Archive for December 2022
S168P4 – Fragrant offerings: pure and holy
Exo. 30:34-36 The LORD said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of…
Read MoreS168P3 – Fragrant offerings: the sacrifice of love
Eph 4:29-5:2 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness…
Read MoreS168P2 – Fragrant offerings: Christ through us
2Cor. 2:14-17 [T]hanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to…
Read MoreS168P1 – Fragrant offerings: the altar of incense
Exo. 30:1,7-8 You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it, and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering…
Read MoreS167P10 – Sources of joy: his future glory
1Pet. 4:12-13 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. The scriptures describe the many ways in…
Read MoreS167P9 – Sources of joy: his call to collaborate
Jn. 4:33-38 So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift…
Read MoreThe eternal salvation story
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9i7sr-134830f Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior, but this was not the beginning of his work. That birth does not mark the beginning of our salvation story. The victory already was secure before the foundations of the earth were laid. The eternal Christ has been ready and able to save since the beginning.
Read MoreS167P8 – Sources of joy: his book
Lk. 10:17-20 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall…
Read MoreS167P7 – Sources of joy: his shield of favor
Psa. 5:11-12 [L]et all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield. The source of these verses and his…
Read MoreS167P6 – Sources of joy: his sufferings
Lk. 6:22-23 Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. Before…
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