I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:2) [Worth also checking out the first in the Law & Order: Spiritual Intent series.] Dear Lord God: In the light of your love in rescuing me from slavery … I am yours, […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 20 – Love in 10 WordsYou yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 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; and you shall be […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 19 – Communal Consecrated For A Divine EncounterMoses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good. You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone. (Exodus 18:17-18) Sometimes we conduct business our way and develop and entrench a pattern of behaviour to […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 18 – Don’t Do It Alone: Sound AdviceLife is made of decisions and consequences of those decisions. Some of those decisions are really smart ones. Like having Thursdays be called Treat Night and garner the love and adoration of your children forever for ensuring that on one night of the week they get to splurge. That is a smart decision. Good things […]
Read More Restorative RelationshipsBut Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. (Exodus 17:12 ESV) The journey […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 17 -A Helping HandMoses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” (Exodus 16:32 ESV) It’s easy to criticise the behaviour of the children […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 16 – Moaning and MercyThe posts I write on here have the ending “For His Name’s Sake”. That tagline is written because I endeavour to make sure what I write on here is for the sake of the name of God. To me it doesn’t have to be overly deep and serious for His Name’s Sake. Humour and God […]
Read More Is Church Like Business As Usual?Some things in life require gradual change and some alterations here and there. I enjoy people talking on things as a project and slowly but surely changing things to reflect their vision for something. As you’re aware I’m a football fan. (Oh you’re not aware? Well now you are. Oh and if you’re from the […]
Read More The Need For Patience For The Necessary ChangesKingdom. Mission. Discipleship. Community. Family. These are very important. To succeed in these areas at all is not just about the personality. It’s not just about the individual. It’s not just about that person at the front. It’s about the interdependent connections. It’s about the husband and the wife together. It’s about the parents and […]
Read More It Will Take A TeamAnd Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.” And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” (Exodus 15:21, 24 ESV) People are fickle. You have just witnessed the act of the mighty forces of the super […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 15 – Praise & Grumble
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