Examine ME, O LORD!

 Good morning everyone. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!

  Okay, Psalm 26:2 ; 1 Corinthians 11:28 ; 2 Corinthians 13:1-14 are the verses we will visit about today.

  As we look around today we really need to examine ourselves AND the actions of others.  The world, specially America is going topsy-turvy.  We don't look at the facts, just what we want to hear or know and how we can complain about it.

   Look at COVID-19 ....where are all the TRUE facts?  Floyd, Blake, Taylor - were they accountable for their actions?  Then, people want to raise a ruckus before knowing all the facts!  Then, when the facts are presented they PICK ONLY the facts they want to listen to.  Well, GOD wants us each to be accountable for our actions, ME & MY ACTIONS; YOU & YOUR ACTIONS.

  Psalm 26:2 Examine me O LORD, and prove me; examine my heart and my mind.   NOW, what does this say to you?  What is in your heart passes through your mind and comes out your mouth.  Are your actions Godly actions?  Is your heart for JESUS?  Does your mind think the thoughts of a Godly person?  Or of evil?

   1 Corinthians 11:28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

   Paul is speaking here of taking the LORD's supper, aka communion in the proper state of heart and mind.  If communion is taken as a ritual with no repentance or remorse then Paul says, in essence if we take communion in the wrong state, then we would be guilty of sinning against the blood and body of Christ. 

  Communion is meant to commemorate the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross; NOT to be a party of sorts or taken lightly.  Examine ME, O LORD!

  In 2 Corinthians 13 Paul is warning the Corinthians to examine themselves before he comes.   13 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.  Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates.

  Paul is saying to the Corinthians and I to you (and me) "Are you really a Christian"?  Can we see your fruits?   So often we are quick to criticize others, yet fail to examine ourselves.  Look at the world "IT IS NOT MY FAULT"  "I AM ENTITLED" type of attitudes are destroying the world, America, the Christian family.  We have to look at (examine) ourselves and see if Jesus Christ lives in us. We should carry the cross in our heart.  All Lives Matter is why Jesus hung on the cross.  Just say HIS name, believe on HIM, and let HIM live in your heart. J E S U S 

  SOOoooooooo, what are we going to do?  We need to Love our Neighbor, Pray, and be true to God's word, aka the BIBLE!!

   Today, examine yourself, look around, remember HE (Jesus) died for YOU. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny