Dear Friends,
No edits! (If there is a typo, forgive) BUT, Jesus loves you. Jesus understands you. You are not alone! How do I know this? Because I know the God of Great Patience that is for me, with me and in me. And, God is good; and He is a Good Good Father who loves us so! God is not the world’s Father, but Jesus is the world’s Savior! Jesus makes the God who loves us, Our Father. We choose who we follow; and we are here to give you thoughts to consider, so that you have the freedom in your choices to make legit choices. We can talk to God and rest assured, He has already accounted for anything we can think, say or do. Repent is a powerful change of perception and life giving transformation.
I felt convicted yesterday! Lord, I prayed, did I … ? Lord, knew, I wanted to hide, but what happened was I KNEW repentance is the work of Salvation! Because I agreed with God! See Amos 3:3 (Can 2 walk together except they be agreed?); Because I agreed with God that He loves me and is near to help me, I leaned in close to Jesus and talked out my heart to God and healed. SEE? I could have chosen to hide {from God?} Friends, when God already knows! NO! See? When we believe in God’s love for us, we know there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus!
Quickly painting a picture of this, before we move on. Jesus come for the lost sheep! That is you and me! A sheep is pictured in perfection as white and pure white fluffy wool. But friends, Jesus knows what a lost sheep looks like! Overgrown & matted / dirty wool! But JESUS! BUT JESUS! BUT JESUS! When Jesus picks us up, He cleans us up and lets us know how much we are loved …. UNCONDITIONALLY of how we might look or smell from being a lost sheep. But to deny we need JESUS?????? Friends, if we try to hide our wrong or ugly actions / attitudes / convictions from God, …how can Jesus pick us up if we continue running FROM HIM? Be still and know that God is God; and LET God be God; and you be you and LET JESUS do what only God can do for you through and by His saving & healing Holy Spirit!
I believe the Lord is helping me grow in the area of releasing the control to Him. Today, I repented of trying to control others, when I am only called to Self-Control, which is only through and by the Holy Spirit power that I lean on. We have to let God’s Bible open into our hearts and let the Holy Spirit massage God’s Word into our heart until we shine like God wants us to shine for Jesus.
1st we confess we believe on Jesus. Do you know and believe in the love God has for you? And, … perhaps, do you know ??? HOW MUCH God loves you? Friends, when we realize how much God has SO loved us … when you receive this you will never be the same.
Jacob deceived his father Isaac. Jacob received his lot of being deceived himself … Read this incredible account of Jacob’s Story that is written for us to SEE the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob! Friends, it’s like God had a massive and wonderful puzzle that HE rained the pieces down from Heaven to Earth; and Jesus COME and we can see the pieces fitting together perfectly as the Story of Jesus unfolds to OUR LIFE. God is not surprised by what we do; and the lineage from Abraham to Jesus is incredible for us to know HOW MUCH our God has SO loved us since before the beginning of TIME! Time is for TODAY; and for as long as God calls TIME Today! Will you allow yourself to live one Today unwrapped in the Glory and Presence of God? Call out to Jesus and know and believe in the love God has for you! FRIENDS, when you receive this you will never be the same! THIS message is for you Today. Love in Christ, Karen. Lord, I pray I serve you well. Holy Spirit you are welcome here. In Jesus Name.
The same God who SO LOVED me, is the same God who SO LOVED the world! And, God’s Bible to us says, ”
John 3:16 King James Version (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
And, God is so good that He followed that verse with more understanding about His love for us, “17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John 3:17, KJV).”
Understanding comes! In the Name of Jesus, Understanding comes at just the right time!
John Chapter 3 Continues …
18 He that believeth on him is NOT condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Simple is not the way of God, but the way of the world. Nothing in the Kingdom of God is simple, UNTIL we receive the revelation from God Himself. Nothing is simple until we get our understanding from God himself. Then, when understanding comes, Peace and Joy do come with Presence, Power and Authority, which is OVER all things that work against us to bring us down, tear us up, or to drift us away from God’s Faithful love for us. God’s Word truly is the GLUE to keep our soul close to God; and JESUS is HIS NAME!
Do you sense His Presence?
