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Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation; this is my God and I will praise Him... In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; in Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.” Exodus 15:2,13   These words of praise from the song of Moses, after God had delivered the people of Israel from Pharaoh’s army, defeating them in the red sea, speak of God’s ultimate goal in r

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Thus Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel” Exodus 40:33-34,38   We are the present day tabernacle of our Lord, and Jesus Christ, by His blood, has made us to be a kingdom of priests to God our F

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Thus Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel” Exodus 40:33-34,38   The book of Exodus concludes triumphantly, from God’s perspective, with the establishment of the tabernacle, and God’s actual, con

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me. I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. They shall know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God” Exodus 29:44-46   God came to dwell among His people and it was through those who would “minister as priests to Me” that God meant for His people to know and re

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