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
Today is a beautiful day, because Israel keeps the sacred tradition of the Sabbath, “Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever.” (Exodus 31:16 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because Moses wrote God’s instructions to his people, “Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. An they said, ‘All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” (Exodus 24:7-8 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday #QuamranCaves
Today is a beautiful day, because God warned his people to protect them from becoming ensnared in false teaching, “You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.” (Exodus 23:32 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Do you qualify under any of the people groups described in the beatitudes? If so, you are blessed! (Matthew 5:3-11 ESV) 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit … Read more
Today is a beautiful day, because covenants are two-sided agreements; and God rewards those who honor their promise, “Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine.” (Exodus 19:5 ESV) Covenant #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday