Monday, July 22, 2013 Written to Shock You! Deuteronomy 28:56-57 The most tender and delicate woman among you—so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot—will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter. She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns. http:/...
Jul 22, 2013•3 min
Sunday, July 21, 2013 True Justice Deuteronomy 24:17-22 NLT “True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt. Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from your slavery. That is why I have given you this command. “When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don’t go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners,...
Jul 21, 2013•4 min
Thursday, July 18, 2013 Ego Busting Grace Deuteronomy 9:4-6 New American Standard Bible "Do not say in your heart when the Lord your God has driven them out before you, 'Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you. It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of ...
Jul 18, 2013•5 min
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Be Careful Blessings Ahead DEU 8:1-20 NLT “Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors. Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands. Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you...
Jul 16, 2013•6 min
Monday, July 15, 2013 Unyielding DEU 3:21-29 NLT “At that time I gave Joshua this charge: ‘You have seen for yourself everything the Lord your God has done to these two kings. He will do the same to all the kingdoms on the west side of the Jordan. Do not be afraid of the nations there, for the Lord your God will fight for you.’ “At that time I pleaded with the Lord and said, ‘O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there ...
Jul 15, 2013•5 min
Friday, July 12, 2013 Remind God? Numbers 31:54 NLT So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gifts from the generals and captains and brought the gold to the Tabernacle as a reminder to the Lord that the people of Israel belong to him. Numbers 10:10 NLT Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the Lord your God of his cov...
Jul 12, 2013•3 min
Thursday, July 11, 2013 Perfection or nothing. Numbers 27:12-19 NLT One day the Lord said to Moses, “Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel. After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron, for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderne...
Jul 11, 2013•5 min
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Last Enemy 1 Corinthians 15:26 NLT And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. ----------- I got news this morning that a friend died. He was only 51. Premature death came to my life early with the death of my grandfather. And then the life changing, gut wrenching, loss of my best friend and only brother (and only sibling) visited my life when on the 4th of June 1987, Daniel Allen Bode suddenly and unexpectedly died. I was irrevocably changed by these deaths. Death is i...
Jul 10, 2013•6 min
Thursday, July 04, 2013 Silver Trumpets Numbers 10:1-10 NLT Now the Lord said to Moses, “Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp. When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle. But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you. “When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of t...
Jul 09, 2013•4 min
Monday, July 08, 2013 I'm what you need Numbers 18:20 NLT And the Lord said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment. Numbers 27:5-7 NLT So Moses brought their case before the Lord . And the Lord replied to Moses, “The claim of the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You must give them a grant of land along with their father’s relatives. Assign them the property that would have been given to th...
Jul 09, 2013•3 min
Wednesday, July 03, 2013 Early Retirement (Today I read Numbers chapters 5-8 in the Bible from the New Living Translation, why don't you join me?) Numbers 8:23-26 NLT The Lord also instructed Moses, “This is the rule the Levites must follow: They must begin serving in the Tabernacle at the age of twenty-five, and they must retire at the age of fifty. After retirement they may assist their fellow Levites by serving as guards at the Tabernacle, but they may not officiate in the service. This is ho...
Jul 03, 2013•5 min
Tuesday, July 02, 2013 Smiled on Numbers 6:22-27 The Priestly Blessing 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons to bless the people of Israel with this special blessing: 24 ‘May the Lord bless you and protect you. 25 May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. 26 May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace.’ 27 Whenever Aaron and his sons bless the people of Israel in my name, I myself will bless them.” ___________________ Smiles really do make a difference. A...
Jul 02, 2013•4 min
Friday, June 28, 2013 Schedule it Today I read Leviticus chapters 21-23, why not read them today with me? ________________ Leviticus 23:2-4 NLT “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly. “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observ...
Jun 28, 2013•4 min
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Controversial and of another time? Leviticus 18:1-5 NLT Then the Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the Lord your God. So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the Lord your God. If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find...
