Gods invitation to come closer Gods invitation to

God’s invitation to come closer

God’s invitation to come closer Today’s Readings: Acts 7: 20 -36 TPT Exodus 4: 1 -17 NLT

God’s invitation to come closer God picked you and placed you to do His will 20 “Then Moses came on the scene—a child of divine beauty. His parents hid him from Pharaoh as long as they could to spare his life. After three months they could conceal him no longer, 21 so they had to abandon him to his fate. But God arranged that Pharaoh’s daughter would find him, take him home, and raise him as her own son. 22 So Moses was fully trained in the royal courts and educated in the highest wisdom Egypt had to offer, until he arose as a powerful prince

God’s invitation to come closer Distance and disobedience are openings for unbelief 23 “When Moses turned forty, his heart was stirred for his people, the Israelites. 24 One day he saw one of our people being violently mistreated, so he came to his rescue, and with his own hands Moses murdered the abusive Egyptian. 25 Moses hoped that when the people realized how he had rescued one of their own, they would recognize him as their deliverer. How wrong he was! Acts 7: 23 -29

God’s invitation to come closer Distance and disobedience are openings for unbelief 26 The next day he came upon two of our people engaged in a fist fight, and he tried to break it up by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers! Why would you want to hurt each other? ’ 27 “But the perpetrator pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who do you think you are? Who appointed you to be our ruler and judge? 28 Are you going to kill me like you did the Egyptian yesterday? ’ 29 “Shaken by this, Moses fled Egypt and lived as an exile in

God’s invitation to come closer God desires to change your buts of fear and doubt into a fierce faith Exodus 4: 1 -5 NLT But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The LORD never appeared to you’? ” 2 Then the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand? ” “A shepherd’s staff, ” Moses replied. 3 “Throw it down on the ground, ” the LORD told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake!

God’s invitation to come closer God desires to change your buts of fear and doubt into a fierce faith Moses jumped back. 4 Then the LORD told him, “Reach out and grab its tail. ” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand. 5 “Perform this sign, ” the LORD told him. “Then they will believe that the LORD, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you. ”

God’s invitation to come closer God desires to change your buts of fear and doubt into a fierce faith 10 But Moses pleaded with the LORD, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled. ” 11 Then the LORD asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I,

God’s invitation to come closer Nearness to God is the way of God to work through you Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up. ” 4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God

God’s invitation to come closer Nearness to God is the way of God to work through you 5 “Do not come any closer, ” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. ” 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt. ” Exodus 3: 1 -6, 10