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)

State (Florida) vs. Zimmerman

John 8:3-5 (KJV)

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned:but what sayest thou?

That woman slept with a man... That man's other woman, when she found out, was probably like:

Wtf.. I don't want to hear about that love sh--... That (-----) gots to be stoned...

But God... 

We HAVE to forgive....

Love is (long suffering)... 

My prayers go out to the families... I can't imagine how they feel... But God...

He knows what it's like to have a son murdered... In His case, the Son was COMPLETELY SINLESS... 

But God allowed that so WE won't get the DEATH WE DESERVE....

...But we get everlasting LIFE if we believe in Him...

[Plus He beat death :) ]

#Grace

#DontThrowStones 

Light

Scripture of the day:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1:1-4 NLT)

Darkness. 

It covered the deep waters... AND the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface. 

Dark <situations/circumstances/people> can have the Spirit of God HOVERING over it... But until a word is spoken... 

Darkness. 

When you speak <Light/the Word/JESUS>... He is. 

And God'll see that it's good and the darkness will no longer be around the light. 

Love

We gotta love people....

Scripture of the day!

John 9:11 NLT

He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!”

"the man they call Jesus" not the man he calls Jesus...  He didn't have a personal relationship with the Lord... The Lord didn't stop to introduce himself..  Didn't tell him that he was God... He just blessed him. The man didn't even see it coming (pun intended lol) he just knew a guy put mud on his face and it was suggested that he clean it off...  And all 'a sudden, he could see

we as the body of Christ need to operate from a position where we can bless people that don't even know us... I'm not talking about people across the word... I mean people right in our city that we walk by... without flashing our Kingdom ID we should see a need and supply it rather they're believers or not...

Someone homeless on the street needs some cash... Y? They just gonna buy liquor and weed with it...

I'm sure that man who was healed used his eyes lustfully at some point... 

It's not our job to analyze what they do with the blessing. It's our job to love.  

:)

My kids will call my name a thousand times and expect me to turn my head and acknowledge them... When I don't... Cuz I'm busy or irritated they persist and get louder and closer... When I finally turn to them they are like, "look what I can play"... And they cheese real big and play something and look back at me for acceptance... Because I have so many of them I can't give them the attention they long for... :/ but thanks be to God Jesus isn't like that with us. When we call His name... He hears us. He listens. He pays attention to us. He cares.... And even though we are heard, we don't always seek Him like we should... Yet He's there... Ever present... Looking after us.. Listening to us... Smiling at us, because we are His. :) 

Scripture of the day:

Psalms 3:4 (KJV)

I cried unto the Lord with my voice,

and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Humility

Scripture of the day!

1 Samuel 5:1-4 NLT

After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod. They carried the Ark of God into the temple of Dagon and placed it beside an idol of Dagon. But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the L ord ! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again. But the next morning the same thing happened—Dagon had fallen face down before the Ark of the L ord again. This time his head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only the trunk of his body was left intact.

Thought: don't let people worship you when you know God is sovereign.. He'll break you. Be humble