised and lighter power given by God.

The problem is that the 'God Factor' is an invisible force; so some are afraid to do what their instincts tell them is right and trust it.

To those who aggressively or apathetically pursue a need for proof first, then they are ignoring the past 20,000 years when people relied on their highly developed instincts (soul) to give them guidance. They see it as an unwanted force, so there is no wonder that the developed world is in the state that we find it.

Many thing in modern life have proven themselves unreliable, such as the needless pursuit of money, keeping up with your neighbour, excessive desire of extreme luxury and holidays, and yet despite all of this, people do not know where to search for true fulfilment in life. They have been educated out of the simplicity of control and understanding that lies within them.

We live in complicated times, so when the answer is too simple many reject it because to them it can't be real. But for those who recognise that force within them that helps them to lighten their load, simple belief and understanding will lead them on an empowered path.

So if you count yourself among the 'Not sure but I'll give it a go!' you should find that this simple book on God will encourage you and help you to realise that you are like a high performance car that's being driven at 30 mph every day.

Open your mind to a new and powerful strength in your life called God. You can then achieve your potential by working with Him. You'll love the difference it makes to your life.

# Chapter 1 - About God

What is God?

Firstly Let's Get Name Differences out of the Way

You and I know there are many names for God and yes, they all refer to the same Being! There are many religions. Each has their own path and they lead to the same Being!

Use a different Name if you need to, but please ' _Don't get hung up on labels_ '.

The word 'God' frightens a lot of people and that is sad because they veer round it in the most complicated ways at times, avoiding any mention of it. Some get angry because religion has portrayed God as a man. Many use titles such as Universal Energy, Source, and Divine Spirit etc. while others equal the scales with Father God, Mother God. Many religions use different names.

Names don't matter. I use the word God because I am most familiar with the word. Please use the name you prefer. It is an Energy and not a nice old man who sits up in the clouds pulling the strings and watching the puppet show. It can be called He, She or It.

I repeat ' _Don't get hung up on labels!'_. The Hims, Hers and Its of political correctness seem only to detract from the subject, and consequently divide people. I don't believe it should. Cars and ships are often referred to as her but no one questions that.

You can allow labels to control your perspective on things and create barriers to your thinking, or you can open your mind to accept that there are many names for the same thing, and that applies to God too.

There is only one Universal Creator, a Divine Light and Spirit, The Host of All Energies. When labels are applied en masse, they can bring a mishmash of understanding and you can become so bemused and confused by it all you may decide to reject the principle without studying it. You can be poorer for it. You may also listen to others' reactions and opinions and not make your own decisions. Instead accept that everyone has their own name for the God Energy and it doesn't matter as long as it is said in respect.

I know within me that the Energy of God is a living one and, in my way, I work with that Energy every day. I use the name 'God' but I don't let a name get in the way. Just as a person may carry many labels, God also does!. A man may be a Grandfather, Father, Son, Uncle, Nephew, Cousin, Mr, or plain Jo. They may be called by their First name, Surname, Nickname etc. But they are still recognisable as the same being. So is God. _Don't get hung up on labels!_

For those who argue that God must be in the image of an old man, because the scriptures say that all people were created in His image, my understanding from God is that everyone was created in the image of God, because God is spirit energy and basically so are you and I. The human race is merely encased in a body and the addition of a mind to help it to deal with the Earthly issues faced here.

So I would ask you please to allow yourself to believe that God, the Host of all Energies created each person as an energy which has been enveloped in a body. I hope you can accept that.

Right that's the Name out of the way!

The Background to God

As the 21st century develops its technological path, it looks for instant answers. Seconds count and the developed world taps its fingers at any delay.

A section of people adhere to the many historic documents like the bible which are written by man and not God. These state that God created the planet Earth in six days then rested on the seventh. Of course scientists have proved that this is wrong and that the planet was formed after the Big Bang. So the resulting conclusion for many is that there is no God

Yes, the world was created by the Big Bang but once the sterile planet was ready, the Energy of God created life. God exists so don't doubt it! And it's a 21st Century God.

If you combine scientific proof with spiritual belief you find that there is room for both. It doesn't have to be a choice of one or the other. It's just the same as bread and butter, you don't have to make a choice of one or the other, you can have both and ultimately get more from the combination!

The Energy of God brought life and power to the world to benefit everyone without discrimination. God communicates with everyone through their instincts, one of the senses that most people have largely grown to ignore. That is not a fault of their own. It is mainly because they have been taught to eliminate uncertainty by only taking the proven routes. The trouble is that when you do that you also eliminate a large part of your potential growth. You are consigned to being a follower if you only obey others' direction and not your own.

One cannot always follow the well trodden path. Sometimes you have to wander off into the woods or even the wilderness, and when you do you will learn.

A few of those who have in the distant past been very aware individuals, they communicated with God, and then interpreted what they heard in truth, for others. Others then reformatted these interpretations and many religions have grown from the results; just like Chinese whispers, the original meanings have been lost or distorted through time.

But then instead of enjoying the openness of a shared belief, some religions have themselves now become as blinkered as the analytical non-believers. So anything that flies outside the dogma of mainstream belief is seen as wrong and sometimes almost fraudulent in their eyes.

God's early communications with Mankind therefore forms the only basis and running material for many mainstream religions but in many cases it seems a stretch too far for them to believe that He still communicates in the 21st century and to ordinary people like you and me. Some religions have it in their doctrine that you can only 'speak' to God through an ordained minister or other official.

This is far from God's original intention - He is a God for the people, but at the moment many of the people are shunning Him, or are putting up barriers and hurdles that you have to clear first. It's like a modern telephone automated switchboard. You call the number, and then you have to select one of a choice of numbers to move on to the next stage - which asks you to select a choice of number to move on, - which asks you ......Oh dear!

So the concept of a living God that has a modern day awareness and understanding of current problems and conditions passes them by.

Sadly where God brings no barriers, man tends to, and through history, rules have been devised, individual dogmas have stood fast and as a result they have brought separation, isolation and a need to choose sides. Where God needs mankind to come together under His Banner, many people instead divide and fragment the power of numbers, as they have done many times over the centuries.

Often the various bodies of religious belief make judgements on what is right and acceptable and what isn't, where God is concerned. They may therefore use their own creeds and judgements and claim them to be God's. But God does not discriminate and accepts all love as equal.

Meanwhile, His own simple communication, which is direct to the end user (you),and is more subtle in its delivery, is lost, and those, who are not committed, feel more and more distanced from what is represented as God. Through all the distorted messages from the plethora of religions He becomes unrecognizable, and as a result often unwanted. So everyone loses. It's no wonder that the strength of Belief that God offers is struggling under the pressures that religious divisions bring.

Given various combinations of human ambition, lack of sharing, some personal ego building, rigid outlooks, political needs, race and gender divisions, a need for superiority through wealth (not of understanding) some of the main religions have lost the God Factor.

Where God can directly reach individuals (you and me) with pure understanding through their senses and sub conscious, many religions cannot, yet they try to show themselves to be the only prize route. People turn away and a powerful sector of the populous is lost both to the churches and God.

Are we against religions? No, certainly not. The disappointment comes when one religion turns on another and says 'we are right and you are wrong'. Can they not see that the other religion is not wrong - just different. You live in a 3 bedroom house with Magnolia painted walls; you neighbour lives in a 4 bedroom house with wallpaper. Is he wrong, or just different?

Consumer Religion

Satisfaction comes in different ways but the most costly is through a material life.

New sofas and cars may have to be replaced but not worshipped, and if you count success purely in currency it will not enrich the fabric of your life because money is a tool. It is there to be used for good.

Having said that there is a balance to be met in life and spirituality plays a part in all areas of the day, not just in a segment on its own and definitely not just for Sundays.

Church and God do not feature for many people as they try to make sense of day to day issues. They may use the words 'Oh Bless' when a child cries or 'Bless him' when related a touching story about someone, but do they actually mean it in its literal sense? They are often unlikely to relate it to the religious sense.

Back in 2010 the British Social Attitudes Survey found that 51% of the British population described themselves as non-religious and 43% as Christian. But how many families actually mark Christmas on their calendar because it is a celebration of Christ's birth?

The religious event seems almost to run second to the huge retail event which starts late summer and earlier in some areas.

People run up debt to please others and to prove they're financially worthy, and they queue at supermarkets as though there is a world shortage of food and drink, both on the day before Christmas, and as soon as the doors open afterwards. Yet the religious meaning of a homeless mother giving birth to the Son of God in a draughty smelly stable seems totally lost.

Instead, the complicated social theatre goes on and in many families it is a time of dread rather than celebration as they share time with relatives they prefer not to see, and think about that day in January when they have to pay the credit card. The simple Christian message to celebrate God's Power is totally missed.

Of course a general growth of spirituality can only benefit the world; however it confuses things when furniture shops sell Buddha figures purely as part of their ornamental range. But is this religion's new face?

God Real or Myth?

There will always be those who will try to persuade you that there is no such thing as God. Scientists will say that there is no proof that God exists, but neither is there proof that God does not exist. But as soon as some can insert the lever of doubt into their conversation, they can shame you or embarrass you into believing they have the answer. Don't feel humbled into defeat. Your beliefs are there for you not them, so they won't fade unless you choose to let them. Don't feel you have to defend them.

Consider:

Surely where there is life, there has to be something that created life? It didn't just happen.

There is spirit energy in everyone and it is separate to, and coordinates with the functioning of the body and mind. I would describe it as a vitality that when it's running at a higher level brings a feeling of positivity and reward, but when it runs at a lower level it can bring negativity, dullness and a lack of authority(an empty tank).

There is a structure within everyone which is the spirit / soul and that has come from a common source. It links us. If it didn't, we would naturally act in a way of separation rather than cohesion. But we share a basic format. It is often extreme thinking or teachings that have caused many rifts and introduced separation. But you can't separate the soul from its root.

That substance that I call the spirit or soul and some refer to as the subconscious / higher self / higher consciousness etc. is linked with the original Creator (God) and bears the creative energy needed to take you forward.

The Energy that is God is vital to all of us, and He has created a part in each person where they are linked to His Source of Power, a special link that carries the wisdom, guidance and powerful love to heal and develop. That is why I can tell you that you have the tools within you to make life better.

When we are talking about God we all have personal choices. My personal choice is not to refer to dusty old books about God (which were written by man for mankind's benefit). But that is my choice, yours may be different. Some people believe and rely on past writings as the be all and end all of life, but a lot of people, me included, are not satisfied by that concept, and believe that it brings more arguments than it answers at times.

However, I do absolutely believe that everyone should have the freedom to choose, and if anyone finds comfort and purpose in religious writings that's good as long as it doesn't act as a divider. It is fuelling them in the way they need as long as they do not then close their minds to all else. So no barriers, please!

Many, who dispute the presence of the God Factor in the world, do so because they cannot see a reason to support the theory. They analyse and they cannot attribute power to something outside their reasoning and control.

Analysis and reason can be very blinkered ways of looking at things. They can stop someone from seeing the full picture. They can prevent them from taking full advantage of opportunities if they are outside their accepted focus of vision. They can cause them to fail if the route for success doesn't tell them exactly where it's taking them, because they won't apply the trust that is necessary to employ belief.

(In any aspect of life, it is absolutely possible to over analyse something to such an extent that it becomes impossible to make any sort of decision. Don't fall into this trap).

That may be alright for others but is it enough for you? Are you prepared to settle for second best when, with a little more flexibility, you can hit first?

I feel it is sad for anyone who will not accept that the creative energy of God exists, as they will never know the empowerment that comes with it. They may think they are complete and they may not expect more than they have, but ultimately they will lack that vital spark which comes only from the God Factor.

They will not experience that added boost of strength and understanding; that ease of direction, that help to find answers, or the glow of achieving a result which is beyond anything that they'd hoped. They will not feel the buzz or know the passion that it brings for a quality life.

And yet just by opening their minds and their options, by widening their focus and allowing themselves a freedom of understanding, they can change that, and transform their lives. It's as simple as that.

You on the other hand have chosen to look further. Maybe you don't know why, but you're looking.

When you think of it you have to use imagination scientifically too, otherwise how would anyone discover or develop the sciences? There has to be that creative thought that says 'What if?' That is why there is a logical side to the brain and a creative side. One side works within the box, the other looks outside the box.

Information and theory may be accepted or rejected and all I can do is set my case before you. Let your soul decide and then follow your feelings. It doesn't lie. You will know by the feeling you get in your gut and not from your ever reasoning mind.

Describing God (by whatever Name)

God is known by many different names. The various members of the human race walk a lot of different life paths. They have varying needs, roles and family / race traditions. Don't be confused by religious names or allow them to be a barrier for you. At the end of it, a name is only a label. Ultimately there is only one God Energy no matter what name it is given. Look at all the religions and beliefs in the world and it can be mesmerising and yet they all lead to the one Creative Energy, the Host of All Energies, the Source, God.

The very character of religions can bring barriers because people adhere rigidly to the creed and dogma they are taught. Few people branch out as they don't want to break the mould and they instead stick firmly to what others teach them.

The divisions have been formed by people according to their belief, and because many who are involved in the industry* of religion they build their own interpretations of their faith. As a result, the differences become more important than the common ground that they share with other beliefs, and eventually barriers are erected and new religions form. Each has its rules and the meaning and accessibility of God can very easily get lost in a maze of varying dogma.

*I use the word industry intentionally because God gives the gift of Belief to all of Humankind, but it then gets manufactured into different formats to suit various religious beliefs. The intents of those religions vary and the results can be very confusing. Symbols of belief are reconstituted into various forms and the simplicity of belief itself can get turned into a business for people rather than God's blessing for lives.

Some Examples of When People Ignore God's Values and get big things wrong.

Within local communities and also the world community, people should determine each day to care about others, the environment etc., but some may make business decisions that result in.

Severe oil spillages affecting people's lives, livelihoods, wildlife and bringing environmental contamination.

Culling of wild animals such as badgers, because of a possible threat of disease for farmers' cattle. Vaccinations are available. Mass slaughter of species of animals upsets the wildlife balance and the natural cycle.

Chemicals pouring from factories that destroy lives, livelihoods, and wildlife and they poison the environment.

Ruthless gambling methods of some bankers leaving some people destitute.

Etc.

An Example of when people get it right – with God's help

We should all be inspired by the faith and determination that result in a deeper appreciation of what life gives, and life itself. I think that this one example illustrates it well:

In Chile in 2010 A mine deep underground drew worldwide interest when 33 miners were trapped. The men gathered together in faith, prayer and community spirit to help each other to never give up hope, but instead to have utter belief. Meanwhile a community above ground never gave up hope and used _their_ belief to keep them going with prayer. The rescuers worked with their own determination and self-belief, as well as the power that they felt through God.

The result seemed miraculous, but that is what God does. He gives the inspiration and power to keep going, find ways of working out problems and help people to believe that they can succeed. A true example of when Technology and Belief win through together.

So what if the whole world came together in a Belief of God and used that Special Power to the full?

People would find they achieved more of what was important to them by working with their hearts and souls rather than their minds and wallets.

People would become more important than money.

