Tuesday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23, Oct 14
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Meditation
Tuesday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23 cut to the chase about the promises of God. The Old Testament lesson in Exodus was twofold—the part that God told Moses and that Moses relayed to the people. God restated his covenant with Abraham, promising the land flowing with milk and honey. More importantly, he said he would put an angel before him—guiding him. The guardian angel that was assigned to insure these things happened. Additionally, God said,
“and I will defeat the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. I will force them to leave your land.” ERV
The Hebrew people didn’t have to worry about how they were going to succeed, God said he would do it. They didn’t have to be the ones who made the people leave Canaan; God would.
Because the Hebrew people had been untrustworthy—a stiffnecked people—God told them to remove their jewelry and they stopped wearing it that day. They had seen what disobedience to God resulted in and those, who were left, were ready to obey.
The New Testament lesson in Philippians reflected on the aspects of the Christian life, like running a race. Some people were sidetracked and were not paying attention to what was important. Paul emphasized that they should follow his example and stick to the truth of the gospel, and not get caught up in things that were fixated on things on earth instead of the spiritual things of God. Christians were to be focused on things above, things that were true.
In the tradition of fish or cut bait scenario, the theme of today’s lessons was to distinguish between the believer and the un-believer. Obedience to God was key to being a believer. Disobedience was evident from those who refused to believe.
Each of us is given a choice. We can follow the truth, like Paul ascribed to or we can follow the earthly temptations which would lead us astray. But with confidence, we can draw on the promises of God, who will go before us and will take care of the obstacles to our success.
Thanks be to God.
All Scriptures printed below are in King James Version for copyright purposes. However, clicking on the verse locations will take you to Biblegateway.com where the text is linked to more contemporary versions.
Click on the Scriptures for links to biblegateway.com, where many translations of the same text enhance the understanding the readings, which come from the (RCL) Revised Common Lectionary – Daily Lectionary Readings. I add a Daily Prayer to bless you with God’s Favor.
Enjoy the Daily Encouragement and Bible Study and may you be inspired to be your best self for Ordinary 28, Proper 23 .
Prayer: Almighty God, Open my eyes that I might see. Open my mind that I might understand. Open my heart that I might make your words a part of me. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight. Amen
Ordinary 28, Proper 23
To God Only Wise – HiFi HymnBook Virtual Church
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Ordinary 28, Proper 23
Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm 97;Exodus 33:1-6;Philippians 3:13—4:1&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;NIV (multiple versions)
Tuesday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23
Psalm 97
Exodus 33:1-6
Philippians 3:13-4:1
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Philippians 4:4
King James Version (KJV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
Single Bible Study chapter to study
Exodus 33:1-6
King James Version (KJV)
33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
OBSERVE:
Take a moment and write three observations of the verses. What strikes you? An observation is an observable fact from the Word.
1.
2.
3.
INTERPRETATION:
What do you interpret these verses to mean for you today?
APPLY:
Today, I learned _____________________________________and apply it to my life.
Prayer of Encouragement
Almighty God, help us to honor and glorify you in what we say and do, like Paul wrote to the Philippian church. We want to obey what is true and bring others to salvation. In Jesus name, Amen
Conclusion
Tuesday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23 gave a clear direction for believers to go. In the Old Testament lesson of Exodus, God made promises to lead them (using a guardian angel) and also to remove the obstacles—the people of Canaan—so that they wouldn’t have to worry if they were up to the task.
I often feel inadequate to the task of writing explanations for God’s word and pray that God will write through me. The obstacles may seem overwhelming to me, but the Lord is the one who makes things happen.
We must focus on the things that are true and obey what God has commanded. Then we will find that God will open the way for us and we can confidently go forward.
Go out and be ready for God to do mighty things in your life—for the glory of God.*
*If you do not know the Lord as your personal Savior and you are seeking, please contact me. A genuine and simple prayer, asking God into your heart for the forgiveness of your sins will also do.
