Isaiah 59 – Sin is offensive. There, I said it. We are so good at relegating our sins to the back burner of thought. We insanely justify behavior that…
Exodus
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Isaiah 45 – 200 hundred years before the man was born, before the prophecy given – the Lord spoke to the prophet Isaiah concerning him. A pagan king, called…
Exodus 40 – Over and over through this chapter we read, “… as the Lord had commanded.” Obedience plain and simple. For many chapters God laid out…
Exodus 39 – The details have been exact. Each area of the Tabernacle has been carefully instructed and laid out with care by God Himself. This went…
Exodus 38 – We are people who try to do it alone. Delegation over some tasks for some is difficult. This is an area God has been working…
Exodus 37 – There are many key tabernacle pieces listed to be constructed under the direction of God and carried out by Bezalel. Each had specific purpose…
Exodus 36 – We are nothing without the Spirit of God. It is what is essential for us to fulfill our calling, survive our day, be strong…
Exodus 35 – There are specifics I pray daily. Right before I close out my time with God, I pray directly for myself and go through the…
Exodus 34 – Moses had asked to see the glory of God and here we see further aspects of just that. Many times we consider the glory…
Exodus 32 – Excuses. We’re masters of them when it comes to being caught. Well, we’re masters of them even when not in justification….
Exodus 31 – Hebrew tradition Rabbinical literature states he was only 13 years old when he completed his task. But it would be by this age he…
Exodus 30 – The details were exact. Through all of these descriptions of the tabernacle and all the furnishings God was revealing to His people this was…
Exodus 29 – From the beginning we get a glimpse of God’s design for sacrifice. Consecration. This word was translated ‘hallow’ and meant distinct, holy, and set…
Exodus 28 – God had tremendous instructions for the people as to how they were to worship Him. This was detailed all the way down to what…
Exodus 27 – Most fascinating. The Hebrew word for altar is killing place. Just this fact alone struck me. Most churches have some form of an altar….
Exodus 26 – The details are astonishing. God’s instructions for the Tabernacle are incredibly thorough down to the type of material on the curtains. I find it…
Exodus 25 – For the next 6 chapters God will instruct Moses and the people with detailed directives on the building of a tabernacle. Following these will…
Exodus 24 – It was a moment for Israel of a solemn ceremony where they agreed to the covenant between themselves and God. It was a moment of…
Exodus 23 – Exodus 23:1 NASB “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness….
Exodus 22 – Upon reading these laws set by God it would seem or appear they’re pretty stringent or picky. That is simply not the case as…
Exodus 21 – Everything we do has consequences. Everything. Whether good or bad, our decisions cause ripple effects of something else. We move into various laws given…
Exodus 20 – For 400 years the Israelites lived in Egypt; a land filled with many deities and gods. Although they had kept their heritage potentially they could…
Exodus 19 – 3 months into their journey, after walking through the Red Sea they traveled the desert and found themselves at the foot of Mount Sinai. …
Exodus 18 – Jethro was not an Israelite. Making a sudden reappearance in the story, the timing was everything. As he was not of the Jewish race,…
Exodus 17 – It is possible to be in the will of God and yet be riddled with problems. Israel was on track exactly where they needed…
Exodus 16 – Difficult circumstances lead to stress. More often than not, when a difficult situation inundates us, it is all we think about, talk of and even…
Exodus 15 – “The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation. The Lord is a warrior. The Lord is His name.” -…
Exodus 14 – The crossing of the Israelites of the Red Sea most people know about. And who can forget Charlton Heston as Moses in the epic…
Exodus 13 – We want to get from here to there in the least amount of time possible. We’re wired that way I think, or at least…
Exodus 12 – There are many aspects to the instructions given to the people of Israel as the final act of God’s power was about to hit…
Exodus 10 – The continued hardening of Pharaoh’s heart had also blinded him to the living God. Destruction beyond what was even imagined had come in waves. …
Exodus 9 – Patience and obedience – 2 words that are challenges for any of us. People say, ‘Don’t pray for patience because God will throw you…
Exodus 8 – Plagues rained down heavily upon the Egyptians due to Pharaoh’s hard heart. What began with the Nile turning to blood, was followed by frogs,…
Exodus 7 – The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart was something God had reminded Moses of time and time again…
Exodus 6 – There are many times God calls us to a task far greater than we believe can be accomplished. Just think of the prayers you…
Exodus 5 – To get a better idea of how daring the entire request Moses made to Pharaoh was, it’s important to understand the thinking and theology of…
Exodus 4 – Sometimes God calls us back to the very places we have fled or even were delivered from. Now, hear me out on this. We…
Exodus 3 – “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?” – Psalm 139:7 40 years of Moses’ life he was…
Exodus 2 – Even in the highest oppression, God has a plan. Hang on to that thought if you are currently struggling and questioning what is transpiring. …
Exodus 1 – Affliction brings 2 results: Growth or Resignation. As the magnificent story of the Israelites freedom from Egyptian bondage unravels through the book of Exodus,…
Judges 8 – Warren Wiersbe observes, “Gideon’s choosing to avenge himself could have been the beginning of his backsliding.” Gideon’s story continues with interesting events that follow after the…
