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And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the LORD’S contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. Exodus 35:21 At the self-checkout line at the grocery store last night, as I paid with my credit…
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Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the LORD has commanded. Exodus 35:10 As I’ve mentioned, my wife and I both grew up as pastor’s kids but I’ve also got two brothers-in-law who are pastors and another one who’s an army chaplain. Even my own brother was a youth pastor for…
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Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Exodus 34:29 Occasionally, when I speak of my drug addiction in the presence of those who’ve only known me recently, they have a hard time believing it. That just doesn’t seem possible. It doesn’t seem like something…
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The LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty . . . Exodus 34:6-7 I love being a dad. Parenting has been one of my greatest joys…
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The LORD said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.” Exodus 34:1 In my drug addiction, I made myself and those closest to me terribly sick. As I surrendered more of myself…
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You cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live. Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed…
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Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’” Exodus 33:18 In jail recently, one of the guys explained how he’d been struggling in his faith. He believed in God, yet God felt distant, as if…
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I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. Exodus 33:19 Last year, we moved less than a mile down the road, so we still live in the same neighborhood and we still walk our dog up and down the same sidewalk. When we…
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And the LORD said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” Exodus 33:17 Like all of you, I simply like some people more than others. We all have our favorites. In my work life for instance,…
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Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Exodus 33:11 He walks with me, and he talks with me, and he tells me I am his own. The joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.  – In the Garden In…
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