Good Day to you Dear Friends in Christ,
I get excited about the love of Jesus, so I won’t say I am sorry for that. But as respect for your time, I will label this in three parts: A letter to you, THE DEVOTION (In the Middle) & a Conclusion. I hope this is a blessing to you regardless of which part the Lord leads you to read. I am almost afraid of not posting this in full, because would I be trusting God to please HIM? Or, would I be more concerned with pleasing you, which would mean, I would be more concerned with how you felt about how I presented this to you.
Obviously, I posted to please God. I hope this is a blessing to you to grow in your most Holy Faith. Once we are taught by God, isn’t it our duty to teach as the Holy Spirit leads?
Love, Karen
A Letter to you ~
I write to you Today by the will of God, because this is God’s will for you to believe Jesus loves you; and to encourage you to remain in that Powerful River of Grace that washed us pure as snow; and keeps us from being separated from God!
Isn’t it amazing that John 3:16-17 has a message of Salvation for us all / Not of condemnation; and that the parallel verse from the same God writes to us in a letter form, 1 John 3:16, which calls us us to abide in that powerful grace & love of God!
But we have to train ourselves in this love and learn God’s thoughts all along the way. To know the Voice of Jesus is a GIFT from God! I am so grateful & even more so motivated to appreciate HIS Voice! The Voice of Jesus is all we need to know! … and my friends in Christ, where does the Bible tell us the lost are at? … In this world; and when we receive this, we will never be the same. The world does not know / nor have His Voice to know what is good in God’s eyes; all they can see is the love of Christ that we let shine through our spirit that loves God, because God first loved us!
Grace is the ability to Rejoice in the War Room / Instead of getting upset. Friend, you may be going through a trying time to Grow; it is not easy to grow in Patience & Faith in our relationships with people. But God has Patience with us …so must we remain in the love God has for us (Jesus).
May I encourage you in the Lord Today? As I can say Today, that was a Trial for me … to test my faith that I could see what was in control of me; Is Peace in Control of you; that you can’t say anything, BUT the positive, because of the Spirit that dwells in you from where God is working in you.
It is the transformation process of LOVE!
And, the Truth (abiding in Jesus) will SET us FREE!
The Devil is trying to STOP you from where God is working! Peace holds me & Peace will hold you! Peace will control our MIND to look to find, to DO GOOD & to grow to understand the power of God FOR us, IN us & WITH us, when we learn to Let Peace be in Control of our mind!
Anger worsens, but the LORD will guide you.
Who is Wisdom? There are two types of wisdom. Where there is envy & selfish-ambition, there you will find confusion, disorder; and every evil practice (James 3:16).”
NIV ~ For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
NLT ~ Wherever you find jealousy and fighting, there will be trouble and every other kind of wrong-doing.
KJV ~ For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
I hope this Devotion is a Blessing to your Today!
Love in Christ,
Karen
HOPE IN TODAY MINISTRIES, INC. DAILY DEVOTION TO GOD’S HOLY WORD
Don’t Limit What God Does … Believe! By Karen Rowe
Just as we flock to God; the world flocks to the world. What we love is what we will navigate to.
IF you love Jesus you will understand what you must give up to love Jesus.
IF you love the world, you will understand what you will toss aside to get what you want.
There is a radical difference in the love Jesus pours into our heart, than that love that is in the world!
A love experienced grows from a love that makes the sacrifice,to hold our tongue when we have a human right to argue, because Jesus is Perfect Love & Perfect Love drives out self to love others well.
Friends, when we know Better, we are the ones that are supposed to be different!
Is this love weak? I hardly think so! Have you ever had to pray to love another well in Christ? It takes the Power of the Almighty God in a believer who knows & believes in the love God has for us … to surrender to love beyond, PAST & higher than the unlovable!
Friends, the Power of Love covers a multitude of sins! JESUS loves me in all Mercy & Grace! I have experienced Jesus love me when I am most unlovable…How dare we love another less that the LOVE God has for us?
I have been guilty Until I saw the Light!
To love beyond the hurts that you can’t even speak of, because that is the sin of gossip & slander…We must PRAY in the HOLY SPIRIT & Seek God’s clarity that will be defined to us in the Bible…When we really seek to know our responsibility considering all things God knows About!
Friends, we must love each other with a sincere love in Christ!
How do we do this when the Bible also defines those who are not following Christ? We pray & make sure we are following Christ!
Simple! BUT not so simple! We can never assume what it means to follow Christ Jesus; We must Seek God’s thoughts in His Holy Word & pray in the Holy Spirit for understanding to come to Know HOW to APPLY God’s Holy Word to our LIFE!
Fight to love others well in Christ like your life depended on it, because Jesus is The Life & if we love Jesus, we will surrender to His Love!
We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
1 John 3:16 NLT
In Conclusion ~
People will USE Sympathy TO Manipulate a Believer to follow the devil’s agendas, …
BUT / Compassion Acts following the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.
Acts 3:6-16 (KJV)
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
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16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
~1 John 3:16-17 (NLT)
16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister[a] in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
~ John 3:16-17 (NLT)
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
Jesus gives us the Truth Straight up! We will / can wrestle with what our mentor, with more experience tells us, but when Christ Jesus tells us, we will never be the same!
Perfect Love drives out Fear to be strong enough to LOVE God well; and in doing so, love others well. You may think this is harsh, like I did, but consider two things a mother hen can’t / won’t do for her chicks?
- Hatch FOR it.
- A Mother Hen will sit on that nest and keep that egg warm & she will do anything to protect her baby inside that egg, and both before & after it hatches! BUT, she can’t help it out of the shell – She would kill it; if she tried to help the baby chick’s struggle to hatch from that outer shell.
- A Egg must be first fertilized to become a living and growing life inside that shell. So must we be first fertilized with the life in Christ to become alive inside of our soul & spirit that lives inside our body.
- Fly FOR it.
- After the Hatch, A Mother Eagle will feed & care for her babies, until it is time to fly! Then she will make the nest uncomfortable to the chicks, so they will know it is time to fly. A mother loves her baby, but she can’t fly for her chick. She makes the nest uncomfortable – and goes out IN FRONT OF & BEYOND encouraging her baby to FLY / FLOCK to life to LIVE FREE & Soar through life higher; even where there are troubles.
- A blend of nature, but a Spiritual Truth picture for you and me and all who will come to believe!
Jesus loves you! And, YES there is HOPE in TODAY! But don’t get discouraged when others can’t do for you what God has called you to do for yourself. And don’t beat yourself up, when Jesus won’t let you hatch FOR others; nor fly FOR those you love! Rise up in Christ and Walk in Grace. Then, find encouragement in the love that God has for you, because you will always remember what God has done for you! Jesus is the Truth and the Truth shall set us free.
To God be the Glory!
Hatch & Grow … It is Not easy, but a baby chick proves it is possible through God’s design & Perfect Plan!
Acts 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Of all the needs we have in this world, Jesus meets them all. But LOVE, HOPE, MERCY, GRACE, LIFE and PEACE … even JOY in this life… is above them all, because there is a Greater Peace than you have every known that takes away anger, fussing & negativity.
Go look for Jesus and Find what true LOVE looks like; and you will discover a LIFE that is ALIVE and ever-growing inside of you when you Repent and turn from sin by Grace to walk in this great LIGHT of the Resurrected King Jesus, Savior and Lord!
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
#TheTrainWhistleKarenRowe
TILL NEXT TIME!
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
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
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
