a lifetime of following god's lead

8/3/2019 A Lifetime of Following God's Lead

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A Lifetime of

Following God's

LeadLetting God Lead Your Life

Exodus 40:34-38


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Let's look at the context of Exodus 40:34-38


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Exodus 35-39 is about the

actual construction of thetabernacle.


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Exodus 40 is about the settingup of the Tabernacle.


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In Exodus 40:1-33, Moses sets up

the Tabernacle just "as the Lordcommanded."


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Exodus 40:34-38 talks about what

happens after the Tabernacle hasbeen set up.


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Exodus 40:34-38

34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the

glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses couldnot enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had

settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the

tabernacle. 36 In all the travels of the Israelites,

whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle,they would set out; 37 but if the cloud did not lift, they

did not set out--until the day it lifted. 38 So the cloud of

the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was inthe cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel

during all their travels.


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CAFE The awesome glory of

God should drive us frombeing a follower to a leader

for the rest of our lives.

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Exodus 40:34-38









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The Shekinah Glory

Shekinah is the English spelling of the

Hebrew word that means the dwelling orsettling, and is used to denote the

dwelling or settling presence of God (i.e.,

the divine presence), especially in theTemple in Jerusalem.

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The Shekinah Glory

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The Shekinah Glory


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What does theShekinah glory of God

look like?


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Exodus 19:18

Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD

descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it

like smoke from a furnace, the whole mountain trembledviolently.


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...because the LORDdescended on it in fire.

Video:

(8:38-11:48)


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Exodus 24:15-1815 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud

covered it, 16 and the glory of the LORD settled on

Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the

mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to

Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites the

glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of

the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as hewent on up the mountain. And he stayed on the

mountain forty days and forty nights.


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Exodus 24:15-1815 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud

covered it, 16 and the glory of the LORD settled on

Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the

mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to

Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites the

glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of

the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as hewent on up the mountain. And he stayed on the

mountain forty days and forty nights.


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...the glory of the LORD

looked like a consuming fire

on top of the mountain.


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2 Chronicles 7:1-41 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from

heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the

sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2

The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD

because the glory of the LORD filled it. 3 When all the

Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the

LORD above the temple, they knelt on the pavement

with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped andgave thanks to the LORD, saying, "He is good; his love

endures forever." 4 Then the king and all the people

offered sacrifices before the LORD.


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Let's think about theawesome glory of God

for a while.


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The heavens declare the

glory of God.


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(Francis Chan on the

Glory of God)


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The Bible reveals the

glory of God.


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Jesus Christ is the glory

of God Himself.


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Would you like to see &experience the glory of

God?


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Look at the

heavens.


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Look at the

heavens.

Study theBible.


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Look at the

heavens.

Study theBible.

Get to knowJesus Christ.


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Exodus 40:34-38


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2 Chronicles 7:1-4

1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down fromheaven and consumed the burnt offering and the










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This shows how terrible the glory and majesty of

God are, and how unable the greatest and best of

men are to stand before him. The divine light and

fire, let forth in their full strength, will overpower

the strongest heads and the purest hearts.

- Matthew Henry

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2 Chronicles 7:1-4

1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down fromheaven and consumed the burnt offering and the










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The awesome glory of God should drive us

down on our knees, melt out hearts inworship, and make us overflow with

gratitude unto God Almighty.


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When was the last time you

genuinely responded in these

ways?


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Exodus 40:34-38


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They followed God'slead.


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They followed God's

lead every step of the

way.

W ere you go I go


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W ere you go, I goWhere you stay, I'll stay

When you move, I'll move

I will follow

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"Since we live by the

Spirit, let us keep instep with the Spirit."

- Galatians 5:25


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Keeping in step with the Spirit

is likedancing with the Spirit

A few lessons from dancing...

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What does it mean to

make the leap from

being a follower to aleader?

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CAFE From a "lifeless" to a

"vibrant" relationship withGod

CAFE B l d i l i


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CAFE Be a leader in loving

God.- Become a prayer warrior. Join/re-commit

yourself to the daily Prayer Chain.

Collate/prepare prayer items.

- Spend a "significant" amount of your time ingetting to know God more and cultivating your

love relationship with Him.

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CAFE From "consumerism"

to "servicism"

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CAFE Be a leader in serving

God and His church.- Help in setting up the Sunday Worship service(Jobs: Logistics/arrangement, Preparation of

service program, Creation of Facebook event,

Posting of message summaries to CAFEwebsite)

- Join the Praise and Worship team (Jobs: P&W

leader, guitarist, beatbox)- Help improve and maintain the CAFE Hub

(Jobs: Cleaning, inventory, bulletin board,

supplies, accounting/finance)

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CAFE From "regular

believers" to "missionaries"

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CAFE Be a leader in leading

people to Jesus Christ.- CAFE JAM (Jobs: Invite people, connect withpeople, share Jesus and the gospel)

- What Women Want(?) (Jobs: Planning, Help

implement, Promote, Support)

CAFE F "i di id li "


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CAFE From "individualism"

to "family-ism"

CAFE Be a leader in caring


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CAFE Be a leader in caring

for others.- Join the visitation team (Jobs: Initiate, Prayfor, Presence)

- Join the Love Matrix (Jobs: Connect with CAFE

people on a weekly basis)- Care groups (Jobs: Love/care for your fellow

caregroup mates)


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Which among the fouris God prompting in

your heart?


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(Please write down in a sheet of

paper.)



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A Lifetime of


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A Lifetime of

Following God's

LeadLetting God Lead Your Life

Exodus 40:34-38


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