Take the first step!

October 1, 2017 Psalm 34:8

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Taste and See that the Lord is Good!

Taking the Step Across the Bridge to Life!

John 9:1-11As Jesus went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” Some claimed that he was. Others said, “No, he only looks like him.” But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

John 9:38-41

Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.

I Corinthians 1:20-25

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the

philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know

him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to

save those who believe.

Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ

crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those

whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and

the wisdom of God.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

II Corinthians 9:6-11

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and

whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give

what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under

compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you

abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will

abound in every good work.

As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their

righteousness endures forever.”

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply

and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your

righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be

generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result

in thanksgiving to God.

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Malachi 3:8-12

“Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—your whole nation—because

you are robbing me.

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my

house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not

throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that

there will not be room enough to store it.

I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will

not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the LORD Almighty. “Then all the

nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says

the LORD Almighty.

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Jeremiah 29:11-14a

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to

prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a

future.

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will

listen to you.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your

heart. I will be found by you,” declares the LORD …

Luke 14:12-14

Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner,

do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or

your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you

will be repaid.

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the

lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot

repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the

righteous.”

Yoyogi Park inTokyo, Japan

Develop the practice of listening to Godand

take that first step!

What’s your next step?- Giving to something that God lays on your heart?- Wednesday prayer meeting 7:30pm?- Attend “Jesse’s Club” with Nick Palermo?- Join the next homeless visit with City Team?- What is God calling you to???

Taste and See that the Lord is Good!