Purify the Heart

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 23, we heard more laws from the Lord on dealing justly, directions for worship, and the Lord’s assurance of the conquest of the Promised Land. In Exodus 24, the Sinaitic covenant between the Lord and the Israelites is confirmed with blood upon their vowi...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 22, we heard the Lord give laws regarding property as well as various social relations. In Exodus 23, we hear more laws from the Lord on dealing justly, directions for worship, as well as regarding the plan for the Israelites continuing their journey. 23...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 21, the Lord continued applying the Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, to cases regarding slavery and restitution. Today, in Exodus 22, the Lord continues giving specific laws regarding property as well as various social relations. Exodus 22 22 “If a man st...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 20, the Lord gave the Decalogue, the Holy Ten Commandments. Today, in Exodus 21, the Lord applies the Ten Commandments to particular cases. Exodus 21 21 “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2 When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serv...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 19, the Lord revealed Himself in a terrifying manner to the people of Israel at the top of Mount Sinai, in fire and smoke, thunder and lightning, an earthquake and an alarming trumpet blast. Today, in Exodus 20, the Lord speaks His Ten Words, which will...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 18, Moses received godly advice from his father-in-law, Jethro, to carry out the task of dealing with the burdens, the individual cases, of God’s people. Today, in Exodus 19, the people settle at the foot of Mount Sinai and Moses interacts with God on th...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 17, the Lord provided water for His grumbling people from the rock, and Moses’ assistant, Joshua, overcame Amalek while Moses held out his arms like Jesus on the cross. In Exodus 18, Moses is burning out from having to judge all of the cases of the peopl...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 16, the Lord rained down bread from heaven (called “manna”) and blew quail in from the sea for meat. In Exodus 17, the Lord provides water for His grumbling people from a rock. Joshua, the assistant to Moses, is introduced who will take down a new enemy...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 15, we heard the song of Moses and the beginning of the Israelites’ grumbling against the Lord and Moses regarding water to drink. Though the Lord miraculously provided for them, after having delivered them from slavery in Egypt, today, in Exodus 16, the...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 14, the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt was finalized, and so was God’s judgment on Pharaoh and his army. Today, Israel rejoices for one glorious moment, and then their infamous pattern of doubting the Lord’s providence, which started back in Egypt, contin...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 12 & 13, we heard about the immediate aftermath of the killing of the firstborn, both man and beast, of the Egyptians, while the Israelites were passed over and commanded by God to annually commemorate that great event. Today, the relationship between Ph...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 12, the Lord passed over his people, especially the firstborn of Israel, though he slaughtered the firstborn, both man and beast, of the Egyptians. Not only that, but He led His people out of Egypt in what is specifically known as the Exodus. Exodus 13 1...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 11, the Lord threatened the tenth and final plague: the death of the firstborn. Today, we hear about the preparation of Israel for the final plague known as the Passover, the plague wreaking its havoc, culminating in the exodus of Israel from the land an...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In Exodus 10, the Lord plagued Egypt with locusts and darkness they could feel. In Exodus 11, we come to the final plague threatened by God through Moses against Pharaoh and his people. Exodus 11 11 The Lord said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Ph...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In chapter 9, the Lord plagued Egypt with pestilence upon Egypts livestock, boils on the bodies of man and beast, and destructive hail with thunder and lightning. Today, we continue with plagues 8 and 9. Exodus 10 10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh,...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie. In chapter 8, the Lord poured out upon Egypt the plagues of frogs, gnats, and flies, and though Pharaoh would give in in the midst of his and his people’s suffering, he would end up hardening his heart over and again against the Lord and His Word. Today, we contin...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. This is Pastor Zachary Courie and this is day 8 of our Lenten Exodus journey. Yesterday, in Exodus 7, Pharaoh refused to listen to the Lord through His servants Moses & Aaron. As a result, God had Aaron use his staff to turn the water of the Nile into blood in the first of ten plagues upon Egyp...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. I’m Pastor Zachary Courie. Yesterday, in Exodus 6, we heard how the Lord comforted Moses with who He is and the deliverance that He will accomplish despite the increased suffering of His people at the hand of hardened Pharoah. Today, we see that Pharoah’s hardening is not outside of God’s forek...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. I’m Pastor Zachary Courie, and today we continue our journey through the book of Exodus. Yesterday, we saw Pharoah get angry at Moses and Aaron’s first visit regarding letting God’s people go. Pharoah responded with a vengeful increase in the slave labor of the Israelites, causing the foremen o...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. I’m Pastor Zachary Courie, and today we continue our journey through the book of Exodus. Yesterday, we saw Moses struggle with doubt and reluctance, but God equipped him with signs and gave him Aaron as a spokesman. Today, Moses and Aaron finally confront Pharaoh with God’s command: “Let My peo...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome back to Purify the Heart. I’m Pastor Zachary Courie, and today we continue our journey through the book of Exodus. Yesterday, we saw God reveal His name to Moses in the burning bush. But today, Moses responds to God’s call with reluctance. We’ll see how God equips Moses for the task ahead, showing both His patience and...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome to Purify the Heart. I’m Pastor Zachary Courie, and today we continue our Lenten journey through Exodus. So far, we’ve seen Israel’s suffering in Egypt and God’s providence in preserving Moses. Now, in Exodus 3, God calls Moses to be the deliverer of His people through a bush that burns but is not consumed. Here we go!...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome to Purify the Heart. I’m Pastor Zachary Courie. Yesterday, we began our journey through Exodus by looking at Israel’s oppression under Pharaoh. Today, in Exodus 2, we see God begin to raise up a deliverer—Moses. Exodus 2 2 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived a...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Welcome to Purify the Heart. I’m Pastor Zachary Courie. A blessed Ash Wednesday to you. Today marks not only the beginning of this new blog and podcast, but also of our daily journey through the book of Exodus. Over the next 40 days, we’ll walk through this foundational book of Scripture, one chapter at a time. We’ll read toget...