Post by Woody Williams on Feb 21, 2008 8:39:29 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Numbers 21:4-9
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>From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around
the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The
people spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why have you brought us
up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no
water, and we detest this miserable food.’ Then the LORD sent
poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that
many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, ‘We have
sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD
to take away the serpents from us.’ So Moses prayed for the people.
And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on
a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.’ So
Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever
a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of
bronze and live.
Devotional
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God provides a way of healing for the Israelites who looked to the
serpent on the pole as well as for us who look at the Christ upon the
pole of the crucifixion. Your sins can be forgiven. Your life can be
healed by the grace of God. Look to Jesus, your Savior, and trust the
love of God you see in him as he hangs upon the cross.
Prayer
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Convince my heart again, Lord Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit
to trust in your forgiving love. Amen
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>From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around
the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The
people spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why have you brought us
up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no
water, and we detest this miserable food.’ Then the LORD sent
poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that
many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, ‘We have
sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD
to take away the serpents from us.’ So Moses prayed for the people.
And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on
a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.’ So
Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever
a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of
bronze and live.
Devotional
----------
God provides a way of healing for the Israelites who looked to the
serpent on the pole as well as for us who look at the Christ upon the
pole of the crucifixion. Your sins can be forgiven. Your life can be
healed by the grace of God. Look to Jesus, your Savior, and trust the
love of God you see in him as he hangs upon the cross.
Prayer
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Convince my heart again, Lord Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit
to trust in your forgiving love. Amen