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God created Adam and saw that it was no good for man to be alone... And gave him Eve...

God gave his son a bride.

God also provides a bride for his only begotten son, Jesus. 

That bride is you and I, the church. 

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When God's people reject Him and turn to other idols (money, images, people...)...

It's is like the bride rejecting the groom. 

Church rejecting Jesus - Eve rejecting Adam

We go on, in our idolatry, and pair with things we are not suppose to pair with. 

People worship other people

... The bride has paired with the bride.... 

Eve has no interest in Adam.... She wants another Eve....

Two Eves cannot produce the same way an Adam and an Eve can. 

The ability to fufill purpose is lost. 

The ability to be productive is lost. 

The ability to multiply is lost. 

When a man (woman, boy, or girl) worships something other than the one true God (Jesus)... 

The ability to fulfill purpose is lost. 

The ability to be productive is lost. 

The ability to multiply is lost. 

But thanks be to God that we can be forgivin of our idol worship... Our failure to be fruitful and multiply... Our rejection of the groom. 

There is still time to acknowledge that we are wrong, stop doing wrong, and ask for forgiveness. 

And God is faithful... If we confess our sins to Him... He'll forgive them. (1 John 1:9) 

We have got to pair up with who we are made for...

He completes us...

He fulfills us....

He loves us....

He forgives us.

Scripture of the day:

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. (Romans 1:21-27 NLT)

Challenge of the day:

It's not up to us to change ourselves. If we could do that, we wouldn't need a savior. 

Let us go to God admitting that we've done wrong... And that we want to change... Acknowledge that He is able and willing to change us and that we very much want His help. 

 

Don't Worry

Overwhelmed with work? Family? Friends? Relationships?

Do you sound like this?

If I can just pay this bill...

If I can just make it to the weekend... 

If I could just get a degree...

If I could just ____ ...

Things would be better. 

What are we trusting in?

Money?

Timing?

Societies standards?

Our planning?

If trusting in these things could support us, would we be overwhelmed/anxious/worried/unsure?

Why not trust in a sure thing?

Someone who understands...

Cares...

...actually has the power to fix things...

Jesus

Seek Him and His love. He'll take care of you!

Scripture of the day!!

“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. (Matthew 6:25-34 NLT)

Birds of a feather....

Scripture of the day:

Psalms 1:1 (KJV)

1 Blessed is the man

that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,

nor standeth in the way of sinners,

nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Challenge of the day:

Walk in the counsel of Christians. 

Note how it affects you. 

Taste and See

Scripture of the day!

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (Psalms 34:8 KJV)

Usually we see things, then we taste it... Eve looked at the forbidden fruit and saw that it was desirable and she ate. The psalmist says do it the other way around: taste and then see. 

Imagine yourself in a dark room... you cant see a thing... and you hear a voice say, "taste this." Would you taste it? 

Probably only if you knew and trusted the person. 

Tasting without seeing requires faith. 

We don't know what the food is we are about to take part in, but we must trust that He is the bread of life; when we taste it, we will see that He is good. 

Challenge:

Eat from the fruit of His will. Do something righteous. 

Before you look at it with fleshly desires and talk yourself out of it, dive in. Get your feet wet. Taste. Then you'll see that the Lord is good. 

Spirit and Truth

God loves YOU. 

Just as you are.

You do not have to put on an act. 

You do not have to act like you're perfect. 

The Lord loves you. 

While we were sinners, he died for us. 

Don't feel bad because your life looks different from someone else's. 

Don't feel like you can't go to the Father because of things you have done. 

Talk to God (pray). 

He listens. 

Are things going well?

Thank him. :')

Things going wrong?

Ask him to help you be right.

He will.

Admit you're shortcomings. Acknowledge that you're tired of messing up...

He'll guide you. 

(Follow him)

He's not waiting to yell at you. 

He's not mad at you. 

He wants to show you true love. 

(Receive it)

Talk to Jesus (pray). 

Scripture of the day:

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23, 24 KJV)