“Noah built an altar to God. He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, “I’ll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from…
“Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.” (Genesis 12:7, ESV) Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, and Samuel all had one thing in common. They built altars. These…
“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:5 David’s next step is to commit everything to the Lord. What does this mean? If you are committed to something it means that you have pledged or obligated to do it.…
“And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and…
Genesis 8:20-21 MSG “Noah built an altar to God. He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, “I’ll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent…
“And Abraham said, ‘My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together’” (Genesis 22:8, NKJV). Genesis 22 tells the familiar story of God’s testing of Abraham when He asked him to sacrifice Isaac, his long-awaited son. Abraham and Sarah…
“Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of…
“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.” Leviticus 6:13. Daily Bible reading has been in Leviticus this week. The Israelites were given so many rules to follow concerning the sacrifices they would make to God. The animal had to be without blemish, and…
“So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.” Galatians 5:1 It’s been a week of celebrating freedom in Canada and the USA. I’m sure at one point or another we have each taken…