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…
a better covenant
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 29 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus replied, ‘If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.’ [John 14:23] If you are like me, you found Exodus 29 hard to read. So much blood, ceremony, fire and sacrifice. Knowing how sensitive I am…
robed in love
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him in the face. [John 19:2-3] The high priest is decked out in the finest…
the light is on, He’s waiting
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. [John 3:20]. Imagine someone designing an x-ray that would expose all our inner thoughts, feelings and secrets. Would you step behind that x-ray, and allow your heart to be revealed? Would…
beware permanent buildings
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. [Mark 15:37-38] Our family enjoys camping, we have owned several tent trailers. One thing for sure, canvas is fragile and fades with age. If God wanted to build a permanent temple, a…
one dot at a time
Apparently God is rebuilding this world one dot at a time. He could have snapped His fingers and immediately changed the world. Instead He is “painting” a better world through individuals transformed by His love. Every person transformed by His love becomes a kingdom dot… their lives a collection of dots. And taken together, your…
tenting with God
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. [John 1:14] The actual word for “his dwelling among us” is ‘tabernacled’. The tabernacle was a symbol of God living among…
I said a prayer for you today
I said a prayer for you today and know God must have heard, I felt the answer in my heart although He spoke no word. I didn’t ask for wealth or fame, I knew you wouldn’t mind. I asked Him to send treasures of a far more lasting kind. I asked that He’d be near…
glowing with God
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendour, talking with Jesus. [Luke 9:29-31] Jesus has a similar mountaintop experience as Moses, but there is something greater about Jesus. Moses spent time…
listen to Jesus!
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’ [Matthew 17:5] Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promise to send His angel along the way and to bring…