People would work as teams to eradicate poverty.

People would be valued for themselves and not for their position in society or their financial wealth.

People would live according to their consciences, so legislation would need to be less.

People would be truthful and the truth would free them to achieve more. This is a lesson too for all governments, organisations and even some religions. Truth liberates where lies only shackle you.

People would value the environment more and see how reliant they are on a world that is well balanced and not abused.

People would negotiate more peace and less war.

People would value animals as a necessary and welcome part of the World's Cycle of Life, and they would nurture them more.

People would find more reward in life but it would often be through simple things that they overlooked before.

People would look for and find the value in others rather than their faults.

People would be more forgiving.

People would be more ambitious but in a generous way and not a selfish one. So the world would be a happier and more rewarding place to live in.

You Still Can't Imagine A Universal Creator?

Well, think of God as The World's Ultimate Power Station _._

Now I'm not trying to degrade this immense Spiritual force to the level of commerce, but the basis is similar, and it may help you to resonate with the meaning of God so consider for a moment.

In the world of business a power station provides energy and serves the people. Pretty similar so far! Of course God doesn't charge! In God's spiritual world, He creates life and He serves the world as a whole, answering the spiritual energy needs. As part of the unwritten contract, the world should serve God too by loving, helping and supporting each other. It should also use that power to promote and ensure the health of the Planet Earth. God relies on humankind to do things like that. When things don't get done it's because people have failed to do them, even though God made the power available and offered backup to achieve it. You and I are the hands and hearts of God in this world and He acts through us.

How do you work with this God Energy?

See yourself both as a user and also as a powerful transmitter. You can draw on God's services of wisdom and guidance to empower you, and you use that energy for yourself but you should also play your part and contribute to others' needs, so that everyone benefits, rather like in a cooperative. Imagine the buzz you'll get from helping change people's lives for the better.

God's Universal Power Station is run for the benefit of everyone. Its assets are pure love. Love is a Divine Energy that creates life, opportunities, wealth and so much more. Love is power.

The Universal Power Station has to be viable. If it were out of step with reality, it would not be relevant to a 21st century world. God lives for some in the bible but if you're not bible minded, it isn't essential reading and it won't mean you're a bad person. After all it was written for humankind by Man many years after the events quoted; and it has suffered many poor and misleading interpretations and translations over the centuries, bringing a confused picture to many people.

The alternative is to work with a living God and this can add vitality and power to your day. This can make each day more valuable to you. Look on God as a hands-on God who's kept up to date with the changes in the world and can talk your language. He's up to date and so are His Teachings. The basis of the Power Source has lost none of its potency but has evolved to meet the needs of a changing world.

God's Power Station has had to evolve too and it needs the communication and support of its receivers and transmitters to achieve this. You are a receiver and transmitter. You can't grumble at God if you don't communicate with Him. And if you communicate with God you'll find any grumbles are unfounded because they were either dealt with in a different way, achieving a more appropriate result, or they weren't valid.

The Powerful Loving Energy of God is supposed to be shared so that everyone benefits and not just a few. God anticipates what is required and contributes accordingly, but His 'hands' are tied because people on Earth (us) are His 'hands' and where they don't help, He often gets the blame. Instead He needs every level of humankind to value His input into the world and be true to their own challenges within the world. In other words; Help others, improve the world by contributing to life as well as taking from it. It's easy to pass judgement on a God as lacking, but if you do, you pass judgement on your race. For they are the army on the ground.

God's Universal Power Station has to make decisions within its framework, to allow it to have the vitality and growth for the future. That means that the world must evolve to meet new demands, but God works with the world to enable it to have the richest source of knowledge, wisdom, power and love. With that the world can develop and grow in strength, but people have to share out that love and understanding so that it can happen.

The more the world team works together, the more God's Power Station can contribute and the more everyone profits. If the world works together, everyone will gain, and lives will be richer. Poorer sectors of society will be helped and then they can contribute to life's quality assets as well. But although this statement may sound impersonal it relies on a very personal input........ Yours and mine.

God's assets are measured in love. Love is powerful, especially God's Love. The more you spend (use) it, the richer the world becomes because the love multiplies and everyone can benefit. God created you with love, so why shouldn't you create better pathways for others using the same power?

You are encouraged to play your part. The God Energy is there to bring you wisdom, courage, and power to vitalise your life as well as others'.

You contribute to the world team when you distribute God's Powerful Love and Understanding. No one needs to work alone because everyone has a part to play within the world and what you say, and do or don't do leaves its mark.

You are rewarded for your part in the life project. Life can be rich without money. You need money too but remember it is a tool, not a god.

You can exercise your imagination and creativity to share God's Loving Power and your own life will evolve and move forward when you do. The more that you work with your instincts / your senses the more the creative and imaginative side of your brain will flourish and feel satisfied. It is your soul / subconscious that is being given free rein to contribute. To exercise it fully you must be ready to step outside your comfort zone which means trusting. Trust to your instincts even if you can't explain why. It's God guiding you.

You have a direct line to the Universal Power Station called God and you can ask for the help to be there to best do your tasks and contribute to life. Many people don't use this communication tool. It's called Prayer. That may sound churchy but it doesn't need to be. It's so simple, and just needs you to be truthful and sincere. Talk in your normal way but be respectful. Don't ask for particular solutions because you'll find God knows the best solution and He'll guide you to it. It'll be a long term one, not 'here's just a short term fix and we'll deal with it later' job. Know that these prayers are answered (In my work I continue to have a lot of success with the prayers that I give people for their situations. They really do work!) If you are in a busy place and need to say out loud the words you feel without feeling self-conscious, then, just hold your mobile phone and talk. God is the default button! The line is never busy and you'll get straight through! _If you need help with a prayer, use the chapter Prayer Maker for your inspiration._

You feel supported when you work with God and know that you are part of a team. It means a lot to know that you're not alone and that there is back-up there for you. It makes you braver and more able to stand up to the challenges your heart and soul are telling you to face. Sometimes it's just that endless role or task that you long to finish, but equally you know you must shoulder. If it is, ask God for help and He'll support you through the difficult times. He'll also help tweak your attitude so that you are more positive, powerful and resourceful in your day. So you're working smarter!

Sometimes it can be a matter of facing the music for something that maybe you or someone close to you has created. Be brave; learn the facts and then you can do something about it. Whatever the situation, know that you're not facing it alone. God is there to help you to feel comforted, supported and effective in your decisions. If you allow Him, He will guide you to practical solutions. Solutions for everyday problems generally come from practical sources and not a lightning strike. But it's God's 'Hand' guiding you.

However,

People often don't work as a team, and when that happens, the bad effects can reach out as far as the good. When the Power cannot get through, God often gets the blame. But in truth, the buck stops here on Earth.

How many people blame God for allowing pain, hunger, depravation, cruelty etc.? Yet it is men and women who have the tools to end these things. It's areas of humankind and not God who turn away when the need is great. God offers them the Power to help their fellow men and women but they may ignore the offer. They may look at their own needs and work for themselves rather than for humanity. But God gets blamed anyway. It's easier to shift the guilt than feel accountable, but the truth is that you and I and everyone else on the planet are accountable. This happens in many sectors of society. There are those who have plenty for themselves but don't always want to share their good fortune, or help others to achieve as much. They may also recognise someone else's talent, but may feel threatened by others' valuable abilities and turn away. Whatever way the help is not always where it should be.

It's no good expecting that special God Energy to be there for you and then not using it. If you don't use the Power that is offered to you, it is a wasted resource and you won't achieve change that way. You are here to face life's challenges and learn, so you may need to ask the best way to do this. But then, you may ask 'What if I don't like the answer or it isn't convenient?' It's possible that you will ignore the feelings that tell you 'you must do this' and then you'd do nothing instead. But how will that help you to progress? The answer is it won't. So follow your feelings / your guidance and commit yourself, because then you can realise your ambitions. They are achievable. You've got the help. So put it into action.

And finally, I may repeat this many times but

'You don't need to know how the Power Station works to switch on a Light!'

God is a Hallowed Being and must be treated as such, even though I have described Him in the most industrial way to bring you the need for His help in your life. To explain Him as that and not emphasise His greatest value would be wrong. So believe in your heart that I am saying to you now that although I may describe Him as a commodity to allow you to understand how this works, God is a Hallowed and Powerful Spirit Energy of the greatest value to man.

# Chapter 2 - How God is Relevant to the World

First Understand the Balance in the World

The world is set on an equal and opposing force of good and evil and within it, everyone has free will. Because of that, God cannot force you to do what you don't choose to do. You could say that He is an 'Equal Opportunities God'. Everyone is empowered by Him and He trusts them to use that power for good, but He is aware that, as there is a mix of good and evil within the world, you and I will do much of our learning through making mistakes. Everyone in the world has made mistakes. It's a great leveller when you think about it.

People may also talk a lot about what needs to be done in the world, whether it's where you live, or far away in other areas or countries, but they don't always act on their words and so things don't get done when they ought to.

When the human race was young, many centuries ago everyone relied greatly on their instincts and they would not have put so much emphasis on reasoning out things. There wasn't the scientific knowledge then to challenge statements, and people lived so much more by their senses than they do now. It was normal to them.

They didn't consult their brain when they saw a large animal with big teeth running towards them. Their instincts said 'run or climb a tree', so they did and survived. Those senses were planted within a person's basic formula when God created them.

God's Signs were standard Senses- They were Instincts / Intuition / Gut Feelings

The three descriptions in the title portray a person's automatic decision making reaction to a situation. Hearing, seeing, touching, smelling and tasting are readily accepted senses and they allow an immediate result and response to everyday experiences. But so do instincts.

You may not run from many wild animals nowadays but you can still recognise them in the following ways:

You cross a road and half way across you know instinctively whether you are on the right foot for stepping up on to the pavement. It may not matter too much if you use the other foot, but you can often find that you have one particular leading foot and you are more comfortable using that.

You may put something down quickly on a worktop and instinctively you know it's going to fall off, if you don't push it further on. Ignore the message and it will.

You may meet someone who smiles and says all the right things, but your instincts tell you there is something wrong. You don't feel right with them. You are using the sense that has been with humankind over many centuries.

The more you pay attention to it, the less complicated life will be because God is guiding you the simplest way. You'll notice other things like:

When you move house, ignoring the structural benefits or otherwise of each one you view, you will find that some homes feel _wrong_ and yet there are ones that will feel _just right._

Neighbourhoods too can have a welcoming feeling where others just don't feel right. These are your senses working. Go with them. They are working in your favour.

Of course they are only part of the picture because once you recognise and work with your senses you are ready to take the exercise forward and actually _ask_ for help and guidance.

God gave everyone these senses as built in skills, not just as add ons that are available to some but not to others. The skills are there to enable you to work smarter at life and enjoy what it brings you.

Scientists came later. Now, please notice that I'm not saying that science came later. It didn't. Science is all part of the original picture, and it plays a valuable role in our understanding. But it is necessary to keep a balanced picture and this got lost when some questioning minds started to require a breakdown of every value within the World. That factor then gathered momentum and the need for proof and reason gradually pushed aside the need for faith and trust.

Sadly the pendulum has now swung so far in the direction of detailed analysis, that many developed minds question the authority and origin of everything, God included. A mind has to open before it can appreciate the power of God's Energy; a closed mind lives an enclosed life which of course can inhibit that course.

This, as a result, affects many people because the constant need for proof has taught them to discard anything which cannot be verified. The baby gets thrown out with the bath water.

Although their minds are happy to work like that because they go with the achieved knowledge and skills from this current life, the understanding within the soul, which is so much richer, is ignored. All brains arrived in this life with a hunger for information, and yet a brain can only carry a fraction of what the soul does, because each soul has a memory from before this life. (There is life before this one just as there is life after) A lot can be lost if the wider influences of the spirit / soul are ignored.

The trouble is that if you act in a mechanical way, by analysing every part of what you do and follow others' analyses blindly, you constrict your mind to a very small area of the brain, and the massive part of generative ability is not used, because there is nothing to prove that it is giving the value of message people want to believe.

If you take that further, it can inhibit you in your actions, and allow you to see only those things which have a powerful profile. As a result you may overlook some of the variants that are actually of greater value, but they don't immediately appear to be as valuable. They may be too subtle for you to appreciate their quality. So you end up obscuring your vision of the future by not allowing yourself the best tools to do the work.

People experience a variety of things because their situations and lives differ greatly. But each person can grow within the situation they live in. Some people have disabilities. A person who is deaf has different experiences to a person who has normal hearing. If they are blind or in a wheelchair or bedridden, they are still reacting to different situations and that helps them to learn. They each have a capacity to grow in some way.

God is a very subtle energy but this energy is there inside everyone, ready to power them up and guide them. Some people have to have an 'in your face' experience to convince them that something exists, as a result they can easily overlook the advantage that it offers. The only way they may become aware of it is if God takes it away from them, but as I said earlier in the book, He's an Equal Opportunities God and He knows that people make mistakes and they can learn from that, so normally He lets them.

Life's Lessons

We're born with a clean slate to learn on but life's teachings can colour what we feel in our hearts or souls, and they can change the way we act and react.

We are born to trust but we are taught to doubt. Don't allow doubt to weaken your journey in life.

We are born to live in truth but when we are lied to we may also decide it's right for us to deviate from the truth. It's not wise to do this because then you will lower your own values.

We are born to love without judgement but we are taught it is best first to judge worthiness. Do this and life becomes poorer. God's love has no conditions, why should yours?

We are born to live with respect but we learn reasons not to. Respect breeds respect and the world become richer for it.

We are born to cherish and be cherished but we learn to bring in conditions. Cherish life as a whole.

We are born to share power and knowledge but we are often persuaded it's not wise. _Sharing helps you become stronger._

We are born to help the world but we are shown that we lack the power to do anything. _Never doubt that you have the power to help, even if it's only in a small way. It matters. It's part of your journey even if only through prayer_.

We are born powerful but we learn to doubt ourselves. _Believe in your power. It exists_.

We are born with a beautiful spirit but we learn to judge only the physical. _Life can only be poorer if you value people that way._

We are born with simplicity of soul but we are taught complication and entangle ourselves in it. _Why spoil a simple plan_?

We are born with God's spirit to empower us but we are fed doubt about its existence. _No one can persuade you unless you are willing to doubt._

We are born with real power but we often hide it behind a banner of elitism. It is an act. It is false. _So Be Real_.

You and I are born with free will and ultimately the choices are ours.

Use that the power within you to make the right choices and grow at whatever stage of life. It is never too late to open your life to new understanding.

Never doubt your power. You are a chip off the old block and when that block is God it means you are powerful. Believe it.

# Chapter 3 - How God is Relevant to You.

**Q.** Why does it benefit your life to accept God's presence?

**A**. It frees you.

**Q.** So you may ask. How can it free you when the Bible states that there are ten strict commandments?

**A**. The Bible had human influence in its writing, and although I am not saying the commandments are wrong, neither are your instincts. They are the built in governor that help stop you crashing. They tell you what is morally right and wrong. How you then behave is up to you.

You can be led by the written word, but you can also be led accurately by your feelings / senses. This is your soul guiding you. When you live your life according to your instincts you are following the pathway to which God guides you.

