GOD’S HOSPITAL OF LOVE

“But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:”

1 Thessalonians 2:7 KJV

There are times when people need blood transfusions.  The greatest healing blood transfusion we can have is when the cleansing blood of Jesus is applied to our heart for the forgiveness of our sins.  “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission” (Hebrews 9:22).

In God’s hospital of love we find compassion, mercy, tenderness and the forgiveness of our sins.  We don’t have to wait for an appointment.  All we have to do is confess our sins, ask God to forgive us and invite Jesus into our heart to be our personal Saviour.  What a loving Saviour, this Jesus of Nazareth!

Joanne Lowe

February 7, 2018

OUR DELIVERER

“If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.”

Daniel 3:17 KJV

William Augustine Ogden wrote one of my favorite hymns “He Is Able to DeliverThee”.  No matter how dark the valleys are that we go through, God is able to deliver us.  There is nothing too hard for God.  He can do anything (Jeremiah 32:17). Yes, God is our Deliverer from all trouble and from satan.

Joanne Lowe

February 6, 2018

THE DOOR

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

Revelation 3:20 KJV

You may have opened the door of your heart and let Jesus come in to be your personal Saviour but are you serving Him?  Jesus is calling all of us to serve Him.  “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me” (Isaiah 6:8).

Joanne Lowe

February 5, 2018

DO WE LOVE HIM

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV

We can say we love God but do we love Him?  Our parents can’t see into our heart when we tell them we love them but God can see in our heart and He knows if we love Him or if we’re just giving Him lip service.  We should do all we can to make God happy because He loves us so much He gave us His Son.

How do we make God happy?  We make Him happy by being kind and loving to His Son.  We must never forget that our Heavenly Father and Jesus have feelings.  It breaks Their heart when we are sad and hurting and it makes Them happy when we are happy.  O how They love us!

Joanne Lowe

February 4, 2018

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER

“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”

Song of Solomon 2:1 KJV

I love red roses.  They are my favorite flower.  Jesus, Who is the Rose of Sharon is the most beautiful Flower.  There have been times when I have smelled the fragrance of a rose in my home and I didn’t have any flowers in my home.  It was the fragrance of Jesus, the Rose of Sharon that I smelled.  O how I love Jesus!

Joanne Lowe

February 3, 2018

HAVE WE ENCOURAGED HIM

“So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.”

Isaiah 41:7 KJV

We are to encourage one another but we also need to encourage Jesus.  Have we encouraged Him?  Jesus has feelings or He wouldn’t weep when we are sad and hurting.  It breaks His heart when we say things and do things that hurt someone.  Jesus has told us how we are kind or unkind to Him.

“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40).  How it must hurt Him when He hears people cursing and sees all the violence in the world.  It is time we start encouraging Jesus.

When Jesus sees and hears a child being mistreated, it not only hurts Him, it also makes Him angry.  “But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:14).

Have we encouraged Jesus today by spending time with Him and doing and saying things that make Him happy?  If ever someone deserves to be happy, it is Jesus, the Saviour of the world.  All hail, King Jesus!  Worthy is the Lamb of God!  O how I love Jesus.  He is the Joy of my heart. 

Joanne Lowe

February 2, 2018

ARE YOU DISCOURAGED

“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.”

Isaiah 53:4 KJV

Jesus knows how it feels to be discouraged so He understands when we get discouraged and He cares that our hearts are breaking and that we sometimes feel all alone.  If you’re discouraged, tell Jesus.  He will pick you up and carry you until the pain goes away.  Allow Jesus to help you.

Joanne Lowe

February 1, 2018