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Favorite passages
If there is any passage I could wear out in any physical Bible, it would be (and is, by the way I look in different translations and see I’ve already been there and marked it up incessantly) Ex. 33:13-23. Almost every day I have a prayer: Seek the favor of God. Moses leads the way for me. He constantly longs…
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Question of the day — A sustained “move of God”
My study in the life of Moses (looking at his prayer life) takes me to Numbers 10. It is Israel just before they are “ready” to move toward the Promised Land. They are truly people of the presence. When the cloud moves, they follow. When the cloud stops, they camp. The feasts are in place. Israel is paying attention. Of…
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The necessity of waiting on God
Moses was called up to the mountain. There he was in the powerful presence of God 40 days and nights. Moses spent the forty days in the presence of God and received the blueprint for God’s heart concerning Israel. Israel “waited” at the bottom of the mountain and fell back to their old patterns from Egypt. Moses received the heart…
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Centered in on the I AM
Moses is a great example of one who had his life completely turned inside out a couple of times, is driven to a place where he doesn’t know what he is truly capable of, and is then given the gift of the presence of God. All of it serves as a lesson for leaders: We have to stay centered on…
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Being set free from Egypt
The patterns, habits, bondages of the old life don’t easily go away. There are wonderful stories of addictions that instantly leave when people come to Christ, but more often than not it takes a little more time. Israel came out of slavery and still had a lot of Egypt in them. A few days (relatively speaking) out of Egypt and…
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I’m more Israel than Moses
Israel had been in Egypt over 400 years and couldn’t wait a few days for Moses to come down the mountain with the commands of the Lord. They defaulted to what they knew: the gods of Egypt. I’m more Israel than Egypt. I don’t wait. I default. The command of the Lord is to wait. It’s not because he is…
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Why the “generation of promise” may not be JUST 25 and under
I work part of the time in a college environment and we have a growing number of young adults in our church. I have three young adult sons. I can actually remember the “fire in my belly” coming out of college. (My memory isn’t completely gone.) So, it’s natural to hear about motivating the generation and focus on this upcoming…
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How Serious Am I About Intercession?
Ex. 32 — Israel foolishly makes the golden calf because they were tired of waiting for Moses to come down from Sinai. God is so furious, he promises Moses he would wipe out the nation and start over with him. After watching Israel be so stupid, that is an offer that would sound far more appealing to me. But not Moses.…
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The place of knowing God
“He made know his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel.” (Ps. 103:7, NIV) The saying goes something like this: There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. This verse in Psalm 103 is a similar comparison. When God made…
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Snatching Defeat Away from the Jaws of Victory
The compelling truth of Israel’s story in the Old Testament is it hits so close to home in our own lives. It is the story, too often, of making bold promises to God, then turning right around and finding a way to mess it up. Numbers 9-11 are key examples of the attitude we often take when we are incredibly…
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