Dear Friends in Christ,

Through it all … Through it all … my eyes are on you … Through it all, my eyes are fixed on Jesus!  I love to share what I see the Lord do!  As an introduction to this weekend Cup @ FGGAM …

I am SO Excited to Share this with you!

1. God Put LIFE Inside the Paper White Bulb for us to see purpose in everything God does under the sun … Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.

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1. God Numbered the Hairs on Your Head … to show you HOW much He Cares for you!!!

Two things I noticed this afternoon! The first picture is the hydrangea that my family bought for me last year! Isn’t it beautiful?! …and I had absolutely nothing to do with it!!!! God literally did that! And I love that my family thought to give it to me!

The third picture just shows that I had to do a little adjustment on my camera to get the actual color! Isn’t it so much more vibrant in color when you look at the first and second picture? This is its actual color but I had to adjust the settings on my camera to capture that Reality just so that I could show you…

And finally, the most amazing thing to me is that…Do you remember those Paper White flower blooms I shared with you back in the winter months… It’s embarrassing to say, but I didn’t know what to do with the bulb when it was done blooming… I couldn’t find the time to plant it, so I set it aside to watch it wither away and die!

Sad but true… BUT… I’m glad to report the story doesn’t end there! Do you see the Life coming out of the bulb? All I could see was filthy dirty rotten water; and yucky roots swimming underneath… YET, God has done something spectacular when he put LIFE in a flower Bulb!

Just since I set them outside, a week or two ago, and in the sun with the rain, I see Life coming up out of that bulb today! I honestly thought the bulb was dead; that somehow I killed it by not taking the proper steps to replant or store it after it has bloomed!

But God had other plans! Working all day inside getting so many things done, but cooped up in the office all day, when I come outside I NOTICED how wonderful the evening was; and I thank God for blessing me with a warm and almost dry Breeze, because it has been really hot today; and inside it’s been really chilling cold at the office!

Friends Little things don’t matter A LOT … They are eveRything! The next time you look out and see life bursting up through the ground, I would love for you to consider one thing…

Think of one thing…that one gift… that you have taken MUCH time & efforts to put together a gift WITH so much love in the little details THAT you only hoped that the receiver of the gift would notice how much you care…

When you have this in mind …I want to now tell you something new!

God didn’t speak you into existence; HE wove you together in your mother’s womb… Okay that’s not new news, YET, the Revelation to me that God showed me yesterday IS to me AND maybe God will make it fresh and new to you as well!

As I asked God this very question yesterday, He said to me, ” That’s why I numbered the hairs on your head…” That it’s the little details I took while I wove you together in your mother’s room; that I planned you and made you just the way you are and that I created the universe to be just the way it is …BEFORE I made you TO BE FOR YOU & … it’s all just to show you how much I care!

Friends if that doesn’t get you right where it gets you
… I don’t know what would, because it’s certainly made me feel alive and loved inside… & the same God who made me, … numbered the hairs on your head as well…

How was this for you?  For me, my faith just increased in my identity in Christ and God’s Love for me … and all the world for you too to come to grow deeper in God’s love for you … or perhaps to Come to Know and Believe in the love God has for you for the very 1st time!

Let God fill that Void in our heart that only God can fill.  The message is simple:  God Loves You!  If you would like prayer, please contact us!

Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.

Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word

Choosing Our Identity in Christ is Faith!

Then, Nothing can separate us from the Love of God!

“I am for you. Who can be against you…don’t you know how deep & how wide… is My love for you…” I hear this SONG circulating in my head early this AM! BUT, not until AFTER I got up!

The words that woke me up were, I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me; But I can do nothing apart from from Him!

Friends, sometimes I just can’t say in words what I want to, yet everytime I sit to hear from the Lord, personally, I am amazed at How The Holy Spirit communicates so well the beauty God has placed on my heart to share in ways that are a picture of HIS love for us all!

We have been talking about Walking on Water, as a skiier holds a rope & a boat pulls him along! This is a natural picture of Grace! Jesus holds us & God’s Love pulls us / apart from Him we can do nothing! God even gAve us THE hand to hold His & THE feet to walk with Him & now we are leaning deeper in to the meaning of God’s Love! God is for you / not against you!

But more importantly where is your faith? Because God gave you a measure to use to believe and follow Him…

Hang tight with me on this, because I ran across a lady this week who was confused…She thought Jesus was helping her, but confessed she didn’t know who Jesus was. Going beyond the ordinary, I could tell you more …she was dealing with the devil; & he had a hold of her.

Friends, God is training me, BUT I can do nothing apart from Him, Yet I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me…

I live for Christ & if I die…I live ♡

WHOM is your identity (FAITH) founded in? In God who loves you & gave His Son to save you? Or in the perishing notions of this broken world?

In this cycle of life, God gave us His Word as a tool to use to better understand what we are going thru & to use as our “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth” TO comprehend Who IS God & find faith.

How are you exercising your Faith? Before you Proceed out of the boat, be sure you know the Hand of God who Holds you. Because there is an enemy in this world who wants to destroy us, BUT GOD will help us in Jesus Name!

For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’
Isaiah 41:13 NKJV

Related Links … As the Lord leads:

1. Walking on Water … Jesus bares our burdens, by Karen Rowe

And, as the Lord lead the Devotions Daily in my missed time posting here @ FGGAM…To God be the Glory.  I hope this is a blessing to you.  Love in Christ, Karen

TILL NEXT TIME!