Moses asks God to see God's face, but God tells Moses that it's impossible. Yet, God makes a different way to provide a similar presence. God puts Moses in a cleft, a special place, so that Moses can get a glimpse of God.

Moses "enters into the thick darkness where God was" (Exodus 19:21). Scripture tells us that God is in thick darkness as well as light. We all have to enter our own deep darkness when we enter into a covenant with God.

The Israelites moved on to another stage in the wilderness when they are thirsty. God provides them water from a rock, a hard place, that satisfies their thirst.

The Israelites accuse Moses and Aaron for trying to kill them with hunger. Physical hunger can be a very real experience for many, and we are all spiritually hungry for God. God satisfies them physically and spiritually because God is present in the bread.

Many people have heard the well-known verse spoken by Jesus: "When two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them" (Matt. 18:2). What does Jesus really mean by that? How is Christ's presence present among the people?

God meets Moses on the mountain of God and sends Moses to bring the Israelites back to this holy place. Do you have a holy place where you meet God?

According to Acts 10:9-16, Peter falls into a trance and receives a vision from God. God's vision expands the good news to Gentiles, and the whole chapter shows that God gives visions to Gentiles as well. God uses all people to bring about God's dream of inclusive grace to the world.

Pilate's wife has a dream about Jesus that causes great suffering. We don't know what she saw in the dream, but it troubled her enough that she was compelled to act.

An angel delivers a message to Joseph, the father of Jesus, four times. In the first dream, the angel said, "Don't be afraid." Fear can prevent us from answering God's call.

After Joseph shares his dreams, his brothers plot to get rid of this dreamer. Joseph is sent to find his brothers and doesn't know he is walking into danger. He even gets lost and wanders in the fields until a nameless stranger helps him along the way.