It is a pathway of conscience, so if you ignore it, you won't find the ultimate level of satisfaction you need. If you ignore issues, they will continue to niggle away at you and create their own stress in your life. They are there to help you rather than annoy you, because you are basically accountable for your actions or lack of action. At some point in your spiritual journey you have to 'settle your account'. Some religions call this Karma.

When you work with your instincts, you are tuned into God and are guided to do things in a good way, and although you are free enough to use your imagination and feel creative, you are not weighed down by the need for lots of rules, to keep you on the straight and narrow. Just think how good it would be if everyone lived that way and there was less need for laws to protect this, prohibit that etc.

The result would be that you would inwardly recognise and act according to what is right rather than wrong. It would be an immediate understanding and your conscience would help you keep to the best and most positive path, so as a result you could feel good about yourself and everything you committed to.

The sense of right and wrong is there within everyone, but if you choose to ignore the need for good, and you can to a point, you may end up giving yourself all sorts of reasons to justify your decision. Yet the feeling of wrongdoing may continue to nag away at you, especially if you are very aware of how your senses guide you.

When you live, work and abide by the understanding of God's guiding presence within your life, your soul gauge(your feel good meter) registers well and you feel more rewarded. It is beneficial.

It isn't essential for you to understand how the God Energy works, before you can use it.

Always remember.

'You don't need to know how the Power Station Works to switch on a Light'.

You can access the Power without understanding how. So if you want, you can just keep it simple.

Common Arguments You may face from Others

You may say that belief in God is Black and White.

Those who ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE and those who ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BELIEVE would agree with you.

Maybe you are somewhere in between?

So where do you want to be in life? It's your choice.

Empowered or Lacking

Reassured or Hesitant

Secure or Uncertain

Positive or Negative

Resourceful or Confused

How can you believe when others may try to convince you it is wrong?

Follow your own instincts. If it's not right for someone else, it may be that they have to be convinced first. Let them see how you benefit and then, who knows, you may be the catalyst for them to change.

Just remember that this is your route, not anyone else's. Don't bow down to anyone's statements, including mine if you cannot free your mind to do so. But when you do cry 'Freedom' it will be your soul shouting!

How can you believe in a God you cannot see?

You may take electricity for granted but you can't see it. Think of God as your personal Power Station. They don't come any more powerful. God powers you every day.

How can He allow so many bad things to happen?

People make bad things happen, not God. God gives them the power and understanding to make better choices and value others, but they have free will, so if they wish, they can choose to ignore it.

God gives people power but he also gives them free will, so it's up to them to choose how they will use the power. They have to take responsibility. Everyone does! Also bad things happen at times because you and I have not taken steps to prevent them. We do not listen to our consciences.

_Many people who profess to be Religious do terrible things in the name of God_.

Those people choose to do this, not God. Most religions have had their fanatics and extremists throughout history. They make God their excuse, but He is not responsible. Humankind is.

Why should I be answerable to God? I have a conscience. I live by that.

Then you are then already working with God. You are 'listening' to the inner power. You 'listen' to your heart and you heed it. Your conscience is a measure within your spirit or soul. That is where you link with God.

If God is so powerful, why doesn't He just stop some of the terrible things that happen?

It is for you and I to do it, not Him. Many of these terrible events were initiated by us, so God reasons that is up to us to stop those things; but we let Him down in many ways, consciously and unconsciously. But He never stops loving us. We all have the power to change things for the better if we choose. Too often we don't see the urgency of it.

When I die there is nothing more, so why should I worry about being accountable?

Your life here on Earth is only a part of your journey so there is life after death. Wouldn't it be a bit of a waste of everything if there were none? You are here to learn and develop, even when that means making mistakes. Your failures can become your successes, if you release the pain and just learn from them.

Many people believe that:

God makes judgements on same sex partnerships.

God doesn't. Those who claim to represent God often do so according to their own needs or society's pressures. God offers love and recognises love. He does not discriminate. Many who are in a position of power claim to follow Him or preach His values, but they often fail because they promote their own thinking, or resort to human based teachings.

God's Laws are inflexible.

God's rules are a basis for a fair and happy life. If you follow His rules by working with your conscience and your instincts, you will find a greater freedom of understanding. If we all did this, we would eliminate the need for so many laws inflicted on us by governments and law makers.

Love is power?

No argument there. It takes a lot more power to step back from confrontation and negotiation than to flare up in the face of it. God can give you that power.

There are People who speak for God and make judgements, so isn't He then ultimately responsible for the outcome?

Men / women take on the self appointed authority of speaking for God. They must listen to their consciences and most importantly listen to God if they are to give a true message. Too often they listen to higher ranking churchmen and politicians instead.

I don't feel comfortable with the name God.

Names are only labels. They depend on people's individual beliefs and their vision of Him. The Divine Light, The Source, God, Mother God, Goddess, The Host of All Energies, Divine Spirit are just some. The name and your vision should be respectful. The rest is up to you. It is your relationship with God that matters, not the name. There is only one God by whatever name.

I don't want to have to go to Church.

You don't need to. You carry your church within you and you have a direct relationship with God. Never doubt it. God is with you every day if you would talk to Him. He wants you to be close. Work with Him and He will work with you. Simple.

_God is out of date – a relic of the past. The Bible is all about the past. I live in the 21_ st _century._

You are a living being, so is God. His guidance for life applies to now and so do the same principles which He has evolved so that they are a recognisable guide for your life. Live with love. Live with forgiveness. Work to achieve a better life, for both you and others. Value yourself and others equally. The Bible cannot be held as a 'Be all and end all' guide to God. It was written for Humankind by Man. It has been translated many times and used as a political tool along the way for the hierarchy of some past churchmen, kings and others of rank. Some people rely on the Bible and for them that is fine. You can choose not to, and instead work with the living God through your senses, your instincts. It is a living working relationship that responds to each day's situations.

By believing in God I would see myself as having no power, but merely handing over my responsibilities to Him. It wouldn't solve anything.

By allowing yourself to accept God's presence, you allow yourself to be stronger, more powerful. It doesn't imply that you are weak, but instead that you are wise, because you know where to get extra wisdom and power to do things. We are not talking about ego power. That is not real power although some are misled into believing it is.

Power is found in understanding, compassion, forgiveness and love. You are powerful when you use these as your tools, as anyone who benefits from your power will tell you. It makes you a stronger person and freer inside.

I only live an ordinary life. So how would working with God make it Better?

God strengthens ordinary lives and helps them become extraordinary .You could work with your heart / instincts / intuition / gut feelings. By doing this you open up your life, following your feelings and not your logic. Logic can lead you away from the best routes. Your feelings always kick in first. Trust them.

You could work with your feelings and make decision making simpler.

You could feel more powerful in yourself, more able, and feel less alone when dealing with things.

You could open your mind to more possibilities, more inspiration find confidence and break down the barriers of fear.

You could help others to achieve better lives, and that's working with God's Power. It should be shared and you would find a lot of reward in doing so.

Please note that I have said 'could'. You have free will. You make your own choices.

Make good ones.

The God Factor – Your Guide for Life

God is a Universal Energy and It knows your pathway and is there to guide you. That is in contrast to your mind which tells you the logical route to go, based on what you have learned during this life. That may differ from where your soul is directed by God.

Where you can see the short term attractions of doing things, God can see the long term results. It pays to go God's route even when you can't explain why. Down the road you'll look back and recognise that it was right.

Don't let others decide for you about God. They have their own preconceptions and their own route to follow. So as I write this and tell you to accept God, you may think, isn't that the same?

In a way yes, but my main aim is to free your mind so that you can make your own decisions. I am so confident of God that I feel that you will then see the value of this vital energy and will accept its importance. If you don't then it has to be looked on as missed opportunity to change and do something with your life. Even if you turn it down now, the door will forever remain open to you.

God is a powerful Energy that is there for all people, no matter how high or low their position in life. The God Factor offers power to each person as well as the dimension for growth. It brings understanding where there is little or none and gives credence to the need for friendship among people. Because although there are those who follow God through the common route of religion, many are deeply divided, and instead of developing friendship and a cohesion to move forward the world, they instead develop animosity, competition, and barriers. That isn't a good sales pitch for using on any ordinary bystander needing to be convinced of God's goodness.

As nations develop in their own way, power can be divided. Some may benefit but others fall away in the need for growth. But where humanity is the priority, the standards and expectations of all people can be raised and not those of just a few. It is imperative that both on an international and a personal level that you and others work to help others to grow. It is important to their growth programme and your own. As you shine the Light for others you too are energised and your own Light shines even brighter.

The Energy of God is there not as a wrench to force you, but as a light to guide you to the most lucrative routes and opportunities, and by following your instincts you accept that guidance and trust. You depend on God's guidance to take you on the most profitable pathway, so that you can learn and enrich your life in the most rewarding way. Equally, God trusts you to use the Power He gives you for the best good; to help yourself, of course, but also to help others.

The result is that the more you do, the richer your life becomes. Yes, your instincts are there to direct you along the best path for your situation, and if you ignore them, you are poorer for it, but you can be sure that your brain will always challenge them because it has been created to fulfil your need for free choice and it will question anything that it has not been learned. So you have to teach your brain to be more open to possibilities by stepping out instinctively and proving to yourself that you are more innovative and powerful than your brain thought. And it really does work! So life becomes more exciting, your energies rise to the challenges and life opens up for you in ways you never imagined. Exciting? Well life's supposed to be!

Using Modern Reasoning against Instincts

Modern reasoning can act as a limiter on your life. The further forward you move with an analytical, scientifically sterilised life the more entrenched you become in the dismal expectations that accompany it.

If you take it to the extreme it would be a very sterile world.

But even now many people will reject things if they feel that explanations are not adequate. Historically, some of the world's understandings were trusted but not necessarily recorded centuries ago, because knowledge was often passed on by the spoken word. As a result of that some have become outdated and unfashionable and they have now passed to the archives labelled 'Myths and Folklore'. Yet there was a true value in some of this knowledge.

And now, in the developed world, many have reached a point where they rely so heavily on explanation and analysis they are likely to dismiss anything that does not conform readily and completely. So people's use of instincts has lessened as the reasoning factor has gained favour and their quality of life has adapted but not necessarily been enriched.

So, if you follow the general flow of understanding within the developed world, you are more likely to ignore both your instincts and conscience as a result than follow them. The conscience may sometimes win but it can get pushed out of the frame when the practical side of the brain gets going.

How often have you dismissed that nagging feeling that you should change something or at least give others' proposed changes your support? How often have you then reassured yourself with the words 'But what could I do, it's only me?' or 'It's their responsibility not mine' or maybe you've turned your back and pretended you haven't noticed?

When that happens on a big scale that can have serious consequences because humanity has to learn from its mistakes, so in those cases something terrible occurs and finally humanity combines and says 'That must never happen again'. The result is that changes are made. On a big scale that is often how good comes from evil. Satan is there to help with the construction of the evil act although humankind is the main constructor through their apathy or neglect. But it has the desired effect and changes happen. The trouble is it generally creates suffering as a result.

On a more personal level a situation may occur that can leave you with regrets. You then have to try not to make that mistake again.

Sadly people, animals and the world itself generally have to suffer for us to learn its lessons. They become the pawns in a huge chess manoeuvre. But where there is free will there often has to be a catalyst for change to dig people out of their apathy. Sometimes Satan has to be the bad energy that provides that.

There is usually a price to pay for progress

You can say that the world is paying now for consumerism.

An increase in living standards in many parts of the world has made many people richer, and has raised their expectations, but when that happens they tend to rely on a constant supply of money. But the money god has been rather shaky recently and is certainly unreliable.

Material luxuries are attractive but they wear out and debt can often accompany the purchases.

While science develops some vital knowledge, it can result in doubt being thrown on some elements within life that are positive, but that cannot be explained. So often logic demands analysis and so the unexplainable is unacceptable.

Simple home remedies and solutions are often overlooked and replaced by the need for a doctor's appointment and scientifically produced medication. These can often bring side effects, some so serious that they themselves require medication. And so the circle is complete - you need medication to deal with the medication!

Medicine has found ways to artificially lengthen life, but does it always result in a quality life, or does it sometimes settle instead for quantity of life. Does everyone want to live past their 'use by date' or will over-extended life bring more problems than enjoyment?

Although TVs and computers are very popular in many homes, conversation and communication in families has suffered as a result. Is it a good outcome or is there a better balance that can be struck?

Mobile phones bring instant communication but they can also be intrusive. They bring instant accessibility to people but does that have mixed blessings? Before the common advent of the mobile, you used to be able to go out for a walk or on holiday and get away from it all; now you can't. Turn your phone off and you get accusations of running away and hiding, and all you wanted was a few moments to yourself!

Meanwhile the balance of good and evil continues throughout and you have to follow your feelings to ensure that you pick what is right for you.

A Journey Only Limited by You

The ground rule here is that you can tap into the empowered route at any point in your life by recognising the God Energy. Don't feel it is age related, or academically reached. It's a matter of allowing yourself the freedom to believe that your life could be more enriching and then follow your instincts to achieve it.

Once you're there, you need to appreciate God's Power and work with it.

If you do find that vitalising God Energy early in life, and I hope this book helps you to do so, it will also make you more determined and ambitious because of that fulfilment you get. You'll step into your power and you'll want more because you achieve more. So let life's adventure begin.

Having said that, where life stands generally can depend on your individual perspectives, and if you take that to the very basics you can reach certain simple conclusions.

If you follow a pattern of what I would call general Western culture expectation, the focus is on a materialistic route of hard work. You may have been brought up to expect to work hard for everything good in life. The modern idiom is 'Strive to achieve and accumulate' because that is what you are expected to do, but the vision can't be spiritually rewarding when it's always paid for by credit card and pain. You may accumulate a lot of luxuries along life's path, but you might also find it is accompanied by debt. The pressure is then on.

In fact, spiritual expectations may seem quite out of sync with the expected modern outlook, and God then is only a word that spells hymn singing in often strange smelling churches, where you're not sure if you're acceptably dressed.

It declares war against every scientific mind to believe that an Energy exists that is represented by men and women, but not visible or explainable in a logical way.

But the way God is shown to some people is as a relic of the past, He is seen as a need to conform to an old and outdated vision; an expectation that you will read your bible and attend church regularly.

Okay this may suit some, and those for whom it does, embrace the need, and to varying degrees they get something from it. But many others are lost to the meaning of mainstream Church, because it throws up so many rules and barriers. They don't feel comfortable and they don't find comfort. They certainly don't find God. But God is all around so they shouldn't be put off.

Discovering the God Factor in You

Belief is a simple and pure component within you. I thank a lady called Eliza for this, who said that God is like that computer programme that you never use, but one day click on to see what it does, and then find it's a valuable tool for your life.

The fact is that that magic programme exists, and it will help you if you allow it. It has no need to prove itself. Miracles happen every day in people's lives. They don't always recognise them as such and so the label may not be applied, but they are there.

If you allow a basis of good and positive belief to be a conscious part of your life, it will enrich it. It will not always solve your problems as you expect, but it will help you to formulate the most powerful route for the solutions. By simply acting with your instincts you tap into that Power.