Jun 27, 2013•4 min
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Forsaken Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" _________________ York Minister Why would God the Father forsake Jesus, the Son of God? I find it interesting that today I published a blog consisting of a passage that's been sitting in my drafts from reading Exodus. The interesting thing is the contrast with this passage in Mark. Many have noted over the years...
Jun 26, 2013•8 min
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Life or death in God's presence! Leviticus 16:1-2 NLT 1 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons, who died after they entered the Lord’s presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him. 2 The Lord said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement...
Jun 25, 2013•7 min
Monday, June 24, 2013 Mildew from God Leviticus 14:33-34 NLT (with a more complete passage below) Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew. ------------------------ A problem with the bathroom plaster. Leviticus has a lot of instructions in it. I've been reading through the book and finished chapter 14 this morning. So far there have been been rules about sacri...
Jun 24, 2013•6 min
Sunday, June 23, 2013 Two Sons Lost in Silence Leviticus 10:1-3 ESV Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord has said, "Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified." An...
Jun 23, 2013•6 min
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Recentred (selected verses from Psalm 119) Psalm119:72-74, 81-84, 89-92, 96 NLT Your instructions are more valuable to me than millions in gold and silver. You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands. May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in your word. I am worn out waiting for your rescue, but I have put my hope in your word. My eyes are straining to see your promises come true. When will you comfort me? I...
Jun 19, 2013•5 min
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 The greatest hidden miracle? Exodus 39:32-43 NIV So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses. Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather and the shielding curtain; the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement c...
Jun 18, 2013•6 min
Monday, June 17, 2013 Hate bribes Exodus 18:20-22 NLT Teach them God’s decrees, and give them his instructions. Show them how to conduct their lives. But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten. They should always be available to solve the people’s common disputes, but have them bring the major cases to you. Let the leaders decide the smaller matters themselves. They will he...
Jun 17, 2013•6 min
Thursday, June 13, 2013 No Danger for the Stranger Exodus 22:21-28 NASB "You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry; and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. "If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act a...
Jun 13, 2013•4 min
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Serious business Hebrews 10:26-39 NLT Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Just think how much worse the punishment will be...
Jun 12, 2013•6 min
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Egyptian Slave or Slave of God? Exodus 20:1-6 NLT Then God gave the people all these instructions : “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. “You must not have any other god but me. “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affec...
Jun 11, 2013•4 min
Sunday, June 09, 2013 The gift of a song. Exodus 15:2 The Lord gives me strength and makes me sing; he has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him. --------------------- Daughters of Davis DVD It all starts with a gift. God has been giving since the beginning when he gave Adam the breath of life. Then God gave him purpose, a job, a place and woman as a companion. God had given fruit to eat, a garden to care for, animals to name, a command to obey, sons to raise, and a warning with hope for...
Jun 10, 2013•6 min
Friday, June 07, 2013 Behind the scenes, His purpose. Exodus 9 :12 "But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh," _______________________ (a more complete sampling of these passages is included below my notes.) Sheffield seen from Heeley Two things you need to know about how God sometimes works. In the short term he may ask you to do something and then he might work 'against you' while you try to do what he said. God may be doing something 'odd' in someone else's heart; You have no idea how he wo...
Jun 08, 2013•7 min
Belligerent Little Man at Bingham Park by William Bode
Jun 06, 2013•5 min
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 Big Tax Refund Exodus 3:21-22 NLT And I will cause the Egyptians to look favorably on you. They will give you gifts when you go so you will not leave empty-handed. Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will dress your sons and daughters with these, stripping the Egyptians of their wealth.” __________________ Another reversal jumps from the pages of the Bib...
Jun 04, 2013•4 min
Big Up The Underdog at Bingham Park by William Bode
Jun 03, 2013•4 min
Saturday, June 01, 2013 God tried to kill you! Genesis 45:4-9, 24 ESV So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before yo...
Jun 01, 2013•7 min