Judges 2 – The stage is set. The unraveling of Israel is about to take place as leaders would rise and lead people forward. When the leader passed, the…
Joshua 3 – “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”– Joshua 3:5 My gosh, I love this statement Joshua made to the people on the…
Joshua 2 – Joshua was a man of strong leadership. He had been trained for this moment by God and through Moses. He had accompanied him partway up the…
Joshua 1 – For 40 years the Israelites had wandered throughout the desert. It wasn’t because they were following their leader – far from it…
Matthew 27 – Four miraculous events took place at Jesus’ death. Darkness came upon the land. The curtain in the temple was torn in two. …
Proverbs 1 – Knowledge is good but without wisdom used to applying what we’ve learned and living it, it is useless. He was the third king of Israel, David’s…
2 Samuel 13 – Like father, like son – so the saying goes. In this case, like father, likes sons. The unraveling of David’s household is revealed…
1 Kings 19 – “Elijah failed in the very point at which he was strongest, and that is where most men fail. In Scripture, it is the…
James 2 – Salvation arrives by the amazing and most abundant grace given through Jesus. All of our faults, all of our struggles, and all of our sins do…
John 10 – A shepherd’s job is quite a task. They have the responsibility of making sure their sheep are safe; must know how many they have…
John 8 – They set a trap. The teachers and Pharisees thought they had Jesus cornered as they first baited the woman to commit…
Esther 3 – Every story and needs a villain and here we have a doozy of an individual. Haman the Agagite, serves the king. He’s also a…
Nehemiah 5 – The work stopped. On the tail end of such a great victory when the people were motivated, working alongside one another to…
Amos 7 – This chapter looks like a story right out of Jeremiah’s life. The prophet Amos has 3 visions – locusts, fire, and plumb line. Representing God’s destruction…
Psalm 149 – Psalm 149 – Psalms 149:1 NASB Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones…
Psalm 134 – Psalm 134 – It was a very small group of men who had a very important task. The Levite and priest establishment is found in the book of Exodus….
Psalm 118 – “When I think about the Lord How He saved me how He raised me How He filled me with the Holy Ghost How He healed me…
Psalm 97 – The holiness of God is great and vast. When God appeared on Mount Sinai it was always marked by a thick cloud on the mountain and…
Psalm 91 – God has a secret place for His own. It is a place to live and dwell in. It is a place where hope is found. It…
Psalm 32 – Confession is an admittance of wrong. It is owning up to what we’ve done with “The Blame Game” put away. Confession is not making excuses. With…
Deuteronomy 31 – Moses was 120 years old. From the snatching him from the waters of the Nile as a baby to the running the palace halls of Pharaoh,…
Deuteronomy 25 – Most of the battles we face or wage are not of our choosing. They come at the most unexpected moments and prove to each of us…
Deuteronomy 22 – “Finders keepers, losers weepers” or so the childhood rhyme goes. In so many ways, God’s laws were practical. His purpose was for His people to exercise…
Deuteronomy 6 – Growing up, the dinner table was a time when all things ceased for the day. No matter what our personal schedule may have been, it was…
Deuteronomy 5 – Moses spent quite a bit of time reviewing Israel’s history for them. Now he reminded them of the Laws God had established for them in order…
Numbers 16 – His name and story within the unfolding of Israel’s struggles is one of the most dramatic. Part of the Levite tribe, Korah was not satisfied with…
Numbers 10 – I cannot imagine the task Moses had in leading. Here he was with 100’s of 1000’s and way upward and beyond in numbers, leading all of…
Numbers 8 – Entering into any darkened place, a lamp is required to see properly. We can certainly fumble around in the dark or shadows but truly we cannot…
Numbers 3 – God, being that of order and organization, began to give assignments to the people. First on deck were the Levites. This makes sense as the tabernacle was…
Numbers 1 – Complaining – it gets you nowhere. In fact, if we’re honest it will get you stuck. This is exactly what the book of Numbers records. The…
Song of Solomon 1 – David’s son Solomon took the throne after his father. Asking for wisdom and discernment to lead the people, God granted him these things and…
Ezekiel 41 – Ezekiel’s vision continues with focus upon the Temple. When the tabernacle was planned out by God and given to Moses in Exodus 26, although so much…
Leviticus 23 – There were 7 feasts God set in place for the Israelite’s. They involved celebration, worship and community with one another. These were distinctly different than any…
Leviticus 1 – The book of Leviticus is not an easy read. Almost like a handbook for the priests and Levites, it gives a snapshot of what their duties…
Revelation 10 – “God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.” – Psalms 47:8 There is nothing that happens in this world, in this…
Revelation 9 – I want you to think of someone in your life, someone you know who does not know Jesus. Someone who actually is not even remotely interested…
Revelation 6 – For many believers, Revelation 6 is the Continental Divide – meaning, from this point on in the book of Revelation, there are different theological perspectives as to how the end times will unfold…
2 Chronicles 22 – Who speaks into your life? Who is it that you turn to for advice and counsel? Are there those who you look toward that may not…
1 Chronicles 21 – Numbers. We often can be caught up in the measurement of success by how much or how many things we have. Obviously, we…