Tuesday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23 cut to the chase about the promises of God. The Old Testament lesson in Exodus was twofold—the part that God told Moses and that Moses relayed to the people. God restated his covenant with Abraham, promising the land flowing with milk and honey. More importantly, he said he would put an angel before him—guiding him. The guardian angel that was assigned to insure these things happened. Additionally, God said,
“and I will defeat the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. I will force them to leave your land.” ERV
The Hebrew people didn’t have to worry about how they were going to succeed, God said he would do it. They didn’t have to be the ones who made the people leave Canaan; God would.
Because the Hebrew people had been untrustworthy—a stiffnecked people—God told them to remove their jewelry and they stopped wearing it that day. They had seen what disobedience to God resulted in and those, who were left, were ready to obey.
The New Testament lesson in Philippians reflected on the aspects of the Christian life, like running a race. Some people were sidetracked and were not paying attention to what was important. Paul emphasized that they should follow his example and stick to the truth of the gospel, and not get caught up in things that were fixated on things on earth instead of the spiritual things of God. Christians were to be focused on things above, things that were true.
In the tradition of fish or cut bait scenario, the theme of today’s lessons was to distinguish between the believer and the un-believer. Obedience to God was key to being a believer. Disobedience was evident from those who refused to believe.
Each of us is given a choice. We can follow the truth, like Paul ascribed to or we can follow the earthly temptations which would lead us astray. But with confidence, we can draw on the promises of God, who will go before us and will take care of the obstacles to our success.
Thanks be to God.
All Scriptures printed below are in King James Version for copyright purposes. However, clicking on the verse locations will take you to Biblegateway.com where the text is linked to more contemporary versions.
Click on the Scriptures for links to biblegateway.com, where many translations of the same text enhance the understanding the readings, which come from the (RCL) Revised Common Lectionary – Daily Lectionary Readings. I add a Daily Prayer to bless you with God’s Favor.
Enjoy the Daily Encouragement and Bible Study and may you be inspired to be your best self for Ordinary 28, Proper 23 .
Prayer: Almighty God, Open my eyes that I might see. Open my mind that I might understand. Open my heart that I might make your words a part of me. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight. Amen
Ordinary 28, Proper 23
To God Only Wise – HiFi HymnBook Virtual Church
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Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm 97;Exodus 33:1-6;Philippians 3:13—4:1&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;NIV (multiple versions)
Tuesday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23
Psalm 97
Exodus 33:1-6
Philippians 3:13-4:1
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Philippians 4:4
King James Version (KJV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
Single Bible Study chapter to study
Exodus 33:1-6
King James Version (KJV)
33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
OBSERVE:
Take a moment and write three observations of the verses. What strikes you? An observation is an observable fact from the Word.
1.
2.
3.
INTERPRETATION:
What do you interpret these verses to mean for you today?
APPLY:
Today, I learned _____________________________________and apply it to my life.
Prayer of Encouragement
Almighty God, help us to honor and glorify you in what we say and do, like Paul wrote to the Philippian church. We want to obey what is true and bring others to salvation. In Jesus name, Amen
Conclusion
Tuesday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23 gave a clear direction for believers to go. In the Old Testament lesson of Exodus, God made promises to lead them (using a guardian angel) and also to remove the obstacles—the people of Canaan—so that they wouldn’t have to worry if they were up to the task.
I often feel inadequate to the task of writing explanations for God’s word and pray that God will write through me. The obstacles may seem overwhelming to me, but the Lord is the one who makes things happen.
We must focus on the things that are true and obey what God has commanded. Then we will find that God will open the way for us and we can confidently go forward.
Go out and be ready for God to do mighty things in your life—for the glory of God.*
*If you do not know the Lord as your personal Savior and you are seeking, please contact me. A genuine and simple prayer, asking God into your heart for the forgiveness of your sins will also do.
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