Remember to apply an actively spiritual attitude to your day and expect the Energy of God to be there for every part of your day as you communicate your feelings and needs to it. What I mean by that is to be positive about your day, cherish it, the tasks you do and the people you meet. You can't like everyone but you can send them unconditional love as that will help them to be easier to get on with and it may help them in areas of their life that you don't know about.

When you then talk to God, share your joys, your sorrows and your thanks and ask for help to be there for you. It's not complicated. It's simple. It's like opening a door...... or clicking on a computer programme!

The result will be that you will find you are working smarter. It will help you have a better and more positive attitude. Then you will find that gradually things flow better, and you will achieve more and become more ambitious as a result.

A spiritual approach to life is good, but what it basically boils down to is cherishing life more, cherishing others more, and cherishing what you do so that you give your best.

Cherishing is an old fashioned but is beautifully enveloping word. By cherishing yourself you are accepting the love God brings and accepting that the person you see in the mirror is an okay guy. Through all the mistakes you've made and hurt you've caused and endured (and who hasn't?), you have learnt powerful lessons, and that has made you a better person. So cherish yourself because when you care about yourself you can become stronger for all the important things ahead.

You don't automatically become egotistical if you care about yourself. That only happens if you put yourself above others. Always maintain the balance of power by recognising that while others serve you in life, you should also serve them. When it comes down to it, God serves you and He is all powerful but you can serve God if you help others even if they are just the people around you. You are serving humankind at the same time.

When you cherish, you respect, so the knock on effect is that when you respect your life more, you hold certain standards. You want to be fair. You want what is right for other people as well as yourself. You recognise their qualities may be different to yours but then they walk a different path and have different needs; so you respect them for that and accept their individuality. Respect that others have their own points of view that suit them, even if you don't want to share them.

You learn that it's better to cherish and share more time with people who are close to you. You may be an important constructive part in some other people's lives, so don't cut yourself off from it. A partner, family, and children can bring richness to your life and you to them.

Where your job may bring the answer to your need for paying bills, it may not nourish you in a really fulfilling way so don't lose yourself in the forest of financial ambition. If you have financial restrictions and no other path is open to you, try to enrich your life in other ways with your family, your interests, in sport, developing your spiritual path, cost free visits to parks, forests and the coast etc. God can enrich your day without adding massive cost, so allow these activities to act as compensation for a poor working situation. Learn to enjoy the sunsets, the beautiful countryside, the smell of home cooking, fresh air and the company you share it with. You may have looked and experienced these before but allow the 'new you' to really see them and cherish them.

Even the basic parts of the day can become important to you, when you start to look at life through 'God's Eyes'. Where people drop litter you won't, because your surroundings and world have become more important to you. Where some will verbally abuse others you may suggest they stop, or you step back so that you're not a part of it. You may befriend the person without a friend. You may care about animals and the environment and suddenly it isn't simply someone else's responsibility, you're taking action too.

You may see your local world in a different way where the homeless are suddenly seen as people in need of help and support and not just nameless individuals begging on the street and getting in the way. You may find yourself taking action where you would earlier have ignored it. It all becomes a normal part of your day and when you respond you feel better about yourself because you're satisfying your conscience. And you can know that God is smiling.

Some people follow these unwritten rules and they don't consciously think of it as God's influence, but I believe they are using the power given by God to live a better life. They just don't attribute the use of their senses as that of following His guidance. That doesn't matter.

Creating the Feel Good Factor is simpler and the result is even more fulfilling when you use the God Factor to achieve it. Life will start to mean more to you and you may surprise yourself with your change of attitude. Others will notice and maybe remark something like 'I'd like a bit of what you're on. I've never seen you so cheerful'. You will possibly become easier to live with, as you are less stressed and more relaxed about things. That doesn't mean that you will be an easy pushover or fail to achieve as a result, you will simply change a few goals and ensure that they are worthwhile. When you work with the God Factor in your life you become more relaxed, you work smarter and you certainly achieve more.

**God can work directly with you in the best possible way**.

God is a living energy that exists to bring power, wisdom and guidance to the world and its people through love.

God is not a threatening being. God brings love. Fear can only be created by people's interpretation of Him, and if they want to bring fear in the name of God, they do so without His permission, unless they are using the other dictionary meaning of fear which is 'respect'.

God can be known as He, She and It, and doesn't have a problem with any of them. It is mankind and womankind who make it a problem. They raise objections where there is no need for them.

God is accessible through your heart and soul. Just talk and you are heard. You carry your own church within you. Feel the power of it within you and allow it to nourish you.

God keeps things simple so He likes to hear what you really feel. He wants you to be natural, and not use fancy words or churchy words. He wants to know you and He wants to know that you also know you. Many people tend to hide from themselves when they're stressed. They avoid facing a problem but at the same time they secretly hope that someone will discover it and wave a magic wand so that it goes away. It's rather like getting a painful injury that requires an also painful tetanus jab to stop it getting infected. You know it will hurt, but deep down you also know that once it's done you'll be on the way to recovery and damage limitation has been put in place.

God will take you through your recovery programme, but first He needs you to talk about the problem because in that way you are taking ownership of it, and that is an important step towards getting a solution. God just needs to know that you recognise the situation. He needs to know if you feel stressed, so talk about it. He needs to know that you're aware of your attitude defects, maybe a lack of confidence, a short temper, frustration etc. When you talk about these and say to Him 'I need some help please, because I'm not confident (etc.) and it gets in the way of my need to move forward in my life' then you'll find that God works on your attitude so that the problem becomes less, or you are shown how to deal with it. Just know that God won't provide solutions but He'll help you to find them. You're here to learn and develop and you won't do that if God solves everything for you. However, you can look on it as team work. What stronger team can there be than you and God?

God doesn't deprive you of learning. As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, God will not take away your challenges in your life, because they are yours. But He will help you to achieve them in the best way possible. Just remember that you can't succeed at everything. Sometimes you do have to learn what failure is. But that doesn't mean that God has abandoned you. He is there to bring strength and guidance to you and to help you deal with the process, the aftermath and if necessary the recovery. And of course He's there still to help you plan your route to later success.

God's Energy is available to everyone. He doesn't want you to believe that you can only access Him through the Church's representatives or whilst sitting in a consecrated building. You can talk directly to Him at any time, any place. The line is always open. Too many people rely on others that they see as 'specialist' because they think that in that way they will bring them the purest communication. And yet those people who need the help and communication have all the tools, they are self-sufficient and still they feel helpless without the Church's or others' intervention. I ask you now to believe that you bring the purest of all communication to God because it is honest and so it is also powerful. Don't be fooled into thinking that only those with the greatest understanding and use of long words and ceremony can reach that Ultimate Energy. Anyone, who truly needs to, can use their ordinary words at any time without adhering to a fixed format and talk to God. At the end of it, prayer is your most powerful tool and you can form them in the simplest way. God likes that.

God does not want you to believe that if your picture of Him is different to others' that it is wrong, because it's not. Neither is theirs' necessarily wrong. Your needs may be very different to other people's. If it suits you to think of Him in a particular way that's fine, but just remember that God only brings good. As I said earlier, sometimes good has to come from bad, because people refuse to listen to their nagging consciences and make vital changes. It is a common thing. It then leads to bad things happening. That isn't ideal and yet lessons are learned from those events and eventually overdue changes are made. In that way, good is eventually created from an evil situation. But at the same time that can bring regret because action wasn't taken earlier. So take those feelings seriously when you feel 'I should do something here.

God does not fuel egos. When you live with and use God's energies, you can use God's Power to achieve good and often outstanding results, but at the end of it, you need to recognise that it is God's Power and not yours that fuelled them. God is empowering you to do great things so you have to build up that inner power if you need to achieve a lot. Those who nurture large egos find eventually that they have less power than those who work with God's Power. Over 2011 and 2012 God gradually withdrew His Power from some of those ego-rich individuals who reigned high in many roles within the world; where they either misused His Energy or assumed this Power to be their own. Their falls from grace still continue. Where they have ignored the need to live by example, and have not treated with respect those who trusted them, He has taken away His Spirit Energy and allowed them to fall from their various self-constructed pedestals. Sometimes people have to fall before they will refocus. The height they fall from is up to them. God is not a malicious Being. He simply establishes a moral standard for all people of whatever standing.

God needs you to enjoy your life. He doesn't choose to see suffering, but He cannot interfere in the pre-set life plans of those individuals that could prevent suffering, and so it goes on. The painful existence of some within the world is due to humankind's lack of action, not God's. God is ready to help and empower anyone who will help others. That is part of your challenge in the world as it is everyone else's, and it doesn't stop at helping people. The environment and animals count too. The Earth itself has been injured through the bombs, chemicals etc. that violate its energy. It can seem to respond angrily at times and yet the Earth is benign if it is treated with respect.

God gives you prayer to use as a tool. In fact it is the most powerful tool that you have. He doesn't need fancy words from you, just honest ones. Be sincere and speak in your own way, not with 'Thees' and 'Thous'. This is your time to have your own conversation with God. Tell Him how you feel and what you're struggling with.

God doesn't want you to believe that prayer is only for emergencies. It's there for every day to help your life to flow better, because when it does, you achieve more. Even the silly little upsets in your day count because they throw you off balance. Use prayer 24/7 and it will benefit your life.

God wants you to cherish yourself because He cherishes you. Don't underrate your value in the world because you take away your power if you do. Accept the love that God and everyone around you gives you, so that you can give out more love to the world. You'll benefit as a result. Others wouldn't love you if you weren't worth it, so love yourself too. Remember that all the mistakes you've made have created the person you are now. Cherish that person and you will find the future becomes more valuable and enables you to feel more empowered.

God wants you to know that the most powerful force is Love. Just think how much stronger you have to be to back down from confrontation and make peace, rather than to flare up in response. It's not being a coward.

God wants you to forgive others and yourself whenever life calls for it. People will have to account for their wrongs. They have to settle their debts, so don't carry their burdens for them and taint your life as a result. It really does stop your progress forward if you cannot let go of the past. Forgiving yourself is just as important. No matter how much you regret an act, you cannot change it after the event, so forgive yourself and move on. That's what God needs you to do. And that's what benefits your life more. By forgiving and learning you are strengthening yourself for the next stage.

Worshipping God is not a 'Down on Your Knees Exercise'

The actions that you take each day will show that you care. God needs you to put worship into action by working with care, love and respect each day. At God Worldwide we believe in practical help where possible. But of course, prayer in itself is a most powerful action and it's something that can be done anywhere! Here below is a brief comparison of some possible routes you can take. Remember that you can also combine the two.

The God Worldwide Way

Pursue life with a living God knowing that you carry your own church within you. It is the energy and direction that helps you to make decisions and empowers you to do good. Enjoy the freedom to take part in organised church services and follow the Bible too if you also want this as an extra part of your life.

Other ways

Pursue life only with the traditional instruction of God through the church's individual interpretations, and the writings in the Bible and other important religious documents.

The God Worldwide Way

Cherish your God and make an effort to work with the senses and instincts that He gave you so that you are better guided through each day and make good and lasting decisions. Each conversation you have with God is relevant to your own needs and those that you need to help.

Other ways

Cherish you God through the Bible's instructions (written by man) and through the teachings promoted by individual religions. The richness and relevance of these can vary with the enthusiasm and truth of those who are trying to convey Gods message.

The God Worldwide Way

Use a simple and unfussy prayer that suits your needs for any part of your day so that you are acting with more authority and taking control of your life. Use the hands on approach to you religion so that you feel as if you are an involved and important part of the process (which you are!). Use prayer also to ask for help for others who you feel need it.

Other ways

Use prayer daily. Try and follow the set prayers that you are given, but also add your own individual ones where needed.

The God Worldwide Way

Talk to God and relate your feelings, emotions, stresses and joys so that God understands you fully, and He knows that you also understand you better. Ask for help. Not all requests for help need to end in the word 'Amen'. You will know when it's appropriate. (*Amen when translated mean 'so be it')

Other ways

Follow the church's less personal guidance on dealing with your situations in life. Use prayer.

The God Worldwide Way

Join in the traditional weekly worship if you want but feel free to go to the church that draws you and not necessarily the one that follows your baptised or confirmation route. God does not bring barriers whereas mankind often does. You do not have to use words to worship God. You can effectively do this by cherishing others and your soul spirit (your link with Him) and ensuring that your soul finds the fulfilment it needs by challenging yourself, developing your understanding and helping the world in some way.

Other ways

Traditional weekly worship. Committing to church activities.

The God Worldwide Way

Feel and experience the absolute power within you.

Other Ways

Feel the power that is within you that is conveyed by your various church representatives.

Your Expectations in Life

Your level of expectation at this point of your life may well be governed by the situation you find yourself in. You may feel trapped by circumstances. And many things can contribute to this. Here are some examples:

You are a carer (officially or unofficially) for a close relative or partner.

You have grown up in a poor neighbourhood with few obvious opportunities.

You have not left school with a good basic education. You feel inferior and ill equipped for a rewarding life.

You are disabled mentally or physically.

You spend your days in a negative environment such as a prison; whether as staff or as an inmate.

You are in a job you don't want to be in, with no prospect of release from it.

You have an addiction such as alcoholism, drugs, gambling etc.

You work in a monotonous job and get paid little. You feel trapped.

You are in debt.

You live within the confines of a rigid household or cult that you do not feel at home with.

You live in an unsupportive family or community.

You live with domestic violence.

You are an offender unable to see a future outside offending.

You feel trapped within a relationship.

Many other situations that lower your expectations of life.

This old saying says it all, 'Expect nothing and you won't be disappointed'.

This view is adopted by many people and it may seem to 'let you off the hook' for not achieving, but it's defeatist and it certainly doesn't allow you to shine. And believe me you can shine if you apply a positive and determined attitude.

Allow your low expectations of life to remain unchallenged, and ultimately it will damage your vision for a free and abundant future. You will become entrenched in thoughts that no longer have the freedom to express truly positive and imaginative thinking. Your level of expectation instead becomes focussed on survival. So don't go there.

With God's Inspiration you can fly. Your level of expectation soars. Your true vision is expressed and it is a powerful and positive experience. 'Why?' becomes 'Why not!' and you find an energy to do things and a need to, as well.

If your level of expectation is low, it doesn't mean you can't change it. With God's help especially you can raise it to astonishing levels.

Where there are no barriers in your thinking, God can help you to raise your vision for the future. You end up expecting more of yourself, you look for a better quality of life; you demand the space for yourself to develop as you need to.

By believing in the God Factor you raise your expectations because you know that by using that powerful energy brought to you by God you are capable of more, and you _want_ more!

You can raise your life from powerless to powerful by energising it through God. Like you and I, batteries are made up of both positive and negative energy which they use effectively to throw out power, so why shouldn't we?

Remember that it is important to work with that word 'need'. Where 'want' is created by the brain as a shallower desire to acquire, enjoy or do, 'need' stems from a deeper, more powerful soul feeling, and, dare I say, a place of greater knowledge.

You may want to do something and plan for it, but it's only when it becomes a need that you will go that extra mile to achieve it. Answering your needs can be very fulfilling. You can pick up things you want along the way, as long as they don't interfere with your progress.

When you raise your expectations in life there arrives a need to fulfil them, so don't back away and accept your situation as inevitable and unchangeable, because if you ask God for help and use that immense positivity, wisdom and direction available to you to energise your route, who knows what you could achieve.

Take inspiration from some of those famous people who have come from a poor background with their own visions for improving their quality of life and others'.

They could only achieve by having high expectations for life. They believed and they reaped the results. Some get knocked down along the way, but they don't lose sight of their goals and they get back up again and achieve. You can too.

Don't adopt others' expectations for you. If they don't fit, empower yourself with God's help and walk your own path. God helps you find your strengths and develop them. Don't act out others' roles for you. Be yourself.

# Chapter 4 - Spiritual Self Assessment

Measuring Life's Feel Good Factor

Is your Feel Good Factor based on what you're trying to achieve materially, or have you now realised that you want more than that, and that you owe yourself a better quality of life and simpler one? There are some qualities in life that aren't available in the shops.

Do you feel deep down good? Is life stimulating you? Are you comfortable with who you are? All this registers on your Soul Gauge.

You cannot achieve a fully rewarding life unless you satisfy that spiritual need within you, whatever label you give it. But, then you already have all the tools within you so you can do that.

Maybe though you're asking 'How?'

Well, just as your mind feels good if you feed it the information that it's hungry for, and your body's needs are satisfied by you feeding it a good diet and caring for it, your soul / spirit responds to your level of fulfilment, which is an inner satisfaction that gives you a comfortable glow and an ambition to achieve in whatever area of life is necessary to you.

How you feel registers clearly on your Soul Gauge.

Stressed/Fed up/Felling Negative? - Then you're running on empty. A big fat Zero!

Mixture of Up and Down? - You're part of the way there.

A Feeling of being Rewarded by Life a Need to Do More! - Hey! The tank is full and you are running well!

Once you understand how much fuel you have in your tank, you can commit yourself to any necessary changes.

Many people try to run on empty, but you shouldn't because you cannot be successful in the true meaning of the word. You need to feel rewarded by life because it helps power you on to new things, so you need to reach that point of equilibrium that allows you to feel 'in balance'.

So you must constantly talk to God and ask for help, so that you can then follow your instincts. He will show you how to energise your life and make it more satisfying.

When you feel good it means that:

You're working smarter.

You're on a roll.

You're knocking down barriers.

You're delivering on life and it feels good.

You feel you're helping others in some ways too.

Add this together and the end result is:

You have greater ambitions than you ever thought possible.

Your attitude is better.

You realise how well equipped you are to help others and be an effective force in the world.

You're upbeat and so you influence others in a good way.

Even disasters aren't as disastrous!

You feel comfortable in your own skin.

You accept that there will always be hiccups in life, but because you're generally upbeat you cope better with the bad days.

# Chapter 5 - Your Spiritual Tools

Using your God Given Senses

Your instincts are the main senses that God works through and they bring an immediate reaction to situations, they are there to guide you, but they don't necessarily carry the proof of where the path leads. Learning to trust your guided feelings brings results that then prove that the guidance is valid. And as a result, it builds up a track record of success.

You find that as you develop, you will rely more and more on your instincts rather than your reasoning. It frees you to apply your talents to a wider horizon, a wider audience. This is God's influence.

You suddenly become the person who sees how to take their career forward in a more rewarding way.

You become the one who is more open and can bring more honesty and power to their relationships, and therefore gets more from them.

You become the one who applies themselves to sport, art, music and crafts because you have felt that need to, and finally said 'Why not?' In fact that phrase becomes a more regular part of your vocabulary.

You find that you are more ready to take a chance on something that doesn't necessarily have a written guarantee with it. It makes you more adventurous and surely life is supposed to be an adventure.

You also learn when to say 'No', if it's necessary, because that feeling within you is telling you that you need to stand back from something. What you want can very often be different from what you need.

It can be difficult turning down that opportunity when you possibly want to do it, and yet your instincts may be telling you that it's wrong for you, but you are using your wisdom to the full when you follow your feelings and not your brain.

The instincts come before your brain kicks in with its own views. It's that instant when you know 'I need to do this. It feels right'. There is a core of sudden excitement in your solar plexus. If you think about it for too long you'll give your brain time to catch up and that's when it will persuade you that you don't want to do it because it'll never work will it? It will throw every reason and logical thought into the pot to try and show you what a great mistake you'd be making.

Your Tools For A Better Day

How can you live each day not only in a more spiritual way, but in a way that your whole life feels more worthwhile and helps you achieve more? There's nothing selfish about achieving. It's how you do it and how you share your achievements that make the difference. That may seem unattainable to someone who lives an ordinary life where nothing seems to happen day in day out. But, when you lift your expectations, your thoughts and actions change and allow more space for good to happen.

You should now be able to see that it is beneficial to be aware of the needs of your whole being, rather than use the spiritual part of you as a refuge for when everything goes pear shaped in your everyday life. So look at the hints below and see if you can improve your day.

You have to appreciate that you can't do everything every day but you can create a rota so that you ensure that you use the most appropriate of your tools during each day to help you move forward more powerfully. It's merely making yourself aware of the tools you carry in your spiritual toolbox so that you can use them more successfully.

_Tool 1: Start the day with a prayer_.

This is a perfect way to get the day started. It doesn't matter where you are; just find the space in your morning to ask for help with the day.

For example: 'I ask that this day formats in the best possible way, so that I may learn and feel joy throughout. I ask that I am given the power to do my tasks and to realise that even if I fail, I am learning. I ask for the wisdom and power to be given that will keep me positive and help my attitude to life as a whole. Amen.'

Tool 2: Subconsciously you are drawn to certain colours.

You may not have given them space in the past but just realise that these are your instincts working and colours are a really powerful way of energising you.

God could have created a black and white world, but He didn't, brought wondrous colours and they are an important energy that has a distinct purpose and it is available to everyone. Instincts guide you to the colours you need. Not only do the colours of your surroundings have an effect on your mood but even your food. Just gaze at the inspiring colour blast of vegetable stalls in a market, spices and herbs too are incredibly vibrant. Feel how you are drawn to certain colours when you walk past flower stands. This is a sign of your instincts working and it is a way of energising yourself. Colours can comfort you; they can also help you to feel vibrant and confident; they can calm you, lift your spirits etc. Be aware of this and use colour to empower you in the way you dress, and as much as you can, surround yourself with the colours that excite you. It's a gift from God and your senses will respond. You can even benefit by walking through a park or in the countryside during Summer or Autumn. Winter and Springtime bring their own God created energies. Colour is just one more tool for your toolbox.

Tool 3: Talk to God each day

Talk to God and ask for help when it's needed. You can't always have an easy day. Even if you're not in a quiet place where you can pray, you can still talk to God about how your day is going. This can be by sending up your 'conversational thoughts' to God if you can't talk out loud. Sit on the bus and send up your thoughts. Talk out loud if you're driving on your own but silently if you have passengers or you may get funny looks. See things in a positive way. When making decisions, be aware that sometimes you will judge something is the right thing to do at this time. But what if it is bad for the long term? Take the route that your instincts tell you that you should follow; really work with those feelings and trust them for that is you being guided by God. Just ask for His help for the journey.

Tool 4: Follow your instincts. They are God's guidance to you.

When you are given specific things to do don't ask 'why?' ask 'how?' The more you develop working with your instincts the more profound the changes will be because you will learn without questioning when it's best to take action and when it's not. You will learn not to hesitate but to take advantage of opportunities that you would otherwise lose. You will also know when an opportunity is not right for you and you'll stand back. It's you and God working as a team and wow! What a team!

Tool 5: Truth.

Be truthful even when you're telling yourself 'It's only a little white lie', it is in fact still a lie. Be totally honest, you will find it so much easier once you get used to it, and you are then working in truth and not living a lie. When you're dishonest it's not necessarily with the need to harm or hurt, it can simply be a fine weaving of deception to protect you or someone else from embarrassment or hurt. But it is better to be honest and know that you can be trusted with your words.

Tool 6: Forgive yourself.

Know that even if you fail at something, you have still learned from the situation. That is positive! So release any unhappy memories or thoughts, forgive and forget. It will help you to feel better. It is a powerful thing to learn from your mistakes. Remember, if God hadn't wanted you to learn from mistakes, He wouldn't have given you free will.

Tool 7: Unconditional Love.

Be prepared to love everyone in your day, each day, without any conditions. _You may not like them but try to understand the difference between the two._ You can't like everyone, but many people need help and you can send them unconditional love to help them learn. You'll probably benefit too.

They were rude to you? Maybe they're having a bad day.

They always behave badly to you? Realise they may be less advanced in their understanding and growth than you are so forgive them, and ask for them to be healed.

You're being bullied? Pray for the courage to do what is needed and realise that bullies can only win mentally if you let them.

Are you bullying others? Maybe you don't realise you are intimidating people, maybe you do. Pray for forgiveness and then use that power and determination to help people and not bully them. It is ultimately more rewarding. _See Prayers in the Prayer Maker Section._

_Tool 8: Be positive about your day_.

It's a whole new day, a new beginning with new opportunities. Don't _expect_ things to go wrong, look for them to go right. Know that it is only you who allows yourself or others to talk down your power. Days may be challenging, but do your best and be proud of what you've done. It gives you an amazing lift when you use God's Power in your day.

Tool 9: Care.

When you care about what's going on around you, it can make you feel better too. Your unconditional love can help people. They may see that you care and that you are different. They may not seem to deserve your love at times, but don't ignore them and downgrade your spirituality to their level. Instead, be generous and try and lift them.

Tool 10: Respect.

Use respect through your day and everyone benefits. That means respecting yourself as well as others. It brings a better attitude towards all things. Respect animals, the environment, and the world in general. Even do your jobs with respect. Know that each one has a value, even if it's things like clearing the rubbish. Disposal men also deserve respect. It can make your day just that bit nicer too when you treat it with care.

Tool 11: Your Diet.

Consider the quality and nutrients (or lack of them) in your food. The health of your mind and body rely greatly on the quality of fuel you put into your body. Do your best for them. You will feel the benefit, and you will see it and yes, you are worth it! Remember too that your stress level can be affected by it too by things like too much caffeine. The simplest changes can help your overall feeling of worth. So look at the big picture of what makes you tick best.

Anything you cook should be cooked with love and ask for a blessing on food either when you're cooking it or before it's eaten.

In a lecture a few years ago I saw aura photographs of three pieces of bread. One was white bread and it had a small glow of energy. The second was a wholemeal slice and it glowed brighter. The third was amazing because it shone out so brightly. The slice had been blessed. So ask God to bless your food, and benefit from that extra loving energy.

Also here is an amazing video on one of those things that is so vital to us – water. You won't see water in the same way again and you'll treat it with love and respect.

The video is by Spirit Science and is about 15 minutes long, but worth it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtDennZr5fA&feature=share&list=PL2C2FBAB7E002EE3E

Tool 12: Special Time.

Find at least a small part of your day for just you. Do something that pleases and rewards you. Maybe you like to read, time in the garden, walk, drive, watch films, knit, sew, listen to music etc. Don't just say 'Oh I haven't got time!' You deserve a little part of the day for your own needs and it will help you to feel more worthwhile, and power you up for the more difficult parts of the day. It's just a matter of balancing your day better.

Tool 13: The Best Tool.

Give everything and everyone, including you, your best effort, even your special time. Life will reward you more.

Tool 14: God's Love.

Always remember that God's Loving Strength is the greatest power. When faced with conflict, it takes more inner strength to step back and find a peaceable resolution than it does to flare up aggressively. God's Love is there to strengthen and guide you to a better solution. You're not being weak, you're being strong. Do everything with love. Make up a small symbol and put it on every envelope you post, even the cheques for the taxman. Send your love with every communication.

Tool 15: Forgiveness towards others.

Remember that everyone is basically equal and that they are learning lessons in different ways just as you are. They may also be at a different stage of the learning process than you are - more, or less advanced, it doesn't matter, but allow for the differences. Criticism and intolerance are human tendencies that blind everyone at times. Ask forgiveness for when that happens.

Tool 16: Inspirational Words

There are many inspirational words spoken by people from the past and present. Listen to them. They can be the extra lift you need for a difficult day. If it is a powerful and positive message then pay attention to it. Just remember that many people are so interested in who the messenger is, that they ignore the message, so don't do that because inspiring gifts can come wrapped in different shaped packages.

Tool 17: When the day's pressures are getting you down.

Just visit http://www.godworldwide.com and add this online multi-faith site to your Favourites. You will quickly find some peace for the day.

Tool 18: Meditation.

Now this is something that can be done deeply if you are part of a meditation group, or you can have a rewarding meditation on your own with one of the many CDs available. You can imagine yourself flying with the angels if you want a soothing and restoring meditation. I haven't really talked about the angelic force here in this book, because I feel it is a large enough subject to have a book of its own. However it is a very relevant part of God's Team so know that they are present within the world.

Tool 19: 5 Minutes Power Break with God.

Just start with 5 minutes but if you can, stretch it to 10. Then sit without music and merely make yourself accessible to the energies that can help you. The space will help you. You may not clear your mind completely but your own energies (in all areas of you) will calm and allow the room for messages to come through in whatever way they need through feelings / understandings, fleeting words / ideas etc.

Tool 20: Self Love.

Cherish yourself and know that despite all the rubbish you may have come through, your life is valuable and you are cherished by God. So cherish yourself.

# Chapter 6 - How to Help Yourself

Life Development

In your life, it is you who should make the choices, so I put this life development plan to you as a list of suggestions. I know it can help turn your life around and bring a better quality and freedom to it, but it's for you to need it enough that you make the effort and do it.

Suggestion One:

**Talk to God regularly**. Always be truthful and sincere. He knows when you're not so you're not fooling anyone except yourself. Don't dodge around problems and issues. Talk about them. God knows what makes you tick but He needs to know if _you_ do, so take ownership of the problems and issues and deal with them.

For example 'I need your help, please. My day is already going really wrong and I'm also worried about this afternoon's meeting, I need it to go well. You know what I need, please help me. Bye the way I loved yesterday, thank you for helping it to be such a good day. Amen.'

Prayer is your most powerful tool. Yes it's just words but when you apply those words they convert into a powerful energy, so speak the truth and especially express your emotions with them. When you do so, the energy you are putting out attracts the appropriate energy in return.

Imagine it's a recipe for nourishing you. Your growing belief, your words and your honesty are powerful ingredients, and when they're put together they react to bring about a response. It may be a feeling of calm and determination, it may point you towards books, magazine articles or adverts. It may be an opportunity. So much depends on what you're asking for. It will be what you need but maybe not what you had at the top of your 'Wanted' list.

Prayer is a powerful tool of communication and you are committing to issues and taking ownership of them when you talk about them. But remember God does recognise lies.

You may say 'Why do I need to talk about things. If there's a God surely He knows what's going on with me?'

