SCRIPTURE: Exodus 38 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. [Mathew 6:19-20] Moses provides us with a…
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enjoying God’s furniture
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 37 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. [Mark 2:27-28]. As I read this list of furnishings being made for the tabernacle, I think about a high school friend whose mother kept the living…
more than enough
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 36 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well [Matthew 6:33]. If we put God first, He will provide everything we need to fulfill His purpose. The “all these things” that Jesus refers to are the daily things we think we need to…
preach it sister!
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. [Isaiah 11:6] An inspiring moment, yet has anything changed in 20 years?
the heart of the giver
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, ‘As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.’ [Luke 21:5-6]…
they’ve been with Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 34 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. [Matthew 28:16-17]. What an amazing moment this must have been for the disciples to see the resurrected Jesus. We can forgive them for doubting, because it…
show us Your glory!
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.’ Jesus answered: ‘Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.’ [John 14:8-9]. Moses asks, ‘show me Your glory’, and Philip asks, ‘show…
it’s time to repent
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 32 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. [Luke 13:2-3]. There is a time for mercy, and a time for judgment [see Ecclesiastes 3:1-8]. Although Jesus represents the…
God’s good gifts
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. [Matthew 25:29] God has not been stingy. He has given us (collectively) all that we need to fulfill His good purpose for our lives. Our ‘poverty’…
connecting people to God through Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 30 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be a house of prayer’ ; but you have made it `a den of robbers.’ [Luke 19:46] The tabernacle was to be a “meeting place” between God and His people, a ‘house of prayer’. It was a symbol of the individual heart in…