“For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set them with vine slips of a strange god.” — Isaiah 17:10 (NASB95) The Lord, through the prophet Isaiah, got to the heart of why the children of Israel were soon going to […]
02/07/2024Daily Devotion – The Sabbath!
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.’” (Exodus 31:12-13 NIV84) The Lord told Moses that the children of Israel’s observance of […]
02/04/2024 Daily Devotion – A way to begin and end the day!
“This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old. Offer one in the morning and the other at twilight. With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a […]
01/30/2024 Daily Devotion – Keep the Lamps Burning!
“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning. In the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This […]
01/26/2024 Daily Devotion – The Atonement Cover!
“There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.” (Exodus 25:22 NIV84) In this section of Exodus, the Lord gave Moses the instructions for making the tabernacle. In great detail the Lord provided Moses […]
01/25/2024 Daily Devotion – Gifts for the Dwelling Place of God!
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give. These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram […]
01/22/2024 Daily Devotion – The Blood!
“Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.’” (Exodus 24:8 NIV84) The people of Israel had come to Mt. Sinai to meet with God and to hear His Word. In an […]
01/19/2024 Daily Devotion – Guardian Angel!
“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. If you listen […]
11/23/2023 Daily Devotion – When the eternal touches the temporal!
“On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Mount Sinai was […]
11/22/2023 Daily Devotion – They heard the voice of God!
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.’ Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.” — Exodus 19:9 (NIV84) It was Moses who heard God speaking […]