Today is a beautiful day, because God remembers his covenant for the sake of his people as well, “But I will for their sake remember the covenant with their forefathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.” (Leviticus … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God keeps his covenant for his name’s sake, “when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly, and break my covenant with them, for I am the LORD their God.” (Leviticus 26:44 ESV) … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because a humbled heart that makes amends for its sin turns God away from his wrath, “then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.” (Leviticus 26:41b,42 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because God takes his covenant seriously, “If you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because God keeps his promises, “I will turn to you and make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you.” Leviticus 26:9 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because God made provisions for his temple priests, the Levites, “Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it (the food offering) before the LORD regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever.” (Leviticus 24:8 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because of Moses’ relationship with God, “So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.” (Exodus 34:28 ESV) Covenant
Today is a beautiful day, because God gave the commandments to Moses a second time, “the LORD said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and Israel.” (Exodus 34:27 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because God warns his people away from dangerous choices, “Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.” ( Exodus 34: 12 and a similar warning in verse 15 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because God mercifully provided a second set of tablets to Moses, saying, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among you will see the work … Read more