Yes He does, but, as I said earlier, He doesn't know if you fully recognise how things are or if you are trying to ignore it, so He needs you to commit to the truth of your situation and then He knows you're not only committing to the problems, but to the solutions too.

When you do this you will find that within a short space of time you're up and running with a far more positive attitude. Remember God cannot take away your responsibilities in life; you own them. He is there to help increase your wisdom and power level so that you're in control. It takes you from 'I'm dreading today' to 'Yes okay, today's going to be challenging, but I'm not worried.'

There are many factors that can hold you back in life if you allow them.

Important Daily Development Exercises: 1. Chat to God 2. Pray to God.

Suggestion Two:

**Learn to Forgive.** Okay that's tough stuff for some people but just look at the reasons.

**Lack of Forgiveness towards Others**. The 'they have to pay' factor looms high in many people's lives, even when they think they have left the memory behind. Don't allow yourself to also be drawn into that web. People, who do so, carry loathing/ resentment/ hate/ frustration and can tell you every painful detail again and again, and will do so if you show any interest in their wallowing. They grow so accustomed to carrying the rubbish that it becomes embedded in their psyche and they almost make it an excuse for not moving forward. The fact is that the person or people who have committed the bad will have to settle their debt in some way in this life or when their soul passes on. You may not be there to see it. You may not even recognise the way it happens, but be assured it will. So why allow such deeply negative feelings a place within you? Negative feelings can harm your attitude and they have an effect on you even if you're not aware of it. They can alter the way you think and they can take away your trust as a whole. They imprison you. They hurt you emotionally and they will hurt you physically if you continue to carry the negativity and live with a rigid forbidding within you. Stress soon affects the body and it's a high cost to pay for something that's happened in the past and you cannot change. So Forgive. ( _You can use the Forgiveness Prayer in the Prayer Maker Section or write your own)._

**Lack of Forgiveness for Yourself.** If you do something wrong, learn from your mistake and forgive yourself. If you don't then you can't progress fully, because you're not allowing yourself the space to develop from what you have learned. God knows that in a world where people have free will, they will inevitably make mistakes. When you do make one, learn from it, leave the painful rubbish behind and take forward a positive attitude. That way you are turning your failure into a success. You will become a better person because you have learned from your mistakes. You learn as much if not more from your mistakes than you do from always making right decisions. Remember that sometimes it's the humility of failure that you have to get past. Swallow hard and move on. You have to learn to forgive, and let go of the past so that it doesn't poison your future. ( _Here again you can use the Self Forgiveness Prayer in the Prayer Maker Section or use it as a basis to write your own)._

Daily Development Exercise: 1. Forgive anyone who has caused you problems or hurt you. 2. Forgive yourself for any mistakes you've made.

How to Develop Your Spirituality

You were born a spiritual person, but because of some of those mixed messages which both people and life teaches you, you may have lost a bit of that spiritual sparkle and it may be that you have to ignore and unlearn some other people's accepted ways. I talk here of bad behaviour, those inner warnings and codes for life that do not bring you a positive message or may lead you in a direction that carries the wrong values.

To learn true spirituality you may well have to unlearn a great deal of life's accepted rules. I talk here of rules instilled into everyone by their parents, teachers, their peers, in fact society as a whole. You may push aside the nagging feeling of 'I shouldn't be doing this' or 'I should be doing that', in order to achieve the results that so many other people expect of you; the consequence of this is that many people live their lives according to others' rules instead of their own soul's rules and God's Rules which when applied, can free you in many ways. When people live their lives according to others' needs of them the result is that they are not true to themselves. If you're unsure, ask yourself 'Would God want me to do this?'

You must accept that you won't always make the right decisions for it's the mistakes that often provide the most potent lessons. But when you make an error of judgement, you must forgive yourself, ask God (or whatever Divine Name used) to take away the pain and rubbish that haunts you, and then move on in a positive way. By continuing to carry any upsets that have come with your lesson, you will struggle to make headway because you are then still allowing a past situation to act as a barrier. You cannot change the past, so you must let it go and learn from it. If they are held on to, those upsets can eat away at you, stressing you mentally and even affecting your mental and physical wellbeing through resentment, hate or whatever else dogs you. Instead, use a simple release of forgiveness and it can free you to move on spiritually.

I can tell you now that spirituality is achieved rather than learned. You can learn the lessons attached to different levels of spiritual behaviour and then develop it as you put it into action. But the important thing is to realise that you cannot live part of your life doing good and being very spiritual and for the other part live a deceitful life and lie. Spirituality is an overview of your being now, not yesterday or last year, but now. You may fool some but you won't fool God.

(As an aside, there are some who attend mainstream church every Sunday to ask for forgiveness of the sins committed the previous week - they do this through prayer at the service, or by confession - and then go and commit the same sins the following week. God does not work like this! You can ask for forgiveness of sins committed, and you will get it, but not if you continue to immediately do the same things again and again!)

It may take you well outside your comfort zone on your route to becoming more spiritual, after all you may have the right intentions but they are valueless unless you put them into action.

Your instincts or intuition guide you well, so follow them. Logic merely leads you astray and can cramp you. and that can cost you dearly, because you then often lay the rules according to facts set in front of you or from others' opinions.

To achieve a truly spiritual life you must look at your day to day journey as a whole and not split it into different parts i.e. the day to day stuff and the spiritual part. It all counts. It must be the essence of your day, whether you are teaching religious studies or driving a truck. Each part must reflect the other parts in quality and that means not backing away from true challenges when it might be more convenient to do so. You must live in truth and that can only happen if you follow your path openly and keep to and defend your standard of spirituality.

Remember that God doesn't expect you to be a perfect person each day of your life, so don't expect it of yourself. Don't become fanatical because that in itself is an unforgiving route and you'll alienate people as it brings its own problems. Allow yourself leeway and know that you are developing as you learn.

Your need to show a spiritual front may upset some others, but that has to be their problem. Be true to yourself as that is of paramount importance, but realise that some won't be ready to accept what you understand. Be ready to compromise without losing your belief, so that your partner, friends, work colleagues or family don't feel that they are being pushed away or controlled by you, but instead feel encouraged and empowered.

When you can respect yourself and the way you treat others, helping them to move on, tolerating, understanding and forgiving where there are differences of outlook, loving and caring in an unconditional way, then you are on your way to achieving a spiritually rich life.

Easy Self-Empowerment Tips

Be positive, it encourages confidence.

See God as the friend you rely on most.

If you have to take action, do it with your heart and soul.

Your spirit/ soul is that link to God. Know the link is strong.

If something sits right with you, then let your conscience lead you.

Use simple prayer. It's the greatest and most powerful tool you have.

If it helps, read the bible but it's not compulsory. It was written by man for Humankind many centuries ago.

Know that you don't have to go to church to be close to God but you can if it is a cherished time for you. He is with you, wherever you are.

God offers His Power and Wisdom. It's your choice whether to accept it.

You carry your church within you in your spirit. Worship it as a special part. It is your connection to God.

Don't be baffled by long words. God uses short ones. LOVE, WISDOM, POWER. Don't let others confuse you and make you feel your knowledge doesn't measure up.

Walk your own path. Be you, not someone else's idea of you.

Forgive yourself. How can you move on without shedding the rubbish?

Forgive others. They will have to settle their debt at some point. Why carry it too?

Cherish yourself. You're allowed to and it makes you more powerful to help yourself and others.

Don't feel it's too late for you to change your life. It's never too late.

Don't feel that spirituality only exists in the right conditions. You can build spirituality in the most unspiritual of settings.

Don't feel powerless. You carry more loving power than you can ever imagine and when you use it for the right things, God gives you extra.

Don't blame God when things are wrong. Remember you have free will as does every person in the world who makes decisions. The buck stops here.

The world is based on an equal and opposing force of good and evil, but God's Light can always address the balance.

You are working with a living God.

You don't Need to Know How the Power Station Works to Switch on a Light!

Life's Journey

It can be when you try to create false impressions that you encounter problems. Ultimately, you harm yourself by doing that because you are acting, you are posing.

You know what it's about. The harder you try to satisfy materialistic needs, the less satisfied you may become in life. You may work all hours without sufficient appreciation, you're stressed. It's maybe affecting your health. It's certainly affecting your outlook.

The pleasure and satisfaction that you expected isn't there or doesn't seem worth it, and yet you feel somehow it should be, because you're working so hard to achieve it. Yet if you dare to get off the rolling road, will you ever catch up again.

The point is 'Do you want to?'

Meditation and Contemplation

Making space for yourself is an important feature of developing your life with God's influence. A little time of calm helps your decision making and it is a good self-healing time too.

You may wonder how it will help.

When you are racing around trying to be everything to everyone, you tend to ignore your own needs. It's vital that you don't, for in that way you deprive yourself of calm and an easier way of working. If your brain is busy all the time, you may overlook the sometimes subtle directions of your instincts and God's messages. They are valuable pointers in your everyday life and long-term.

Make a habit of finding a time to sit and just rest your mind for a few minutes. Allow yourself to daydream and it will relax you. Meditation classes and yoga can also help you to develop techniques, but at the very least, take some time out. I call this The Five Minute Rule.

It doesn't have to be a formal meditation. Just by simply sitting quietly for a few minutes it will improve the balance of your day, and bring clarity where you are experiencing confusion, annoyance, stress or any of the other elements that can cloud your day.

The result will be that you work smarter and solve issues with less effort. You may feel that you're doing nothing to help yourself when you do this but believe me you could not be more wrong. It's a very positive exercise. It will bring you calm and even answers, and that can't be bad! Just try it.

Sharing With God Can Help Your Life.

Now when I say this I don't mean just sharing with God but also applying the wisdom that is already within you, and that extra that which comes after sharing with God

As a person, you are a complex being. There are different elements to you that create individuality and they are like interweaving threads within you that rely on each other being in as good a condition as possible.

You have a MIND.

You have a BODY.

You have a SPIRIT also known as the SOUL (Your conscious and subconscious feeling of wellbeing, contentment, frustration reflects how it is doing).

For your life to yield its greatest worth you need to appreciate the effects that situations have on all parts of you.

For example:

You may be upset by a situation affecting you at work or within the family. You're not sharing the problem with anyone and you're not managing to deal with it yourself. So the situation carries on and may even deteriorate. The result can be:

You feel alone.

Your Mind may be stressed by all the thoughts going on in your head and the situation is giving you headaches.

Your Body may be reacting too so that you get digestion problems, tummy cramps etc. maybe even ulcers.

Your Spirit is low so you may feel depressed/ frustrated/ irritable/ angry/ you lack energy.

You are upset by a situation affecting you at work or within the family, but because you believe in God, you ask for Him for help. (Complete help does not come automatically, because you have free will so you must ask for it.)

What To Do:

Ask for the help to find the best solution, and ask for help to lift your mood. Give God the full picture of where you are with the problems. Tell Him how you feel emotionally. Talk about your worries for yourself and others. Then begin to follow that 'inner sense of knowing' that guides you to act in the best possible way. Situations do not always format in the way you expect, and what you _want_ to see as an ideal solution may only act as a plaster over a wound. What you _need_ is a long term solution which may take more effort, but you will be given help to deal with it.

The result is:

You don't feel alone.

Your Mind is more at ease, allowing you to think more freely and see more positive ways of acting.

Your Body is not reacting to the stress so much so that is a problem less. Less pain and discomfort helps you to feel better.

Your Spirit is high. You know that no matter how hard the situation is, you will be given the help to be in control of your life, or deal with difficult situations in a better way. God will not remove the challenges you face in life but He will help power you up so that you deal with them in a more capable way.

Ultimately It's Your Choice.

You can choose to accept the existence of God but not let it be a part of your life. If you do, you will probably make a lot of mistakes as a result and that would be a waste. You may certainly feel that you are alone, even isolated in your life decisions, and responsibilities do then sit heavily on you. When things go wrong they often escalate out of control so you have to take hold and start picking things up again. Once you gain control you can again make headway.

I believe that God gives you the understanding and wisdom not to build barriers but to break them down but you must be willing to allow that to happen.

Your belief, if you allow it, is tailored to your needs so you must apply God's power to your life in whatever way that is appropriate for you and brings light to your life.

Believe in good, work with good and share it: Simple really. It's just you and God.

My message to you is also simple.

Give yourself the freedom to accept and use the amazing power that exists in your life that is God, and you will open up your life. It will become simpler and yet more fulfilling. You will find a need to do things you never thought you could, so it can be rewarding.

You can help break down barriers if you want; your own and other people's. You make the choices, but more importantly you will have the wisdom and power to take life forward in a far more positive and worthwhile way. Isn't that what you need?

Your journey through life can be confusing and when you try to spread out the map, and plot where you want to be, it may confuse you even more, because where you _want_ to be, may not necessarily be where you _need_ to be.

So instead, hand your questions over to God, and you can then depend on your inner satnav to take charge. Follow the directions (your instincts) and they will take you on the best route.

'Should I move house? Should I change jobs? Is this relationship really good for me or should I walk away from it?' Trust your feelings and move forward even if they don't say what you _want_ them to tell you. It is what you _need_ to hear that matters.

# Chapter 7 - Life's Ups and Downs

Escaping Life's Pressures

It's easy to get trapped under the weight of life at times. It may be that you built that unsteady pile of responsibility, commitment and promises that have now toppled over and are threatening to squeeze the life out of you, or maybe someone else did.

But the truth remains that everyone needs an escape route at times.

Maybe you feel trapped in a situation that you can't change - maybe there's stress at work or in the family - life as a carer can put a huge burden on you - maybe you're experiencing bullying - or maybe it's just one of those many situations where life seems to just avalanche down on you.

There are subtle ways that you can lift the burden from time to time and breathe fresh air.

If certain music soothes you, then listen to it. If it annoys others, get a pair of headphones. But don't be defeated.

See the Prayer Maker Section for suggested prayers that can help your situation and the way you feel or make your own prayer.

Colour can give you an Energy Boost. It can replenish you, so just feast on the vibrancy of any colour you feel drawn to.

In the same way, nature can revitalise you. A walk in the forest or by the sea can help you and you may find God is easier to talk to when you are in natural surroundings. Notice and appreciate the colours of each season, God didn't arrange our coloured landscape without reasons: The fresh colours of spring; the vibrancy of summer; the mellowing but rich shades of autumn/fall; the stark qualities of winter – they're all there to bring the natural energies you need, to soothe and calm you. Once you're in a calm place you function better.

Health. Invest in your body and your brain with the most nutritious foods. You'll achieve more and feel better. 'Listen' to those feelings that tell you to eat this, don't eat that, use these supplements, take that exercise etc. The messages are there for a reason, and that is to guide you, so be wise about your food. It doesn't harm to eat fast food and ready meals at times, but remember that if you make a habit of putting the wrong fuel into your body on a regular basis, you're bound to splutter to a halt at some point. Afford the best you can, organic where possible, and notice how much better you feel.

You may have noticed that 2012 brought changes

Don't be intimidated by other people's interpretations of those changes. God has to be very persuasive at times to encourage people to take a different route. Invest in your own route by following God's guidance and living each day with Him because the results will be invaluable to you.

