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Read the Bible Through in 2009

Wednesday, March 10

Numbers 26:52 - 28
Acts 16:16-40

Numbers 28:1, 2 - "The Lord said to Moses, 'Give these instructions to the people of Israel: The offerings you present to me by fire on the altar are my food, and they are very pleasing to me.  See to it that they are brought at the appointed times and offered according to my instructions.'"

Offerings had to be brought regularly and presented according to prescribed rituals under the priests' supervision.  Following these rituals took time, and this gave the people the opportunity to prepare their hearts for worship.  Unless our hearts are ready, worship is meaningless.  By contrast, God is delighted, and we get more from it, when our hearts are prepared to come before him in a spirit of thankfulness.

Life Application Study Bible, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois.