Jun 12, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you. (Deuteronomy 26:11) Have you ever wondered why Paul felt it necessary to say that God loves a “cheerful giver”? It...
Jun 11, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Reuben brought mandrakes to his mother, Leah. It’s recorded in Genesis 30: “Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then...
Jun 11, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. (Deuteronomy 26:8) In keeping with the theme developed in the previous devotions, in this verse Moses reminds us of what God did that...
Jun 10, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
According to tradition, it was on this day that Moses began to write the first part of the Torah, everything from the creation account until the revelation at Mt Sinai. If that is true, that’s a lot of writing to do in just a matter of a few days, not to mention the...
Jun 10, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
And you shall say before the Lord your God: “My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” (Deuteronomy 26:5) As I mentioned in the previous devotion, some...
Jun 9, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day that Moses acknowledged that the people had affirmed their desire to hear and to do all that the Lord would instruct them: “So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came...
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