‘And Aaron said to Moses, “Behold, today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and yet such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would the Lord have approved?” And when Moses heard that, he approved’ (Leviticus 10:20 ESV). At the
‘And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you”‘ (Mark 4:24 ESV). Jesus instructed His disciples to “pay attention” to His teachings. For the greater the measure of their concentration on listening to Him,
“And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach” (Mark 3:14 ESV). Christ’s three-prong strategy for reaching the world with the gospel was: 1) Appoint disciples, 2) Call them to “be with Him,” and 3) “Send them out” to preach
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins” (Mark 2:22 ESV). The Pharisees questioned Jesus as to why he and his disciples did not fast as they did. He
“And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord’s” (Leviticus 3:16 ESV). The priests were to burn the fat off of the offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD. Although a portion of the offering belonged to the priests for their
‘And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him’ (Mark 1:17-18 ESV). As Jesus walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw the brothers Simon Peter and Andrew casting their nets, for they were fishermen. He
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18 ESV). Not everyone will receive a Valentine today. Some have a heart still hurting from a broken relationship. Other hearts have slowly been crushed by a lifetime of loneliness. Yet, everyone who comes to the Lord with a contrite and
“I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4 ESV). David wrote this psalm while he was on the run from King Saul. He had even tried to gain favor with a foreign king named Abimelech, but became afraid and feigned insanity to escape him. So at
‘Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”’ (Matthew 27:22 ESV). The Roman Governor Pilate asked the crowd to answer this question for him. He sought to avoid making a decision about Jesus, but his plan backfired. The crowd’s surprising support of the criminal Barabbas left Pilate still
‘And the Lord said, “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 by.”‘ (Exodus 33:21-22 ESV). The Lord hid Moses in