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How do you get people to donate to the church, to fund missions, to serve the Lord? There are three main funding methods. The first is to force people, to beat them up verbally, to manipulate their emotions, to threaten and coerce them into giving. The second way is to fool people. This is what the health, wealth, and prosperity preachers do. They promise people that if they give a dollar, God will give them back a million dollars. The third way is freely. This is where we make the need known but then leave it to God to work in the heart so that it is given for the right reasons and in the right way. We’ve got a beautiful example of that in Exodus 35.

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How can I change? Ever asked that question? I’m sure we all have. And we’ve all tried, haven’t we…and failed. We might change slightly for a short time but the change is not deep or lasting. How can we change in a way that transforms and endures? Exodus 34:29-35 helps us answer that question.

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What picture comes into your mind when you think about God? Anger? Justice? Distance? Coldness? Judgment? Softness? Weakness? Whatever it is, that pop-up picture of God defines your relationship with God. It impacts and influences everything in your life.

What picture should pop into our minds when we think about God? What does God want us to think about when we think about him? We get the answer to that question in Exodus 33:18-34:8. The answer may surprise you. It should certainly inspire you.

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Have you ever feared God’s withdrawing his presence from you? It’s one of the great terrors of the Christian life, isn’t it? God’s presence is so precious, we can get terrified that he will leave us. I had a time like that in my own life.

Sermon notes on Proverbs 13:7.

Sermon notes from the second sermon in the StoryChanger series.