Dealing with Problems

Okay so maybe life is difficult at the moment? There can be many reasons for this. We're individuals but we often share similar weaknesses and problems that bring us together. So never feel you're alone with your problems. Just going on the internet, you can suddenly come up with all sorts of people going through the same thing. In a way that can be a comfort, because it emphasises that you are not the world's greatest failure. There are a lot of people out there suffering in similar ways and throwing in their own experiences and emotions. It's not an answer, but at least you no longer feel that you're on your own.

Maybe you are juggling the credit cards at the moment. The ideal of paying off the full sum each month never happened and instead the minimum payment has almost gone beyond reach as the interest has accumulated. You never dreamed that this would happen, and there are times when you just want to shut the door and say 'Enough'. But that's not the way.

What do you do?

A Debt situation

First, you must accept that there is a problem. Yes, it's hard. Admitting that, means going public and may mean that some people are disillusioned about you. Maybe they have already suspected that you were living beyond your means. Whatever way, you have to be brave and admit it.

God cannot change the choices you have made, but He will help you to find a way out. The thing is, for it to work you must accept what your instincts tell you? Take the difficult steps today and you break that barrier of fear. It will only be more difficult tomorrow and every day you delay facing the issue. It can make it a depressing time and depression brings its own downward spiral which you don't need. Face up to your troubles. Then you begin a new era of upward progression.

So you have to open that drawer where you've stuffed the unpaid bills and say 'please God I need some help here'. God's not going to judge you. You're opening a door and asking for help. That's a brave thing to do. It's the sensible thing to do and you are inviting the right energies in to move you forward. You're making space for the best solutions to be found. Don't imagine that God will turn His back on you, because you failed. No way! He is there to help you, so just be honest with Him, and you'll even find that talking to God and expressing your emotions helps you to feel that you've overcome one hurdle, and you can cope better. Once things are moving, it becomes a little easier.

Be honest with those you feel directed towards for help, because it's necessary not to hide anything if you want the best result. They are there to help your situation. Maybe it's an emergency line or you contacted them because someone told you about them. Maybe it was an advert in the yellow pages that you've seen a lot recently, or you passed their offices each day and it seemed right to call in. Whatever way, you'll be guided to the ones who can help.

Remember that spiritual guidance is not just for your spiritual journey, it is also there to help you to take practical steps to make each day of your life as rewarding as it can be, because you can't appreciate fulfilment and a better quality of living if you are failing in your everyday life or constantly combatting stress. When your mind and your spirit / soul are coordinating properly your day flows easier and you achieve more. That can then make you more ambitious because you are working in a positive way. God likes this because He can then help you more. When you're in the right frame of mind you achieve more, and that is important for you and ultimately for the world, because you are raising the level of positivity. People around you will respond more positively as long as you are fair with them and you don't suddenly go on an ego trip. The ego trip bus generally gets stuck on a dead end road with little room to manoeuvre. It may take a lot of reversing to get back into the mainstream traffic again and regain your place.

A positive uncluttered attitude will help you to see the opportunities easier. Yes the situation is bad. Yes, mistakes may have led you to this point, but now that you are facing up to it, you are taking the steps to recovery. Remember a cloud of negativity always brings poor vision; so ask for the help to be positive. You will then find the answers that you need easier: Debt advisors, professional accountants, emergency lines.

If your brain argues that it would mean a loss of face if friends or family find out, ignore it and follow your instincts. The longer you leave it, the more difficult it will be. Instead, give yourself permission to step forward into the new era that will allow you to feel more relaxed and gain control of your life, for you deserve it. If others have a problem with you having a problem, it is theirs and not yours. Follow a path of honesty for it is the strongest and most powerful route out of debt.

This is where God will urge you and give you the strength and determination to be brave; stepping outside your comfort zone and being honest with yourself and the ones who can help you. If others have a problem accepting your difficulties then that has to be their problem and you have to act honestly and take the guided steps to right the wrongs in your life. Yes it may be a painful time but it will be even more so if you continue to ignore the nagging guidance that is telling you to do something about the situation.

God will help inspire you and tweak your attitude so that you feel more able to take control of things.

By committing to the solution and asking for the help to deal with things in the best way possible you provide yourself with a route to recovery and that's the best direction for everyone concerned. Forget pretence, because it's the road to nowhere, and take honest action instead. Work in truth and you free yourself.

There are many directions with debt problems, and this is only one example, but when you apply honesty to the task, and ask God for the help you need to sort things out, then it will become a lesson that can help you to become stronger for the future. Don't ignore the power of a lesson. Just leave the pain and rubbish behind and turn your failure into a success by learning from it.

**Relationships can bring their own Problems**.

You may be in a situation where you feel devalued you are being brought down by the attitude of people around you; maybe it's a partner or family members.

Allow yourself to feel worthwhile. Value yourself and remember that God is there to bring strength to you and never forget that you do count. Feel valued by God.

Talk to Him more regularly and ask Him to bring a greater understanding to those around you who bring you down, diminish your importance and inhibit your progress forward in life.

Ask God to help your attitude so that you are working in the most powerful way to combat depression and feelings of insecurity.

The direction you take will need to be the one you feel comfortable with. Follow your instincts so that you allow yourself the freedom not to be spiteful to others but to assert your own power and cherish yourself.

Talk to God and ask for guidance and feel guided by Him. Gradually with His help you can feel stronger and more able to withstand criticism or able to walk away if it is a cruel situation that is making you ill. Value yourself for God values yourself. Once you become stronger you will be able to feel more equal.

Bad Days

Everybody has them at times. Sometimes it is the bit of dark cloud that comes and emphasises your sunny days. But when they just start coming one after the other you may feel there's no end.

There are three situations where you can help yourself.

When you know a bad day is looming.

When you are in the middle of a bad day.

When you've had a bad day.

You know a bad day is coming.

You have already decided it will be a bad day so your expectations are low and your dread level is rising! Be aware also about the Laws of Attraction. If you think bad thoughts and have a poor outlook for the coming day, then that is likely what you will get! Offset it by looking for the positives - and they are there if you look for them.

Realise that the way the day forms up can also vary to different degrees according to your attitude and way of thinking is not set in stone. You can have a definite influence on its outcome and how you will feel at the end of it. You are not alone. Even when there seems to be no one there with whom you can share your problems, there is.........God (or your name for God).

At the beginning of the expected 'bad' day, or even the night before, talk to God and share your feelings, your hopes, your fears, your expectations. Talk naturally as you are talking to an old Friend, a Hugely Powerful One. Ask for help to be given that will enable you to deal with the various aspects of the day in the best possible way so that you arrive at the best solutions.

Don't expect the challenges of the day to be swept away, but expect to be empowered with the knowledge, wisdom, power and love to deal with whatever you have to face. Never, ever feel alone because you're not!

Don't pre-empt the day by playing out a performance in your head, where you are struggling with the issues. It will only stress you. If you want to envisage anything, then see yourself as a relaxed person taking everything in your stride.

Make your decisions by acting with your instincts. God created this special sense within you so that you would use its defining influence and your own trust to formulate good decisions; whereas your brain would only format solutions from the facts you put before it and its possible understanding that you have failed to be positive in the past. The refreshing benefit of your soul compared with your mind is that your soul resonates with God's Energy and your resulting intuitive streak can help you formulate a better day. So trust it and it will help you to deal with your day.

Extra help you can give yourself

Wear the clothes that you feel good in. Put on the colours that make you feel confident, so that when you glance in the mirror, you don't look at a run-down image that adds to your feeling of inadequacy.

Take your time with things so that you're not dashing around frantically trying to fit everything in. If things don't get done, then they will wait. If others get annoyed at that, see it as their problem because you have to be on top of things. Obviously you may not be able to do this at work, but try to give yourself the space to manoeuvre. It will help your attitude and enable you to feel more in control.

Sit quietly for a couple of minutes and breathe deeply to calm yourself. It doesn't have to be obvious to other people.

Don't skip breakfast – make it a nice nourishing one. Make time for yourself. Others may pressure you; so it's essential that you must treasure you.

_You are in the middle of a bad day_.

Just because it started bad doesn't mean that the whole day will be. Expect good and you will help it to happen. If you act more positively, you will learn to believe in it too.

Find a little quiet time somewhere in your day to have a chat with God (or whatever name you use) and share your feelings, your concerns, your hopes, your fears and your expectations. Talk naturally as you are talking to an old Friend, a Hugely Powerful One. Ask for help to be given that will enable you to deal with things in the best possible way, so that the right solution is arrived at. You don't have to talk out loud. Talk in your mind. God still hears you. If you are stressed, then tell Him, for example, 'I feel really stressed and I know that I can't cope with things in the best possible way if I'm like this, so please help me to feel calmer and more in control.'

Don't think that you haven't time to spend on yourself. Find a few minutes.

Don't think that you haven't time for a snack/coffee/tea. You need a little 'you' time.

Expect things to get better, even if you have to go through a worse stage to get there. The sun will shine for you eventually so believe that and it will allow your day to run smoother. All the help you give to your day then allows God's influence to be more powerful and empowering for you. Feel you are working as a team. God isn't going to make your decisions for you but He will help you to make better ones.

When you've had a bad day.

The first important thing to remember is that the day is over and you managed to get through it; that's a positive point in itself.

How do you gain other positives from the day?

Forgive anyone who has hurt you. That's a heavy one to deal with isn't it? But just think 'why should I allow hate/resentment / pain etc. to eat away at my life when I know that the ones who committed the hurt will have to answer for what they did. If they deal out pain they will receive pain of a type appropriate to them. It may be in a different way, but they have to be answerable. Don't carry the burden of hate etc. Forgive and then it sets you free. Here is a suggested prayer: _I ask for the freedom to bless my enemies and forgive them for what they have done against me. I ask this now of the God I trust. Amen (Other prayers are in the Prayer Maker Section)_

Remember that even if you failed today, you learned from it and that is something positive to take forward. _Thomas Edison once said: 'I have not failed 10,000 times; I have successfully found 10,000 ways it would not work.'_ Wise words! Adopt them in your life.

Take the positive lesson you have learned from your bad day and realise you _have_ learned from it and that has made you more powerful, not less powerful.

Leave any hurt behind. You cannot change what has happened. You should live in the present and live for the future so you can devise a better way of living it. You cannot change yesterday. Let it go and learn from it. Even say 'Thank you for the lesson learned. I don't want to repeat it but I have learned from it.'

Forgive yourself. If you have made mistakes, so has everyone else who's made decisions in their lives. Forgive yourself for any hurt you may have caused and ask to move on.

Well now, what does tomorrow hold? Better I hope, if not you'll cope!

Dealing with Change

When change happens you can act negatively or positively.

Negativity brings dead ends. It blinds you to opportunities and you become deaf to others' support.

So why should you act positively? Several reasons actually:

You came to this life with challenges to face. You are up to them all.

You didn't come alone. You have God empowering and inspiring you and your life as a whole.

Your life on Earth is part of a journey, so death certainly does not mean the end.

God brings many different energies to help you and among them are the Angels and Archangels. When you ask for help He knows the recipe of energising help that you need, so trust in it.

God is there to help you to work instinctively.

What you have to do is work with God and then you will achieve more than you may imagine.

You have to communicate your needs to God.

You have free will, so you must ask for help. He can't step in without that.

Working in fear will take away your power to do your tasks or fulfil your life; so feel courageous and adventurous.

Know that by feeling empowered you allow yourself to create a more powerful route.

Can you succeed?

Yes of course you can. Success is there for everyone. The type of success is for you to choose. Just know that you may have also chosen to experience failure as part of your learning. If so, just brush yourself down, appreciate the lesson you've just had, leave the rubbish behind, and realise that by doing so you have turned something negative into a positive result.

Of course it's not a matter of _if_ you make mistakes but instead _when_ you make mistakes. A mistake is the one thing that does not discriminate with class, colour or belief. Everyone in the world makes them and they vary greatly in size and severity.

The main two questions to ask yourself when you make one are:

Did you put it to good use? Did you learn from it?

Hints for a Better Life

See your life as a whole, don't separate off the spiritual part and rush to it when everything goes pear shaped. Use your spiritual learning and guidance to help all areas of life.

Belief isn't just for Sundays. It is an everyday component in your life that can have a religious direction if you choose, but that's not essential. Belief in God can be worked in a similar way to politics. You can choose to be represented by one of the main parties / religions or you can choose to be an independent. God values both directions.

Apply spiritual values to every part of your life 24/7, invite God to help you and balance your life better as a result.

Don't try to do everything yourself. You can make life hard for yourself because you're actually supposed to involve others in life's experiences. You're not an island.

Don't feel you're pestering God if you ask for lots of help. That's how a Team is supposed to operate. You're part of the Best Team there is. But let God know that too.

Dealing with Stress

Avoiding stress is not always an option and, although it is better to do so if you can, at least by knowing how to deal with it, you can put yourself in a better place mentally and spiritually. Allow your soul to guide you to what is best for you by following your instincts.

Hand over your troubles to God, the Host of All Energies, and ask for help with them. Maybe the situation cannot be taken away, but God is good at tweaking your attitude so that it turns you away from negative expectation and toward positive thinking. When you feel in control you deal with crisis in a far more productive way.

Use relaxation, meditation, yoga and other similar techniques to cope with your stress. Even a long walk is good.

If it is a short term stress, allow yourself to be guided by your instincts / feelings / guidance to the specialist help to deal with this. I.e. financial – talk to an accountant; relationship – talk to a counsellor; health – talk to a doctor or therapist. But do something.

Businesses, people, situations and even your own attitude can bring stress to your life. With control you can minimise some, and with specialist help you may even release some.

# Chapter 8: Prayer Maker

Why is it good to use Prayer?

Quoting from my eBook Simply about Prayers:

Prayer is your own communication with God. It is the most powerful of tools. You get no 'Busy Signal'. The line's never engaged.

You may find that there are situations in your life where you feel really alone and prayer provides a link with God.

Prayer is the most powerful tool you can use. It may not seem very powerful putting together a sentence to a Being you cannot see, but, believe me, it is and I personally have seen wonderful results.

Prayer is basically your own conversation with God and that's how I like to use it. It doesn't mean that it therefore lacks reverence. It doesn't.

When should you use Prayer?

Prayer can be used at any time. There are no rules. You suddenly want to talk to God in the middle of a busy street but don't want the inevitable funny looks from other people? Just hold your mobile phone and talk or wear ear phones and everyone will think you're on hands free!

Here are some Simple Prayers for Some of Life's Issues

(For a wider range of prayers and to get a deeper understanding of them please do read my eBook 'It's...Simply About Prayers')

Addiction

A Prayer if you have an Addiction

I ask now for the power to combat my addiction so that I may move on in my life in a freer and more powerful way. I ask God's help for this as I feel the need to share my problem with Him and I know that His strength will help me to tower above the upset that I have caused myself. Amen.

Bullying

A Prayer if you are being Bullied

I ask that I may find empowerment through my life to combat the strain of others' bullying. I ask that they release their need for aggressive behaviour and become calmer and friendlier towards me. Amen.

A Prayer if you are a Bully.

I ask that I may be a calmer person and not a controlling one. I ask God to release my aggression so that it brings peace to my soul. Amen.

