Exodus 20:23 “‘You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.”      This is something new, no idols. I’m not sure if they had any images of God. We […]

Ephesians 5:21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.     While this is on the topic of submission, I’m going to focus on the reason provided,  out of reverence for Christ. Yesterday I wrote about Exodus 20:20, Moses said to […]

Exodus 20:18-20 18‘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. 19Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us […]

Ephesians 5:18-20 18And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, 19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 20always giving […]

Exodus 18:17-19a Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good. “You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do […]

Ephesians 5:15,16 “Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.”      Life is full of regrets. This verse encourages us to avoid making more […]

Exodus 18:8-10 “Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had befallen them on the journey, and how the LORD had delivered them. Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which […]

Ephesians 5:11-13 11Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; 12for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. 13But all things become visible when they are exposed […]

Exodus 18:6,7 ‘He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her.”Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him; and they […]

Ephesians 5:8-11 8for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light 9(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11Do not […]