February 29th Exodus 12:2 This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.” Every...

Today’s Bible Reading:  NUMBERS 4:1-5:31   Numbers 5:2-3 "Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell." -   We all need positive touch in our lives. We need the emotional and mental benefits that welcomed touch generates. We

Today’s Bible Reading:  NUMBERS 2:1-3:51   Numbers 2:17 And the tabernacle of meeting shall move with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps . . .   We really don’t pay much attention the arrangement of houses on a street. The layout of a city develops randomly unless the city planners have a blueprint for its growth. In this text the Lord gives specific instructions on how to build His “city” in the wilderness. He outlines a precise pattern for constructing the c

Today’s Bible Reading: LEVITICUS 27:1-3, NUMBERS 1:1-54   Numbers 1:49-50 Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number . . . but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle.   Just before their exit from Mount Sinai, God commanded that a census be taken. They were to number all the fighting aged men available for times of aggression. At first glance there seems to be little spiritual insight from this text, but actually there is a great wealth of instruction found here.

Today’s Bible Reading:   LEVITICUS 25:24-26:46 Leviticus 26:40 But if they confess their iniquity . . . if their uncircumcised hearts are humble, and they accept their guilt then I will remember my covenant . . . .   There is no pit so deep that God can’t pull us out of it. There is no sinner so depraved He can’t be deliver. Peter denied Christ and later declared Christ to thousands (Acts 2:41). Paul was the “foremost of sinners” (1 Tim 1:15) and he became a faithful saint. H

Today’s Bible Reading: LEVITICUS 23:1-25:23   Leviticus 23:22 (19:9) And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the LORD your God."   We live in a fast-paced society. We are in one that can easily overwhelm us. We pack every second with something. We don’t leave any time for anyone. We spend from paycheck to

Today’s Bible Reading: LEVITICUS 20:1-22:33   Leviticus 20:7-8 7 Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. 8 Keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you .   The Lord sanctifies. Sanctification is the process of separation of an object or person for God’s purposes. The objects used in the tabernacle and the temple were set apart to be used in holy service. God selected the objects to be used. He distinguished them from all ot

Today’s Bible Reading: LEVITICUS 17:1-19:37   Leviticus 19:2 (Lev. 11:44, 20:7; Matt. 5:48; 1 Peter 1:16). You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy     We resemble the God we worship. What characterizes Him characterizes us. His plans give us purpose. His directives guide our direction. His requirements are our resolve. We walk after the one we worship. God is holy. He alone is Holy. All that is connected with Him is characteristically holy. Things dedicated to Him

Today’s Bible Reading:  LEVITICUS 14:33-16:34 Leviticus 16:22 The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.   For many of us the weight of our sins is unbearable. Although we have confessed them and been cleansed from them, we find it hard to remove the guilt and shame that still clings to us because of them. We realize we have been forgiven but we can’t seem to forget. They seem to follow us and we

Today’s Bible Reading:  LEVITICUS 12:1-14:32   Lev 13:17  And the priest shall examine him; and indeed if the sore has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean who has the sore. He is clean.   Leprosy was a debilitating and destructive disease that plagued the people. It was easily spread and had to be held constantly in check. Those who contracted the disease would be pronounced unclean and were sent outside the camp to recover or die. As long as the infection

Today’s Bible Reading:  LEVITICUS 9:1-11:47   Leviticus 10:1  Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.   We live a world of concessions. It is a society where God’s standards are no more than mere suggestions and where noncompliance is the norm. It is a place where the Lord’s laws are laughed at. It is a culture that cancels His commands. Thei

Today’s Bible Reading:  LEVITICUS 7:1-8:36 Leviticus 8:18  Then Moses presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And he killed it.   We all sin. Every day we are lured and led into sin. It is an inevitable enticement that we cannot evade. It might be a passing thought that engulfs us or a lasting disobedience that devastates us, but we all sin. It is our daily dilemma. Yet God “ knows our frame, he remembers that w

Today’s Bible Reading:  LEVITICUS 4:1-6:30   Leviticus 6:13 A fire shall always be burning on the altar: it shall never go out.    Fires need fuel to burn. Without it they would go out. But fires need a specific substance to stay lit. They need combustible material to last. The constant flow of flammable material must be supplied for the fire to survive. If noncombustible objects were added to the fire, it would eventually die.   Within the courtyard of the tabernacle was pos

Today’s Bible Reading:  NUMBERS 8:1-9:14, LEVITICUS 1:1-3:17 Number 9:8 And Moses said to them, “Stand still, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”   As we journey in our faith, we often encounter spiritual concerns that we can’t seem to resolve. We discover spiritual dilemmas that defy our understanding. We find it difficult to discern what we should do. We are indecisive in how to proceed with our problem. We are at a standstill, but we need not stand

Today’s Bible Reading:  NUMBERS 7:1-89   Numbers 7:89 Now when Moses went into the Tabernacle of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice of one speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim: thus He spoke to him.   We all want to hear from God. We want Him to speak to us audibly. We want to hear His voice. Yet seldom does God speak aloud to us. He has chosen to communicate to us through His written word. He

Today’s Bible Reading:  EXODUS 39:32-40:38, NUMBERS 9:15-23 Numbers 9:18 At the command of the LORD the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD they camped. As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.   Every believer at some point struggles with discerning God’s will for their life. We all ponder His purpose and plan for our life. We wonder about the way He wants us to go. We desire His direction during our deepest doubt. We need

Today’s Bible Reading:  EXODUS 37:1-39:31   Exodus 38:8 He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the Tabernacle of meeting.   We have things in our life that we deem necessary. We find these items essential for our existence. The children of Israel were no different. The women who had been bound in slavery were now free. Things that were unattainable were now accessible. Items of luxury were

Today’s Bible Reading:  EXODUS 35:1-36:38   Exodus 36:2 Then Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred to come and do the work   Artisans make the bland become beautiful. They make the lifeless come to life and give color to the colorless. Their skills and talents enable them to enhance and embellish that which is dull and mundane. Their creations help to bring beauty to a broken world.  

Today’s Bible Reading: EXODUS 32:1-34:35   Exodus 33:11 Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. -    Moses had what we want. His encounter is what we desire to experience. God spoke to Moses face to face. He didn’t speak to Him from a distance, but directly. He didn’t converse with him from a cloud, but close. He di

Today’s Bible Reading:  EXODUS 29:1-31:18   Exodus 29:20 “and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.”   The priests of old were set apart for select service to the Lord. They lived their life to minister before the Lord. Believe