This is an illustration that will cause uproar but will be remembered for years.
You will need an expensive bottle of perfume, a large bowl and a towel.
You will also need to know the story of when Mary annoints Jesus with perfume you can find it in John 12: 1-8.
I used this to talk about true worship.
This links with God Provides in this section and is great to use if talking about Moses.
For the Israelites to cross the Red Sea at night. If they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So there had to be space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so they could walk 5000 a breast to get over in one night.
This did the e-mail rounds a few years back and I suddenly remebered it when talking about how God provides and his generosity so dug it out my files.
It looks at what was needed to provide for the Israelites whilst in the dessert. I don’t know the source.
Moses and the people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them?
How to do lectio: <P>
Read a passage from the Bible take your time, be reflective, it is best read aloud. <P>
When you have done that do it again paying attention to any words that catch your imagination, stand out or light up. Stay with this bit, think about it, meditate on it, repeat it in your mind, take note of what you are thinking. <P>
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