How Is Your Level? By Karen Rowe

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Dear Friends in Christ,

“How is your level,?” is the best question anyone who cares about you can ask you!

Teaching about Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. 46 If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. 47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. 48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

WHY?  Jesus is the answer!  Matthew Chapter 5:  2 and he began to teach them.  3“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.  … Read on!!!  And, I hope this Devotion is a blessing to you! 

Love in Christ, Karen

Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.

Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word

How Is Your Level? By Karen Rowe

The Sermon! The Beatitudes! The Teaching about Salt & Light! The Teaching about the Law! The Teaching about Anger! The Teaching about Adultery! The Teaching about Divorce! The Teaching about Vows! The Teaching about Revenge! The Teaching about Love for Enemies!

It’s all found in the Bible! Everything you ever wanted to know about how to Survive in this world After the Miracle of meeting Jesus as your personal Lord & Savior…Everything is written to teach us how to live Blessed & Protected in Peace & Joy unmoved by the circumstances to be successful in our life with God!

We have been talking about building a “Test-Tube” How can I test God? Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God’(Luke 4:12 NLT, See Also Deu 6:16).”

“You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you COMPLAINED at Massah. You must DILIGENTLY obey the commands of the Lord your God—ALL the laws and decrees he has given you. Do what is right and good in the Lord ’s sight, SO all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good …(Deuteronomy 6:16‭-‬18 NLT).”

The “Test-Tube” is to measure what level we are! How are our emotions taking on the Scriptures of being tested?

It is not the end! God is promoting us to a new Level! How is it showing in your “Test-Tube”? Is it the same as 5 years ago? Are the same things bothering you? Those problems ~ How is it? Is it going up? Or going down? This is how we test our level!

Are you higher in your adversities; or are you lower in your standing? Name a situation when something consistantly sets you off. In this situation, have you went up? or down? on your “Test-Tube”?

Why am I worrying about ___? Are you trusting God in your situation? Put it in your Test-Tube & Compare it. Are you at the same level on your test-tube? Are you overcoming it?

Be an example; Go beyond the natural realms to the spiritual realms!

God has a purpose for us to grow & make an impact!

“But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you (Matthew 5:44 NLT)!”

Put these things that come against you in your Test-Tube! Roll your works upon the Lord; commit & Trust them to God (Pro.16:3).

I hope this is a blessing to you!  Theses are the things I am learning; and the very things that make the whole difference in my life!  I share, because I care!  I hope this is a blessing to you as well!  In Christ, Karen

If we get this we will never be the same!

Proverbs 16:3 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) 

3 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.

Proverbs 16:3 New Living Translation (NLT)

3 Commit your actions to the Lord,
    and your plans will succeed.

Luke 6:27-36 New International Version (NIV)

Love for Enemies

27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

In closing, I believe it is good to share my testimony!

  It was about a year ago and we were traveling out of town, when my husband begins getting nasty and demanding and unreasonable requests from someone who finally completed the work that they had blown off for months.  Now, this person needed the money for the job, so they completed it on their time line; and as we were traveling out of town; and 3 hrs away.  He demanded to be paid immediately … like within an hour!  He was unreasonable to wait from Friday to Monday, even though we explained we were not available to give him the cash he also demanded.  We considered all options to get him paid within the hour, but even as we considered all options to get a friend to pay him, the messages he sent grew more and more threatening, accusing and persecuting.  Robert held me down … “Do not Respond to that.”  Then, I said, “Okay, Rob, we are being trained to love our enemy.  So, let’s go down the list!  We have been patient and kind, etc., to him (1 Co 13 check list) (We have loved him, who had now revealed himself as an enemy to us at this time).  Check mark.  We have done good to him (we gave him this job on purpose to help him.  & We have ministered forgiveness in Christ’s love for him and to him).  Check mark.  We have been blessed by God to be a blessing to him, by the blessings God has lead us to be.  Check mark.  BUT one thing we have not done in this “Thug-Like” attack moment, was pray for him.  We joined hands and lifted him up in prayer!  AND, WOW!  In LESS THAN one minute, he responded in a positive way!  Total reverse of this situation; and God had a hold of him!
Friends, I totally recommend life with God and following Jesus is the only way for me!  Truly, as we have been taught, if we get this, we will never be the same!

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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