Amazing truth! The LORD God puts your prayers and mine in a golden bowl, our prayers are precious to our God. In the book of Revelation, the curtain is drawn back a little for us to see into the future. The Lamb, the Lord Jesus “took a book out of the right hand of Him […]
Prayer is worship before the living God. Prayer is counted as incense rising to the throne of God in heaven. (NASB) Psalm 141:2 “May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.” Incense produces smoke. The smoke is symbolic of our prayers rising to the […]
The LORD gave Moses a specific recipe for incense. It was a perfume which was salted, pure and holy. This incense was made intentionally and put in a specific place in the tabernacle. God would meet His people through His chosen priest there. Exodus 30:34-35 Let’s think about what God told Moses… He would meet His […]
The combination of ingredients, and their measure, are important for dishes to taste good, to look good and to smell good. This is also true for perfumes. The LORD God gave Moses specific ingredients and their measurements to make a holy anointing oil. Proportions, sequence of adding ingredients – a skilled, knowledgeable perfumer was needed. […]
Have you ever thought about how great is our God? And personally, how our great God is worthy of praise today, this day? We worship an awesome God! “On the splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works I will meditate.” (NASB) Psalm 145:5 Where is your focus? Is it on “me,” “myself,” and […]
I am a person of action. When a friend is in need, I take meals, I call, I text encouraging Bible verses. And, I pray. For someone like me, I believed that prayer was important, but I wanted to be on the front lines, doing something, doing anything to help. Until, I found myself in […]
As a mother, I found that one of the hardest things I have ever done is to open my hands and let my children fall into the waiting hands of God. Picture this: Hold out your hands palms up and pressed together side by side. Imagine your child sitting there, in the palm of your […]
Moses was in exile for 40 years after he killed the Egyptian. He acted on impulse and had to flee Egypt. However, he was not alone. He met his wife and had a family. He had a job as a shepherd. He was living life every day; however, was he fulfilling God’s purpose and plan […]
Moses’ mother acted out of love when her son was born and hid him for three months. Then, when, out of fear and desperation, she gave up her son to God’s will, she laid him in a basket and sent her daughter to watch over him to see what would become of him (Exodus 2). […]
The story is well-known. Baby Moses was protected by his mother for three months from the Pharaoh in Egypt. When she became fearful, his mother laid him in a basket and hid him in the bulrushes. The princess of the palace found him and called him Moses. His mother nursed him, and he became a […]