{"id":10589,"date":"2014-10-16T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=10589"},"modified":"2014-10-16T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:34:00","slug":"are-we-listening-for-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/10\/are-we-listening-for-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Are We Listening For God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/10\/Godsway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-10590\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/10\/Godsway.jpg\" alt=\"Godsway\" width=\"448\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399\">What is it that we want most in life? <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\">Answers generally include: Good Health, Family, Peace of Mind, Career, Money, Success, Travel, Time in Nature, Making a Difference, Saving the Planet, Ending Poverty, Suffering and Pain, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">How often do we focus our attention on, \u201cI want to know God in my life?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Without God\u2019s love in our heart, isn&#8217;t something missing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Life is miraculous \u2013 look at the world and all its splendor.\u00a0 Watch a baby being born.\u00a0 See the dawn of a new day.\u00a0 How could this Magnificent earth, with over seven billion spiritual beings and incredible, diverse forms of life and nature not be the work of a Divine Being and a Higher Power?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">&#8220;<em>I Am That I Am<\/em>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">I have searched for the meaning of life and for life\u2019s purpose.\u00a0 I wanted to know how everything worked.\u00a0 I wanted to know why people fight so much, create extraordinary inventions and breakthroughs and do the crazy things people do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">As I went to college and graduate school I looked for the woman of my dreams, the best way to Health, Happiness and Success, My Highest Self-Expression, Fame and Fortune.\u00a0 No matter how great things were at any given time in my life, down deep I always felt something was missing and there was something wrong with me.\u00a0 I felt unworthy, scared and confused.\u00a0 On the surface I put on a good show. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Can you relate to this?\u00a0 Be honest now.<br \/>\nAre you truly fulfilled in your life?<br \/>\nAre you truly happy and at peace in your heart?<br \/>\nAre you free from worry, stress, health issues and financial pressures?<br \/>\nAre you insecure, do you have fears that unsettle you, such as whatever you have could be taken away? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333399\">Why are you doing it the hard way?<br \/>\nHow often do you sincerely welcome God into your heart, home and business?<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #333399\">Are you truly listening for God in your heart?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">The Old and New Testaments agree on the fact it requires 100% faith to enter the Kingdom.\u00a0 The faith of a child, 100% sincerity.\u00a0 Anytime our burden is too heavy and we need help, we are to call on God and turn our worries, troubles and pain over to The Creator of the World.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">It\u2019s a simple requirement to live an awakened life in the Kingdom.\u00a0 100% faith and turn our problems over to God and ask for His help.\u00a0 It\u2019s so simple, most people miss it.\u00a0 Free will allows us to do it our way or God\u2019s way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Why not start your own conversation with God?\u00a0 Ask God for help with all your challenges.\u00a0 Give him your pain.\u00a0 Discover true peace, health and abundance.\u00a0 Have total faith in God and turn over your fear, worry and problems to a Higher Power and watch your life transform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">God is our co-pilot, He is our truest friend, after all God has been with us every moment of our life and is right now\u2026..whether we acknowledge it or not.\u00a0 The truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cGOD\u2019S WAYS ARE INGENIOUS HIS METHODS SURE. GOD MAKES A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO WAY I AM DIVINELY LED.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cI OF MYSELF DO NOTHING, I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Join the conversation\u2026..find your way to the Kingdom.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\"><br \/>\nsmiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\"> \ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\">The MEGA Coach<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Inspired by God, Roy Eugene Davis and a special contribution by Dr. Henry Lieberman, my wife, Denise and son, Denny.\u00a0 They are the wind beneath my wings.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/06\/namaste1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9751\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/06\/namaste1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"namaste1\" width=\"235\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Google)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it that we want most in life? 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