Hello from NC. I won’t pretend that I know how you are feeling. Yet, we can identify with each other, that sometimes, we can allow ourselves to feel overwhelmed, scared, sad, … even happy?
Life is connected to Life! We matter to God; and we matter to each other! What are your surroundings like? Are there smiles in your midst? Perhaps, and I hope this brings a smile to your face in the Lord, that perhaps you can share the first smile, or maybe even encourage you to experience life outside of your comfort zone to smile again.
Trying something new, can be scary … “Fear” intends to STOP us from discovering the Blessings that are set in front of us! Even if something is really scary; friend, may I encourage you that God is in the midst; and in Christ, HE is with you, even through this life & far beyond fears, sickness and death. God is with us; and God is on the other side of the veil!
Veil has the exact same letters as evil
I realized yesterday; as all credit goes to God for revealing this & the ability to share this with you Today; that Veil has the exact same letters in the word as evil. And, think about it, the veil is the separation (death) from God caused by sin; and torn down by the death of the Son of God, Jesus! Has your spirit been lifted in the resurrected life in Christ? Have you come to know and believe in the love God has for you to be set free from the law of sin and death?
Satan wants to cause us to fear what is on way of getting to the other side of that mountain! …To Fear …what you hope for, but cannot see! This, my friend is the definition of faith! God just allowed this revelation to come to me at this time! Satan wants us to fear Truth, to fear faith, to fear the Word of God & to even fear God. Oh yes, there is a righteous reverence to God; and a rightful fear to be had toward wrath of God to those who love sin, but I don’t fear my God. God is my Father, because Jesus is my Savior and Lord!
I believe it is good to say ,that I understand well how it feels when fear comes AT us … in scary circumstances. Yes, Indeed, fear and frustration will come at us, BUT, we have a choice NOT to LET fear; nor to LET frustration come IN us! Learn to Traffic Praise! The Lord showed me this past week; in times of traffic, take that time to Praise!!!
Ah! The Promises of God that we can stand on!!! I hope this encourages you in that, no matter the situations that you face; that you can discover how to smile with the JOY of the LORD radiating from within your understanding saved soul, in Christ Jesus whom is WITH you through it all!
There is purpose in everything under the sun!!!
Get to know your spiritual side; cause Satan loves to attack our carnal nature. This is where we can rise up and be victorious in every battle we face; when we face those struggles standing firm on faith in Jesus, whom is the one whom we follow; and Christ will never lead us to a place to leave us broken!
God has shown us though HIS Holy Word HOW to move those mountains! Define them! Speak to them! And, Believe! And, by our active faith … God won’t do for us, what HE has told us how to do for ourselves: Be strong and courageous To walk by FAITH with NO Veil; in the RESTORED RELATIONSHIP with God, through Christ!
Love the Lord, your God with all your heart, soul, and mind; and Trust His All-Knowing (and LOVING) Plan to follow by your faith; and according to God’s Holy Word. It is effective; powerfully effective, to choose complete UnWavering obedience & trust, to completely resting on trusting “God’s Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth!” Go where He says Go! Stop when He says Stop! And, stand firm to be amazed! We know God can do it, yet we can stand in AWE when we witness God’s Work in our faith!
This week, I had to ask God for Wisdom! And, that is okay, the Bible tells us to. I prayed to God and quoted His word to me; Your word tells us that if any of you lack Wisdom, “I lack Wisdom to know what to do,” to ask; “so I ask for Wisdom.” And, God did just that!!! And, God allowed me to know certain things! And, God went before me and worked things out; accordingly to where I had done all I knew to do, accordingly to my FAITH!
The Lord has Mercy! And God is All-Knowing! We are not, but we can be delivered into all healing and freedoms to find rest in our faith … if we learn how to just trust God and follow Jesus by our Faith. The Holy Spirit will lead us to places like in the desert to be tempted, but only to grow us up in our Most Holy Faith; and to learn more & more deeply whom God is, LOVE!
We are being prepared to be sent in this world to make a difference; and I truly believe that this freedom is most evident by the grace that comes with us; and is seen through our freedom in Christ Smiles!
I hope you enjoy the devotion today! I truly believe that if we get this; we will never be the same!
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.,
Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word
Small town smiles on demand
Yesterday, we got a break! It may have been one of the best times we have really enjoyed in months; or longer. Surrounded by seemingly never-ending demands on all sides, something special released us yesterday! We refused to accept Anything from people yesterday, because we had been blessed by God to take THIS day off.
Something special happened all day, when we just stepped away from people’s demands, we discovered we remembered how to be free & discover new things.
…business people, one particular says “Push Push” that we have learned to smile at his unforgiving humor. People forget to smile!
Last night we all went to a small town for dinner & movie! Something surprised us!!! EveRyone was smiling! And even laughing! Why were we so amazed to see smiling people? The employees, the waitresses, the customers! It was like the whole place was just happy!!! Because they genuinely were happy!
Happiness is contagious! And, highly recommended! If you go places of stress often where people forget to smile? Perhaps God has sent you there to share your smile! What confidence could you bring to someone’s fears?
People come in all professions & deliver news. How about we make up our mind to smile and share the Good News ~ Thru our Smiles ~ cause in Christ there we find everything we need to survive in this world after the Miracle, of when we first believed.
Serve? YES! Pleasing God is by faith; YET, how can we please God, if we are worried about pleasing people? Are you truly happy? Happiness is High when we can share our Jesus Smiles with others.
The Word of God:
“Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold.
“But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth.
“AND THIS VEIL CAN BE REMOVED ONLY BY BELIEVING IN CHRIST.
“Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do nOt UNDerSTaNd. BUT wherEver someone TURNS TO the Lord, the veil is taken away.
“FOR the Lord is the Spirit, AND wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, THERE IS FREEDOM.
2 Corinthians 3:12, 14-17 NLT
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
