Good day to you dear readers of FGGAM! I pray you are doing well. And, I share, because, don’t we all struggle at times? I sure do! But, with every struggle, we grow in Christ, if we press on and learn the power & freedom of Repentance! Lord God, thank you that you have mercy on us!
70 Times 7, is the Title & Message the Lord spoke to me last night. And, “We don’t have the pleasure to get the world to behave the way we want“; was my morning conversation with my son. With little time, I said, just read my devotion today, ok? He said, email it to me mommy. I pulled in a parking space before I left the school grounds, and below is what the Lord helped me write to my son; as a personal introduction to today’s devotion.
I hope this is light that shines the of the Love of God through Jesus Christ to your day too.
I can’t tell you how much Jesus has blessed me, just even in this day to have grow in my knowledge of His love for me! OH, the Ever-Increasing Wisdom of God! God loves you my friend! More than we can measure! God loves us!
God has SO loved the World that HE gave HIS Son, Named Him Jesus, and Resurrected Jesus the Christ! For us!
All for us.
The letter to my son this morning at school drop off:
I agree. A lot is wrong in this world in the way people treat us. HOWEVER, We DON’T have the PLEASURE to get the world to behave the Way we want. & Truely … Only Jesus is worthy of this reward that is to God!
But son! We have GRACE & MERCY & FORGIVENESS in CHRIST JESUS! So, take your pleasures to Jesus; and praise God instead!
Now to,
Hope in Today Ministries
Bible Verse Devotion:
“But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.”
1 John 4:4 NLT
Yet, how many times Jesus ? …
And how much more can we take ? …
The Holy Spirit answers, ” 70 Times 7 “ is how many times Jesus has / will forgive me of my sins & count them as mistakes!!!
The Personal REVELATION!
” 70 Times 7 “ is how many times Jesus has / will forgive me of my sins & count them as mistakes!!! And so must we forgive the same!
The Bigger the ministry,
the bigger the cross.
My husband answers, “As much as God says we can! “
The Personal Revelation!
How much more can we take? “As much as God says we can! ” Friends, Don’t loose heart; or harden your heart! Stay focused on God’s plan of Salvation! And, at this time, the Lord is pressing on my heart to share Matthew 18:2 & 3 in this way.
Will you open your Bible to read,
“And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, … ____ I say unto ___, Except ___ be converted, and become as _____children, ____ shall ____ enter into the _____ of _______.”
Will you consider this? Little children don’t have their frontal lobe of their brain fully developed yet; until like mid-20s! (research that information for yourself; and I believe the revelation is that Christ is the New Mind in this area; maybe found in Rev 22; and will you let me know what you learn?) Anyway, I always laugh, as a mom, over the years, Mine has seemed to have over-developed! LOL I can think of more consequences in 3 seconds that my son says, “mom don’t suck the life out of my dream!” Ouch!
But to redirect, to keep the dream, but modify to keep safe. Think about the consequences.
See? To live like a child? To dream like a child? To believe like a child? I teach my son & I learn from my son. To learn to live spiritually balanced in Christ!
I don’t mind to be transparent!
Because Greater is HE who lives in me than he that is in the world!
70 x 7 , The Lord Spoke to me! Wow! This is for me!
Jesus forgives me 70 times 7 times!
WOW! What a revelation!!! And, I will testify often, that you should be able to see God’s love more through my mistakes than my right steps.
God loves me; and God loves you! I had to repent of something yesterday! All the times, I should pray for the guy who passes me, cuts me off & as yesterday happened, I don’t always respond with Jesus, but with the devil! Ouch! Years ago, when I used to be, I was different in my mind-set; now I know better, but yesterday, I knew better! I thought he did it to be mean. And, so what if he did or didn’t? Looking back, I don’t believe it was like I thought is was; I truly believe, that a mean heart was NOT the motive.
Jesus teaches us to respond with grace, mercy and peace; and to pray … And Praise God, who does work all things together for the good to them that love God – The Purpose: That we are to be transformed in the image of God’s Son! God knew, I needed cleaned up in my heart in that area! And, I feel spiritually empowered and free today; that God loved me so much, He corrected me, loved me still; and taught me!
I don’t mind to be transparent! Because Greater is HE who lives in me than he that is in the world!
The Lord also showed me that I had stones in my hand that God knows the secrets of the heart that I would have loved to have started tossing at folks who … reject Jesus, but in his anger, Jesus did not sin. In my anger, God teaches me the same! Yes, I am not Jesus, I am a child of God learning to walk in His shoes! So Jesus loves me to forgive me 70 times 7; and God loves us all so much that He cares enough to teach us that we are to forgive and do the same mercies for our neighbor.
Friends, we don’t have a stone to cast!!! We need to put the rocks down, because God loves us too much! I have to admit, I need to put the rocks down sometimes too! Rocks, I didn’t even know I had in my hand, until the Spirit of the Living Lord revealed them to me last night!
I put them down to follow Jesus!!! Will you?
I have to remind myself to pray for those who despitefully use me; and so do we all; …and if you are honest with yourself, don’t you too? We are called by Jesus to “Do good to them who …(yes hate you) (Scripture found in Matthew 5:44, KJV). ”
“In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.
“BUT you are TO BE perfect, EVEN AS your Father in heaven IS perfect.
Matthew 5:45-48 NLT
And Jesus is the Way, the Truth & the Life (Ref. John 14:6)!
Holy Spirit you are welcome here.
I hope this is a blessing to you, as it is to me, as from the Lord.
I have to go to work now. Please have patience with me too! Into His hands I commit this work for God’s Glory Alone!
Love in Christ,
Karen
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
Till next time! “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
The address in the Bible is found in 2 Corinthians 1:2, and this is the NIV today.
LOVE IN CHRIST,
KAREN ROWE
The Train Whistle, Sounding the call of God’s Love, by Karen Rowe [2012 Published for you]
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Personal Motto: “I don’t have it all figured out, BUT GOD DOES … Follow JESUS!”
Thank you Jesus! Personal Revelation Life Verse: 1 John 4:16
16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
This version Today is (HCSB)
Holy Spirit you are welcome here!
Blessings, Karen
