Lavish Blessings March 21st

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Blogging through the Murray M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan Exodus 32 Moses had been enjoyed sweet fellowship with the Lord for 40 days – it was going by so quick for him, but an age for the Israelites. How do you handle delay? The Israelites blew it – taking things into their own hands and making […]

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Spirit Empowered Work – March 20th

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Exodus 31 God filled Bezalel with the Spirit to empower his craftsmanship – God fills us to work creatively and to bring Him glory! In your daily life – seek the empowering of the Spirit for you daily work to glorify God and then work hard Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the […]

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Fruit of the Spirit – March 19th

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Still blogging our way through Murray M’Cheyne’s Bible Reading plan… Exodus 30 Ex 30 talks about incense – which is like prayer for Christians. Rev talks of the prayers of the saints being golden bowls of incense. The day of atonement was a once a year sacrifice for Israel. Jesus has made a once for […]

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Truth will set you free – March 18th

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Exodus 29 Aaron is going to be the first High Priest, so this chapter outlines the process of ordination for the task, which is carried out in Leviticus 8. The bull and rams are sacrificed, so that their blood could be used for the forgiveness of sins. The wages of sin is death, so a […]

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Bring me an ephod -March 17th

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Exodus 28 V3 Notice how the Holy Spirit empowers creative people to serve God in craftsmanship. The ephod was a garment – in 1 Sam 30, David calls for the ephod as a garment of praise. Time to seek God! It was a vest worn by the high priest, reaching to the thighs, when he […]

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Tabernacle – It’s all in the details March 15th

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Blogging my thoughts while doing Murray M’Cheyne’s Bible Reading Plan Exodus 26 Detailed instructions for the tabernacle are given The inside is decorated with cherubim – the tabernacle is a copy of heaven, so it’s fitting to see angels! There are lots of overlapping curtains – unity in diversity. There are layers – linen curtain, […]

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Stop being so British! March 14th

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Exodus 25 The Tabernacle The building fund was not compulsory! The Lord only wanted contributions from “those whose heart moves him”. The ark would contain the ten commandments and was carried on poles on men’s shoulders, not carts! The mercy seat was the lid – God would meet with the priest at the mercy seat […]

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Old and New March 13th

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Exodus 33 Under the Old Covenant one would have needed a priest as a mediator to access God – by grace we all have access to god by one Spirit because of Jesus (Eph 2:18) Much of this chapter is about the obedience required – under grace, we get to obey by faith Rom 1:5 […]

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New wine March 12th

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Continuing blogging some thoughts as I go through teh Bible with the Murray M’Cheyne Plan. Exodus 23 Verses 1-3,6-7 talk about lawsuits. Grace tells us we can deal with civil conflict within the church without recourse to the courts (1 Cor 6) The sabbath laws point to the sabbath rest from works that comes when […]

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