WE CAN TRUST HIM

“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.  He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.  In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.  Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.  Selah.”

Psalm 62:5-8 KJV

Have you ever wanted to share something with someone but you were afraid it would be repeated to somebody else?  Tell God what is in your heart.  We can trust Him because God would never tell anyone what we share with Him.  He already knows what is in our heart but He wants us to share it with Him.

God loves us very much and He wants us to come to Him and share what is in our heart with Him.  We can go to Him any time day or night and we don’t have to take a number and stand in line and we don’t get an answering machine.  God is waiting for us with His arms open wide and a heart full of love.

When someone shares his or her heart with us, we should encourage the person and pray with them.  We can comfort them but only God can take their burdens away and give them peace, a peace that passes all understanding.  God is faithful and He cares when we have burdens and are heartbroken.

Precious Heavenly Father, thank You for the many times You have listened as I poured out my heart to You.  It is so wonderful to know that You won’t repeat what we tell You and that You really do care about us.  I pray for every person who is hurting.  Please comfort them.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

February 18, 2015

WE ARE UNWORTHY

“John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”

John 1:26,27 KJV

We are unworthy to go to Heaven but because of the redeeming blood of Jesus, Who loves us so much He allowed them to crucify Him on a cross of horror and suffered agony and pain that you and I will never know, we have the privilege of having our sins forgiven and living in Heaven for all eternity.

Thank God for the unconditional love of Jesus and His precious atoning blood that cleanses us from all sin.  What a Saviour!  What a Friend, this Jesus of Nazareth!  All hail, KING JESUS!  Worthy is the Lamb of God.  One day, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your unconditional love and for being a compassionate forgiving Father.  Jesus, I love You with all my heart.  Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins.  One day I will have the privilege of seeing You face to face.  How I long for that day.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

February 17, 2015

THE SONG OF LOVE

“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.”

John 3:16 KJV

If we will listen with our heart, we will hear our Heavenly Father singing the song of love to us “I love you”.  Not only does He tell us He loves us and sings the song of love to us, He proved His love for us when He gave Jesus to die for us.  We have a tender compassionate Heavenly Father Who loves us very much.

When Jesus was hanging on the cross bruised, beaten and bleeding, He was singing the song of love to us.  He not only told us how much He loves us, He showed us how much He loves us.  We have a tender loving and compassionate Saviour.  O how I love Jesus!  He is the Joy of my heart.

Are we singing the song of love to our Heavenly Father by our kind loving words and actions?  What about our family?  Do they know we love them by our actions and our kind words?  May God help us to be kind and loving to our family so they will see the love of Jesus in our actions and hear Him in our words.

Heavenly Father, there are many people who are brokenhearted and feel all alone.  Please encourage them and comfort them as only You can.  May they feel Your peace, the peace that passes all understanding.  Thank You for the many times that You have encouraged and comforted me.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

February 16, 2015

LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY

“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.  Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.”

John 15:12-14 KJV

Are we a friend of Jesus?  If we don’t love one another unconditionally as He loves us, we are not His friend.  Not only are we not His friend, we are hurting Him and breaking His heart.  Jesus has done so much for us and He asks so little from us.  We should be willing and eager to do whatever He asks us to do.

If we want others to forgive us and love us unconditionally when we hurt them, we need to forgive them and love them unconditionally when they hurt us.  What about our Heavenly Father?  Do we love Him unconditionally or do we just love Him when He answers our prayers the way we want them answered?

God sometimes doesn’t answer our prayers the way we want Him to answer them.  However, we need to remember that God knows best.  He knows our future and sometimes He has to say no because what we ask for is not good for us or is not in His perfect plan for our life.  We need to trust Him when He says no.

How do we lay down our life for our friends?  We may never have to die for them physically but we can die to what we want to do.  Do we always insist on going to eat where we want to go or always doing what we want to do?  Instead of going to eat where we want to go eat, let’s go eat where they want to go.

Heavenly Father, please help us to love others as Jesus has commanded us to love them.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

February 15, 2015  

A VALENTINE FOR OUR BRIDEGROOM

“And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.”

Matthew 25:6 KJV

Today is Valentine’s Day.  We give cards and candy and flowers to our loved ones on Valentine’s Day.  What about Jesus?  What are we going to give to Jesus, our Bridegroom today?  We may have invited Him into our heart but is He first in our heart and life?  If not, we can give Him our love and first place in our heart.

Jesus proved His love for you when He allowed them to crucify Him on a cross of horror.  He suffered and endured a lot of pain for your sins so you can be saved.  He died for you.  Have you given your heart to Him?  If not, I urge you to give your heart to Him today before it is too late.  He is worthy of your love.

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving Jesus to die on the cross for our sins so we can be saved.  Jesus, thank You for dying on the cross for my sins.  I love You so much and I appreciate all You have done for me and all You do for me every day.  Happy Valentine’s Day, dear Jesus.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

February 14, 2015

NOBODY AND NOTHING

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 8:38,39 KJV

What a precious promise from our Heavenly Father to us that nobody and nothing can separate us from His love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  When it seems like everything that can go wrong does go wrong, we can hold this promise close to our heart.  God’s love for us will never end.

If your heart is breaking and you feel all alone, remember you are not alone.  Jesus has told us that He will never leave us or forsake us.  Jesus is with us when we’re in the valley just as He is with us when we’re on the mountain top.  What a comfort it is to know that Jesus is always with us and we are never alone.

Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us even when we fail You.  I pray that we won’t do anything that will hurt You and break Your heart.  Help us to love one another unconditionally just as You love us.  May our words and our actions make You happy.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

February 13, 2015

DO WE BELIEVE HIM

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”

John 14:1-3 KJV

We say that we believe what Jesus tells us but do we really believe Him?  Do we really believe He has prepared a place for us in Heaven?  If we do believe it, why do we worry about living in a big home here on earth when we are going to live in a mansion decorated by Jesus Himself?

There are huge beautiful houses in magazines decorated with beautiful expensive furniture and other things but no house we have ever seen or ever will see can compare to the mansion Jesus is preparing for us.  Our mansion in Heaven is filled with His unconditional love and we will be with Jesus for all eternity.

I live in a two bedroom trailer and I have turned one of the bedrooms into an office that I use when I type the devotions God lays on my heart to write.  The trailer needs painting.  There are ugly stains on the walls and when I first moved here the stains really bothered me.

However, one day as I looked at those stains they reminded me that Jesus loved me even when my heart was ugly and stained with sin.  I like to see those stains now because they remind me that Jesus loves me so much that He died on the cross for me.  My sins have been cleansed by the redeeming blood of Jesus.

Thank God for His Love and for the redeeming blood of Jesus that cleanses the stains of sin and ugliness from our heart.

Joanne Lowe

February 12, 2015