Decision Making

When You Need Help to Make Decisions?

I ask now for God's help with my life, as I feel insecure and that I am not able to make good judgements for my life.

I ask now for His intervention to help me to no longer feel upset and hesitant, but to instead feel good about myself and my life. I ask this in God's Name. Amen.

Depression

A Need to be lifted from Depression?

I ask now for my mind to be lifted, so that I can acquire the knowledge and power that will take me forward, and allow my life to be powerful.

I feel now that my need is to control the feeling of fear that I have when I feel out of control, for that takes me to a deeper pain within, and I need now to rise forward to a whole new way of thinking and being.

I ask for the help of God to do this. Amen

Empowerment

A Prayer to Empower You

I ask now for God's Grace to enter me and bring me the calm of knowing that I am a good and powerful person. I ask for the healing to be given to me that brings strength to me and allows me peace within. I ask this now in God's Name. Amen.

Finances

Money Problems?

I ask now for God's help to devise a way that will allow me to take control of my financial problems, and deliver a better way of living than that of being in debt.

I ask now for fulfilment to take me forward and not the pain and upset that comes from owing money. I trust in God and I know I will accomplish this with His help. Amen.

Forgiveness

Forgiving Others

I ask to forgive all those who have acted against me in my life. I ask to clear the painful memories that now haunt me and stop me from moving forward, as I am ready to empower my life fully with God's Love. Amen.

Self-Forgiveness

I ask now for God's forgiveness as I forgive myself, so that I may move forward with my life. I leave behind any pain and upset I have caused and ask now for the freedom to progress fully in God's Light. Amen.

Health

Your Health Worries

I ask now for a better way of living that delivers me a healthy mind and body, for I fear that I may be carrying those elements that bring poor health, and I need to change that which is causing it; so that I may heal from within as well as without. Amen

Worry for Another Person's Health

I ask that healing be given to (Name) so that they may heal those parts of them that are necessary at this time; so that they are as healthy as they need to be.

And allow him/her to see how they may empower themself to create a better way forward and not an unhealthy one, but also one that creates vitality and power to bring about change that is worthwhile to them. Amen.

Smoking

A Prayer to Give Up Smoking

I ask now for the will power to be given that will strengthen me and empower me through the ordeal of not smoking. For I know in my heart that it is time to do this for my own health to be better and for my need to cut back on what I spend. Although I am empowered by God, I doubt my power and I need your help, o God to overcome this problem. Amen

Suicidal

Feeling Suicidal?

I need the calmness of God to bring me a feeling of value in my life, so that I can move forward and not feel so powerless. I ask for God's intervention in my life, so that I may bring more positivity and help to the fore. I know that deep down I am capable and this awareness leads me to God for I know Him to be omnipotent and I ask now for His guidance and strength. Amen.

# Chapter 9: Specialist Spiritual Work

Exorcism and Soul Blockage Release.

At first sight these seem very church bound subjects.

There are however very real issues in some people's lives that require trained people to deal with

The Release of Evil Spirits and the Release of Soul Blockages.

The practice of Exorcising an evil spirit is still used within mainstream church and various other religions.

Just as it is an accepted part of church practice to cast out evil spirits and demons, on a wider scale there are also other issues that have to be addressed.

There are trained practitioners who will deal with issues of exorcism, and unwelcome spirits that attach themselves to some people and homes and cause havoc in their lives. These specialists understand the practical effects that such unwelcome energies can bring to an unsuspecting life and many have the understanding how to release them.

I too have successfully dealt with this, but a lot of my work now is to free people from the effects of bad energies carried within the soul's memory. Just as scientists talk of the body's cells having a memory, so does the soul.

Your body is influenced by the genes of your parents and their parents and beyond. Your mind too carries that influence. Your soul is influenced by the makeup that is actually within your soul.

Because the soul is not new in this life, it carries the memory of previous experiences and where they have been bad, the negative energies need to be released.

Where, in a previous incarnation the soul has witnessed or been through bad experiences, it may not have had the opportunity to release the memory of them through releasing prayer before death. When that happens it continues to carry them through the soul's memory to this life, where it reinvents the original issues, often in a similar way.

It often shows in those people who are said to have been born angry, or those who cannot move forward in their lives because they feel blocked. It can even have a bad effect on their health.

I have had such success releasing these problem energies through a session of prayer and release that I cannot doubt its need, or equally the success of the remedy given with God's power.

But as in so much of my work with God, prayer plays the main part. The simplicity of prayer can bring an effective solution to what can have been complicated memories. But the truth is that with God's Power it's solvable.

That of course is a clear reflection of all aspects of life where you involve God's influence.

# Chapter 10: The Inspiration that is God

With the Inspiration of God's presence in your life you can achieve without boundaries. Your conscience will guide you to truth and goodness and your life will be enriched.

Just remember:

Your true power lies in knowing that you are never alone, even when you doubt that that maybe is possible.

Never doubt that there is a Vast Universal Power that brings an eternal dimension to learning.

God is a Creative Energy that enables growth to be fed by a correct balance of inspiration and thought. It is an immensely powerful and vital energy that is there to empower the world, and it has many names depending on the belief you hold.

Through belief you reach universal tools of energy and empowerment that may not have physical form, but can be experienced, if you widen your focus to encompass a wider horizon of understanding.

God is accessible through Belief; a belief in what is possible and what will be if you follow your instinctive power. Without belief, you may lack true direction, and without that inspiring Energy working for you, you may struggle with the need to widen your focus, and yet it is vital to your progress. For without a wide horizon to explore how can you truly learn? So believe that within you, you have that magic button to press that will open wide the window of opportunity, and vitalise your life as never before, by bringing you immense power for the future.

God will guide you if you allow it but at times there are those challenges in life that bring difficulties and there seems no way round. You're not alone when life ends up like a big muddy puddle. The question still remains of whether you try and jump over it, wade through it, or try and negotiate round it? Whichever way you choose, you are likely to get your feet wet! But just know that there is someone waiting to guide you to the best route and holding a towel for those wet feet!

God's Powerful Energies are there to guide you. But if you make bad choices you may give yourself a difficult route. Worse still, if you allow someone else to make them for you, you will even hand over your power. But you can't blame someone else if you made that choice.

God (or whatever you call that Source of Infinite Power and Wisdom) cannot reduce your responsibilities in life, because they are your challenges, but He can help you to be powerful and wise enough to deal with them in the best possible way for you.

You are free to choose or refuse God's powerful help. You have free choice. It carries no conditions other than you act with love. So ask for God's help to be given, and never think a problem is too small. God helps with the smallest of hiccups if it threatens to upset your day.

Help is available, no matter when you need it. So don't hesitate, just call out.

Always trust God to provide the right long term solution because He can see further than you, and what you choose may not be as good for your future.

God will not use a plaster to cover a wound; he will help heal the wound and, with your understanding, he will show you how to prevent it recurring.

Your wisdom is in knowing that by asking for help from God, you allow yourself to move forward correctly, even when there doesn't seem a way.

Trust God to know and provide the right solutions in your life. Sometimes the right way means you have to learn from your mistakes, but even the greatest failure can be your success if you look on it as a lesson for life, forgive and move forward positively. There are times when you just have to slide down the muddy hill of failure to reach the path that can take you to success.

Always live and work in the 'now' and plan for the future. You cannot change the past. Forgive it and let it go.

Your love is what powers others and yet you may not be using it for yourself. So ask for help from God to do this. Place yourself higher on the list. If you do not love yourself you restrict the powerful flow of God's love around you, by suggesting 'I'm not worth it'. You then limit your inner power to heal, generate goodness and move yourself forward and others too. So cherish yourself. You are worth it! Give yourself a hug and accept God's Love and your own love for the person you are, and then your love will be more powerful not only for yourself but also others.

Allow yourself to imagine a power that is given to you to take you forward, and it will be, because God is always present.

Be positive even if you can't see the solution and it will help you to progress. God works with positive minds. By believing in God's Power, you are allowing the energies to manifest that will take you forward in the best possible way. So just trust.

Allow yourself to see that there is no way that you can let down God or yourself, unless you refuse or misuse His love.

You are a cherished being and, like many you often learn by mistakes. God does not deny you your learning. But refuse His love by denying His presence, and you not only let Him down, you let yourself down, for you deny yourself the inspiration and power in your life that is God. That weakens you.

Allow yourself to see that, with the power of love, all things are possible. With God's Love they can be magical.

Love and prayer are the most powerful tools you have.

It takes a lot more love and inner strength to step down from confrontation and mediate, than it does to flare up in response so never feel you are weak. Weakness is shown when you give in to anger, hate, jealousy and all things negative. Ask for help to be calm so that you can achieve the most positive solutions. It does not always mean giving in. It means finding a suitable solution for all sides. Compromise is the caring solution.

And Finally.

Know within you that wherever you think there is an impossible route, it will be made possible through God's help. It may not take you the route you know or provide the result you expect but it will be the best one. Call on it.

Feel Assured and Understand.

Never feel that you have to have the answers to all problems.

Ask for help, leave the solution to God and then work with the opportunities that are given to you.

Your instinctive powers will guide you if you allow them, and that is where God's guidance lies.

God is ever present, so just be brave and trust that you will find the easiest route open up. Never doubt it.

Know that YOU ARE NEVER ALONE.

Remember God comes by many names. Use the one that is right for you. Don't get hung up on names. The world fails itself if it lets labels get in the way.

Know that honesty can smooth your life paths, where lies only provide the obstacles that make you trip.

Some are so interested in who the messenger is they don't listen to the message. Remember that goodness comes in many different packages.

Maybe you know people who may benefit from your understanding. So pass it on to them.

No words are wasted. Even if the people you want to help are not ready now, they may later remember it when something triggers a change in their life. You can be the catalyst for change.

# Conclusions for a Life Traveller

God is the intricate and vital Factor that has enabled you to be the best you can. It is your choice to accept the challenge of achieving that best.

It allows you to refocus and that Inner Power can change your expectations. You can find a greater power and all the ambition, fun, fulfilment, determination and achieve that can format a very rich life.

Yes, some days may be difficult, but you're up to it.

The world has evolved and so has God. That Divine Spirit doesn't stand still as the needs of people and the Earth itself change. It also offers updates for the outdated programmes that may no longer appear relevant.

I can assure you that God is relevant to every living part of this world, but I also know that He needs you to communicate with Him, and share your day with Him so that He can help you to the fullest. He will help you. Believe it.

Allow God to be an integral part of your life.

The proof is there for you to find every day, because when you live your life with this Power from the living God, you will find that it strengthens you through any difficult days and weeks. It can enrich every part of every day, it can guide you to better decision making, help your attitude to be more positive and dynamic and it can help you to become a better version of yourself.

You can now believe that you can empower your life and live a better and more exciting one when you work with God. Your life can truly be blessed but you have to allow it to happen. You are an integral part of this equation. Believe in God's Power. Believe in your own power and use them together.

Every day commit to your life with God's help. He's ready. Are you?

# Glossary

**Angels:** These are Divine Beings that work as part of God's Team.

**Archangels:** These are also Divine Beings working as part of God's Team.

**Divine Light:** Another name for God.

**Divine Spirit:** Another name for God.

**Energies:** The whole world is made up of energies: Plants, Animals, People, the Sea and the Earth itself, in fact anything that has life is basically energy. Colours bring different energies as do sounds, music etc. God is a Creative Energy of a very powerful kind. Bringing His Energy to the Earth for different situations involves a team; you may already know of some like the Angels and Archangels. So that people can identify with them, they are also given humanlike forms. But basically all spirit form is an energy (us included) and it is enough to know that they exist and do their best to redress imbalances within the world and people's lives.

**Eternal Journey:** When the mind and body die, the spirit resumes its journey within the Spirit Realms (Heaven or Hell). It may return to Earth later to resume its learning here within a new life and take on a new body and brain.

**Exorcism:** This is the release of evil spirits or demons from a person. If a person is said to be possessed a release can be done by a person qualified in God's Work.

**Forgiveness:** Self forgiveness is something to ask from God if a person feels that they are to blame for something. When used for others, forgiveness also releases the burden of hate, loathing and a need for retribution. It lightens the load of the victim and enables them to progress.

**Fulfilment:** This is an important element of life; a feeling of reward that comes from fulfilling certain needs. It is a satisfaction that cannot be bought with money.

**God:** This is the Creator and Empowering Spirit Energy for the World. It is the Host of all Energies. The Planet Earth and its people are energised by the massive creative energy that we call God. There are many other names for this Energy, but there is only one God.

**God Energy:** See God.

**God Factor:** See God.

**Gut Feelings:** See Instincts.

**Love:** Love is a Power given by God. It is a strengthening energy. The way it is used is down to the individual. It can be used in a positive or negative way. Love shows in different ways. It can be the need to find solutions that avoid aggression. Unconditional Love is an energy that can be given by anyone. It can be used to heal situations and people. It is not necessary to like a person to give them the healing energy of unconditional love. (See Unconditional Love)

**Prayer:** This is your most powerful tool. It is your words to God and should be personal and sincere. Have your own conversation with God. Just know that He answers in different ways.

**Regression:** Taking a person back to a time in their soul's memory. It may be to a time within the womb or to a past life.

**Release:** Freeing yourself of emotional and attitudinal blockages, anger, unwelcome spirit attachment etc.

**Soul:** See Spirit.

**Spirit:** Each human being is made up of a Mind, a Body and a Spirit. The Spirit is the Soul and the workings of it may be referred to as in your Subconscious, Higher Consciousness and the Higher Self.

**Spiritual reward:** This is the inner glow that comes from being a caring person and giving out love to others. (See fulfilment) It's very special and it empowers you to do more. When you feel fulfilled or spiritually rewarded, it empowers you to do more, help more, and achieve more. Gradually it helps you to see how powerful you can be with God's help.

**Unconditional love:** This is the love you can send out to anyone and anywhere. One person doesn't have to like another to send them unconditional love, in fact some of the most terrible people need healing through unconditional love to help them to find the right path in life. Pets like dogs and cats can show a real example of unconditional love. They don't say 'I'll love you as long as I get a really nice bed or a good plate of food.' They offer their love unconditionally as they cuddle up to you or show their excitement when you walk through the door. They just love you and the more you show your love the more they show theirs.

**Universal Energy:** The God Energy is a Universal Creative Energy.

#   About the Author

Frances Munro sees herself as a life traveller who has experience of the before and after effect of including God on her journey. She is a Minister of the Universal Life Church which she sees as accepting the responsibility God puts on her to share His Wisdom. She works internationally through the Fellowship of God Worldwide, and lives with her fellow worker and husband Mike in Belper, Derbyshire. UK. They have one son. She is a direct descendant of the Welsh Bard and Calvinist Methodist Minister John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt).

In her words 'He worked with God in his way and I do in mine. It's for the same Employer, just different directions!'

Please feel free to contact Frances at any time if you want to talk about this book, or about her training and courses.

Email:

frances@francesmunro.com  
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**Other titles by the same author at Smashwords.**  
It's...Simply About Prayers  
It's...Simply A Young Person's Guide To God
