TAKE TIME: Reading Assignment for April 22-27, 2013

Introduction: While Moses is on Mount Sinai receiving the conditions of God's covenant with the Children of Israel, the people are below breaking that very covenant! God accepts the intercession of Moses on behalf of the people. The plans for the Tabernacle were almost thrown away before the work on it had even begun!


Reading Assignment:

• Monday - Exodus 31:1-32:14
• Tuesday - Exodus 32:15-33:23
• Wednesday - Exodus chapter 34
• Thursday - Exodus chapter 35
• Friday - Exodus chapter 36
• Saturday - Exodus chapter 37

Memory Verse

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.  Exodus 31:18


Prayer Journal (ACTS)

• Adoration - This week take time each day to praise God for His mercy! 
• Confession - God gives us work to do. We promise to do it. How often do we decide that we do not want to do things God's way and determine to do things our own way? Too often! I John 1:9 tell us to confess and God will forgive. This is because He is merciful, meaning we are forgiven even though we do not deserve it.
• Thanksgiving - Thank God for forgiveness! There is no way to keep track of how many "second chances" God gives us.
• Supplication - What are your prayer requests this week? List them for future reference so that you can see how God answers.

Search the Scriptures

Look for references for each of the following:

• Promises that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?
• References that either refer to or infer something about future events.
• What does this passage teach about Jesus?
• Commandments that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?

Putting the Word into Action

God has been giving the Hebrews instructions for their Tabernacle, the place where God would meet with them. The New Testament tells us that our bodies are the Temple where God now resides and meets with us. This is a good time to take inventory of yourself. Are you keeping your Temple holy and useful for worshiping God? This would be a good time to begin a personal revival within your Temple. (See Romans 12:1-2 and I Corinthians 6:19)