Dear Friends,
I am pretty hard on my thoughts, because I have come to know and believe in the love God has for us; and His thoughts are higher than my thoughts. So I share to encourage you to 1st of all believe and then also to grow to His higher level of knowledge and understanding for your personal benefit [of what it is to abide in Him and Him in you]; and the overall benefit of your part in God’s Church in Christ Jesus.
And, yes, you are invited to Come and Believe and Share in the Blessings of this New Life in Christ together, where in Christ, there is no confusion and no condemnation for those who place their faith in Jesus and the gift of Grace God’s Blood did shed for you!
And, don’t try to do life alone, the (SPIRITUAL) Church (not the physical building) is God’s Gift to each of us to help us keep in the Truth … in Christ Jesus.
As I write this intro, I believe it is good for me to type something to re-read. How will you receive it; I am not sure? Only God knows. God only holds me accountable IF I do not do what God tells me to do.
This quote got my full attention! I pray you take your time to let this melt into your heart of your subconscious mind; for when we receive this by the Holy Spirit in our conscious mind, we will never be the same!
From, Our Daily Bread, Discovery Series,
The SERMON on the MOUNT Being Remade from Within,
by Oswald Chambers:
Pg 6: “As long as we have a conceited, self-righteous idea that we can do these things if God will help us, God allows us to go on until we break the neck of our ignorance over some obstacle. Then we will be willing to come and receive from Him.”
Pg 8: “We are so used to the sayings of Jesus that they slip past us; they sound sweet and pious and wonderfully simple, but they are in reality like spiritual torpedoes that burst and explode in the subconscious mind. When the Holy Spirit brings them back to our conscious minds, we realize what starting statements they are.”
As further quoted on Pg 8, I pray this Devotion will “rip and tear and revolutionize all our ideas of life” to “… allow the life of God to invade us by regeneration, and then to soak our minds in the teaching of Jesus Christ. … at some point, circumstances will arise in which one of Jesus Christ’s statements emerges.”
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Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word.
By Karen Rowe
I always write “we” under the covering of the “T” in Trust on every piece of mail I send! Why? It is my heart who releases ALL I need in the Hand of Jesus.
We go as far as we can go in doing all we know to do WITH God. And, then we place all we can’t control In God’s Mighty Hand in the Name of Jesus!
In God We Trust!
Who is of “One Nation Under God?
Who is indivisible, with liberty and justice for all?
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me (John 14:1).”
In Jr High School, I memorized one document’s famous first fifty-two words that stuck with me, — The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution introduces everything that is to follow in the Constitution’s articles & amendments. It proclaims who is adopting this Constitution: “We the People of the United States.”
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.”
The Lord also brings to memory, The Emancipation Proclamation, which was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to free.
The definition of a preamble is an introduction or an introductory statement in a document which states the reasons for the rest of the document. An example of preamble is the beginning of the Constitution.
But before our leaders & people figured out how to live blessed, God was in the Beginning setting the Order to Creation & everything to follow; & The Spirit of Christ Jesus was with God and was God, from in the beginning!
The Word of God will order my life & each has a choice to whom we follow: Self or our Creator?
The Word of God is the grounding point to all right things & order is set by God; to be blessed & unify; or divide, according to the faith we follow.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy 30:15-16 KJV
There is a BUT IF … & yet, God has given us all we need to follow Christ, Believe~
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalms 119:105 KJV
I hope this Devotion is a Blessing to you too! Love in Christ, Karen
“THE WORD IS VERY SIMPLE BUT WE COMPLICATE IT TO TRY NOT TO FOLLOW…”
Quote by, Paula Gallimore ????
Further Study Application:
Is the Fruit of the Spirit Active in your life? or Inactive in your life? Ref: Gal 5:22-23NOTE: Self-Control is Reaching for a Higher Goal of Trust in God to be in the Spirit of Jesus & with Peace in Control.
Let’s look at the KJV
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, [FREEDOM] longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 King James Version (KJV)
JESUS TEACH US … SO THAT WE MAY GROW IN THE WISDOM FROM HEAVEN.
TILL NEXT TIME!
“GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (2 Corinthians 1:2, NIV).”
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.”
Personal Motto: “I don’t have it all figured out, BUT GOD DOES … Follow JESUS!”
Personal Revelation Life Verse: 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 (1 John 4:16 HCSB)
Thank you Jesus!
Holy Spirit you are welcome here!
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The Train Whistle, Sounding the call of God’s Love, by Karen Rowe
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Final Thoughts …
IF YOU ARE WONDERING IF THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU? THEN, THE ANSWER IS YES! THIS MESSAGE IS FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEKING TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF JESUS, WHO IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD!
In Closing, there is so much here, yet the final thought the Spirit of the Lord is impressing on my heart of Jesus to say is this … Forgiveness leaves no room in our heart for revenge / nor ill-thoughts toward that person, because something Miraculous happens in Christ! Grace floods our heart!!! Forgiveness comes in us like a flood of living warm oil that frees a soul to let go of any control that UNforgiveness can have over us, a place Satan can steal our Peace, if we are unWise to what is really going on. The Holy Spirit we allow / LET control our heart is vital to our freedoms in Christ. God will give you a method, if need be to Reconcile Peace between believers. But, as far as unbelievers, they must first come to Christ to understand what forgiveness is all about. Release that forgiveness in the rightful Hand of Jesus, where there is nothing left for us to forgive, because Forgiveness has come for whosoever might believe.
Stay Blessed my Friends! Love in Christ is Powerful!
JESUS ALREADY DID IT ALL!
If you don’t know Jesus like this, Come! Come to the ONE who died for your sins, because God desires for you to come home to be with Him! Yes, my friend, there is forgiveness, grace and HOPE! Won’t you receive the Grace Jesus left for you? Peace, Joy, Freedom from sin and when you Receive this, you will never be the same! And, when you Come, STAY! Jesus loves you! We are praying for you; and when you come, please pray for us as well! There is more than what you see in front of you! Look up to the Heaven’s and know God has known you since BEFORE you were even born! God loved you and knew the choices you would make! Jesus loved you, because you needed His Love So … Now, all that is left, is for you to come and receive the Mercy and Grace that God has waiting for you. Believe in your heart that Jesus is Raised from the Dead; and Confess with your mouth, Jesus is your Lord. God will hear you no matter how you say it, because God looks at and knows the value of your heart!
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