Lectio Divina from the Jesse Tree LAWS & WALLS – Day 10 🪨& 11 📯 Exodus 19:1-11; 20:1-17; Joshua 6:1-20 “I am speaking to you now from a dense cloud…so that the people will be faithful to you.” When the Israelites encamped at Mt. Sinai for the first time, the glory of God was concealed […]
Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeMOSES & MANNA – Day 8 🔥 & 9 🥖Exodus 2:23-3:17; 16:1-15,35 “The angel…appeared…as fire.” In the Psalms (104:4) and later in a letter to the Hebrews, we are reminded how “he makes his messengers winds, and his servants flames of fire.” In this world, we’ve become so accustomed to […]
Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeJOSEPH SAVES ISREAL – Day 7 coat of many colors 🌎Genesis 37:2-28; 45:3-8 “They hated him so much, they could not say a kind word to him.” Perhaps you remember the story of Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors or the technicolor play that made it famous or how much he […]
Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeJACOB’S DREAM – Day 6 🪜Genesis 28:10-22 “This stone.” In the scriptures, Luke 19:40, we’re told that even the stones will cry out to praise the Lord should man remain silent. If it weren’t for this sentiment I should like to think I’d never give another thought to the life […]
Lectio Divina from the Jesse TreeABRAHAM’S SACRIFICE – Day 5 🐏Genesis 22:1-18 “Here I am” What God desires most from us is that we withhold nothing from Him. The true test of obedience is not in our ability to hear and obey but rather to surrender and trust. Three times this passage uses the same […]