Dear Friend,
As the Lord gave to me, I give to you. I hope this is a blessing to you this evening & into your every next Today that the Lord has made just for you to Rejoice and be Glad in. To God be the Glory & together … Thank you Jesus. Will you lift HIS Name on High with me tonight? … Even if you are not feeling free to this yet, When you receive this, you will never be the same. I pray you have a revelation of the love God has for you & if you haven’t already, I pray you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit upon this reading, to know this is for you and me and for every soul who will read. God loves you my Friend!
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
Daily Devotion to God’s Holy Word
Let it Go and Receive it all! By Karen Rowe
My son showed me how A I R under pressure will explode out of a plastic bottle when twisted up right tight & when no more room is left to expand & the top blows off clear across the room!
This is a physical picture of what the Lord showed me I have experienced when I allow the wrong air to bottle up in heart.
You see, we can think our heart is pure, but the Lord showed me that I had a jar of capped off air sealed so tight in my heart that I didn’t even know it was in me!
It happened like this, the question arose, How can you love Jesus IF you can’t love your ________?
I had an assignment to clear my heart! But how? How did I open that jar and release that bad air out when I didn’t even know how to get in there???
I released compassion & forgiveness! Not just a motion, but a sincere act of love! This is twice that the Holy Spirit revealed the mystery of the power of God’s love to me….by experiencing the genuine love of God remove my anger, resentment & spite from my heart!
Once, & you may have read my testimony about wanting to pray for a flower pot to fall on her head after she sped off blaming me for her blatant mistake. In short, I knew I had to forgive her, but HOW?
Boil it down, I was more concerned with regaining my peace that had left me…than I was forgiving her. BUT, nothing worked! UNTIL a miracle happened about an hour later! When the Holy Spirit revealed to me my heart that needed to forgive her…I was so freed & air like warm oil = LOVE literally felt like love poured in me!
I went from one heart to another, & in Christ I straight away prayed for her! I prayed that she would have the same release & experience; & that she would not be trapped where I was just delivered from! A miracle happened! Love conquered me!
The same as we began this teaching testimony; when I released compassion. I have never been the same & neither are situations that come to me. Things just don’t bother me with the same intensity any more.
All because Love replaced the bad air in that sealed jar in me. Literally, It felt like uncapping the lid & instead of the explosions that would normally control me…it was like butterflies fluttered out.
Now that we have this picture …
Let’s begin with Prayer because we all need Jesus & God So loves you!
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:14-21 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/eph.3.14-21.NLT
Why two?
As I know God gives to me … and yet, today, He said, are you willing to let this go? I said, yes, so I deleted and started over & am so glad that I did! This is how God worked this together for the good today. Later in the day, He gave me permission to share this … And, tonight the same. I hope this is a blessing to you. Because God loves you! I pray that the Lord opens our eyes, more and more to the revelation of Jesus the Christ the Son of the Living God and just what an extraordinary act of love God has planned and done and Jesus has accomplished for us. Into His hands I commit this work. May you come to know & grow in His Love He has for you …
Ephesians 3: God’s Mysterious Plan Revealed & Paul’s prayer for Spiritual Growth.
When God reveals our heart to our self; we can see how much we need the Love of Jesus!
Our heart needs to know the mysteries of how great & powerful the Love of God is thru Christ Jesus!
Let’s go to the Bible & learn why there is hope. YES there is Hope, but do we know why there is hope?
The cross of Jesus leads us to Repentence. We can hold our own self back, but why would we refrain from spiritually growing in Christ?
Repent means our heart becomes Godly sorrowful to change, when we learn what we’ve done / do / or think about … is wrong in the eyes of God.
Let’s go to the Bible.
Let’s start with the Cross Jesus bore for us.
The 1st thing the Cross did for us / The 1st thing Jesus requires of us is that we have to repent.
When we receive this from the Holy Spirit of God, we will never be the same!
There is something powerful about a father’s correction! And this is the power in God’s Holy Word!
God’s word changes the way we think. From a human mind made up & justifed to be right to melted by the love of God to live & let go of all selfish agendas / pride / ambition / envy & offenses!
Friends, it is easy and very common in this world to be let down in our expectations, which leads to being offended. I Refuse to be offended, because offence is why Jesus went to the cross!
We offend God when we choose sin over love. When we choose hate over love, The Bible teaches how this hate lurks in our heart.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want something evil lurking in my heart! I want Jesus in my heart & Jesus expects me to abide in God.
When we discover the mysteries of God unveiled to us … This is entering into the relationship with God Jesus come to make available to us…to have, to hold & to live in abundantly.
Are you holding a grudge? How is the judgement seat working out for you in your inner peace?
What fills your heart?
Would you like to talk more about Repentance? And what this means to you?
Repentence is the Beginning of your hope! And Glory be to God!
“Then Christ will make his home in your hearts..
Open your Bible Ephesians 3.
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe
Hope in Today Ministries, Inc.
#TheTrainWhistleKarenRowe
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