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Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics; you shall also make sashes for them, and you shall make caps for them, for glory and for beauty. You shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve Me as priests.” Exodus 28:40-41 Our Father God clearly looks at being a “a priest to Me” (Exodus 28:1) as something truly glorious and beautiful.

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me.” Exodus 30:30 God considers ministering “as priests to Me” to be an anointing and an act of consecration. In this day we, the body of Christ, have been freely offered and called to this same anointing and consecration, to be “a royal priesthood, a people for God’s Own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to Me” Psalm 101:6 God’s word of entreatment through King David in this psalm is that our Lord is looking for faithful people of the land, “that they may dwell with Me.” So, in this day, let us show our God our own faithfulness, and our own understanding, by dwelling with Him, living with our G

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Then bring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to minister as priest to Me” Exodus 28:1 Probably most often, when people hear the words “priest” or “minister,” the automatic assumption in one’s mind is, “priest to the people” and “minister to people.” So it is enlightening, to say the least, to see that in Scripture when God first uses the word’s “priest,” and “priests” (as we

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, ‘Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel: “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagle’s wings, and brought you to Myself. Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “After his [Abram’s] return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s valley). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God most High” Genesis 14:17-18 This is the first time the word “priest” appears in the bible and it is in reference to the person of Melchizedek. This appearance of

Today’s Word Of Encouragement from Wayne: “This I recall to mind, therefore I have hope. The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:21-23 For the past two days we have been looking into this passage from Jeremiah’s Lamentations concerning God’s never failing and never ceasing lovingkindnesses and compassions towards us, that they are indeed new every morning and that

Today’s Word Of Encouragement from Wayne: “The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 Hallelujah, our Lord God is so faithful to us! Yes, “Great is Your faithfulness!” In this case, from this Scripture in Lamentations, God’s great faithfulness is expressed to us through His daily giving us His brand new “lovingkindness” and “compassions.” Beloved of God, st

Today’s Word Of Encouragement from Wayne: “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day” 2 Corinthians 4:16 “Being renewed day by day” reminds me of a popular song from the late nineteen sixties titled Day By Day, written by Stephen Schwartz. The lyrics went, “Day by day, day by day, O dear Lord three things I pray - to see Thee more clearly, to love Thee more dearly, to follow Thee more nearly, day by

Today’s Word Of Encouragement from Wayne: “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day” 2 Corinthians 4:16 Certainly the singular great treasure of our lives is Christ Jesus Himself, Who lives within us, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). He is our peace, our joy, our strength, our comfort, our light, our abiding fellowship, our healing, our wholeness, our way, our truth, our life, in