We are now all together as a church family. We all got to worship together in that song.

And I am just so honored to be with you in this moment. God's presence is good. Hey, we have gathered today in the presence of a good God. Can I get an amen at Church of the Highland today?

He is rich in mercy. He is full of love and power and strength.

And we are here together in his presence. I'm so excited for these next nine weeks. I believe God

has so much in store for us. And I just want to kick us off with an incredible verse. Psalm 348 says,

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is he who takes refuge in him. So I grew up in a church, maybe you did as well, where the pastor, almost every week, would do this deal. He would say, God is good, and we would all say all the time. And then he would say all the time, God is good. I'm bringing it back today. Are you all ready? Are you ready? All right. God is good. All the time. Oh, come on. One more time. God is good. All the time. Put your hands together for you. Believe it today. He's a good God. Praise God. And the last part of that verse is perfect to tee us off into this series.

It says, blessed are those who take refuge in Him. So it's one thing to know that. And as you

already heard your campus pastor share, we want to experience his goodness. And I think there's a

moment of decision, even at the beginning of the message today and the beginning of this series

where we just say, God, if you are good, we want to taste and see it. We want to take refuge in you. So I want to pray for us in this moment. I think this is actually a significant moment, whether you're here for the first time, whether you know God personally or not. You've been following him for years, wherever you are in your faith journey. This is a moment for all of us to say,

God, if you have something for me, I want to taste and see, I'm choosing to take refuge in you. It's a moment for us, really a faith moment for us to put our lives in his hands. I would love to pray for us. As I do, would you just do that in your own heart? God, right now, we choose to take refuge in you. We just declared that

you are a good God, and we want to experience that, to taste and see it in our own lives. And we know

the only way to do that is really to give you permission, an act of fate to say, God, come have your

way. Speak to us, mold us, shape us, changes wherever we're out of alignment. Bring us into

alignment. We want to experience your mercy, your grace, your truth. Everything you have for us,

we want it today, God. We have come to church to meet with you today, God. And we just say,

one more time, you're a good God. In Jesus' name, everybody said, amen. Put your hands together

one more time just to celebrate a good God.

Awesome.

All right.

I'm excited to get into the Word of God.

Before that, a high-five of your neighbor.

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