DAY 47 Read Leviticus 8 and 9.
Today's reading: This section on ceremonial rules duplicates what we found on Exodus 40 about the dedication of the tabernacle for worship.
Memory gem: "Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses" (Leviticus 8:36).
Thought for today:
We can see how important it was for the people in those days to take part in daily worship and to turn their minds toward God and the just One who was to come and die for them.
What is the matter with church life today? Largely lack of prayer. What is the matter with Christian homes today? Largely a lack of prayer. If the family altar were erected in every professedly Christian home this week, there would be a spiritual revolution in the world. Juvenile delinquency would practically disappear, crime would decrease, confidence would take the place of fear, and peace would rule in the hearts of men as well as in the councils of the diplomats.
Do you have family prayer at the golden altar every morning and night? Do you lift up your eyes by faith to our Lord as He ministers in the holy temple above? I realize that many families are divided. In that case, you can have your own private devotions, your own secret prayer. And your petitions will arise, accepted by God, because of the sacrifice of our Redeemer. They will ascend with the merits of our Lord Jesus, like the morning and evening incense from the golden altar of old.
And as we pray, we learn to pray. We do not merely kneel before God and begin to beg for things. We learn to talk to Him and with Him, and we listen to Him speaking through His Word or directly through the impressions of the Holy Spirit upon our hearts.
It has often been said that the family that prays together, stays together. And it certainly is true that the more we have in common, the less likely we are to drift apart. The father and mother who unite in prayer before God and lead their children to Him will be led to settle their difficulties before they become big ones and alienate their hearts.
Today's reading: This section on ceremonial rules duplicates what we found on Exodus 40 about the dedication of the tabernacle for worship.
Memory gem: "Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses" (Leviticus 8:36).
Thought for today:
We can see how important it was for the people in those days to take part in daily worship and to turn their minds toward God and the just One who was to come and die for them.
What is the matter with church life today? Largely lack of prayer. What is the matter with Christian homes today? Largely a lack of prayer. If the family altar were erected in every professedly Christian home this week, there would be a spiritual revolution in the world. Juvenile delinquency would practically disappear, crime would decrease, confidence would take the place of fear, and peace would rule in the hearts of men as well as in the councils of the diplomats.
Do you have family prayer at the golden altar every morning and night? Do you lift up your eyes by faith to our Lord as He ministers in the holy temple above? I realize that many families are divided. In that case, you can have your own private devotions, your own secret prayer. And your petitions will arise, accepted by God, because of the sacrifice of our Redeemer. They will ascend with the merits of our Lord Jesus, like the morning and evening incense from the golden altar of old.
And as we pray, we learn to pray. We do not merely kneel before God and begin to beg for things. We learn to talk to Him and with Him, and we listen to Him speaking through His Word or directly through the impressions of the Holy Spirit upon our hearts.
It has often been said that the family that prays together, stays together. And it certainly is true that the more we have in common, the less likely we are to drift apart. The father and mother who unite in prayer before God and lead their children to Him will be led to settle their difficulties before they become big ones and alienate their hearts.
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