From the very beginning God demonstrates love and a desire for relationship with humanity. He created us to be in community with him, the world and one another. God constituted laws so that we may have structure and order and he expects us to obey them. However with the fall of humanity in Genesis, disobedience and sin have become part of our world. In Exodus, Moses intercedes for the Israel nation, while in The New Testament, Jesus is our intercessor restoring relationship with God. Even though humanity still sins, we have Jesus and the Holy Spirit working in us and helping us daily to be more Christlike, so we may give glory to God through the way we live in the world and in community. Them In Exodus, God miraculously delivers the Ancient Israelites from Egypt and gives them a new life at Sinai. They are no longer slaves of Pharaoh, but are taken out of Egypt so that they may worship God. He is their protector, deliverer and saviour and they are his adopted covenant people. Thus, the covenant relationship God promised to patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is once again restored.
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In my own journey and daily spending time with God, he showed me earlier this year where I was falling short and pointed out that my morning coffee had become and idol in my life. I couldn 't believe that such a simple habit had become something I worshipped because of the focus I placed on it. My coffee in the morning had become an obsession, an addiction, something I had to do as soon as I woke up and God picked me up on it. Now I still have a coffee in the morning, but it is not the first thing I do. Instead I give my attention to God, allowing Him to be first in my life each day. Thankfully I have Christ working in me every day and as I cooperate with the holy spirit and allow him to speak to me and listen to him, I grow, mature and become more Christlike, demonstrating God 's holiness and