Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word,
By, Karen Rowe
Even if you have not read the Bible, & regardless if we are right or wrong in our perspective of what is right & wrong …
One step further, regardless of what our basis of our standard of right & wrong is, everything is a Fruit & Heart discernment that gets hooked up to our feelings & how we respond.
Painting a picture: “Son, you didn’t close the feed bag.” Not-1st response; “I am sorry w/excuse, BUT the 2nd response, “Thank you mom for letting me know.”
Friends, when we receive this we will never be the same! Thank you JESUS!
There is now no condemnation in Christ Jesus! How often do we respond defensively; and miss the point that we can make a mistake! That is WHY God gave the law! To prove to us we NEED Grace!
Only God brings us to a repentant heart; AND Only God knows a person’s heart.
God has a magnificent plan, my friends! Hope in Jesus!
A recent experience opened my eyes. Take your mind to when you were / are In school. Your strictest & most disciplined teacher can make you feel like __ ? Yet, do you really know their heart?
Not the world’s way, but in Christ, God’s way, how will you feel when you get corrected? You may think the teacher hates you? You may feel condemned? You may even wrongly judge the heart, when the teacher actually believes in you & is willing to push you to Reach for Higher!
SELF-DISCIPLINE!
I bet you thought I was going to take that the opposite way? Friends, Jesus come to get our heart transformed for God!
Good or Bad fruit is a reflection of a person’s purposes, God knows. There can be rotten fruit or no fruit or ripe fruit, but the only thing that matters is the Tree / JESUS !
Is Jesus in your heart? He loves you! Transformation happens / NOT condemnation!
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20 KJV
The door IS OUR MIND TO our spiritual heart! WOW! What a Revelation! Thank you Jesus! Jesus is the Way to the MIND of GOD, the Truth & The Life w/God.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Luke 6:37 KJV
As we lead into the song
As we lead into the song the Lord has given me to share with you today, let’s go to a few connecting Scriptures to prepare our mind in Christ Jesus. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5, KJV).”
Let Jesus be your Identity & Set your identity in Christ Jesus! Get to Know the Love God has for you! Not only, in Christ, Now there is NO condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, but also God has sent us a Helper in Jesus Name.
SEEK to GET A New Revelation in Christ Jesus; and when you receive this, you will NEVER be the SAME! Transformation Happens when the Lord is our Shepherd.
Transformation Happens when the Lord is our Shepherd.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
1 John 4:18-20 King James Version (KJV)
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (Rm 8:1, KJV) …. the Spirit is life because of righteousness (Rm 8:10, KJV)
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through ___ (Rms 8:2, 3, KJV).“
“they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit (Rms 8:5, KJV). …to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Rms 8:6, KJV). …”But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you (Rms 8:11, KJV).
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Hear Paul Teach!
I encourage you to take some time to turn on your Bible App on; and be blessed to hear Paul tell you all about the Mysteries that can be found in the Secret Place with God that is through and by the Name of Jesus! Paul, is an extraordinary writer to us! It takes about 6 hours for the Bible App to Read TO YOU from Romans Chapter 10 to Read all the Way through in a Building Progress to Colossians Chapter 4; and Friends, when we Receive this from God, we will never be the same … when Revelation from God comes through and by the Name of Jesus!
“I know who I am
I know I’m strong
And I am free
Got my own identity…”
Take a minute, let it settle in …
Same Heart & Perfect Fit!
“Only you can surrender your burdens to your Heavenly Father (Emily McCauley Evans).”
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2
Kelly Murphy Snelgrove
Kelly, thank you for this picture & this Scripture (Linked)!!!
Be completely humble & gentle; be patient … bearing with one another in love …
Kelly had no idea how I saw this reflection in a pond this morning & this sky yesterday!!! But God did!!! God is always doing something amazing in our hearts, if we will just pay, Him, the attention, to change our mind & heart toward HIM more and more; as we learn. I wished I could take the picture this morning of the pond with a reflection as Kelly has shared, because it was a perfect reflection of me being delivered by Revelation Knowledge this morning from something God knew was a stubborn place in my heart that I needed to soften!!! In the Face of Jesus Christ … & When Understanding Comes … It is such a JOY (not a condemnation) and FREEDOM (Not a captivity) & and a new level in our ability (not an inability) to serve! If we are growing & changing, we are living with God! God uses people and situations to get our focus on Jesus! No one has loved us like Jesus! Let us learn to love LIKE Him. I pray this is a blessing to you too.
Thank you Kelly for sharing with us all daily!
TILL NEXT TIME!
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe
“Writing the Story of my life with every choice Jesus helps me to make and learning how to be blessed and live life large, happy and free. I care.”
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- Personal Motto: “I don’t have it all figured out, BUT GOD DOES … Follow 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. (HCSB)
Holy Spirit you are welcome here!
Thank you Jesus!
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“GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (2 Corinthians 1:2, NIV).”
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Blessings,
Karen
