My Tea Time With Jesus

At first, when I read these verses, my thoughts were focused on "God knowing" - then as I started to listen and see what I was reading, God blessed me with a MEF (minds eye flash) in the words that I read at the end of these verses.  Today I used the reading and journaling with the STAR method. Scripture, what verse or verses I read. Thought, my thoughts on the verse. Application, how can I apply this to my life today. and Response, my response due to the verse(s). S (scripture) – Acts 2:23-24 NLT (New Living Translation) – 23  But God knew what would happen, and His prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed Him to a cross and killed Him.   24  But God released Him from the horrors of death and raised Him back to life, for death could not keep Him in its grip. MSG (The Message) – this Jesus, following the deliberate and well-thought-out plan of God, was betrayed by men who took the law in...

Have you ever been touched in your heart, in your inner soul, way down in the very inner parts of your bones when you've heard someone speak? Somehow, you very innermost being is being "talked to"? This is the impression I get when I read this part in the book of Acts. S - Acts 2:17-22 - Peter standing up in the crowd after the Holt Spirit was poured out on ALL believers. His quoting promises from God from the Old Testament. T – It is awesome that Peter stood and shared with the crowd scripture from their old books (the Old Testament). What jumped out at me, was that almost all of the things he was saying “will be done” already happened! A lot of them through Jesus, and several at His crucifixion/death. A (how/what I felt) – it struck me, that if I were one of the people hearing all of this (from the outside of believers), I would have been pricked in my heart at hearing scripture quoted, that I KNEW from growing up. Then a flash of all that had happened with/...

The "air" around us. Even in fog, there is light. I am praying for ANY fog you are experiencing, to be LIFTED today! Romans 1:13-17; 18-23 NLT – 18  But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.   19  They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.   20  For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. 21  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.   22  Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.   23  And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mer...