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fire from heaven
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 9 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! [Luke 12:49-50] In Leviticus 9, the people saw fire come from heaven, and they fell facedown and shouted for joy….
called to be a priest
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 8 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Again Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’ And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.’ [John 20:21-23] This…
is this me?
prune me, Lord
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 7 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to…
lost and found
taking fire seriously
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 6 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. “And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where ” `their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’ [Mark 9:47-48] The ever-burning…
Juarez in the news
With Valerie, Tim and Nathan, in Juarez, and Tim staying there for the next few months, I am especially aware of when Juarez makes the news… Pray, pray, pray! CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Mexico is sending up to 5,000 new troops and federal police to the country’s most violent city, where law…
facing the sacrifice
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. [Galatians 3:1] As I read through these opening chapters of Leviticus, all about the different sacrifices with which people were to come before God, I feel convicted that I need to face the sacrifice myself. I find the…
seeing Jesus in the sacrifices
See Leviticus 4:1-21, Hebrews 13:11-13.