These passages about bringing oil for the menorah are a beautiful reminder to shine for Jesus.

In Leviticus here, God is requiring that two things be continually brought by His people for the service of His Tabernacle – His dwelling place.  One of those things is specially . . .

But my attention was drawn to the priest who is up all night stoking the fire.  A whole carcass would take several hours to burn, probably all night.  And the flames would need to be roaring hot in order to reduce it, bones and all, to ashes.  That priest isn’t going to get any sleep!

Since we are priest unto our God . . .

During a recent move, we unearthed a couple of time capsules in the shape of cardboard boxes.  The contents from these time capsules dated back over 30 years!  I was intrigued at what a younger me chose to treasure.  Not surprisingly much of what I had treasured then, looked like trash now.  However, I did find a couple jewels among the rubble.  And, later, God gave me the greatest treasure . . .

Moses’ burning bush is a foreshadowing of the fire of the Holy Spirit spoken of in the gospels.

It is clear from the context in Matthew that the fire of Holy Spirit is for burning up the chaff in our lives.  The chaff is all the junk in our lives . . .

God instructed Pastor James Durham to write this book, not once but twice!  That got my attention!  I had to read what God insisted must be written.

So desperate was I for the message of the book . . .

I saw myself as a 6’ flame of fire.  I believed it was God’s foreshadowing of what was to come.  At the end of the evening, Pastor Durham anointed us with “The Renewed Mind” by

The return of the Israelites to Jerusalem from exile is a picture of personal salvation.  The first thing the exiles did when they returned was to build an altar and make an offering.  This is akin to inviting Jesus to be your Lord and Savior.  After many discouragements and distractions,

I find it impossible to keep up my spiritual disciplines while traveling.  Despite my best intentions, I never find the time to open the Bible I carried or kneel in prayer before starting my day.  Consequently, I return home feeling dry and