NEW SERMON SERIES
January - March 2007

A Study of the Tabernacle

This sermon series Intimacy with God will focus on the Old Testament tabernacle and how it points to and is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. 

God’s foremost desire is to dwell with His people, to restore the fellowship that was broken by sin and God longs for that fellowship to be restored.  The tabernacle points us to this desire of God. God’s desire is realized in Christ -  Jesus Christ makes this possible.  This is our reward, the very presence of God, and we need to realize that this is enough. 

We often long for something else in our Christian life.  We long for hope, or peace, or whatever.  But the reward of the Christian life is the realization of God’s desire – that we be in full fellowship with Him.

A series of daily readings and questions has been designed by Pastor Tom Cullen to lead up to the sermon for the coming week.  There are six daily studies for each week.  Allow about 20 minutes a day to complete each daily devotional.  For small groups studying this sermon series, these passages could form the basis for group discussion.  Additional group questions will be provided after each sermon.

We read in Exodus 40:34 that after the Tabernacle was built and the sacrifices were offered, the “glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.”  That is the goal of this sermon series study - that is where we want to arrive. 

As you progress through the sermon series, let your prayer be that you would live so intimately with God that His glory would fill you and consequently the church. 

First listen to the introductory sermon Sunday, January 14
then follow the

Weekly Devotional Guide

Week 1:  January 15-21
to lead up to sermon "Part 2: Intimacy Found in the Desert"

Week 2:  January 22-28
to lead up to sermon "Part 3: Enter Through the Blood"

Week 3:  January 29-February 4
to lead up to sermon "Part 4: Come Clean!"

Week 4: February 5-11
to lead up to sermon "Part 5: The Need for the Fullness of the Holy Spirit"

Week 5: February 12-18
to lead up to sermon "Part 6: The Need for Christ-Centredness"

Week 6: February 19-25
to lead up to sermon "Part 7: The Need for Prayerfulness"

Week 7: February 26 - March 4
to lead up to sermon "Part 8: In the Presence of God"

Week 8: March 5-11
to lead up to sermon "Part 9: The Provision of God"

please note: there is no devotional for the week of March 12-18
(guest speaker on Sunday, March 18)

Week 9: March 19-25
to lead up to sermon "Part 10: Drawing Near to God"