The Art and Science of Joyful Suffering
Dear Ones, As you all are aware, we who have been called to follow our Beloved Messiah and been joined to the FMM family are in process of our corporate and individual Boot Camps... submitted to our Lord and Master as He refines us as silver which will allow us to...
Ex. 72 Jacob’s ‘Limp’ (Part 2)
Jeremiah 31:31-34 “‘Behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will make a New Covenant with the House of Israel and with the House of Judah, not like the Covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the...
No. 72. Jacob’s ‘Limp’ (Part 1)
Genesis 32:24-28 Then Jacob was left alone, and a Man wrestled with him until daybreak. When He (God’s Living Word) saw that He had not prevailed against him, He touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with Him....
Ex. 71. The Third Exodus Generation
Our Exodus meditations often focus on the Bible’s revelation of Israel’s unique position in God’s Plan of Redemption. He chose Israel to stand between Him and all other peoples. She serves as His 'template' for all other peoples. So we spend a lot of time trying to...
Ex. 70. The End of the Exodus is Contained in the Beginning
In Almighty God’s Perfect Nature and unfathomable Wisdom, everything is one. He is perfectly, eternally, consistent with Himself – with His living Creative Word – with His omnipotent Holy Spirit, and – with the Perfection of all He has done: Genesis 2:1-3 “Thus the...
Ex. 69. Our Infinitely Trustworthy God
Exodus 14:10-12 “As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt...
Ex. 68. God Fills Emptied Disciples
John 6:66-69 “As a result of this, many of His disciples withdrew and were not...
Ex. 67 The Two Paths
Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to Destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to Life, and there are few who find it.” (Emphasis...
Ex. 66. The Seasons of Our Lives
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven: A time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a...
Ex. 65. The Light That Pierces the Darkness
Exodus 20:18-21 “All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance. Then they said to Moses, ‘Speak to us yourself and we will listen;...
Ex. 64. A Question for This Dying World
When you see the wrath with which Moses reacted to Israel’s idolatry with the golden calf, and read what God said about His people afterward, it’s easy to assume that God was finished with them for good. Moses smashed the tablets upon which God had written His...
Ex. 63. God’s Reality Emerges in the Wilderness
Exodus 31:12-17 “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely observe My Sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you....
Ex. 62. God’s Awesome Sacrificial System
Exodus 30:17-21 “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and...
Ex. 61. The Ongoing Wilderness Construction Project
Exodus 14:11-12 “Then they said to Moses, ‘Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying,...
Ex 60. Only in the Wilderness
Exodus 13:17-18 “Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, ‘The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.’ Hence God led the people...