Look what I found buried in a list of sundry laws: Love your neighbor as Yourself. Tucked in near the end of a sentence, at the bottom of a list of do’s and don’ts, is God’s true intention. Love your neighbor. Jesus made these words famous, but He is quoting them .. .
Read MoreSermon on the Mount
Moses climbed the mountain with two tablets of stone for God to write on. The Ten Commandments on those stones was God’s summary of the Old Testament Law. The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 is basically a restatement of that Law, seen through the eyes of grace. Jesus climbed the mountain . . .
Read MorePresent the Tablets of your Heart
Twice Moses spent 40 days on the mountain and came down with 2 tablets of stone. The first set where hewn and engraved by the finger of God. But Moses shattered those tablets . . .
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Discover creative ways to encourage others and to motivate them toward acts of compassion, doing beautiful works as expressions of love. Hebrews 10:24 TPT
This verse beautifully and succinctly sums up my life’s goal. . . .
Read MoreThe Holy Place as a Prayer Closet
The Tabernacle in the wilderness is a picture of what we would call a “prayer closet.” The Tabernacle is actually a tent. . . .
Read MorePorpoise Skins Representing the Holy Spirit?
Buried in the intricate detail of the wilderness Tabernacle are the 4 layers of curtains for the Holy Place. This is the enclosed tent where the priests ministered at the Table of Showbread, the Altar of Incense, the Menorah, and the Ark of the Covenant. God prescribed 4 layers of curtains with the final layer made of porpoise skins (or badger skins, depending on your translation). In other words, the layer that would be seen from the outside is porpoise skins. I had an idea that I was considering and needed to know what are these porpoise skins all about. My biblical references were no help. . . .
Read MoreThe Language of Sonship
The nation of Israel coward in fear when God’s voice thundered from Mount Sinai. They wanted Moses to be their mediator. So throughout the whole Old Testament, instead of speaking directly, God spoke through His prophets. The nation of Israel had to piece together what God was trying to communicate to them through the prophetic acts and words of the prophets.
These days, God has a new way of communicating . . . .
Read MoreShine for Jesus
Last week’s devotion reminded me of this one that I had written three years ago. This one is an Old Testament foreshadowing of God’s desire to have us shine for Jesus. . . .
Read MoreCrowned with His Glory
Yes, God will not share His glory with another. Yet in the book of Hebrews (2:10), it says that Jesus brings many sons and daughters to share in His glory. How can that be? . . . .
Read MoreShine Forth the Glory of The Lord
Quickly make a list of the benefits of believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. What are your top three?
My top three would probably read like this: . . .
Read MoreRacial Unity in Jesus
Ethnic hatred has been dissolved by the crucifixion of [Jesus’] precious body on the cross. Ephesians 2:15 TPT
By dying as our sacrifice, Jesus has broken down every wall of prejudice that separated us (Eph. 2:14b) and has brought us back together as one family.
There is an allegorical picture of this in . . .
Read MoreInvest in Eternity
Yes, eat all your greens.
Yes, exercise regularly.
Yes, steward your temple.
But our bodies are only a temporary tent, as fleeting and . . .
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