Posts tagged with ‘devotional’

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How Far Would You Go to Save Someone Else’s Life?

by adskwusr

“So the LORD relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.” — Exodus 32:14 (NKJV) Moses stood on Mount Sinai, his heart pounding as God spoke words that made his blood run cold: “I’m going to destroy them all and make you the father of a great nation instead.” Moses […]

How Do We Corrupt Ourselves Without Realizing It?

by adskwusr

“And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.’” — Exodus 32:7 (NKJV) High up on Mount Sinai, Moses was receiving the most beautiful laws ever given to humanity when God’s voice suddenly changed. The warm, loving tone became sharp […]

What Happens When We Worship What We Make?

by adskwusr

“So they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” — Exodus 32:6 (NKJV) The golden calf gleamed in the early morning sunlight as the Israelite camp erupted in wild celebration. What had started as a […]

Why Do Good People Make Terrible Decisions?

by adskwusr

“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, ‘Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has […]

Can the Holy Spirit Make You an Artist?

by adskwusr

“And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship.” — Exodus 31:3-5 (NKJV) In […]

How Can the Infinite God Live in a Tent?

by adskwusr

“And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.” — Exodus 25:8-9 (NKJV) The morning sun cast long shadows across the Israelite camp at […]

Can God Really Change Our Hearts?

by adskwusr

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do […]

What Does It Mean to See the Invisible God?

by adskwusr

“Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.” — Exodus 24:9-10 (NKJV) The morning mist […]

Promises We Can’t Keep Finding Help Beyond Ourselves

by adskwusr

“So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, ‘All the words which the LORD has said we will do.’” — Exodus 24:3 (NKJV) The afternoon sun shone on the ancient stones of Petra (Jordan’s famous site […]

The Woman with the Cracked Jar

by adskwusr

1 Corinthians 10:11; John 6:35 “Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.’” Her jar was cracked, but she carried it anyway. Every day at noon, when the sun burned hottest, she walked to the well […]