Shawn Stone - July 11, 2018 - Zechariah 3:1-7
This was the most critical day of the year for Joshua. As high priest it was his job on the Day of Atonement to come into the presence of God. We are all accused as if in a court of law. "For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down"(Revelation 12:10). But we have a powerful advocate to defeat the accuser! We can be free to be open and vulnerable, to be forgiven.
Shawn Stone - July 18, 2018 - Exodus 33
There is a deep longing inside each of us to know God, to seek His presence. Yet drawing near to God is dangerous, perilous, because when you draw near to God you are drawing near to the wild center of the universe and you're trying to ride the whirlwind....