I hope this is a blessing to you too! Oh my! Do you sense His Presence? I feel His Spirit in me so full right now! Yesterday was a day of learning and I was seeking about all day. BUT friends, like this day for me, when in the morning comes (if we don’t give up on God), Understanding (light daylight) will swell your heart with such a presence of God, that it is a closeness to God “on earth as it is in Heaven”. In Jesus Powerful Name. The Presence and Help of Christ Jesus, I can come boldly before the Throne of God, seeking. And, it is powerful to trust God’s love enough to confess out loud, seek and find, because friends, Jesus is the Good Shepherd and He won’t leave us lost, when we are already found by Him.
See? So we have no reason to control. But we have every reason to pray.
Love you in Christ to write this.
Blessings,
Karen
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word.
Jesus, Help Me Be A Blessing to Someone, By Karen Rowe
The light is sitting on the leaves. It almost appears as there are no leaves. It almost appears there is empty space, but the light is reflecting from the light that is sitting on the leaves.
Sitting ?
That was how I saw it & that is what I heard the Lord say. The Bible says also to always be ready to give a defense for the hope that lives inside you.
With that, the Lord perceives that we may question Him. And the Holy Spirit of God in Jesus Name doesn’t mind answering us. Place your hand on some thing the sunlight has been sitting on for a while. It will be of a changed temperature from the touch of the light.
In Jesus Name is a powerful name & when the Holy Spirit of God touches us, we will never be the same.
This morning in prayer to God, the Lord touched my sOul. He lifted me up to a place of repair from yesterday’s problems / lessons & even mistakes to a place of Spiritual hope, energy and fullness ready to give again.
FRIENDS, we all get “spent” some times. Especially in this alone time with too much time to think.
I will close with 2 thoughts.
1. Jacob’s lies & deception landed him in a place of living a life much the same. A life of being deceived & disappointed. BUT GOD! God tells us the truth & Repentance changed Jacob from deception to honesty & from a place of not praying to praying. God saw a seed in Jacob And renamed Jacob Israel. – Repentance is for us!
2. Turn your thinking too much into praying more. If it comes to you; seek The Name of Jesus in the situation and pray as the Lord wills.
Friends, God is for you too!
The God of Abraham, The God of Isaac, The God of Jacob and the linage of Jesus. God has SO loved the world.
It is not too late to call on Jesus Today.
It is not too late to read God’s Bible and hear a message God knows you need. A word is waiting for you.
How long do you seek? Until you hear God speak!
Peace my my FRIENDS!
Enter those Gates with Thanksgiving & let your heart lift the name of God with Praise! Lord, my sOul was beginning to wrestle with you Lord, but you have lifted me up again to a brand new day you have called Today!
Yesterday’s are to learn by; tomorrows are grace.
Will you pray this prayer with me that Jesus teaches us to pray for us? Will you say Amen with me?
12 But there’s also this, it’s not too late—
God’s personal Message!—
“Come back to me and really mean it!
Come fasting and weeping, sorry for your sins!”
13-14 Change your life, not just your clothes.
Come back to God, your God.
And here’s why: God is kind and merciful.
He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot,
This most patient God, extravagant in love,
always ready to cancel catastrophe.
Who knows? Maybe he’ll do it now,
maybe he’ll turn around and show pity.
Maybe, when all’s said and done,
there’ll be blessings full and robust for your God!
Joel 2:12-13 The Message
“A Call to Repentance,” NKJV Bible.
It’s God’s Bible, Holy Spirit minister a message to us Today.
In Jesus Name. Amen.
IN CLOSING ALWAYS …
THE PURE IN HEART IS CHRIST!
Faith pleases God. And it is impossible please God without faith.
BUT LET a man EXAMINE himself, AND SO LET him eat OF THAT bread, and drink OF THAT cup.
1 Corinthians 11:28 KJV
FOR THIS CAUSE many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1 Corinthians 11:30 KJV
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James 1:12 KJV
THAT’S ALL FROM ME FOR TODAY!
And, Always Remember 2 Things!
1. When you receive this, you will never be the same!
2. God for us. God with us. God in us.
NOW … Believing on Jesus,
AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY YE:
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew 6:9-13 King James Version (KJV)
Holy Spirit You are Welcome Here!
And to God be the Glory!
Love in Christ,
Karen
Holy Spirit encourage the readers today. Lift our minds higher to God’s Thoughts. Bless those who will receive. And, keep molding our hearts to be always ready to bloom for the glory of God to be a blessing to us all.
and pray …in the Spirit of the Most Holy God. God knows what He is doing.
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe
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…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.”
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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