Can you see God’s Flashlight? By Karen Rowe

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Discover the power in your Choices for Happiness & Peace. The Narrow Gate is JESUS! Enter with God to experience LIFE to the Full.
God’s Good morning to all of us! And, a happy day to you from the Lord!  I am sure I can speak for Dewey on one point, we are all glad that you have chosen to join us here @ FGGAM! Yes, today’s message is about choices!  Dewey made a choice all those years ago to walk away from one job to pursue by faith this ministry, now called For God’s Glory Alone Ministries.  About the same time, the Lord was guiding my choices; and according to this into Scripture:
 Proverbs 16:3 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.

Leading into this Devotion, the Lord gave me a dream many years ago of a woman who was pacing frantically in front of the fence that lines our subdivision road.  In the dream, I saw her; and asked her if there was something she needed.  She replied, “I am trying to get over there!”  She pointed to the other side of the fence, where she saw the pasture, which represented peace and rest; and a place to breath well.  I looked at her; and for me it was easy, because I knew, but for her it was not simple…
I said, “Why don’t you just use the gate?”
Friends, that red gate was not hiding; and neither is Jesus.  The gate represented Jesus in the dream, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life!  We can’t go into the pasture with God any other way!  We can’t go through the fence; nor over it; and not under it.  The Gate is the Way and it is open!
But the Gate is the Narrow Way.
Which will we choose; the way of meekness is powerful!  When, instead of hiding from pain, we face it, feel it, endure it; and become so connected to LIFE with God to understand what it is to be a part of it; instead of pretending like we can avoid the cross we are called to carry somehow…
We are a part of life; not the center of it.  Embrace Meekness and follow the Flashlight God shines.

Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.

Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word

Can you see God’s Flashlight? By Karen Rowe

Discover the power in your Choices for Happiness & Peace. The Narrow Gate is JESUS! Enter with God to experience LIFE to the Full.
The Lord said to me this morning, “Now get up & go! Still, and I had a choice! The Lord said to me, “Write about choices & Write about the paths.” How appropriate is this Scripture Today!

The Lord said, “Write about the Wide path & the choice to take the narrow path.” And, still I had a choice.

This is the narrow path to sacrifice sleep to walk by faith. How quick we follow is a choice too. Get up immediately & here is the picture God gave me to write for you.

I saw a deer thru the window as I brushed my teeth. An amazing sight to appreciate on the narrow path with God! As I squinted my barely open eyes, I saw another deer jump over the fence and into our back yard. Such grace, power & poise that for a deer, it is easy to clear a fence like it is not even there.

& How about those temptations that take you to a place of guilt? Wide is the gate and many enter. But how about you? In Christ, we are the ones who are supposed to be different!

The Narrow path is a walk with God that constantly requires asking God, Is this the Right Choice & Praying, Lord keep me on your path!

There is a flash light from God that in the evening walks with Him you can see! A breath of fresh air under a beam that glows thru the forest trees! The wings of flying insects light up with a glow. You see them on the other side of the fence, but somehow you know, they are not there to bother you.

The path is a choice! Which will you choose?
The Narrow Way is difficult, humble, meek & kind; It leads to happiness. Yet to choose to pursue self-will lead to the end. But, Today still has a choice to pray and turn around, seek& follow life, wellness & pursue God who endows us to understand.

“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
Matthew 7:13‭-‬14 NLT

Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 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]

Instagram4629  “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!”

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

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Meet Karen: Hi, I am blessed, by God's good grace and because I know Jesus, I am blessed. I choose to be blessed, because I have a choice set before me and I refuse to look down. I trust God and I know and believe in the love God has for us. I have overcome difficulties; and I am blessed by the grace of God alone. If I have written about it, then I have felt the pain of it in some way, and to some degree. Did you know that Jesus has felt your pain? This is why I write. By God's grace I can identify; and tell you honestly, yes there is hope in anything and everything that you are facing today! Jesus is our Hope! He is the Truth, the Way and the Life. I am married a wonderful man, Robert Rowe; I love my husband and he loves me; and we have been married for 28 years. Together, we have been blessed with a wonderful daughter, named Amanda who is college now; and a wonderful son, named Daniel who is growing up well and soon to graduate elementary school. We work together and by God's grace we run our own business called PSI. We have a pastor over our ministry and over our business and also we depend on him for advise in our family. We have 2 dogs, 4 horses, 2 cats and love to spend time outdoors by the water and by campfires ... that is it seems when we can find time away from life's busy schedule. I love to write because it helps me learn more about God. And, I am driven by a passion from a love that God has put in my heart to share from my experiences and struggles, as I gain understanding in God’s Word to know how effective and powerful God is over our every situation! I share with you so you can know that you are not alone in your struggles. The same God who helps me and my family, is your help and shield as well! Life is not always easy, but it is possible –I like to share the difference that following Jesus makes in my life. And, I love to share God's patience and mercy and love that is with me! I am not perfect, but am experiencing God sanctify me through and through with every mistake I make; and yes, overcome in Christ! Life is not just about the successes; life on this earth is also about the troubles we overcome to discover what God has hidden in our faith to find! Troubles are more a challenge to grow in our faith ... It is not easy, but in the end the grace of God we discover is worth experiencing God in the midst. By Grace, I have discovered Jesus is Peace and He is my Joy and Wisdom from Heaven. God is our Provider and Healer and Creator, who is our help and shield over all things. By grace, I have experienced a nearness to God through my faith in His Son! We are well forgiven by God; and well blessed when we know and believe the love that God has for us. To say, "all is well with my soul" is a powerful knowledge to understand and experience. I sense God's desire for you to know His love for you and how deep His love for you is that He has SO loved you; God gave you His Son. God loves you right now just as you are! There is so much to learn! I believe that as we learn from God, we are God’s gift to each other. It is all God’s story –and for His glory; and God has SO loved us. I love to paint the vision that God has given me about a Father’s love –that God wants you to dream again and visualize His love for you! In God’s eyes, there’s more to life than we see; and in a world that sometimes misrepresents and misunderstands God and love; God wants you to have the courage to dream His dream and see His vision of a Father’s love for you! Many years ago, I prayed to God, “How can I tell a million people what I know about Your Son?” God showed me I had a gift of a ministry about God's Love; and He called it Hope in Today! I write to please God and I write to encourage you; and I write to spend quiet time with God. All because of this love that God has first shown me! I need Jesus –and my life is about my relationship with God. And, every blessing begins with Him! Love in Christ, Karen Rowe, Director Hope in Today Ministries, Inc. The Train Whistle, Sounding the Call of God’s Love, by Karen Rowe For more information: Contact me by email: karen@hopeintoday.com or karen@thetrainwhistle.com to request your gift today. www.hopeintoday.com www.thetrainwhistle.com

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