Tag: incense
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Funny Smelling
Exodus 30:22–38; Acts 22:2–16 Have you ever had the experience of a particular smell, either good or bad, that triggers memories? There are a number of smells that will trigger memories of my grandparents’ house. My daughter has also shared experiences where certain smells trigger her memories, and they are often of her grandma’s house…
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Loving Intercession
Psalm 51:1-12; Exodus 30:1-10; Hebrews 4:14-5:10 (read online ⧉) Incense was used as part of the priests’ daily worship of God. It was a prescribed practice. Priests had a number of prescribed practices that they were regularly responsible for. They were constantly doing their tasks before God, both to honor him and be the representative…
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3rd Friday after Easter
Psalm 105:1-22, Romans 1:18–32, Ezekiel 20:39–44 They were given over. God let them loose. Whether it was the Israelites or Gentiles, God let them loose. The world is a very bad place. People hate. People steal. People lie. All sorts of things and behaviors are just wrong. God let it be. When Paul writes to…
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Sixth Saturday of Lent
Matthew 2:1–12, John 12:1–11 The Magi’s visiting Jesus presented 3 gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh. Often they are respectively tied to Jesus’ roles as king, prophet/priest, sacrifice/savior. How accurate that is may be questioned. That they were costly and significant gifts is not questionable. Gold is gold. We all have a pretty good idea about it.…