Leviticus 4:3 “‘If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed”. ‘Sin Offering’ is one of the mandatory offerings as atonement for sins under the Mosaic covenant. Atonement is recompense or penitence. The...
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22 August 2024 – Offerings – Part 4
2 Samuel 6:13 When those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he (David) sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. “When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite ‘thank you,’ it is the recognition of dependence” – Billy Graham. Appreciation and thanksgiving is...
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21 August 2024 – Offerings – Part 3
Leviticus 2:1 “When anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it”. “A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God’s” – Tim Keller”. Grain Offering was another voluntary...
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20 August 2024 – Offerings – Part 2
Leviticus 7:13 With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. “Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is being still in the presence of God”. The sacrifices in the Mosaic covenant are typologies of prayer patterns. The purpose of the sacrifices mentioned...
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19 August 2024 – Offerings – Part 1
Psalm 50:23 “Those who sacrifice thank offerings honour me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.” “Thanks are the highest form of thought, and gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder” — G.K. Chesterton. A grateful heart and thankful lips are the sweetest offering we can offer to the Lord. It doesn’t matter where...
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18 August 2024 – Resolute Resilience – Part 7
Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.” — Corrie ten Boom. The mark of maturity is not the number of years you have been...
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17 August 2024 – Resolute Resilience – Part 6
2 Samuel 16:7-8 As he cursed, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel! The Lord has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. The Lord has given the kingdom into the hands of your son Absalom. You have come to...
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16 August 2024 – Resolute Resilience – Part 5
Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. There are various methods and techniques to purify gold and silver. These methodologies use acid, fire, or electricity...
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15 August 2024 – Resolute Resilience – Part 4
Psalm 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. The valley of the shadow of death referred in Psalm 23 is normally purported to be between Jerusalem and Jericho. This could be the place referred...
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14 August 2024 – Resolute Resilience – Part 3
Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. There are few important rules while pruning a tree. Examine the tree and remove the dead and dry leaves and the water suckers. (Water sucker branches are shoots that...